"I want kitchen utensils and a hooded cloak. I also want a dagger. Also, do you have any mats?"

"A mat? I have one, but are you going on an adventure or a picnic?"

"Well, it’s always nice to have one. I would also like to have a raincoat, chains for my shoe, a rope, bandages, threads, and a needle—"

"Wait a minute, let me write it down."

The shopkeeper brought out a little blackboard and started writing on it with a small chalk.

"I also need a tent."

"For the tent, do you only need the sheet, support rods, and support pins?"

"I also want a small hammer and a thin rope if you have one."

"Okay."

"A saw and shovel as well. Oh, make that two shovels please."

In my previous life, Officer Milduk had said, “An extra shovel is an extra life.” A shovel was certainly useful.

When I was in the military in my previous life, I once cut down a tree with a shovel to make room for a tent. It was a thin tree, but it was still as thick as a human wrist. I also used a shovel to break rocks when I was digging encampments.

There were...