Waking up to the morning sun shining on my face, I rub my eyes to shake away the drowsiness. My body was sore all over from sleeping on a tree.

I untied the bandages that tied me to the tree and slowly got down from the tree.

The horned rabbit meat looked to be done drying, so I collected it and packed it to the brim into my dried meat pouch.

Then I prepare all my things and sigh; this will be another day of grueling walking.

The walk was hell; my legs and feet were already dead yesterday and are now even dead.

Today I am going to a spring that was on my map before it gets dark. Then tomorrow, it should only be a few hours walk to Farsborow.

The sun is about to set when I reach the spring. I collapsed, face flat on the ground again from my legs giving out on me.

"Man, I really hate walking.”

I made a campfire and was relaxing by it, eating some dried horn rabbit meat I’d made yesterday.

Thinking of what I should do when I reach Farsborow, I should first register as an adventurer at the guild, do some quests, train myself to a level I’m satisfied with, get a sense of what life is like for an adventurer, and maybe look for Norn if she also got reincarnated like me, but I should set my expectations low since I don’t think it's likely.

Also, I’m going to disguise myself to make it even harder for people to find me.

My silver hair makes me stand out quite a lot because there aren’t many commoners with the same hair color as me.

I gathered my hair into a ponytail and held my knife, then I cut off my hair.

Holding my hair, which I just cut off, I stare at it for a moment.

“Guess I don't need this anymore.”

I toss it away in the fire, watching it burn.

When it finished burning, I took a piece of charcoal out of the campfire with a stick, placed it on a rock, added some water from my flask, and began to crush it into a paste with the butt of my knife.

Let's see how well it will work as a hair dye.

I began scrubbing it all over my silver hair, then I went to the spring to see my reflection in the moonlight.

My hair turned more of an ashen black color; it did the job of making my hair stand out less.

With my short black hair and clothes, I now look a lot more boyish and different from how I used to look.

Now that I’m done dying my hair, I guess I’ll turn in for the night. I went up a tree last night, tied myself to it, and slept on a branch.

I woke up to my body completely sore again, and I honestly didn’t want to get up, but I packed all my things and walked onward to Farsborow.

After only a few hours of walking, I finally made it to Farsborow.

Looking at the town, it was a big town with high stone walls surrounding it.

I looked further to see that people were waiting in line by a gate, so I went and waited in line.

The line took around 10 minutes of waiting for me to reach the front.

By the time it was my turn, the guard asked for my name and business for being in Farsborow.

“My name is Nyx, and I came here to become an adventurer.”

“So you're planning to be an adventurer. Do you have any form of identification?”

"Sorry, but I don’t have any.”

He had an unfazed look, as I said, like it happens a lot.

“Since you don’t have any, the gate fee is 3 coppers.”

“Okay”

I pulled out a pouch of coins from my backpack and asked the guard for information about the town.

“Do you know where the adventurer’s guild is?”

“It’s at the center of town; just walk straight ahead from here.”

He pointed in the direction of where I should go.

"I see, and can you also recommend an inn I could stay at?”

The guard thought for a moment.

“There is a decent inn that has a green sign in front of it that is named The Early Rope Inn; it’s for adventurers who are just starting. It's not far from the Adventurers Guild.”

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“Got it”

After paying for the three copper coins, I thanked him for the information and went straight to the adventurer’s guild.

I exhaled in relief as I walked away from the gate. I was kind of nervous that I wasn’t going in without any identification.

It seems that this town is a town for beginner adventurers; people coming here to be adventurers without any identification are common.

Also, the name Nyx is an alias I came up with; after all, why wouldn’t I use one? Plus, it sounds cool and all.

Walking to the guild building, I saw many different types of stores and shops. The atmosphere and vibe I’m getting from this town feel almost exactly like the towns in some of the video games I've played in my past life.

After 15 minutes of walking, I’d reach the center of town, where there was a 3-story building; this must be the adventurer guild.

Opening the door, I saw that it was mostly empty, with only a few people inside. Since it’s already noon, I guess most of them are off doing quests right now.

I walked to the reception counter, seeing only 1 of the 7 counters was open and had a receptionist in it.

"Hello, my name is Emma. How may I help you?”

She greeted me with a customer service-like smile.

“I’d like to become an adventurer.”

“One second, please.”

Pulling out a piece of paper from a drawer and a feather pen, she gave them to me.

“The fee is 5 copper coins; would you like for me to read and fill it out for you?”

“No, I can do it myself.”

Emma had a barely noticeable surprise reaction as I said I could do it myself. I could tell since I used to live in high society, in which I was taught to notice those types of things.

I took out a large copper coin for the fee, gave it to her, and took the paper.

Reading it, the general gist is that the guild is not responsible for your death or injuries; you must act befitting of an adventurer, which is to not break any laws or guild rules; and finally, you get to have access to benefits provided by the guilds, like discounts, training areas, a library, selling monster parts, information, etc.

Then I look at what I need to fill out, which is my general information.

I wrote down my name as Nyx, gender male, age 14, hair color black, eye color red, and the town I’m from, which is the name of a random town that is nearby.

I chose my age to be 14 because, as someone from nobility, I tend to look a few years older than a commoner.

After filling that out, it asked for my role, which is a swordsman because a sword is what I’m most familiar with from my past life.

Giving back the paper I filled out, Emma looked over the paper and then gave me a wooden tag.

“Congratulations on becoming an adventurer. Your starting rank is F, and this is a tag to prove that you're an adventurer as we make your adventurer card for pickup tomorrow.”

Taking the wooden tag, Emma asks if there is anything else she could help me with.

I asked if I could sell any monster parts, and she asked me to follow her.

Emma started walking toward a bigger counter at the end of the reception desk.

"Sorry, but there aren’t a lot of adventurers around this time of day, so most of the staff is on break and I’m the only one working right now. What would you like to sell?”

Pulling the five-horned rabbit furs and horns out of my backpack, I showed them to Emma.

“These are horn rabbits that I’d killed on my way here.”

I look back up at Emma to see her lose some of her composure.

“Umm… May I ask if you kill all of them, Mr. Nyx?”

Hmm, why is she suddenly being really formal?

“Yes, aren’t they just horned rabbits?”

I tilted my head at her question.

“No, they’re white-horned rabbits.”

Emma went on and explained that they are more dangerous and rarer than normal horned rabbits, which have a D rank instead of an F rank for a normal horned rabbit.

She had a troubled smile for some reason, as I blankly replied that they weren't that tough.

“Oh, I see, and how much do I get for selling it?”

Ignoring the fact that they were white horned rabbits, I was much more interested in how much money I’d get since they have a higher rank than normal-horned rabbits.

“In total, it will be one silver coin, Mr. Nyx.”

A silver coin, I don’t know if it’s a lot, but I think that's a lot.

Saying goodbye to Emma and leaving the guild building, I decided to go to the inn that the gate guard recommended to me.

I took a look at my coin pouch. Excluding the silver coin, I have 5 large lead coins, 6 large copper coins, 8 bronze coins, and 1 large bronze coin. I think this is more than enough to cover the cost of a night at an inn.

Finding the inn after 5 minutes of walking, it was a 2-story building that looked relatively cheap and had the green sign the guard told me about, with the name The Early Rope Inn on it.

Walking into the inn, I saw the first floor was a tavern, like what I kind of expected from any fantasy inn.

I went to the reception desk with a middle-aged lady sitting there and asked her for a room for the night.

“The price is 3 bronze a night; how long are you planning to stay?”

“For 5 nights, but I plan to stay longer.”

“Are you an adventurer? We have a deal with the guild to offer discounts.”

“Yes, I just registered today.”

I showed her the wooden tag I was given.

“The price is 1 bronze instead of 3 bronzes a night, so 5 bronze coins in total.”

1 bronze coin instead of 3; that is a really big discount. I guess it makes sense since it makes it easier for new adventurers who are just starting.

Taking my coin pouch, I gave her five bronzed coins.

“Your room is the second to the last door on the right," she said while pointing me to the stairs.

Giving me the keys to my room, I went upstairs and looked for my room.

I opened the door and saw that the room was small. It had a bed, a small table, a bucket, and a window in it.

Dropping my backpack to the floor, I shut the door behind me and immediately plopped myself onto the bed and laid on it, my face already on the pillow.

“Finally, a bed.”

Who knew it could feel this nice after days of sleeping outdoors?

I am exhausted; a nap really would be nice.

In my previous life, when I and Norn were recruited to become pilots, we had to go through training.

We were pushed to our limits every day, but at least we had a bed to sleep on. Who knew not having a bed to sleep on would be so awful?

I dozed off and slept like a log because I had something comfortable to sleep on instead of a tree to sleep on.