"Hm. I'll leave it up to later. I have something in mind, although it won't happen now." He finally says after thinking it through for a moment. Okay, so he does have something he wants to have.

"I'm a freelance bard, but I have a badge of approvement, so it's not illegal for me to perform outside without restraints. Although that requires times, a lot of stamps, and a horde of papers." He answers, and I nod. I guess it's not a pleasant memory for him...

"I see. Can you please show me a local guild? I'm actually new here, so I don't know much about this village." I ask shamelessly with a small smile. Let's use him while I still can. He's useful.

"Yeah, it figures. I mean, who the heck doesn't know how we make money around here?" He retorts back sharply and crosses his arms. "But I'll show you. Since I'm so kind."

'I didn't think about that. I must seem really weird...' I sigh a bit and just nod as he mentions showing me the local guild. Okay, money secured. Probably.

After we walk through the village green and some streets, we arrive in front of the guild building. It seems pretty ordinary, although it's definitely bigger.

It's a wooden, two-story building with a big front door. Above the door hangs a sign that reads 'Local Guild'. Ah, how creative. Whoever named it like this probably lacked creativity or was too lazy.

There's also a bulletin board next to the guild with some papers attached to it. I look over some, and I see a request for hunting... 3 Kance? Okay. I'm lost. It's probably how they call an animal, but I have no idea which one.

"Let's go. It's open to anyone, really." Merle says, distracting me from the bulletin board, and I nod as I follow him inside.

I check out the interior and the people around us. Behind the counter is a young lady with black hair and dark brown eyes. She's wearing a uniform that has a badge.

There's a total of 3 sections that the counter is divided into. On the walls, there are papers with other commissions and requests.

I look around and read some. 'Collect 20 Berrichecks - 4 bronze', 'Find a small, white cochk with one green and one blue eye - 3 bronze', 'Collect 12 Dules and 6 Pampel heads - 7 bronze'. I can guess some of these words, but most remain unknown.

Merle, meanwhile, observes me from the entry. 'He seems kinda lost. Does he not understand those requests?' He thinks as he watches me with a sharp eye.

I walk towards the counter and look at the lady behind the counter in section 2. "I'll take the Berricheck commission." She simply nods and hands me a scroll, and I take a look at it.

I take the scroll and thank her. I then walk up to Merle and show him the scroll, which has details about the commission written on it.

"I got one." I smile a bit, and he takes a look at it. He simply sighs but doesn't say anything. I know that collecting flowers may be boring for him, but it's still something.

"It's the best that I can currently do." I say and avoid his gaze. But I need it... I really do need it! If I don't do this, then I'm as good as dead in this world.

Merle leads me to a meadow, and we start looking for the Yarrows. Well... Berricheck, in this world. 

We look around, and we find around 5 so far in the span of 20 minutes. I look up at the sky. It's cloudless today... I sigh and close my eyes for a moment.

The air is very different from my hometown. It's fresh, and I can smell the blooming flowers and the trees. It all feels very unfamiliar.

I go back to collecting and searching for the Berrichecks. After around an hour or so, I meet up with Merle, and we count the number of flowers that we collected. "I have 12. How many do you have?"

"I collected 16 so far." He answers and shows me his findings. I nod and put the flowers together. So, now we have 28. I look at the commission, and I look back at Merle.

"Alright. The commission is done. We also have 8 more than we need. What do we do with it?" I ask and wait for his answer. 

"Well, if you have any excess material, then we can either sell it or use it for our own use." He answers and then starts heading back to the guild. 

As we arrive at the guild, we hand in the commission scroll and the requested amount of Berrichecks. I receive 4 bronze, and I smile. "At least some money... how much does a room for one night cost?"

Merle looks at me and gives me a puzzled look. 'He doesn't even know such trivial things? He's such an oddball.' He thinks to himself and sighs.

"One room costs 6 bronze. Full meals and a room provided in the price." I nod and then take a look at other commissions. I need more money, then. It's already the afternoon...

My stomach rumbles, but I ignore it and take on some more commissions to make more coins. 'If I want to survive here, I need to sacrifice something. I'm losing my dignity here... asking such stupid questions.'

'But I need to know!' I try to convince myself, but I give up, knowing it's useless by now. I already humiliated and embarrassed myself far too much in just a day...

After completing more commissions and requests, I feel how my pockets are heavy with coins. I smile to myself once I hear how the coins clink against each other in my pocket. 'What a nice sound!'

"It's already dusk... we should book a room." I speak to Merle, who seems at least a tad more comfortable with me, but I don't look at him. I count the coins, and I do some basic math to count how much money I made.

'3 silver and 2 bronze... alright! So far, so good.' I look around and notice a local tavern. I look at the price for a room. 6 bronze for a night. That's exactly as Merle said.

I go to the tavern and book a room, paying for it, and Merle does the same. I take the key, and I search for my room. I find it, and I unlock it. I glance next to me and see Merle.

'What a coincidence.' I smile a bit and go into the room and close the door. It's pretty small, but it feels homelike. 

I take my shoes off and plop onto the bed as I take the mirror and look at it. I need to figure out how to get back to my real home... I touch the frame of the mirror, noticing something weird...