From that night until the following days, Hayato didn't say much to Raff. But Raff himself didn't really care. He didn't care if Hayato hated him, his principles wouldn't change just like that.

"I want to buy clothes first, don't think I want to buy you too. You can go alone," Raff said as he left the inn.

"Tch. Who do you want to buy for?" grumbled Hayato without even looking at Raff.

Raff just smiled as he left the inn. He immediately went to the market to look for clothes, as Nia had requested. There were many merchants who were still preparing to open their shops this morning, some who used carts also seemed to have just arrived at the market.

Raff's gaze immediately fell on a middle-aged male merchant who was preparing goods on his cart, he felt that this merchant was different because the overflow of mana from his body was stronger like an adventurer. Suddenly, Raff approached him, and the merchant in the shorts seemed to be crouching and tying something to his right leg.

"What are you selling with those vegetables?" asked Raff when he reached the merchant's cart.

The merchant immediately turned to look at Raff with a shocked expression on his face, his right leg bent up to his thigh and tied with a rope right at his calf. "Eh? Ah, I sell fried noodles, I mix them with vegetables."

"Hey, are you an adventurer in disguise?" asked Raff.

"Ah no, I really want to be an adventurer. But after my wife died, there is no one to take care of my five small children. I am forced to trade, and it is not enough to treat their illness, which is getting worse every day," the merchant said quietly.

"How much does this food cost?" asked Raff.

"I'm selling it for only ten silver coins, I used to sell it for twenty silver coins, but it didn't sell well, now I'm forced to take a profit of one silver coin from each portion, it's better to sell than to lose, even though the results are still not enough to buy my son's medicine," the merchant explained while shedding tears.

"Then I'll buy a portion, here's a gold coin. You don't need to give me change," Raff said with a smile and handed over a gold coin.

"Thank you, sir, this is the first time I've met a kind person like you. Thank you very much, I will tell all my descendants about your kindness. What is your name, sir?" the merchant asked while crying.

"Hehehe ... you don't need to exaggerate. My name is Raff Lostfield," Raff replied happily.

The merchant continued to praise Raff while he prepared the food Raff had ordered. After eating, Raff went to the clothing store and bought five pairs of clothes.

"How much is this, sir?" asked Raff.

"Just one gold coin, sir," the merchant replied kindly.

"Hehehe ... is that not too cheap? Maybe your clothes often don't sell, like the fried noodle merchant over there, he also only takes one silver coin profit per serving because it doesn't sell," Raff said jokingly as he handed over a gold coin.

"Hmm... it seems that you have been deceived by him. If the price of these clothes is indeed reasonable in any shop," the clothing shop owner said as he accepted Raff's gold coin.

"Huh? What does that mean?" asked Raff in surprise.

"The fried noodle vendor is notorious for cheating. He is an adventurer, but because he likes to cheat, he has been banned from taking quests and his adventurer card has been taken by the guild. Now he is forced to sell to survive, but it seems that his habit of cheating still continues. He often pretends to have only one leg and tells sad stories to his customers to get them to give him more money," the shopkeeper explained.

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"Is that true? Doesn't he have five children who are all sick?" asked Raff again, as if he still didn't believe it.

"I'm not lying, you can ask other shops. We dare not reprimand or report him because he is an adventurer. He hides one leg folded on his thigh, and then he wears long pants to cover both legs, so it looks like one leg is stumped because the pants wave from his knees. He wasn't married either, let alone had children. He's so famous that the merchants have given him the nickname of S-rank Impostor," the shopkeeper replied with a smile.

"Tch. What a bastard he is," Raff muttered as he left the clothing store.

Raff had intended to reply to the impostor earlier, but the distance was too great. He decided against it and returned directly to the inn. After all, Raff felt that it was his own carelessness that had caused him to give the swindler his money, voluntarily and without coercion.

"It turns out that in this era, there are also many people who like to take advantage of the kindness of others," Raff muttered as he walked to his room.

Hayato's face looked annoyed as Raff entered the room, "I went out to buy clothes." Hayato said curtly.

"He seems to still be upset about the incident that night," Raff muttered as he tidied up the clothes he had bought. "The price is cheaper than in the Acedia era," Raff said, remembering his past, when the price of a pair of clothes alone could reach ten gold coins, when Xavier ruled the world.

Raff sighed deeply as he straightened his clothes. In a few weeks he will go to Elexia Academy to become a student there, he can only hope that there will be clues about his friends.

"The nightmares stopped after I arrived in this era," Raff murmured softly, remembering the nightmares that had been recurring ever since Xavier was defeated. "Is this dream really a bad omen for the current events I am experiencing?" Raff murmured softly while sighing deeply. Raff was thoughtful for a long time until the door to his room was opened.

"Hey Raff, I found some tasty food. You should be grateful because I bought it for you too," Hayato said with a happy face, even posing as usual. His right hand held the bundle of leaves while his left hand held a paper bag with clothes.

"You're not mad at me anymore?" asked Raff while furrowing his brow.

"Hahaha... a main character like me is the embodiment of justice and goodness, I cannot possibly have evil traits like vindictiveness or anger. Don't equate me with ancient people like you," Hayato replied while handing Raff a package of food wrapped in leaves.

"Well. Actually, I do understand your words that night now, after seeing it from a different perspective," Hayato thought.

Raff looked annoyed while he opened the leaf wrapped food, "Tch. I don't know what your strange words meant, but I know you were mocking me." But Raff's face turned shocked when he saw the contents of the food given by Hayato, "This food, where did you buy it from?"

"Hahaha ... the smell alone is delicious, right? This fried noodle really tastes good! I bought it from a crippled merchant who lost a leg," Hayato replied proudly. "As a good hero, I even gave him some extra money."

"Hahaha..." Raff immediately laughed out loud while holding his stomach.

"Hey, why are you laughing?" Hayato asked in surprise.

"Hahaha ... is that merchant with a bad right leg?" asked Raff with a laugh.

"Yes. His right leg pants are waving from his knee," Hayato replied in confusion.

"He has five children who are all ill? Did his wife die? Did his goods not sell for twenty silver coins? Does he worship you and will tell your name to all his descendants?" asked Raff again, trying to hold back his laughter.

"Yes. Do you know him?" asked Hayato, increasingly surprised that Raff seemed to know the person he was referring to.

"Hahaha ... how much money did you give him?" asked Raff, laughing again because he couldn't hold it in.

"Four gold coins," Hayato replied, starting to worry.

"Hahaha..." Raff laughed out loud this time, louder than before.

"Not funny! What's going on here, huh? I'm not the main character in a comedy story, it's just weird that you're laughing like that!" Hayato grumbled.

"You idiot! You've just been fooled, I saw for myself that his right leg was intact. But he folded it to his thigh and then wore pants to make it look like his leg was missing. He also told me about his five sick children and his dead wife, even though the other merchants said he had never been married," Raff explained with a laugh.

"Fuck, I'm going to chop up that merchant's meat right now and mix it with his fried noodles!" shouted Hayato with a red face, he immediately put down his clothes and ran out of the inn.

"Hahaha... kill him, main character!" Raff shouted with a laugh.

"Fuck! Even though I realized Raff's words because of him, I was touched because it turned out that there were poor people who were disabled but still tried to make money in a good way," Hayato grumbled, holding back his anger.

"Fuck!" Hayato shouted as he came out of the inn building, everyone outside was shocked to hear Hayato's shout.

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