I have Became Able to Do Anything with My Growth Cheat but I Can not Seem to Get out of Being Jobless

Chapter 305

(305) Church merchant and Haru’s skill

Translator: Tseirp

We started preparations for the trip to Mount Landau .

Today, I’ll buy whatever we need as we browse through the city .

“First would be —”

“Ichino-sama . I wish to go to the Church, may I have permission?”

“Church? If you wish to change jobs — can’t you do it yourself?”

I asked Carol after checking that there was nobody nearby .

In fact, Carol’s job has been changed back from Succubus Queen to Peddler .

“I require proof of job as Herbalist before I can purchase tools to create medicine . ”

Job certificates huh? We certainly have to visit the church for that .

Miri probably has tools to make medicine too but we might as well purchase new ones .

“All right, let’s go to the Church — Here, Carol . You can use this . ”

I said and passed Carol some notes .

“These are?”

“Oh, so even Carol doesn’t know . These are money . Called Goats bills and they are used in place of coins in this country . ”

“Paper can be used as money — ”

Haru stared at the Goats bill curiously .

Coming from Japan, I have the impression that paper bills have a higher value than coins but naturally in this world the residents don’t truly trust that paper can be used as money .

” … Ichino-sama, how much is this?”

“There are twenty 10,000 Goats bills so 200,000 Goats . About 2,000 Sense . ”

When Carol changed her job in Belasra, it cost 100 Sense but the job change fee we paid was for a job change from Commoner to another job .

I heard that it cost 1,000 Sense when changing jobs apart from Commoner and Jobless so I assumed it was more than enough .

“2,000 Sense … erm, Ichino-sama . Carol is no longer Ichino-sama’s slave . ”

“Hn? Yeah, that’s right . Eh, but you are still wearing the slave collar?”

“Carol is only wearing this as an accessory … erm, so about this money …”

” … Hn?”

What was she trying to say?

Was 200,000 Goats insufficient?

“With this, all the money Carol possess comes from Ichino-sama . ”

“Yeah, that’s correct . But that money can’t be used in this country . ”

” — Carol currently has nothing to give Ichino-sama in exchange for this 200,000 Goats . ”

” … Hm?”

What was Carol trying to say?

Carol has nothing to give me?

” ………… Ah, that’s what you mean . ”

I finally understood .

I see .

I paid for Carol’s meals and job change fee until now because Carol was my slave . In other words, as Carol was no longer my slave, she should be paying for her own job change fee . That was probably what she wanted to say .

” … Carol, I didn’t pay for your meals and job change fee just because I was Carol’s master . ”

” … Eh? That — ”

“It was because you are a companion on this journey . Putting that aside, I have no intention of changing my relationship with Carol . ”

In fact, she was still calling me Ichino-sama . She still affixed -sama even though she was no longer a slave .

The Home Return spell as well .

Haru and Carol’s Home Return point was still registered as My World .

To them, the home they return to is my world, the exact same home .

“You mean you will treat Carol as a slave even without the slave collar?”

“I mean even when there was a slave collar, I thought of Haru and Carol as my family, my kin . We lived in the same home, ate the same delicious food and laughed at the same things . That’s family no matter how you put it . ”

” … Family … In other words, you mean to marry Carol?”

“Marriage!?”

The unexpected confession rattled my heart .

“It’s a joke, Ichino-sama . Thank you very much, that made me very happy . ”

Carol said and smiled sweetly to me .

Joke — a joke huh .

I was really surprised because of how unexpected it was .

“Master, it seems like Carol has changed a little . ”

Haru whispered to me .

“That’s right — Carol may appear that way but she says quite amazing things with a natural tone . ”

Among the girls around me, perhaps Carol was the most carnivorous .

“Let’s head for the Church for now . The location is —”

“Ichino-sama, the Church is that way . ”

Carol pointed west .

… Why was Carol more familiar with the town than I was even though she just arrived here .

The Church was a lot smaller than expected . Apparently, this country has three Churches and this was the smallest Church . The prices were the cheapest accordingly .

We entered the Church but unfortunately, the priest was occupied .

A well-dressed merchant-like man was offering a deal to the priest .

When we entered the Church, the priest said ‘Please wait a moment’ . It was a small church that didn’t even have a reception so there was no helping it .

“I wish to buy this pure gold Goddess Statue for 50 million Goats . ”

There was a golden Libra-sama Goddess Statue placed in the Church . It was a 1:16 scale of the actual Goddess so it actually looked more like a figurine .

Buying a Goddess Statue for money … I can’t tell if that is piety or a sin .

“Carol, 50 million is —”

“Unprecedentedly expensive . Even after considering the artistic value, that Goddess Statue should only fetch half of that, around 25 million Goats . In the first place, a Church selling a Goddess Statue is frowned upon so the priest is probably at a loss . ”

I see, so it was expensive after all .

“But a Church is not allowed to sell Goddess Statues —”

“That is not true, priest-sama . Using this money, you could hire a goldsmith to create a new Goddess Statue and it will be fine . An even more splendid Goddess Statue . The believers will be even happier if you do so . You could even use the remaining money for Church repairs . ”

” … Bu-but . ”

“It doesn’t matter if you refuse, I —”

The merchant said and took out bundles of 50 million Goats and arranged them on the table .

I could see that the priest’s eyes were nailed to the 50 million Goats .

Ah, it looks like he will be able to buy it . But —

Immediately after I had that thought .

Haru moved and twisted the merchant’s arm .

“Ouch-chhhhhh! What are you doing, this beast!”

“Priest-sama, do not be fooled! Those bills are all fake . ”

“Fake!? Fake bills!?”

I inadvertently raised my voice .

“Wh-what are you saying . These are unmistakably real . ”

“I will not be fooled . Ichino-sama, please call the guards immediately . He might have accomplices outside so Carol please remain here . ”

“All right .

“Understood . ”

Carol and I nodded at the same time and I left the Church and ran to the nearby guard station .

The guards immediately came to the Church with a magic tool to see through counterfeit bills .

And after investigation, it turned out that just as Haru claimed, the bills were all counterfeit . The self-proclaimed merchant was taken away .

“But, Haru . I’m surprised you could tell that those were fake bills . ”

Was there a scent particular to the material they used to make it?

I thought to myself but I was wrong .

“Counterfeit Appraisal, right?”

Carol asked Haru to confirm .

I see .

“Yes . It was a skill I received from Torerul-sama . ”

Haru replied .

A skill that Haru received in the Belasra dungeon .

Haru said that she received it from Torerul-sama but in actual fact, Torerul-sama skipped her work and I selected that skill using a roulette .

“But why did you think of using that skill?”

“Didn’t Master notice? That the exchange was strange . So I used Counterfeit Appraisal . ”

Ah, I see .

Haru didn’t find the merchant strange but because I found him strange that spurred her to action .

“Ichino-sama found that merchant strange? Carol was wary but Carol did not see any evidence even if he was acting suspiciously . ”

“Hn, well . I have a skill called Thought Trace . A skill to channel the target’s emotions to me . That merchant’s emotions were far from sincere . He was laughing at the priest . His emotions were laden with deceit . ”

“That’s a convenient skill . Especially in negotiating and gambling . ”

Gambling huh .

It would be pointless in roulette or slot machines but this skill might be invincible in poker .

Even if the opponent is a master of poker face, it is quite difficult to suppress emotions .

“Well, since we were caught in Belasra’s gambling hall previously, we shouldn’t go there for now — Haru?”

Haru’s tail withered apologetically .

As though a dog that knew it had done something bad .

“Actually, I’ve been to there three times …”

“You went to the gambling hall?”

“I’m sorry . ”

“No, I’m okay with it . At any rate, I don’t think you would play recklessly —”

Her tail withered even more .

… Haru-san? What happened?

“Master . Haru-san won 50 times against Gorsa-sama in 120 matches . ”

Ooh . It’s a little high for just leisure gambling but wasn’t her winning rate less than 50%?

In that case, there’s no problem — wait?

“Did you bet five numbers bet as before each time?”

It would be bad if her winning rate exceeded 40% against professional dealers .

“No . ”

Carol denied it . That’s a relief .

That’s to be expected . No matter what, betting five numbers bet against that Gorsa-san —

“It was one number bets . ”

“One number bets!? You won over 40% of the time with one number bets!?”

“I am sorry . I am terribly ashamed . Originally I had wanted to win at least 50% of the time . Even though Gorsa-sama didn’t use any cheat . ”

“No no, that’s already beyond the human capabilities . ”

“Demon Lo — Miri-sama seemed to have won with certainty even with one number bets . ”

“She has long since exceeded the realm of humans so she’s not considered . ”

I warned Haru with a motherly tone .

Or rather, just what was Miri doing .

Of course, when she was with Norn-san, they would pass by Belasra if they were heading directly south of Florence but I didn’t expect her to mess up the gambling hall .

… Is Gorsa-san all right?

“Incidentally, how much did you earn?”

“I did not exchange it for prizes . Well, I have plenty of medals but we played with the condition that I will not exchange them for money . But Gorsa-sama was not satisfied with that and I received all kinds of items from Gorsa-sama’s personal collection . Gorsa-sama seemed to have enjoyed it too so I don’t think we should worry . ”

Even if you tell me we don’t have to worry .

I guess I’ll apologize to him the next time we meet .

“Carol-dono, job change preparations are complete . Please step into the job change room . ”

“Okay! I’ll be going, Ichino-sama . ”

Carol lowered her head and entered the room at the back .

Only Haru and I remained .

“Koshmar-sama has a strong impact as always . ”

It may be a small church but it didn’t only have Libra-sama’s pure gold Goddess Statue . There were six stone-carved Goddess Statues as well .

I’ve seen most of the Goddess by now .

I first met Koshmar-sama and Torerul-sama . Libra-sama came visiting when I made My World, I received a divine blessing from Koshmar-sama at Dakyat . I’m still overwhelmed by meeting Minerva-sama with Miri .

The one I have not met yet .

“Tet-sama … huh?”

I muttered while looking at the statue of a young girl with a bob-cut about the same size as Torerul .

“Now that I think about it, she appears somewhat similar to Pioneer . ”

“Perhaps the manufacturing of homunculi such as Pionia-san and Neete-san is related to Tet-sama?”

“Eh? Is that so?”

“It’s nothing more than a guess . But Tet-sama is the goddess of life . There’s a possibility that she is involved in the ability to give life to the homunculus . ”

“That sounds plausible —”

I didn’t even think of that .

Homunculus — the creation of new life .

Regardless of how much she wanted to do it, would Torerul-sama do something so troublesome?

“I wonder if Torerul-sama asked Tet-sama to make them . ”

Carol returned just as I reached that deduction .

Her job had been safely changed to 【Herbalist: Lv1】 .

“Thank you for waiting, Ichino-sama . ”

“We didn’t wait long . ”

“Also, as thanks for this time, the priest-sama reduced the job change fee to half . ”

“That’s lucky . ”

I thought he might as well make it free for us but considering that half of it has to be sent to the Church headquarters, I guess he couldn’t give such a discount .

“Next, we’ll look for medicine making tools … eh, where do we buy those — ?”

“We can purchase medicine making tools in the apothecary on the south street so let’s go there . ”

Just how does she know these things!?

When did she research that much?