3 days later.
This one’s the last.
I’ve barely gotten a wink of sleep these past three days. I would chat with the others from ti to ti, but for the most part, I was cleaning. When I think about how I’m almost done, I can’t help but think back to everything I’ve done.
“This one’s done too. Let’s go to the next one.” [Ryouma]
“Hey, just how long do you think you’ve been working without rest now?” [Jeff]
“The sun’s already set, nyaa.” [Miya]
“This makes two already. Why not rest first, de gozaru?” [Asagi]
“My stamina and mana are holding up just fine. And besides, I’d like to get this over with as soon as possible.” [Ryouma]
“…You do look like you’ve still got plenty of energy to go.” [Jeff]
“This one thinks so too.” [Asagi]
“Sa here, so there’s no reason to stop him, nyaa. It would be best if we could get this over with sooner than later anyway, nyaa.” [Miya]
After cleaning the second latrine pit on the first day, I went to the next pit with the approval of Jeff-san and Co. By the ti I was done with the third latrine pit, the people keeping watch had changed.
“Oh, you’re out.” [Wereanna]
“You’re Miya-san’s party mbers.” [Ryouma]
“It’s Wereanna.” [Wereanna]
“I’m Syria. We’ve been put in charge of the evening shift. Let’s get along, Ryouma-kun.” [Syria]
“Yes, let’s get along. I’m done here already, so please run your checks. Also, I heard you have so MP potions on you.” [Ryouma]
“We do.” [Mizelia]
The dicines of this world were largely divided into two categories.
dicines that use dical herbs and stones like those in Earth and magical dicines that use the mana of its ingredients or ingredients whose properties have changed due to the presence of mana. Potions are a kind of magical dicine that take effect instantly.
The rabbit girl, Syria-san, used Identify on and the surroundings, while the tiger girl, Mizelia-san, took a vial out of her large bag and gave it to . The vial was filled with a deep green liquid.
Mizelia-san inford that the MP potion could recover as much as 2,000 MP. She also warned to be careful not to take more mana than my body could handle, as that would cause an abnormal status known as Mana Intoxication.
After hearing her warnings, I went ahead and emptied 10 MP potions.
“Thank you. Let’s go to the next one then.” [Ryouma]
“Already? Why don’t you rest a little first?” [Mizelia]
“I heard you haven’t rested one bit since Maya’s group was on shift. I bet you haven’t eaten either, right? Here.” [Wereanna]
Wereanna handed a basket full of sandwiches.
“I got it from the client’s butler. I think it would be best if you finish these first before going to the next one.” [Wereanna]
“Butler? You an Sebasu-san?” [Ryouma]
“Yep, that’s what he called himself alright. You know him? He said you had a tendency of forgetting to eat when working. He was waiting here up until a while ago, but it seems he had so errands to run and left.” [Wereanna]
My body’s holding up just fine, but I did actually forget about eating, so I gratefully accepted. Because of that I ended up having more ti to interact with these girls.
“Has the information on the disease reached the guild?” [Ryouma]
“Yes. The guild master is getting so concocted through an acquaintance of his. He said he’ll prepare enough for all of us. By the way, are you really planning on working without rest?” [Wereanna]
“I intend to rest, of course.” [Ryouma]
“Well, you’re not resting enough. There’s nothing wrong with taking a break after every pit, honestly.” [Wereanna]
“Frankly, I’m not really sure if you can pull it off. Are you sure you’re not pushing yourself?” [Syria]
“I’m confident in my stamina. But I can understand why you find it hard to believe considering my age.” [Ryouma]
“There are a lot of newbie adventurers who eat more than they can chew, after all.” [Wereanna]
“True that. If not for the fact you’d shown your status board, I would have protested. If this mission were to fail because of so recently registered adventurer’s unsubstantiated claims, the consequences could reach all the way to the heart of the town… I do think you’re qualified now, though.” [Mizelia]
Mizelia-san’s words were a bit harsh, but I never expected everyone to trust just like that on our first eting. If not for my status board, it wouldn’t have been strange if they saw as just another kid. I an I really am just a kid right now.
We chatted idly like that until we finished eating, then we went back to work.
The next break I took was when the sun rose. The people keeping watch was different again.
“Excuse , we’ve co to take our shift.” [Cher]
“Oh, hello, Cher-kun, Raypin-san, Gordon-san.” [Syria]
“Hello, Syria. Good job out here.” [Cher]
“How’s the work going, de aru?” [Raypin]
“Well, from the looks of things, it seems to be progressing a lot faster than expected, but is Ryouma alright?” [Gordon]
“He’s doing his best and still has plenty of energy to spare. Although, currently we’ve been forced to pause work for a mont.” [Syria]
“Did sothing happen?” [Gordon]
“See for yourself…” [Mizelia]
“What do y— Uwaa!?” [Raypin]
“What’s with all the slis? There’s so many there’s no where to walk.” [Gordon]
“I heard he used slis. Did a stampede occur or sothing, de aru?” [Raypin]
“Stampede? Ryouma-kun says the slis are splitting.” [Syria]
“Splitting? With these numbers, de aru?” [Raypin]
I had allowed the slis to split to further hasten our work, but while they were in the middle of splitting, the new group arrived.
“Are you the next group? Let introduce myself again. I’m Ryouma Takebayashi. My apologies for the current situation, but the slis needed to split, so we won’t be able to work until they’re done. In exchange, work should progress even faster later. Please take care not to step on them.” [Ryouma]
“Right, I’m Gordon. Nice to et you.” [Gordon]
“I’m Cher.” [Cher]
Short-statured with thick limbs and a face that was mostly beard. Gordon-san was indeed the very image of a dwarf.
As for Cher, he was a human. He looked like a middle or high school student.
“Hmm… They don’t look weak, so it’s probably not a stampede then… Hmm? Oh, my apologies. I am Raypin. I’ve beco an adventurer in order to research monsters. I have a question I’d like to ask. I hope you don’t mind. This is not a stampede, right, de aru?” [Raypin]
“Ryouma Takebayashi. I am also researching slis as a hobby. If I may answer your question with another question, what do you an by stampede?” [Ryouma]
“A stampede is what you refer to when slis suddenly start splitting. It happens when slis are ordered not to split for an extended period. Eventually, they can’t keep it in anymore, and they start splitting like crazy. In that state, they won’t listen to orders and will split beyond their limits. It is said that it’s an instinctual response when the slis are kept from reproducing.
Once a stampede starts, the slis will split to an insane number, but the resulting slis will be far weaker than before and will have to supplent their nutritional needs with whatever is available nearby, de aru.” [Raypin]
“Oh? I didn’t know slis did that.” [Ryouma]
“Well, it doesn’t really occur when slis are left to reproduce normally. And besides, there were plenty of crazy things done in the past to produce research material, so there was probably so negligence on the lab’s part. I’ve never seen a stampede personally, de aru.” [Raypin]
“So you thought it might be a stampede because of their numbers?” [Ryouma]
“Exactly.” [Raypin]
After that I told him that there were originally 1,000 slis. I also told him about the big sli, which caught his interest.
I drank MP potions with one hand and ford new contracts with the slis while chatting with Raypin.
By the ti I was about done forming contracts with the slis, Cher-kun and Gordon-san couldn’t keep up with our conversation anymore.
Volu 1 Chapter 23 part2
…Among other things, Sebasu-san would bring food once a day. There were tis when he would be waiting for by the door too, but regardless, the food would always be brought in a basket.
Once, there was even a letter from the ojousama included, telling not to worry about the slis left in the inn as they were taking care of them.
A lot of people were looking after , not just the 9 guards, so I worked and rested nonstop, and as a result, the scavenger slis split again, bringing their numbers up to 3,033. With that I was able to make 3 king scavenger slis, each with 1,011 scavenger slis, and had them line up to fill the entire latrine pit as they went to work.
Their skill levels also went up.
King Scavenger Sli x3
Skills:
Disease Resist Lv7
Poison Resist Lv7
Lead Belly Lv8
Clean Lv8
Deodorize Lv8
Deodorizing Liquid Lv6
Stench Lv8
Produce Fertilizer Lv7
Physical Attack Resist Lv7
Enlarge Lv5
Shrink Lv6
Jump Lv3
Overeat Lv4
Disease Resist never leveled up again, though. It seems level 7 is enough to deal with the Idake Virus.
Clean, Deodorize, and Overeat have all gone up most likely because of the work we’ve been doing. I don’t quite understand why Physical Attack Resist went up, though. Could it be because their bodies are rubbing against the walls? Or perhaps it’s because their bodies are rubbing against each other? I’m not really sure, but high skill levels never hurt anyone.
I followed after the slis, disinfecting the walls with a combination of Mist Wash and Range as I went along, until eventually, we were almost done.
When we got to the last latrine pit. The slis ran through the walls and the ceiling once, then I cleaned them a second ti with water and heat. I used identify to ensure that everything was clean, and when I saw that it was, the work that I’ve been continuing these past few days was finally concluded.
“All done?” [Gordon]
“Yep, everything’s clean.” [Ryouma]
“Great! And with that everything’s been taken care of. Good job.” [Gordon]
“You really did manage to do everything in one go.” [Cher]
“The only breaks you ever took was to eat.” [Gordon]
“Now that you ntion it… Ah, Raypin-san, please run your checks.” [Ryouma]
“Right… Ok, there are no problems. Everything is clean. All that’s left now is to go back and report to the guild, de aru.” [Raypin]
“Thank you. Shall we go?” [Ryouma]
“Wait. I’ll bring you, de aru. ‘Warp’.” [Raypin]
Apparently, Raypin-san could use dinsion magic, so he used the interdiate spell, Warp, to bring us to the guild. He may talk arrogantly, but he’s a good guy.
As soon as we got to the guild, the receptionist girl sent us to the guild master’s office.
“Ryouma, huh. You done?” [Wogan]
“Yes, all 30 latrine pits of the common toilets have been cleaned. It should be ok now.” [Ryouma]
“Great! That’s great! All of you should go ho and get plenty of rest today! I’ll contact the others. Tomorrow, you can co back here, and the guild will give you your paynt. Ryouma, you took care of most of the work this ti, so you can expect a handso reward.” [Wogan]
“Sure. I’ll be going— Oh, right. Guildmaster.” [Ryouma]
“What?” [Wogan]
“No one’s gotten sick, right? I couldn’t be inford of the goings in town while in the latrine pits, so…” [Ryouma]
“Don’t worry. I called up a well-connected grandma I know to get the dicine, so there should be enough dicine for everyone even if soone does get sick. That being said, no. No one has gotten sick so far… You ntioned it takes 10 hours after entering the body for that Idake Disease to take effect, right?” [Wogan]
“Yes, that’s what appeared when I used Identify.” [Ryouma]
“Then it should be fine. The dicine you ntioned is already underway, so just go ho already and sleep. You haven’t had a wink of sleep yet, right? If anyone gets sick, I’ll tell you. Sleepiness and tottering on your feet ain’t helping anyone.” [Wogan]
“…Right. I’ll be on my way then.” [Ryouma]
After saying that, I left the guild and the three people that ca with .
As I walked the road back ho alone against the chilly winds, that nostalgic floating sensation after several sleepless nights hit .
I returned to the lodging with only the pleasant winds for my companion, but when I got back, the mbers of the ducal family were there to welco .
“Welco ho! Ryouma-san!” [Elialia]
“Welco ho, Ryouma-kun!” [Elize]
“Welco ho.” [Reinhart]
“You look well. That’s good, that’s good.” [Reinbach]
“Welco ho, Ryouma-sama.” [Sebasu]
“Please leave your baggage with .” [Arone]
“Have you eaten yet?” [Lilian]
All 7 of them welcod back ho.
What a nostalgic feeling.
How long ago was it that I was last welcod like this? …Was it back when my mother was still alive? No, Elialia and the others have welcod so many tis, so why… Why do I feel like this?
“Ryouma-kun, is sothing wrong? Are you hurt anywhere?” [Elize]
“No… My body is fine. I was just reminded of the past a little…” [Ryouma]
Family? Ah, right… It’s that feeling. That’s what they resemble…
When I couldn’t do my job well, when I ca back ho dead tired, when I was fired, when I couldn’t find work, when I was depressed… Each and every ti, the one who was always there to welco back ho was… my mother.
“Ryouma-san!? What’s wrong!?” [Elialia]
It wasn’t until when the ojousama cried out that I realized it. I was crying. Without knowing it, without my permission, my eyes just started leaking on their own.
“Ahh… I’m sorry… It’s alright… Really… I just rembered my family a little. For so reason, being welcod like this reminded of the past… It’s strange. You don’t even look similar.” [Ryouma]
My mother wasn’t bad looking, but she did have a normal face with no remarkable features, completely unlike this family of absurdly good looking people.
While I was thinking sothing stupid like that, before I knew it, the madam had taken into her embrace, Elialia was hugging my arms, Reinhart-san had his hand over my shoulder, Reinbach-sama was patting on the head, and Sebasu-san and the two maids were looking at with warm eyes.
After that I was taken care of. They fed , they prepared a bath for , and then tucked into a futon.
I don’t know if it’s simply because I haven’t pulled all-nighters in a while that I can’t think well right now, but… It’s not a bad feeling.
The warmth of having soone welco and the sense of fulfillnt after a day’s hard work that I’m realizing for the first ti because soone was actually there to welco … All of that filled with a sense of satisfaction as I allowed the comfort of sleep to take .
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