《Evil Dragon Reincarnation ~Even If I Am Reincarnated into the Other World I Am I~》 CH 1 Chapter 1: I¡¯m an evil dragon, so? ¡°Oh evil dragon who torments the people! I shall take victory today!¡± I sigh as I hear the same line I¡¯ve already heard countless times. I¡¯m almost at the limit of my patience with this woman. How many times have you come to this forest today? How many times do you have to be defeated to be satisfied? She had beautiful dark brown hair and a well featured face, she¡¯s what you¡¯d call a beauty, but having fighting spirit well up in your eyes while carrying a sword, of course all your sex appeal would disappear. ¡°Ah~ un, Sorry I¡¯m about to take my afternoon nap now, so can we do this later¡­?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t joke with me! Duel me right now!¡± ¡°No, well see here¡­¡± ¡°Here I come evil dragon!¡± This guy seriously doesn¡¯t listen to people¡¯s story! While having lightning cover her sword, she came slashing. Since it can¡¯t be helped, using my silver colored tail, I¡¯ll just casually be her opponent. *Sounds of metal clashing* Electric type attacks pretty much don¡¯t affect me, that¡¯s why I barely feel a thing. My height is around 3 meters, which is pretty short, but my tail can easily surpass 3 meters. Well, it is longer than my torso at the very least. My skin is thick, I can sprout wings at will, and if I wanted to I can use breath attacks. Well, it¡¯s that, like what this woman said, I am an evil dragon. ¡°Ha¡­ ha¡­ ha¡­¡± While I was picking my nose fighting this woman, she ended up tiring herself out. ¡°Hey, Don¡¯t you think you should take a halftime break around here?¡± ¡°What nonsense are you spouting! Not yet! I can still fight!¡± Somehow I incurred her wrath and the woman started chanting a great magic. As one would expect great magic would certainly hurt. Or rather, this woman is quite excellent despite being in her teens. Her sword skills aren¡¯t bad, and compared to other adventurers her combat ability is high. And she respects her opponent, I¡¯ll forgive this one shot then. ¡°¡­Thunder Blade!¡± While dark clouds covered the sky a single line of lightning fell from the sky. That without saying, collided with my cranium and discharged to the ground. A trivial pain ran through my body. Smoke rose up from my body like a signal fire. My eyes went white, and I slammed to the ground. ¡°Ha.. ha¡­ D-Did I do it¡­? Did I¡­ defeat the evil dragon? ¡°Nah.¡± ¡°Eh?¡± I only lied my body down, and used my tail as a whip and hit the woman¡¯s cranium. From an attack that took one¡¯s consciousness away the woman without a single word lost consciousness. Okay, that¡¯s enough playing dead. I stood up and stretched my neck. Even if I¡¯m a dragon, my shoulders still become stiff. ¡°Hey~! You guys are watching, right? I¡¯ll count on you like always~!¡± This is the deepest part of the forest, normally I¡¯m the only one who lives here, but right now there are a bunch of presences here. ¡°Don¡¯t worry boss! Leave this to us!¡± *rustling sounds* From the bushes appeared a large amount of blue colored creatures. With a height of around 30cm, a round body, and looks like jelly, but with small round eyes and a mouth properly there. Yes it¡¯s those, slimes. ¡°Boss is the entrance okay?¡± ¡°Yeah I¡¯m counting on you, put her somewhere that doesn¡¯t stand out so she doesn¡¯t get devoured by monsters.¡± ¡®¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯ROGER!¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯ The slimes came together like a troop of soldiers and I put the woman on them that looked like the outline of a bed. ¡®¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯HEAVE HO! HEAVE HO!¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯¡¯ While yelling in a cute voice the slimes paraded away. I got used to seeing this seen, but it really is cute. If this was earth I am sure they¡¯d become some kind of mascot character. KumaOn? FunaOshi-? I absolutely think they won¡¯t lose to the likes of them. Since it finally became peaceful again, I lied down and yawned. Those kinds of powerful adventurers, I¡¯ll have to exterminate them all later. Even though I don¡¯t eat people, just because I¡¯m an evil dragon they decided by themselves that I¡¯m evil. But, most of the ones that come are those that are only trying to show off their half-assed skills. That woman is different. That one is probably the type to defeat the demon king or something. Since she¡¯s beautiful, if I was the hero I¡¯d probably make her my bride. ¡°Well whatever, I¡¯ll take a shit and sleep.¡± ¡î¡ï¡î I saw a dream. A dream about a salaryman in japan. That man was a businessman who went everywhere everyday and blisters were forming on his feet. ¡°I seriously feel sluggish, I don¡¯t wanna work~, I¡¯ll rely on the lottery~¡± No girlfriend and no trustworthy friend. Because of the nature of his work at least his outer appearance was presentable, but within he was a pretty rotten guy. But his work results weren¡¯t bad. They were always fairly good results, that¡¯s why something like getting fired didn¡¯t happen. But even then, he didn¡¯t have a lot of money, that¡¯s why he always bought 600million yen dreams from TOTO.(Dreams=lottery tickets) That day too, buying 3000yen worth of dreams from TOTO, having delusions of being rich, he crossed the street. However. A car at high speeds plunge at him, the pedestrian traffic light was green, therefore the car ran a red light without even stepping on the brakes. ¡°Guwaa!¡± With a scream that even I thought was unpleasant , the salaryman was hit, he didn¡¯t even have time to avoid it. The last scene the salaryman ever saw was the appearance of a couple sharing a deep kiss inside the car. Seriously don¡¯t fuck with me, that shitty couple! That¡¯s right, the salaryman who got ran over is me. Because of a couple I was killed, but the story does not end there. Before I noticed it, I became a dragon in a beautiful silver body. That means, the me right now. I don¡¯t really know what happened, but even if I thought about it, with my head I thought I wouldn¡¯t arrive at an answer anyways. I just accepted that I reincarnated into something other than a human. I didn¡¯t hate fantasy, and I liked dragons as well, so I just took it casually. The problem was, that, this dragon was quite a dangerous guy, apparently, he was even called evil dragon, even in the dragon race? He was considered the top being. It¡¯s been a few years since I was reborn, and around once a week people like that woman would pay a visit. I did beat them all, but they never learn. I¡¯m just living in this forest quietly, you won¡¯t even let me have a peaceful afternoon nap? I¡¯m already used to it though. A dragon¡¯s life was unexpectedly not that bad. Because of the slimes, I wasn¡¯t that especially lonely. I don¡¯t need even to work, being carefree is the great. Everyday being sunday is the best! CH 2 Chapter 2: the three idiots came but¡­ *sounds of gulping* Puha! That¡¯s good! N? What am I doing you ask? I¡¯m just drinking water from the river normally. I was patrolling the skies a while ago, and I became thirsty. The one thing I¡¯m thankful for having this body is the fact that I can freely fly through the sky. Without joking around, my mood becomes better. And if I fly in the sky I might find some interesting discoveries. Even today, in the shadows of a rocky area I saw humans creeping about, what were they doing~ I quietly descended, and found some clothes scattered about, were they doing it? Outdoor sex? I was seriously surprised, I¡¯ll have you guys let me peek from the back for a bit. They were done after a while, and the whole time they didn¡¯t notice me, since they finally noticed me, I should greet them. ¡°Ah, good afternoon!¡± I said And then they, ¡°Gyaaaaa!?¡± Screamed and ran away. Butt naked, since it can¡¯t be helped I picked up their clothes and ran after them. ¡°Um.. you dropped your clothes-?¡± ¡°Uwaaaaaaaaaa-!¡± ¡°No No, if you do that you¡¯d obviously be embarrassed right?¡± ¡°Noooooooooooo!¡± ¡°It¡¯s not like I¡¯ll eat you¡­¡±TLnote: or anything baka! ¡°Please don¡¯t kill meeeeeeee!¡± Well, that¡¯s how I had a passionate exchange. Since it couldn¡¯t be helped I left the clothes there. And then I went back to the river and drank water. ¡°Boss! boss!¡± 6 slimes approached me. ¡°N~, what is it?¡± ¡°Can you take a walk with us?¡± ¡°It can¡¯t be helped~ you wanna go to the sky?¡± ¡°Is it fine!?¡± ¡°Just this once okay~.¡± This guys are seriously cute. The solace of my heart. They don¡¯t even pose a threat to humans, they are very gentle. But they are easily targeted by other creatures, like magic beasts, crazed wild animals, and humans. That¡¯s why I told the slimes never to go near the adventurers who enter the forest. By the way, I drove out all the other magic beasts from this forest. Because of that, the slimes can safely multiply and there are now over 50 in their big group. Anyhow, the moment when I had the slimes on my back and was about to fly out.. ¡°Boss! Everyone!¡± A single slime made a small jump towards us. ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°I-I-It¡¯s bad! Everyone is- everyone is-! I had a very bad premonition. ¡°Calm down, did humans come!?¡± ¡°You¡¯re wrong, it was the magic beasts, 3 of them, they to everyone¡­¡± ¡°Lead me there!¡± I had the slime lead me, and I flew from the middle of the forest. After a few minutes, a scene which I never would have wanted to see spread out. Tens of slime corpses were spread out all over the place. There were those split in half, and those stomped on to the point of not being able to recognize them. The ones who did this was three magic beasts wearing vulgar smiles. ¡°Well well, there really was one, an evil dragon.¡± A woman with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider said. ¡°Fumu, smaller than I thought.¡± This one has a head of a goat and the lower body of a horse. ¡°Ku- ku- ku-, since we came all the way out here, why don¡¯t you lower your head?¡± This one is a blond haired man with the whites of his eyes red and he had horns on his head. With a cast of people I had no idea who, I lowered my voice. ¡°You bastards know what you did, right?¡± ¡°Oh my, that attitude, you must not know that we are the subordinates of the demon lord, the three demon generals?¡± ¡°Ah? That kind of thing, why the hell should I care? I absolutely won¡¯t forgive you guys.¡± ¡°Calm down we didn¡¯t come here to cause a dispute with you.¡± TLnote(the ¡®you¡¯ used here is one used to refer to inferior beings.) ¡°Then, why did you kill the slimes?¡± ¡°Slimes? Is it that you are angry because we killed the slimes?¡± After the blond bastard said that, they all faced me and let out a small laugh. ¡°To think this guy is called the evil dragon and is feared by the masses! Are you trying to be a mountain monkey, taking care of slimes.¡± ¡°Hey this is just a suggestion, but why don¡¯t we just kill this guy here?¡± ¡°But the demon lord told us to bring this guy to him.¡± ¡°That¡¯s why we should just tell him he tried to resist. If he knows we instant killed this guy, he¡¯ll probably lose interest.¡± ¡°I agree¡± ¡°I am interested in his true ability, after all¡­¡± The three of them started leaking out killing intent, that¡¯s why I asked them. ¡°Since you came to kill me, even if I kill you, there won¡¯t be complaints right?¡± ¡°Ha- ! just a shitty dragon like you will?¡± Well, even if they didn¡¯t feel like it there was no way I was going to forgive them anyways. I instructed the slimes to hide. ¡î¡ï¡î ¡°Uu- uu-, papa, mama, everyone¡ª¡± While the remaining slimes cried, I stood there dumbfoundedly. It should have been simple for me to detect their presences. The lazy me thought that everything was ok, that¡¯s why everyone was done in¡­ ¡°Sorry, this is all my responsibility.¡± ¡°Uu-, b-boss didn¡¯t do anything wrong¡­¡± The me who didn¡¯t have anywhere to put my anger in, talked to three who became full of holes. ¡°Oi, lead me to where the demon lord is.¡± There were already two bodies who were shredded up. I only left the blonde guy half-dead so teach me the way. ¡°I-I¡¯ll lead the way, T-That¡¯s why, T-That¡¯s why¡± ¡°Hey let¡¯s go¡± I grabbed the blonde guy at the nape and started flapping my wings. ¡°Wait for me to come back.¡± I ordered the slimes, and headed towards the shitty Demon lord¡¯s castle. CH 3 Chapter 3: Demon lord, you¡¯re over in various ways. After flying at a speed beyond 100kmh for 2 hours, I can finally see the demon lord¡¯s castle. There were people entering the gates properly, but that has no relation to me who is flying. I flew inside the throne room. On the gaudy throne was a middle aged man who grew out his beard. There were no other creatures. From only appearances this human is probably the demon lord. I threw the blondey in front of the demon lord. ¡°You¡¯re the shitty demon lord right? Have you prepared yourself?¡± I narrowed my eyes, and the demon lord directed his emotionless eyes at the blondey, seemingly asking for an explanation. ¡°Your highness, that guy, suddenly attacked us!¡± ¡°Did the other two get taken down?¡± ¡°Yes, that guy is a monster, please run-!?¡± With a slip the blondey¡¯s face was sliced in half. From out of nowhere a sword appeared and the demon lord cut him down. ¡°I have no need for weaklings, what I only want are the strong.¡± Since he was trying to act cool I let out a snort, and with a glint in his eyes turned towards over here. ¡°I apologize for the rudeness, these guys probably tried to attack you.¡± ¡°How do you know?¡± ¡°Since you are angry enough to have come from to such a place, those are not the actions of someone who only got angry at the messenger, am I wrong?¡± This is guy is, compared to the three idiots, has a better comprehension of the conversation. And he is also quite courteous, but even if I say all that, I still won¡¯t forgive him.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, those guys killed my important comrades.¡± ¡°It can¡¯t be, for there are other evil dragons¡­¡± ¡°Nah, they aren¡¯t evil dragons, cause they are slimes.¡± ¡°¡­? slimes are¡­ your comrades¡­?¡± ¡°Oi, you have some sort of complaint?¡± The demon lord looked at me from top to bottom, and then let out a laugh while treating me like an idiot. I take it all back. There is no doubt this guy is those 3 idiots superior. From his attitude to everything else, isn¡¯t it all the same. ¡°Well isn¡¯t this ridiculous, a few years ago when I heard that an evil dragon started living in that forest, i was a bit flustered, but to think he was this kind of guy.¡± ¡°Oh yeah? Do you wanna fight or not? Choose already.¡± ¡°Hah- just because you defeated the likes of the three demon generals, don¡¯t get ahead of yourself¡± While the demon lord covered himself in an extraordinary fighting spirit, he prepared a straight sword. Even if I only had a small understanding of kendo in my past life, in this world I have laid my eyes on countless swordsmen. I can feel that this guy can handle the sword pretty well. ¡°Around 15%? ¡­no 10% should probably be good enough.¡± ¡°What are you talking to yourself about?¡± ¡°Nothing, just how much energy I need to use to beat you.¡± ¡°You think you can beat me with only a small percentage of your power?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s about it, come at me, small fry.¡± ¡°Kieeeeeeeee!¡± While raising a weird scream that would break anyone¡¯s ears, the demon lord came attacking. As expected of the one who united all the magic beasts, that¡¯s some speed. If it¡¯s on the level of something like a human perceiving it might be impossible. Well for the kinetic vision of the one who¡¯s a cut above the rest, me(dragon), this is quite slow. Just that, I should avoid this instead of taking it head on. My skin is hard as steel, or maybe something above it, but that sword might have some sort of special effect, or is some kind of specialized sword against dragons, it¡¯s a bit dangerous. ¡°You fool, how impertinent!¡± A slash came diagonally from the top, and I countered using one of my nails. With the collision of the two powers, I won. The blade fell from it¡¯s base. ¡°What¡­ the¡­ the magic sword has¡­.¡± ¡°Buy a more proper sword, idiot.¡± With a smack my tail rammed through the demon lord¡¯s eye. My tail end has the same sharpness as a spearhead. At a certain degree I can change the shape of my tail, it¡¯s quite convenient. With a drip, fresh blood spilled from the corner of the demon lord¡¯s mouth. Without counter attacking, the demon lord collapsed on his knees to the floor, and couldn¡¯t move anymore. ¡°Kuku, kukekekeke¡± I heard an unpleasant laugh. Ah~ hah, I know. That he wouldn¡¯t be defeated just like that. When I looked towards him, a horn grew out on his head and the whites of his eyes turned red while he stood up. ¡°So you were the same type as blondey, huh.¡± ¡°Kukeke, he¡¯s my son after all! But don¡¯t put me together with that trash!¡± You killed your own brat, and on top of that calling him trash. Completely¡ª can¡¯t be saved. ¡°Let me show you¡­ My power. Dieeeee!¡± The demon lord wook in the surrounding air as much as he can, and converting it into flames, blew it out. The red flames covered my entire body. ah~ah~¡­ ¡°Kukekeke! Turn into asheeeeees!¡± When the flames calm downed, the demon lord¡¯s forcefully split opened mouth hardened and it couldn¡¯t be moved anymore. Ah~ah~, it was seriously lukewarm. You didn¡¯t even leave a burn mark. This chihuahua like person is the demon lord? If I was his subordinate I might be so embarrassed I¡¯d probably kill myself. ¡°Look here, this is how you blow out a breath.¡± I¡¯ll show this guy a sample. I opened my mouth and let out a breath. All the surfaces within my vision was dyed in heat. The strong barriers on the walls disappeared in an instant, and in front me most of the walls in the castle melted. The demon lord? He turned into some burned dregs. It was a 10% powered breath, but this guy became well done. ¡°Your highness!¡± Hearing the uproar, a bunch of magic beasts came running up the stairs. Seeing the demon lord as burned dregs, they were trying to take in the situation. ¡°Hey, I killed the demon lord, so will you fight me for revenge?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­..¡± ¡°Hey hey, are you gonna or not?¡± ¡°We will not¡­.¡± Un, he really was unpopular, that demon lord. There have already been guys who¡¯ve started running away. Or rather, that was most of them. There¡¯s only one guy left anyways. ¡°Well then¡­ this guy¡¯s saved up treasure or something, I wanna take it but¡­¡± ¡°I¡¯ll show you the way!¡± This castle, it seems it¡¯s mostly filled with pushovers. I was kinda disappointed, so I let out a sigh. CH 4 Chapter 4: if you have a stupid boss, you¡¯re gonna suffer, right? The treasure room was in the castle¡¯s basement. Even though it¡¯s quite a spacious place, there¡¯s hardly any place to stand. From shiny gold and silver to expensive looking swords and dangerous looking drugs, this place has everything, huh? ¡°That guy, even though he¡¯s a small fry he¡¯s gathered quite a lot, huh?¡± ¡°¡±It was the demon lord¡¯s hobby to collect items.¡± ¡°I see, well for starters, I¡¯m gonna lie down, you, rub my shoulders.¡± ¡°y-yes.¡± I lied down in some random place and had my shoulders rubbed by underling A. Recently my shoulders have been kinda stiff. Is it because dragons have heavy heads? Leaving that aside let¡¯s talk about random things.. ¡°Hey did you know I worked as a salaryman in my previous life?¡± ¡°Sala- sala¡­?¡± ¡°And then, you know, everyday I had to use formal language I didn¡¯t want to use, lowering my head everywhere. And during the summer when it was shit-hot, walking everywhere, my shirt would get wet with sweat. The concrete jungle is the worse.¡± ¡°Conkrit jangol¡­?¡± ¡°Well anyways, you know, I really hated using formal speech. Humans are equal, right? Why would you even get pissed off at the difference between ¡®I¡¯m sorry¡¯ and ¡®I¡¯m very sorry¡¯? Though, I wouldn¡¯t wanna be talked to casually by a convenience store clerk.¡± ¡°Conbinyens stor¡­?¡± ¡°Well, that¡¯s enough, even if I made you hear my past you¡¯ll just be troubled.¡± ¡°¡­yes¡­¡± ¡°Eh, you¡¯ll be troubled?¡± ¡°I-I-I wouldn¡¯t be! Tell me a much as you want!¡± ¡°Nah, it¡¯s troublesome, so it¡¯s fine. Or rather le me hear your complaints. Wasn¡¯t that demon lord seriously the worse?¡± Underling A averted his eyes and kept his mouth shut. Truthfully, his eyes are telling me that he really wants to let out all his complaints. ¡°It¡¯s fine, It¡¯s fine, try saying it.¡± ¡°Umm¡­ it was seriously really shitty. He was a ball of self-righteousness. The racial discrimination was really harsh, and his weak subordinates were expected to clean up after all his shit.¡± ¡°Uwaa, I feel you man. In the past I was also not blessed with a good superior. If I did something wrong he would yell at me, he wouldn¡¯t even hesitate taking others achievements as his own, his breath even stank. He¡¯s someone I would put on the same level as shit.¡± ¡°Is that so¡­¡± ¡°It was hard, right?¡± ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m glad that he died.¡± ¡°It¡¯s because he killed my precious slimes, that I couldn¡¯t forgive him. If I didn¡¯t do at least this much¡­ I might have just cried¡­¡± Or rather didn¡¯t I cry a bit? Shit. Tears seriously don¡¯t suit an evil dragon¡¯s eyes. Underling A, somehow after looking at me with passionate eyes, made a salute. ¡°Evil dragon-san, I seriously respect you! Thank you for defeating the demon lord.¡± Woah, I was shocked, I thought this guy was a coward. Your voice is too loud, are you a sports-type? How grateful are you. And then, I can somehow sympathize with your hate for the demon lord a bit more now. ¡°Well don¡¯t mind it. Or rather, good job working under that kind of guy for so long.¡± ¡°Yes¡­ actually my mother at my hometown is sick so¡­ he was that kind of demon lord, but the wage was good so¡­¡± Uwa, to think they had a wage system. The world revolves on money, huh? What is it? The fact that this isn¡¯t that different from japan, is kinda making tears come out, though? But the fact that he¡¯s working hard for his mother is gonna make me cry. The fact that the bonds between a mother and child crosses the barrier of species makes me kinda relieved. ¡°You, what¡¯s your name?¡± ¡°It¡¯s pellet.¡± [TL note: I don¡¯t know any other alternative name other than this, but all the other ideas I had are kinda unrealistic or not catchy at all.] ¡°Then, pellet. Of the treasures here, take some of the ones you think are especially valuable.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± There were three things that pellet took in front of me. A sword, a black bag, and a candy like object. ¡°The sword is something called a sacred sword, it was something we took when we attacked a human castle. The black bag looks like this, but it can fit objects you couldn¡¯t even imagine the size of. It¡¯s said to be connected to another space or something like that.¡± ¡°Fuun, they¡¯re kinda normal, huh. What about the one that looks like a ball of candy?¡± ¡°This is something we took from the pig-faced tribe¡¯s(Orcs) village when we attacked them. When we killed him, he seemed to be attached to it. But before we could hear what it could do, the stupid son of the demon lord killed all the orcs. ¡°I understood, then, I¡¯ll take this three.¡± With a heave-ho I stood up. Pellet looked up at me with a blank face. ¡°Eh, umm, what about the other treasure? If you use the black bag, you can put them all inside.¡± ¡°Nah, I don¡¯t need them. I¡¯ll give them all to you.¡± ¡°¡­Yes?¡± ¡°That¡¯s why, what I¡¯m saying is I¡¯m giving everything else to you.¡± If this was me in my previous life, I would have pounced at the money, but for me who¡¯s a dragon right now, no matter how much money I see, I don¡¯t really have an interest in them. When I took a bottle that fell near me, i handed Pellet the sword, and said. ¡°Use that sword and cut off my tail.¡± ¡°I-I can¡¯t do that.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine so do it. It¡¯s okay, my body is harder than it looks, do it seriously.¡± When I pressured Pellet, he slashed down while trembling. ¡­Guu¡­ I see, this really might be an amazing sword. It¡¯s just a bit, but it left a wound on me. I know because of the small tear at the corner of my eye. At that timing I thought of the mercilessly killed slime¡¯s figures, and when I did that, tears dropped into the small bottle. Quite a bit has gathered so I put on the lid and gave it to Pellet. ¡°That liquid, have your mother drink it, I¡¯m sure something good will happen.¡± ¡°Evil dragon-san¡­¡± ¡°Then, I¡¯m going now.¡± When I went out of the treasure room, pellet raised his voice. ¡°Please wait! Evil dragon-san, your name, please tell me your name!¡± [TLnote: anyone watched that movie yet?] If you say that, I¡¯ll be troubled you know. Since I don¡¯t have a name. Since I was so shocked getting hit by a car, I can¡¯t even remember my name from the previous world. And in this world I¡¯m either called evil dragon or boss. Can¡¯t I just make it now? How about [KING OF DRAGON]? It¡¯s too chuuni. Although I can¡¯t deny my low mental age. Then why don¡¯t I just shorten it. Since they also do that in movies with long titles after all. If I shorten Jaryuu¡­ would it be ryuu? Jaryu? Ah~ah~ this has really become something troublesome. ¡°I am Ja[Hiragana]¡­ Ja[kanji]¡± ¡°Then it¡¯s Ja-san[katakana] right!¡± ¡°No it¡¯s in kanji¡­ un, that¡¯s fine already.¡± ¡°Ja-san! Please come to my hometown one day! I¡¯ll be waiting for you!¡± And then I was seen off with big smile as I left the demon lord¡¯s castle behind. Since the demon lord is dead this should make the slimes who died rest in peace a bit. As I flew in the sky for a while, a thought appeared. Isn¡¯t Ja a rice cooker brand!? And then I had another thought. Oi Pellet, Where the hell is your hometown? CH 5 Chapter 5: It seems that anyone can have troubles. I am troubled. Living in this forest is paradise for me. I can wake up and sleep anytime I want to, I can even go on walks and play with the slimes. And there¡¯s no troublesome rules like in japan. I don¡¯t have to be considerate of others. I don¡¯t have to lower my head to my superiors or clients. For someone like me who doesn¡¯t think of living in the countryside as a pain, this forest is my oasis. But, I am troubled. Mulling over things, I wonder how long has it been. Why is it that someone like me who¡¯s always carefree getting stuck on being troubled? That¡¯s most probably because of the thing that happened recently. If something like ¡°Here I come evil dragon!¡± were to happen to you, obviously anyone would want to think of what happens after that. From the beginning this forest has always been full of ¡°My sword shall never¡­ YIELD!¡± visitors. Although adventurers come a lot, there are also a considerable amount of magic beasts that come. As for why magic beasts come, that is because if they eat someone stronger¡±Haa,haa¡­ even that was not enough¡­?¡± than themselves they can strengthen themselves. In other word, they can evolve or something. And when they come to this forest to eat me, an evil dragon, it would be something like that. ¡°I can¡¯t reach him¡­ to think the gap was this much¡­¡± People like the demon lord¡¯s underlings may come again. That¡¯s why I am- ¡°I won¡¯t give up¡­ I absolutely won¡¯t give up. Nevah give up[said in english]¡±. ¡°Ahh, geez, You¡¯re noisy! At least let me mull over things here!¡± In front of me was an impertinent woman who keeps waving her sword in front of people. It¡¯s the usual female hero who keeps yelling at me. Although she just casually set up this match, every single time she has to scream out a line, I can¡¯t concentrate like this you know?¡± ¡°I will, I will, defeat the evil dragon, and then, everyone will, everyone will¡­¡± ¡°Eh~ why did you suddenly stop talking? Do you have some sort of trouble? If you¡¯re fine with me, I¡¯ll listen you know?¡± As I talked like a dependable older bro, the female hero suddenly stopped moving. Ah, this person must have quite the troubles. I took a papaya-like fruit from a nearby tree, divided it and offered it to her. ¡°You¡¯re talking to a dragon, don¡¯t hold back and talk.¡± ¡°¡­the truth is, that is, I couldn¡¯t fulfill my goal and I¡¯m troubled by that.¡± ¡°Oi Oi, isn¡¯t that the guy who I beat last time.¡± ¡°¡­eeh, it¡¯s no use if I don¡¯t beat you or the demon lord. Even then, even then, I¡¯m so weak that I couldn¡¯t accomplish anything¡­ku-¡± The hero bit her lips in frustration. Well, I did beat the demon lord, why is that she really wants to beat me? ¡°Hey, as I told you last time I am at the same time an evil dragon and not. You might not believe it but I used to be human. I died a few you years ago and my soul somehow took over this body. Ever since I took this guy¡¯s body I have never eaten a human.¡± ¡°¡­Sorry, for you to be a former human makes me relieved. I, my head was only full of beating the evil dragon. I¡­ how low am I¡­¡± She¡¯s seriously mulling too much. Surely the pressure of the people from the town¡¯s hope was heavy. That¡¯s right in the past there was also a hope-kun which everyone placed their expectations on. He was a tokyo university graduate elite and entered the company as a company employee. As expected, as a tokyo university graduate, everyone would place large expectations on you. The superior that I hated the most even gave him special treatment. But, first of all, just because you graduated from a good university it doesn¡¯t mean that you¡¯ll do well in your job. A company isn¡¯t that easy a place. Rather, there were more people who¡¯d bully you out of spite. Since his results didn¡¯t rise up as they expected, the people in the surroundings immediately started talking bad about him. Something like ¡°even though he came from tokyo university¡­ useless~¡± The new employee was day by day growing worse. The amount of times he grumbled to himself was growing to a dangerous degree, so I told him. ¡°Take it easy! I¡¯ll lend you my most recommended game!¡± ¡°¡­n¡¯t¡­.ouc¡­e¡± ¡°N? What was that?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t wanna be comforted by someone like you who graduated from a second-rate university, is what I said! Don¡¯t talk to me!¡± Even then I¡¯m your senior, you know? I wanted you to atleast watch your words a bit. Well, that guy did quit on the same day so that was that. Well, basically, being expected of is hard in itself as well. Being not expected of like me is also hard in itself though. ¡°Well, let¡¯s take it easy? Life won¡¯t always go the way you want it too. It¡¯s important to respond to people¡¯s expectations, but listening to what your heart wants is important too. Also eat that papaya.¡± ¡°Ah, eh, tha,nks¡± While the female hero ate the papaya, I took four more. This place is like a southern tropical country so there¡¯s an abundance of fruits. I don¡¯t like the heat, but inside the forest is cool, so I find it as the best environment for me. ¡°Evil dragon, you said that you also had something you were troubled over a while ago, right?¡± ¡°Well yeah, even I am a bit troubled.¡± ¡°If you¡¯re fine with me, why don¡¯t you let me listen for a bit?¡± It¡¯s not like I¡¯m trying to hide it or anything. I told her the truth. About how I can live with the slimes in peace. If I speak frankly it would be that. ¡°It might be better if I leave this forest. If I did that the adventurers should also stop coming, right? But if I did that the magic beasts and wild beasts would come back. Those guys aren¡¯t strong after all¡­ I¡¯m worried.¡± ¡°Evil dragon, someone like you is¡­¡± ¡°Yes, stop stop, that kinda ¡°that guy was actually a good guy¡± type thing, I don¡¯t really need that. Rather than that, help me think up what would be good.¡± ¡°I understand. What about putting up a barrier?¡± ¡°What is that? Is that even possible?¡± ¡°It¡¯s possible, even I can do it. Although at my level, it would probably let a strong magic beast through. Although if you lend me magic power the story changes.¡± ¡°Eh, I have magic power?¡± It¡¯s the first time I¡¯m hearing of this though. ¡°First off all, there¡¯s no mistake that you have it.¡± Ah, is it because using breath requires magic power? Not just fire, it has other versions too, I thought that was weird. Anyways, having magic power is convenient so it¡¯s all good. I asked for the female hero¡¯s cooperation. CH 6 Chapter 6: Even I¡­ Love you guys¡­ The creation of the barrier proceeded relatively smooth. On the forest¡¯s four entrances we made magic circle-like things and just poured magic power into it. These circles were created by the female hero chanting stuff I had no idea what, and the formation appeared from the ground. It glowed in a pale light and when I placed my hand on it, it glowed a deep red. It seems that it absorbs magic power. I could feel some kind of power being taken from my body. When we repeated this four times, the work was done. Although the forest looks like nothing changed, but with this it seems that a protective barrier has been raised. ¡°Although you can freely come out from inside, but from outside it should be impossible to enter. But if it¡¯s something on the level of a demon lord, I can¡¯t guarantee anything.¡± ¡°If it¡¯s like that then it¡¯s fine, after all we even put up a sign.¡± We placed a sign that says that the evil dragon has went north near the entrance. Since the master of the barrier was me and the female hero, we can freely go in and out of it, so we went back inside. I called to the slimes with a large voice. After I explained to them that the female hero was harmless, I explained to them the details about the barrier surrounding the forest. The female hero was not surprised at the slimes being magic beasts, but rather at the fact that they could speak in the human language. After I explained the situation to them in one breath, I talked about something that I really found hard to talk about. ¡°You see¡­ from today on I¡¯m gonna be leaving this forest.¡± ¡°B,boss, why¡­?¡± ¡°How should say this¡­ It like I got tired of the life here. I got tired of the life without any kind of stimulus.¡± ¡°I see, you¡¯re still worried about what happened last time, right? Even though it wasn¡¯t really boss¡¯ fault. Boss did nothing wrong.¡± [TLnote:#pewdiepiedidnothingwrong] ¡°S,shut up, it¡¯s not like that! I¡¯m just tired of this forest is all!¡± [TLnote: Ja-san is such a tsuntsun.] ¡°Then please bring us too!¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±Please!¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± Ku, for it to turn into this kind of development¡­. While my eyes teared up, I averted my eyes from the slimes and turned my back to them. ¡°Y, you should not. You guys stay in the forest, the outside is too dangerous.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine even if it¡¯s dangerous! We want to be with boss!¡± ¡°T-That¡¯s why I¡¯m saying it¡¯s impossible. To say it bluntly, you guys are burdens.¡± ¡°You can even use us as shields, and if you¡¯re hungry you can even eat us, that¡¯s why, that¡¯s why, please let us stay by boss¡¯ side!¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±please!¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± Gu¡­ I looked at the sky that has turned hot at the corner of my eye. Why do these guys follow some like me? These guys are really outside of reason. Since my words have stopped, the female hero talked to the slime instead. ¡°Why do you guys follow the evil dragon this much?¡± ¡°We have been saved countless times by boss. The us who are really weak, that we were always bullied, the boss has always¡­. The boss is strong and kind, we adore him. The memories where we took walks in the sky while riding on boss¡¯ back, is our treasure.¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±We love you boss!¡±¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± I am at my limit soon. I walked towards the forest¡¯s entrance at a fast pace. The slimes desperately chased after me, I knew that but still continued on. I walked until the edge of the barrier and stopped. But with my back still towards them, I quietly said. ¡°I am already fed up with protecting you guys. At the very least live a long life in this forest.¡± ¡°Boss¡­.¡± I heard a nasal voice. With this, it should be clear to them how serious my determination is. The slimes must have understood, since none of them are saying for me to bring them along anymore. At the end when I was about to cross over to the other side of the barrier, I heard the slimes saying with their best. ¡°We will become strong¡­ even without boss we will be fine, we will become strong. That¡¯s why boss, for everything until now, thank you very much.¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±Take care!¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± When I raised my right hand as a response, I exited the barrier. After walking for quite a while, I quietly left the forest. Inside my head years of memories- fragmented memories rose up. Always beside me were those guys. Those guys looking like they were having fun, made even me feel like I¡¯m having fun. Those guys said that I was always saving them. But that¡¯s not it, I was the actually the one being saved. Even I don¡¯t really want to be separated from them. My feelings of wanting to take them with me aren¡¯t half-assed. But, but, slimes body¡¯s are very surprisingly fragile. If it isn¡¯t the clean air of the forest their life spans would immediately drop. Even their food is like that. For the herbivorous them their choices for food are severely limited. As expected, that forest is surely the best environment for them. ¡°Evil dragon, let¡¯s rest at that large boulder¡¯s shadow for a bit.¡± ¡°Why? I don¡¯t need to.¡± ¡°There¡¯s a need to. From a while ago, from the time you were turning your back from the slimes, you¡¯ve been covered in tears.¡± ¡°Gu-¡­ then I will¡­¡± In the shadow of the large rock, I was comforted by the female hero, while I cried my heart out. Specifically speaking it was stuff like patting my head or caressing my back. With the barrier, she might unexpectedly be a good woman. In the future she might become a good wife. ¡°I thought you were annoying at first, but you¡¯re quite the good guy. What¡¯s your name?¡± ¡°It¡¯s chloe, you?¡± ¡°You can call me Ja.¡± ¡°Ja, I misunderstood a lot of things, let me say my apologies.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, or rather I should be the one thanking you. Right now I only have this, but I think you¡¯ll like it quite a bit.¡± I took out the black bag and the sword. Chloe who noticed the worth of the sword and black bag, was surprised. Both of them are apparently top quality goods. But as expected she knew nothing about the candy like thing. ¡°But I don¡¯t need them, I have my own sword, and I don¡¯t carry many things.¡± ¡°Then you wanna try eating the candy?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll restrain myself, how about you try eating it? You look like you want something sweet.¡± Not that she mentions it, it is like that. I haven¡¯t cried this much since I saw a mother cat abandon her own kitten in an animal documentary. Although the sadness right now is at a different vector. Since this body is strong against poison, even if there was something bad mixed in, it shouldn¡¯t¡¯ affect me much. I threw it into my mouth. N? It¡¯s not that sweet? After a minute of having it in my mouth I bit it and swallowed, since the flavor was thin. What is this? Diet-type candy? And then at that moment, my body started feeling strange. ¡°J,Ja!? Are you ok!?¡± Eh, w,what? hey!Ohhhhhhh! Somehow my body is shrinking rapidly, but what does this mean!? At the very end, not just my size, but even the shape of my body was changing. My prided wings and tail disappeared, and the silver colored skin that the slimes complemented has become skin colored. Are? This familiar feeling of a body is¡­ Oi, Oi, are you serious~~!? CH 7 nothing much to say, except enjoy the chapter~ Chapter 7: I became a humanoid, but I¡¯ll still go at my own pace. As a result, it seems I turned into a human. It¡¯s a 120% chance that it was that candy¡¯s fault. Whether it¡¯s a temporary or permanent thing, I look like a human now. There¡¯s no use crying over spilt milk. I really shouldn¡¯t have ate it, it wasn¡¯t even that delicious. It has really become inconvenient now that I don¡¯t have my tail and wings. I can¡¯t fight the way I used to too now. That kinda makes me feel down. When I checked my bangs it seems that I have silver hair. My height is pretty high too, around 180cm? I¡¯m quite curious how my face is though¡­ ¡°No way¡­ so cool¡­¡± It seems Chloe became entranced when she saw my face. So it seems I became pretty good looking. Now I can live an awesome ¡°good looking guy¡± life! It seems I can experience that now. Nah, I don¡¯t really care that much though. ¡°Hey, I really want to turn back into a dragon right now though.¡± ¡°Even if you tell me that¡­¡± I know right~. Goha-! The feeling that ¡°I really did it this time¡± isn¡¯t half-assed. Why is it that at this point in time I have to go back to being human~? If this country had some sort of labor obligation what should I do? Is there something like a privileged class of hiki-neets or something out there? ¡°Ah, it might be a humanization stone?¡± ¡°I¡¯m counting on you for the explanation~¡± ¡°If a person of another race uses it, they turn into a human type of tool, I heard orcs and lizard-men use it to integrate into human society.¡± I heard this was taken from orcs, so it seems there¡¯s no mistake about it. ¡°But if it¡¯s like that, then it seems that your powers as a dragon shouldn¡¯t have disappeared. And if enough time passes you might be able to freely go back to your original form, I don¡¯t guarantee it though.¡± I see, so it seems I¡¯ll be able to transform any time I want in the future. That seems like it will be convenient. Fortunately , it seems that turning into a human has not made me weak. I crushed a 10cm rock I found on the side. As expected I couldn¡¯t use breath. ¡°Although I was thinking of going somewhere and holing up there, since I have the chance living as a human might not be that bad. ¡°Then Ja, won¡¯t you come with me to the city and work together as adventurers?¡± ¡°Sorry I refuse.¡± ¡°Immediate reply!? You hate me that much!? Uu, as expected no one will ever like me¡­ I wanna die¡­¡± That Chloe, it seems she got upset on her own. What do you mean by will never be liked by anyone? I think a perverted old man would absolutely like you. It would be bad if I don¡¯t explain it to someone I¡¯m indebted to, so I cleared up the misunderstanding. ¡°Sorry it¡¯s not like I hate you, or anything. I am, as much as possible, I want to live a fun life. Adventurer¡¯s are the type of people who¡¯d work hard and try to defeat an evil dragon, right? To be working hard like that is kinda¡­¡± ¡°Wanting to live a fun life is¡­ that kind of person is¡­¡± ¡°Rotten, right? Isn¡¯t that fine? People live their lives differently.¡± I already left japan. I¡¯ll follow my own way of living life. No matter how big of a place it is, I¡¯ll pave my own path through. After walking for a few minutes a question popped up my head. ¡°Sorry, could you lead the way until the city?¡± ¡°Understood, it will take around two days.¡± ¡°Haa!? It will take that much time? Where do you plan on sleeping?¡± ¡°Outside of course, if you¡¯re an adventurer that much is normal.¡± You¡¯re too tough. In this kind of beautiful outdoors, you¡¯d do it normally, huh? Or rather, this guy, she went to the forest that¡¯s so far away? How much did you want to defeat the Evil dragon(me)? I was curious, so I tried asking. ¡°If I defeated you, everything should have changed.¡± ¡°To take away the people¡¯s worries who were afraid of me, huh. It¡¯s too much of a splendid reason my body is itching.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not like that, I did everything for myself. That¡¯s why you don¡¯t need to take any blame. I still have one more path left! If you¡¯re no good- then I¡¯ll just defeat the demon king! That is¡ª my life¡¯s wish!¡± With expectations shimmering in Chloe¡¯s eyes, she looked towards the big sky. With this timing telling her that I defeated the demon lord is hard. I took her life¡¯s wish away. Somehow her shining eyes are saying ¡®if I defeat the demon lord, the world, and the future will change!¡¯ Some kind of aura was being emitted so I faced the floor and pretended I didn¡¯t know anything. Ahh~ It¡¯s seriously hot. The sun is too bright. This shitty heat is making me remember memories from when I was in japan, it¡¯s quite a bother. This place is the southern country. I always lived in the cool forest so it was quite pleasant, but to think the moment I stepped out of there it would be this hot. Now that I think about it, I always flew in the sky. And as expected, when I got a human body, my heat resistance would lower. ¡°I give up, I already give up, let me rest.¡± ¡°It¡¯s only been three hours since we¡¯ve started walking you know?¡± ¡°It¡¯s BEEN three hours, you mean. I still haven¡¯t gotten used to this body, so do something. Specifically carry me.¡± ¡°T,that¡¯s obviously impossible! For a man and woman who¡¯ve only met for a small amount of time to be that close is immoral!¡± Chloe, with a red face, screamed. In this kind of situation, thinking erotic thoughts, what were you thinking about? The inside of your head is pink, ain¡¯t it. Or rather isn¡¯t that a village? At a faraway place I can see a village. It shouldn¡¯t be an illusion of some kind. When I asked Chloe, she hardened her face and said ¡°not going there is better.¡± she warned. Even when I asked, because it¡¯s filthy, is one of the answers. What kind of erotic things is that village holding? I have no choice but to go and see. ¡°Then, I¡¯ll try going to the perverted village. This should be goodbye. I think I won¡¯t forget you for a month.¡± When I tried to change direction to the village, Chloe, with a desperate expression, clinged on to me. ¡°W,wait, I¡¯ll go too, so please d,don¡¯t leave me alone.¡± How lonesome can you be. But, now that I think about it, I don¡¯t have any money. Her coming with me is something I should be thankful for. Over there were some wooden houses gathered together, it was unexpectedly a pretty big village. When I stepped into the village, a small old man appeared with a leering smile, and approached us. ¡°Welcome to Revar village, are you participating in tonight¡¯s auction?¡± ¡°Auction? Is there something happening tonight?¡± ¡°Oya? Then you must be travellers. If that is so, I¡¯m sorry to say this but we don¡¯t have any inns available for you.¡± Although this village has three inns, they will prioritise the people participating in the auction, so the probability of me being refused is high. Even before that, I have no money though. But, I¡¯m interested in the auction. This village, has a lot of old men wearing good clothes casually loitering around. Those guys are all probably participating in the auction. ¡°Then? What is that auction selling?¡± With a guhehehe, the village chief let out a laugh. What¡¯s with that creepy way of laughing. You¡¯re letting out a villain-like laugh, you know? At that, Chloe let out a sigh, and said. ¡°Let me explain, this village is-¡± CH 8 sorry for the late post, I was experiencing some very bad headaches yesterday and the translation wasn¡¯t progressing really well, even now I haven¡¯t recovered yet, but I was able to pump one chapter out for you guys. sadly I won¡¯t be able to post anymore later as I have to help my mom with some stuff, and tomorrow I might be or not be able to post another chapter because I have driving school. I will still continue the one chapter a day posts on the weekdays though. oh right, if there¡¯s a series that you want me to translate comment the title down below. I¡¯ll only be doing one chapter a week depending on the length. also it has to be something that hasn¡¯t been translated in three months. Chapter 8: Slave Village Slave. One who has lost all human rights, whose freedom is not recognized and is treated as another¡¯s property. They¡¯re forced to do labor, and are traded around like objects. Although the 21st century earth has already abandoned that kind of thinking. Human rights has made it so people are thought of as equal after all. At the very least on the surface. And, if you¡¯re wondering why the conversation suddenly went to talking about slaves, it¡¯s cause¡­ ¡°In this village they do slave auctions.¡± Is what Chloe-sensei explained. Slave auction is as the name suggests. Why is it that they bother to do it in this kind of village? that¡¯s because, it¡¯s illegal in the city near here. The normal selling of them is allowed though. Then, why is selling ok, but auctions are no good? It¡¯s cause the guys who lose, hold a grudge and attack the winners, and this repeated multiple times. It¡¯s a story that couldn¡¯t be helped. And then, the feudal lord got angry and made the auctions prohibited in the city. But the sellers and the buyers wouldn¡¯t give up with just that. And then, their gazes turned towards this village. They set this village as the auction site,and money went into this village. That¡¯s why the village chief and the villagers aren¡¯t dissatisfied with this situation. Since they¡¯re making money just by lending the place, after all. And also the inns are prospering as well, even I want to live here. ¡°The slave traders bringing out the especially excellent products and bringing it to the auction are quite a lot. Since a lot of them sell for higher after all.¡± I see, the me, who once got into yafuOku, nodded honestly. [TLNOTE: it seems the YafuOku is a TV brand that was popular in the past, I couldn¡¯t research more about it though.] There was a game which could be bought for 3000 that was sold for 5000 second hand after all. When I won the auction, I was so happy I jumped from the third floor of my apartment, that was a good memory. Nah, it wasn¡¯t good at all. But as a too cool business man(lol), even auctions have enough charm to fire me up. ¡°On the other hand, there are a lot of cases where the ones who don¡¯t sell well are sold with low starting prices.¡± I can understand that too. If they show it to masses, there will surely be those willing to buy. If they actually auctioned out a yafuOku at a starting price of one yen, there would also be someone willing to bid. ¡°Hyohyohyo, auctions are this village¡¯s specialty. The participation fee will more or less cost you so how about trying it out.¡± Old man, no matter how much you pocket the participation fee, you¡¯re smirking to yourself too much. ¡°Well, life experience is important too after all. Even I feel like participating. hyohyohyo.¡± Lend me money. When I sent a gaze that said that to Chloe, she made an amazed face from the bottom of her heart. ¡°I, no matter how much time passes, will never like the selling of little girls.¡± So if it¡¯s little boys it¡¯s fine? The shotacons will flip you know? ¡°That¡¯s why, I¡¯m sorry to say this to you but I won¡¯t pay for your participation fee.¡± ¡°I understand, then, we will separate here, thanks for everything until now.¡± When I lightly said words of parting and started walking away, with amazing vigor Chloe rushed in front of me. Isn¡¯t this a first class basketball player¡¯s defense? ¡°W,wait why did this turn into talks about parting?¡± ¡°Talks about parting¡­ since you won¡¯t participate, it couldn¡¯t be helped right? Since I want to join, I¡¯ll be staying here for a bit to earn some money. Don¡¯t you hate this village? That¡¯s why you¡¯re going back to the city, is what I thought. ¡°No, well, that is, about that, but, the city is still a fair bit away¡­ and if ja is alone wouldn¡¯t he be pitiful, is what I was thinking¡­ that¡¯s why wouldn¡¯t it be fine to go together¡­¡± ¡°I¡¯m not really bothered by it¡­¡± ¡°I understand! If you say that much, it can¡¯t be helped! I¡¯ll move around together with you!¡± What¡¯s with that forceful answer? How scared are you of being alone? Since you¡¯ve been fawned over by other people since a long time ago you¡¯re scared of being isolated, is what I thought. Well, I have a lot of things I don¡¯t know, so if you want to go together I won¡¯t refuse. Suddenly from the entrance a person who looked like a villager ran with all his might. He went to the village chief and strongly shook him, and while out of breath said. ¡°This is bad village chief! Magic beasts have appeared and they seem to be heading towards the village! It¡¯s a six bear.¡± ¡°First off, calm down. Even if you panic, the situation won¡¯t become better.¡± Ohh, the wrinkles that had piled up over the years aren¡¯t just for show, it seems. Oh six bear(english) should mean that there are six of them. But bears aren¡¯t magic beasts, right? The village chief gathered the people in the plaza and explained the situation, and after that he lowered his head and asked for help from the customers. That¡¯s cause this village has a large gathering of nobles and rich people. Those guys shouldn¡¯t have come to this village without any guards. In reality, there are actually a bunch of big guys with bodies full of muscles and carrying expensive looking weapons in this village right now. The village chief is counting on those guys to lend their power. On the contrary. The rich people looked like they bit on a sour persimmon. For some reason I felt like I¡¯ve felt this kind of atmosphere before. Aa, is it that? Is it the atmosphere when the teacher suddenly says ¡°okay~ I think we should decide on the person to be the class representative. Is there anyone who wants to do it?¡± Is there actually anyone who wants to do it, read the atmosphere! Kinda thing. ¡°The six bear is a strong magic beast from this area. Your slaves and underlings might be wounded by it, this wouldn¡¯t really be asking much, right?¡± ¡°I see, but at this rate wouldn¡¯t this village be in a pretty bad situation?¡± Chloe stopped my words, there was a small child looking this way. ¡°¡­ even in this kind of town, the children are not the ones in the wrong. That¡¯s what I think.¡± In a cool way Chloe proclaimed and pulled out her sword and raised it up. ¡°I shall fight! Show me the way!¡± At the still young woman, Chloe, declaring that, a thunderous applause rose from the surroundings. Although to be honest, something like defeating magic beasts is troublesome, but since Chloe is going ,I¡¯ll go as well. And then, some of the rich people who don¡¯t even have any kind of interest in joining the battle and just want to watch, followed along as well. 100 meters from the village was where the magic beasts(target) were. Why was it called six bear, I immediately understood. Three on each side, were arms. It¡¯s to the point that you¡¯s ask, is this some homage to the thousand armed kannon? There¡¯s a limit to bad taste, you know? ¡°This match will be decided in an instant.¡± To the Chloe who declared that like an aunty that was about to go into a bargain sale, I put my hand on her shoulder. ¡°Hey, is it fine even if I do it?¡± ¡°You¡­? Sure, I don¡¯t mind, but is your body fine?¡± ¡°That¡¯s why, it¡¯s to confirm the sensations of my body, so that¡¯s why I want to do it.¡± ¡°If it turns dangerous, I¡¯ll back you up.¡± ¡°Thanks hero-san.¡± The moment I said those words as a compliment, I heard a feminine voice rejecting that behind me. I heard her mumble ¡®I am just a coward¡¯, but now is not the time for that. I grasped the sacred sword, and tried swinging it once or twice. The sword¡¯s length is quite normal, and the weight is easy to handle. Or rather, this might just be because my strength is above average. ¡°Gururuuuuu¡± well then, during the time I was a dragon this kind of opponent would be an instant kill for me, but since I became a human, I wonder how It would feel¡­ let¡¯s start the experiment. CH 9 Chapter 9: I¡¯m only kinda strong After the bipedal six bear let out a ferocious roar, it kicked the floor. It¡¯s body which is bigger than 2 meters, cut through the air, and in an instant, came before me. Like a right hook, the six bear¡¯s nails slashed towards me from the side. The troublesome part is that it¡¯s using all three of it¡¯s arms simultaneously. Since it couldn¡¯t be helped, I did a back step and took some distance. The six bear splendidly hit the empty air. Even then, it fixed it¡¯s stance and started doing the same thing again. I kicked up the dirt on the ground and blocked its vision. Since that guy¡¯s vision is gone he made a bunch of openings. I pointed the blade upwards and without any hesitation slashed downwards. It cut through the three arms, making them fall at the same time. It¡¯s a pain that would normally make someone faint in agony, but the six bear is a wild magic beast so it just let out a ferocious howl. Not minding the pain, the six bear made a shoulder tackle just like a rugby player. Without using my arms I cartwheeled, and avoided the attack. The six bear that hurled itself at empty air, fell over. While staggering it stood up. Although there was red liquid gushing out of the amputated part, the fighting spirit within it¡¯s eyes did not weaken. Okay~, since I¡¯ve already established that I can move my body properly, let¡¯s stop playing around. At the six bear glaring this way, I threw my sword. No matter how prepared you are, if someone did something like that, your line of sight would obviously chase after it, that¡¯s just the nature of living things. That¡¯s a fatal mistake though. The six bear¡¯s gray colored pupils shrunk and then they looked downwards. That was because near his chest was me. The me who suddenly got close, if this was chess this would be called a check. After that would just be me finishing him off but¡ª¨C. With my previous move I threw away my sword. What to do in this situation¡ª- that should be obvious. An uppercut. My fist bore through his skin, smashed through his flesh, and broke through his bones. Like a grenade exploding, the six bear¡¯s head was destroyed. The meat showily scattered all over the other people. The large body that has lost it¡¯s head, slowly sank to the ground. With the other hand that I didn¡¯t use, I caught the sword that just fell down. In the sky clouds that looked like cotton candy were swimming around. While looking at that I let out a long breath. If I compare it to the time when I was a dragon, I could feel some inconveniences. Well, this in itself isn¡¯t bad too. My body is light, and I can move the way I imagine too as well. I even have the muscles to take out a bear¡¯s head in one punch after all. With this, I can probably protect, at the very least my own body¡ªoh? Wait a minute. Since I defeated that magic beast in a pretty cool way, isn¡¯t it to quiet? An applause or some words of praise would have been good though. Anyone and everyone only has there mouths hanging open, do you want some candy or something? ¡°A,as expected of Ja, to think you even had a sword skill¡­¡± ¡°It¡¯s not like I had any though. I only copied the way you adventurers do it. Since I was able to do it right, then that¡¯s good.¡± Of the adventurers that came for the evil dragon extermination, most of them were swordsmen after all. It was interesting, if you look closely, they all had different ways of using the sword. With my enhanced kinetic vision and memory, after seeing their movements once or twice, I won¡¯t forget it anymore. That¡¯s how it became useful right now. Well, the last one was a boxer¡¯s uppercut though. After a short while, cheers rose up. It seems that they were only surprised at my fighting style that was different from the orthodox fighting methods. A number of the rich people¡¯s guards approached me. ¡°That was amazing. Someone of your caliber probably has no one who can employ you.¡± ¡°It was very superb. That sword skill and body, are probably the results of diligent training.¡± ¡°What¡¯s your name? And also do you have any wounds? If you have any, I wouldn¡¯t mind fixing them up for you, but¡­.¡± The amazing point is that most of the ones that approached were women. Is this because of the handsome correction? Or is it that this women only like strong men? This isn¡¯t a bad feeling. It¡¯s not but¡­ the gazes of the other guards hurt, they hurt. The gap because of the fact that i¡¯m the only popular(curse) one, can be clearly seen, but¡­ I don¡¯t really care about other men¡¯s jealousy. In the first place, since you guys wouldn¡¯t fight, I had to do it instead. ¡°I don¡¯t really train or anything though, but I can still do those things.¡± ¡°Eh, is that even possible!?¡± ¡°It might be a natural disposition of his.¡± ¡°Hmm¡­ then, you, what¡¯s your name?¡± ¡°If you guys get too familiar with him, I¡¯ll be troubled. He¡¯s my comrade after all.¡± Putting emphasis on the word ¡®comrade¡¯ Chloe drove them away. Even though I wanted to be fawned over more. When I was about to voice my complaints, the village chief, with a face full of smiles, approached. ¡°Thank you very much. About the matter with the inn, we¡¯ll make room, so please, by all means, stay in this town. You should also try joining the auction, of course, the participation fee will be waived.¡± It seems this old man really knows how to read the mood. I don¡¯t mind at all that kind of returning a favour. I¡¯ll gratefully intrude on your hospitality. When I went back to the village I was approached by various nobility and rich merchants. They apparently wanted to employ me as a guard. They wanted to offer me a wage and various other perks, but for the time being I refused them all. After all, if I agreed, wouldn¡¯t I have to follow their orders? What¡¯s the difference between that and being a salaryman? In the first place, I don¡¯t have the slightest idea about this world¡¯s currency. I thought that was bad so I asked Chloe-sensei to explain. This region¡¯s currency was called rize, and with around 100 rize you can buy one piece of bread, the city people¡¯s monthly salary is around 100k to 200k rize, it seems. Of course depending on the job that changes. It helps that it didn¡¯t seem that hard to think of it in yen. But, it seems the rich guys from before, seemed to be offering quite a large amount of money just to recruit me. Most of them were offering 1million a month. In the middle there wa even some old guy who offered 2million. ¡°It¡¯s because being a guard has many dangers. Since dying from dungeons, ruins, and magic beasts happen often.¡± So refusing was the right choice after all. Dying for a superior that you can¡¯t respect is the worst kind of death. After learning a bunch of different things from Chloe, before we noticed it was already night. ¡°Ja-sama, Chloe-sama, we prepared special seats, please follow me.¡± It seems that the slave auction is about to start. I don¡¯t have money, but let¡¯s take a look. CH 10 Chapter 10: I tried participating in the slave auction. The excitement of the participants was abnormal. If you¡¯re wondering how high the tension is, it¡¯s like a super beautiful idol, joined in a filthy drinking party of some unpopular sports-minded boys. Although that kinda situations is impossible in reality. The village¡¯s plaza was quickly transformed into an auction house. There were more than a hundred chairs, and in the perimeter of the plaza was lined with a number of torches inserted into the ground. The brightness was plenty. With the customer¡¯s enthusiasm, the already hot environment became hotter. The slaves I assume that ae gonna be sold are huddled in a corner of the plaza. From battle use large men, from seriously beautiful women, to boring old men, there really was a large variation. In the middle of looking, the auction started. The slave traders came out with one beautiful girl, appearing before the auction participants. By the way, me and Chloe are in the special seats at the very front row. ¡°We thank all of you for gathering here today. To all the high class people and for the main-¡± ¡°We don¡¯t need the greeting, so hurry up and start the explanation of the goods!¡± ¡°Yes, please forgive me. Well then¡­ she is as you can see a dark elf.¡± The woman was wearing a small tunic. You can clearly see her sensual style. That¡¯s obviously what they¡¯re aiming for. She had black hair and tanned skin, with pointy ears. She also had a cool beauty type of face. The elves seem to have a large amount of beautiful men and women, and their subspecies dark elves seem to be the same too. ¡°She looks young, but this year she is already 42 years old. Naturally, she already has sexual experiences. But, she has high military prowess, and as you can see, she has a very lean body. Also, since she is a dark elf, it will take a hundred years before you can see her looks degrade. Since she can use water type magic to defeat multiple goblins, she can also be used as a guard. Her personality does not have problems as well, so she is easy to handle. Her price starts at 1million rize.¡± ¡°2million!¡± ¡°4million!¡± ¡°5million and a half!¡± ¡°6million!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take out 7million!¡± Instantly voices were raised everywhere. In an unbelievable level the price kept rising. If you take out that large an amount won¡¯t you gather jealousy on yourself? In the end the mature¡­. Questionably aged 42year old dark elf was sold for 20million rize. The one who bought her was a fat old man who looked like a racoon. That guy, is no doubt a pervert. While laughing in a gehehe voice, the guy grabbed the dark elf¡¯s hand. But the girl, rather than a making a face like she hated it, made a smile instead. Even when her ass was touched in a sexual manner, she still kept her smile. Since that guy is now her master from now on, it would be better not to go against him, is probably what she¡¯s thinking. It makes you cry doesn¡¯t it? ¡°Ku-¡± ¡°N? What is it?¡± ¡°As I though it¡¯s unpleasant. When I think about what she¡¯s going to experience from now on¡­ my chest hurts.¡± ¡°What is she going to experience from now on? I would like it if you explain in detail.¡± ¡°T,that is¡­. With that man¡­ various things will be¡­ that is¡­¡± With your face red as an apple and hanging your head in embarrassment, aren¡¯t you quite cute. But Chloe is¡­ She¡¯s definitely a closet pervert. Normally, girls who look innocent but are actually very interested in those kinds of things, there are quite a lot of them actually. With that aside the auction continued. Since they all brought only their most prided products, most of them were quite excellent. Not just in sexual stuff, even in guards and battle use, there were a lot of high quality stuff. In the middle, there was even a former swindler, who was a genius in the art of conversation, who appeared. If you employ this guy, it seems that you can easily cut down a product¡¯s price to a third. Even though he was just a bald old man, he was sold for a pretty high price. Humans, really aren¡¯t just all about the face. Un. Well, I won¡¯t praise a swindler though. When the auction was about to reach it¡¯s climax, the feel of it changed. From the start until now, I felt that they were only selling superior articles, but slowly over time it became the sale of leftover stock. All the ones that came out were stuff that normal shops would display and no one would buy. A fairly strong, but even no matter how much he enters a bath, his beastly smell is still strong, beast man. A girl with small breasts and an overbite, but is useless for anything but night duties. And a tired old man with seemingly no redeeming features. I learned that even within slaves there is a difference between quality. All of them were bought for a hundred thousand rize. At the very least there are even those who pay fifty thousand rize, is what Chloe told me. ¡°Even if they¡¯re slaves, there is still a labour cost after all. That¡¯s why even if they¡¯re cheap, but if they¡¯re useless they¡¯re not even sold.¡± ¡°So they don¡¯t need useless employees, huh?¡± ¡°Employees¡­.?¡± ¡°Nah, that was just a slip of tongue.¡± Finally, the auction is down to the last person. When the last person was brought, a commotion broke out in the audience area. Because a girl with her face beaten to the point of being distorted was treated as a product. The blood and bruises were brutal. It shouldn¡¯t have been done less than 20 times. You couldn¡¯t even tell what she would look like if her face was fixed. Even on her body were a lot of wounds. It didn¡¯t look like a magic beast attacked her. Abuse, would be more appropriate. ¡°This Ellen is a 14 year old elf. She was bought once, but was returned. But regardless, she was not the one at fault, but rather it was from the customer¡¯s side who was at fault.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be so roundabout, tell us the truth. If you don¡¯t, even we won¡¯t buy.¡± The slave trader flinched at the customer¡¯s argument. And with resignation started telling the story. The bastard who previously bought her was a noble. At the beginning Ellen had outstanding features, and it seems she was sold for a high price. But, after a week she was returned, and at that time she was already at this condition. She made a bunch of mistakes so she was punished, and they wanted to return her. By the way, it is possible to return the slave within one month, but in that case, you won¡¯t get your money back. Meaning that, he paid that large amount of money just to torture Ellen. ¡°Previously she was already had outstanding feature, so as you can see her body has developed splendidly as an elf. Her bow skills are master class, the previous owner also has not had sexual intercourse with her, so she is still a virgin.¡± You can desperately promote your product, but with that kinda face, I think it¡¯s having an opposite effect. Moreover, there seems to be another problem. ¡°However, she seems to have caught the pollution sickness¡­ if she lives in an urban area, even if her lifespan was long, at most she can only live for half a year.¡± ¡°Chloe, what is pollution sickness?¡± ¡°It¡¯s an illness that elves can easily contract, it seems that if they cannot get clean air, complications appear in their body. In short, if they don¡¯t live in the deep parts of the forest, they can¡¯t live for long.¡± Which reminds me, she¡¯s been coughing for a while now. ¡°This Ellen, will be sold at a starting price of one 1 rize.¡± ¡°It seems they really want to sell her.¡± ¡°Probably, if they can¡¯t sell her here, she will be disposed of. They will be sent to a mine or a bridge construction site, and will be forced to work until death. There are also a lot of cases where they are killed in dangerous places full of magic beasts.¡± ¡°Do the slave traders even have a trace of compassion?¡± The auction sure enough, couldn¡¯t be hyped up as much. Even then, there were a few guys who bid, and got the price up to twenty thousand, but that seems to have been the limit. ¡°Is there anyone else? Well then this is¡­¡± When the slave trader was about to announce the end of the auction, a dignified voice resounded in the venue. ¡°Forty thousand rize¡± A suave voice declared twice the price. A small commotion rose in the venue. Oi oi, who was the one who raised a voice like a hero¡ª¡ª- Ah, it was me. CH 11 Chapter 11: I tried competing for the least popular slave I have had moments in the past where I have acted impulsively. Especially when buying stuff. When there were new electronics, games, and even lottery tickets, I seem to impulsively buy those kinds of things. Right now, is also the same, is what you might say¡­ After buying your head will cool down and you will surely regret, is what you might say¡­ You¡¯re wrong. Since I knew I would succeed this time, I decided to move. If I must say though, whether Chloe has forty thousand rize, is a gamble in itself, but it seems I won that gamble. I was scolded really bad, but I was lent the money. By the way, the reason I made a bid twice that of the previous bid was to make the other side give up. If I gave out a half-assed price, it would turn into a war of attrition and I would lose first. After the auction ended, the people disappeared from the venue like waves. I paid the money to the large built slave trader, and was handed Irene. ¡°Then I shall perform the bestowal of the slave crest.¡± ¡°Ah, there¡¯s no need for that.¡± ¡°Is that fine? If we don¡¯t put the crest on her, you may not be able to stop her from resisting or escaping¡­¡± ¡°Even then it¡¯s fine, even if she runs away, I won¡¯t come complaining to you, so rest assured.¡± ¡°If it¡¯s like that¡­ well, if it¡¯s Irene then it would probably be fine.¡± ¡°A submissive personality, huh. Well, that helps me out too.¡± ¡°There is that, but she also doesn¡¯t have a place to escape to or a person she can rely on. Now then, Irene, greet the person who shall become your master.¡± ¡°Thank you, for, buying, me. Please take care of me, master.¡± In an impressive way, Irene bowed her head. It seems her eyes can properly see. Since her face swelled up so much, I couldn¡¯t tell whether her eyes were open or not. ¡°Well then, Chloe, go ahead and bring Irene to my room first. I need to have a talk with the slave trader first.¡± After the two left, I asked the slave trader some questions. Why the previous owner did that stuff. How was Irene raised. Whether she had any other diseases, other than pollution sickness. And then, if Irene¡¯s face turned back, and her health was returned, how much would she cost. After hearing everything I needed to know, I went back towards the inn. Since I heard a conversation within the room, I eavesdropped on them. ¡°It¡¯s okay, that guy is actually pretty kind. He won¡¯t direct any kind of violence on you.¡± ¡°¡­yes¡± ¡°You may have some worries but, I want you to cheer up. If it¡¯s something I can do I¡¯ll help so¡­¡± ¡°Thank you¡­ very much¡± It seems that Chloe is comforting Irene. When I entered the room, I asked Chloe to return to her room. ¡°Since I am tired because of today, I should rest properly. I don¡¯t think it will happen, but you won¡¯t lay your hands on a girl in that condition, right?¡± ¡°Obviously, I won¡¯t, so rest assured. I¡¯ll properly return the forty thousand, thanks.¡± ¡°Un, then it¡¯s fine. Have a good rest, you two.¡± Well then, with this, I have became alone together with Irene. First I should start a conversation to lighten the mood, is what I thought¡­ It seems she had a coughing fit. ¡°Goho- goho- goho- I am so,rry¡­ geho- geho-¡± After having her rest for a short while, she calmed down. But, it seems she also was coughing out blood. It seems she¡¯s really suffering. With this, it seems that we won¡¯t be able to carefreely chat, then it¡¯ll be good to get to the main point. ¡°¡­master, I am sorry to be such a bother. It¡¯s already fine. If there is something I can do, please order me to.¡± ¡°Ou, then immediately drink this.¡± I handed Irene a small bottle filled with transparent liquid. It¡¯s not water. It¡¯s my tears. When I was crying when I separated from the slimes, I thought it would be a waste so I caught them with a pot. Irene seemed like she was curious about the contents, but without any questions she drank all the contents inside. Then her shoulders sprang up with a jolt. ¡°Eh, au, ehhh???¡± Her body is probably feeling warm. With that, in a short while, Irene¡¯s form changed. The cuts and bruises that covered her, disappeared without a trace, and with that turned into smooth white skin. And the grotesque AnpaOman like face, turned back into it¡¯s proper state. When I was an evil dragon, my tears were able to cure any illness and wound. Before when I gave the demon lord¡¯s subordinate who had a sick mother, my tears, was also for that reason. For some reason, even when I have turned human, my tears seem to still have the same effect, that¡¯s great. When I saw Irene¡¯s entire body, I let out a ¡°OOOOOOOOH¡ª¡±. She more beautiful than I imagined. This is bad. Smooth blonde hair, rare red pupils, and a well ordered soft looking cute face. And together with all that, a great figure with big breasts. This is absolutely not a 14 year old¡¯s body. In japan, if you were an adult going ¡®haa haa¡¯ over a 14 year old you would be considered a pedophile, but I wonder how it is here? ¡°Umm, the one a while ago was¡­? My aching chest and throat has become really comfortable but¡­¡± A~, F,First of all, you would notice the change inside of you, right? ¡°That was a medicine-like thing. I think your pollution sickness has also been completely cured.¡± ¡°Ehh, but isn¡¯t that a high class medicine¡­ for someone like me¡­¡± ¡°Other than that, your sickness isn¡¯t the only thing that was cured.¡± ¡°Ah¡­ the wounds on my body has disappeared.¡± ¡°Not just your body. Take a look at your face in the bathroom.¡± Irene moved in a flash. After 2 or 3 minutes she returned to the room. While her eyes were bloodshot. Even if she cries in a bit, I would absolutely not mind. After meeting eyes with me she bowed her head really deeply and stayed like that. Wa, wait wait, it¡¯s shouldn¡¯t be possible that you¡¯re showing me your cleavage, right!? With a bounce it swayed, it was white and looked soft¡­ N,no no. Since I am feeling weird, I should count the blots on the ceiling. 1, 2, 3, 4¡­ hey! There¡¯s 28 of them this is too much of a cheap hotel! Anyways. For me to lay my hand on her is forbidden. The price going down is not allowed. If I properly deal with her, I can live the neet life for a while, after all. ¡°I, I, I want to show my gratitude to master.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, it¡¯s fine.¡± ¡°But, but you saved me!¡± ¡°I only did this for myself.¡± ¡°Even then I will not be satisfied with just that. I may not be unsatisfactory, but please do as you like.¡± Maybe it¡¯s because of excitement or something, but Irene started took off her clothes. Ku-, Don¡¯t be hasty! When I tried stopping those movements, that white arm, Irene, suddenly pounced on me, and afterwards, my lower back hit the floor, and I was at my wit¡¯s ends. My whole body was shaking. Like a chihuahua in front of a wild beast of prey. ¡°That¡¯s why¡­ I said it¡¯s impossible.¡± ¡°I, I am very, sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to¡­¡± ¡°The fluid a while ago, my tears, can heal flesh, but it cannot heal your heart.¡± That¡¯s right, what I asked the slave trader a while ago. That is, ¡®is her mental state in bad shape?¡¯ There is no one who can maintain a healthy mind when put under such stress. Even I, when they announced that we had to do work on a holiday, I went crazy. Irene¡¯s situation is, compared to mine, so much more worse off. Her hometown, attacked by a magic beast, had everyone die other than her. When she was loitering in the forest, she was caught by a slave trader and sold. With her good looks, the other slaves bullied her mentally. And when she thought she was bought, without any words she was punched in the face hundreds of times. It¡¯s not at the level of ¡®the beautiful die young¡¯ It wouldn¡¯t be weird for her mental state to be worn out. When speaking of the results, Irene has Androphobia. When a man touches her her body becomes like that, it goes into a stance of self defence. ¡°You are more tired than you think you are. Don¡¯t force yourself, so sleep on that bed for tonight.¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine with the floor, so master should-¡± ¡°Shut up. I¡¯m a clean freak. I¡¯ll have an allergic reaction when sleeping on a bed already slept on by another person. That¡¯s why I¡¯m fine on the floor. Let¡¯s sleep.¡± Since I confirmed that Irene entered the bed, I rolled on the floor and slept. In the room that became dark, I thought. A clean freak sleeping on the floor is impossible. CH 12 Chapter 12: like I thought, it was a bargain. When I woke up in the morning the bed was empty. No matter where I looked in the room, Irene¡¯s figure was nowhere to be seen. Haha, it seems she ran away, hahahahaha CHIKUSHO! [TLnote: this part was written in romaji.] Even though she was that moved, she suddenly ran away, women are scary. As expected I should have gotten a slave crest put on her. Since they told me that it would cost money to cancel it, I refrained, because I wanted to have as much profit as I can. In the end it turned out like this. Since I was feeling dejected, I decided to go back to sleep when, the door to my room suddenly quietly opened. ¡°G,good morning! Master, I brought you breakfast.¡± What, so she just went to get breakfast, huh. I¡¯m relieved¡­ also I¡¯m sorry I doubted you. ¡°Were you able to sleep last night?¡± ¡°Yes, but since the bed was too soft, I also slept on the floor.¡± ¡°I see¡­¡± Since this is a cheap inn, the bed¡¯s quality shouldn¡¯t be that good. For it to be too soft, there¡¯s absolutely no possibility of that. She probably thought that it was bad that she was sleeping on the bed while her master was sleeping on the floor. It makes me feel like crying. But let¡¯s stop. Something like being attached is forbidden. I¡¯m only with her for my own objectives. I have no special feelings for her. And I can¡¯t have any either. But, I still have to do something about her androphobia. ¡°Irene, I¡¯ll be blunt here, are you scared of men?¡± ¡°¡­I am not scared of master.¡± ¡°But, being touched is tough isn¡¯t it?¡± ¡°I am sorry¡­ my body reacted on it¡¯s own, but please don¡¯t mind it, please do as you want anytime.¡± Even if you say that, you¡¯re rejecting it at a subconscious level aren¡¯t you? And this isn¡¯t about me, I want you to be fine even if a man other than me touches you. After finishing my breakfast, I got dressed and left the room with Irene. When I was leaving the room, it was at the same time that Chloe is leaving the room next door. When she saw Irene, she made a shocked face. ¡°Y,you¡­ I,In the room where Irene is, f,for you to bring a woman¡­¡± She misunderstood. But, it couldn¡¯t be helped. For her to notice that the beautiful elf beside me is Irene, who had a face so badly beaten, would be even more strange. Once I casually explained the situation to Chloe she showed a relieved face. ¡°So it was like that. Misunderstanding like that is embarrassing¡­. I thought for sure you employed a prostitute.¡± ¡°You¡¯re always having strange misunderstandings. Are you sexually frustrated?¡± ¡°I, it¡¯s not like that!¡± ¡°I,it was a joke. That aside, there was a weapon store here, right? My bad, but bring me there.¡± Although it was called a weapon store, it looked the same as the other houses, but since a lot of people go through this village, their selection was quite good. ¡°Irene can use a bow, right?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°So you¡¯re a long distance type huh.¡± ¡°I can also use kicking arts to a certain extent.¡± ¡°Ah, is that so? I don¡¯t really know, but let¡¯s buy a bow and a pair of boots.¡± Let¡¯s take a look at the products. Since I didn¡¯t know anything about weapons, I left the judgement to Chloe and Irene. After deciding on a Bow and arrow, the next one are the boots. In this world, kicking arts is a relatively popular martial art, and they sell specialized battle boots. Although it looks like normal boots, when you hit the heel on the floor and give it a hard shock, a ten-something inch blade comes out. If you get kicked by something like that, surely, you would be spilling blood everywhere. We chose something a bit on the cheaper side and brought it to the counter. ¡°The total will be one-hundred eighty thousand rize, would that be fine?¡± ¡°Would that be fine?¡± I sent a glance at Chloe who was next to me. ¡°¡­Ja, I want you to practice more restraint.¡± While saying so, Chloe-san payed for it without any hesitation. Although I¡¯m guilty of being spoiled, I wonder about Chloe who¡¯s doing the spoiling. Since she¡¯s too soft-hearted, it makes me worried. ¡°But, I¡¯m rather surprised that you¡¯re walking around with such money.¡± ¡°It¡¯s my principle not to leave my money at the coin manor.¡± The coin manor seems to be a place where you can exchange money and deposit it, It¡¯s a place like a bank. But with this, my debt has become two-hundred two thousand rize. What, with Irene, I can gain back my money, I will. When I looked at the one who¡¯ll become the source of that money, and met eyes, she let out a smile. A smile that one would think it couldn¡¯t be found in this world, was born there. ¡­this is bad, the feeling of wanting to own her is overflowing. ¡°Irene, from now on, you can¡¯t direct a smile at me anymore. It is forbidden.¡± ¡°M,master!?¡± ¡°¡­ it is forbidden.¡± Her down-hearted look is also quite cute as well. It might be because she still has traces of her youth, that looking at her makes the desire to protect overflow. She has white arms that almost seem transparent and voluptuous body that doesn¡¯t match her face, if this was japan, I would want to produce her like Akimoto YasuO. [TLnote: Akimoto Yasushi is akb48¡¯s producer.] I would put handshake tickets with the CD and go on the road of easy money. Wait, wouldn¡¯t that make the CD the extra instead? When I was about to leave the village, people were gathering at the plaza. It seems the customers from yesterday are all going back together all at once. All of their attention gathered on to us at once. Because the Slave trader raised his voice while approaching us. ¡°Irene!? Are you Irene!? I can¡¯t believe it¡­ what happened to your wounds!?¡± Since she did recover in just one night. It¡¯s fine to be surprised, but I would like it if your spit didn¡¯t come flying at me. ¡°Umm, master cured me with medicine. My pollution sickness has also been completely cured as well.¡± ¡°Dear lord, not just your wounds but even your sickness¡­. You must have used quite the valuable stuff.¡± ¡°Well well, don¡¯t sweat the small details.¡± I brought the two, and unreservedly passed through the middle of the group. ¡°That one is yesterday¡¯s¡­ slave girl you say?¡± ¡°How beautiful¡­¡± ¡°Shit! If it would become like this, I should have compete as well.¡± ¡°That beautiful, and two of them to boot¡­¡± That wasn¡¯t some half-assed attention. Although there are a bunch of beautiful women here, but compared to Chloe and Irene, their rank goes down. Even so, I flashily defeated the magic beasts, bought the least popular slave girl in the auction, and the next day she is reborn as a beautiful girl. Could it be, they see me as some kind of amazing person. Could it be~ could it be~ that I¡¯m really some kind of amazing person~? In truth, I¡¯m just a wannabe dragon, who¡¯s covered in debt though. After coming out of the forest, we found one six bear far way. The distance between us is around 30 meters. [TLnote: that doesn¡¯t sound far at all] ¡°Master, please leave this to me.¡± ¡°Ou.¡± It was just in time when I wanted to see her ability. She took an arrow from her back and nocked it on the bow. It feels like she¡¯s used to it, and her form, which is like a master¡¯s, looks beautiful. Even I who has no relation with archery, can tell that she has considerable skill. Without even wavering, she fired the arrow, and it splendidly pierced through the six bear¡¯s eye. It seems that wasn¡¯t a fluke. Since the second arrow also pierced through the other eye. To casually hit that small of a target¡­. From far away the six bear let out a howl. It¡¯s vision was gone. With this we just need to pierce him full of holes. But, Irene placed her bow on her back, and started running. It seems she plans to enter close combat. It seems she knows that I¡¯m testing her. After a few seconds she came towards its bosom, and at the same time she kicked towards it¡¯s jaw. The blade coming out of the boots, pierced through the six bear¡¯s chin. Battle end. Obviously no damages on our side. Irene jogged back, and directed a worried face towards me. ¡°Umm, did I do good?¡± ¡°¡­ you pass.¡± ¡°T,thank you very much.¡± Irene made a small guts pose, and made a smile towards me. Hey didn¡¯t I say it before¡­? To suddenly make a smile towards me is forbidden¡­. Well, since the weather is good, I¡¯ll forget about it. CH 13 Chapter 13: Although this inn has some dangerous guys¡­. We will stay here. After that, while sleeping outdoors, we finally reached the city in the afternoon, after 2 days. Provincial city Grizaad. Although it seems to be inferior to the royal capital, seeing it from the outside gives off quite the ¡®big city¡¯ vibe. With the impression that it would definitely protect the city, a strong-looking outer wall was surrounding the city. We entered the city through the south gate. Since me and Irene didn¡¯t have identification papers, we had to pay a fee to enter. Well, it was our reliable Chloe-mama who payed for it though. After entering, the hustle and bustle of the city could instantly be felt. Although it would obviously lose to tokyo, the number of buildings are quite a lot as well. Coming from a village you can really feel the difference in the level of civilization. Is it because it¡¯s hot? The city gives the impression, that a lot of people are wearing thin clothing. ¡°The life here is very different from the life in the forest. Although if it¡¯s you, I think it would be fine.¡± ¡°Well, yeah. Even I know what¡¯s allowed and not. Isn¡¯t it that? You shouldn¡¯t invite little girls to dates.¡± ¡°¡­¡­.U~n, to mention that at the very start is a bit¡­¡± ¡°It¡¯s a joke, first off is looking for an inn to stay in. Is Chloe going to the guild?¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to report about the matter with the forest. Also I¡¯m affiliated with a guild called ¡®the warriors of the true light¡¯. You can visit me anytime you want.¡± After saying that, Chloe gave me a bag that was making jingling sounds specific to money. ¡°There¡¯s eighty thousand inside. Since you¡¯ll have to pay for the inn fees, and you also need to buy clothes for Irene.¡± ¡°Sorry for having you do all these. When I¡¯ve settled down, I¡¯ll be imposing on you.¡± Since I felt bad for having her pay for everything until now, I gave Chloe all the leftover dragon tears. [TLnote: I think selling that would¡¯ve gotten you more money than selling Irene, WE NEED EROFU.] When I was about to say my thanks to Chloe, she suddenly directed a frail look to me. ¡°Will you really come meet me again¡­?¡± ¡°? yeah.¡± ¡°Chloe-san, thank you very much for taking care of me.¡± ¡°Irene¡­ do your best. If it¡¯s you¡­ I7m sure you will become happy.¡± ¡°Yes, may god bless you.¡± ¡°Thanks, then I¡¯m going.¡± Chloe gloomily waved her hand, and disappeared into the human traffic. She seemed really reluctant to part. Although it was the same for me. I have really been taken care of by Chloe. With the thing with the slimes, this world¡¯s common knowledge, and the thing with Irene. My debt is already beyond three-hundred thousand rize. To not be able to sleep with your feet towards them is this kind of feeling, huh. [TLnote: Basically being so indebted to someone, that your gratitude is on the level of worship.] Even more so since my feet has a weird smell. Although, that kind of good woman is quite rare. Surely she¡¯s being loved by all her guild mates. While feeling gratitude, I explored Grizaad. First off is going to a clothing store and finding a new change of clothes for Irene. Since there isn¡¯t any mass production technology, clothes were more expensive than I initially though. I chose something with quality that adventurers would use, but it cost me twenty-thousand rize. Although, with her youth bursting through her clothes, it couldn¡¯t be helped that she¡¯s gathering a lot of stares. Since this was the big city, the amount of shops and their variety was plentiful. There also seems to be quite the number of weapon shops. Since I found out where the pubs were, I went to the back streets from the main street. Without omitting anything I read the signs in front of the stores. Angel¡¯s banquet. Mysterious climax. Flirtatious fairy. Hoo~ I see, I see¡­. Since I will be visiting these places later on, I must properly remember their locations. ¡°Master?¡± Uo! I really did it now! It seems I¡¯ve been standing around and grinning all this time. I¡¯m really troubled by my delusions. ¡°It¡¯s nothing. Let¡¯s go.¡± I pulled myself together and continued walking. When the sun was about to set, I found an inn to stay in for the night, and entered. When I did, I heard an angry voice from inside. ¡°That¡¯s why! I¡¯m saying that three spiders appeared! Even though you don¡¯t properly clean, it would be weird if have me pay for the full amount.¡± ¡°G,Guest, we properly clean the rooms. It should¡¯t be possible for a spider to appear¡­ much less three.¡± ¡°Aah? Then are you saying that I¡¯m lying?¡± ¡°I am not saying that, but¡­.¡± A timid looking guy was entangled with hoodlum armed with a sword. The inn manager is probably the timid looking guy, and the hoodlum is probably the customer. Although it seems this guy doesn¡¯t even have any proof that there were spiders. Even at just a quick glance you can see that the shop¡¯s interior, is scrupulously cleaned, and there¡¯s no impression of it being filthy. I¡¯d give it a 8-9 out of 10. But it seems that the other customers aren¡¯t even trying to stop the hoodlum. It seems they don¡¯t wanna be involved in something troublesome. I agree, but at this rate, I won¡¯t be able to stay at this inn. ¡°Hey, you, leave it at that.¡± ¡°ah?¡± The hoodlum¡¯s target changed to me. He came closer to me and grabbed me by the collar and stared daggers at me. Ue, this guy¡¯s filthy. ¡°Hey, did you just say that to me?¡± ¡°Since a poisonous snake didn¡¯t come out, just forget about it, yeah?¡± ¡°What do you mean forget about it, idiot. If you think like that why don¡¯t you pay instead?¡± ¡°I get it, then let¡¯s play a game. The one who falls on their ass first loses. If i lose I pay, in exchange if you lose, you have to pay the full price.¡± ¡°Interesting~ what¡¯s the victory condition?¡± [TLnote: this guy is too easy.] ¡°You can do anything you want, and I just stand here and won¡¯t attack you.¡± The hoodlum is in an overwhelming advantage, at first the hoodlum was suspicious, but since he only has one brain cell, he let out a dirty smile. Irene was worried about my body, but I strongly ordered her not to do anything. Since her hand was already holding an arrow. The hoodlum pulled out the sword on his waist and licked the blade, and with a crazed expression shouted out. ¡°I won¡¯t really kill you, but stupidity doesn¡¯t have a cure.¡± While saying that he prepares a stance with his sword in front of his torso. Those words just now, I really wanna throw them back at him. Since he was taking his time attacking me, i got irritated and decided to finish this. I put power into my arm, grabbed the hoodlum by the neck and separated his head from his body¡ª I had that kind of image, in reality I would be able to do it after one second, and that was expressed without words. In other words, I released killing intent. During the time when I was an evil dragon, when the difference in between me and my opponent was too big, I occasionally used it, I can use it on purpose¡­. It¡¯s not like I was influenced by some manga or something. And when I used it¡ª*crashing sounds* From the dining hall sound of table ware falling resounded. My killing intent covered the entire area of the inn. They were probably so scared that they lost power in their bodies. The ones who are able to stand in this place are also getting weak in the knees and are sitting down. The only ones who were barely able to stay standing are Irene and a female employee-ish person. The hoodlum? He¡¯s pissing himself while his mouth is opening and closing. Are you a koi fish during feeding time? ¡°This is my win, right? Of course you¡¯ll pay, right?¡± After lightly glaring at him a few times, he left money at the counter, and left the inn like he was running away. In the hall that has become quiet I said. ¡°A single room, and meals for two.¡± ¡°W, with dinnerrrrrrrr ittttttt willllll, be , f,f,f,four thoussssssssaaaand r,r,r,riiiiiiiize.¡± It seem that the manager is too scared of me that he can¡¯t speak properly. It feels like I did too much. Sorry. For the time being, I registered our names, paid the four thousand rize in advance, and went towards the 2nd floor. We left our things and went back to the first floor, the dining hall which was full of people a while ago, was now very empty. ¡°Ahahaha, everyone brought their meals to their rooms and shut themselves in.¡± The inn employee spoke in a cheerful tone, while setting up the table. She was a 20-ish pretty beautiful woman. Although her small chest is a disappointment. [TLnote:bruh, do you even DFC?] ¡°I saw your names in the registry, Ja-san and Irene-san, right? I¡¯m Merida.¡± [TLnote: Their bicycles are pretty good.] ¡°It seems you aren¡¯t afraid of me, I¡¯m kinda happy.¡± ¡°A while ago, I was a bit scared though. You don¡¯t seem like a bad guy¡­although you seem perverted.¡± ¡°Guu-, although it¡¯s disappointing, that interpretation isn¡¯t wrong. If you can, please greet the inn manager who¡¯s hiding.¡± ¡°Ahahaha, roger that~. Well then, please it this while it¡¯s still warm.¡± The carefree Merida went back further inside. The Irene, who was closely watching Merida¡¯s walking figure from behind, opened her mouth. ¡°Merida-san has an amazing walking technique.¡± ¡°She doesn¡¯t make any sounds when walking after all. And while mentioning that, I can¡¯t feel her presence as well.¡± Although I¡¯ve become a human and my five senses have become duller, I still have better senses than the average person. The elf Irene as well. Even though we¡¯re like this, we still can¡¯t hear anything. Is it on purpose? Or did it become a habit? By the way the inn employee who was able to take my killing intent a while ago, was that woman. And the main reason I used my killing intent on the hoodlum was that person as well. The moment the hoodlum was making false charges, a uncommon killing intent was welling in her eyes. If I didn¡¯t do that the hoodlum might have been done in sooner or later¡­. ¡°Master really is kind.¡± ¡°Rather than that, let¡¯s eat, let¡¯s eat.¡± Placed on a heated stone plate was a steaming hot steak. The meat juice is also overflowing. Although it¡¯s a pitiful amount, vegetables also accompany the meal. The staple food is black bread. Although I would prefer white rice, I shouldn¡¯t be asking for so much luxury. And then there¡¯s a tea-colored soup. It looks quite delicious. I wanted to immediately eat, and when I noticed, Irene was looking this way. ¡°You¡¯re not gonna eat?¡± ¡°Umm, master didn¡¯t give me permission so¡­.¡± Are you a dog who was told to wait!? ¡°You see, you don¡¯t really need to ask me permission for something like a meal. I am a man of freedom, so I won¡¯t mind the small details.¡± ¡°Master¡¯s heart really is wide. I am really a fortunate person.¡± Is it flattery or is it her true thoughts? I can¡¯t tell the difference. Although there¡¯s not a cloud on her smile, women are strangely good at acting since young. Anyways, since Irene won¡¯t eat unless I start eating first, I go ahead and start. Is she stubborn or is it just her personality. ¡­it was more delicious than I thought. The meat is more tender than I expected. It feels like an above average piece of beef. My teeth cut through the meat without even the slightest resistance. And then more than the meat, my attention went towards the sauce. With the sweetness of the sauce, it instantly enhanced the flavor of the meat. To think I would meet something of this level in another world¡­. The soup is pretty good as well. It tasted like consomme and when I get tired of the meat, it instantly refreshes my mouth. I don¡¯t really have any particular comment about the bread. When I took a look, Irene is also stuffing her mouth in a daze. Since if I look closely, her body is still quite thin. She probably was only fed with the minimum amount of food before. ¡­is it because of these breasts? What would happen if we kept feeding her with food full of nutrition? Moreover she¡¯s only 14 years old¡­. She¡¯s in her greatest growth period. Although I¡¯m looking forward to the future, I also feel quite scared. It¡¯s unrelated to me though. ¡°How¡¯s the taste? Since you saved the manager, you can have it for free he said.~¡± Merida came out from further inside. ¡°Thanks, also, what kind of meat is this?¡± ¡°A~ that is~, troll meat.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t a troll¡­.¡± ¡°Un, it¡¯s a magic beast.¡± Oe-. CH 14 Chapter 14: I only wanted to become a sage¡­. The room is a single. There is only one bed. And yet, there will be two people staying. Why did I not get a twin or a double, and instead a single? That is¡­ It is because we will be sharing a bed. ¡°Master, I¡¯ll sleep on the floor, ok?¡± ¡°No, you¡¯ll be sleeping on the bed.¡± ¡°Th,then master will be¡­?¡± ¡°On the bed as well.¡± What are you imagining, suddenly being fidgety, Irene? You see, you¡¯re wrong¡­. You¡¯re misunderstanding in a very weird direction. Even If I say we will be sleeping together, I don¡¯t mean it in a sexual way. We will only really be sleeping on the same bed together. ¡°I don¡¯t have confidence I¡¯ll be able to do well¡­. But I¡¯ll do my best!¡± ¡°Un, you¡¯re wrong, you¡¯re probably misunderstanding?¡± ¡°Then¡­. ¡° ¡°We¡¯ll be sleeping on the bed together so that you¡¯ll get used to being with men. I will never lay my hands on you after all.¡± ¡°Is¡­ that so¡­.¡± She made a face like the world was going to end. You might as well happily hum Sekai no owari¡¯s dragonknight. Irene should probably see me as some saintly guy, since I saved her from her disease. Although I¡¯m closer to a hedonist though. A grown up man and a hedonist, can easily be confused though. [TLnote: both hedonist and grown up are pronounced the same way.] Anyways, even if our relationship improves anymore than this, I will only be troubled. I have to make you used to men quickly and then have you leave. ¡°You don¡¯t have to force yourself to touch me or anything, when you feel bad, it¡¯s fine to get out of the bed. Just go at your own pace.¡± We turned off the lamp and both of us entered the bed. Since Irene was facing towards me, I felt awkward, and turned my back towards her. Time flows by. Was it because of fatigue or being full, I could hear a faint sleeping breath beside me. While trying not to wake her up, I left the room, and went out into the city of night. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. Ever since I became a human, there has been something that has extremely bothered me. There is something that has greatly changed since the time when I was a still an evil dragon. My appetite and sexual desire. When I was an evil dragon, just drinking water was enough for a number of months, and just casually eating a fruit was more than enough. I didn¡¯t need meat, and I never thought of wanting to eat any. I felt like a super efficient hybrid car. When I turned into a human, I¡¯ve been randomly getting hungry. My stomach was rumbling and was pretty annoying. But well, it wasn¡¯t that much of a problem. If I can enjoy a mountain of food, wouldn¡¯t that be pretty great. The problem is that my sexual appetite is unusually large. When I was a dragon I was like a mountain sage and never felt any kind of sexual desire. Sage time 24/7. [TLnote: sage time is what the state of a man after sex is called in japanese. The medical term is refractory period, wherein after orgasm one cannot feel anymore excitement from stimulation of the sex organs. Although sage time in the common context is used in referring to when a man will agree to almost anything after climax.] It was kinda like that. I didn¡¯t feel horny at all, I sometimes see women skinny dipping from the sky, but I¡¯ll just lightly tell them ¡®don¡¯t get a cold, Ojousan.¡¯ It was to the point that I never had to deal with it even once. In other words I was a kind of perfect being. And right now, how is it? It¡¯s like I returned to my middle school days. No, this is worse than that time. Even if just a slightly sexy woman passes by, I felt like embracing them from behind. If it¡¯s like this, aren¡¯t I just some pervert. I¡¯m kinda scared of myself. To tell the truth, it was also pretty dangerous a while ago. Even though I said something like I won¡¯t lay a hand on her, I felt like raping her without saying anything multiple times. pitiful¡­. Everything and anything is all this sexual desire¡¯s fault, shit. I can¡¯t fly in the sky, my battle power also dropped, all this I can endure. But, but, this worldly desire that I can¡¯t even control isn¡¯t even funny. This strong sexual urge is a fatal problem. Most of the great people have failed because of their lower bodies. It¡¯s the same reason why some teachers become unemployed. But even with that, castration is a bit¡­ Then, the conclusion is only one. To preserve my normalcy and Irene¡¯s purity, I only need to moderately release my frustrations. Because of that, I went to the shops, that I investigated earlier. In front of the shop called ¡®angel¡¯s banquet¡¯ I stood for a bit. ¡­it was also like this in during my days as a salary man. During the time I get my salary, I frequently went to places with professional women. And most of all, I¡¯m a ODN(Oppai Daishuki Ningen)[TL:a person who likes big breasts.], so I went to pubs which catered to that though, since there¡¯s a lot of them. [TLnote: He¡¯s probably referring to oppai pubs, I¡¯ve went to one before, pretty fun stuff.] ¡°It feels like i went back to that time¡­.¡± Although becoming a degenerate makes me sad, this is also a way for me to return to being a sage, yeah. I opened the door. ¡­¡­¡­¡­. I leave the store after two hours, and then ran to the next place. It seems that I had a very great misunderstanding. If I release once, I should probably enter sage mode. I thought that. foolishness 100% Rather, it became like a certain KaOpaebisen¡¯s slogan that says ¡®once you start eating you won¡¯t be able to stop¡¯, I got too into it and wasn¡¯t able to stop. It turned into something like a fuse that caught fire. I went to attack the store called ¡®mysterious climax¡¯ next, without any hesitation. And then after another 2 hours, I went to another store. It was a brothel where you can do it with Demi-humans in one of the rooms, where they have prepared a futon. This place is the shop called ¡®flirtatious fairy¡¯. Grizaad has a structure similar to Europe in the past. But for some reason, this place has a bunch of japanese flavor incorporated everywhere. The room¡¯s door is a sliding door, the floor is tatami, and the bed isn¡¯t bed but rather a futon. Inside the 8 tatami mat room, there was a calligraphy scroll hanging on the wall, a earthenware vase with flowers arranged inside, and it has a nice smelling incense being released inside. This really calms me down. It makes me miss japan. ¡°Excuse me.¡± The voice came from the sliding door. The employee that said that, seems to be a dark elf bursting with youth that had just started working here. Since she was still quite fresh, is what I was told, I decided to request her. Opening the door, a woman wearing a baby doll full of seductiveness appeared. Her body was splendid enough to make the ODN me shut up, and on the subject of her face¡­ WHAT!? ¡°Thank you for requesting me. I am the dark elf, Sumira. ¡°Why, are¡­ you, here¡­.?¡± ¡°Ara, you are¡­.¡± When our eyes met, both of us hardened up for a few seconds. We¡¯re not really friends. We haven¡¯t even talked. But, we at least know each other¡¯s faces. Since this fascinating woman is the first product shown on the slave auction a while back. ¡°You, weren¡¯t you that raccoon¡¯s¡­ that¡¯s not it, that rich guy¡¯s slave.¡± ¡°Yeah. under that person¡¯s orders I will be working here starting today.¡± ¡°Ah~ is that allowed?¡± Having your own slave work as a prostitute. Is it some kinda hidden move. But, well if I think about it, it¡¯s safer than going together defeating monsters. And if you send slaves to the dungeons, you won¡¯t have to worry about getting killed. That¡¯s why they¡¯re sold at a high price. That¡¯s what I thought, but it seems that doing that has conditons. Slave traders doing that is against the law, and¡­ ¡°If it¡¯s only limited to slaves without slave crests then it¡¯s possible.¡± I see, if a customer sees someone else¡¯s crest on their body, it would certainly turn them off. It would feel like you¡¯re borrowing someone else¡¯s slave. Although I don¡¯t really care. ¡°Then, your master didn¡¯t put a crest on you because he was planning on making you work here?¡± ¡°It should be like that.¡± ¡°¡­You don¡¯t think about running away?¡± ¡°fufu.¡± Sumire only answered with a smile. It seems that racoon isn¡¯t that stupid, it seems he might have something up his sleeves. Or rather the me that doesn¡¯t have something up his sleeves is the idiot¡­ While thinking that, a baby doll smoothly fell to the floor. The Sumira who became naked, didn¡¯t look embarrassed at all. On the contrary, there was a obscene smile on her face. ¡°This is only between you and me, I am quite interested in you. Now, let¡¯s enjoy ourselves to our heart¡¯s content.¡± I was swallowed into the bewitching sea before I noticed it. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ With the help of Sumira my fires of lust was safely extinguished. She was an amazing woman in multiple ways. How amazing? I won¡¯t be able to explain it in words. Outside the sun has already started to rise. Even though the sun has just risen, there are already people enthusiastically selling fruits. When I tried buying one I was shocked. The amount of money I have left is¡­ 500rize!? In one night 60000rize disappeared¡­. I am¡­ I am¡­ I dropped on all fours to the ground. The person selling fruits looked at me like I was a bother. ¡°Oi, bro, you¡¯re hindering my business.¡± ¡°Shut up¡­¡± ¡°Then I¡¯ll let you use that place, so buy an apple.¡± ¡°¡­ how much is it.¡± ¡°500¡± ¡°That¡¯s expensive!¡± ¡°It¡¯s a high class product after all. If you think I¡¯m lying try eating it.¡± ¡°Are you desperate, stupid idiot!¡± Feeling like I was tricked, I gave the man the last bit of my money. And the apple looking the same as apples taken from anywhere else, I bit into it. I was tricked. I became broke. CH 15 Chapter 15: I¡¯m so glad I wasn¡¯t reincarnated into a goblin. I currently have zero cash. Drowning in pleasure resulted in this. I have decide to never go to those kinds of places again. Even though that¡¯s fine and all, the fact that I have no more money is bad. Should I go borrow money from Chloe again? No, that would be too lame. In the first place, if she asks me the reason why I lost all the money, it would be problematic for me. Too embarrassing. I should do something about it myself. ¡°I¡¯m sorry about this, but no breakfast today.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, I don¡¯t really eat breakfast in the morning.¡± *stomach growling* After saying so, sound came from Irene¡¯s stomach. Irene became flustered and waved her hands around. ¡°T,that just now was wrong! It¡¯s just my stomach is feeling weird today.¡± ¡°Sorry¡­. Sorry¡­.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, it really is fine!¡± ¡°¡­I was thinking about defeating some magic beasts and selling their material, do you any place where I can sell them?¡± ¡°The government office and the adventurer¡¯s guild buy them.¡± ¡°I see, than let¡¯s go.¡± I changed clothes and left the inn with Irene. Since I didn¡¯t have money we went without breakfast. To be honest, I¡¯m feel so sorry towards Irene that I can¡¯t face her. While we walked out of the inn, I heard a small mutter from behind me. ¡°Master, where did you go last night?¡± Uu, so it really came. I wonder how I should explain this. Obviously, telling her the truth, would make her disgusted. If this was a visual novel, it would be at the level where her affection meter would immediately become zero. ¡­.wait. Even if Irene¡¯s affection lowers, why would it matter to me? Rather, wouldn¡¯t that be more to my advantage. Okay. ¡°Something like a night patrol? I was wondering about the city¡¯s public safety so I went around town.¡± ¡°So it was like that. Because you suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night, I was surprised.¡± ¡°My bad¡­.¡± Why did I say a lie? Was it because I was scared of being scorned? Is it because I want to be liked by Irene? Wrong, It¡¯s because I don¡¯t want to speak about my mistake. While holding unto my feelings of worry we went outside of the city. We carried our feet until, the field where the goblins we¡¯re living in. The goblins are famous for having powerful reproductive abilities, and they are quite popular magic beasts around here. It seems their nails are used in the production of stomach medicine, so demand for them is quite high. I took a view from here, and I confirmed a green lump far away. ¡°Oh, is it that?¡± ¡°There¡¯s four of them.¡± Goblins fundamentally move in groups. Their heights are around a meter. Their skin color is a chemical sludge like dark green, and they have ugly looking sharp ears and nose. The four of them were equipped with a club like weapon. They seem to have noticed us here too, and they don¡¯t look like they¡¯re gonna run away. If I was to translate the look on their faces it would be (you wanna fight!? We gonna beat you good.) ¡°Is it fine if I shoot them?¡± ¡°Do it.¡± I also took out my sword and prepared myself. The strongly pulled bow took the first attack. Like their wasn¡¯t any distance between us, the arrow deeply penetrated the forehead of the goblin. Our opponents couldn¡¯t even lift one finger against us. I¡¯ve thought of this since the first time I¡¯ve seen it, but the arrow is extraordinarily fast. And the aiming, is precise, fast, and there was almost no gap between the movements until the arrow is shot out. Although the skill is quite amazing, what really amazed me is the fact that her breathing has never once become disordered. This is probably what¡¯s is commonly called mental durability. In the end, the goblins, without even getting close, all became corpses. When I praised her with a clap, Irene held both her cheeks and started twisting and winding her body. It looked like a mollusk and calmed me. [TLnote: I have no idea how that could calm someone, eww.] And then, my job was simple. All I had to do was to take the dead goblin¡¯s fingers. I just casually cut them off. As long as I take care of not damaging the nails, it¡¯s fine. I placed all the materials into the black bad, and looked for the next prey. There were 8 goblins gathered around a tree. It seems they were trying to catch a squirrel on one of the branches, and they haven¡¯t noticed us yet. Irene took them out one by one in a surprise attack. I watched that from the side. What¡¯s with this air of tension? This scene makes me feel more of a sense of urgency compared to scenes of war in dramas and manga. Will you live or will you die! OAAAAAAAAAAA!! Or something like that. But in reality, I was only amazed, and the amount of enemies slowly grew smaller. Goblins aren¡¯t really that weak of a small fry. It¡¯s probably cause Irene is too strong. Saying that, I kinda feel like doing something. I picked up a fist-sized stone near me. ¡°Ah, stop stop. I¡¯ll take care of the rest, so back off.¡± ¡°Ah, yes.¡± Or rather isn¡¯t their only 3 of them left. Well, whatever. The storm of arrows ended, I faced the goblins making angry expressions, aimed, and¡­ threw the rock. On the goblin¡¯s forehead a hole opened up. The running goblin without knowing anything, fell in a flashy way and died. The second goblin was quite perceptive, and crossed his arms to protect himself from the rocks I was throwing. Although the stone still pierced his arms with room to spare and directly destroyed his brain. The last one noticed that all his other comrades got done in, attempted to escape. Of course, I wouldn¡¯t let him escape. I twisted my upper body to the point that my back could be seen, and threw the rock with a tornado pitch. [TLnote: I have no idea about baseball pitches, but that was how it translated to.] The rock entered the back of the escaping goblin¡¯s head and came out of the front. Oo~, Throwing rocks was more effective than I thought it would be. Since I can just pick up a stone from anywhere it won¡¯t cost me money too. Isn¡¯t this the most ideal fighting style for me, who¡¯s broke. Irene excitedly approached me. ¡°You were cool!¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± ¡°Especially the unusual throwing method at the end.¡± ¡°It¡¯s called the tornado pitch.¡± ¡°Although showing your back would slow down the attack speed, it would make the release point of the rock hard to predict. From the enemy¡¯s perspective it would be hard to predict the timing of the attack, and would make their response slower. With master¡¯s throwing speed, a second of hesitation will cost your life. It is a perfectly calculated pitching method, wonderful.¡± ¡°? O,Oo, yeah it¡¯s that, it was like that.¡± It¡¯s not an atmosphere where I can just tell her I was just trying to look cool¡­. Or rather, the goblin was running away, so it wasn¡¯t looking over here. And I think this baseball like commentary is something that just came out naturally. We quietly retrieved the goblin¡¯s nails. After that we hunted another close to ten goblins. Since we¡¯ve gathered quite the amount of materials already, but Irene stopped her legs and started looking towards the sky. There was a bird flying around us in the sky, like it was marking us. ¡°That bird has been flying for a while.¡± ¡°It¡¯s called a Kururu Bird and It¡¯s a very nimble and sly bird.¡± ¡°In order to search dead bodies, it senses battles and starts flying around like that.¡± ¡°So It¡¯s kinda like a better version of a crow? Can it be sold for a lot?¡± ¡°Yes, it¡¯s famous for having delicious meat.¡± He~, I want to try eating it. I tried throwing rocks at it, but it normally missed. It¡¯s altitude was high, and it¡¯s flying speed was fast as well, so it would take considerable skill to hit it. Even it would be quite difficult for Irene. ¡°That would probably be impossible, we¡¯ve already worked enough today.¡± ¡°That is right.¡± Being able to quit at the right time is an essential skill as well. When we returned to the town, we asked someone on the road where the guild Warriors of true light is. We went to meet Chloe to convert our spoils into money, but it seems she went out to subjugate the demon lord and won¡¯t be back for the next two weeks. I felt a strong sense of guilt¡­. Since she¡¯ll probably come back depressed, let¡¯s think of words to comfort her before she comes back. A single Goblin nail was 150rize. One body¡¯s worth of nails was around 1500rize. For monster¡¯s which newbie adventurer¡¯s would die too, that¡¯s cheap. Is it cause there are a lot of people, so they look down on the value of lives? But, I got 33000rize, so all my complaint¡¯s went away. It¡¯s still too early to go back to the inn. We¡¯ll just casually go around the city then. When we were about to do so, we were stopped by a young painter-ish man. ¡°Wait, wait, if it¡¯s okay would you please be the model for my painting!?¡± It seems this guy became fascinated with Irene. He was wearing a beret slantingly, somehow he¡¯s suspicious. When I was about to refuse¡ª Irene was looking towards here excitedly. ¡°Could it be you want to be a model? ¡­how long would it take for the picture to be finished?¡± ¡°It won¡¯t take much time at all! 30 minutes, no, I¡¯ll finish it in 20 minutes.¡± It¡¯s a barely tolerable waiting time. ¡°Understood, than try being a model.¡± ¡°No, master should also do it together.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, since you¡¯re both handsome and beautiful, ti would be a waste not to have you in the same picture.¡± It seems I was also counted as a model. To be blunt, it seems like a pain, well, it can¡¯t be helped. Everything is an experience after all. Me and Irene sat besides each other on the prepared chairs. It was really tiring to sit in the same pose for 20 minutes. Also there were some people who sometimes came to watch and it was really embarrassing. ¡°It¡¯s done! Please take a look!¡± If it sucks I will lay upon you the tickling punishment¡ª it¡¯s normally good huh. Although it was only drawn using a pencil, it really showed me and Irene¡¯s features. An impudent looking bastard and a charming girl. It looks like art. ¡°Look at this, you¡¯re pretty good. How much is it?¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, I don¡¯t need money! This is a rare chance for me so please take it.¡± ¡°M,m,master, is it fine if I take it?¡± ¡°Go ahead go ahead.¡± Irene properly rolled the paper, and like it was her own child, embraced it lovingly to her chest. Is it something to be that happy about? Although if it was a bag of money I would do the same. CH 16 Chapter 16: My arms went back to their form in their glory days, but¡­ Early morning, I woke up to a strange sensation. My arms are¡ª hot. Like the blood in my body is boiling. ¡°What the heck, is this?¡± I didn¡¯t eat anything especially weird. I also didn¡¯t do anything weird. I tried thinking in my half-asleep state for around 2 minutes. Now that I think about it¡­ this feels like the time when I transformed into human form. It can¡¯t be that it¡¯s the pattern where I turn back into a dragon? Although I guessed it was like that, but no matter how much I waited the transformation never started happening. To try things out, I tried whispering in a way that wouldn¡¯t wake up Irene. ¡°Return.¡± My arms turned into dragon hands with claws. Are you serious!? It was covered in super hard skin, it was the nostalgic silver arms! It would be impossible not to be moved. Although saying that, the only parts that transformed were my forearms. If it¡¯s like this, isn¡¯t this just like a certain hell teacher¡¯s ogre arms? [TLnote: hell teacher nube reference.] Isn¡¯t this too unbalanced? Wouldn¡¯t this make living in human society hard and embarrassing? I can¡¯t even shake hands. ¡°Return, return, return, ah, into human hands that is.¡± Ooo¡­¡­.. It turned back into human hands. Since it¡¯s like this, I¡¯ll try doing it a few more times. In conclusion, I don¡¯t really need to say it out loud, just thinking it allows me to transform. ¡°This is quite convenient.¡± My dragon nails simply have high firepower. In addition it has a delayed neurotoxic effect. It should be useful in battle. By the way, I can control the poison, and can make it weak to the point that it¡¯s harmless. Ah, but what should I do about my battle style? Should I use them to scratch and stuff? Or should I grip a sword¡­ that would be pointless, if it¡¯s for gripping stuff, human hands would be more suitable. I¡¯ll hold a sword with my right hand, and transform only when necessary. Anyways, I can transform it in an instant. I should just be careful, so it won¡¯t be seen by other people. Also, since it¡¯s still early, I should go back to sleep. ¡ó¡ô¡ó Although we gathered money yesterday, the money I have on me right now, is still far from enough, so we went to monster hunting again today. I decided to defeat more goblins today compared to yesterday. A goblin immediately appeared. This time there¡¯s a lot of them, there were tens of them grouping up together. Is there a large group of them somewhere nearby? ¡°Doing all this from a distance is tiring. I¡¯ll cut them down, so I¡¯m counting on you for support.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± I grasped the sacred sword in my right hand, raised my running speed, and thrust into the group of goblins. While flying in, I kneed the leading goblin¡¯s face, crushing it, at the same time as I landed, I mowed them down with my sword. Two goblin heads flew off together. Immediately one of the ones close to me raised a strange voice, so I spit on his eyes to blind him, and with the gap created from flinching, I sliced him in half from head to toe. His body separated into two halves vertically, and with the gap created I immediately stabbed through the heart of the other one standing behind him. ¡°Gieee!!¡± A goblin who snuck up behind me, made a full swing with his club. I changed my arm into a dragon¡¯s and did a backhand chop. The wooden club and the back of my hand collided. My arm¡¯s power won overwhelmingly with room to spare. Seeing his weapon destroyed, the goblin¡¯s eyes started trembling, and I stabbed my index finger into it. It easily pierced through the eyeball until even the brain. With this we¡¯ve defeated the six. Although it has been easy until now, it¡¯s not like the goblin¡¯s grouped together just for show. In an instant using eye-signals, they surrounded me from all four directions. All the ones I¡¯ve defeated had been holding wooden weapons, these four were holding rusty sword-like things. It¡¯s either something they picked up or pillaged. Either one, doesn¡¯t really matter to me. The four of them matched their pace, and all came attacking at me at once. Taking a stance of thrusting, it seems they have pretty high intelligence. At one glance there was no path of escape, it was a situation even a sword master would have a hard time with. I judged the timing and did a somersault in that place. With this body, I can easily jump over a 130cm midget¡¯s head with room to spare. The goblins, with their initial target suddenly disappearing, with their sudden break not working, collided with their comrades. Although they avoided stabbing each other, they struggled from the pain of the collision on the ground. This isn¡¯t on the level of having gaps. Rather there¡¯s nothing but gaps. I quickly cut them all down. I directed my line of sight towards Irene. Two of them were quickly dispatched by Irene.[TLnote: this was originally three, but I think the author made a typo.] Just now, a goblin got it¡¯s head pierced by an arrow flying at high speed. With this there¡¯s only two left. But because the distance has shortened so much, Irene had no choice but to use her kicking arts. The goblins were split into the left and right, so that they won¡¯t get cornered. This is, kinda bad? I took a club from one of the dead bodies, and raised my voice. ¡°You take the left side.¡± Irene acknowledge with her chin, and I threw the club with all my power towards the goblin to the right. The club spun at high speeds while flying, and pierced through the goblin¡¯s head, letting out a dull sound. Irene used her boot¡¯s knife to cut through the throat of the remaining goblin. With the both of us not getting specially injured, we were able to defeat our own opponents in a clean sweep. ¡°Good job.¡± ¡°Good work.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been wondering this for a while now, but do bows have some sort of trick to them?¡± ¡°They don¡¯t? Ah, but I can use bow magic so¡­¡± ¡°You could use magic?¡± ¡°Yes, although it¡¯s limited to bow magic. Raising the speed using magic power, the arrow of wind, raising the penetrating power, the arrow of earth. I can also use the arrow of fire and snow.¡± I see, so she¡¯s been using the arrow of wind since yesterday. Since it seems like I also have magic power, I feel like learning magic in the future as well. Around these parts, the standard land magic beast is only the goblins, so with a good mood I gathered the goblin nails. Since it¡¯s the goblin¡¯s mating season right now, it seems we won¡¯t be finding any trouble looking for prey. At a point when we could take a rest, Irene said. ¡°Master, I have something I want to ask about.¡± ¡°Go ahead.¡± ¡°Does master know of the magic beast called cyclops?¡± ¡°Ah, the one with only one eye? I hate that guy.¡± ¡°Why is that?¡± ¡°It¡¯s violent, and without caring about who it is they attack them. Why so suddenly?¡± ¡°Nothing, it doesn¡¯t really have any special meaning¡­.¡± Irene hanged her head down. For some reason her condition seems weird. ¡°Ah, I see. The one who attacked your home town was a cyclops?¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Did she remember something from that time? ¡°You know, you, you¡¯re being too hard on yourself. During times when you suffer, it¡¯s better to say it out loud. 14 year old girls are creatures who should be all fluffy and have dreams, and fall in love. At the very least in my country it was like that. Just remember to leave some leeway for yourself.¡± ¡°Master¡­.¡± I slowly pat Irene¡¯s head. The rejection I felt during the first time was gone without traces. It seems that it felt good, so she received it. For a while I just kept rustling her head. It was smooth and looked like golden threads. This sensations feels really good. I was supposed to be comforting her, but it ended up with my hand being healed. ¡°Is my hair weird?¡± ¡°Not at all. I think it is very good. It think the weird one is.¡± Between the hair, jutting out, I touched the tips of her ears. ¡°Haa, auu¡­¡­¡± Irene reacted in an exaggerated way. Was she surprised or are her ears sensitive? Thinking that it was a research on elves, I poked the tips of her ears. ¡°Kufun-, ya-, wa-, ma-, master!?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡± I tried gently fondling them. ¡°Uuu-, auu-¡± Irene¡¯s cheeks became slightly pink. It seems she¡¯s troubled. Since it can¡¯t be helped, I¡¯ll stop. ¡°Ah, you¡¯re¡­ stopping¡­..¡± For some reason she¡¯s making a face like it¡¯s a pity. If it¡¯s like that, I¡¯ll continue teasing you. ¡°Aun-, hau-!¡± CH 17 Chapter 17: Getting carried away is a good example of how to experience hell. Under the heavens, there were two people facing each other doing something weird. it was me and Irene. I was still playing with Irene¡¯s ears. Even within humans, there are a lot of women weak at their ears. But it seems elves are even more sensitive. Her reactions are interesting. While I was playing¡­ (AHO-, AHO-)[TL:idiot! idiot!] I heard a high pitched cry. Raising my eyes, I could see a kururu bird. At first glance it looks like a crow that¡¯s colored brown. Even like that, it seems it¡¯s a magic beast. Like yesterday it was flying around us from the sky¡­ ah? Something¡¯s falling¡­ ¡°Uwa!? disgusting!¡± With a drip, crap fell from the sky. Of course, the one who did it, was the idiot bird. ¡°Damn you, fucking around like that¡­¡± I threw rocks multiple times from the ground. But, since it could freely fly in the sky, it smoothly dodged to the left and right. ¡°Hetakuso-! Hetakuso-!¡± [TL: you suck! You suck!] ¡°¡­ Irene, could it be that this guy¡­¡± ¡°Yes, it can speak a few words, but It seems that it understands the meaning.¡± Hoo? He¡¯s got guts. It really wants me to hunt him. ¡°Oi, you probably think I can¡¯t fly in the sky, right? yeah right, you idiot! I¡¯m coming there right now!¡± ¡°Yatte mireba-ka¡± [TL: why don¡¯t you try?/idiot] [TLnote: the last ¡®ba¡¯ in the yatte mireba is combined with the ¡®ka¡¯ at the end and becomes baka at the same time.] I focused my will on the area around my back. Both my arms can already be freely transformed into dragon form. That¡¯s why if I try hard, even sprouting wings shouldn¡¯t be hard. Remember, the days when you could freely fly in the sky. Remember, the days when you were embraced by the wind. I closed my eyes, and made my heart tranquil¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-su-. ¡ª!? Surely, just now, I felt something on my back. I thought I shouldn¡¯t let this opportunity pass by. I strongly visualized wings within my head. ¡°Irene, a change happened on my back, right!?¡± ¡°T,that is, just now bird poop dropped on your back¡­.¡± ¡°SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!!¡± ¡°PU PU PU PU PU!¡±[TL:bird is laughing] I got irritated so I punched the ground to vent some stress. ¡°Ha, haa¡­ it hurts¡­¡± ¡°I have an idea regarding that bird. The next time goblins appear, would you please follow after me?¡± ¡°I¡¯m counting on you, send that guy to hell!¡± Irene is still young, but she¡¯s knowledgeable. She¡¯s unmistakably smarter than me. She probably has some sort of great idea. Walking a bit we encountered a group of five goblins, we ran while pretending to run away from them. Thinking that we were prey, they immediately chased after us. We probably ran for around 3 minutes? Irene stopped her legs at a place where trees were crowding together, she got rid of them in an experienced manner. But, this time, she used flame arrows. At almost the same timing as when they were fired, the arrows were covered in fire. When they hit the goblins, they instantly ignited, they were charred black. Irene got rid of four of the five goblins, she entrusted me with the last one. ¡°Master, please.¡± ¡°Count on me!¡± I pierced through it¡¯s heart in a single thrust, I took out the last one. There were 5 corpses rolling on the ground. The other four were charred black to the point that they couldn¡¯t be recognized. Irene took the one that wasn¡¯t burnt, and made it¡¯s head lie down on the side, and started walking. ¡°Like this, let us head to those trees crowded over there.¡± ¡°Got it.¡± Irene walked while counting the steps taken with her mouth. I don¡¯t know what she¡¯s planning, so I just follow behind her like an attendant. The hateful bird isn¡¯t following us anymore. We walked around 2, 3 hundred meters? The surrounding were filled with tall trees. Of course, the goblin¡¯s corpses and the kururu bird, couldn¡¯t be seen by us anymore. ¡°¡ª300. It¡¯s this place.¡± Irene who suddenly stopped, without making any sounds prepared her bow. The target was in the sky. With amazing concentration she pulled the string, as if wanting to pierce the heavens she shot. The direction which the arrow flew was where we killed the goblins a while ago. It can¡¯t be that she was aiming for the kururu bid flying in the sky? Nah, it couldn¡¯t be, we can¡¯t even see it, there¡¯s a limit to impossibility. ¡°Let¡¯s go back.¡± ¡°That just now, were you aiming for the bird?¡± ¡°The kururu bird is clever, even if there were corpses, as long as figures of humans were there it will never go down.it understands that humans can use bows and magic from afar. That¡¯s why there¡¯s a need to hide ourselves like this.¡± We went back to the place we were at before. ¡°Faa-!?¡± I almost let out a voice like that. On top of the goblin¡¯s corpse, was another body. The kururu bird with an arrow lodged in it¡¯s back. ¡°Kururu birds don¡¯t eat burnt dead bodies. Since it¡¯s smart, it understands that it will become poison for it¡¯s body. Also they have a habit of eating from the head. Like now, as long as the target is set, it isn¡¯t that hard to hit.¡± No, I think that¡¯s pretty hard, sensei. Even if the target isn¡¯t moving, hitting accurately from that distance isn¡¯t something a human can do. Even if it was a robot, I think it would do a more human-like error. In any case, I point my finger and loudly shouted. ¡°Did you see that!? This is true cooperation, idiot!¡± [TLnote: you didn¡¯t do anything though¡­] ¡ó¡ô¡ó The price for goblin materials were 20000rize. In order to have the kururu bird inspected, I placed it on the table, and the normally cool receptionist raised her eyebrows. ¡°He~, to be able to get a kururu bird, good job.¡± The cool beauty receptionist, Shera, said while raising her bangs. Light blue long hair, clear eyes, snow white skin, and although slender, she is very feminine. With an impression of an intellectual, a 20 year old beauty¡­. If I were to say, she smack dab in my strike zone. She¡¯s probably the best woman I¡¯ve seen in my life. I had to convince her somehow, is what I thought. That I wouldn¡¯t lay my hands on Irene. To impress her like this, really makes me quite happy. ¡°Who did it?¡± ¡°The one who killed it was me, but the one who contributed the most was my master.¡± You¡¯re saying those kinds of lies again, thanks!! ¡°Ara, you¡¯re more than you look.¡± ¡°N, something like a kururu bird is easy as pie. I think you know, but kururu bird¡¯s are clever. And they have a habit of eating from the head. That¡¯s why as long as you know where the target is, it¡¯s not that hard.¡± I made a snort. Isn¡¯t this kinda embarrassing. I¡¯m probably making a smug face right now. When Shera took the bird for appraisal, she came back saying they¡¯ll pay 60000rize for it. It was cost more than I expected. If I add the cost of the goblins, it would be 80000rize. Earning that much in one day should be quite the sum. I feel like a small time rich man. I¡¯m hesitant to sell it. Although I want money, I would at least want to try eating it once. ¡°What do you think Irene? Do you wanna try eating it?¡± ¡°If allowed, I would like to eat it together with master.¡± It¡¯s decided, this time I won¡¯t sell it and bring it home. Since I had nothing to lose, I tried asking Merida to cook it, but¡­ ¡°Wa~ this is really delicious isn¡¯t it. If you give me a bit I¡¯ll do it for you.¡± As they say, there isn¡¯t ever a free meal, so it probably can¡¯t be helped. And then when the time came for dinner, the whole roast kururu bird was finished. It¡¯s just as good as what I¡¯ve been told. The meat has become lean, and you could feel the high-quality meat inside your mouth. Although the breast meat had some sort of bad smell, but the leg and wing meat had an unbelievably good flavor. Coming here and eating it was really a good decision. Troll meat and kururu bird meat. Is it wrong to expect good flavors from magic beasts? [TLnote: danmachi reference] CH 18 Chapter 18: To sell or not to sell that is the question ©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©` During breakfast, a certain scene appeared before my eyes. The shopkeeper is carrying the food while his legs were staggering, and Irene, who noticed that, stood up. Then she took the things that the shopkeeper was carrying and at that time, an incident happened. Irene and the shopkeepers¡¯ fingers slightly overlapped each other. But, Irene didn¡¯t even drop the things, rather, she went back to her seat like nothing happened. If it was a normal person that would be nothing. But for Irene it¡¯s a serious affair. If it was before, her shoulder would jump up with a start. A-re? Could it be her androphobia has slightly recovered¡­.? ¡ªit should be soon, huh? ¡°Master are you not going to eat?¡± ¡°He? Ah. aah, of course.¡± ¡°This place¡¯s food really is delicious isn¡¯t it?¡± ¡°¡­right?¡± ¡°Before long, I might ask Merida-san how they do the seasoning. Ah, even though I look like this I can do a bit of cooking. I¡¯ll also have master eat it next time.¡± ¡°Next time, okay¡­. ¡­.hey, there¡¯s a place I wanted to take you to. Bring together all our things, and let¡¯s go.¡± ¡°Waa¡­. master is taking me somewhere¡­ I wonder where?¡± I couldn¡¯t look her in the eye. Because her eyes were glittering with expectation, it¡¯s hard to say it to her¡­ It¡¯s really hard to tell her that I¡¯m taking her to the slave trading firm¡­It feels like luring a kid with a picture of an amusement park and then taking them to a dentist. Perhaps, this might be a good decision for Irene. I¡¯ll return to being the evil dragon someday. I don¡¯t even have money. Then instead of me, it would be better for her if she was with a more broad-minded and financially powerful old man instead. In that way she can live more happily as a woman. [TLnote: smh x¡Þ] (SK: It sounds so wrong on so many levels¡­) I also thought about releasing her, but then she¡¯ll most probably follow me. If done badly, she might even pay money just to beg to be with me. No matter how good she is at handling the bow, she is still a child. If she¡¯s alone she would surely feel lonely. She might feel like I abandoned her, and another man might trick her. If that happened, even I don¡¯t want to see her in that state. And for me it isn¡¯t a bad deal. I can get a large amount of money. In the end it¡¯s a win-win situation for both of us. Although it hurts, it should be like this. Irene happily hums a song. When we were about to exit the inn, the innkeeper went over to talk to Irene. ¡°Aren¡¯t you in a good mood Irene-chan. Are you going out with your master?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right! Master said he had someplace he wanted to take me to.¡± ¡°Hee¡­. could it be, that place?¡± ¡°Eh, do you have an idea?¡± ¡°(it might be that place, that, the wedding hall.)¡± [TLnote: they¡¯re whispering] ¡°(Hau!? B,B,But I¡¯m a slave!?)¡± ¡°(Did you not know? Even slaves can get married.)¡± ¡°(B,But marriage is, I¡¯m still 14!)¡± ¡°(In this country you can get married at 12 years old. I think it¡¯s very possible.)¡± ¡°(Awaa, W,What should I do? Are my clothes okay?)¡± ¡°(it¡¯s fine, It¡¯s fine, if you leave it to your master, it should be fine.)¡± ¡°(Y,Yes. Then I shall become a bride.)¡± Oi stop it. Innkeeper, I beg you, don¡¯t inspire any more misunderstandings. If you think about it logically, that¡¯s impossible. Do I look like a guy who¡¯ll marry a 14 year old?¡­ are you looking at me like that? I pulled myself together and tried going out again, Irene¡¯s happy-go-lucky attitude is dangerous. Her footsteps are light. I can see the figure of red riding hood casually going to her grandma¡¯s house where the wolf is waiting. In the first place, I have no plans on giving Irene to a random guy. From the beginning I never intended to sell Irene to the slave trading firm. I plan on selling her to the next owner. It seemed that it was possible for the slave trading firm to work as an agency as well. Although they¡¯ll take 20% of the selling price as payment for the service. Since the market price is around 5 million rize, they¡¯ll probably get around 1 million. But, if I sell it directly, I can decide on the contract details myself. ¡¸That you cannot place a slave crest. That you would absolutely not raise your hand on her. That you cannot sexually abuse her. That she will not be fed anything below that of a standard meal. If any of these are broken, the master-servant relationship is broken, and Irene will be given the right to leave her current master.¡¹ I am thinking of making this kind of contract. On top of that, the investigation of the buyer would be from me and Irene¡¯s point of view. Doing only this, we probably won¡¯t be selling to someone who¡¯ll treat her cruelly. Even if we did sell her to someone like that, if it¡¯s Irene she can probably escape by herself. ¡°Just walking in town like this is fun!¡± ¡°¡­¡­a ah¡± ¡°When I was a product, they would take us out on walks in town, the town looks very different¡± ¡°¡­¡­a ah¡± ¡°The weather is good today, it¡¯s likely that it would be a very good day.¡± ¡°¡­¡­a ah¡± I was expressionless, my perspective was fixed at one point all the time. It was on a certain building, but. I noticed that Irene seems to be acting strange as well. ¡°What have you been looking at since a while ago ¡­ AAH!?¡± As expected Irene is clever. She instantly understood it. Well everything was a great misunderstanding. ¡°Ano¡­my stomach has been hurting for a while, I wonder if we can return to the inn.¡± ¡°That¡¯s serious. Oh, there is a building in a place such as this. Let¡¯s rest for a little while.¡± ¡°N-nevermind, it seems like it was healed¡± It suddenly went silent. I am not comfortable with this awkward atmosphere but I cannot obtain treasure unless I can get over this. It is necessary to persuade her properly. ¡°I have a hypothetical story, let¡¯s assume that there are toys for sale. However some parts of the toys are broken. That being the case, let¡¯s say that the toy that was bought and repaired.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­yes¡± ¡°His room is dirty and there is no space. Then the money comes in, he thinks that it would be better to sell the toy to someone who can take better care of it.¡± ¡°But, he may not want the toy to be sold.¡± ¡°Certainly. However, in the end he thinks that it is good to sell it. That is why, the new owner is much more gentle than the one who repaired it If it can endure this heart-breaking feeling, you would find happiness waiting for it after that.¡± I speak to persuade her, Irene has tears in her eyes, her whole body starts to shake with a puru puru. ¡°I, I wonder if I have done something that master dislikes¡­. if so then I apologize. So please, please do not throw me away.¡± ¡°Guu¡­. But, this is for you too. After all if you think about it, far from having tens of thousands, I even have debt. Personality as well, I cannot say that I am earnest. For example, I have the self- confidence to immediately say that you do not like to save the world. What has the world ever done for me? ¡­. The point is, I myself work with the feeling of loss and gain.¡± ¡°But even so, even if I am dirt poor and appropriately covered with debts, I want to be with you, desu¡± (SK: desu desu!) ¡°Bu, But if you are bought by a rich and gentle aristocrat then your life would be pleasant. ¡± ¡°The only person who is my master in this world is you!! ¡­¡­Please. I will do anything. You can kick me, slap me, and beat me in the house.¡± Her hard work is definitely in the wrong direction. But, really what¡¯s to be done with her? This girl, she is as sticky as natto (TLN: Fermented Soybeans). She was in pain before she met me. This girl moved me a little. Although, can you say the same thing even if you know this? ¡°Hey Irene, do you know the wicked dragon? ¡± ¡°Of course I do. Which evil dragon do you mean?¡± Eh? There are other evil dragons other than me? This is news to me. ¡°Eeto uhm, a silver colored guy.¡± ¡°True Silver Dragon (Sylphies) right?¡± ¡°Yes yes, that¡¯s it. That guy is me.¡± I made my hands into a dragon and showed it to her while telling her that. Irene¡¯s eyes suddenly became large and formed a perfect circle. Surprisingly she is watching my hands calmly. ¡°Oi, are you surprised?¡± ¡°Maybe, I thought as much.I read it from a book long ago, the true silver dragon¡¯s tears, it is said that it has the effect of healing most wounds and diseases. My wounds were treated by master with his tears. In addition to that, the silver hair. In the case of the goblin extermination from last time, only for a moment, you changed your hand like this one. That is why, i thought it might be so.¡± ¡°You are not scared? I am a dragon you know.¡± ¡°I was scared until I met you. Because long ago, the Gods¡­¡­ didn¡¯t you kill them?¡± The hell is that? My memory is so fragmented that I cannot remember. Maybe it was during the time before I was reincarnated. I, openly revealed about my reincarnation . About my previous life, having possessed the evil dragon for several years, about meeting Chloe and etcetera. This time as expected ¡ª the reaction was not as much as I thought it was. ¡°Why are you so calm? Aren¡¯t humans from another world disgusting?¡± ¡°Such a person, seems to be extremely rare. I was sold by the merchant on this town alone, there is no person that is similar to the master I am talking to.¡± ¡°Hee, is that so.¡± It seems that you were thinking of meeting me once, Irene appeals to me and picks up the hem of my clothes. ¡°Whether master is a wicked dragon or not, I will go anywhere with you. That day that we met¨C I swore that to myself! That¡¯s why, that¡¯s why¡­¡± ¡°Ok I understand. My intention to sell you is no longer there.¡± ¡°Please one way or another¡­¡­eh, would not sell ¡­.?¡± ¡°Ou¡± ¡°Really really? Is that really true?¡± ¡°If I am accepted to that extent then, there is no other way than to do this.¡± Beads of tears are accumulating in her eyes. It fell across Irene¡¯s cheeks, it created a line of joy. ¡°Now that I think about it carefully, you are very talented. In addition, you did a good job. A few million is certainly a big number but, in the long term you would be able to take more out of it than just work.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll, I¡¯ll do it. I, will show you that I can make more money than that.¡± ¡°I will be relying on you.¡± ¡°Ah un¡­¡­ absolutely, I will definitely work hard for master from now on!¡± Irene seems to have a very enthusiastic heart. Irene is a promising prospect. However puberty is unstable. It is necessary to pay attention to her so that she does not become a bad girl. On that day that I said¡ºOwner, sake is perfect¡», I ran out of the house. There is no place such as a house to leave though. Just in case, I will make it clear here. ¡°Irene, from now on I would change our relationship a little.¡± ¡°But master, master is my master¡­¡­ ¡± ¡°Yes stop right there. I may be your master, I want to act as a fatherly role as well.¡± ¡°Father, is it? ¡± ¡°Are you dissatisfied?¡± ¡¸¤»¤á¤Æ¡¢Ð֤ˡ¹ ¡°At least, brother.¡± ¡¸ÐÖ¤«¡£Ð֤͡¹ ¡°Brother? Brother.¡± I did not have a younger sister in my previous life. Because I wanted to be like terminator, I spent my everyday muscle training with my younger brother. Although, there also exists a younger sister who on every occasion of gets dumped by an ikemen(Handsome men) who skips work and gets drunk. I wonder if they are still doing well, I should at least send a letter. Though it¡¯s impossible. But being an older brother [Onii-chan!] huh. It was once a position which I longed for. ¡°Jaa, try calling me brother [onii-chan]¡± ¡°Onii-chan¡± ¡°Try changing how you say it¡± ¡°Onii-sama¡± ¡°Try complimenting me¡± Nonono, my sister can¡¯t be this obedient. If it was my sister, she would say ¡°Haa? Disgusting¡± but supposed to actually love her brother and become tsundere. ¡°Never mind. You can address me however you like¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°I will from now on keep doing the same as I have been. So you should do the same¡± ¡°¡­¡­?¡± ¡°It is about let¡¯s keeping doing our best but not overdo things¡± I raised my right hand in front of Irene. Without skipping a beat, Irene placed my hands on her cheek. I was asking for a handshake! ¡°Kya!?¡± She was shocked due to my sudden dragon transformation. ¡°T-that was mean, I was surprised you know¡± ¡°My bad my bad. So as apology, I will bring you to places which don¡¯t require money¡± ¡°The park would be nice¡± ¡°Roger¡± And so just like that, all the talks of me making a profit ended up in a failure. But for some reason, the feeling that I made a loss was nowhere to be seen. We headed forward with our backs towards the building of which we will never visit again. CH 19 Chapter 19 I Also Join the Ranks of the Wealthy. Two days after returning home, I was summoned to the Duke¡¯s mansion. There was probably a decision on my share. A cheery feeling infested the residence, and with exception to myself, everyone that was gathered had been hired. Of course, Zack was there too. From beginning to end that guy has had nothing but a shit-eating grin on his face, and it¡¯s just a little creepy. I really don¡¯t want to get close to him~. ¡°Goshuujin-sama, you have been doing nothing today but grinning, y¡¯know?¡± ¡®Look at his ass, and fix your own.¡¯ Was it not so different from being ¡®Badgers of the same hole?¡¯ * (TL Note: Idioms relating to being like another and not realizing it) That explains why we were able to get along. Eh, It¡¯s fine however, since after this I¡¯ll be able to live a bit more luxuriously. Butlers and Maids were lined up along the side wall obediently, and on the table many delightfully looking dishes had been prepared. The Duke with a kind smile tells everyone to be seated. ¡°Let¡¯s not worry about being too wrapped up in formalities while we eat. Instead let me just start off by congratulating everyone on the dragon subjugation¡­ Cheers!¡± As Duke lead everyone with a toast, the sounds of glasses ringing together echo all around the room. Afterwards, everyone begins to eat from their plates. For a little while the Duke just watches the scene while displaying a satisfied visage, before his eyes drift over to see the Army Corps Chief Galbus With a single nod towards him, Galbus stands up, and begins reading audibly from a piece of paper that had already been prepared. Those who have their names read aloud head over to Galbus and gratefully receive their reward. It¡¯s basically the standard reward plus a bonus, however it looks like the bonus is quite a lively sum given how everyone is has such a pleased look upon their faces. Zack it seems is grinning with such joviality that his mouth is stretched wide from ear to ear. It seems being the one to deliver the finishing blow to the blue dragon had given him a high assessment, and accordingly a large sum of money. Well, it was all thanks to my preparations. After waiting for a while, it was eventually our turn. ¡°Now then Elaine*, come forward.¡± (TL note: Character¡¯s name in raw is actually Elaine ¥¤¥ì©`¥Ì, not Irene ¥¢¥¤¥ê©`¥ó. Despite the romaji being closer on the latter) Elaine quietly wiped her mouth with a cloth napkin and rose, and as she returned to her seat on the way back from Balgus, her walk seemed a bit more elegant. ¡­For Elaine, it might suit her appearance more to wear some fancier clothes, shall I buy some for her? Whether or not the dragon¡¯s raw materials would be received as-is, or instead for the person to receive the buying price for the materials in cash, each individual had the freedom to choose. So far, the rate of people choosing is about fifty-fifty. What¡¯s quite astonishing is how few of these guys wanted to take the materials. On the day Elaine and I returned home, we conveyed our desire to Galbus to purchase all the dragon¡¯s raw materials excepting the meat. Though the dragon¡¯s materials appear to be valuable, exactly how much of it would be useful to us was debatable. Useless treasures are a waste. ¡°Participation reward for the subjugation of a lower rank dragon, 500 thousand Rize. A of the Azure Dragon attracted charm, in honor of the accomplishment which contributed to the subjugation would be awarded 200 thousand Rize. Lastly, you would be given 20 kilos of dragon meat as a reward.¡± (TLN: Need someone to check this whole paragraph) ¡­ In total, 3,300,000 plus the meat ¡­? Following Zack, it¡¯s the next largest sum of reward. Sounds of various people going ¡°Ooh!¡± are coming from all around. To get this much money after just a week, how sweet dragon exterminations are! Furthermore, wasn¡¯t it just on the sixth day that we were really moving around¡­? Lightly stepping as if she had sprouted wings, Elaine returns to the table where she sets down a heavy pouch. ¡°We did it, Goshuujin-sama!¡± ¡°¡­Oi! How did these guys end up with so much of the take?¡± ¡°I won¡¯t go easy on you even if you are a slave.¡± ¡°I can say for certain that my Goshuujin-sama, Ja, is a cold-blooded guy.¡± It seems as if I am completely being seen as a sneaky and treacherous bastard of a slave who has just about swindled every bit of the earnings. ¡°Now then, finally, Ja, come forward.¡± ¡°Righto.¡± It seems that my turn has finally come around. The amount of meat prepared for me it seems isn¡¯t half-assed, and is considerably more than I expected. ¡°Wonderful ja, this time you win big. Well then ¨C first of all the subjugation participation reward is 500,000 rize. Supplies according to the clerk is 400,000 rize.¡± I used the black bag for storing the food, since I was carrying the dragon¡¯s materials. ¡°Furthermore, the flat fee for buying the raw materials was about 1,200,000 rize. In addition, Ja had risked his life this time to protect Lucille-sama and Rastera. In honor of the spirit of courage and sacrifice, the duke conferred an additional 2,000,000. From the sword of the moonlit night, I was given 500,000, and Lucille-sama had decided to give 100,000. ¡± With a sidelong glance by Galbus, Lucille and Rastera both stood up. ¡°Ja, if it not for you I¡­ definitely would have received a great injury. Because of that I am seriously grateful. Please allow me to treat you sometime, okay?¡± ¡°I also share the same feelings with Lucille. That you were able to protect us while ceaselessly working to defeat the dragon, it¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve ever met a man like you. I am really grateful that I was allowed to participate in the dragon subjugation this time. And that I was able to meet a person such as yourself.¡± O, Oh¡­ the both of their warm gazes poured into me. When Rastera passionately spoke those warm words, the expression they were wrapped in was the most befitting. ¡°When talking about the time I protected¡­ I wonder if it was referring to the time when the large block of ice came falling from the sky? This is something that moved quite often. The mischievous brat with a stone was dropping it with a (sfx: splat/gusha!) on something that looked like a bug. I don¡¯t want to watch that person crushing (them). If I have to say so, I¡¯m not fond of such kinds of gore. ¡°I want to thank you. Thank you for helping my daughter and Rastera.¡± The Duke, who is handsome, showed us a smile. He is young in any case. There is not even a single wrinkle that is carved even if he is laughing, as I thought he is a half elf. At any rate, I stopped trying to calculate how much we currently had all together. At that time, Galbus spoke further. ¡°Despite the unexpected situation of being assaulted by a second dragon, one party calmly took it upon themselves to undertake that task, and due to having splendidly subjugated it, a special bonus of 4 million rize is awarded. And as for the concluding materials, the duke awards 50 kilos of dragon meat. ¡± 500,000¡­ 400,000¡­ 1,000,000¡­ 2,000,000¡­ 5,000,000¡­ 100,000¡­ 4,000,000¡­ ¡­ totals out to roughly 8,700,000. And then there¡¯s the meat too¡­ huh? (TL: isn¡¯t the math actually 9,000,000?) A great deal of dragon meat was divvied into many black bags along with a bag filled with money and put into storage. I can¡¯t help but wonder how the black bag works, seeing as how anything can be put inside of it and yet it never feels any heavier. Everyone begins chattering about the manner of how I will employ usage of all of my recent earnings. As for those who would have targeted me for my money¡­ they had already left. Well, those guys¡¯ own purses have become pleasantly plump as well. It would seem that the duke is quite generous this time due to circumstances related to the number of people who died in this incident is zero. If someone dies, then they have to be replaced. Furthermore, Duke Ford pays something like a fixed amount of consolation money to the family of those who die under his command. Having none of those such expenses, and having acquired a surplus of dragon¡¯s materials, it seems this is why the reward was so extravagant this time. 8.7 million + 3.3 million = 12 million!! In addition to that¨C Seventy Kilos of Meat!!! ¡°Delicious! Such a delicious golden rice!¡± There is an idiot called Zack who is buried in white gold coins in the middle of eating rice. He seems a bit more elegant. ¡°Hey, the idiot there who is buried in white gold coins trying to copy me, why don¡¯t you quit looking so smug. ¡± Shut up~. Ultra high grade food is the best. I look forward in eating with a good appetite afterwards, for the meantime the plate looks beautiful. And so dish after dish of fine cuisine is being brought over. Giving in to my appetite, I was intent on being treated to a free meal. CH 20 Chapter 20: Idle Talk 2 Using Magic ©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©`©` Lucille¡¯s Point of View It is a story several years ago. My heart, it became like the shoes which are worn down to it¡¯s heel. I can still walk the walk. But, the condition is never good. Even though it is physically ok, I am dissatisfied mentally. Everyday is a round-trip from the house to the magical school. I am getting bored of this everyday cycle. Is having no close friends nor a boyfriend is the reason for a boring life? For reasons such as accomplishments as the duke¡¯s daughter so on and so forth, both parents told me to graduate from the school of magic. I¡¯m tired of this, I cannot make up my mind if I should run away from my house and live alone.¡­.. though I am still 15 years old. But even I would want to take a breather. Since the exam was finished just the other day, I requested for recreation to father. I was allowed because of my good grades. That¡¯s why today, I am swaying while riding in a carriage.I aim for that place, the canyon called the Great Canyon.(SK: The bad naming sense of Isekai novels..) The touch and feeling of the magnificent scenery of nature here, always recover my weak heart. The problem is that the carriage will take five days huh. There are also seven guards beside the coachman, in total there is eight people following, I feel slightly bad for them. An escort for a daughter¡¯s hobby, tsk¡­. it is what I thought. But it cannot be helped because my father attached them without asking. ¡°Nee, recently my father sighs a lot, did something happen?¡± In the carriage, I talked to the maid Rastella sitting in front of me. She is the woman who took care of me since I was young, currently 22 years old and single. It would seem that there is also no man who she is in favor of. Rastella, while she serves as my maid, she is also the deputy leader of the Duke¡¯s Private Corps and wields a greatsword with excellent swordsmanship. Her second name is Rastella of the Strength Sword. (Sk: Intended on calling it Herculean sword¡­ but I just kept to the literal meaning. Original kanji: ¹ÖÁ¦„‡) But well, it is a bit annoying if you put a big sword in a narrow carriage. It cannot be helped though. ¡°I agree¡­.is it ok for me to say this?¡± ¡°It is just between you and me. I won¡¯t tell father so tell me quick.¡± ¡°¡­¡­Actually, there are a lot of people who saw the Silver Dragon near Leiba village¡± ¡°Co,could that be the evil dragon¡ª I do not know. It has not been seen for a hundred years.¡± It was commonly believed to have died. When it disappeared a hundred years ago, it seemed like it was not feeling well. ¡°But Lucille, according to a certain book, there is only one Silver Dragon in the world. And the evil dragon who settled in this continent is the True Silver Light Dragon. Perhaps, it is real.¡± ¡°If it is real, I wonder what would happen. War?¡± ¡°Lucius is also thinking about organizing the subjugation corps.¡± I wonder if father is alright in the head. But since the past, that person has a bit of unreasonable aspects. ¡°Isn¡¯t the opponent the evil dragon? Are you serious?¡± ¡°Even though I said that it is the evil dragon, it is the True Silver Light Dragon. The reason it disappeared about a hundred years ago, it is said that it became seriously ill. It fought a legendary magician, it is said that its wounds worsened at that time, I do not know the details. It is rumored to have been dead for a long time, I guess it was concentrating on healing. However¡­It is either recuperating or still suffering from the disease currently. It should not be as powerful as it was on it¡¯s prime.¡± ¡°But isn¡¯t it difficult if paired with the demons in the area?¡± ¡°Certainly it would reach the demon¡¯s ears eventually. But rather than teaming up with it, they might move to make it their subordinate.¡± ¡°The evil dragon?¡± ¡°The other party is the True Silver Light Dragon, probably. Although the demon race are concentrated on this continent, but they will not be a threat because of that. Because it seems that the true silver light dragon hates to interfere with other creatures. So, the True Silver Light Dragon¡¯s ability is not widely known in this land. What has been known is only that it cannot become a human type, and there exists special powers in the blood and tears of the dragon. Therefore, Isn¡¯t this dragon the weakest amongst the evil dragons? The amount of people that have this train of thought are not little.¡± ¡°I see.¡± ¡°In addition, the current demon king is the owner of a substantial amount of power. Including the subordinates referred to as the Three Demonic Generals whom appeared in these few decades, the power of the demon race is increasing. Of course there is no mistaking it, the demon lord¡¯s¡¯ side is stronger than the weakened evil dragon right? The god killing has also been 500 years and long ago too. The possibility of the demon lord passing said judgement is high. ¡­ Personally, I think that it is valid to make the evil dragon and demon king fight against each other; but the current True Silver Light Dragon, might just get defeated by the Three Demonic Generals.¡± U~n, but even if it is the weakest amongst evil dragons, it is still stronger than god¡­¡­ Simply because the True Silver Light Dragon is not interested in humans, doesn¡¯t mean that it does not have enough power to destroy this continent if it feels like it. In the first place, it doesn¡¯t seem like such a bad guy. So why subjugation? Ma, it is a symbol of evil so it can¡¯t be helpe©`©`©`d!? ¡°Mu!? The outside seems strange, stay here Lucille¡± ¡°I understand¡± Rastella changed her expression and went out. To confirm what was outside, I exited the carriage too. ¡°Lucille!? Why did you get off!?¡± ¡°I will be participating too¡± I proudly lift up my cane. Rastella covers her forehead with her hand as if seeking for something in the skies. It seems that I do not have the leisure anymore. I mean, I¡¯m already in preparations to cast magic. First, I feel the magical power that is flowing within my body. In technical terms, it is called reading mana. By the way, everyone has mana, but sadly, there is a difference for everyone. There are those person with lots of mana, there are also fewer people whom are unable to read mana. The latter are not able to become magicians. Now then, after reading mana, an attribute selection has to be made for the magical power felt. To match with the attribute of the magic to be used, it is necessary to transform the magical power. Be it fire, water or wind. By the way, this selection is done by colour. Fire is red, earth is green, light is light yellow is what I feel. If I want to use fire, I think of the red colour, and order the magical power to turn red. To understand if it is successful, it can be felt in the body to some extent. If its fire, the body will feel warm; if its water, there will be a cool feeling; If its wind, body weight will feel lighter. This work is called Colour Selection. The only ones who need to do the task of Colour Selection, are those with two or more compatible elements. It is because, those with only one element from the start only have that one colour in their magical power. For those with multiple elements, their magical power have mixed colours and thus, they have to carry out this work of Colour Selection to select one. (SK: The author legitly repeated himself¡­) I have multiple elements so regrettably, I can not skip this process. And then reading mana, after selecting colour, next is to think of an image. Of course, its for the magic I will use next. It would definitely function better if the imagination is vivid and strongly drawn. This process is called image creation. After that is done, lastly is to shoot it. Mana read, colour selected magical power gathered in one point, till the amount required is reached and released. I like the place that it gathers, but it¡¯s mainly in the hands or fingertips. For a person with a cane, it gathers in the cane. Probably, this is the hardest part. I must remember the amount of magical power required to use that magic. If the magical power used is too little or too much compared to magic used, it will become incomplete. If the magical power used is too little, the magic will be weaker by that amount lacking; The consequences of pouring too much magical power is the worst. On top of being weak, the magical power within will go crazy. When firing magic, it is better to say the magic¡¯s name. As for why, it will fine-tune the amount of magical power to the correct amount. Although I don¡¯t know the reason. By the way, the chant is my favourite. Even so, there will still be people who do it, raising image power via chanting. Or using the chant to measure the timing of injection. Which is the basics. The wand, has an effect of increasing the speed of magical power gathering. It is indeed the most optimal for quick firing. It¡¯s just the fact that when the speed of the flow increases, the timing to fire becomes proportionately severe. Practice is needed in this area. As above, magic will activate once the process of reading mana, colour selection, imagination and firing is completed. Whether the process is slow or fast, is an indicator of talent. Of course, I am fast. ¡°Needle wake¡± The ground rises, several needles made of earth came out, it skewered the body of the Saberwolf. Every single one of them died instantly. That was a big magic. The rank of magic is, small magic, big magic, super magic, lastly it becomes god class magic. There is also the special tabo class magic but, no one has ever seen anyone use it. Probably, there is no one today who can use it. Even if you can use it, it is forbidden by law and you will go to prison. Well, the partner of the taboo mage when caught will talk. Also, there is hardly anyone who can use god class magic. ¡°It is the same as ever huh, Lucille.¡± Rastella¡¯s left side twitched. ¡°I will accept it as a compliment.¡± ¡°Yare yare¡± Rastella¡¯s is shaking her head, the sides of my head is being drilled by 2 fists with a guriguri guriguri (TLN: Grinding noise) ¡°Truly nothing has changed.¡± ¡°Aauaa! It hurts it hurts, I got it so please stop!¡± ¡°What do you understand? Nonchalantly coming out from a dangerous place.¡° ¡°Tha, that is why, kiiiiii!?¡± I at times, miss how Rastella gets angry like this. Because father and mother permit Rastella to act like this, my call for help does not reach anyone. My head hurts, it hurts. I will not lose to your herculean strength. In that case, could this be the whip of love? Even if it is so, I would like it to be held back. ¡ó¡ô¡ó At the great canyon~ ¡°Please make my life a little more interesting~~~!¡± With full strength, from the depths of my belly, I cried out alone. And then, when my extended voice breaks, I shot out magic at the same time. No, letting go would be a more fitting description of what came out. Mou, I fired several more shots. With the intention to destroy the cliffs far away. How long have I shot. The feeling of having only 20% remaining magic power, I laid face up on the grand cliff. Although I am tired, I feel comfortable since the feeling of being tired is evidence that you are alive. The weather is nice and the mood is great. It was worth rolling out the lastella(TLN: Lastellas). I will be grinded on my head again later, but I feel good now so it is fine. That¡¯s the way life is. When I woke up, the magnificent scenery that nature has built over the years is spread before my eyes. Huge reddish brown cliffs rise up here and there. I am the reason for one of them, I am made aware of the insignificance of my existence. But it is good to be on the opposite. Because troubles and even sufferings are small. ¡°Waa~ I feel so refreshed ~~~. It is about time I return home or else it would be dangerous.¡± I tried to pass by the rock with a light step, something was caught the edge of my sight. ¡ª¡ª-slime? ¡°Hiiu.¡± Something is hiding behind the rocks, there are 3 slimes. The story continues another time. CH 21 Idle Talk 3 Evil Dragon of Destiny From the threat of encountering the demon, a question preceded it. Why is there a slime in this place? Slimes basically live in the forest. I never heard of any of them being in the Great Canyon. ¡°Au, uhm, awa, hello¡± A world shattering event, a slime came to greet me!? Wai, eeeeh? It has such a great smooth wording! ¡°Idiot why are you saying a greeting! Sulaire, Sulapachi let¡¯s run away¡± Although it is incomprehensible basing it on appearance, a female slime raised her voice. The 2 who are side by side heard that and began to move. They who began to move by bouncing with a pyon (TLN: refers to the sound they make. Do not press this link), stopped. ¡°Wait! I am not an enemy!¡± I said it in the moment. It seemed to work. The 3 stopped and looked back slowly. ¡°Ho, really, is that so? About us, you are not going to attack?¡± The slime stared at me with a frightened eyes. That is why, I nonchalantly throw my cane to the side. I am a slime lover originally. I wonder why it was classified as a demon, slimes are harmless. Maybe, I think the reason is because it becomes strong when it turns into a big slime. But ordinary slimes do not attack first even if it sees humans. It does not hurt that much even if it does. I am not afraid of being unarmed. ¡°Ne, do you understand it even a little?¡± I made a smile with zero traces of it being a lie. After that the slimes exchanged glances, then it approached me by dragging it¡¯s body on the ground. Clearly saying it, it was cute. ¡°Uhm, I am Sulapachi.¡± ¡°I I, I, I, I am Sulaire,¡± ¡°It¡¯s Sulami. Please call me familiarly.¡± ¡°I am called Lucille. You guys, it¡¯s amazing how fluent you guys are with words.You guys have a good head!¡± ¡°W, we we, we got praised¡­..I¡¯m embarrassed.¡± ¡°Fufu, Sulaire is Mr. Shy Person. Did you guys name yourself?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not it, my boss gave it to me!¡± So it was their boss, these slimes are bundled together with such an existence. I wonder if it will become a big slime after all. ¡°Your boss, where did he go?¡± ¡°That is, we lost sight of him. We, without our boss, cannot get home.¡± ¡°If it¡¯s ok, shall we look for him together?¡± ¡°Is that alright!? I am glad!¡± (TLN: The time to meet the dragon is near. *anticipates the face*) ¡°T, th, tha, thanks.¡± ¡°We are saved, Lucille! It cannot be helped, these 2 are unreliable.¡± It seems, that the slimes are happy that I agreed, their bodies are overflowing with energy. ¡°What do we do? Ah, but well, your boss, would he attack if he sees me?¡± ¡°Boss is not like that!¡± ¡°Kind, that¡¯s why, you would be fine ¡± ¡°Yes yes, boss has a big heart. Please be at ease.¡± I was relieved the moment I heard that, though this time conversely the existence of the boss worries me. Besides me in this canyon, there are the Rastellas and the escorts. About this time, bloodshot eyes should be looking for me. If by some small chance a battle would happen, the boss would die! I guess the very first thing I should do is join up with Rastella and the other escorts¡­.. Though it seems like my thoughts were found out by Sulapachi. ¡°What is it?¡± Pyon pyon they moved forward for some time. The destination that they were aiming for is a brown glowing sphere about 10 cm in diameter. After some time, I felt pale. Earth¡­..elemental. Designated as Class A by the Adventurer Guild, clearly a demon. ¡°N, no Sulapachi¡± ¡°It is for the boss, he would be happy.¡± I was so surprised that my voice became hoarse. I did not seem to have misheard Sulapachi, steadily the distance is getting shorter. The elemental, in fact it is a harmless demon unless you carelessly approach it. So if an elemental appears, if you leave immediately, a battle with it can be avoided. But once you enter it¡¯s demonic territory¡­. ¡°Ho, howaaaaa!?¡± The stones and rocks around the elemental, the sphere moved all of a sudden and started to suck everything in. Sulapachi hurriedly left the place but, it was already too late unfortunately. Probably, the elemental recognized us as an enemy. It did not stop and continued absorbing the rock, The sphere is already buried somewhere inside it¡¯s body, it gave birth to a rock giant that is probably around 10 meters in length. You can tell that it is strong from the solid body that can be seen through the clouds. It would not lose to an orc even if it rams it head on. My instincts are raising an alarm. I said while looking up at the elemental. ¡°You guys run away immediately. I will buy some time!¡± Even if I said that, the truth is that I may be in a pinch. Just a while ago my magic got idiotically exhausted flashily. Like this the difference would retain even more. ¡°I cannot do such a thing! We are going to charge.¡± ¡°I I I, I too, I¡¯ll do it, ooooOOOO¡± ¡°I too will do it with you guys!¡± EEEEee, the 3 went on ahead and performed a ramming attack¡­.! Pyon And then then bounced back!? ¡°Ouch ouch¡± ¡°Uyuuu¡­..¡± ¡°Wauu¡­.uuuaa¡­¡­¡± It did not do anything to the other party, it did not even receive damage!?¡­.. Mou, it can¡¯t be helped. I stretched out my dorsal muscles and moved between the slime and the elemental, I aimed the tip of the cane towards the elemental. Do it¡­. I would have to¡­..I absolutely have to do it. Your mind would be disturbed when you fall into a dilemma, there are time that skillful magic cannot be invoked well The cane earlier produced a fireball. Though it closely resembles the small magic fireball, what was selected was something stronger. As you pour magic into the fire, it visibly grows larger. Not yet, yet, it isn¡¯t the right timing. Just a bit larger¡­..now! I shot a huge fireball. A big hole opens up in the elemental¡¯s chest. If this was a human match then that would be the end. But I still have to ¡°ooOoOOOooOOOOO¡± The elemental is crumbling with a low roar¡­.not. It started to move as if nothing happened and starts to replenish itself from rocks nearby. The sphere from before is the nucleus, it¡¯s hidden somewhere in it¡¯s body. But, it is impossible to find and pinpoint it in that huge figure. ¡°Perhaps it¡¯s all over¡­..¡± A huge fist is raised and the earth below it darkened. We will surely be visibly crushed to death like a fly While the maximum weapon is being swung down, I covered the slime so that they would be protected. Dogooooooon! The rocks fly around flashily while a roaring sound that can tear through the eardrum can be heard nearby. My body is easily crushed. ¡°Dangerous, it was a narrow escape.¡± Crushed¡­¡­not. When I opened my eyes, something is being wrapped around us, protecting us¡­¡­.Wing? ¡°¡°¡°Boss!¡±¡±¡± The slimes are going wild with joy and are dancing. What what? Did the boss come at last? I looked at the existence that was near me¡­¡­. ¡°N, who are you?¡± Dream? Is this a dream? Dra, gon?? Wa??? Something like a silver dragon is here! ¡°U, uhm, you¡­¡­¡± ¡°Why is a human together with you guys?¡± ¡°Boss, Lucille isn¡¯t a bad person!¡± ¡°It, it¡¯s true, really. She is very kind.¡± ¡°More importantly boss, it¡¯s a big deal somehow¡± ¡°Aa,that¡¯s right. Move away from me for just a minute.¡± The slimes too cover and looked like they were used to the situation, I accompanied them even though I am confused by their behavior. We moved away from the location, I noticed that the elemental does not have one arm. Was it broken when the dragon guarded? If that is so then that dragon is quite strong. ¡°Ne, nee, perhaps is that dragon the boss?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. He is our boss, our hero nandesu.¡± ¡°But huh, then, isn¡¯t he the evil dragon?¡± ¡°Be it a dragon or whatever, boss is boss.¡± I feel dizzy and about to collapse. What heck is this? Who would have predicted that the boss of the slimes is the evil dragon? The elemental again regenerated it¡¯s arm. In this situation, unless the nucleus is destroyed, it will continue to regenerate forever. The evil dragon approaches with a high speed flight like a ray of light, the tail hits against the shoulder of the elemental. The elemental¡¯s arm fell. It got cut off and not beaten down and destroyed¡­¡­? That tail can cut rock? The unbelievable sight continues It lands on the other shoulder, then kicks the elemental¡¯s face splendidly. The head separated from the body due to the impact, it rolled to a far away place. ¡°Oh, yes I did it.¡± No, not yet. It should not have ended yet. As expected, the elemental reformed its body again. ¡°There is a nucleus about 10 centimeters in size somewhere inside it¡¯s body! ¡± ¡°Such a small nucleus (TLN: check). Is there something that you can use to look for it?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­¡­.I¡± ¡°Aa~ Well it is all good¡± ¡°OOOooooOOOon¡± The elemental desperately moved in order to catch the evil dragon, I lost sight of them as they moved here and there just like a bee dance. In this simple show of force as expected the evil dragon comes out on top. But, the degree of difficulty in finding that nucleus is too high. At this rate the fight will drag on¡­.. ¡°It¡¯s, all, right. Boss, is strong.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, it is impossible to lose to such an enemy.¡± ¡°Go~, I have made up my mind!¡± ¡°Sure thing¡± A casual reply came out from the evil dragon, he immediately rose up vertically in the air in order to end it. The elemental and I had no choice but to blankly stare at the sky. But in the next moment, a single light fell from the sky. The light can be expressed as extremely bright, the body of the elemental was easily swallowed. At the same time, a hot wind that burns the skin surges this way. If you look closely, I found out that that light was actually a strongly colored flame. I stared at the shining flame for 10 seconds, no maybe it was shorter. In that short time, the elemental disappeared without a trace from this world. ¡°Shining breath, it is so cool desu~!¡± I understood that Sulapachi was at his highest tension. My heart is beating fast as well. I was hit by a maelstrom of emotions for experiencing a once in a lifetime event, I must contain it. Rustle, from the heavens the sound of a wing cutting the wind can be heard. (TLN: Check) The appearance of a divine figure, it is enough to make it seem like a God has descended down on to the ground. ¡°I had a little trouble. But you guys keep on getting lost.¡± ¡°Excuse me, boss¡­..¡± ¡°It is ok though. Do not look so disappointed. Let¡¯s go back.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± The slimes got on the back of the evil dragon and they gently floated up in the air. Before they went away I said something to them. ¡°It, it was wonderful! I am glad to be alive!¡± It is what I really thought and not only witty words. It was pretty embarrassing. But the evil dragon made light of it, it turned its neck a little. ¡°We will never meet again, but thank you for protecting the slimes¡­¡­.thank you very much.¡± AAAa~ the evil dragon is now far away. ¡°¡°¡°Goodbye~!¡±¡±¡± I waved my hand at the slime the best I can, the evil dragon¡¯s gaze is followed me. (TLN: Check) When I was finally alone, I did not move from my spot for a long time. The evil dragon is weak? Such weakness cannot be seen anywhere. The weakest evil dragon? I would like to show the idiotic people the scene a while ago. Anyone practicing the sword, especially humans would have killed a slime. The evil dragon protected the slimes from an elemental. It is that fellow¡¯s companion, that much is obvious. Really, we really do not know anything. I really felt that way. That overwhelming presence when I thanked him, something in me changed. Maybe, my heart got captivated. But, we will never meet again¡­..you do not know that! ŠZ¤ï¤ì¤¿¤â¤Î¤ÏÈ¡¤ê·µ¤·¤Ë¤¤¤¯¤«¤é¡¢´ý¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤Æ¡£ I went back and recovered what I threw away, please wait. ¡°Silver Dragon Sylpheas¡­..sama¡± ¡­..since that day, I was captivated by him, needless to say. CH 22 Chapter 22 It¡¯s the forest worm-san? I came to the Pachinko shop after a long time. The one yen Pachinko is exactly the stage for me to sit. Then I put in the gold and grasp the handle. Now then, I brought three times the previous amount and placed in my spirit but¡­¡­ It seems strange. How should I say it, the handle is strangely soft. In addition, my hand does not fit the handle. Furthermore, sometimes a sexy sound leaks out. As I thought about it, I noticed that If it is like that, the ball would not be launched. Ah, this is a dream. A non profit Pachinko machine is stupid so I have to hurry up and open my eyes. Irene was red faced, with distorted breathing, and lying in front of my eyes It seems that I, went to sleep together with Irene. The hand that is massaging continued moving out of inertia. Everytime my finger moves, Irene starts wriggling. ¡°¡­¡­Bad¡± I, seemed to have fallen into the pattern of unlimited fondling of Irene¡¯s big chest. The victim Irene is bashful and yet, ¡°Please don¡¯t apologise. Because you have not done anything wrong. Rather, I was very happy to have Master touch me¡± It seems that my underground volcano is about to erupt. A young man¡¯s morning is really bad. The body, especially the lower half is already in battle position. I wanted to ask ¡®Oi, what are you trying hard for in the morning¡¯. And, after my dragon transformation, my sexual desires became worse. Also, I failed in the past before. Maa, from that experience, I did something that was against morals but, that does not mean that the burning body would be obedient. Rather, it is rampaging. Like a hate movement. Until now I have been self processing and meditating but it has broken through. But, if it is in this situation, I might explode at once. Escape from the bed. ¡°It is about time, we should stay in a room with two beds¡± ¡°But we don¡¯t have money either, for a while¡± ¡°If I have no money, I just have to earn it. You don¡¯t have to worry about that¡± ¡°¡­¡­Puu¡± Irene inflated her cheeks. As if like a child. Even if I say like a child, she is a child though. The two of us got changed. By the way, I always turn to my back when Irene changes her clothes. When I went to the first floor, Merurida was frantic and fluttering. ¡°The land lady looks like she is in labour pains~, and the owner has to attend to her so it¡¯s just me today¡± ¡°Ho~n¡± ¡°What is that other people¡¯s business reaction¡± It is other people¡¯s business though. ¡°Ah, that reminds me. Lend me Irene for a day¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say it as if she is a thing¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t it fine, lend mee~ please¡± ¡°What Irene wants, it depends on her¡± ¡°Um, today¡¯s plans are¡­¡­¡± ¡°N, none especially¡± ¡°I will pay for your part time work so, how about it Irene?¡± ¡°If it is like that, I want to give it a try¡± ¡°So, I will depend on you for today, Irene¡± ¡°It helps, thanks¡± That is how Irene was rented in return for money. Irene is highly adaptable so she would master it without a flaw. Irene should start getting some pocket money, maybe. For her earnings today, she can completely use it up too. It would be troublesome if I went too strict with her and she becomes a delinquent. So, what should I do. I still have tens of thousands of money. I do not feel like accompanying the goblins by myself either. If I still had the net, I would be able to kill a day, but I could not do that either. ¡°Ah¡± I am alone today¡­¡­That means that I can go to persuade the receptionist Sierra? Ok, that¡¯s decided. I went to the flower shop to get appropriate flowers of their recommendation. The expenses of about three thousand rize is not painful this time. There were some True Light knights by the receptionist. Even though it is still morning, a row was already formed. Sierra¡¯s counter has an especially long queue. The ones queuing are all guys apparently. It would be better to think of everyone as a rival. ¡°Ou, Sierra¡± ¡°Ara. Did you buy it today as well?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not it. This, is for you¡± ¡°Even if I received the flower bouquet, it is an obstacle though¡± ¡°Uga, I, I see¡­¡­ But decorating is better¡± ¡°I don¡¯t really like flowers too much. Because it quickly scatters doesn¡¯t it? It seems to imply a woman¡¯s life, right?¡± It seems like it backfired instead. In the first place, for a woman to work in a place such as the adventurer¡¯s guild, it seems that my sense in giving flowers was probably too stiff. A spiked bat might have been better. ¡°And so, do you have other business here?¡± ¡°Maa, that¡¯s it, small talk¡± ¡°Even though I¡¯m like this, I am actually quite busy¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°Kusu, alright. I¡¯ll keep you company for one minute. What should we talk about?¡± (Kusu is a small chuckle) ¡°O, Ok, soo, do you have a lover?¡± ¡°Secret¡± ¡°Your type of men?¡± ¡°Secret¡± ¡°Then, what did you eat today?¡± ¡°Secret¡± Isn¡¯t it all secrets! And then she proceeded to chuckle with her little devil face. Isn¡¯t she totally playing with me here. ¡°I understand. If so, let me ask one more question¡± ¡°Ok¡± ¡°Say¨CWhy do you work as a receptionist?¡± The intention was obviously transmitted. Sierra¡¯s eye colour obviously changed. It can be said that the easy going mode seems to have been cancelled. ¡°What do you mean by that¡± ¡°No matter how much you try to hide, there are things that can be told from just the aura itself¡± ¡°¡­¡­I see. Do you want to know no matter what?¡± ¡°Yea¡± ¡°Then head to the Kimari Forest, and catch ten Kabuto beetles¡± ¡°What is it for¡± ¡°Obviously, I don¡¯t want to talk. To force a women to speak of her past, you must be prepared to put in an equivalent effort¡± ¡°That is not it, why Kabuto beetles¡± ¡°I am volunteering at an orphanage. Won¡¯t the children be happy?¡± ¡°So that¡¯s it. I understand, ten pieces¡± ¡°I¡¯ll say this first, that is a pretty dangerous forest¡± ¡°Is it, I¡¯ll be going¡± Since what I need to do is confirmed, I need to move. Does a stag beetle die when it is placed in a black bag? Just in case, I bought a box that can become like an insect box. Should I buy insect bait? I don¡¯t need it. I will just catch them with my hands. I used to do that a lot as a kid. I immediately headed out for the forest. North from the plains where we hunted the goblins, there is the forest. When I took a step in, the scenery became darker. It is because the tall trees that block off the sunlight. Although it is a dim and creepy atmosphere, the temperature is cool so it is good. The temperature in this region is too hot. I will immediately search for all the broad leafed trees. Usually they are clustered near a sap. Ooh, It¡¯s there¡­¡­N? Isn¡¯t it too big? The body part exceeds fifteen centimeters, and the back part is yellow. Oioi, isn¡¯t this the giant heracles beetle!? If I wanted to buy it in Japan, this king of the kabuto beetle world would cost more than hundreds of thousands. The king, why is it here. I caught it normally. Is he a common bug here? But let¡¯s catch it once more, if it can sell, then I can sell it. I ran around the forest. After a few hours, I succeeded in catching thirteen heracles beetles. This forest, is a treasure trove. I wonder why there is nobody here besides myself. I understood the reason immediately. The nearby soil boggles and rises up. And the next moment, a monster that looks like a caterpillar grew out from the ground. A worm? The body is tea coloured, no eyes or notes, the face is mostly a round mouth. On the inner circumference of the mouth was tooth like fangs which gathered without gaps, it looks as if it is ready to eat its prey. A part of the body is planted into the ground, and the height is about 3 meters from the ground because the body is raised. Even if weapons were swung normally, it is impossible to reach its top. It attacked me when I haven¡¯t drawn my sword. Like how birds peck on feed, it aimed for my head from above. I avoided it by sidestepping. But, a little fang caught onto the shoulder part of my clothes. The worm ate the cloth attached to its mouth. Then I did something like Gepp ¡°A fellow with bad tastes¡± As if it could understand the meaning of words, the worm got angry and spat out liquids from its mouth. When I dodged and it caught on to the tree behind, the tree bark melted instantly. It seems to be something like sulphuric acid. A direct hit is dangerous¡­¡­But it is fortunate that this is a forest, there are a lot of places to hide. I ran around the worm while treating the trees as shields. The worm spat out acid many times. Every time it was blocked by trees and never reached me. It seems that it is out of liquid, and could not spit out anymore. I approached slowly. As it started coming at me from above again, I slided to the enemy¡¯s bosom in one go. My horizontal slash will paid it a visit. Green blood flows out. Because the waist was too thick, I could not totally cut it into halves. Once again, I pushed in the blade to totally bisect it, When it feel unto the ground, the worm was writhing in suffering, but it eventually became obedient. I learnt the enemy¡¯s tactics, so it would not be a problem no matter how many of these pop up. CH 23 Sponsored Chapter Sponsored by Justin C Translated by: SnowKiss Edited by: Nohma It¡¯s the forest worm-san?? My stomach is empty. Even though I brought three breads, it seems that it was not enough. I should have prepared more. My stomach was rumbling continuously. When I tried to hit it silent, it became unnecessarily worse. As if it was complaining that anything is fine, so put something into the mouth. I looked around the surroundings. Are grasses and leaves fine? Of course it is not. Other things that can be eaten is¡­¡­¡­¡­ isn¡¯t that fine? A white mushroom (¥­¥Î¥³). From the umbrella to the stem, it is totally white like a mushroom. Normally eating a mushroom (¥­¥Î¥³) raw is an out but, a mushroom might be fine. (TLN: Japanese distinguish the general mushroom category as ¥­¥Î¥³, and edible mushroom as ¥Þ¥Ã¥·¥å¥ë©`¥à) Surprisingly, there is a chance that I might hit the jackpot. I can¡¯t be killed by strong poison either, if it is poison, there is are also ways to use it. I resolved myself and put the mushroom (¥­¥Î¥³) in my mouth. ¡°¡­¡­ Ohh, this is surprisingly fineGAFUU!?¡± Intense stomach pains! The pain is as if my stomach was stabbed with a needles from the inside! I rolled all over the ground. One, two minutes, I was panting in pain. It seems that it was a poison mushroom(¥­¥Î¥³) that looked like the mushroom. I agonised quite a while but, as a result, I now know that this mushroom is poisonous. I pulled out the mushroom growing around there from the roots. Bogoo, Bogoo What nice guys to come in at this timing, you guys! A pair? The worms that appeared. Since they attacked without a greeting, I immediately slided and dealt a horizontal slash to kill one of them. The remaining one will be the guinea pig. I thought of this when I first saw a worm but, these guys have always been opening their mouths. There might be merit in threatening the opponent. But, there are also demerits. I threw the poison mushroom at the worm suddenly. After a few seconds, the worm became limp due to the pain and writhed violently. That figure looks as if a bug was covered with pesticide. And then, without needing even thirty seconds, it died. ¡°This mushroom, is useful as expected¡± It was worth getting the stomach pain. Until I leave the forest, I will bring it with me for once. ¡°Someone©`©`, Someone he©`©`©`lp!¡± The sudden help call echoed in the forest. It seems that there were visitors besides me. Although I had no obligation to go, I do not have any reason not to, so I decided to go afterall. There were four people that looked like adventurers, and four worms surrounding them. Three males and one female party. They called for help probably because they could not fight them one on one due to their lack of ability. While singing the improvised worm song, I cut down the worm. When I took care of one of them, the other worms changed their targets to me, but it was no problem since I threw at them three poison mushrooms as presents. After the remaining three suffered, they left this world. ¡°Are you ok?¡± No reply. Like a corpse. Ok, let¡¯s return. ¡°Ah wait, please wait!¡± The four whom were stunned came back, and desperately stopped me from leaving. I knew, I knew this was coming. ¡°What is it, I am busy. If you have business with me no matter what, you have to pay with something equivalent¡± ¡°M,Money?¡± ¡°I want food¡± Rather than money now, I want food. ¡°If that is so¡± The four quickly fished out their stuff all at once. I got five bread smoked meat and alcohol. It is delicious in two meanings. These guys, after talking, it seems that they are adventurers that just started. Because they are scared of worms, they ask to accompany them back to town. Since I was returning as well, I undertook their request. While I am at it, I passed poison mushrooms to all of them. ¡°To become like Ja-san, how much training should I have?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t especially train though¡± ¡°Are you serious!? For reals?¡± ¡°Your existential level is different¡± ¡°That¡¯s right That¡¯s right ¡± ¡°Shut up, aren¡¯t you guys similar too?¡± ¡°Ja-sama is an amazing person. It must be fate that we met like this¡± The ikemen with permed golden hair glued to my hand. The eyes is somewhat scary though. ¡°Wait you, what are you touching. Aren¡¯t you causing him inconvenience¡± The ponytail child forcefully pulled away the ikemen¡¯s hand. About twenty year old I guess, considerably cute. Basically, it seems that there are no bad people. I don¡¯t get bored because of the quite enjoyable fellows. If they were attacked midway by worms, they can use the poison mushroom attack to settle it. After splitting from the four in the town, I headed to the guild to hand over the promised item to Sierra. ¡°Are the worms alright I wonder?¡± ¡°Well¡± ¡°I see, you wouldn¡¯t have lost to something like that, wouldn¡¯t you?¡± ¡°So, answer my question. You are definitely strong right? Why do you work as a receptionist?¡± Sierra seems to be offended as she raised her bangs, and spoke with narrowed eyes. ¡°I flowed here from another continent. I was an adventurer in the place that I was at before¡± ¡°Why did you quit?¡± ¡°I won¡¯t any further. With this, it is finished¡± ¡°Oioi, I spent half a day doing my best you know¡­¡­¡± ¡°A woman¡¯s past is expensive. That is as valuable as a gem¡± Maa, even though it is short, it was a gain knowing her past. I should not be so nosy so that she would not hate me. ¡°Then come again. One of those time, I might even let you invite me out for a meal¡± ¡°Fuu¡± I laughed greatly to put on airs. A flower as valuable as me to someone like you? With eyes that looked as if saying that. But it is also worrisome that the cold attitude of hers is also what I like. (SK: MC is a M -facepalm-) I wanted to sell the surplus heracles beetles altogether but, I am not sure where to sell it. When I talked to the businessman appropriately, but he told me, don¡¯t be stupid, nobody would buy that. Because I got pissed, I just gave it as a present to the kids that were nearby. ¡°I don¡¯t need these¡± As if disposing of it with haste. The kids without a shred of cuteness, they looked like my past self. ¡ó¡ô¡ó When we came to the forest to pick herbs, it became a life and death crisis. We did not expect four worms to appear simultaneously at all¡­¡­ If it was just three of them, we might have been able to run. But getting surrounded by four of them is at our wit¡¯s end. Unlucky. I was about to give up but my comrades were different. ¡°Someone©`©`,Someone please hellllllllppp!¡± ¡°Wait, even if you do that it¡¯s pointless¡± ¡°You don¡¯t know if it¡¯s pointless or not, as if I will die in this place¡± Someone¡­¡­ That¡¯s it. I don¡¯t want to die yet. Tightly holding onto my knife, I strengthened my mind. I still have things I want to do. Things I want to eat, places I want to go, there are so many of them! More than anything, I want to experience burning love! (SK: Kongou owo!) Am I going to die without even meeting my fated person¨D¨D¨D ¡°One day~?¡± When I thought I had heard a song, suddenly the one whom was singing jumped out in front of the worm. And then, he slashed down the worm in lightning speed. The owner of the powerful arm that just appeared a few seconds ago, threw something white into the remaining three worm¡¯s mouth. When the worms drank it struggled as if going mad, and died anticlimactically. ¡°Are you ok?¡± Nobody could give a response. Nobody¡¯s head could keep up with the short work he made to break through the critical situation. Admiring the silver hair, tightened and smooth posterior, and a face as if it was precisely made. It is exactly like a bishonen that jumped out from a painting. Dokin! My heart jumped. I felt it instinctively. This is indeed the fated partner that I wished for. When our benefactor tried to leave, my comrades stopped him. Good job. What our benefactor requested in return was, food. To not even ask for money, how beautiful his heart must be! His name is Ja-sama. Ja-sama came to this forest to catch kabuto beetles but, he is already returning. We too, have finished collecting the herbs and requested to return together. We got permission. I am already obsessed. I kept looking at Ja-sama¡¯s face from the side. From time to time, Ja-sama showed me a concerned behaviour. ¡°By the way Ja-san, what did you feed the worms earlier?¡± My comrade was asking about the white mushroom that Ja-sama threw earlier. ¡°Heeh, what is this?¡± ¡°Poison mushrooms. They have wide open mouths don¡¯t they? When I tried to feed them with this, they instantly died¡± The four of us exclaimed together. What a good idea! There hasn¡¯t been a person up till now that has even considered that! ¡°I¡¯ll give some of these to you guys too. The next time it appears, try throwing it into the mouth¡± ¡°Um, is Ja-sama perhaps a famous adventurer?¡± When I asked him, Ja-sama shaked his head. Working up my courage, I continued to asked questions. ¡°Ja-sama, do you have a partner that your heart has decided on?¡± ¡°Why so sudden¡­¡­ tte, they are here¡± What a bad timing! Two worms stood in our way. I threw the mushroom into the worm¡¯s mouth. My comrades did the same. Surprisingly, it defeated the worms that easily. Fighting desperately with the sword and magic in the past seems to be stupid. Ja-sama seems to be staring at the worms which have became carcasses. ¡°You guys, have you ever tried eating worms?¡± ¡°Nope©`, there isn¡¯t anyone who would eat this thing¡± ¡°But you see, aren¡¯t there quite alot of monsters that are delicious? The insect worm looks quite edible¡­¡­Don¡¯t you think that big worm is fine too¡± ¡°No that is¡­¡­ tte JA-SAN!?Are you seriously going to do that!?¡± Why did this happen, Ja-sama just cut the body of the worm to bite sized pieces. Action immediately after thought. What a manly person. But I think that is really bad! ¡°I, think that challenges should be important. Hey, just in case, if I blow bubbles and collapse, I¡¯ll leave the rest to you till town¡± While showing his white teeth smile and sparkles, Ja-sama¡­¡­ ate. The worm. And he threw up. Grandly. ¡°Are you alright, Ja-san!?¡± ¡°GeHaaGoHooh. ¡­¡­Speaking of monsters being delicious, not every monster is going to be delicious¡­¡­ It tastes as if a ten year aged cheese has been put on top of natto covered by cloudy toilet water¡± I don¡¯t really understand the expression, but it seems shittily bad. The time I spent with Ja-sama was fun anyways. But my time spent in bliss quickly passed away. When we got to town, Ja-sama seemed to have somewhere to go and left. ¡°Ah ahh¡± There is so much more that I wanted to ask Ja-sama though. But it is a harvest that I found out that my fated person lives in this town. ¡°I¡¯ve decided. I, will become Ja-sama¡¯s lover!¡± I straightly declared my heightened emotions. My comrades then made fun of me. ¡°Ja-sama won¡¯t fall for someone like you¡± ¡°That¡¯s right That¡¯s right, in the first place, someone like Ja-sama would already have a extremely beautiful person as his partner -dabe. To have someone like you as his partner, I wonder what kind of things does he like about you¡± ¡°I mean, he should already have a harem of beautiful girls¡± The three insisted that it is definitely impossible for me. ¡°Shut up! Ja-sama has already took notice of me occasionally midway!¡± ¡°Ah, that is definitely because he felt danger to his body. He was on guard because you are homo¡± ¡°Just don¡¯t become a stalker -dapeyo¡± ¡°ALLL RIGHT! All of you should just be eaten by the worm!¡± I shouted at them while dispersing in the direction Ja-sama went. What is wrong with everyone! Ja-sama is my fated person so. I will definitely hold him. When I continued walking, there was kabuto beetles fallen on the ground. Eh, this is Ja-sama¡¯s¡­¡­ ¡°Ne, you all. What happened to these kabuto beetles?¡± The close by children raised their voice. ¡°Uwa, what is this¡­¡­:¡± ¡°Disgusting¡± ¡°It is somewhat wiggling¡± The children were so rude as they said it to me. I was offended that they did not watch their words and retorted. ¡°Hey you guys. There are things that you can say and can not say. Exactly what about me is disgusting!¡± ¡°Even though you are a guy, what is with that way of talking! Squiggling your legs is disgusting is what I said, you gold haired perm!¡± ¡°WHAT DID¡¯YA SAY PUNK! YOU WANNA GO AT IT, SHITTY KID!!¡± (SK: Did that crush your dreams? Not a trappu nor a hermaphrodite OuO)(nh: A maiden with an Excalibur between her legs) I howled with my low voice, the children ran away like scattering baby spiders. Fu-nn, what, mollycoddle. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter¡± Yes, this feeling of liking someone has nothing to do with being man or woman. I am, surely a man in body. But my heart is a woman¡¯s. Even if my bottom half has some additional thing stuck to it or not, that person won¡¯t care about such a small detail. Un, it is definitely so. Won¡¯t you, Ja-sama¡î Editor notes: Well, with this there shouldn¡¯t be any more chapters left to translate, so back to the usual ¡°scheduled¡± regular releases. Actually, we need an schedule for releases. And about this chapter: Yes, it was BL all along. Special thanks for these unsung heros for giving funds for the website maintainance every month Katelyn E, Adam J, V¨ªctor G (this is actually me), Audun N, Bjarne S CH 24 I will try and focus on skillfully earning money ¡°Ah, aaah¡± ¡°I understand that it is painful, but we need to persist a little more. ¡± ¡°Aah, but master¡­..I already¡± ¡°From there on, it would be a very crucial step.¡± ¡°Uu, but it is my very first time¡­.I cannot take power anymore¡± ¡°Well, it can¡¯t be helped. Well carry me off to the finish right away.¡± ¡°AAAAAAAAAAH!?¡± In the room of the inn. I should celebrate to commemorate the first battle Irene and me, we finished safely. Irene is exhausted that it is as though her spirit is coming out. I have experienced it many times, for Irene it may be unavoidable since it is her first experience. ¡°How was it, how was the feeling of your first experience finishing?¡± ¡°Waaa¡­.. It was very, tiring. ¡± ¡°It is isn¡¯t it? But you have to do it. Your level would become higher than the other guys.¡± ¡°If you say so, then it is worth the effort.¡± ¡°Will you fight another round?¡± ¡°Wa, I cannot do it anymore. I do not have the strength.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Really, Irene seems to have never experienced arm wrestling since birth. That is why I acted as her first opponent. Although, you may have misunderstood when you listen back to the previous conversation. ¡°Master is really strong. There is no mistaking it that if there is a tournament then you would win.¡± ¡°A tournament, huh.¡± ¡°Shall we go look for one?¡± ¡°No, even if there is one, it would not be held as convenient of a time such as today. However, if you think about it, we can make a killing if it was held today. Please assist me.¡± ¡°Of course!¡± I told Irene the overview and general strategy then I went down the stairs. Some time around 10 am, during her free time, Merida would usually sit by the counter. ¡°Say, I have a little request.¡± ¡°Hmm, you have?¡± ¡°I want you to lend me a hundred thousand.¡± ¡°Ha! What!? Why are you asking to borrow money all of a sudden!?¡± ¡°No, I will return it today. Please, this is the only way¡± ¡°It is my request. Please let master lend some money.¡± Merida was reluctant for a while, I persisted and continuously ask her, in the end she finally lent me the money. It would seem that the presence of Irene was quite big. I would have likely ran into the problem of credibility if I was alone. ¡°The condition is that it should be returned as 100,000 Rize. If you run away with it, I will chase after you wherever you go.¡± ¡°I got it, you do not have to worry about that part. There is a winning count.¡± ¡°Thank you very much, Merida-san.¡± ¡°Irene helped with the accommodation. By the way, what are you going to use it on?¡± ¡°That is¡­..¡± ¡ó¡ô¡ó My money is about 125, 000 Rize when combined with the money I borrowed. I bought a rectangular type desk using 5000 Rize. I placed in in a space where it will not interfere with the vendors¡¯ stalls. I took the other 120,000 Rize and started a business. ¡°Well I am counting on you.¡± Irene nodded deeply, we called on the people who were walking on the street. ¡°Would you do arm wrestling for 1000 Rize? If you can win, I will give you 120,000 Rize without fail.¡± Irene who was a fair, beautiful and well endowed girl stood out. There were many men throughout the day would look back at her while walking together. People would stop walking at the call of Irene, please pay attention to me. (TLN: lol) The money was neatly stacked on the desk. ¤¢¤²¤ë¤¢¤²¤ëÔpÆۤǤϤʤ¤¤³¤È¤òÑÔÍâ¤Ë¥¢¥Ô©`¥ë¡£¤½¤ó¤Ç¤â¤¦Ò»‚€¥¢¥Ô©`¥ë¡£ I appealed to them and told them that it is not a scam. I made another appeal. (TLN: Start double check) ¡°Goho goho goho¡± (SFX: coughing) ¡°Ah nii-sama, it is time for your medicine, please wait.¡± Irene suddenly switched into sister mode and took out something that looked like a herb. After I bit it a few times, I gulped it down with water. It is just something minty and not medical. ¡°So, someone, is there someone who can compete with me? It is a chance to win 120,000 Rize with only a thousand Rize.¡± ¡°You and your companion are so weak¡± ¡°Is that how it looks like?¡± ¡°A thousand Rize, take me on.¡± Alright, the first duck has been caught by me so easily. The old man with a good body gave the money to Irene and puts his arm on the desk. ¡°I wonder, will I really get 120,000 Rize?¡± ¡°O, of course¡± ¡°Ma, we will just force you if you try to escape.¡± ¡°Hii. I, I will not do that. Is it alright if I start?¡± ¡¸Äí¤ê¤Ä¤Ö¤·¤Æ¤ä¤ë¤¼¡¹ ¡°I will twist you and crush you.¡± ÎïÕ䤷¤¤ÒŠ¤»Îï¤ËÒ°´ÎñR¤¿¤Á¤â¾A¡©¤È¼¯¤Þ¤Ã¤Æ¤­¤Æ¤¯¤ì¤¿¡£¤½¤ÎÕ{×Ó¤½¤ÎÕ{×Ó¡£ °³¤È¤ª¤Ã¤µ¤ó¤¬¥¬¥Ã¥·¥êÊÖ¤ò½j¤Þ¤»¡¢¥¤¥ì©`¥Ì¤ÎºÏ‡í¤ÇÍóÏà“䤬ʼ¤Þ¤ë¡£ Curious onlookers gathered one after the other to see the unusual spectacle. That¡¯s it, that¡¯s it. Uncle and I placed our hands together, the arm wrestling began with Irene¡¯s signal. ¡°Hmph!¡± ¡°¡±Uwaa, tsu, shiii¡± I hold my hands just about 10 cm from the desk. This old man will win in a little while, I clenched my teeth and gave it my full strength. ¡°O, onii-sama please do not lose!¡± ¡°Irene. But, this person is strong, very, very strong, ¡± ¡°Onii-sama please hang in there, you can win!¡± ¡°Unununu, I got it¡­.uuooooaaaaaa!¡± I pushed back the old man¡¯s hand while shouting out loud, I decided to finish this as it is. While breathing heavily, I wiped the sweat off of my forehead. There was no sweat on my hands but I am sure that they would not notice it. ¡°Damn it!¡± The old man got frustrated. Maa, I was winning near the end¡­. from an outsider¡¯s point of view. ¡°That was close, desu~. A little more and I would have lost, it truly was.¡± ¡°I will go next.¡± His companion emerged while rolling up his sleeves. ¡°Well, I will not lose!¡± I will attain victory in the next one against his companion by fluctuating between offense and defense. This time the people around us who are watching got really excited. Such fevering enthusiasm, observed carefully, these people are feeling quite worked up. In addition there is an adventurer guild nearby this street. Inevitably there are a lot of confident guys stroking their arms. I do not have to worry about finding an opponent. It continued throughout the day until the evening. I competed and won against over a hundred people. Ugh I am already on my limit please help¡­..acting like you are working hard is tough. Clink. A bag filled with coins was placed at the counter. ¡°Ah, by some chance¡­¡± ¡°Merida, I will get that 102,000 Rize. Thanks in advance.¡± ¡°Eeeh, to you as well thank you!¡± Since there is an interest of 2 thousand Rize daily it is impossible to not be in high spirits. I confirmed today¡¯s harvest that was on the table. ¡°Master, 153 people were splendidly defeated.¡± ¡°Ou¡± ¡°The money on hand is 20,000 and 153,000 Rize, in total 173,000 Rize. With 2,000 for interest charges, that is 171,000 Rize. I can pay even pay for the hotel with a bit left over.¡± ¡°I will go wild tomorrow.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s do our best.¡± And the next day, we repeated the same thing. But today I was not in the state wherein I can greet and bite at every challenge. About 30 people entered, but he counter stopped around there. There were a few customers from yesterday, they were spreading rumors saying Damn this guy is strong, so better give up on it. And¡­ ¡°What should we do now, the people seems to have stopped challenging it.¡± ¡°I thought we could go for a little more.¡± ¡°But is 30,000 Rize not enough?¡± ¡°No, let¡¯s change our business process.¡± ¡°Meaning?¡± ¡°Lend me your ear for a second.¡± I told Irene that the big brother with a weak constitution was already outdated. Irene understood this and went back to getting customers again. ¡°Do you want to arm wrestle with the legendary strongest warrior? He is a legend that defeated a dragon with a single finger flick.¡± There there, people started gathering again. I decided to do a matcho pose towards the men and said ¡°Yo small fishes, against the strongest me, can you win?¡± I could see some of them going wild. There are a couple of guys who are haters saying ¡°Stop it, your money will be wasted¡± but none of the new guys believe them. Because my appearance looked weak, the guy made a strong introduction by flexing and making a macho pose. Today I will try my hardest in arm wrestling. Once I am done with my work then I will return to Irene in the inn. ¡°So today we earned 72,00 Rize.¡± ¡°Well it fell from yesterday¡¯s.earnings.¡± ¡°After all rumors of master¡¯s strength has spread.¡± ¡°We will reach the limit soon huh. I am also getting tired of it, shall we round it up tomorrow?¡± Physically there is no problem. Keeping hands with filthy men all the time is making my heart sink. It is hard because there is a huge ratio of guys with sweaty and slimy hands. The next day, I started the same way. Although I worked hard until the evening, it is visible that profits fell. Currently, it is just about 23,000 Rize. But well, it is all good because I earned 200,000 Rize in 3 days. ¡°It is almost time to close shop.¡± ¡°I agree. Good job.¡± I get ready for Irene to return. Then, I suddenly overheard a conversation between 2 women. ¡°Hey Rastella, isn¡¯t that the rumored?¡± ¡°Looks like it. Lets go.¡± Uneventfully the 2 people without hesitating, walked straight towards me. Translator¡¯s Corner: Hohoho Merry Christmas everyone~ Hopefully you have a wonderful holidays and I am thankful for the support that you guys have given me all throughout the year. Please continue in giving your support and reading my fan translations~