AIWON Mall Isekai Store, Grand Opening Today! - Chapter 52
Episode 6-3
Encounter with goblins had happened, but Anna-san and I made it to the city’s front.
Alongside the road, there was a continuous outer wall, and the gate was right there.
What I learned in cross-cultural communication training, such as capturing techniques or how the Skeleton Captain deals with goblins, there are many things that pique my curiosity.
Right now, there’s something else that’s bothering me.
“Last time, Chloe introduced herself and we could pass through easily, right?”
That is the gatekeeper’s check.
The old farmer who was walking in front of us showed something to the gatekeeper and passed through.
I wonder if we need some kind of pass or identification.
For now, Chloe hasn’t told us anything.
“Aion’s employee ID or driver’s license could serve as proof of identity, right? Or maybe something like a passport, even though I don’t have one. Well, I probably wouldn’t be able to use it anyway, haha.”
“Naoya-san, why don’t you try showing something for now? The gatekeeper should have heard about Aion Mall, and Chloe sent us off without saying anything.”
“Yes, let’s give it a try for now. Even if it doesn’t work, they probably won’t arrest us just for not being able to enter the city. I don’t have any weapons, and I can’t use magic to harm anyone…”
I turned around.
Anna-san was smiling with a cheerful expression.
Our eyes met, and she tilted her head slightly.
“Anna-san-san, you’re an undead, a lich, right? Typically, that’s a harmful presence to people, right? I won’t get arrested for trying to enter the city with an undead, will I?”
“Let’s go, Naoya-san!”
“Ahhh! I should have come with Chloe or Barbera after all! But Barbera wouldn’t work either, she’s a dragon! What’s going on with the hiring department! Iori!”
Without paying any attention to my lamentations, Anna-san approached the gate.
Despite being an undead and a lich.
Before departure, Anna-san had said it was okay, that we could enter the city, so I gathered my resolve and headed toward the gate.
“Halt there! Each of you, show your pass or identification!”
Crap, this might not work.
“This is…? It’s a very intricate drawing… Ah, this emblem is the one. Yes, I’ve heard of it. Please go ahead.”
“They let us through with just the employee ID! Aion is amazing!”
Thinking it wouldn’t work, I showed Aion’s employee ID, and we were allowed to pass. I shuddered at the thought that the prestige of Aion Corporation extended even to this otherworld.
“Well, they probably sent knights to Aion Mall’s otherworld branch, and Chloe always passes through, so maybe they were informed. Or maybe they’re just being lenient.”
Passing through the gate and crossing the outer wall, I muttered in the plaza in front of the gate.
At this time, past noon, the plaza in front of the gate was deserted. According to stories I heard from traveling merchants, it’s crowded in the morning and evening. In the morning, there are breakfast stalls, and in the evening, there are inn recruiters.
“I guess we’ll have to come at those times too… Now then.”
I stopped indulging in escapism and looked back. Anna-san wasn’t coming.
“Entering the city with undead was probably reckless after all. Anna-san probably didn’t bring the skeletons for that reason.”
Mumbling to myself, I began to walk back to the gate.
“Wait there. It seems like you’re disguising it well, but my eyes can’t be deceived. Gate guards, be thankful for the fortunate coincidence of having the court magician, me, present here!”
“Um, is there a problem with this woman?”
“Yes. This woman is, no, this guy—”
“I didn’t want to use it much, but there’s no helping it. ‘Mind Control.'”
“Anna-san-san, are you okay… huh?”
“My apologies, miss! Please go through!”
“This is what court magicians are like! There’s no problem at all! Please go through!”
“Thank you.”
Anna-san passed through the gate.
“Eh, um…”
“Naoya-san, is something wrong?”
“I didn’t see anything. I didn’t see anything at all. It’s fine since we were allowed through. That’s right, don’t think, don’t feel.”
On the 11th day since I became the store manager and the 12th day since I arrived in this otherworld, there were things I should probably remain ignorant of in this otherworld. No, this is bad. ‘Mind Control’ with magic? This can’t be good.
“Um, Anna-san-san? Is it really okay to walk around the city so confidently like this?”
“Yes, Naoya-san, there’s no problem. I’m concealing my magical power levels and the quality of my magic. Since I was seen through earlier, I’m being extra careful now.”
As I walked through the city with Anna-san, I had come to this otherworld city for the second time, wanting to learn about the medical situation closest to Aion Mall’s otherworld branch. Anna-san had been guiding me, saying, “If that’s what you’re looking for, then it’s over there.”
“Uh, well… Then why do I still look pale?”
“I don’t know. It might be related to the fact that you don’t have any magical power…”
“Oh, right, I don’t have magical power. I can’t use magic.”
“Yes, in this world, people have at least a tiny bit of magical power. Meeting someone with absolutely none, like you, is a first in my long life.”
“You said it! Even though you mentioned you were 21, you said ‘long life’! No, you meant ‘lifetime’!”
No one paid attention to us as we walked through the city, or rather, to Anna-san, an undead and a lich. The only one who saw through her was the court magician at the gate, but it seems she enhanced her concealment afterward. I hope this city is really safe.
“So, Anna-san-san, is the destination far from here?”
“No, Naoya-san. We’ve just arrived.”
After walking along the cobbled main street for a while, Anna-san stopped.
“…Is this the place?”
I also stopped and looked at the building in front of us. It was made of stone, larger than the other buildings, and had a somewhat solemn feel to it. Even without knowing the details of this otherworld, I could somehow tell.
“Um, Anna-san-san? This place? Really?”
“Let’s go, Naoya-san. If it’s for the city’s medical services, we can’t skip this place!”
Anna-san entered the premises without hesitation.
The church. Probably a church or at least a religious facility in this city.
“No, not ‘let’s go’! Is it really okay, you’re an undead! This lich is too carefree! Going to the church, is Anna-san-san going to come back alive? Oh wait, she’s not alive anymore!”
My lamentations, once again, went unheard by anyone today. At least for now, it’s a good thing they didn’t reach anyone! I accidentally said “undead” in front of the church!