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Chapter 46: Moving

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/47/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Back from the Adventurer’s Guild to the inn, after a delicious lunch.
I pack my few things and go greet the inn mistress.

“It was a short time, but thank you for taking care of me!”
“Oh my, you bought a house at that age. Amazing.”
“Ahaha. Well, a lot happened.”
“Come anytime. I like the way you eat.”
“Thank you. I’ll probably come again soon.”

To eat delicious food.
Delicious is always justice.

“That so, then I’ll throw in extras again!”
“Yay! Thanks!”

I take her hands and bounce, and she shows a happy, hearty smile. Continue reading →

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Chapter 45: The Former Knight-Captain

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/46/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Today is house-hunting day.
The bath incident reconfirmed how important a house is, and besides, I’ve always done my own things myself, so having meals and a bed provided doesn’t sit right.
Well, the mistress’s food is delicious, so I’ll still go eat it.

Anyway, if you want information, the guild is the place.

“So, Liza, Glad. Know a good house?”
“Sorry, I haven’t found one yet.”
“Muu. I’d take pretty much anything at this point.”

The church was pretty run-down, after all.
Drafts and leaks were bad, and I didn’t even have a room of my own.
While I’m saying that.

“Not that there isn’t one, but.” Continue reading →

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Chapter 44: The Ancient Ruins and a Bath

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/45/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

The dungeon exploration ended in a swing and a miss, so today I come to the Gernika ancient ruins again.
Last time I was in a bit of a hurry, so this time I mean to explore thoroughly.

“Now then. Hope there’s something… Ring, map.”
“—Analysis complete: displaying the map.”
“Thanks.”

Umm… last time I went that way, so this time this way.
While I’m checking the map, Ring speaks in that usual androgynous voice.

“—Ouka, I have a report.”
“Nn, what?”
“—The recording media obtained here last time: analysis complete.”

Oh. Those silver cards, I guess.
Unreadable letters carved in, but they got analyzed.

“Good job. So what were they?”
“—Hero combat records. The combat record installed in Ouka, and the Hero Shimauchi Hayato’s combat record.”
“…Meaning?”
“—Presumably pseudo-lifeforms produced with combat records as a medium.”

Hnn? I don’t really get pseudo-lifeform. Continue reading →

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Chapter 43: The Dungeon

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/44/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

“Nn? A dungeon?”

Lunchtime. At the Adventurer’s Guild, Liza brings up something like that.

“Apparently a new one was found near the capital.”
“Heh, that so.”

A dungeon. Untamed land where monsters live.
Caves, ancient ruins, that sort of thing, but anywhere monsters have nested is generally called a dungeon, I hear.
There’s apparently more to it, but honestly I don’t get it well.

They show up at some point and monsters start spawning, I guess.
I remember hearing that once you find one you have to survey it, and periodically hunt a certain number of monsters.

Frankly I wasn’t that interested, so I don’t know the details.
Looking after the kids mattered more than dungeons.

But now, going to try one might be on the table.
I’d like information that could be a clue, if there is any. Hnn.
And I want to go to the Gernika ancient ruins again too.
…Whatever. For now, maybe I’ll try a dungeon once. Continue reading →

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Chapter 42: Letter Delivery

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/43/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

After talking with Glad, I get to cook the guild meals sometimes when I have free hands.
And from now on it’ll be accepted as a standing request.
Apparently at the Adventurer’s Guild they’re often too busy to cook, and dinner is just bread sometimes.
Really a harsh workplace. I’ll come make food as much as I can, yep.

That aside, today is work again.
Unfortunately there are no subjugation requests, so I take a delivery.
Just deliver a letter to an old man in the port town Asura.
Normally they send it with a merchant-caravan escort and it takes a month, but I can do it in a day.

So today I go through the sky in good spirits.
If I fly high, monsters don’t attack; it’s peaceful.
I fly in a lazy mood, looking at clouds in the blue.
Oh? A flock of birds. Flying low; maybe rain. I don’t want that.
The clouds aren’t black, but I’ll be careful. I don’t want to fly in rain.

That worry seems unnecessary; I reach Asura without incident.
The letter just has to go to this Adventurer’s Guild, apparently.
I deliver it right away and get a receipt stamp.
That completes the request, except. Continue reading →

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Chapter 41: Cooking Time

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/42/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

On the way back I stop at the guild and settle today’s goblins.
Uumu. The pay really is pretty good.
Maybe the adventurer trade is viable… no, it isn’t. Scary, and dangerous.
I think a bakery or a diner suits me better; no matter how far I go the town-girl nature doesn’t come out.

Even now I can’t help wanting to cook huge amounts of food.
Cookware I can use without worrying about getting it dirty, a knife with a terrific edge, and the capital’s main street lined with all kinds of ingredients.
My hands honestly itch.

I eat delicious food at the inn every day, but I want to make something soon.
Ingredients I never even saw when I lived in town, I can buy in bulk now.
Maybe this cooking method, maybe that seasoning.
I end up thinking things like that.
I might even leave the inn and rent a house.

“That’s what I think, anyway. Do you know any good places?”

For now I try asking my reliable older-sister figure for when I’m stuck, Liza. Continue reading →

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Chapter 40: A Hero’s Fake

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/41/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Back in the capital, I go straight to the Adventurer’s Guild.

“I’m hoooome.”
“Welcome back. How did it go?”
“For now, please take these.”

I dump out the goblin canines I hunted.
Uwah. That’s quite a pile. I might have overdone it.

“My, a lot… wait a moment.”
“Also I have something I want to talk to Glad about. Is he in?”
“He has a visitor right now. But for you it should be fine. He’s in his room; go try.”
“Okaaay. Thanks.”

I head for the back room as told.
The guildmaster’s room is… here, I think.

I knock and go in, and Glad and Kanon are there.
Ah. The visitor is Kanon.

“What, it’s you. What’s up?”
“I have something to consult Glad about. Kanon, hello.”
“Good afternoon. I’m glad you look well.”
“…You, consulting?”

A smiling beauty and a bearded muscleman looking sour.
Kind of a funny picture. Continue reading →

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Chapter 39: The Black Hero

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/40/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

I have Ring search for monsters while I fly high, and hunt goblins one after another.
High-speed approach, one-hit disengage.
I’ve gotten quite used to it.

When I take one down I come to the ground once, snap the canine, and put it in the item box.
I’m deliberately not counting, so I’m looking forward to the tally.

Flying is a bit tiring, though.
I couldn’t use magic so I’d never experienced it, but once mana drops past a certain amount, it seems fatigue sets in.
Safer to put rests in between, maybe.

I confirm there’s nothing around and come down for now.
A bit tired. And it’s actually cold when you fly.
Maybe I should buy a winter cloak or something.

I sit on a fairly large rock and nibble some of the dried sweet potato I keep on hand.
Sweet. If I can use the item box, putting food in that might work too.
Come to think of it, living things are no good, but how far does that go.
Whether a bled carcass will go in is a big deal, I think. Continue reading →

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Chapter 38: The Golem and the Item Box

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/39/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

To make up for loafing yesterday, I come to the Adventurer’s Guild first thing.
It isn’t that I went back to sleep right after dinner and woke up too early.
…It’s fine. They say children who sleep, grow.

“Liza, morning. I came to take the coal-mine request.”
“Oh, you’re early. Wait a moment… here.”

I read the request form she hands me.
Yep, exactly what I heard yesterday.
A golem-subjugation request in the coal mine. The proof part is apparently the golem’s core.
Notes say it’s so hard ordinary weapons won’t even scratch it.
Hnn. Well, shall I try.

“Then I’ll take this.”
“There have been injuries, so you be careful too, Ouka.”
“Nn. I will.”

She waves smiling and sees me off.
Come to think of it I’ve never been to a coal mine. I wonder what it’s like.
Well, I’ll go without letting my guard down. Continue reading →

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Chapter 37: A Laid-Back Day

Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/38/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

In the end I didn’t make sundown yesterday, and I stayed a night in Asura.
The just-caught grilled fish was delicious, so I’ll call it fine.
It’s fish in season now, apparently; the taste is mild but it’s fatty, and every bite the savor of fish wells out. A good grilled fish.
You can’t eat that kind of thing except in a port town.

So, the next morning. I leave around dawn and arrive in the capital before noon.
First I decide to take the wyvern fangs to the Adventurer’s Guild.
The proof parts smell a bit, actually. I don’t want to go back to the inn carrying these.

“Chiwaaas.”
“Oh, welcome back.”

I head for guild reception and Liza is smiling softly, same as always.
A feast for the eyes. I feel better.

“I’m home. I hunted wyverns, so please take these.”
“Yes, I’ll take them… wait. Hey, this is all of them?”

Liza takes the bag and asks.
Her face looks a bit twitchy, too.

“This is all of them.”
“…I see. A pack of wyverns this time. I feel like my common sense is going to go strange.” Continue reading →