Chapter 144.2
For now, I paid for two nights with a small gold coin and gave the rest of the money to the middle-aged woman as a deposit to pay for two days of meals and to keep her quiet. It might cost money, but Elena needed a safe place to sleep in order to regain her strength.
“…Aria, can you use this for money?”
Elena said this and held out a knife to me as we entered the room and were alone.
It was Elena’s suicide knife. It was a knife owned by a noblewoman, and as a royalty, Elena’s knife was embedded with jewels so that it could be converted into money in case of an emergency. I gently pushed the knife back to Elena, who had previously told me that it could be worth five large gold coins if sold in a decent store.
“I’m not in that much trouble yet. I’m sure we’ll need the money, but Elena can still hold on to it, so we could use it when it matters.”
“…I understand.”
Elena seemed to realize the meaning of my fumbled words. If two drifter women were to exchange such an expensive item for cash, it could attract someone’s attention. To use it, Elena would need a situation in which she could show her position to some extent, and she would need a proof to do so.
Understanding this, Elena clutched the knife tightly to her chest and nodded quietly.
“First, let’s decide on a policy.”
The objective was Elena’s return, but first we had to inform the Cleydale Kingdom that Elena was alive.
At least within three months. We had already decided to some extent on the way to this town, but we decided that it was impossible to borrow a magic tool for communication from the Adventurers’ Guild under the circumstances in this town. In the first place, the magical tools of communication were controlled by the state in every country, so it was highly unlikely that a merchant family, let alone a guild or a high-ranking noble family, would have them.
We were also considering the idea of asking a merchant who came to this town to accompany Elena to the Khalfaan Empire, but it would take a month one way from Khalfaan Empire to reach this town, and the merchant would have to be well-connected with the Kirli or Hogloss Trading Company.