Poor Noble Nod's Adventure Volume 1 Chapter 10

The content of the rank-up quest changes from time to time. This is because there is not always a request for just the right difficulty level.

Rather than forcing a rank-up quest that doesn't work well with you, waiting for a request that can be accomplished without difficulty is considered a wise choice.

The reason why Nod doesn't overestimate his ability is because it is a virtue as an adventurer who has only one life. (However, if the degree is too high, you will be the target of the bully and the resentment.)

Nod decided not to accept the order for the promotion request rank-up quest.

If he willbe promoted to a Stone Adventurer, he would dislike unreasonable request,  so he wants to get better one. Because if you do the hard one and even if you don't die, but just  injured, your earnings will be decreased.

The reason for not receiving an order is not the only reason.

Rock Wolf is one of the most powerful monsters to be subjugated in the rank-up request.

Of course, Nod is still confident of fighting them and winning.

Although he just become normal plate adventurer just some weeks ago, Nod already gained enough experience.

He already defeated monsters like Goblin, Forest Wolf, Giant Toad, Giant Boa, he also defeated various monsters, such as Flying Bat, Giant Bee, and Horned Rabbit.

Nod actively took requests not only for battles but also collection requests, etc he have grown greatly and his strengths is already increased several times.

A chainmail is worn under his armor of hard leather, and the strengthened armor does not easily penetrated by enemy attacks.

Shield, armor, sword. With the current Nod where he can skillfully manipulate his weapon, he will be able to win even against Rock Wolf without difficulty.

──If the number is small.

Wolves act and hunt in pack.

There is an exception of a lone wolf, but it is a special case and will not be a normal case one.

Skillfully pierce and tear the gaps between armor and prevent Rockwolf attacks using shields and armor well. If he reduces the number one by one, Nod become more advantageous each time.

He confident if he can win against 3 or 4 wolfs, and if he fights with more than that, it's a good game, even though he will be struggling against them.

However, it is said that the pack of wolves can exceeds at least 10 and sometimes exceeds 100.

In the promotion request rank-up quest, it was written that "a number of rock wolf has been confirmed".

You may think there are twenty to thirty.

The difference in the numbers becomes the difference in the number of moves. If you are surrounded, you will not be able to protect your back.

It will be over after being dragged down by a rock wolf jumping from the blind spot and you were bitten by a strong jaw.

The Forest Wolf without armor didn't know about such strategy, and Nod still had no confidence to capture Rock Wolf alone.

If you challenge it by forming party, the odds will increase, but it still difficult.

The only normal plate adventurer in the capital city that satisfies the rank-up quest qualification is Node.

This is because several normal plare adventurer parties received orders for rank-up quests at the same time and were promoted to stone adventurers.

They didn't take the request  together, they just received the rank-up quest by chance at the same time, but this left the solo rank-up quest exhausted, leaving only the difficult Rock Wolf subjugation.

It wasn't easy to find a Genius party in the capital.

When Nod took a collecting herbs request, he helped the Genius who were fighting against the Goblins, and since then, Nod and Genius continued to be friends.

Nod also joins Genius party several times, when they take requests together, and he was able to cooperate with the Genius party easily.

But unfortunately, they were away from the capital city because collection request. After they were fighting against a large group of goblins, and the importance of armor seems to be instilled in their bones. Priority was given to equip everyone at the party. They have just begun a long-term collection request for the money plan.

Nod and Genius party contribution point is that different, and Genius would have received a promotion request rank-up quest after several more requests.

At that time, it would be good to receive it together– Nod thought so and decided to accept a request for a normal plater request.

 A few days later. Nod is worried about something.

One was about the subjugation mission of Rockwolf, a rank-up quest.

There has not yet been a request for a new promotion request rank-up quest, and at present the only way to be promoted to a stone adventurer is to receive this request for subjugation.

However,  because he is a solo adventurer, Nod is forced to accept an order for the heavy load.

“Isn't there enough money?”

The day after he missed the order for the Rockwolf subjugation mission.

A corner of the royal city-in the aristocratic mansion in the aristocratic area where the aristocratic mansions lined up, Nord knew the problem.

While working as an adventurer, Nord continued to live in the Ferris family house. This is because living alone will cost him extra money.

Since the set of equipment has been prepared, Nod has no longer been expected to spend a large amount of money for the time being, so the majority of his adventurer's earnings are now handed over to the Ferris family as a household budget.

As always, after he made a request with the adventurer's guild and received the reward. He goes through the gate that makes you feel the history of the Ferris family and enter the mansion. An interior decorated with simple and st.u.r.dy furnishings welcomed Nod.

Nod room is on the second floor of the mansion. When he climbs a wooden staircase after he takes off his armor, he iss called by Alex, a senior man who was dressed as a butler.

Talking about anything, when Nod returns to his room and changed from his armor to everyday clothes, he goes to Alex to clean up his armor at night. There, Alex arranged the books at the desk.

Alex has been serving the Ferris family for many years before Nod was born, and the Ferris family has been handed out as a family order.

It is left up to Alex to provide money related to paying employees, purchasing daily necessities, and other payable accounts.

When Nod called out, Alex raised his head to Nod raising his head, complimenting the books.

He started to speak with a serious voice.

"I think Mr. Nod knows it well, but to explain it again,  Ferris family budget now is in the red."

The explanation of the reason continued.

Simply because the spending on income is too big. In his home, his father and mother, and the maids were in good relations –it was too good– and my brother and sister were born in the last few years. They are still young and small, so they don't cost food compared to adults. However,  seven brothers and younger children are still "seven people". If dust and piles were acc.u.mulated, it was somewhat expensive.

His younger sister, Lilia, also takes care of the younger brother and younger sister, but as a daughter of her own age, she will attend a n.o.ble school from this year in order to receive appropriate education as a n.o.ble daughter to marry in the future. He was also supposed to go to school. The reason Nod decided to become an adventurer is also related to the fact that the Ferris family would not be able to withstand the additional expenses of the tuition for the two when they entered the school at the same time.

"However, because of Mr. Albireo 's salary, Mr.Johan 's remittance, Ms. Hanna 's help, and thanks to Mr. Nod, the red is stopped."

Yes, there are a lot of Ferris families, but the top kids are quite independent. The eldest brother Albireo has already worked as a flat knight as a successor to the Ferris family, and Nods elder brother  Johan, has entered the other family and sent me off. The eldest daughter, Hannah, is working as a maid at another aristocratic family, and has put the money earned from her own embroidery into the Ferris family.

And the node who became an adventurer from this year has started to enter the house without wasting the reward of the request (although priority was given to obtaining equipment because it was absolutely necessary).

This allowed the Ferris family to escape the deficit for the first time in a long time. (Still about tons)

It is also related to the fact that the servants—including none other than Alex—are working for the Ferris family at a salary that is one step lower than what should be given. Yes. Therefore, the people of the Ferris family were not able to raise their heads.

"──I just needed a lot of money in the middle of next month …"

Alex continued with the feeling that he was sorry that he couldn't help it.

So far, the Ferris family has paid for the lack of money in the form of debt. It's a bad idea for aristocrats to borrow money. However, the debt in such a general case is, for example, that if a n.o.ble with a territory, it will be repaid at the time of harvest.

However, the Ferris family has only two aristocratic incomes: aristocratic pension (record) and service allowance. The property is also only a mansion that has been inherited from generation to generation, and it has no connection with the wealthy bourgeois story that it is a territorial interest.

Therefore, it was only relatives and friends of Albert, who was the head of the Knights of Feliz, who lent the money without the prospect of returning the debt. Those debts have not yet been returned, and the Ferris family was in a very painful position.

Because Ferris family in such a state, there is no lender even if they want to borrow money somewhere when they need a bundled amount for payment etc. that must be settled next month.

As a last resort, there is a hand that puts things at home in a quality flow, but sadly the "last resort" has been exercised many times. (This is the reason why the interior of the Ferris family is [Solid and strong].)

There was nothing more than a sword or armor for anything else that could be put into p.a.w.n shop, but if they do that, the Ferris family as a knight is over. This is not an aristocratic appearance, but because it is expected to be a military force under the direct control of the royal family, it is treated as an aristocrat - as a knight (only warrior aristocrats under the direct control of the royal family can claim themselves) Without a sword or armor, you can't fight satisfactorily, and the Ferris family as an aristocrat will be destroyed.

There are some last means beyond the last ones, but they are easy to understand their "ends", such as borrowing from high interest loans or borrowing from people with bad reputations such as a loans shark.

In order to avoid such a last resort, Johan who entered the other aristocratic family must be cut off. Because the image of his house will be the worst, and it will be taken up by his employer and if it is bad, it will be separated and turned over as a non-qualification of the owner - of course no debt will be accepted.

(そんな最終手段を避けるには、他の貴族家に婿入りしたヨハンに無心するしか無いのだが、ヨハンは婿入りした以上向こうの家の人間であり、返す当てのない借金を引き受けてしまえば向こうの貴族家の心象が最悪になり、良くて実権を取り上げられお飾り当主にさせられ、悪ければ当主としての資格なしとして離縁されて突っ返されるだろう──勿論借金も認められず。) ß can someone help me with this

Others, such as unpaying the employee's salary, taking a protest and applying for debt to neighboring residents, or using the fact that the Ferris family are guards asking for the diversion of goods and bribes — There was nothing that was terrible. Until now.

Currently, there is a Nod who earns money as an adventurer, although he just a normal plate adventurer.

Adventurers are not in a stable position, but there are some rewards as long as they undertake work for life. Although it is not cheap compared to the full-fledged armor used by the knights (whether it hangs on their lives) It's worth jumping to become adventurer), and it's possible to get a complete armor set in a short period of time.

Therefore, even if he heard that the amount of money he received from Alex was quite large, he felt that he would have to earn money even if its impossible.

Nod returned to Alex with a message "I'll try it somehow".

Alex sighed as if relieved, and then wipes his forehead with a handkerchief.

Nod knows that Alex respects the Ferris family and takes care of the children of the Ferris family like their own children - or more.

That's why this case, where Alex has been devoted to Nod, shows that the Ferris family is really in a position to be pursued, and Nod took the fact seriously.

The amount presented was a strict amount to earn with the normal plate adventurer. If he takes his time, there is no problem, but it will not be in time for payment.

However, there was a way to make more money whether the timing was good or bad.

“Hmm”

The method is "Defeat Rock Wolf and be promoted to stone adventurer , then receive a request for stone  adventurer."

"── as I thought that is unreasonable."

Nod continued to talks in the adventurer's bar.

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