The Strongest Wizard Becomes a Countryside Guardsman After Taking an Arrow to the Knee Chapter 35 - Hydra Meat

Chapter 35 – Hydra at

Translator: RANZAN

The most fun thing about beating a strong enemy is the battle treasure.

Everyone quietly collects what’s left behind.

It’s an important role of an adventurer to find useful and important parts you might need later.

In a way, all adventurers are also appraisers as well. The value of each battle treasure fluctuates on how good your eyes are.

Usually one person is charged with being on guard. You never know if you’ve defeated everything or could be ambushed while focusing on collecting treasure.

However, since Femm and the pack were here, we could all focus on collecting.

「With all these heads collection should be pretty profitable.」

「Yeah.」

Cruz looked happy.

Luka looked up from slicing up the body.

「Al, could you help over here?」

「What is it?」

「The hydra’s gall bladder…I think I might break it.」

「Sure.」

The hydra’s gall bladder is the treasured gland that creates all that poison. If you have a high quality one, it brings in a lot of money.

It’s a very expensive magical item.

「Where?」

「Be careful, okay? I know you probably know already…but it’s poisonous.」

「Roger.」

If you took it out bare-handed, you’d die. However, if you used a knife or other tool, you could easily break it.

I covered both my hands in magical barrier.

I took it out carefully, and put it undamaged into a magic bag.

「Thanks.」

「This is definitely a role for a magician.」

I said to Luka, and,

「Wow…you did that with no problems.」

Cruz had co up behind to watch without noticing and now complinted .

Luka spun and quickly chided Cruz.

「YOU need to hurry up with gathering those heads! Not just the fangs! Get the scales and all!」

「Okay, already!」

There were many precious parts to a hydra.

With all the collection pretty much complete, the wolf pack road around the remains with tails wagging.

There were wolves with dripping drool from hunger as well.

「Wait, do you want to eat this hydra at?」

「RAWF RAWF!」

It seems that they did.

「It’s not good though.」

「「WHAT?」」

Cruz and Luka said to at the sa ti.

「Rawf?」

Femm looked confused as well.

「Al, don’t tell you’ve eaten hydra…」

「Yeah, when I was younger.」

「Whaaa? You had so guts to eat sothing like this.」

Luka pulled back a bit from .

It was a long journey where there was little food left. I had to eat a fallen hydra.

It was absolutely disgusting.

…it tasted like fish guts…left in vinegar for over a week.

I told Luka about the experience.

「From that I learned how important logistics were. You have to buy all the food that you need ahead of a long quest.」

「Wow.」

Luka said with very little interest.

But Cruz looked confused.

「I think it tasted good.」

「「What?」」

Now Luka and I jumped back, surprised.

Cruz was just surprised at my comnt that it tasted bad.

「Wait, Cruz…you ate hydra?」

「Yeah.」

Cruz was a hero. She always had sponsorship money behind her adventures since she was younger.

From her first adventure, another superior adventurer had beco a patron for her, I thought.

It was obvious that an older adventurer would do that because you didn’t want a young hero to die from lack of funds…that only hurts everyone else in the city that depends on her to take care of monsters.

So there was no way that she’d hit such hard tis that she’d need to eat hydra at.

「Why? Why did you have to eat hydra?」

「Well…don’t you think it tastes a little like eel?」

「That’s an insult to eels.」

「I just thought that hydra would taste good like an eel, so since I was already wondering…I tried so.」

「Whaaa?」

Luka jumped back, disgusted.

「It’s a little gay and hard, but it was good.」

「What kind of person thinks hydra is good?」

Maybe a hero isn’t really a person.

I heard Cruz gulp in anticipation.

「…wait…do you want to eat so, NOW?」

「What? Can I? Yaaayyyy…」

Cruz’ eyes shimred.

I don’t rember telling her she could…but she was already ready to go.

「Raouf?」

Femm looked perplexed.

Aren’t you giving the at to ? Femm’s face seed to say.

In fact, Femm looked like it was begging .

「Since I don’t like the taste, you and Femm can split it. Right, Luka?」

「Uh….yeah…Right…I don’t want any either. None of it.」

「Thank you!」

「Rawf!」

Femm still looked a bit confused.

It thought it was going to get ALL the at.

「Ok, Femm, let’s split it up.」

「…roff.」

Cruz looked super happy about it, but Femm was down in the dumps.

The other wolves were seated, somber, tails drooping. They were wagging them away just a while ago.

It was kind of a sad scene.

「Um…Cruz?」

「What is it, Al?」

「I said you can split it with Femm, but, Femm needs a lot more. Try to give Femm as much as you can.」

「…sure.」

Cruz now seed a bit down too.

How much of this hydra was she planning to eat?! What a weird girl.

As soon as Cruz got back to the village, Millet’s delicious food would be there for her.

「If you eat a lot now, you won’t have appetite for dinner.」

「Okay.」

Femm started wagging its tail again.

「Okay, I’ll take this much then…」

「Cruz?!」

「Okay…then just this much.」

She was going to take a big chunk of at for herself until Luka yelled at her.

So Cruz only cut herself a small bit, and left the rest for Femm.

「Waoww Ruff!」

Femm happily started giving at to the pack.

The pack started eating the at happily.

Cruz looked at them eating…with jealousy.

「Cruz, do you want to cook this with so magic?」

「Oh…yes, please.」

After cooking the at a bit for Cruz,

「Rawf Ruff Waow Wuff Roaf」

All the pack surrounded us.

「Wait, you want to cook it for you wolves too?」

「Rauf」

I guess the wolves liked cooked at more that raw at too.

Maybe these magic wolves really are quite different from normal ones.

「Okay, then I can cook it for you.」

And so I used so fire magic to cook their at as well.

『Thanks.』

「Don’t ntion it.」

After cooking the at, the foul sll of hydra erged.

I cooked the at until it was about half cooked, and the magic wolves started “wolfing” it down.

Cruz started eating it happily as well.

「You want so, Al?」

「No…I’m fine.」

「I see.」

Cruz looked to be really enjoying the at, even though I was sure it was disgusting.

That’s why there was no way I was going to touch it.

「Uwaggghhh」

Luka also backed off…gagging down her urge to vomit.