Chapter 63 -- Refusing To Accept What I Show Them
Hey, Johan, are you around?" Apparently the tough old ojisan with the bald head from yesterday is named Johan.
"What brings you here, Guild Master? Yesterday you said..."
"Johan, I'm sorry to ask you to do this but could you close the door and make sure no-one else comes in? I don't want anyone else finding out about this."
Responding to the serious tone of the Guild Master's words Johan didn't hesitate and immediately closed the warehouse door.
"Right, this is fine." I said. "I'll get everything out now." The Guild Master had said he wanted to see everything I wanted to sell so I started pulling stored monsters out of my Item Box. First out were the Orthros and Chimaera which I had planned to keep there forever. Next was the Blue Ogre and four regular Ogres, the Orc King, the Metal Lizard and the Lake Shark. Today's haul from the goblin village massacre followed, a Goblin King, three Goblin Generals, two Goblin Mages and seven Goblin Soldiers aaaand... I felt around in the Box. No more monsters.
"That's the lot." I finished. The Guild Master and old man Johan were stunned.
The Guild Master finally unfroze. "...Ah, forgive me but... it's just amazing to see..." Pardon me, but you did want me to get everything out so I did.
Johan came back to life, his eyes remaining fixed on the monsters on display before him. "Guild Master... for me, this is the first time in my life I have ever seen Chimaera and Orthros..."
It's too late now but perhaps I shouldn't have brought them out...?
"Myself," the Guild Master replied, "I once saw an Orthros subjugated nearly forty years ago. Back then I remember it took three Adventurer parties, all of whom were rank A and rank S."
Three parties of entirely rank A and rank S Adventurers... that just shows how strong Fer is now, I suppose although right now that supposedly invincible Fenris was lying on the floor and yawning.
The Guild Master got down to business. "We can't purchase the Chimaera or the Orthros from you, the Guild simply doesn't have that much money. Even the Blue Ogre, Orc King, Metal Lizard and Lake Shark will be a big problem for us to pay for but the Chimaera and the Orthrus, I'm afraid..." he shook his head.
So they can't take them off my hands? Oh well, I had originally planned to just keep them tucked away forever anyway so it can't be helped.
"Well, please purchase the rest then." The rejected Chimaera and Orthros went back in my Item Box. Sleep well.
"To think I'll get to disassemble a Blue Ogre with my own hands..." Johan's eyes sparkled with the lust of a true craftsman. I listened closely as he eagerly explained that a Blue Ogre was a special variant of Ogre, several times stronger and usually rated as an S-ranked monster. I looked down at the animated rug sprawled at my feet. Fer, you hunted something like this for the fun of it? That's terrifying, kiddo.
I asked him about the other monsters the Guild Master had made a fuss about earlier.
Johan-ojisan went on to explain that the Orc King rates about rank A by itself but since it's a King monster it's usually surrounded by hundreds of regular Orc followers so that makes it a class S opponent in reality.
A Metal Lizard is a monster of rank A but physically attacking it directly is pretty much useless since its skin is as hard as steel. Normally to subdue such a monster Adventurers would trap it in a pit and cast fire spells or drown it in water. However to succeed in doing something like that a considerable number of wizards would be needed as support so a Metal Lizard rarely appears on the market unless it is the result of an emergency subjugation request.
The Lake Shark is even rarer, ranked S but incredibly difficult to subdue since it can swim around freely in its lake to avoid attacks. Mostly it seems Lake Sharks are only seen when a drought dries up the waters they live in.
Fer, you really defeated all these monsters like it was nothing? Truly terrifying... The animated rug was snoring now.
"You caught the Goblin King, Mages, Generals and Soldiers today?" the Guild Master inquired.
"Yes, we, ah, ran into a goblin village earlier."
"Ah, so there was a village?" He explained the Guild had noted an increase in the number of goblins in the eastern forest and they had planned to investigate whether there was perhaps a goblin village there.
"There's a reward due to you for subjugating the goblin village, you know." Eh, a reward? That's good to hear. Fer forced me to into attacking the village but if we get paid for destroying it then that makes up for it, a bit anyway. Lucky!
"Dealing with the goblin village single-handed truly demonstrates Fenrir-sama's incredible fighting power. Of course he has already proven his capabilities by subduing the Chimaera and Orthros so it's not too surprising."
Hearing the Guild Master's words Sui suddenly trembled in her bag and protested to me telepathically.
"It wasn't just Fer-ojichan, Sui pew-pewed a lot of the green guys dead-!" she complained.
I comforted Sui and reassured her with a "Of course Sui killed a lot of goblins. Sui's amazing!" before I explained what had happened to the Guild Master.
"Fer dealt with the top goblin monsters but Sui and I killed all the ordinary goblins." I ducked my head a bit. "Although to be truthful I only managed to kill a few of them."
"Ah, I hadn't realised that. So your Slime is really that strong, is it?" Absolutely, Sui is really strong and she can make recovery medicines too. She can do so much.
"Guild Master?" Johan interrupted. "This young feller here already gave me a bunch of disassembling to get through to deliver to him tomorrow. If I push on and work really hard I think I can get the rest of these done too by then." He grinned. "Say the word and I'll show you what a craftsman with this sort of a challenge facing him can achieve." Johan's impatience to start disassembling the monsters piled up in front of him was clear.
Please work hard disassembling, Johan-ojisan. Oh, and remember to save the edible meat for me.
"Well now that's agreed will you come back tomorrow? We'll have your C-ranked Guild card ready by then and of course I can explain the high-ranking requests to you then."
"That sounds okay. I'll return tomorrow." It looked like our worries about the King and the nobles in this country were at an end, but now we have a high-ranking request to deal with. Well, it's actually Fer who'll be handling the request of course but I'm sure he'll do his best.
"Hoi, I'm hungry." The animated rug had woken up. Yeah yeah. "Remember our agreement?" What agreement was that?
"We'll only stay here in this city if you supply me with delicious meals." Fer reminded me. Oh, that agreement.
"You remember now. Good. Hurry up and make me a delicious meal." Yeah yeah. Let's go back to the inn then.
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Monday, 29 January 2018
Ch 62 Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Chapter 62 -- C-rank Adventurer
"To move on, sir," the Guild Master continued, "I presume that presenting all those goblins ears as proof of subjugation means that you want to improve your rank?"
Oh, I nearly forgot about that. Well, it's because of a certain someone who took me to a goblin village that I collected that many goblin ears in one request.
"If that's so then I can raise you to C rank using my authority as Guild Master." he went on.
"Eh? I'm ranked G at the moment and I only really wanted to go up to F rank so I could move around without getting demoted out of the Guild altogether after a month. Jumping straight up to C rank, is that really OK?"
"It's not a problem, any Guild Master such as myself can do so in exceptional circumstances. The bigger problem for us is that someone who has contracted with a Fenrir is only rank G."
I'd planned to rise from rank G to rank F but I'm suddenly going to become C-ranked. If I'm rank C then I'm safe from demotion for six months even if I don't complete any requests.
"Even if you decide not to rise to rank C there are some requests we would like you to consider."
Ah, it's like that is it? I wouldn't need to be rank C to do these 'requests'?
"Ummm, I'd be inclined to turn the requests down, I must admit." However there was another party involved. "Fer?"
"You're wanting to go up in rank, right? So what's the problem?"
"Well, it's a pain..."
"The requests, there's no problem taking them as I'd help you get them done quick."
"Pardon me for interrupting but since the requests would actually be of rank A or even rank S difficulty, in reality we would be asking Fenrir-sama to carry them out for us." the Guild Master said to Fer.
Ah, that's where he was going with this. I understand now. "Fer, you OK with this?"
"Huh, I don't understand this A or S stuff but there ain't anything that can beat me after all." he said matter-of-factly. Of course he'd say something like that...
"Oh, that's very good. You see, high-ranking requests don't appear often. If you became an A rank or even S-ranked Adventurer then the number of requests that are worthy of your attention is very limited. Usually such high-ranking Adventurers are only called upon specially when an emergency arises. Other than that then they are free to do as they please."
So there are only a few really high-ranked Adventurers and they don't have to grind the levels like other people to maintain their rankings? Of course if the Guild needs an A or S-ranked Adventurer in a hurry they can't always guarantee having any of them around. The Guild Master went on to explain.
"So that's why, if you're travelling around, we'd appreciate it if you could let the Guild offices in any city you're in know that you're available if a high-ranked request turns up."
Well, we'd be visiting the Adventurers Guild anywhere we went just to get meat so it seems OK for me to go up to rank C thanks to the Guild Master using his authority. One moment though, is it fine for me to accept rank A requests as a rank C adventurer?
"Is rank C really sufficient?" I inquired.
"Ah, that's not a problem. Each Guild office in this country will be contacted and the situation explained to them. Any such requests they might want you to take would come directly from the Guild Master so your rank would not be relevant."
I see. "Fer, you good with this? If we're travelling around then we're gonna have to ask the Adventurers Guild to do the dismantling if you want meat."
"Yeah, of course. I'm fine with it. Besides I enjoy a good fight every now and then. I get kinda flabby if I don't exert myself properly once in a while."
"Sui will fight as well-" Sui piped up telepathically, having been following the discussion quietly until then.
Ah, right right. I patted a trembling Sui to calm her down.
"That seems OK then." I agreed.
"Oh, we're extremely grateful. I'll get in touch with the other Guild offices at once to inform them. The Adventurers of this country know each other quite well and the news will spread quickly, I believe. I will also order them to not bother you or get in your way."
Thanks. This Guild Master really knows his business. That should solve a lot of problems.
"So if I go through the high-ranking requests we have and narrow them down, can I give you a request tomorrow perhaps?"
Tomorrow I had planned to go to Lambert-san's shop and visit the Merchants Guild too but I'd be coming to the Adventurers Guild as well to collect the meat and sell the other items. Since the Guild Master helped us out then I'll visit the Adventurers Guild first thing tomorrow.
"Okay, I'm planning on coming back into the Guild tomorrow anyway in connection with some purchases." As I spoke I had a sudden thought. If everybody's going to know about Fer being a Fenris then I don't have to be quite as secretive as I've needed to be until now, and my Item Box is full of monsters like Orc King and Blue Ogre which I thought I'd have to hide forever.
"Ummm, would it be OK if you bought some other monsters from me?"
"Eh, more monsters? There shouldn't be a problem." The Guild Master still looked puzzled so I explained further.
"You see, I thought they would cause us trouble if I tried to sell them and we wanted to avoid notice so I've kept them tucked away instead. Since the Guild Master has come to an arrangement with Fer and the fact he's a Fenris will be widely known soon then I figure it should be OK to sell them now..."
"I see. So what sort of monsters do you have?" He leaned forward, obviously interested.
"Eh, well there's a Chimaera and an Orthros. In addition there's an Orc King and a Blue Ogre and-"
The Guild Master's face froze as I spoke. "W- w- wait, did you just say 'Chimaera'. A- a- and 'Orthros'?" He put his head in his hands as if he was close to fainting. Ah, maybe I had said the wrong thing but after a second or two the Guild Master stood up shakily.
"Please follow me, I wish to confirm this." I picked up Sui's bag and then Fer and I followed him out of his office and down to the Guild's warehouse where I had been the day before.
"To move on, sir," the Guild Master continued, "I presume that presenting all those goblins ears as proof of subjugation means that you want to improve your rank?"
Oh, I nearly forgot about that. Well, it's because of a certain someone who took me to a goblin village that I collected that many goblin ears in one request.
"If that's so then I can raise you to C rank using my authority as Guild Master." he went on.
"Eh? I'm ranked G at the moment and I only really wanted to go up to F rank so I could move around without getting demoted out of the Guild altogether after a month. Jumping straight up to C rank, is that really OK?"
"It's not a problem, any Guild Master such as myself can do so in exceptional circumstances. The bigger problem for us is that someone who has contracted with a Fenrir is only rank G."
I'd planned to rise from rank G to rank F but I'm suddenly going to become C-ranked. If I'm rank C then I'm safe from demotion for six months even if I don't complete any requests.
"Even if you decide not to rise to rank C there are some requests we would like you to consider."
Ah, it's like that is it? I wouldn't need to be rank C to do these 'requests'?
"Ummm, I'd be inclined to turn the requests down, I must admit." However there was another party involved. "Fer?"
"You're wanting to go up in rank, right? So what's the problem?"
"Well, it's a pain..."
"The requests, there's no problem taking them as I'd help you get them done quick."
"Pardon me for interrupting but since the requests would actually be of rank A or even rank S difficulty, in reality we would be asking Fenrir-sama to carry them out for us." the Guild Master said to Fer.
Ah, that's where he was going with this. I understand now. "Fer, you OK with this?"
"Huh, I don't understand this A or S stuff but there ain't anything that can beat me after all." he said matter-of-factly. Of course he'd say something like that...
"Oh, that's very good. You see, high-ranking requests don't appear often. If you became an A rank or even S-ranked Adventurer then the number of requests that are worthy of your attention is very limited. Usually such high-ranking Adventurers are only called upon specially when an emergency arises. Other than that then they are free to do as they please."
So there are only a few really high-ranked Adventurers and they don't have to grind the levels like other people to maintain their rankings? Of course if the Guild needs an A or S-ranked Adventurer in a hurry they can't always guarantee having any of them around. The Guild Master went on to explain.
"So that's why, if you're travelling around, we'd appreciate it if you could let the Guild offices in any city you're in know that you're available if a high-ranked request turns up."
Well, we'd be visiting the Adventurers Guild anywhere we went just to get meat so it seems OK for me to go up to rank C thanks to the Guild Master using his authority. One moment though, is it fine for me to accept rank A requests as a rank C adventurer?
"Is rank C really sufficient?" I inquired.
"Ah, that's not a problem. Each Guild office in this country will be contacted and the situation explained to them. Any such requests they might want you to take would come directly from the Guild Master so your rank would not be relevant."
I see. "Fer, you good with this? If we're travelling around then we're gonna have to ask the Adventurers Guild to do the dismantling if you want meat."
"Yeah, of course. I'm fine with it. Besides I enjoy a good fight every now and then. I get kinda flabby if I don't exert myself properly once in a while."
"Sui will fight as well-" Sui piped up telepathically, having been following the discussion quietly until then.
Ah, right right. I patted a trembling Sui to calm her down.
"That seems OK then." I agreed.
"Oh, we're extremely grateful. I'll get in touch with the other Guild offices at once to inform them. The Adventurers of this country know each other quite well and the news will spread quickly, I believe. I will also order them to not bother you or get in your way."
Thanks. This Guild Master really knows his business. That should solve a lot of problems.
"So if I go through the high-ranking requests we have and narrow them down, can I give you a request tomorrow perhaps?"
Tomorrow I had planned to go to Lambert-san's shop and visit the Merchants Guild too but I'd be coming to the Adventurers Guild as well to collect the meat and sell the other items. Since the Guild Master helped us out then I'll visit the Adventurers Guild first thing tomorrow.
"Okay, I'm planning on coming back into the Guild tomorrow anyway in connection with some purchases." As I spoke I had a sudden thought. If everybody's going to know about Fer being a Fenris then I don't have to be quite as secretive as I've needed to be until now, and my Item Box is full of monsters like Orc King and Blue Ogre which I thought I'd have to hide forever.
"Ummm, would it be OK if you bought some other monsters from me?"
"Eh, more monsters? There shouldn't be a problem." The Guild Master still looked puzzled so I explained further.
"You see, I thought they would cause us trouble if I tried to sell them and we wanted to avoid notice so I've kept them tucked away instead. Since the Guild Master has come to an arrangement with Fer and the fact he's a Fenris will be widely known soon then I figure it should be OK to sell them now..."
"I see. So what sort of monsters do you have?" He leaned forward, obviously interested.
"Eh, well there's a Chimaera and an Orthros. In addition there's an Orc King and a Blue Ogre and-"
The Guild Master's face froze as I spoke. "W- w- wait, did you just say 'Chimaera'. A- a- and 'Orthros'?" He put his head in his hands as if he was close to fainting. Ah, maybe I had said the wrong thing but after a second or two the Guild Master stood up shakily.
"Please follow me, I wish to confirm this." I picked up Sui's bag and then Fer and I followed him out of his office and down to the Guild's warehouse where I had been the day before.
Sunday, 28 January 2018
Ch 61 Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Chapter 61 -- It Seems We Won't Be Hassled
I got off Fer's back outside the Adventurers Guild in Carerina and entered with him. We had hit the busy time when adventurers congregated and the place was crowded so we joined the line at reception.
"This'll get you up to rank F, so can we head for the ocean tomorrow?" Fer said telepathically.
"Even if I do end up F-ranked I want to stay in this city a bit more."
"Why?"
"Lambert-san, the merchant we rescued from the bandits, I want to go to his shop."
"Day after tomorrow then?" Fer persisted.
"Don't be in such a hurry. The ocean won't run away, you know."
"Yeah well... the folks around here are kinda boring and besides my sleeping space at the inn's a bit cramped."
Ah, that beast. The stable stalls for contracted beasts at the inn are smaller than he really likes. There's only enough room in his stall for Fer to go in and lie down after all. In our travels recently we were sleeping under the sky without a care so the inn's stable is bound to seem somewhat claustrophobic. I feel for him a bit...
"I can put down a futon in your stall if you'd like? That'll make it a bit more comfortable won't it?"
"Yah, do that. It'll help."
"OK, I don't think we'll be that long so just hang on. I'll make something tasty later."
"Gotcha. Don't forget the delicious food. We can stay here as long as there's delicious food for me."
"Yeah yeah." Just as I answered him my turn came up. I handed my Guild card to the receptionist.
"Ah, this is the goblin subjugation request? Have you got the right ears as proof of completing the request?"
"Yes. And... here they are." I dropped a heavy hemp sack full of goblins ears on the counter with a bang in front of the receptionist.
"Ah? Is this, what is-?" she exclaimed. Oh, sorry to confuse you but that's not all. I dropped another three sacks on the counter with a thump-thump-thump. Four bags full of goblin's ears, two hundred and twenty-seven of them in total. I knew it was a good idea to buy an extra sack.
The receptionist seemed stunned. What's the problem Receptionist-san? She stared into the four bags without saying a word.
"Ah, are you all right?" At my words the receptionist started then with a "Please wait a moment" she hurried off into the rear of the Guild offices. She came back a short time later.
"The Guild Master would like to meet with you so follow me if you would. Bring your contract beast with you please."
I nodded and asked Fer telepathically to follow us as we went up to the Guild Master's room on the second floor. It was bigger than normal since it was the boss's room but it still seemed cramped when Fer entered.
"I'm Willem, the Guild Master of the Adventurers Guild here in Carerina." Willem-san, the Guild Master had grey hair and lots of wrinkles on his face. He seemed to be in his 60s by his appearance but he looked fit and strong despite his age.
"My name is Mudouka. Nice to meet you." The Guild Master had called us up from downstairs, was me having presented so many goblin ears at one time as proof of the request causing a problem?
"Your companion is a Fenrir, no doubt about it." Saying it like that the Guild Master was clearly very sure of his identification. I guessed that sort of Appraisal ability was part of being a Guild Master.
"Yes. Fer is a Fenrir." I confirmed.
"To actually see such a legendary monster with my own eyes..." the Guild Master murmured, his gaze fixed on Fer. Knowing Fer was a Fenrir I wasn't too surprised at his reaction. Ah, talking about monsters I should maybe introduce him to Sui too?
"As well as Fer I've got another contracted beast..." I pulled Sui from her bag.
"It's Sui, she's a Slime. She's a Unique Slime and unlike ordinary Slimes she's very strong."
"A S- Slime, you say?" he asked. "Yeah." I nodded in reply.
The Guild Master might wrongly think Sui was a regular Slime but I knew Sui was strong.
"Hmph, well you contracted with a Fenrir... I won't pry since I assume there's something you're wanting to keeping hidden about the circumstances."
Yup, you bet there is. If I told you that a Fenrir contracted with me because he was obsessed with my cooking you wouldn't believe me anyway.
"Anyway let me explain why I asked you to come to my office. We received an urgent message from the Royal Palace to pass on to you. Ahem, to put it simply it reads,"-- 'Please enjoy your stay freely in our peaceful nation. We will never attempt to force you to leave and we have instructed our vassal nobles that you are welcome here and under our protection. If you should suffer any problems then please do not hesitate to request our assistance.'
Eh? So I'm free to come and go as I please? The King and the nobles won't bother me?
"I'm surprised, this country's King seems to be a quite direct type, isn't he? Royalty usually likes to meddle with the lives of the little people under them but in my case he's being quite practical."
"Well, that is..." the Guild Master looked flustered.
"I'm sure he's thinking that it's better for me to not be hassled while I'm here because he doesn't want to make an enemy of someone who has a Fenrir as a contracted beast, since he knows very well that a Fenrir can easily destroy an entire country. He wants to stay on my right side because of the contract and he's even issued orders to make sure no-one else bothers me too."
It seemed like a good arrangement to me but I thought I should check with Fer although as long as I make dinner for him he's usually willing to go along with anything I decide.
"It sounds good to me... what do you think, Fer?"
"No problem. This place is as good as any to stay for a while, unless someone starts something." Fer bared his teeth and the Guild Master winced.
"If you say so." I nodded reassuringly to Willem.
"Good, that's excellent." The Guild Master said. "Even though the Adventurers Guild is not controlled by any one nation and maintains its independence, the Adventurers here are mainly from this kingdom and they have families and connections in this country. The Adventurers Guild is reassured that your stay here will be peaceful."
Saying that so formally was quite intimidating in its own way...
I got off Fer's back outside the Adventurers Guild in Carerina and entered with him. We had hit the busy time when adventurers congregated and the place was crowded so we joined the line at reception.
"This'll get you up to rank F, so can we head for the ocean tomorrow?" Fer said telepathically.
"Even if I do end up F-ranked I want to stay in this city a bit more."
"Why?"
"Lambert-san, the merchant we rescued from the bandits, I want to go to his shop."
"Day after tomorrow then?" Fer persisted.
"Don't be in such a hurry. The ocean won't run away, you know."
"Yeah well... the folks around here are kinda boring and besides my sleeping space at the inn's a bit cramped."
Ah, that beast. The stable stalls for contracted beasts at the inn are smaller than he really likes. There's only enough room in his stall for Fer to go in and lie down after all. In our travels recently we were sleeping under the sky without a care so the inn's stable is bound to seem somewhat claustrophobic. I feel for him a bit...
"I can put down a futon in your stall if you'd like? That'll make it a bit more comfortable won't it?"
"Yah, do that. It'll help."
"OK, I don't think we'll be that long so just hang on. I'll make something tasty later."
"Gotcha. Don't forget the delicious food. We can stay here as long as there's delicious food for me."
"Yeah yeah." Just as I answered him my turn came up. I handed my Guild card to the receptionist.
"Ah, this is the goblin subjugation request? Have you got the right ears as proof of completing the request?"
"Yes. And... here they are." I dropped a heavy hemp sack full of goblins ears on the counter with a bang in front of the receptionist.
"Ah? Is this, what is-?" she exclaimed. Oh, sorry to confuse you but that's not all. I dropped another three sacks on the counter with a thump-thump-thump. Four bags full of goblin's ears, two hundred and twenty-seven of them in total. I knew it was a good idea to buy an extra sack.
The receptionist seemed stunned. What's the problem Receptionist-san? She stared into the four bags without saying a word.
"Ah, are you all right?" At my words the receptionist started then with a "Please wait a moment" she hurried off into the rear of the Guild offices. She came back a short time later.
"The Guild Master would like to meet with you so follow me if you would. Bring your contract beast with you please."
I nodded and asked Fer telepathically to follow us as we went up to the Guild Master's room on the second floor. It was bigger than normal since it was the boss's room but it still seemed cramped when Fer entered.
"I'm Willem, the Guild Master of the Adventurers Guild here in Carerina." Willem-san, the Guild Master had grey hair and lots of wrinkles on his face. He seemed to be in his 60s by his appearance but he looked fit and strong despite his age.
"My name is Mudouka. Nice to meet you." The Guild Master had called us up from downstairs, was me having presented so many goblin ears at one time as proof of the request causing a problem?
"Your companion is a Fenrir, no doubt about it." Saying it like that the Guild Master was clearly very sure of his identification. I guessed that sort of Appraisal ability was part of being a Guild Master.
"Yes. Fer is a Fenrir." I confirmed.
"To actually see such a legendary monster with my own eyes..." the Guild Master murmured, his gaze fixed on Fer. Knowing Fer was a Fenrir I wasn't too surprised at his reaction. Ah, talking about monsters I should maybe introduce him to Sui too?
"As well as Fer I've got another contracted beast..." I pulled Sui from her bag.
"It's Sui, she's a Slime. She's a Unique Slime and unlike ordinary Slimes she's very strong."
"A S- Slime, you say?" he asked. "Yeah." I nodded in reply.
The Guild Master might wrongly think Sui was a regular Slime but I knew Sui was strong.
"Hmph, well you contracted with a Fenrir... I won't pry since I assume there's something you're wanting to keeping hidden about the circumstances."
Yup, you bet there is. If I told you that a Fenrir contracted with me because he was obsessed with my cooking you wouldn't believe me anyway.
"Anyway let me explain why I asked you to come to my office. We received an urgent message from the Royal Palace to pass on to you. Ahem, to put it simply it reads,"-- 'Please enjoy your stay freely in our peaceful nation. We will never attempt to force you to leave and we have instructed our vassal nobles that you are welcome here and under our protection. If you should suffer any problems then please do not hesitate to request our assistance.'
Eh? So I'm free to come and go as I please? The King and the nobles won't bother me?
"I'm surprised, this country's King seems to be a quite direct type, isn't he? Royalty usually likes to meddle with the lives of the little people under them but in my case he's being quite practical."
"Well, that is..." the Guild Master looked flustered.
"I'm sure he's thinking that it's better for me to not be hassled while I'm here because he doesn't want to make an enemy of someone who has a Fenrir as a contracted beast, since he knows very well that a Fenrir can easily destroy an entire country. He wants to stay on my right side because of the contract and he's even issued orders to make sure no-one else bothers me too."
It seemed like a good arrangement to me but I thought I should check with Fer although as long as I make dinner for him he's usually willing to go along with anything I decide.
"It sounds good to me... what do you think, Fer?"
"No problem. This place is as good as any to stay for a while, unless someone starts something." Fer bared his teeth and the Guild Master winced.
"If you say so." I nodded reassuringly to Willem.
"Good, that's excellent." The Guild Master said. "Even though the Adventurers Guild is not controlled by any one nation and maintains its independence, the Adventurers here are mainly from this kingdom and they have families and connections in this country. The Adventurers Guild is reassured that your stay here will be peaceful."
Saying that so formally was quite intimidating in its own way...
Friday, 26 January 2018
Idle Talk 6 - Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (post Ch 60)
Idle talk 6 - Three Heroes
"Hero Summoning"
Recently my younger sister has gotten into reading light novels and that phrase appears in a lot of them. I read them as well to kill some time but they're pretty crappy stories. Ordinary school students and 'salaryman' office workers are summoned into a parallel world and given magical cheat powers and are acclaimed as Heroes and they go out to defeat the Demon King while building a harem in the process. The contents of these novels were so bad they were laughable.
However I or rather we have actually been brought to a parallel world by a "Hero Summoning".
I'm Saitou Kaito and I attend the same high school as Oono Kanon and Yoshida Rio, that makes us three "ordinary school students". I've got no idea who the salaryman is though.
Kanon and Rio and me were in the same class two years ago and we became good friends. We live close by each other and we usually went home together and today was no exception. We were waiting at a crossing for the light to go green and chatting and there may have been a salaryman in a suit behind us, I'm not sure. Then suddenly our surroundings started to glow... And before we realised it here we were.
"Brave Heroes-" A beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes and dressed like a fairytale princess smiled at us.
At our feet was a magic pattern in a circle with a man and a woman wearing robes to either side of us. Knights in armour lined the sides of the room. It was just like an illustration from those crappy light novels my sister loved to read.
"What's this, is it a Hero Summoning? What the-" I was stunned, was this really happening? But it truly was a Hero Summoning ceremony. However the ceremony should have Summoned three people and there were four of us.
It was deemed necessary to conduct something called a "Status Appraisal" so I was examined by some kind of magical spell.
[Name] Kaito . Saitou
[Age] 17
[Type] A Hero from another world
[Level] 1
[Fitness] 800
[Magical Power] 769
[Attack power] 772
[Defense force] 759
[Agility] 746
[Skill] Appraisal, Item Box, Holy Swordsman, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Wind Magic, Light Magic, Lightning Magic, Ice magic
So according to this Status Appraisal I'm a Hero. It turned out Kanon and Rio were also Heroes with similar stats. After seeing our stats it was clear we really were Heroes. I used to laugh at those light novels I borrowed from my little sister but somehow it might not be bad to be called a Hero, no to actually be a Hero and we're all Heroes together which makes me feel a bit better.
Oh, and there's the salaryman guy whose Status Appraisal was just "A person from a different world who got dragged in by mistake". His status levels were considerably less than ours and the only skills we had in common were Appraisal and Item Box. He's definitely not a Hero but apparently everyone Summoned from another world will get Item Box and Appraisal. He got only one extra Unique Skill which is "Net Super." What the heck is that? We were Summoned to be Heroes so they needed people with strong skills, and "Net Super" is really funny.
After all the status Appraisals were completed we had an audience with the King. It turned out they summoned us as Heroes since the Demon King had been attacking this country. They had managed to drive him off but they dodn't think they would continue to succeed so they conducted a Hero Summoning with great difficulty. They begged us to help them.
It felt good to be asked this by the King and I figured I would do as he requested but I didn't know about the others.
"What will you do?" I asked Kanon and Rio.
"Well, we can't go anywhere else and only the Demon King knows how to return us to Japan so I'll go along with you." said Kanon.
"I agree with Kanon. We're powerful, we can help those who are suffering at the hands of the Demon King can't we?" said Rio.
When we announced our decision the King, the Queen, the princess and all the courtiers were delighted. It made me feel even better about accepting the role of Hero.
The salaryman, however refused. "I'm not a Hero and I'd only get in your way if I stay here. I can find something else to do though. If I can get some money to live on for two or three months then I can find a job somewhere, I think." he explained.
That made sense, his status was terrible and he couldn't fight so he wouldn't be any help.
After the salaryman left, Kanon and Rio and I had a discussion with the others in the room.
"The first thing you need to do is gain more power." said the head of the Knights. "You should all register as adventurers and devote your efforts to levelling up as soon as possible." We were introduced to three Knights who would assist us.
I was surprised, I'm 180cm tall and they tell me my face is good enough to get me into a talent agency or even a boy band. Kanon has beautiful eyes and long black hair and she is tall and slender too. Rio's a bit small but she's pretty enough that people think she's a pop idol. I thought we stood out but these three Knights were something else.
"My name's Leonard Hume. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Leonard was taller than I am, handsome with a princely air, an urbane blonde ikemen type with green eyes. Rio stared at Leonard-san, her face red, obviously having fallen in love at first sight.
"Aaron Barrera is my name. I'm looking forward to working with you Heroes." Aaron was also taller than me, with brown eyes and bright red hair, a fierce-looking guy. Oh, he winked at Kanon... but that didn't seem to bother her for some reason.
"My name's Louise Winkler. Let's get on well, Hero." Louise was the only woman in the group of Knights. Louise, how to describe her... I was fascinated by her on first sight. She resembled a Hollywood actress I had a crush on. She was maybe 165 cm tall with honey-blonde hair and blue-green eyes and a slender figure. Her hair was trimmed neatly to shoulder-length, her features sharp and with a pleasing expression. Just thinking of her being near me made me excited.
Although it seems we'll have to register as adventurers first, this looks like it's going to be quite enjoyable.
"Hero Summoning"
Recently my younger sister has gotten into reading light novels and that phrase appears in a lot of them. I read them as well to kill some time but they're pretty crappy stories. Ordinary school students and 'salaryman' office workers are summoned into a parallel world and given magical cheat powers and are acclaimed as Heroes and they go out to defeat the Demon King while building a harem in the process. The contents of these novels were so bad they were laughable.
However I or rather we have actually been brought to a parallel world by a "Hero Summoning".
I'm Saitou Kaito and I attend the same high school as Oono Kanon and Yoshida Rio, that makes us three "ordinary school students". I've got no idea who the salaryman is though.
Kanon and Rio and me were in the same class two years ago and we became good friends. We live close by each other and we usually went home together and today was no exception. We were waiting at a crossing for the light to go green and chatting and there may have been a salaryman in a suit behind us, I'm not sure. Then suddenly our surroundings started to glow... And before we realised it here we were.
"Brave Heroes-" A beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes and dressed like a fairytale princess smiled at us.
At our feet was a magic pattern in a circle with a man and a woman wearing robes to either side of us. Knights in armour lined the sides of the room. It was just like an illustration from those crappy light novels my sister loved to read.
"What's this, is it a Hero Summoning? What the-" I was stunned, was this really happening? But it truly was a Hero Summoning ceremony. However the ceremony should have Summoned three people and there were four of us.
It was deemed necessary to conduct something called a "Status Appraisal" so I was examined by some kind of magical spell.
[Name] Kaito . Saitou
[Age] 17
[Type] A Hero from another world
[Level] 1
[Fitness] 800
[Magical Power] 769
[Attack power] 772
[Defense force] 759
[Agility] 746
[Skill] Appraisal, Item Box, Holy Swordsman, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Wind Magic, Light Magic, Lightning Magic, Ice magic
So according to this Status Appraisal I'm a Hero. It turned out Kanon and Rio were also Heroes with similar stats. After seeing our stats it was clear we really were Heroes. I used to laugh at those light novels I borrowed from my little sister but somehow it might not be bad to be called a Hero, no to actually be a Hero and we're all Heroes together which makes me feel a bit better.
Oh, and there's the salaryman guy whose Status Appraisal was just "A person from a different world who got dragged in by mistake". His status levels were considerably less than ours and the only skills we had in common were Appraisal and Item Box. He's definitely not a Hero but apparently everyone Summoned from another world will get Item Box and Appraisal. He got only one extra Unique Skill which is "Net Super." What the heck is that? We were Summoned to be Heroes so they needed people with strong skills, and "Net Super" is really funny.
After all the status Appraisals were completed we had an audience with the King. It turned out they summoned us as Heroes since the Demon King had been attacking this country. They had managed to drive him off but they dodn't think they would continue to succeed so they conducted a Hero Summoning with great difficulty. They begged us to help them.
It felt good to be asked this by the King and I figured I would do as he requested but I didn't know about the others.
"What will you do?" I asked Kanon and Rio.
"Well, we can't go anywhere else and only the Demon King knows how to return us to Japan so I'll go along with you." said Kanon.
"I agree with Kanon. We're powerful, we can help those who are suffering at the hands of the Demon King can't we?" said Rio.
When we announced our decision the King, the Queen, the princess and all the courtiers were delighted. It made me feel even better about accepting the role of Hero.
The salaryman, however refused. "I'm not a Hero and I'd only get in your way if I stay here. I can find something else to do though. If I can get some money to live on for two or three months then I can find a job somewhere, I think." he explained.
That made sense, his status was terrible and he couldn't fight so he wouldn't be any help.
After the salaryman left, Kanon and Rio and I had a discussion with the others in the room.
"The first thing you need to do is gain more power." said the head of the Knights. "You should all register as adventurers and devote your efforts to levelling up as soon as possible." We were introduced to three Knights who would assist us.
I was surprised, I'm 180cm tall and they tell me my face is good enough to get me into a talent agency or even a boy band. Kanon has beautiful eyes and long black hair and she is tall and slender too. Rio's a bit small but she's pretty enough that people think she's a pop idol. I thought we stood out but these three Knights were something else.
"My name's Leonard Hume. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Leonard was taller than I am, handsome with a princely air, an urbane blonde ikemen type with green eyes. Rio stared at Leonard-san, her face red, obviously having fallen in love at first sight.
"Aaron Barrera is my name. I'm looking forward to working with you Heroes." Aaron was also taller than me, with brown eyes and bright red hair, a fierce-looking guy. Oh, he winked at Kanon... but that didn't seem to bother her for some reason.
"My name's Louise Winkler. Let's get on well, Hero." Louise was the only woman in the group of Knights. Louise, how to describe her... I was fascinated by her on first sight. She resembled a Hollywood actress I had a crush on. She was maybe 165 cm tall with honey-blonde hair and blue-green eyes and a slender figure. Her hair was trimmed neatly to shoulder-length, her features sharp and with a pleasing expression. Just thinking of her being near me made me excited.
Although it seems we'll have to register as adventurers first, this looks like it's going to be quite enjoyable.
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Idle Talk 5 - Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (post Ch 60)
Idle Talk 5 -- I can SEE you, I can SEE you...
Ah, I ate too much because it was so delicious, you know. I finished off the other-world guy's offerings in just three days but I couldn't help myself, I'm like that.
Come on other-world guy, hurry up and pray to me and make your offerings again. If he's late again I'll have to consider sending him an oracle this time regardless.
It's all I can think of as I watch the world below in the scrying pool.
Mumu-, at last! The other-world guy is finally praying and making offerings.
"Wind Goddess Ninril-sama, please accept my offering as thanks for your continued protection now and in the future."
[Oh, I've been waiting! I'd have sent you an oracle if you'd been any later.]
What are you saying, other-world guy? Eating sweets will make me fat?
[I- I, I, I won't get fat, truly. G- Goddesses like me are always beautiful you know.]
Deities like me can't get fat and I'm always beautiful, that's just how I am. Naturally.
What do you mean, "I stutter"?
[B- B- Be quiet, you! Those cakes and puddings were very tasty but we've not eaten any for the last three days, I'll have you know.]
It's totally not my fault they're all gone. It's just the cakes and puddings were so delicious. The other-world guy is thinking "Eating all that in just three days you're bound to get fat, aren't you?" He's being snarky even though I've told him I'm eternally beautiful and not scared of getting fat which totally won't happen anyway.
[Gumumumu, let's move on to more important things. What sort of sweet things are you offering me this time?]
That's right, stop distracting me. Sweets, that's what I want you to talk about.
Uh, that's not a nice thing to think about me, other-world guy.
"[What? They're only sweets, you know! You fool! Sweets aren't that great, huh?]
It seems the other-world guy has figured out I can know what he's thinking and he's calling it a violation of his 'right to privacy'.
[Hah, what 'right to privacy'? I'm a Goddess, you know. There's nothing you can keep secret from a deity like me. I can see what you do, hear what you think in your whole life from beginning to end. You might want to remember that clearly, you know. Anyway, I'm a Goddess, don't forget it. I'm all-powerful and that's why you should show me some respect, you know.]
Huh, I'm a Goddess after all, you know. I'm all-powerful.
Nu-? A- A deplorable Goddess, am I? M- Me?
[Nuuu, I am so totally not deplorable, you know!] This other-world guy is mega-!
"Well, this time I chose some Japanese sweets, that is sweets from the country I came from." he said. " Ninril-sama requested anpan and dorayaki and there's a sweet that's got a lot of 'anko', the same filling inside them."
[What'd you say? That 'anko' pastry? That subtle sweetness is so delicate, you know.] I started drooling as I remembered the taste of 'anko'.
A certain person is thinking unkind thoughts about a certain Goddess. Again.
"And as you can see, I've also prepared an offering of dorayaki." he prayed. There's dorayaki too?
[Ohh, dorayaki. Great job, you.] Time to transfer his offering to the world of the Gods... aaaand done.
[Muho-, there's a lot this time. You've done well my disciple.]
Lots and lots, oh there's so much this time... isn't it great?
[I'll eat a dorayaki straight away. Mm-mm-mm- muhaha, delicious as ever, hah!]
It's been so long since I tasted such sweetness. It's delicious, it's delicious.
This time I'll be careful and not eat too much. I swear.
But, just a single piece more... yeah, that's fine.
'Castella', it's a square cake, the top and bottom are dark and the thick middle is a yellowish sweet filling.
Just a mouthful then, munch. Mmmm-, it's fluffy and sweet and soft and its taste is unbearable, you know- Sooo good, munch munch munch. Oh, it's all gone.
I should really stop eating now, shouldn't I? Yes, I should stop now, don't do what I did last time.
Uuuuh, but can I resist, can I...?
The figure of a woman watches from the shadows as Wind Goddess Ninril-sama wrestles with her conscience and loses to the sweetness arrayed before her.
I wondered why she was being so secretive, the hidden woman thought to herself. She shouldn't be selfish, such delicious food is meant to be shared. She hurried off to immediately inform the other Goddesses.
Ah, I ate too much because it was so delicious, you know. I finished off the other-world guy's offerings in just three days but I couldn't help myself, I'm like that.
Come on other-world guy, hurry up and pray to me and make your offerings again. If he's late again I'll have to consider sending him an oracle this time regardless.
It's all I can think of as I watch the world below in the scrying pool.
Mumu-, at last! The other-world guy is finally praying and making offerings.
"Wind Goddess Ninril-sama, please accept my offering as thanks for your continued protection now and in the future."
[Oh, I've been waiting! I'd have sent you an oracle if you'd been any later.]
What are you saying, other-world guy? Eating sweets will make me fat?
[I- I, I, I won't get fat, truly. G- Goddesses like me are always beautiful you know.]
Deities like me can't get fat and I'm always beautiful, that's just how I am. Naturally.
What do you mean, "I stutter"?
[B- B- Be quiet, you! Those cakes and puddings were very tasty but we've not eaten any for the last three days, I'll have you know.]
It's totally not my fault they're all gone. It's just the cakes and puddings were so delicious. The other-world guy is thinking "Eating all that in just three days you're bound to get fat, aren't you?" He's being snarky even though I've told him I'm eternally beautiful and not scared of getting fat which totally won't happen anyway.
[Gumumumu, let's move on to more important things. What sort of sweet things are you offering me this time?]
That's right, stop distracting me. Sweets, that's what I want you to talk about.
Uh, that's not a nice thing to think about me, other-world guy.
"[What? They're only sweets, you know! You fool! Sweets aren't that great, huh?]
It seems the other-world guy has figured out I can know what he's thinking and he's calling it a violation of his 'right to privacy'.
[Hah, what 'right to privacy'? I'm a Goddess, you know. There's nothing you can keep secret from a deity like me. I can see what you do, hear what you think in your whole life from beginning to end. You might want to remember that clearly, you know. Anyway, I'm a Goddess, don't forget it. I'm all-powerful and that's why you should show me some respect, you know.]
Huh, I'm a Goddess after all, you know. I'm all-powerful.
Nu-? A- A deplorable Goddess, am I? M- Me?
[Nuuu, I am so totally not deplorable, you know!] This other-world guy is mega-!
"Well, this time I chose some Japanese sweets, that is sweets from the country I came from." he said. " Ninril-sama requested anpan and dorayaki and there's a sweet that's got a lot of 'anko', the same filling inside them."
[What'd you say? That 'anko' pastry? That subtle sweetness is so delicate, you know.] I started drooling as I remembered the taste of 'anko'.
A certain person is thinking unkind thoughts about a certain Goddess. Again.
"And as you can see, I've also prepared an offering of dorayaki." he prayed. There's dorayaki too?
[Ohh, dorayaki. Great job, you.] Time to transfer his offering to the world of the Gods... aaaand done.
[Muho-, there's a lot this time. You've done well my disciple.]
Lots and lots, oh there's so much this time... isn't it great?
[I'll eat a dorayaki straight away. Mm-mm-mm- muhaha, delicious as ever, hah!]
It's been so long since I tasted such sweetness. It's delicious, it's delicious.
This time I'll be careful and not eat too much. I swear.
But, just a single piece more... yeah, that's fine.
'Castella', it's a square cake, the top and bottom are dark and the thick middle is a yellowish sweet filling.
Just a mouthful then, munch. Mmmm-, it's fluffy and sweet and soft and its taste is unbearable, you know- Sooo good, munch munch munch. Oh, it's all gone.
I should really stop eating now, shouldn't I? Yes, I should stop now, don't do what I did last time.
Uuuuh, but can I resist, can I...?
The figure of a woman watches from the shadows as Wind Goddess Ninril-sama wrestles with her conscience and loses to the sweetness arrayed before her.
I wondered why she was being so secretive, the hidden woman thought to herself. She shouldn't be selfish, such delicious food is meant to be shared. She hurried off to immediately inform the other Goddesses.
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Idle Talk 4 - Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (post Ch 60)
Idle Talk 4 -- Eeny Meeny Miny Mo
The Wind Goddess Ninril was, as usual, staring at the visions of the world below appearing on the surface of a pool of water.
[He's late, he's late, he's late you know-]
Man from another world, pray to me and make your offerings. I'm getting tired of waiting. Fenrir, tell that other-world man off!
Good boy, Fenrir. I didn't give that other-world man my Divine Protection free of charge, after all. He's got to pray to me and make offerings in return. Only an fool would forget something so important. He's really stupid.
Finally the other-world guy offered up a prayer to me.
[Ooh, finally. Really, how long were you going to keep me waiting?]
He said he got distracted and he was busy and... He was lying of course. I can read his mind after all, you know. He apologised and I forgave him. I'm not a monster after all.
[Hmmm, I'll forgive you this time but don't make such a mistake again. I considered sending you an oracle to remind you many times but there are reasons why I couldn't do it.]
How many times I considered sending him an oracle... But there are all sorts of Goddesses here as well as Gods of War, Blacksmith Gods and other Gods too, you know. The oracles I send might be noticed by my fellow Goddesses and if they got a sniff of the offerings I receive then they'd want a share. The longer I can receive offerings without them finding out the better, you know.
The other-world guy laid out an array of assorted items as an offering and I looked them over.
[Woohoo! This, this is-!!]
So many multi-coloured sweets? Really? Everything's different too as well? Really truly?
The other-world guy is asking me if it's maybe too much...
[Wh-what are you saying? Too much? No, this is perfect. Next time you should offer the same amount. That's an order.] Totally. There's no way this is 'too much', you know.
The other-world guy told me that I should keep the rest refrigerated to eat later. Hah! Goddesses like myself have no need of simple refrigeration.
[I got it. However we Gods don't need to refrigerate things, we can just stop time passing for them. I can enjoy one piece each day. Mmphph...]
Mmphph- Mmphph- Mmphph- It's so nice to indulge myself every now and then.
[Anyway, offer up this amount next time, please. Be sure not to forget again.] I order the other-world guy.
Fuahahaha, these sweets look superb! Right, let's get started.
Enny, meeny, miny, mo! Yes, this one here. Some kind of red berry on a white triangle, a sweet called "strawberry shortcake" apparently. Well then, I'l just take a bite.
Muhaha-, it's so incredibly tasty! The soft and fluffy insides and the white surroundings come together so well. The red berry is sweet and sour at the same time. Munch munch munch. Hah, it's all gone.
Just one doesn't feel like enough though, I'll have just another one you know? Next iiiiiis- this one.
Soft and round, it's called a "cream choux" apparently. Right then, munch! Muha-!, soft delicate pastry surrounding yellowish sweetness inside, oh I can't bear it! This is great, it's so delicious! Munch munch, oh it's vanished you know.
I'm not quite satisfied so I'll have just one more, I promise.
This weird-looking pastry is called a "Mont Blanc". It's made from lots of long twisted brown-coloured threads, oddly firm... is that some kind of nut on top of it? Well, let's go for it. Munch.
Muha-!, the full-bodied sensual brown threads complement the sweet richness of the filling. The nuts on the top are also crisp and sweet. Munch munch munch. Oh, it's vanished, how did that happen? It was soooo good, you know.
I meant to enjoy them one at a time but somehow I ended up eating three of them at once. Oops.
Gah, have patience. I'll enjoy some more tomorrow, you know. See you tomorrow.
Hurry up tomorrow.
The Wind Goddess Ninril was, as usual, staring at the visions of the world below appearing on the surface of a pool of water.
[He's late, he's late, he's late you know-]
Man from another world, pray to me and make your offerings. I'm getting tired of waiting. Fenrir, tell that other-world man off!
Good boy, Fenrir. I didn't give that other-world man my Divine Protection free of charge, after all. He's got to pray to me and make offerings in return. Only an fool would forget something so important. He's really stupid.
Finally the other-world guy offered up a prayer to me.
[Ooh, finally. Really, how long were you going to keep me waiting?]
He said he got distracted and he was busy and... He was lying of course. I can read his mind after all, you know. He apologised and I forgave him. I'm not a monster after all.
[Hmmm, I'll forgive you this time but don't make such a mistake again. I considered sending you an oracle to remind you many times but there are reasons why I couldn't do it.]
How many times I considered sending him an oracle... But there are all sorts of Goddesses here as well as Gods of War, Blacksmith Gods and other Gods too, you know. The oracles I send might be noticed by my fellow Goddesses and if they got a sniff of the offerings I receive then they'd want a share. The longer I can receive offerings without them finding out the better, you know.
The other-world guy laid out an array of assorted items as an offering and I looked them over.
[Woohoo! This, this is-!!]
So many multi-coloured sweets? Really? Everything's different too as well? Really truly?
The other-world guy is asking me if it's maybe too much...
[Wh-what are you saying? Too much? No, this is perfect. Next time you should offer the same amount. That's an order.] Totally. There's no way this is 'too much', you know.
The other-world guy told me that I should keep the rest refrigerated to eat later. Hah! Goddesses like myself have no need of simple refrigeration.
[I got it. However we Gods don't need to refrigerate things, we can just stop time passing for them. I can enjoy one piece each day. Mmphph...]
Mmphph- Mmphph- Mmphph- It's so nice to indulge myself every now and then.
[Anyway, offer up this amount next time, please. Be sure not to forget again.] I order the other-world guy.
Fuahahaha, these sweets look superb! Right, let's get started.
Enny, meeny, miny, mo! Yes, this one here. Some kind of red berry on a white triangle, a sweet called "strawberry shortcake" apparently. Well then, I'l just take a bite.
Muhaha-, it's so incredibly tasty! The soft and fluffy insides and the white surroundings come together so well. The red berry is sweet and sour at the same time. Munch munch munch. Hah, it's all gone.
Just one doesn't feel like enough though, I'll have just another one you know? Next iiiiiis- this one.
Soft and round, it's called a "cream choux" apparently. Right then, munch! Muha-!, soft delicate pastry surrounding yellowish sweetness inside, oh I can't bear it! This is great, it's so delicious! Munch munch, oh it's vanished you know.
I'm not quite satisfied so I'll have just one more, I promise.
This weird-looking pastry is called a "Mont Blanc". It's made from lots of long twisted brown-coloured threads, oddly firm... is that some kind of nut on top of it? Well, let's go for it. Munch.
Muha-!, the full-bodied sensual brown threads complement the sweet richness of the filling. The nuts on the top are also crisp and sweet. Munch munch munch. Oh, it's vanished, how did that happen? It was soooo good, you know.
I meant to enjoy them one at a time but somehow I ended up eating three of them at once. Oops.
Gah, have patience. I'll enjoy some more tomorrow, you know. See you tomorrow.
Hurry up tomorrow.
Friday, 19 January 2018
Ch 60 Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Chapter 60 -- Getting Bigger and Smaller
After shivering and shaking for a few seconds Sui suddenly became huge. She was two and a half metres across and maybe a metre and a half high. She was even slightly bigger than Fer.
"Sui has evolved." Fer said. I used Appraisal on her.
[Name] Sui
[Age] 1 month
[Types] Big Slime
[Level] 2
[Fitness] 684
[Magical Power] 679
[Attack power] 668
[Defense force] 674
[Agility] 682
[Skill] acid bullet, restorative medicine creation, growth
Sui's become a Big Slime and she's already level 2? All her other stats are higher and she's got a new skill too. 'Growth', what does that mean? Is it why she's suddenly so big?
"Fer, you know anything about this 'Growth' skill?"
"Nope. Usually when a Slime gets to be a certain level it splits in two but that's all."
I'm at a loss. "Sui, you've evolved and you've got a new skill, are you bigger because you used it?" I asked.
"Sui is not sure how but Sui can be bigger or smaller."
"Bigger OR smaller?" I asked.
"Try-, watch what happens." As she said that several smaller Slimes split away from Sui and she returned to her original size.
"Everybody- go melt the green guys-" she commanded. The small Slimes climbed on top of the goblin corpses and then they burst, splashing something like acid and dissolving the bodies to the point where even the bones vanished. Both Fer and I were astounded at what we had just witnessed.
"Have you ever seen anything like this, Fer?"
"Never in my very long life."
"Hey Sui, what were those small Slimes that split off you?"
"Unn-, that was Sui too-"
"They were Sui as well?"
"You see, if Sui thinks she wants to get big then her body gets big. When Sui wants to get smaller then Sui's big body splits up into little Suis. Sui can talk to the little Suis for a bit of time after Sui divides but not long."
Uhhh, she can grow big using her 'Growth' skill then she can split up into smaller Slimes afterwards and even talk to them for a short time. Hmmm...
"What happens to the divided parts, the little Suis?" I'm worried about that.
"You see, the smaller Suis disappear after a time and Sui stays." So the split-off bodies only last for a finite time? Wow, that's a really amazing skill. She can stay safe and launch long-range attacks and let the enemy "kill" the split-off bodies without harm to her. A surprise attack would be particularly effective. They might even be able to make lots of Sui's Deluxe High-grade Potion as well.
"Wow, Sui keeps getting stronger..." I exclaimed.
"That's right." said Fer. "But it's a good thing, not a problem right?" He had a point.
"Aruji-, my tummy's empty-"
"Muu, definitely."
I was wondering when these two gluttonous characters would get around to mentioning food.
"Well, I don't fancy eating around here so let's move away a bit." Being surrounded by goblin corpses wasn't good for my appetite. Sui climbed back into her bag and I got on Fer's back again.
After going for a while I said "Here's fine" to Fer and we stopped.
"I'm a bit tired so d'you mind if I just get out some sweet buns for now?"
"Anything's good as long as you're quick." Fer growled.
Yeah yeah. I bought some buns from the Net Super. As well as the usual anpan and cream buns this time I got melon bread and choco cornets and of course, canned coffee which is the essential accompaniment to sweet buns.
"First time I've seen these." Fer's sharp eye spotted the melon bread and choco cornets and he zeroed in on them.
"Yeah yeah, hang on and let me get them out for you."
I opened the bags, lined the contents up on a dish and let Fer and Sui help themselves.
"Unh, tasty-"
"Mu, delicious. First time we've had these..."
Sui really liked the sweet buns and Fer liked the melon bread and the choco cornets. I sat back with some canned coffee in my hand and sank my teeth into an anpan. Oh, deee-licious! A tired body craves sweet things.
Thinking back, I wondered how a simple goblin subjugation request had escalated into the destruction of an entire goblin village. Huh-. Well it ended up with me getting the hundred points I needed so it worked out, I suppose.
I had been planning on a long stay in this city but it looks like it's already over. Somehow.
After shivering and shaking for a few seconds Sui suddenly became huge. She was two and a half metres across and maybe a metre and a half high. She was even slightly bigger than Fer.
"Sui has evolved." Fer said. I used Appraisal on her.
[Name] Sui
[Age] 1 month
[Types] Big Slime
[Level] 2
[Fitness] 684
[Magical Power] 679
[Attack power] 668
[Defense force] 674
[Agility] 682
[Skill] acid bullet, restorative medicine creation, growth
Sui's become a Big Slime and she's already level 2? All her other stats are higher and she's got a new skill too. 'Growth', what does that mean? Is it why she's suddenly so big?
"Fer, you know anything about this 'Growth' skill?"
"Nope. Usually when a Slime gets to be a certain level it splits in two but that's all."
I'm at a loss. "Sui, you've evolved and you've got a new skill, are you bigger because you used it?" I asked.
"Sui is not sure how but Sui can be bigger or smaller."
"Bigger OR smaller?" I asked.
"Try-, watch what happens." As she said that several smaller Slimes split away from Sui and she returned to her original size.
"Everybody- go melt the green guys-" she commanded. The small Slimes climbed on top of the goblin corpses and then they burst, splashing something like acid and dissolving the bodies to the point where even the bones vanished. Both Fer and I were astounded at what we had just witnessed.
"Have you ever seen anything like this, Fer?"
"Never in my very long life."
"Hey Sui, what were those small Slimes that split off you?"
"Unn-, that was Sui too-"
"They were Sui as well?"
"You see, if Sui thinks she wants to get big then her body gets big. When Sui wants to get smaller then Sui's big body splits up into little Suis. Sui can talk to the little Suis for a bit of time after Sui divides but not long."
Uhhh, she can grow big using her 'Growth' skill then she can split up into smaller Slimes afterwards and even talk to them for a short time. Hmmm...
"What happens to the divided parts, the little Suis?" I'm worried about that.
"You see, the smaller Suis disappear after a time and Sui stays." So the split-off bodies only last for a finite time? Wow, that's a really amazing skill. She can stay safe and launch long-range attacks and let the enemy "kill" the split-off bodies without harm to her. A surprise attack would be particularly effective. They might even be able to make lots of Sui's Deluxe High-grade Potion as well.
"Wow, Sui keeps getting stronger..." I exclaimed.
"That's right." said Fer. "But it's a good thing, not a problem right?" He had a point.
"Aruji-, my tummy's empty-"
"Muu, definitely."
I was wondering when these two gluttonous characters would get around to mentioning food.
"Well, I don't fancy eating around here so let's move away a bit." Being surrounded by goblin corpses wasn't good for my appetite. Sui climbed back into her bag and I got on Fer's back again.
After going for a while I said "Here's fine" to Fer and we stopped.
"I'm a bit tired so d'you mind if I just get out some sweet buns for now?"
"Anything's good as long as you're quick." Fer growled.
Yeah yeah. I bought some buns from the Net Super. As well as the usual anpan and cream buns this time I got melon bread and choco cornets and of course, canned coffee which is the essential accompaniment to sweet buns.
"First time I've seen these." Fer's sharp eye spotted the melon bread and choco cornets and he zeroed in on them.
"Yeah yeah, hang on and let me get them out for you."
I opened the bags, lined the contents up on a dish and let Fer and Sui help themselves.
"Unh, tasty-"
"Mu, delicious. First time we've had these..."
Sui really liked the sweet buns and Fer liked the melon bread and the choco cornets. I sat back with some canned coffee in my hand and sank my teeth into an anpan. Oh, deee-licious! A tired body craves sweet things.
Thinking back, I wondered how a simple goblin subjugation request had escalated into the destruction of an entire goblin village. Huh-. Well it ended up with me getting the hundred points I needed so it worked out, I suppose.
I had been planning on a long stay in this city but it looks like it's already over. Somehow.
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