Reincarnated as a Gun in Another World with a System!

Chapter 6 - The Calm Before the Storm

We’ve earned around 1000 Credits just by selling the jewelry and dresses Chloe has with her. Since we don’t need such lavish ornaments around Chloe’s body, it is best to sell those things and make them our own pocket money. The two of us have no idea how the adventurer’s guild, the town, or the inn works.

I also ask if Chloe is good with money, to which she replies to me with…. “Yes! My parents and I buy stuff from these lavish shops and then…” the story continues. I stop Chloe from resuming any further and ask if she has visited her hometown, far from the interior sides of her own castle.

“Hmmmm. Not really. My parents said there were a lot of bad people who wanted us gone, so it was best to help those villagers from afar. So we never get the gist of what is happening in the market unless it is time to deal with the merchant’s guild.”

Bingo! The main problem lies there. Chloe’s parents assume that the villagers never really care about them, but in fact, they need to have faith in them. They are the ones the king and queens should focus on, not anything else. As long as the people prove their loyalty to the Kingdom, I think that’s all that matters.

As a Japanese guy who lives in a peaceful and democratic country, I know a thing or two about what a prime minister or a leader must do.

So I tell Chloe that she needs to fix that attitude, but I won’t be the one who should tell her. Maybe if we could visit the adventurer’s guild and the people living there, Chloe, the princess, should know.

“I’ll be handling the money and the expenses. Besides, every time you kill monsters or finish quests, we could gain Credits. Sometime soon, I may open up the bank and let you share the Credits. Until then, I’m in charge, okay?”

“You are such a stingy person, Kuro,” Chloe mutters, and pouts in front of me.

“But if you and I want to survive, you have to follow me.”

“I know….”

Anyway, the clothes could’ve cost more if we were in a proper shop. But since we are dealing with the merchant, there’s nothing else we can do but accept his offer, despite losing a bunch of Credits with it. “Make the most out of everything,” I say. And just move on from the problem.

There is only one piece of jewelry Princess Chloe refuses to sell: the earrings her parents, the king and queen, have bought for her. Although we couldn’t have that showing around her ears, I suggest Chloe to place it inside my inventory. She reluctantly agrees, but… it is what it is.

Princess Chloe and I arrive at the adventurer’s guild around evening. Unfortunately, our journey took two days before we could arrive at the village. And once we have settled in, we enter the town with a new pair of clothing that Chloe has sported. She now looks like a villager and an adventurer of the place. Nobody should suspect that Chloe is the princess of the Winfort Kingdom.

But I also have to be sure. Chloe and I stop by at the apex of the mountain before entering the town. The princess looks at me and sends me dozens of question marks, unsure what this is all about.

“Can you turn around for a second? Like twirl very, very slowly. And then, afterward, pick up the pace,” I instruct Chloe, while resting my chin on my finger, looking like the thinking man sculpture or the Le pension.

“Why?” Chloe asks, and tilts her head to the side.

“Just… Just do it for me.”

Chloe spins around slowly at first, then picks up the face after a few rounds. As soon as her entire head spins, even after she stops, Chloe almost falls on the ground if I have not intervened.

“G-Get a hold of yourself, Chloe!” I roar, trying desperately to push back a human while I am still in my gun form.

“You have told me to spin, so I spun! Thankfully, the world stopped moving around right now.”

“I can see that….” A lengthy pause cuts my thoughts for a few seconds. Afterward, I finally have an idea of the ultimate touch so we could avoid getting into trouble by getting noticed by others.

I have noticed that the villagers, merchants, and adventurers we have seen thus far usually have black and white hair. Chloe is a noble, a princess, to top it off, so her hair is extraordinary. Meaning, no matter how hard we try to change her clothing, Chloe’s appearance would still reveal her identity.

So I have made up my mind.

“We need to cut your hair and change its colour… Maybe to white? That’s the last thing we should do, and I think nobody would notice you.”

“EEEEH?! But I love my hair!!! My mother always brushes my hair before I sleep and praises me for having long and silky hair!”

“But we need to survive, Chloe… It’s for the best. I’m sorry, but we need to do this to survive.”

Chloe doesn’t have a choice, so she forcefully nods, goes to a nearby lake, and shortens her hair. Thankfully, there is some sort of magic that changes the hair’s colour. The princess does that and swiftly turns into a different look, but with the same personality.

“H-How do I look?” Chloe asks, but I am too stunned to answer.

Chloe morphs her length and bouncy blonde hair into a white pixie cut hair. It suits her. Not a single word escape from my mouth as I keep looking at Chloe, charmed by her appearance.

And then, her voice, ironically, snaps me back into reality. Chloe literally grips me tightly in her hand and shakes the hell out of me.

“C-CHLOE! W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” I ask, uncertain of what is happening.

Chloe responds, “YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MADE ME DO THIS, AND YET YOU REFUSE TO GIVE ANY COMMENTS! HOW CRUEL CAN YOU BE, KURO! YOU LET A LADY CUT HER HAIR AND… YOU SAY NOTHING!?”

“A-Ah… I forgot to say this, but you look like a star from the night sky.”

I…. I don’t know what has gotten into me, but those are the words that I could think of. I am not a poetic guy… But since I have come into this world, I might as well describe Chloe as something alluring.

I never see Chloe as a partner, and even Chloe doesn’t see me as such. Even so, I have complimented her. So whatever I have mentioned flatters the young princess.

“Thank you…”

………

Just like the merchant has disclosed, by the time we enter the town, hundreds of posters are already nailed on the board. Chloe’s face is in the middle of it, with a whopping amount of Credits beside her name. The mercenaries have their eyes glaring at Chloe’s picture. Thankfully,

Even though the adventurers have nothing against vigilantes and criminals on the loose, which Chloe isn’t, they could still earn the reward if they just take Chloe’s head or present her to brother, Flynn Winfort, the current king of the Kingdom.