~Side Ryouma~
Preparations complete.
I went ahead of the others and made my preparations in front of the latrine pits. My outfit is too conspicuous, so if I’d gone with the others, we would have definitely garnered so attention. Besides, I’m sure they have their own preparations to make, and they might also want to check if the virus really hasn’t spread yet.
With my preparations all done, all that’s left is to wait for— Oh, speak of the devil.
When the footsteps ceased, the door opened and three people ca in. Of the three, one was Miya-san, whom I worked for before, and the other was Jeff-san, who I t after cleaning Miya-san’s place.
“Thanks for coming.” [Ryouma]
“Sure, but we haven’t done anything yet.” [Jeff]
“We t just the other day, but I think we should still introduce ourselves, nyaa. Let start; I am Miya Cat, nyaa. Call Miya, nyaa.” [Miya]
Miya-san’s light brown furry tail swayed while she introduced herself. It was almost as if she was trying to appeal her being a mber of the catman tribe.
After her introduction Jeff introduced himself.
“Like I said before, the na’s Jeff Grange. I was raised poorly, so I’m not fond of manners and etiquettes. You don’t have to be polite with . Just talk normally.” [Jeff]
“Thank you, but I’m not forcing myself or anything.” [Ryouma]
“That’s fine then. Next is…” [Jeff]
“This one, de gozaru.” [3rd Adventurer]
The adventurer this ti was soone I hadn’t been acquainted with yet. He had shortly cut dark brown hair that was almost black and talked like soone from a historical play. He used a katana too. No, judging from the size, it’s an o-katana (big katana). That’s a first seeing one since coming here. The bandits didn’t have any katana with them. Just who is this guy?
“This one’s na is Asagi. I left the dragonewt village and embarked on a journey in hopes of honing my blade. Currently, I have settled in this town and am working as an adventurer. There is fate between us, let it be a pleasant one.” [Asagi]
“Ryouma Takebayashi. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. So you’re a dragonewt.” [Ryouma]
Dragonewts are also known as the dragonman tribe. Just at the na implies, they are said to look like dragons, but he didn’t look like one at all, so I thought he was a human.
Asagi-san noticed that.
“Did you just realize that this one is a dragonewt, de gozaru?” [Asagi]
“Sorry, this is my first ti eting one.” [Ryouma]
“It is fine. Dragonewt features are not as obvious as other tribes like Miya from the catman tribe. Most have scales in one part of the body, while a very few grow a horn. The rest are no different from humans. With such minute difference that cannot even be seen openly, it is perfectly understandable that you were not able to recognize one, de gozaru.” [Asagi]
While we were talking, it finally occurred to that there was in fact a scale – the sa color as his hair- extending from his neck to his chest. But I was more interested in way he talked and the weapon he carried.
“Sorry, do you mind if I ask you sothing?” [Ryouma]
I thought it would be a bit strange to ask about his accent right off the bat, so I asked about his hotown first. As it turns out, a person who was most likely an otherworlder was indeed responsible for creating the dragonewt village in a faraway island.
“Many of the dragonewt possess greater physical prowess and magic than the human race. That has been the case since long ago, and it is said that it was because of that that we once lorded with hubris over other races.
The person who created the dragonewt village was not a dragonewt, however, but a human who possessed a body stronger than even that of the dragonewts. He was also a master of the sword. It is said that that person defeated all the dragonewts that oppressed the humans, but he did not kill them and instead spared their lives. That left a deep impression on the dragonewts then and they ca to be his disciples.
After that they followed him with the rest of the dragonewts who didn’t oppress others to an uninhabited island and created a village. To this day we carry his soul and techniques as samurai, de gozaru. This is the legend of our village’s origin, a verse from the ‘exile’.”
Asagi-san is a descendant of those dragonewt disciples. and his accent is sothing the dragonewts inherited from that otherworlder. Amusingly enough, it turns out even his na was taken from the color of the kimonos when the samurais first made their appearance.
Looks like that otherworlder really liked samurais.
…It feels off, though. I don’t know if the story rely changed after all the years, but that otherworlder really feels like a foreigner sorely mistaken about Japanese culture.
“…Hey, not that there’s anything wrong with your story, but don’t you think we should be getting started soon?” [Jeff]
“Ah, right.” [Asagi]
“Ti really passes when talking.” [Ryouma]
Recalling what we were supposed to be doing, we went back to work.
“I’ll open the door now, but before that, please take a towel and dip it into this.” [Ryouma]
I ordered the cleaner sli to spit out so deodorizing liquid into a bowl.
“What’s that?” [Jeff]
“This is the deodorizing liquid of the sli. It should dilute most of the stench. Don’t worry, it’s not poisonous.” [Ryouma]
“I see.” [Jeff]
After seeing dip a towel in the deodorizing liquid and wrapped it around my face, they followed suit and covered their mouth and nose.
“I’ll open it now.” [Ryouma]
And so, I opened the door…
“I’m off—” [Ryouma]
“UGU! …*COUGH…” [Asagi]
Just when I was about to leave, Asagi-san suddenly choked.
“Are you ok?” [Ryouma]
“Sorry… I’d braced myself for the sll when you opened the door, but I didn’t sll anything, so I thought there wasn’t anything to worry about. Putting my guard down was a mistake. Dragonewts have noses as sensitive as the beastn tribes, de gozaru. The mont I removed the towel this happened.” [Asagi]
Ahh, so that’s why… I was like that too yesterday.
“It can’t be helped. I was no different yesterday, and I’m human. The sll is so bad it even gets to your eyes. I probably wouldn’t be able to stand it either without the sli. I’ll leave so deodorizing liquid, so feel free to use it as you please. Alright, I’m going now.” [Ryouma]
After that went in with my slis. As expected, this latrine pit was in a horrible condition just like the one yesterday.
I figured I might as well check if the latrine pit really was diseased before cleaning it, so I used Identify on it.
This is what appeared:
Idake Virus:?A virus that grows in filth. Causes the Idake Disease.
Incubation Period:?Activates 10 hours after entering the human body.
Symptoms:?Dizziness, fever, cold, numbness in the limbs, general paralysis, obnubilation (ntal cloudiness), cardiac arrest.
Prognostic Symptoms:?Numbness or paralysis may remain.
Infection thod:?Oral Infection
Note:?Weak to heat and lack of moisture. A special dicine exists for this disease.
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Idake Virus:?A virus that grows in filth. Causes the Idake Disease.
Incubation Period:?Activates 10 hours after entering the human body.
Symptoms:?Dizziness, fever, cold, numbness in the limbs, general paralysis, obnubilation (ntal cloudiness), cardiac arrest.
Prognostic Symptoms:?Numbness or paralysis may remain.
Infection thod:?Oral Infection
Note:?Weak to heat and lack of moisture. A special dicine exists for this disease.
So there really was a virus! I couldn’t confirm yesterday as I’d already cleaned everything by the ti I’ve thought of it, but it would’ve been great if I was able to check beforehand. That way there wouldn’t have been any room for doubt. Wait a mont, there’s a dicine for it!?
The mont I learned the na of the disease, the corresponding dicine and its concoction thod appeared in my head as if I were rely rembering sothing I already knew. Looks like it’s included in the knowledge Gayn and the others gave . I should share this information with the others too.
“Guys, can you hear ?” [Ryouma]
“What’s up, nyaa?” [Miya]
After cleaning myself and the surrounding area in front of the door, I opened the door a little and called out. Miya-san imdiately noticed .
“I thought I’d get so info first before starting, so I used Identify, and as it turns out, the disease is called Idake. Apparently, there’s also a dicine for it. I ca back to pass that info.” [Ryouma]
“Really, nyaa!?” [Miya]
“Yes, there’s no doubt about it. The dicine has a couple of expensive ingredients, so it might be too late already, but can you still tell the guild master about it?” [Ryouma]
“I’ll inform him now. If we tell him the na of the disease and the fact that there’s a dicine for it, the old man will surely buy enough to cover us even if it’s expensive. I don’t know how long he’ll need, though, so we should get the news to him ASAP.” [Jeff]
“Wait, tell him the concoction thod too. That way he can have soone concoct it imdiately.” [Ryouma]
“You know the concoction thod too!?” [Jeff]
“Yeah, I recognize the dicine back when my grandma was teaching .” [Ryouma]
“That is most reassuring. Speak and this one shall write it down.” [Asagi]
As Asagi-san pulled out so writing tools, I imdiately told him the formula and concoction thod of the dicine. He didn’t understand what the dical jargon ant, but he still managed to write everything down.
Co to think of it, I haven’t used a brush in forever. I’ve been using nothing but feathered pens since coming here, but then again… It’s not like we used them a lot in the previous world either. At most, brushes were only used to write a New Year’s card.
“Done. Will this do?” [Asagi]
After confirming that the written information was accurate, Jeff-san took the note and ran. I myself went back to the latrine pits.
Now that that’s done with, I don’t have business left with the filth, so it’s ti to wipe them out. Slis, eat them all!
At my behest, the slis by my feet inflated like a balloon, filling the staircase to the latrine pits with their body.
Their splitting yesterday resulted in their numbers going past 1,000. Because of that they didn’t beco a huge scavenger sli after rging but a king scavenger sli. It’s a lot bigger compared to the huge scavenger sli.
Also, it may be called king, but it’s still possible to grow into an even bigger version so long as their numbers increase. I don’t know far they can go, but the skills of the king scavenger sli are as follows:
King Scavenger Sli x1
Skills:
Disease Resist Lv7
Poison Resist Lv7
Lead Belly Lv8
Cleaning Lv8
Deodorize Lv8
Deodorizing Liquid Lv5
Stench Lv7
Produce Fertilizer Lv6
Physical Attack Resist Lv3
Enlarge Lv4
Shrink Lv6
Jump Lv3
Overeat Lv1
The king scavenger sli possessed the Overeat skill in place of Digestion and Absorption. When I tried using it, the king scavenger sli used the Enlarge skill to make itself big enough to reach the ceiling of the latrine pit, then it consud the surrounding filth with a speed several tis faster than before.
Moreover, because the sli was now big enough to reach the ceiling, it could clean even places it couldn’t before. Later on I should be able to split the slis into two king slis to cover both sides of the latrine pit, while having a couple of scavenger slis to deal with the middle.
With my mind made up, I ordered the slis to deal with the filth, then I worked on the ceiling and the walls myself.
Doubling on the sli numbers really was a big help as expected.
I know we’re working without rest, but still… We finished a full 2 hours faster than yesterday. That’s sothing.
After successfully cleaning this latrine pit, I cleaned my clothes and belongings and went outside just like yesterday.
When I did…
“Oh, did sothing happen again?” [Jeff]
“Oh, I’m done here. So I’d like for you to run your checks, so we can proceed to the next one.” [Ryouma]
“Already, nyaa!?” {Miya]
“Didn’t you need a day to clean a latrine pit?” [Jeff]
Huh? …Ah! I only cleaned one latrine pit yesterday. They were probably told that, so as a result, they think I need a full day to clean one latrine pit.
“It looks like there’s a misunderstanding. Actually, the scavenger slis did their splitting yesterday, so I had to form a contract with the new ones. I actually only needed 5 hours to clean the latrine pit yesterday. But it’s even shorter now as the slis have doubled their numbers.” [Ryouma]
“Doubled? Wouldn’t that just give you two slis? How could two slis cl— erm, eat that much?” [Jeff]
Ah, they don’t know about the slis rging to form the big variations.
“This slis is usually in small form, but it’s actually a king scavenger sli, an advanced variant. Have you heard of the big sli?” [Ryouma]
“Yeah, it’s a giant sli.” [Jeff]
“Sli variants of the big class are actually a colony of many slis of the sa type. So while it may look like just one sli on the outside, what you’re seeing is actually an entire colony of slis.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, I ordered the scavenger slis to split 20 tis.
“Unyaa!?” [Miya]
“Woah… Seriously?” [Jeff]
“This is…” [Asagi]
“From what I’ve heard in the past few days, the sli is rarely researched, so the only ones who know about this are and my acquaintances. I’ve always been researching slis, so I tend to forget that it’s not common sense. My apologies.” [Ryouma]
“Nah, so long as you can do your job, it’s fine. By the way, how many scavenger slis are in that thing?” [Jeff]
“1464.” [Ryouma]
“1,000!? *COUGH Excuse … No wonder you can work so fast.” [Jeff]
“Please consider the information regarding the slis confidential too.” [Ryouma]
After that they ran their checks, and when they were sure everything was clear, we went to the next latrine pit, and then the next… And so on and so forth.
Tl Note:?First regular chapter of the week. Next chapter on Wed, as I need to translate KmF and GK tomorrow.
I was a bit confused with latrine pits, as I had no idea how they functioned – I don’t rember the story anymore, it’s been years… – but as it turns out, there’s only one latrine pit per area that they go to. So just clearing that up since I used the plural, latrine pits, every ti Ryouma entered one. I was under the impression there was only one entrance to access all the latrine pits, but looks like that’s not the case.
Oh, and it looks like the stats for last ti was for the scavenger slis. One reader pointed that out actually, so kudos to him/her.
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