The Man Picked up by the Gods - Volu 1 Chapter 5
~Side Ryouma~
After answering their questions, the eyes of the four people in front of have beco frightening. I wonder if I did sothing bad.
“Wonderful”
Ha? Sothing wrong? What does she an by wonderful?
“Ryouma, that’s amazing! You’ve just uncovered one of slave magic’s greatest mystery!”
“!?”
What’s wrong with these people!? Their stare contains too much power! And they’re too overbearing! Scary!
“Madam, Rheinbach-sama, please calm down. You are scaring Ryouma-sama.”
“Aaaa! I must have scared you, I’m sorry”
“My bad, I just got a bit too excited...”
“It’s... alright...”
“Let explain the reason why these two are like this. The reason you gave about why a big sli can’t be tad is a mystery that many Slave Magic Users have been trying to figure out for a long ti. While it’s true that a big sli isn’t very strong, it’s, however, difficult to fight. So there were many people who tried to ta it in order to use it to detain people. Even until now there are those who try. But...”
“There hasn’t been a single case where a big sli was successfully tad. The foundation of Slave Magic, the Slave Monster Contract, having no effect was viewed as a problem by all the Slave Magic Users who failed. And because of the high pride of the Slave Magic Users, the reason behind the contract’s impotence was researched for a long ti. However, without being able to bring any results, the scale of the research has been largely shrunk. Until this very day, there haven’t been any results. But that reason that no one else could figure out in this world, was pinned down alone by one person, you.”
Uwa... sohow this turned into sothing really amzing.
“Mu~ what a weak reaction. If I say this, I wonder if you’ll understand. The research, The Reason Why Big Slis Can’t be Tad, started around the ti Slave Magic Users began propagating, which was around 300 years ago. There hasn’t been much results so regarding this case, the research institution has been, to put it nicely, leisurely. And this research that began 300 years ago without being uncovered by anyone, was uncovered by you! Do you think I can possibly stay calm!?”
What should I do...?
“What should we do?”
“Register! You should register it at the Tar Guild and publicize it!”
Aaaa~ so it was sothing like that... but, seeing these people’s reactions if I publicize it’ll be an uproar, seems troubleso... Oh, but I wonder if this is a good opportunity to leave the forest?
“The city, huh...?”
When those words unintentionally left his mouth, the four people and the servants waiting behind them, all reacted.
“Ah... I’m sorry. You didn’t like towns, right?”
“I won’t force you to register and publish it but this really is a big discovery. I hope you understand that.”
“Under, stood... ah... we’ve been talking, while standing... please enter, inside...”
“Now that you ntion it, please excuse us for intruding”
Since there are also things like beasts outside, it’s dangerous to talk while standing out for too long. While I invited everyone to go in, in order to keep watch and look after the horses, most of the guards seed to have stayed outside. The ones that went inside were the 4 mbers of the Household of Jamil, the ones that ca before, Jill-san, Zeff-san, Camil-san, Hyuzu-san, and the old butler along with the two maids. In order not to be impolite to the mbers of the Household of Jamil I brought out so black tea.
The truth is this black tea belonged to one of the bandits that attacked before. There were several of the sa thing, so it’s probably stolen goods. I found this by coincidence when I looked for a spear for Hyuzu-san. Since I don’t need money, and putting my hands on the belongings of the person I killed is kind of dicey, I guess I’d have just left it alone. And then I would evenutally end up forgetting about it. So it’s good that I was able to quickly find out that there was tea.
First of all, so quality tea leaves, it doesn’t seem like there’s any problem with its expiry date so it should be fine.
Then the only problem left are the cups. I don’t have cups for 11 people so I’ll quickly make them with Earth Magic and then make the tea. The day before yesterday I found a beehive and found so honey. I also happened to find so stuff similar to lemon and ginger. Using those I made so sports club lemon style syrup and brought it back with .
There’s nothing else to substitute for sugar except for this, I wonder if it’ll be ok...
“Sorry for making you... wait, this is, black tea”
“Ara, thank you very much”
“What a nice fragrance. Thank you I’ll help myself”
“Fumu, I see you’ve used so good leaves”
“The bandits that ca to attack... had a lot of things with them”
“I see... Hou, it’s delicious”
“Indeed”
“The scent of the tea leaves are coming out quite well. If I may know, where did Ryouma-sama learn how to make tea?”
My previous life. Is not sothing I can actually say...
“Grandma liked tea very much”
Reason: Grandparents = All Purpose. The three gods thought up a really good excuse. If I made a lie by myself, I wonder if it would have been found out imdiately. In my previous life I was often told that I was stupidly honest... although I don’t think so. I don’t know why but if it’s just saying sothing that was decided ahead of ti, then even if it’s a lie I could say it smoothly. Moreover, according to the letter of the gods, the grandparents’ souls were called and have already given their permission. I’m really indebted to them.
“If you would like so, please... have so honey... as well.”
“Thank you, I’ll help myself then”
“I’ll have so too, honey is quite luxurious and are hard for to co by after all”
“Wait, Hyuzu-san!”
“The day before yesterday... I only... took from the beehive... so Camil-san as well... please have so...”
“Eh, really? Then, just a little.”
“You’re not different from either.”
At that, Elialia, was it? When the young lady drank tea, she noticed sothing.
“Ara? This honey, it’s not just honey, right? Did you put sothing in?”
Geh!? Were Jija (Ginger) and Ramon (Lemon-like) bad?
The butler imdiately went to check. Am I in danger?
“The juice of Ramon seems to be mixed, it’s refreshing and gives a delicious taste. However, it doesn’t seem to be only that.”
Whew! They didn’t think it was poison! I should answer honestly here, besides it’s not like I actually put poison.
“I added... the root of jija(ginger)”
“So this flavor was jija? I thought it was only a salty dicinal plant, but to think it could actually make such a taste.”
“...jija...can be used in cooking...at, fish... can deal with the stench...”
“What a wonderful thing to learn. The next ti I return to the residence I will try to let the chef know. My thanks, Ryouma-sama.”
“You’re welco”
“So Ryouma-san is not only an expert at Sli Research but also at cooking?”
“... It’s because I’ve been making it for a long ti... in line with that... when I have interest... I end up focusing... and researching... Right now I’m studying slis... a lot... by the ti I noticed it... slis were already numbered over 1000”
“Ara ara, what an interesting person. If it’s fine with Ryouma-san won’t you lend your strength?”
This Ojousama. What is she saying all the sudden.
“What do you an?”
“Actually, just a few days ago I received permission from my elders to perform the Slave Monster Contract. So I’m going to ta a sli from this forest. As such, I want to borrow the power of the sli expert, Ryouma-san.”
“... Unnecessary, you know? ... to need help... to ta a sli...”
“No, while it may embarrassing. What sli is good or what is bad, I am unable to decide”
There’s no good or bad sli though...
“...no difference... with normal slis... if you must choose... choose what evolution you want... should choose appropriate sli... if you want power... should choose different magical beast... not interested in raising for a long ti... then there’s no need.. to take to ti to choose... even then, are you still going to choose the sli?”
“Yes, since it’s my first slave monster I’ll treasure it forever.”
Uwaa... I’m being attacked by a pure smile... well, it looks like she’s going to treasure it, so why don’t I help her a bit...
Mn? Why did I think, “This kid will treasure it”? Even though I’ve never understood sothing like that... Am I, being tricked? Seduction? A ntally over 40 years old uncle like is being... by this kid? I should stop thinking about this.
“Is it no good?”
It’s the request of a young woman of a Household of Jamil... refusing would be unsavory, right? Since I’d be uneasy if it were only lip service then, at the very least I should say it in a smooth way.
“... If you’re ok with ... please let help you... only, right now only 3 types... can be chosen”
“Why are the other types no good?”
“One... evolution conditions are unsettled... one... doesn’t have feeds... the other one... requires a thod that’s difficult for a woman... although... ability wise... it is most recomnded”
“That sli’s evolution conditions, I wonder what kind of selection thod it is”
“Mother... I am talking right now. It’s preparation for my first contract so please don’t disturb ”
“Oh co one, isn’t it fine? Sli conditions are sothing I haven’t heard about!”
“Sorry, mother is a first class Slave Magic User but, when the conversation turns to magical beasts, she becos indiscriminate.”
“It’s ok... the conditions for sli evolution, is its al. Depending on eating habits... the sli will evolve differently... if Sticky Sli, then green caterpillar... Poison Sli, poisonous plants... slis have preferences... that is the evolutionary path the sli is heading towards... if made to eat... sothing against preference... evolution will be slow... difference in ability will also co...”
“I understand, so that is the sli’s evolutionary condition.”
“If there is nutrition... evolution is easy. Give it al... and the evolution will be fast. The selections are, poisonous plants, green caterpillar... washed bones of beasts... Respectively... Poison Sli, Sticky Sli, and Acid Sli”
“The 3 variants Ryouma-san was recomnding were which variations?”
“Cleaner Sli, Scavenger Sli, and Heal Sli...”
“I’ve never heard of those variations... Does mother know?”
“Well aside from the heal slis, I haven’t heard of those at all” – Rheinbach-sama
“ too” - Rheinhart-sama
“I’m unaware, what kind of abilities do cleaner slis and scavenger slis possess? And what skills?” – Elize
“The reason... I am recomnding... is because those slis possess... the skills... Cleaning and Deodorization”
“Cleaning and Deodorization? I’ve never heard of those skills”
“Deodorization, I can still sowhat understand but, Cleaning is?”
“...Seeing for yourself... is faster... please wait...”
I went inside, took a handy cloth and coated it in the rabbit blood I’ve let, then took a cleaner sli with back.
“Thank you for waiting... this is a Cleaner Sli. Please look over here...”
“A bloodstained cloth? What are you going to do with that?”
“This”
I gave an order to the nearby sli with my mind. The sli took the cloth I was holding, took it inside its body, and spun it around its nucleus. No matter how many tis I see it, it’s exactly like a washing machine.
And then after 10 seconds, the sli threw up the cloth, and then with its body stretched like tentacles took the cloth and passed it to . I spread the cloth wide and showed it to them. When the four mbers of the Household of Jamil saw that, they gave off a reaction as if they saw sothing strange. The maids and the butler’s eyes, however, were sparkling.
“The blood disappeared, huh? And the color has also sowhat changed, did it dissolve?”
“Seems like it was sucked by the sli. Is this all?”
“No madam, it’s not just that”
“Aro-ne?”
At the wife of the duke’s words, the maid interjected. From the looks of things she seems to have the know what Aro-ne is thinking.
“Ryouma-sama, does that sli eat dirt?”
“That’s exactly it”
“What do you an”
“From that cloth’s raw material, I can see that it was not only blood but also a combination of many things that stained it. The current color the cloth is its original color. Talking about dirt, if one leaves it alone it will beco difficult to remove. And the previous situation was a case where it was left alone. If one were to hand wash it, no matter how many hours you take, it won’t end return to its original color just like what happened now. Because the dirt will already be stuck. In other words, the Cleaning skill so to speak, is able to remove the irremovable dirt. Right?”
“That’s also true... but more specifically... it is a skill that removes only the dirt”
I made the sli put my hand inside it.
“Wh–!?”
“This is nothing...”
A normal sli will try to digest everything it takes into its body. Which is why everyone freaked out because they thought my hand would dissolve. Everyone’s face stiffened. However, my hand didn’t dissolve and after five seconds I separated from the sli.”
“Is there nothing wrong?”
“Nothing but the dirt was dissolved... It’s a sli that won’t eat... humans and even the at of monsters naturally... unless you tell them to”
“There was such a sli?”
“That was bad for the heart, please don’t scare us”
Am I in trouble?
“My sincerest apologies... it a normal thing to ... and I really didn’t want to touch... it, this cloth.”
“True, it’s definitely hard to say it’s a clean cloth”
“It used to be a goblin’s loin cloth”
As I said that, the guards’ faces imdiately beca ugly, and the maids’ interest beca stronger.
It seems in this world “The hardest thing to clean in the whole world is a goblin’s laundry” is a popular saying.
“If this sli is around... then it can clean no matter what the condition is... while traveling, you can’t wash with water, right?”
“Yes, aside from wiping the body it isn’t possible... Even though this is my first ti going on a long trip, just not being able to enter the bath for a day has already made feel unpleasant.”
“If you were to have this sli... then... the problem can be solved”
At those words the ojousama looked at my face with amazing vigor. Scary! Her eyes! And so other things too! The madam along with two maids also seems to be staring.
“...clothes and body... dirt and stench... everything can be eaten... so”
“That! That sli! I want a Cleaner Sli!”
... This is bad! Why did I just throw her a sales pitch like a bad guy!? Moreover the hardest person to talk to! At the very least I should have pushed the Scavenger Sli!
“The selection thod for this... is kind of...”
“No way! After being shown such an amazing sli, that’s just too cruel!”
“Ryouma-sama, I, as a maid of a family that has been serving the Household of Jamil for generations, have also studied the basics of Slave Magic. If you may find it in your heart, please instruct as well to the selection thod of the Cleaner Sli.”
“I also want to know~” –Elize
As they said this, they made a face that said they absolutely want to know...
“Ryouma-kun, it’s better if you talk honestly, so as not to provoke this female battalion”
“It’s... hard to say... to won...”
“Won can’t be taught?”
“That’s discrimination you know... I am sad...” - Elize
“Ojou-sama and the others wants to know, so isn’t it fine?”
Sohow in order to diate the situation, Camil-san suggested sothing irresponsible. Taking that opportunity I stealthily took Camil-san, Jill-san, Zeff-san, and Hyuzu-san to a corner of the room and tried talking to them about the details of the selection thod.
“...It’s not that I don’t understand why you don’t want to say it”
“To think it was that kind of thod...”
“It’s definitely quite hard for a guy to say to a woman...”
“I think it’d also be hard for another girl to say this kind of stuff”
“Well... just let nature take its course”
The one who nonchalantly asserted that was Hyuzu-san. As he said that he turned around.
“Milday! Madam! I know the thod! Incidentally, Aro-ne as well!”
Declared Hyuzu-san to the female battalion.
What is he saying!? That guy, can he say it properly?
“Is that true!?”
“Yes, milady! The thod is to wash your body! And then lure the sli by feeding it with the sweat of your body and the dirty water you used!”
He said––––!! That guy said it super straight!! Ah... He... He’s going to get endlessly beat up by that female battalion...
After that, when the female battalion cald down Hyuzu-san talked to Rheinhart about the details of the conclusion they arrived to.
If you prepare and set up using just normal water and the water used to wash the body, a normal sli will co. But for so reason slis that can beco Cleaner Slis gather around sweat and dirty water. In order to safely beco a Cleaner Sli, the sli will need to change its life of eating normal food to, without holding back, eat nothing but sweat, dirt, and water.
“To think that there were slis that had such dispositions...”
“Sorry...”
“Um, Ryouma-san isn’t a fault, you know?”
“For won... to catch Cleaner Slis... is difficult, I think”
“Ryouma-san”
“?”
“I won’t give up... Cleaner Sli is fine”
“Well then, we should ask so guards to...”
“That’s no good. Even if it’s just following another’s example, I will beco a Slave Magic User from now on. I mustn’t rely on other people”
“...for everything... to be done... by one person... isn’t necessarily a good thing... you know?”
“Even so, I want to take my first step by myself”
“... the one who will decide... is ojousama”
“I will... I...~ I will do it! May I have so water?”
At those words everyone around us shed a tear. The ojousama put up with her face being completely red. Even though it’s fine even if she doesn’t work that hard... or rather what’s up with this atmosphere, it’s as if she just made so amazing decision... the thing one has to do... it’s that, right?
In any case, I’d feel guilty if I just brought out so water, might as well try recomnding the bath.
Although I normally use the Cleaner Sli, as a forr Japanese there are tis I want to subrge myself so I made a bathtub. I didn’t think it would end up being used for sothing like this, though.
“I have, bathtub... please use”
“You have a bathtub? Thank you very much!”
Using water magic I filled the bathtub with water, and with fire magic I heated it up. After the temperature was at a good level I inford the ojousama that the bath was ready.
The ojousama gleefully went to the bath, while the two maids went to act as look outs and attendants for the bath. I went and t up with the others.
“Ouch... those painful stares”
“you reap what you sow”
“As one would expect, there’s no such thing”
Certainly that was lacking delicacy. Even I who was often called to be lacking delicacy in previous life, wasn’t that bad. Shouldn’t be, anyway.
“Ah, Ryouma-kun, welco back”
“Madam... what should I...”
“It’s fine, since the person herself has decided. And besides it’s not like you said a lie, right?”
“Of course”
“Then it’s fine. And besides I’m happy to see that child show such an earnest attitude as a Slave Magic User. If she just wanted to get a Cleaner Sli then it would have been enough for Ryouma-kun to cancel a contract and give her one.”
... What did she just say?
“What did you–“
“I said it would have been fine if she just received one from Ryouma-kun. Did you perhaps not think of that?”
Ha, hahaha... Why wasn’t I able to think of sothing so obvious!
“Seriously...”
“Don’t mind, I thought it was adolescence. It was quite interesting. But I was really happy at my daughters resolve.”
“Is that so...”
Sohow, I’m tried...
After the ojousama got out of the bath, I drew the water. With leading we got to a place that had relatively many slis appearing. By so really good luck, a sli that chose the bath water imdiately ca out, we caught that one and went back ho. And then in front of her parents’ eyes, she enacted her first contract.
Since it was already late, they ended up staying at my house. I prepared the supper with the maids, during that the guards shifted with a person from the Household of Jamil and everyone was able to enter the bath.
We grilled the at the slis were able to gather while the ojousama was fighting to catch her sli, along with the jija (ginger) I scraped off.
After that, the Household of Jamil was in a great mood and ask for seconds many tis. The other people also generally enjoyed it. However, as a forr Japanese it was kind of strange for . Although I’ve gotten used to it, whether it’s salt or the rock salts from a cliff, you can’t have much of either. Moreover, minerals end up being mixed with it so unless you use alchemy and split and purify it, it’ll be bad for the body. If I didn’t have alchemy I probably wouldn’t have been able to seclude myself in the forest for 3 years. In the an ti I have enough to guarantee my daily life, but it’s not enough that I’m satisfied.
After supper we drank tea while talking, then all the sudden the duke’s wife said this.
“Ryouma-kun, have you decided what you will do from now on?”
“... Honestly, I’m at a lost... Should I migrate sowhere...?”
For starters, I’ve already finished the first stage of my research. And then, seeing my rooms filled up with my slave monsters, makes my head wince. I’m also unsatisfied with the food here, and have started to crave for so more seasonings.
... I guess should probably start going around the world now... but what should I say?
"...Hey! You know this kid that has been isolated in the forest for a long ti and doesn’t trust other people? Well he just decided that he wants to go out and see the world!"
That just seems too unnatural... Oh, I know! let’s go with the all purpose excuse and use my grandparents!
“... I was told by my grandparents... to live in town and be happy... but... I lived here instead... right now I have no complaint with my... life. But I’ve started to think lately... that my grandparents probably don’t want... to live... my life like this...”
“Ryouma-kun...”
The atmosphere of the room beca serious. Rheinbach closed his eyes, and he looked like he was mulling over sothing. After a while, he said this.
“Then in that case... how about going outside the forest with us?”
“Eh?”
Eh, what did this person say? Today should be our first eting, right?
“Even if we’re like this, we‘re still a duke’s household, to provide for one person’s necessities is a simple matter to us. And also I think leaving an excellent Slave Magic User secluded deep in the forest is a waste. Although you hate the towns, won’t you try going out of the forest?
...Who would have thought that he would actually invite ? The people around also doesn’t seem to have any complaints, giving off a look that says, “Go ahead”. Everyone being such a good person is making my heart ache, even though I only told a lie.
“Tomorrow, we are going to the town, Gimuru, and then go back ho. Since you could also co back here, won’t you co with us on this trip?”
“Trip...”
I am a person ignorant of society... although I’ve received the basic knowledge from the gods, I’ve never actually seen it with my own eyes... I also have communication disorder.. and this people seem like good guys, it should be safe than going by myself, right? If I don’t go now, I’ll probably just drag it out and continue to be secluded for a few more months... so...
“Right... I think I’ll end up causing you trouble but... may I co travel... together with you guys?”
“I see! So you’re coming!”
“I myself... have begun thinking... of going out of the forest, so...”
“I see, I see. Then, you should prepare for the trip. We’ll extend our tomorrow till afternoon tomorrow. Sorry for being in a hurry, but try to be ready until that ti.”
“Even until morning, is fine... I never had much things from the start. If I use my item box... I can take everything with ”
“Ara, you can use item box at that age? That’s amazing”
“I rembered grandma telling ... that it’s convenient. I heard there were... a lot of people, that can use it...”
“No, no, even if it’s a low level magic, it’s a high level attribute you know? While, it’s true that the number of people that can use item box, is high. But a person your age using it, is plenty amazing.”
Really!? ... they left out that kind of sensitive information? Or perhaps the information didn’t take into consideration the age? If I keep doing careless things it will end up being bad... My luck might actually be good, to have soone supplent my common sense, is really fortunate...
“Ryouma-sama also seems to have talent for skills other than magic. I’ll be looking forward to your future”
“True, even things aside from Slave Magic, if you want to study just say it, ok? I’ll teach you”
“I look forward to studying with Ryouma-san”
“Thank you very much”
I gave my thanks and then begun tidying up. Since the ojousama, the maids, and the others were going to help , I decided to go ahead and tidy up the most annoying room.
“Uwaa, what is this room”
“There are so many weapons and armor”
“Are those pelts deep inside?”
“Storage room... weapon and armor of bandits... pelt of animals, nails, fangs... various things. Town... money needed... if I search there should be so money here... as for the pelts they’ll be useful during the cold... as for what I can sell I don’t know... so please teach ”
“The pelts are basically the easiest to sell, and the price will change depending on the material. The price is standard and will be decided by the variation of the monster, the size of the hide, and the quality. For example the black bear pelt Hyuzu used before to change his futon, if its quality was good then one sheet of it will go for around 1 small gold coin, because that’s a high class pelt, you see. Even if it’s quality was bad if sold, will allow commoners to live comfortably for 1 to 2 months.”
“Do you understand how money works? There are copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and white gold coins. Respectively, they each have their big, dium and small versions amounting to a total of 12 coins.”
“The value of one copper coin is one piece for one suit. 10 pieces of those makes up a dium copper coin for 10 suits. And a big copper coin makes up ten of those pieces for 100 coins. Generally, normal people use around 80 to 100 suits in a day.
Silver coins are a bit different, five big copper coins make a small silver coin for 500 suits, and 2 small silver coins make up a dium silver coin for 1000 suits. And then after that until the big gold coin, is 5 pieces, 2 pieces, 5 pieces, and 2 pieces, and so on.”
“Silver coins are generally used by commoners who have savings and rchants that have a small shop. For gold coins, it’s generally the people with big shops and nobles, and as for white gold coins they’re using by exceptional nobles and exchanges between country related matters. Like this the value becos easy to use knowing the different social rankings. Commoners generally don’t have any gold coins and even if they do, it’s hard for them to use it.”
Black Bear Pelt is unexpectedly expensive, I wonder how many sheets I have...
“In other words... If the Black Bear Pelt I had... totaled to 8 sheets and their quality was bad, I could sell 1 for 1 big silver coin for 5000 suits and 8 of them for 40000 suits... and would be 4 small gold coins, right?”
As I said that, Camil and the others looked at speechless.
Eh, did I do sothing? Or did I make a mistake? Are they amazed over calculations this simple?
“Did I make a mistake? ... A commoner would spend around 100 suits a day, so 30 days for a month would make that 3000 suits, in 2 months, 6000 suits. Even if it’s cheap, if it’s around that, then since one big silver coin is 5000 suits, then 8 pieces would go for 40000 suits... it matches, right?”
“Y–Yeah. It matches with the daily expenditures of a commoner of 100 suits a day for 30 days in a month”
“Wa–wait just a mont. You just calculated, right now, right? Ah... sorry, I don’t know anymore”
“Are you an idiot!?”
“Is it bad to be stupid!? This asshole! Even if my head is bad I can at least write a letter!”
“Bouchan (little boy), to be able to calculate at that age, and even ntally, I have underestimated you”
Eh!? That’s what you’re concerned about?
“Eh!”
“Ryouma-kun, to be able to calculate at that age is amazing, you know? If you can calculate at that age, then you can beco a rchant. The calculation you did a while ago also seed to be correct”
“If you are able to calculate ntally that fast, then if you do jobs like being a rchant or working at the governnt, your ability will be essential.”
“Only learned from, my grandma... is it amazing?”
“A kid the age of bouchan that can ntally compute, rarely seen”
“Even amongst adults there are many that can’t. The Hyuzu here can’t and I also can’t match Ryouma’s speed.”
Ehh... and so they were surprised?
“And also, you did pretty well to acquire so many black bear pelts all by yourself. It’s quite dangerous you know? It’s more or less at the top of this forest’s food chain”
“Trap and poison arrow... if I don’t get close... it’s safe”
“If you can do that much, then as a hunter you’re first class”
Like this, while hearing the market price of the pelts, the weapons and other things, I activated the item box and from the black hole that ca out I kept tossing into it. While so of the weapons and armor couldn’t be sold, the pelts unexpectedly had high value.
Also unexpectedly it seems that there was quite a bit of money hidden inside the belongings of the bandits. I found a sack containing roughly 40 pieces of dium silver coins and was shocked. The people around that have also been examining the bandit’s belongings were shocked.
They asked why I didn’t check the belongings, but it’s because I never really needed money, and food that had gone bad were mixed in there and after having the slis clean it, without checking I threw it into the storage room. After I honestly answered, they were astounded. Not checking the belongings of the bandit after bringing them down was like working for free, or so they said.
From the looks of things, aside from bandits on the wanted list, even if you subjugate the bandits you won’t get much compensation. The gains don’t match with the risk that cos with killing bandits. Incidentally, a lot of bandits won’t get one compensation, but all of their belonging will at least belong to the one that subjugated them. Otherwise no one will want to subjugate the bandits
Like this we finished with the preparations in the storage room and then I went by myself, to the kitchen, the dicine room, and took the things I need into my item box.
... Or rather, it’s mostly food and dicine ingredients. After that, it’s mostly the things I got from the gods after coming to this world.
After this... hmm... Right, I should take the slis, huh? I can’t just leave them alone, as I thought that I went to talk to Rheinbach.
“Rheinbach-sama”
“What’s the matter, Ryouma-kun?”
“Can I bring my slis... with on the trip? Altogether there are 17 slis”
“Yes, there’s no problem. For a Slave Magic User to bring his own Slave Monster, there’s no problem with that at all”
“Besides the carriage has so allowance, so we can take so space”
I see, that’s good.
“Thank you very much”
As I said that, a smile t and said “It’s fine”. Really, they’re such good people.
If think of a similar situation in Japan... if soone who was hitchhiking suddenly told you that they’re bringing with them 17 pets... yeah, at the very least I definitely wouldn’t let them ride. One or two maybe, but 17 is just too much. In the first place, I don’t have a license.
My gratitude to the duke’s family just keeps on going... oh yeah, speaking of gratitude, there’s still the matter with the gods. Since I’m going to be out for a while, I might as well pay them a visit.
As I thought that, I went to the deepest part of the house, a room I made for the purpose of ascetic practices. Over there is only a room as wide as a square but from the entrance, you can see that the front wall is being constricted, over there lay the statue of the three gods who sent to this world, that I made using earth magic.
Since the religion of this world doesn’t seem to prohibit idolatry, creating a god’s statue by yourself isn’t a sin. There are also seems to be devout believers that pray at the statue of the church and at a small statue they bought from the church like role models and little by little sculpt every day. There also seems to be an area in the region that recomnds that.
Knowing that, while practicing earth magic, I made a statue of the gods, as a sign of gratitude, and I put it in my training area. It feels like the ho shrine of the dojo in my past life.
I would train in front of the gods, and pray to them. Though I say I prayed, I was really just talking to them normally. Since I t them once already. Today, I also thought of going to talk to them normally but in the case soone were to co it might be bad so I blocked the entrance with earth magic.
If a deeply religious person were to see casually talking to the gods they probably wouldn’t forgive . If not, then they might think I’m a dangerous kid that talks to stone statues. I sat cross legged in front of the stone statue, after ditating for a while, I opened my eyes and I spoke.
“Today also seems to have ended peacefully. But since you’re god, I’m sure you know, I’m going away for a while with the people who visited today. It seems we are going to the town of Gimuru. It’s the long awaited first journey since I’ve gone to this world. Like this I’ll finally be able to keep the promise of going to the church that I made. Only, I don’t know when I’ll be able to co back so I’m taking everything with ... in the case that I can’t co back I’ll make a new statue at a different place. Well then, I’ll see you guys later”
As I finished saying that, I stood up, opened the entrance and left the training place.
After that, I gave an order to the cleaner and scavenger slis, and made them clean the storage room and the empty rooms.
After that since I was asked by the butler if the guards could have a place to rest, I lent them a comfortable empty room. As expected since it had a proper wall and was like a safe nest, they were grateful and gave their thanks.
After all the preparations were done, I also went to my room, and retired for the day.
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