The next day.
“U, uu… My head… It hurts…” [Reinhart]
I dropped by the Jamil family’s room to et the ojousama, whom I couldn’t et last night, but when I got there, I saw Reinhart-san with a terrible hangover.
“Oh, Ryouma-kun, good morning.” [Elize]
“Good morning, everyone.” [Ryouma]
“Ryouma-kun.” [Reinhart]
“You seem to be in pain. Would you like to make you a dicine?” [Ryouma]
“…Well, you’re here now, so might as well, I suppose. Could you make so?” [Reinhart]
I warped into town and got so dicinal ingredients that would work well for hangovers, as well as so fruits that could be taken with it without any problems, then I went back to the inn.
“Here, please drink this. After this you should make sure to drink a lot of water.” [Ryouma]
It would’ve been great if so kaki were available. That or clam miso soup. This world is know to have had a lot of otherworlders, so I wonder if I could get so sowhere? I should look for them next ti.
“T.. Thanks… I’ll drink it…” [Reinhart]
“It would be best if you avoid drinking too much.” [Ryouma]
“My bad… Yesterday was… Uu… It hurts…” [Reinhart]
Reinhart-san tried to say sothing despite all the pain, but all that ca out was a drunkard’s grumbles. The people of the governnt office wanted to curry favor from Reinbach-sama and Reinhart-san, so they kept offering them liquor and extravagant food. The ojousama and the madam too, of course.
The madam was alright, but apparently, because the ojousama didn’t have a lot of experience with that sort of stuff, Reinhart-san ended up drinking a lot in her place.
When I heard that I couldn’t help but beco worried. Ojousama, will you be alright? When you beco an adult you’ll be exposed to more and more of this stuff. I have Tekun-sama’s divine protection, so my situation is much better since I can’t get hangovers, though I’m not exactly sure myself how much I can drink with this body. I also have my experiences from my past life.
Maybe I should check once just how much I can drink.
While thinking like that to myself, Reinhart-san drank the dicine and the juice, then I left the inn.
It’s a bit late already, but I still decided to go to the store. After checking on the store a little, I left.
Everything seems to be going well, so that’s good.
Next stop is the abandoned mines. There’s sothing I want to try out, so I should catch so slis along the way.
Also, since I’m going anyway, I might as well do a herb collection request.
“Good day, Maelyn-san.” [Ryouma]
“Oh, if it isn’t Ryouma-kun. Are you here for work?” [Maelyn]
“Yes. The employees can manage the store by themselves now, so…” [Ryouma]
“Having your own store with hired employees is a great achievent at your age, you know.” [Maelyn]
“I was lucky.” [Ryouma]
“I wonder. Ah, speaking of which, I’ve heard sothing good recently. It’s not a job, but it might be useful for you.” [Maelyn]
Sothing good?
“There’s a party of 5 adventurers that ca from another town. That party brought an advanced sli variant with them.” [Maelyn]
What!?
“Can you tell more?” [Ryouma]
“Catching a rare monster or just spotting one can fetch one a good price at the tars guild. Well, as it turns out, that party of adventurers managed to find an advanced sli variant by accident, but when they tried to sell it, they were refused.
If it were a sli like your heal sli that could use so kind of magic, then it would’ve probably sold for a lot since it would’ve been quite useful, but clearly, that wasn’t the case for them. Those 5 adventurers are still young, so they probably made a mistake when gathering information. ‘Couldn’t a sli also sell for a lot if it’s an advanced variant?’ they said. They seed pretty down.” [Maelyn]
“So you’re saying that that rare sli could be purchased as long as one has the money?” [Ryouma]
“Exactly. Want it?” [Maelyn]
“Yes. Very much. Would you happen to know where they’re staying?” [Ryouma]
“They’re staying at the badger pavilion east of town. The party’s na is Wharf of Shikumu. You’ll probably find them.” [Maelyn]
“Thank you. I’ll go now.” [Ryouma]
I imdiately left the guild and hurriedly made my way for the badger pavilion.
My plans? We’re changing them! All of them!
“Is this it?” [Ryouma]
I easily found the badger pavilion, but it looked really worn out. What is this? An abandoned building?
For the an ti, I tried entering the store. When I did I noticed an old man by the counter.
“Welco. Are you a custor?” [Old Man]
“I have business with the Wharf of Shikumu, which should be staying here. Are they here?” [Ryouma]
“Yep.” [Old Man]
As he said that he pointed toward the door to the right.
“Beyond that is a cafeteria that also serves as a bar. They’re eating there right now. One of them has been drinking and grumbling since morning, so be careful.” [Old Man]
“Thanks.” [Ryouma]
Curt, but he seems like a good guy.
I opened the gate and went into the cafeteria. When I did, I imdiately found the party of 5 that I was looking for. I imdiately recognized them. They all seed to be in the latter half of their tens.
“Excuse , are you guys the mbers of the Wharf of Shikumu?” [Ryouma]
When I called out to them, they all turned to .
Volu 2 Chapter 57 part2
“Hmm? You are?” [Party mber 1]
“Pardon my belated introduction. I am Ryouma Takebayashi. I am a monster tar and an adventurer.” [Ryouma]
“Hmph! A little brat like you is an adventurer?” [Sein]
“Stop it Sein. Sorry. This guy’s in a bad mood…” [Party mber 1]
“I’ve heard your circumstances. You brought a rare sli to the tar guild and tried to sell it.” [Ryouma]
“Oh, so—” [Party mber 1]
“Hah!!? So you ca here to pick a fight!?” [Sein]
The man called Sein stood up, but before he could walk toward , he was stopped by a party mber.
“I’m not here to pick a fight.” [Ryouma]
“What? So you’re here to make fun of us then!? Made fun of by so brat… Fuck!!
Fine! Laugh! We’re idiots, alright! We dragged our sorry asses all the way out here to try and sell a rare monster, but in the end we couldn’t make a single suit!! But why do we have to be insulted by a brat like you too!?” [Sein]
After Sein said that he broke down crying. Looks like he’s so drunk he’s seeing things already.
“Sein.” [Party mber 1]
“Calm down.” [Party mber 2]
“I’ll bring Sein to the room. You can’t talk like this.” [Party mber 3]
“I’ll go too.” [Party mber 4]
Two of their party mbers left the table and brought Sein back to his room.
“Let’s start over. We are the Wharf of Shikumu, and I’m the leader, Shin.” [Shin]
“I’m Kai. The guy making a ruckus is called Sein. Sorry about that.” [Kai]
“It’s alright.” [Ryouma]
“Thanks for being understanding. So, why have you co to look for us?” [Shin]
Right! That’s the important part! Who cares if there’s a drunkard or not!
“Right. Just as I was saying awhile ago, I would like to purchase the sli you couldn’t sell.” [Ryouma]
“That sli?” [Kai]
“I’d be grateful if you could get it off of our hands, but why? The tar guild just insult us when we tried to sell it.” [Shin]
“Because I’m a collector of slis, as well as a researcher. If there’s a rare sli I don’t have, it’s only natural that I would want to acquire it.” [Ryouma]
“As long as you give us a good price, we won’t have any complaints. We were planning to deal with it by tomorrow anyway.” [Shin]
“I see. Can you show the sli? If it’s a sli I already have, I won’t pay much for it, but if it’s a sli I don’t have yet, then I’ll pay you handsoly.” [Ryouma]
“Sounds good to .” [Shin]
“I’ll bring it now. Just wait here for a bit.” [Kai]
Kai-san left after saying that, then 3 minutes later he ca back with a box made out of stone.
“There’s a sli inside this. Please be careful when you open it.” [Kai]
“Excuse .” [Ryouma]
Carefully, I lifted the lid of the box and peeked at the sli inside.
The sli was dark red and had a much more syrupy body, making it a lot closer to liquid compared to normal slis. After confirming the sli, I closed the lid.
“How is it?” [Shin]
“It’s a sli I don’t have yet, so I’m willing to pay a high price for it. If you don’t mind asking, how much have you spent so far to get here?” [Ryouma]
“5,000 suits for all 5 of us. We did as much as we could to cut down on expenses, but it still cost us that much.” [Shin]
When I heard that, I took out two small gold coins from my Item Box.
“In that case, I’ll give you 10,000 suits for the sli and another 10,000 to cover your travel expenses.” [ryouma]
When I said that, Kai and Shin beca flustered.
“Seriously!? That’s 20,000.” [Kai]
“Can a single sli really sell for 2 small gold coins?” [Shin]
“It’s fine. After all, it’s thanks to all of you that I could get my hands on this sli.” [Ryouma]
“R-Right… Well, no complaints here. You’re okay with this too, right?” [Shin]
“Of course, I am.” [Kai]
“Then it’s a deal.” [Ryouma]
I handed over the money to Shin.
“I’ve received the paynt.” [Shin]
“I’ll be taking this sli then. Thank you.” [Ryouma]
“We should be thanking you.” [Kai]
“With this we won’t have to worry about our expenses for the an ti. Sein should also calm down.” [Shin]
II can sowhat understand that man’s feelings… There are tis when you can’t help but worry when there’s no money. I also had tis like that.
Speaking of which, wasn’t a big job coming out soon?
“If you want to make so coin, it might be better for you to stay in town a bit longer. The season for a monster outbreak in a nearby marsh is almost here. Supposedly the guts of that monster has dicinal effects, so they sell for a lot. You can earn a lot so long as you can endure the stench of the marsh.” [Ryouma]
“Really?” [Shin]
“Yes. You can confirm with the guild if you want. I don’t know when exactly the outbreak is, but it should be soon.” [Ryouma]
“Thanks!” [Kai]
“Thanks for the info. Is there any way we can thank you?” [Shin]
I don’t really need it, but since they’re asking, I guess I could advertise here.
“Then how about dropping by my store? I own a laundromat as a sideline, you see. Although it ended up being a bit too big for a sideline.” [Ryouma]
“A laundromat?” [Shin]
“Yes, we’ll wash all the clothes you can fit in in our bags. You purchase the bags from us, of course. The laundry fee will only run you about 1 dium copper coin. We also have a service catered toward adventurers that washes all equipnt and armor for only one dium copper coin and 5 small copper coins.” [Ryouma]
“There’s a store like that?” [Kai]
“Alright. It’s affordable, anyway, so we’ll drop by.” [Shin]
“Thank you. It’s just before the residential district to the east. We get a lot of adventurers as custors, so if you get lost just ask around and you should be able to find it quickly.” [Ryouma]
“We’ll definitely go.” [Shin]
“Thank you.” [Ryouma]
After that I went to the abandoned mine.
Here I don’t have to worry about my surroundings, so it’s the best place to do sli research.
Volu 2 Chapter 57 part3
When I got to the mine, the first thing I did was to start the treatnt of the waterproof cloths. I’m here anyway, so I figured I might as well. Today I made 50, then after doing so other stuff, it was finally ti to form a contract with the rare sli I just bought.
Gently, I lifted the lid of the stone box, then while peeking at the sli inside, I chanted the spell for the monster tar contract.
Imdiately, the liquid body of the sli rippled fiercely, then it gradually weakened down, until it was no more.
Contract success!
Well, I expected this, though.
When I used monster identify on it, this ca out:
Bloody Sli
Skills:
Blood Suck Lv4
Deodorize Lv3
Disease Resist Lv3
Poison Resist Lv1
Act Dead Lv10
Digest Lv2
Absorb Lv4
Split Lv1
Bloody sli, huh. It possesses the blood sucking skill too, so it’s food definitely has to be blood. Other than that it also possesses the deodorizing and disease resist skills. Moreover, although a little low leveled, it also possesses the poison resist skill. What’s up with this Act Dead, though? Is it really going to act dead? …Well, whatever. We’ll just check the skills later.
The problem now is food. If it’s food really is blood, how am I supposed to procure that?
“Should I hunt so random beast or monster?” [Ryouma]
I ordered the slis to do as they please as long as they don’t go too far, then I took the bloody sli with and went hunting.
Before I left, though, I noticed that several dozens of slis took their staffs sand spears and started practicing on their own.
Although I just taught them so they could defend themselves, there sure are so passionate ones among them.
The slis lined up perfectly and started repeating the basic spear/staff movents that I taught them. There were also so who partnered with each other and started sparring. Their movents gradually improved.
It’s good that they’re practicing, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t normal.
While thinking that to myself, I took the bloody sli and looked for a prey. After a while, we found a rabbit with a horn. A horn rabbit, in other words.
I took out a bow and arrow from my Item Box, then with a single shot, I ended the rabbit’s life. After that I told the sli to have his al.
The sli approached the horned rabbit that laid lifeless on the ground, dyed with the red of its own blood, then it started to suck the blood straight from the wound.
So it drinks the blood from the wound. We have organisms that drink blood back on Earth too, like the mosquitoes or the fleas… Oh, speaking of which, there’s also a bird that drinks blood. Well, basically, it’s sothing like tha—!?
While I thought to myself as I watched the bloody sli do its thing, the bloody sli’s body that was already more liquid than other slis suddenly started to beco even less viscous, then before I knew it, it had disappeared inside the body of the horn rabbit.
“It went in through the wound?” [Ryouma]
Well, that was unexpected.
The bloody sli’s body is a lot less viscous than other slis. It’s not really a syrupy liquid anymore but more of a smooth one. It seems it uses that near-liquid property of its body to enter the veins of an organism and feed on its blood.
“This sli is… very different from all the slis so far. Who would’ve thought there’d be a sli like this?” [Ryouma]
While I was being surprised by the actions of the bloody sli, the bloody sli suddenly exited the horn rabbit’s body.
It’s body is dark red, so it looks like blood is spouting out of the horn rabbit’s corpse. It’s a little creepy, honestly.
After the bloody sli had completely exited, I used Identify on the horn rabbit.
How is it?
Horn Rabbit Corpse
Its skin, at, and horn can be harvested.
It was instantly killed by an arrow shooting through its neck, so there’s little injury to its horn and pelt, making their quality high.
The blood has also been drained exceedingly quickly, so the stench has been greatly reduced and its at is of the highest quality.
I get the horn and pelt part, but did it just say that it’s blood had been drained? That must be because of the bloody sli then. But I wonder if it’s safe to eat. You won’t catch anything, right?
I used Identify again, and it seems everything was safe.
“It seems this sli is going to be really useful for adventurers and hunters.” [Ryouma]
When I got back to the mine, I gutted the horn rabbit and cooked it. When I tasted it, the odor was completely gone and it was really delicious. The odor disappearing might have sothing to do with the bloody sli’s deodorize skill. With such convenient skills, it seems purchasing this sli was money well spent.
It seems I’ll be needing blood if I want to make more bloody slis, though.
“Just how should I procure all that blood to feed my experints… I can’t possibly hunt all the beasts and monsters around here, now could I?” [Ryouma]
After all, if I did that, then the ecosystem here would turn into a ss. Not to ntion, I’d be taking work from other adventurers.
“I know! Let’s talk to Zeke-san.” [Ryouma]
There’s a dish back at earth that uses animal blood as an ingredient, but there’s no such dish here.
As for why, that’s because th mana of a living creature is present in its blood. If a human drinks it, the mana within will also enter his body, exposing him to mana intoxication should he consu too much.
It’s no different from mana overconsumption, so there’s no need to treat it, but it’s sothing that should be avoided.
Zeke-san is a butcher. Adventurers bring at to him and he buys them. If he does the blood draining at his store, then it might be possible to acquire a lot of blood from him.
I’ll drop by his store when I get back to town.
As I thought that, I suddenly recalled that I’d forgotten to capture so new slis to experint with, so I looked for so in the tunnels and caught myself 3 fresh slis. I ford a contract with them successfully.
The cloths still aren’t done drying, so I decided to start the experints.
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