After lunch, Jin continued to ask Helga to show him around the village.

"Are there any stores?"

Jin asked.

"There is one store that sells daily necessities. Other than that, a peddler comes around once a month.

"I see."

Jin remembered with nostalgia how Roland used to come around in Kaina Village.

"You see, that's the place."

His musings were interrupted by Helga's voice.

"Heh..."

The store has the atmosphere of a general store with a wide frontage.

"Hello, auntie."

Helga approached a middle-aged woman tending the store in the back. She was small and chubby, and her hair was beginning to have some white in it.

"Oh, Helga. Who is he?"

"His name is Jin-san. Is he our ...... houseguest?"

Helga said such a line, which made Jin laugh.

At least call me a customer.

Helga turned to the lady with a mischievous smile.

"Yes, I am.

"I don't understand, you are here to see the chief, right?　Would you like to buy something?"

"Well, I don't have anything with me right now.

Well, I don't have any money with me at the moment.

"Well, I don't have any money with me at the moment. ...... Jin, no kidding, is there anything you need?

"I can't remember offhand,......."

"Well, why don't you check out the store?　Let me know if there's anything you need."

"Okay."

So Jin decided to look around the store.

Farm tools such as hoes, plows, sickles, and machetes. There were also colanders and baskets.

Kitchen utensils such as pots and knives, brooms, dustpans, and mats. There were also cleaning utensils similar to a tawashi (a kind of scrubbing brush).

There were also dishes and small bowls, wooden spoons and forks, and wooden chopsticks. There were also wooden chopsticks.

In the back of the room, there are grains such as flour, barley, and buckwheat.

Work clothes and shoes in various sizes were also available.

"You deal in a lot of things, don't you?

"Well, yes. We have everything you need in the village.

The lady shook her big belly and laughed.

"Oh, don't you sell Magi Stones or Magi Crystals?

Jin asked as a test,

"We don't have such expensive things. There is no one who can use it. You'd have to ask Lorenz, a peddler, to get it.

He said to me.

"Magi stones are not so common on this continent," Helga adds.

Helga adds.

"I see. ......"

Jin was disappointed.

"Auntie, are you here?

Just then, another customer came in. He was a young man with a bow on his back and a machete on his waist. He was about 6 feet tall and solidly built.

He said, "There's one!

It would be scary if there were two of them. ...... Oh, it's Helga! You're here too. Who's that?

"Oh, Isak. Is he back?

"Oh. I got a couple of horned deer.

"That's great. ...... Jin, he's my childhood friend Isak. He's a hunter. ...... Isak, this is Jin, he's a mage. Are you one of our ...... guests?"

"I don't know why you use the question form, but ...... it's nice to meet you, Jin."

"Nice to meet you too."

Then the lady at the grocery store interrupted.

"Isak, what can I do for you?"

"Oh, yeah, yeah. I chipped my machete. I came to buy a whetstone.

A whetstone. Hold on a second. ...... Oh, I'm afraid we're out of them.

"Yeah, right."

Isak took the old machete from his waist and looked at it ruefully.

"Why don't you get a new one?"

Helga suggested, but Isak shook his head.

I like this one my father gave me. I'm going to use it until it's useless, then I'm going to buy a new machete.

You're stubborn, just like your uncle.

"We're father and son."

The two exchange casual conversation, as if they have known each other since childhood. Jin was a little concerned about something and interrupted.

"Isn't there much stone around here?"

Isak answered.

"Stone?　Well, we can't get any. When you dig it up, it's just dirt and sand.

"Well, ......, you said there's a river, right?　Can't you find rocks there?"

"Of course, there are stones in the riverbed, but what are you going to do?"

What do you do?　What do you do?" "What?

What?　What? Grinding stones are in the river?　Can you make one in the first place?

"Yes, you can make them ......, or rather, that's how you get them in the first place."

"Is that so ......?"

I was a little worried about the education in this village, and even before that, what kind of wisdom of daily life they have.

I see.

"I see, so this is the riverbank.

Jin, Helga, and Isak had arrived at the banks of the Nosina River.

It was about an hour's walk from the village of Taji.

"We were in the middle of the river, maybe a little upstream.

Jin judged this from the size of the stones lying around.

The average size of the stones was about the size of a baby's head, and some of the larger ones were more than a hundred pounds.

"Is it possible to tell by looking at them like that?"

Isak looked at Jin curiously as he stroked the surface of the stones.

In fact, he was using to check the quality of the stone.

"Yes, I think this one and this one will make good whetstones.

Jin selected two huge rocks.

"Hey, hey, we can't take something that big home with us," he said.

"No, I'll process it here. ......<><>>>>>>"

"Huh!"

Isak watched in amazement as a large rock was shaped into a block in no time.

"The stones here are good. Not only quartz, but also corundum particles are mixed in, and the grain size is almost uniform."

"......"

Jin produced a dozen grinding stones from the two rocks.

"This one is a rough grindstone and this one is a medium grindstone. I couldn't find any for finishing. ...... hmm, what's wrong?"

"......"

Helga and Isak were speechless at the sight of Jin's skill.