Rising Of The Shield Hero Web Novel ver

Snatching Everything but your Life

“Ohh… I am so fortunate as to be able to ride on the carriage of the Holy Bird.”
“The Holy Bird?”

That day we met a merchant who was looking to head over to next town so we gave him a lift.

“Did you not know?  Uhm, you are the owner of this carriage correct?”

The merchant who was chatting with Raphtalia points to me rather than her.
He pointed me out even though I try to make it seem like Raphtalia was the owner while I pretended to simply be the guy who synthesizes our goods.

“I am…”
“You guys are getting quite famous.  Word has it that there is a carriage drawn by a Holy Bird whose proprietors wander about bringing miracles as they sell their goods.”

As the carriage rattles about as I take a look from within the carriage at Firo.
People seem to think pretty highly of you.  When in truth you’re just a glutton who wants to be spoiled.
But just what are these miracles that he’s talking about?
Hm?

“KWEEEEEH!”

Filo suddenly lets out a strange call and runs rampant.

“Uwah!”

The three of us who were in the carriage (Me, Raphtalia, and the merchant) grasp at the carriage’s handrails to keep from falling.

“----GYAAAAA….”
“-----YASU-SAMAAAA….”

Gararara!
The wheels let out a loud rattle so I couldn’t hear what was going on outside.
Every now and then Filo flips out and causes a ruckus like this.
This is the fourth time since we’ve started peddling.  Such a capricious creature.

“Watch it, it’s not just us two in here you know.”
“Oka-y, I mean…. Kweh!”

I whisper at her so that the merchant doesn’t hear.
It seems that a talking monster sticks out quite a bit, and I’d prefer not to invite any needless attention
… Though I have a feeling I might already be getting that attention.
The merchant giving me a look in complete surprise.

“I’ve heard that it can understand our language, but it’s really amazing.”
“Yeah, I think so too.”

Now that I think about it, just understanding human language is pretty amazing, but being able to speak our tongue too? Such a high spec monster.
I’ll consider it as the expansive possibilities that the monster race can have.  But even in that sense she might be something unbelievably rare.

“We just peddle plain old medicine and pick up any jobs that would benefit from our carriage.”

I respond going back to our original topic.

“It’s said that a saint riding the carriage bears special medicine, and the sick and ailing who drink this special medicine from his hand will be saved.”
“Is that so…”

It’s a bit expensive, but it’s medicine that most anyone can afford.
On a side note, it seems I can change which kind of herbs to use to make medicine that would best target specific symptoms.
The first medicine I made was an all-purpose one so its Quality was quite low. It might’ve been pretty good at stopping a cough.
But now that I’ve gotten my hands on a wide range of herbs, I can cater the medicine towards a specific purpose.
Fevers, pulmonary problems, digestive problems, skin problems, the efficacy of the medicine towards each of these issues depends on the type of herbs I use.  I’ve just got all kinds of these targeted medicines on hand.
 This type of stuff was gone in pretty fine detail in the intermediate recipe book.  Though I still use the shield skill [menus] to help me out when I mixing herbs.

“Plain old medicine you say?”

I pull out a bottle from our goods box and let him have a look at it.