"Sli? What exactly is that?"
"Hmm?"
I couldn’t imdiately understand what Irina was talking about. What does she an?
"Ah! Could it be your na, Mr. Monster? Would it be alright to call you Lord Sli...?"
"No, that’s not my na. Wait, you don’t know what a sli monster is?"
"So you really are a monster... But I’ve never heard of a race called sli before."
What the... She doesn’t know about slis? Does that an slis don’t exist in this world...? Or it’s more likely that this klutzy Irina just doesn’t know about them.
"When you beca an adventurer, did you receive information about monsters?"
"Yes. When I registered at the Adventurer’s Guild, I was given information about the monsters that appear in the nearby forest. So of them have bounties for subjugation."
"And there was no ntion of slis in that info?"
"No. There was no information about a monster called sli, and in all the stories and knowledge I gained while living in the royal capital, I’ve never once co across a monster by that na."
No way... So either slis don’t exist here, or they’re extrely rare monsters.
"Could it be that you are a very special kind of monster, Mr. Monster?"
Irina asked, blushing slightly and pressing both hands to her cheeks. Even if you ask , I wouldn’t know.
"Hmmm... I should probably look into this properly..."
But of course, I can’t just waltz into a village or town and check a library. What to do...
"I’ll go back to the village and discreetly look into it. I also need to hand over those scoundrels."
I was a little moved by Irina’s words. She’s willing to investigate slis for my sake... Sorry for calling you a useless female knight!
As a bonus, I handed her the dicinal herbs that were part of her gathering request.
Ever since I gained appraisal abilities through my subspace compression storage, I’ve been absorbing and appraising all kinds of plants, so I have mountains of dicinal herbs and antidotes.
We quickly dragged the two criminals to the vicinity of Caso’s village.
I had the village lookout call the village chief and explained the situation.
"That must have been rough... We’ll tie them to a cart and have two of our young n transport them.
Oh? It’s a request from the Spirit-sama? Of course, no problem at all! By the way, regarding the founding festival..."
As expected, they cooperated willingly. ...Though I ended up getting asked for various favors in return.
Well, it’s for the sake of livening up the festival, so I’ll help as much as I can.
When I looked over, Irina was standing there with her mouth open in shock.
"M-Mr. Monster! You told not to tell anyone about you, yet you’re so close with the people of Caso’s village!"
Irina looked a bit puffed up and angry. Why?
"In this village, their well had dried up and they were in trouble. I helped fix that, and ever since then they’ve been calling ’Spirit-sama’... The chief has instructed the villagers not to tell people from other villages about , though."
"I-I see... So you’re treated as a spirit here... That ans I’m the only one who knows you as a monster...? Then, as promised, it really is a secret just between the t-two of us..."
Irina blushed again and started squirming. What’s with her? Is she sick? Don’t pass it on to .
With the help of the village youths, Irina set off from Caso’s village toward the town of Sorenariini.
She said she’d look into slis, but... well, she might also receive the quest completion reward and the bounty for handing over the two bandits (or whatever they are). There might not be any reason for her to co back to a place like this with nothing. ...It feels a little lonely.
So ti later, while I was watering the flowers by the spring, Irina ca back. That was surprisingly fast. The town of Sorenariini should be a two-day walk one way...
Even if she stayed there for a day, the timing doesn’t add up. It should’ve taken another day or two at least.
Did she run the whole way? She’s sweating and breathing heavily. ...Yeah, I’m not getting any weird feelings. Because I’m a sli, after all.
...Hm? She’s carrying a huge backpack. Clearly, there’s what looks like a tent sitting on top of it.
"...Irina-san?"
"Hello, Lord Sli! I successfully handed over the two scoundrels. I also completed the herb gathering quest and received the reward money and guild points. Thank you — it’s all thanks to you, Lord Sli."
Irina smiled brightly, full of joy. But what’s with that massive luggage on her back?
"So, Irina-san, why are you carrying such a huge load?"
"Lord Sli. You are my lifesaver. Please stop with the ’-san’. Could you please just call Irina?"
She said that before, too. Co to think of it, I’ve been calling her Irina already.
"...So, Irina, why are you carrying such a huge load?"
"Being called directly by na... After this you’ll probably entangle with your tentacles, pin down and say ’Irina, you’re my woman now!’ and then... do it! Violate !"
"You’re the one who told to call you Irina directly! And what happened to the conversation about your luggage!?"
"Of course I brought it so I can live near you, Lord Sli. I still haven’t repaid you for saving my life."
Saying that, Irina happily started pitching her tent by the spring. Lady, aren’t you a noble’s daughter?
"Hellooo? Irina-san? Live here? How exactly?"
"Lord Sli... You are my lifesaver. Please stop with the ’-san’. Could you please just call Irina?"
"That’s the sa pattern as before, right? The pattern where you make say it, then fantasize and go ’Kyaa~’? Persistent sa-joke no thank you, okay?"
"Lord Sli, I don’t quite understand what you’re saying..."
"If you’re doing this on purpose, it’s at Sandwich Man level, you know?"
Irina tilted her head cutely while looking at . I got seriously pissed off (puff puff) at her. Even though she doesn’t really get it, she’s annoyingly super cute, damn it!
『Boss! We’ve returned from the investigation!』
『We also brought back so prey~』
『The festival in that village is starting soon, right? We caught so great stuff!』
Hm? Logan and the others are back.
There’s one guy with a really thick accent I don’t recognize. He has a strong character — was he always here?
"W-Whaaat!? So many wolves!? I won’t let you harm Mr. Monster!"
Irina unsteadily drew the sword at her waist. She really is weak, huh.
『Boss. Who is this clumsy-looking woman?』
Logan, even if you think that, there are tis when you shouldn’t say it straight out.
You need to work on your communication skills a bit more.
『Ah, I get it. She looks like a female human. Is she Aniki’s woman?』
See? That’s why his character is so thick. Also, who the hell are you?
『Ohh! So Boss got himself a wife too!』
Logan nodded in satisfaction at his subordinate’s words. Don’t just decide I have a wife on your own.
By the way, Logan — did you always have such a colorful character among your direct subordinates?
"Don’t worry, Irina. These Wolf Fang Tribe mbers are my subordinates."
"M-Mr. Monster has this many subordinates...?"
Irina looked around at the surrounding wolf fang tribe mbers in shock.
"I still have 200 (feathers?) chicks as subordinates who haven’t returned yet."
"C-Chicks?"
『Boss, you even made chicks your subordinates?』
Oh right, I never told Logan about that.
"I helped so chicks before you beca my subordinate, and they joined ."
At my explanation, Logan looked devastated. What’s wrong?
『I-I thought I was your very first subordinate...』
Ah, he’s bothered about the order. In that case...
Chick Captain
Logan and the Wolf Fang Tribe
200 Chicks (feathers?)
That’s the order.
『So there is already a senior chick before . And he even holds the position of Captain.』
Logan gave a slightly resentful look. Even if you look at like that...
Just then, Chick Captain and his 200-strong Chick Legion returned.
「「「Piyo piyo piyo~」」」
About 200 chicks fluttered back with a flurry of wings.
『Boss! We have returned!』
Chick Captain kneeled respectfully in front of . He’s always so stiff and formal.
But I won’t forget — this guy is the king of a harem.
『Mu...』
Logan, seeing Chick Captain for the first ti, approached.
『So you are Chick Captain. I am Logan, leader of the Wolf Fang Tribe. I received the na Logan from Boss. I have heard that you beca Boss’s subordinate before . Let’s work well together from now on.』
Logan, you’re pretty dutiful and stiff too.
『Ohh! So you too have beco Boss’s subordinate! The Wolf Fang Tribe is truly reassuring! Let us both continue to be of service to Boss! I look forward to working with you, Sir Logan!』
Chick Captain took Logan’s front paw with both wings.
Even though there were so many wolf fang tribe mbers, neither Chick Captain nor his chicks seed intimidated at all. Are chicks actually strong?
"S-So many... Mr. Monster has so many subordinates... Amazing! As expected, you really are a premium catch!"
Irina clenched both fists by herself and pumped herself up with a "Hmph!"
No, you’re a noble daughter who fled the royal capital because of trouble — a defective, useless item! Look at yourself before looking at !
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