Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeoneering Feats of a Discarded Vampire Aristocrat Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 10] by Fire head

Author:Fire head
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, paranormal, magic, fantasy, isekai, reincarnation, survival, overpowered, monsters, family, female protagonist, aristocrats, vampires, dungeons, RPG mechanics
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Chapter 14: Enhanced Strength

After leaving the guild, Mercedes took half of the reward and handed the rest to Margaret. Each of them had received 400,000 yerks, about what an adult working a decent-paying, low-risk job would make in four months. Of course, there weren’t office jobs in this world, so she wasn’t certain what would constitute an average income.

“Th-Thank you. Can I really have all this?”

“Of course. It’s your due reward for a job well done.”

With the money Margaret had earned, she’d be able to live without struggle for a while and buy some delicious food for her mother. But on the other hand, that would be it. In a few months’ time, she’d be back where she started. Therefore, Mercedes had no intention of ending things here; this was just money to help Margaret survive for the time being.

“First, let’s buy some food. You wanted to treat your mother to something tasty, right?”

“Yup!”

Mercedes led Margaret to a large general store, where they—or rather, just Margaret—bought their goods and paid for them. Mercedes simply watched, generally leaving everything up to the younger girl save a few words whenever she tried to buy something odd. She’d answer any questions Margaret asked, but otherwise, she made no suggestions on what the girl should or shouldn’t purchase. Margaret seemed to understand this, and she strove to choose the best groceries despite her clumsiness.

Once that was done, Mercedes had Margaret buy a single book titled, How to Write and Read: A Simple Guide for Monkeys with an author listed as, “Gorilla.” It was practically begging to be made fun of, but while the title was terrible, it described how to read and write in detail. Mercedes had previously assumed that illustrations didn’t exist in the books of this world, but this one may just be the only exception. There were no pictures, but it was nonetheless filled with simple diagrams which could be considered “illustrations” in at least one sense of the word. Mercedes had the same book in her house and had used it to learn to read herself. If the chance arose, she’d love to get to meet the author.

“You should be able to learn to read and write with this. Then, you could become a scribe. That’s a stable job that doesn’t involve risking your life like Seekers, Landsknechts, or soldiers do.”

The job Mercedes recommended to Margaret was that of a scribe. They wrote documents, love letters, and petitions for others, and given the low literacy rate in this world, it could be quite profitable. Everybody was literate in modern-day Japan, but in societies where that wasn’t the case, it was essential to have people who could write in others’ steads. Most scribes set up stands in town, but others stayed at a central location and had middlemen bring work to them. An obviously young girl like Margaret setting up a stand and loitering around town would become a target rich environment for thugs, so Mercedes planned to have her use the latter method.

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