Author: Yume Neiji

After we arrived at the neighboring city, all of us were fascinated by the view. Crent City appears to be a completely different city compared to Mana.

“Whoa! There are lots of flowers!”

“Crent City is known as the City of Flowers after all. There will be many tourists here especially at this time of year.”

I look at the scenery while listening to the conversation between Erna and Freya. Flower fields fill the area around the city. Pink, yellow, and purple petals fly in the air every time a gentle wind blows. The sweet scent that drifts in the area makes my heart feel radiant.

“Father, what is that person doing?”

The person who Pero pointed at is sitting on the side of the road and was holding a sketchbook as his hand moves his pencil on it. Apparently, he is drawing the image of a flower garden.

“He is drawing the landscape. He’s probably a painter.”

“Heh-, I want to draw too.”

Pero look enthusiastic as he watches the painter. Seeing that, I begin to think about Pero’s future. If things go on as it is, it is possible that fighting will become my son’s only redeeming feature. If that happens, I will surely regret it.

“Alright, let’s buy a sketchbook for Pero.”

“Really!? Is that okay !?”

“Of course. If you have something you want to do, just say it.”

“Yehey!”

Pero was more than happy. Even if he is known as a sacred beast, he is still a child. Thus, he must cherish his childhood time. When we reached the entrance to the city, the soldier who was guarding the entrance blocked the way.

“Wait! You can’t let a magical beast go inside the town!”

I already expected this, we were stopped like this in Mana City too. Well, with Pero here and as we are riding on a black unicorn, our group would look suspicious.

We got off the unicorn and presented the card issued by the guild. After he received it, the soldier quickly confirms our identity and then he looks at us with a look full of shock.

“Y-You guys are those rumoured adventurers? Then… this child you have with you is the sacred beast ?”

“If you know about it, this conversation will be quick then. Pero is indeed that sacred beast, and we are riding a unicorn. I’ve heard that it’s okay for them to enter the city right?”

“Y-yeah. There’s no problem with that but… a black unicorn?”

The guard returned our adventurer cards but he is still tilting his head in confusion. Apparently, he is still wondering about the black unicorns but he let us through.

I’m not telling a lie because they are really a unicorn. It’s just that they have different color and ability. When we entered the city, many people were coming and going. The building structure here is similar to Mana, but overall, with the colorful flowers everywhere, it looks bright and beautiful.

“Whoa, the flowers sure are breathtaking!”

Erna and Pero watch happily as a flower-laden wagon passes nearby. It is a scene that makes me realize that this is indeed a foreign land.

“So where does the client live?”

Upon Freya’s question, I checked the copy of the request form.

“It was written as number 3 on the main street. The client seems to be Professor Jill.”

“Speaking of Professor Jill, isn’t he a prominent person in magical beast research?”

“Hoh-, is that so?”

“Yeah, he’s famous for astonishing the world by saying that goblins are demi-humans.”

By the way, when I appraised the goblins, I feel that there was such a description. It doesn’t matter to me if the goblins are magical beasts or is a demi-human, but there are races in the world that care about such trivial matters.

As we go down the main street, we found a store. Art supplies were displayed on it and several men, who are painters, I suppose, were looking at the products.

“Pero, shall we buy a tool for your painting too?”

“Yes!”

Leaving the unicorn to Erna and Freya, me and Pero enter the store. The store was filled with the smell of paper and paint. Even I, who’s not into painting pictures, felt intrigued.

“As expected, the paint is expensive.”

The blue paint I picked up is very expensive. The cause lies in the material that produces the color. Paints are made from stones and plants, but some of them are made from jewels and other powders. In that case, the price will inevitably rise.

The advent of cheap paints like today is only recent. In a different world where science and technology have not been developed, it seems that paints are naturally treated as expensive items.

“I just need a pen and paper.”

Pero saw the situation and only brought a pencil and a sketchbook. I am trully impressed such caring son.

“Don’t worry. My wallet still has a lot of gold coins in it.”

“Really? But, I just need this.”

It seems that Pero really only needs a pencil and a sketchbook. Well, I don’t really need to rush. We can just come here to buy it when he needs it. After I paid it, we joined Erna and Freya then we head to the professor’s house.

“This seems to be the 3rd street.”

The house Erna pointed to was a two-story, quite a luxurious one. The sign says Professor Jill, and the post has a number of envelopes that could be the letters for him.

“Is he not around?”

“Well, we will know by knocking on the door.”

 “Knock, knock”, Erna knocks on the front door. There was no reaction the first time.

“Can’t he hear me?”

After Erna knocked harder, the door finally opens up while someone from inside shouted, “Who is it! You’re so noisy!”. Wearing a red robe, a middle-aged man full of stubbles, peeked and glares at Erna, who was hitting the door.

“What?! Is this another aggressive peddling!? If that’s the case, go home!”

“No! You’re mistaken.  We are the adventurers that you nominated! We are here by your request!”

“Ah? Adventurer?”

The man gave Erna a ridiculous look. The conversation seems to be going for the worse so I gently placed myself between them.

“We are Homeless adventurer party. The other day, I accepted a nomination request from Professor Jill. Don’t you remember?”

“Homeless… Nomination request …”

The professor murmured. He did not seem to be lying, it appears that he can’t really remember.

Did he forget what he requested?

“I was asked to take a Lich’s skull…”

When I said so, the professor suddenly changed his expression.

“Yes! Yes! Lich’s skull! I’ve been waiting, get in, get in quickly!”

The professor opens the door widely and finally welcomes us into the house. For the time being, I left Freya and Pero outside. I can’t say that no one in Crent City would dare to aim for our unicorns after all.

After the professor guided us to the living room, we respectively took a seat. I took the Lich’s skull out of the bangle and put it on the table.

“This is the skull of the lich that we killed.”

“Indeed, this looks like a lich’s. How about the other bones?”

“If you need it, I can sell it too”

Then I take the Lich’s body out of the bangle. The professor begins to enthusiastically observe the bones on the table.

“It’s still firm and heavier than normal human bones, probably because it contains a lot of magical power. In that case, it may really have a built-in magical circuit that connects from the head like I expected.”

He showed a faint smile while he’s touching the bones. At times, people who are devoted to research really appear crazy. Professor Jill has that kind of atmosphere now.

“Uhm, Professor, can I get paid now?”

“Hn? Oh, were you still there? There is money in the cupboard over there. Take some home appropriately.”

When I opened the cupboard as instructed, gold coins and silver coins were kept there in a mess. Apparently, money doesn’t matter to him. After receiving the reward amount offered in the request, me and Erna decided to leave the house.

“That person is really weird.”

As soon as we leave the house, Erna spoke those words. I can understand what she wants to say. He’s definitely a creepy one. It’s really hard to understand why he wants the Lich’s bones.

“Welcome back, how was the reward?”

Freya asks while eating a balm fruit. I took out a few gold and silver coins from my pocket and showed them.

“By the way, what’s with them lying there?”

Five men were lying near Pero and Freya. All of them were holding knives and swords but they fainted with their eyes rolled back.

“They threatened us to take the unicorn, so Pero-sama and I put them to sleep.”

“Oh, I’m indeed right to leave Freya and Pero. Otherwise, the unicorns might have kicked them to death.”

“Indeed. They should be thankful for not being killed.”

Even in a town that seems to be safe, there are still people like this. It seems that it’s better to keep an eye on the area around the unicorn in the future.

“Hey Shinichi. What are we going to do now?”

“Hmm, we are done with our business here but there’s something I really want to find out. Can we roam around for a while?”

“Are you looking for the girl who had an incurable disease?”

“Yeah, I’m still curious about her.”

I want to know what happened to the work I received. Was the girl saved? Or, did she die? If she is still suffering from the illness, I want to help her in everything I can. I ask the passerby about Duffy and the girl who is suffering from an incurable disease as we walk.

“Duffy-san? That person lives in a house on the main street.”

After getting such important information from an old woman, we immediately headed to the house where Duffy lived. It was a house on the side of the main street. It’s a little old, but it looks like it is still in a good condition.

I immediately knock on the door of the house.

“Who is it?”

The man who opened the door is definitely Duffy.

“I’m the adventurer who you asked for help previously. Do you remember me?”

“Of course. Tanaka-dono of Homeless, right? So, what did you came here for today?”

“Actually, I was worried about the girl Duffy was treating so I came to hear the story. Can you tell me about it?”

Duffy thinks a little and smiles faintly.

“Then you can meet her in person.”

He got out of the house and then we started walking to somewhere with him. The direction we are heading to is towards the center of the town and I can see a large mansion.

“The mansion in the center of the town belongs to the Baron. We are heading there now.”

“Hn? Are we going to the Baron’s mansion?”

Inwardly, I’m totally baffled. I did not really consider it. However, the girl with the incurable disease turned out to be the daughter of an aristocrat!

Upon reaching the mansion, Duffy lightly greets the soldier guarding the gate and enters. Perhaps he is a doctor of this aristocrat family. Otherwise, he can’t go in with just his face as a pass. We also entered the mansion without any problems and a butler appeared and guided us to a room somewhere.

Upon arriving in front of the room, Duffy opened the door without hesitation.

“Liz, I brought you a visitor today.”

Duffy said to the girl lying on the bed in the room.

She’s a young child with her short blue hair. Her barely opened light-blue eyes shift their gaze to me after looking at Duffy.

“That……”

The girl’s mouth moves slightly and produced a small voice. However, I couldn’t completely hear what she had said.

“As you can see, Liz is weak and can’t speak properly.”

“Did you use the forked centipede as a medicine?”

“This illness has few precedents and limited treatments. It’s because of that medicine that she’s been able to speak this much now.”

What? Even after taking that medicine, her state is….

I was totally at lost for words.

“U…ugu…”

The girl gently stretches her hand. Her hand was very weak and it looks like it’s about to break. Then, a yellow dot appears on the girl’s forehead.

“…………Huh?”

I rubbed my eyes. As expected, it is not my imagination. A yellow dot indeed appeared on her forehead. Apparently, my skill, Life or Death technique, activated without me doing it.

“Excuse me”

I gently pressed on the girl’s forehead. With Erna as an example, it is better to push it.

“Argggghhhhhhhhh!!?”

Liz screamed and began to struggle.

“What the hell did you do!!?”

Duffy desperately holds Liz down. Liz struggles with a power that doesn’t seem to be of a little girl as she’s trying to free herself from Duffy. After a minute or so, Liz ultimately calmed down.

“What have you done…? I didn’t let you meet Liz to…”

Duffy drops his shoulder and his expression darkens. However, I had this strange confidence. –That Liz has recovered.

“I’m hungry…”

Liz who got up from the bed spoke in a small voice. Duffy was stunned at first, but gradually turned into a crying face and hugged Liz.

“Yes, I did it! I diiiiiid iiiit!”

“Duffy-san, you’re noisy……”

With her eyes half-closed, Liz appeared to be indifferent towards Duffy who’s making a fuss. She doesn’t look like the girl who was very weak until a while ago.

I suddenly got curious so I decided to analyze Liz.

【Analysis Result: Liz Schmidt: The third daughter of the Schmidt family. She has been lying on the bed since she was 11 years old but she finally recovered. She originally hated troublesome things so she is annoyed by the racket beside her bed: Rarity B】

Liz didn’t seem to be an ordinary child. Her skills are clearly different from that of an average person.

Above all, what is Ninjutsu?

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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After returning to the hideout, we decided to take a nap for awhile. After about five hours, we got up, get dressed and prepared the things we need as we’ll leave the hideout. Of course, our destination is Mana City. When we went to the vegetable area in the miniature garden, the skeletons were busy working in the fields.

“Suketarou”

When I called out, Suketarou, who was packing the harvested vegetables in a box, turned around. It seems that they are in the process of packing the vegetables to be wholesaled in the market.

“Katakata”

And apparently, this is the last batch to be boxed. I put the packed boxes in the bangle and help on Suketarou’s work.

These big white radishes are not for me, but when I think that it will go into someone else’s mouth, it makes me feel a sense of fulfilment. After we finished putting them in the box, we wrapped it up and we are done. After storing it in the bangle, I went to see the soybeans.

“Katakata”

In the second vegetable field, Lich A was in the process of sowing the soybeans in the field. In the corner of the field, the replanted parent soybean had already spread its leaves. So far, I don’t feel that there’s a problem of having a soil variance. I’m looking forward to the harvest day one week later.

We then moved to the second miniature garden. There, some skeletons, and Lich B as the leader, felled the excess trees in the area and cultivated the soil. The range they are working on is about 20m in radius with the big balm tree on its center. Then after that, the skeletons bury balm seeds in the cultivated soil.

That’s right, I’m thinking of growing additional balm trees. I’ve already got Super Sensation skill, but the balm tree has excellent fruit. So I decided to increase the number of balm tree. Orange is one of my favourite fruits too. Even if there’s a lot, there will be no problem. Next, if we can have a kotatsu, it will be wonderful.

“Ah right. Freya should also eat some balm fruit. It should be useful in the future.”

I take some balm fruits from the skeleton, I throw about four of them to Freya. After Freya received it, she stared at the fruit puzzlingly.

“…This is…?”

“It’s a balm fruit. As it will enhance your senses, you can acquire the Super Sensation skill if you eat it.”

“Oh, that would be wonderful. I’ll get started then.”

Freya quickly peeled one and chewed it. Pero, who was nearby, held his nose and began to run away. The truth is, Pero does not like balm fruits. Kobolds do not seem to be bad with citrus like fruits but Pero seems to be an exception. Rather than as a tribal thing, perhaps it’s just that it is not to his liking.

Thus, Pero doesn’t seem to have the intention of acquiring the super sensation skill.

“You’re right! This fruit is delicious! I like its taste!”

Freya doesn’t even notice that Pero has escaped, and happily eats it with matching chewing sounds. Then, something strange happened to her senses.

“This is……!?”

Apparently, she already developed the super sensation skill. She acted suspiciously as she looked around the area restlessly. It seems that she is perplexed by the unfamiliar sensation she’s having.

“Once you have acquired the skills, you will soon get used to that feeling. You should eat the fruits until you acquire the beginner level of the skill.”

That said, one can get the beginner level of the skill with about four fruits. I gave Freya about four more fruits and then we moved towards the third miniature garden.

“Katakata”

Lich C looks at us and gives a bow. Mushrooms are cultivated in the third minature garden. And the person in charge here is Lich C. The other skeletons were working on building a mushroom nursery by bringing in the felled trees.

Cure Mushrooms are useful as a recovery medicine, so I should avoid consuming them all. Thus, I thought about raising them myself too. Their number is easy to grasp and can be stocked too. If they grow too much, I can sell it somewhere far too. Besides, various mushrooms have been breeding here since before. Well, we can also grow mushrooms and sell them to Mana City’s market. Of course, the cure mushrooms are not included.

“That’s……”

Incidentally, I noticed that a hut has been built. It looks like the skeletons made it. When I looked inside, there were many wooden boxes with some soil on it.

“Katakatakata”

According to Lich C, magical beasts came to eat mushrooms too, so it seems that only precious mushrooms will be cultivated inside the hut. I’m even amazed when I saw the mushroom he’s talking about. Lich C took out a golden mushroom from of his pocket. Lich C found the second golden mushroom. However, nearly half of the mushroom is gone. It must have been eaten by the other magical beast as Lich C said.

However, that also means that what is currently being raised inside the hut are golden mushrooms. I was impressed with Lich C’s idea. If he’s my employee, I want to promote him as an executive.

“I’ll leave the mushroom cultivation to you. Do it well and show me what you’ll produce.”

“Katakata”

Lich C knelt on one knee and bowed his head.

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Once we are on the ground, adventurers are lined up at the entrance to the dungeon as usual. Most of them are young people, and as they eventually advanced as adventurers, you can get this impression that they are excited about such opportunity. Ah, the day when corpses will disappear from the Mohed’s Great Dungeon may not even come.

On a closer look, several adventurers seemed to be scared when they saw Freya. Well, Freya’s appearance drastically changed due to her evolution. Passing by with such unusual four arms, she would look strange indeed. I immediately took out ocher-coloured robe out of the bangle and handed it to Freya.

“Thank you. I completely forgot that I had evolved…”

“Um, it’s better to keep only two of your arms out of the robe.”

This case is not only for Mana City’s residents. Humans in general hate unorthodox things. They will even try to eliminate those that are different from their selves. Therefore, to avoid troubles, it is better to hide it for now.

“Now for the mail…”

I searched inside the mailbox installed in the Temple of Teleportation. There was one letter in it. The sender is the Lord of Mana City. The content is about him thanking me for repelling the Estent Empire’s soldiers. Well, even though he says that I repelled them, there’s only one person who escaped. In a sense, it is close to annihilation. It was also written that he sent me some gold coins as thank-you gift and it was given to the guild so I go receive it there.

“I didn’t fight for money though…”

“Isn’t that good? Shinichi did that much too you see.”

Erna looks happy with a grin plastered on her face. Looking at such expression, which is such a happy-go-lucky look, makes me feel uncomfortable. Anyway, I think she’s just thinking about buying a lot of clothes.

“That’s right! If you get the money, buy some clothes! That would be good!”

“Rejected”

At this point, we can’t afford to buy many clothes. Now that we have additional companion, we need to be more frugal.

“Eeeh! Shinichi’s so stingy!”

“Yeah, yeah. Say whatever you like.”

We then start walking towards the city.

“It’s sunny today and it feels good.”

I agree with what Freya had said. The weather is pleasant and it’s a nice day for a walk. Well, unlike when we’re inside the dungeon, I don’t feel something like stuffiness here after all. If we have a lunch box, we can go have a picnic.

When we arrived at the City, a soldier we’re acquainted with bows to us when he saw me.

“The weather is pleasant today. Do you have some business with the guild?”

“Yeah, I think it’s about time for me to show up too. Ah right, take this.”

I take out a boxed vegetable from the bangle. We harvested a lot of vegetables this time so I thought it would be too much to sell. There is also a surplus of watermelon so it would be just right to give it to the soldiers’ as a reward for their work.

“Is it okay to take this…?”

“Yeah. There’s a surplus of it, divide it among the other soldiers.”

The soldier bows again then he calls the other soldiers and they joyfully huddled together. My heart is getting full just by looking at them. Saying goodbye to the soldiers, we head straight to the guild.

We entered the guild like usual, but what came into my view was the several adventurers crowding together.

“Is Homeless really in this city!?”

“We came from the Royal Capital and we want to be part of Homeless!”

“Hey, where do those Homeless guys live!? It’s fine so just inform me where!”

More than 500 adventurers crowded inside the guild. Moreover, they are not just beginners, but rather, there are intermediate and advanced adventurers too. The corresponding guild staff looked like they are about to cry.

“Isn’t it amazing?”

It was Bud who said that as he hit me on the shoulder. He holds a bottle in one hand and seems to be drinking alcohol from daytime.

“What’s going on here?”

“Somehow, these guys have all heard the rumors about Homeless. Thanks to that, the guild is in tumult. Well, as these guys eat and drink here, the city benefits from them too.”

“Is it because I defeated the Estent Empire’s soldiers? I’m so surprised seeing how fast the rumors go.”

“If someone killed fifty Dragoneuts alone, would you normally want to befriend that person? Or is it me who is the odd one?”

Bud laughs and drinks his alcohol once again. Well, it is as he had said. Everybody wants to befriend a strong person. For a life-threatening profession such as this, it’s only natural to form a party with strong individuals.

“Bud, you must have kept the money from the Lord, right? We’ll leave the guild right after we get it.”

“Hahaha, that would be a wise choice. You shouldn’t come for a while until this cools down.”

After I received the ten gold coins from Bud, we quickly went outside so that the adventurers wouldn’t notice us.

“Father is very popular.”

“Indeed. With about fifty dragoneuts… No, forty-nine to be exact. Haist, anyways, we’ll be inconvenienced if we got famous to that degree.”

When I said so, Freya forced a smile.

“Dragoneut seems to be weak for Tanaka-dono, but they are actually a fairly strong race. One soldier from the Estent Empire can beat 100 human soldiers you know.”

“Does that mean that ten of them can defeat a thousand people? It’s no wonder that their Empire is in good shape.”

In that case, since I was able to beat the 49 people alone…

“Ahahaha! Shinichi is a monster!”

I drop my fist on Erna’s head. Don’t just speak what someone is worried about! And like that, we decided to go in the market and head to Arnold’s shop.

“Fuhahaha! It’s about time you come! I’ve been waiting!”

The owner, Arnold, is still shirtless and is laughing energetically. Looking at the items in his store, I couldn’t find the vegetables that I sold to him before.

“It seems that the shipped vegetables before sold well.”

“Of course! The customers were very happy with its rarity and quality! I hope you will continue to do business with me!”

I know it could be sold, but it is a pretty good result with it being sold out. Besides, I was planning to do business with Arnold in the future, so his offer is convenient.

“I was thinking of that too. Thank you for your continuous patronage.”

“Fuhahaha! Likewise!”

After shaking hands with him, I take out the boxes of vegetables from the bangle.

“This will be the vegetables we’ll sell this time.”

“Everything is good! The customers will be very satisfied again!”

He laughs loudly while knocking on the watermelon with his fingers. With him being so cheerful and unrestrained, I feel like I’ll be laughing too.

“Alright then, I will come back in about a week’s time.”

“Yes. I’ll be waiting!”

We left the market after I received the money from Arnold.

“Tanaka-dono, what are we going to do now?”

“We’ll be going to the next city in the meantime. I have to deliver the Lich’s skull to the researcher who requested it.”

Listening between my conversation with Freya, Erna joins in.

“The neighboring city is relatively far you know? I think it will take half a day to walk…”

“There’s no problem with that. We have our ride you see.”

After saying that, I summoned my familiars. Three unicorns appeared from the light that appeared on the ground.

“A unicorn! As expected of Shinichi!”

Erna gets on and checks the ride’s quality. Horse saddles are already attached to them so they look like a domesticated horse no matter where you look at it.

“Whoa! The Homeless brought weird creatures again!”

The children in the City gathered around us.

Saying it’s a “weird creature” is rude you know?

“This is a unicorn, it’s a very good horse.”

“Unicorns are white and beautiful! This is not a unicorn!”

One of the children argues.

….Hmm, doesn’t it look like a unicorn?

This would be a problem then. I would like to argue, but it will take some time to explain to the children that they are indeed unicorns.

“Children, this is a special unicorn. It’s not like the ones you see around here.”

Freya’s words convinced the children and almost immediately, “Amazing–! It’s a strong unicorn!”, the child seems to be susceptible to the word “special”.

“Shall we go?”

After we get on the unicorn, the horses start galloping dashingly. Its feet were as fast as the wind, in a blink of an eye, we already moved far away from the Mana City.

I’m the one at the lead and Erna follows behind me. Freya and Pero stick next to each other. Since I only turned three unicorn as my familiar, I asked Freya and Pero to ride together. Pero’s face seems to be a little scared though.

“Haa-haa-,  together with Pero-sama…”

As expected, Freya is getting so excited. Her slovenly appearance ruined her beauty. Fortunately, even without Freya’s guide, the unicorns are smart enough that they’re able to take us to our destination.

“By the way, Shinichi, didn’t you also give the forked centipede to the person living in the neighbouring city?”

“Yeah, I think he was called Duffy. He said that centipede would be turned into a medicine.”

Duffy said he would use that centipede as a medicine to help a girl suffering from an incurable disease. I wonder what happened after that.

“Grrrrrrr!”

A wolf-like magical beast jumped out of the road. However, the unicorn I’m riding kicks it off without even stopping. Immediately after, Erna’s unicorn trampled down on the wolf, it also hurried over as if nothing had happened. I was impressed with that successive cooperative attack.

It’s strong even if it’s alone, but the three of them can cooperate well too. It seems that my decision to turn these unicorns into my familiar is correct after all.

In about three hours, we arrived at the neighboring city known as Crent City.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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Finally, we have reached the thirtieth floor.

“It’s the same as the 29th floor huh.”

“Yeah”

As Erna had said, the 30th floor has landscape almost similar to the 29th floor. The passageway was overgrown with grass and the walls were covered with vines. I’m still inside the Great Labyrinth but if feels like I’m outside.

“Mokyuu?”

A small creature emerges from the grassy area. It was about 30cm long, covered with brown hair, and its appearance is very similar to a koala. Its round eyes are staring at us puzzlingly.

“Oh, what a cute creature.”

When I tried to touch it, it growled and bit my hand. Contrary to its appearance, it has a large mouth and sharp teeth like those of a shark grow sharply on it. Obviously, it’s a carnivorous one.

“Shinichi!!?”

“Don’t worry, this won’t hurt me.”

The little creature bite into my hand but it can’t pierce through my skin. Then after a while, the creature finally gave up and ran away.

“What was that?”

“That is a magical beast called gremlin. It looks cute, but it is known as a ferocious carnivore. If you can train it, you can keep it, but I don’t really recommend that you do that.”

Given Freya’s explanation, I also agree to that. Well, since it’s cute, it’s not strange that some humans will want to have it. There are even some people in this world who tried to keep lions and tigers.

I stand up and we proceeded forward. We then came to the place where a group of creatures called gremlin and a group of hobgoblins were fighting. Twenty hobgoblins surround and attack ten gremlins.

The hobgoblins mercilessly raise their nails towards the gremlins, who squeals, “Mokyu! Mokyuuuu!”

Considering that this is a struggle for existence, It’s normal to think of it as the strong preys on the weak. However, I felt sad to see that such adorable creatures are crying sorrowfully.

“Skeletons, get rid of those hobgoblins.”

“Katakatakata”

Hundred skeletons moved forward. Suketarou was the one who takes command. While the three Lich served as the long-range attacker. The Hobgoblins are so engrossed with their fight that they seem to be completely unaware of the incoming skeleton unit.

Then the fight was finished in a blink of an eye. The hobgoblins were wiped out in less than five minutes. The injured gremlins on the other hand were trembling gathered together.

“Katakata”

Suketarou also tried to touch a gremlin. However the frightened gremlin bites into Suketarou’s finger. But since it’s made up of bone, it was too hard for its teeth to bite into.

“Katakatakata”

Suketarou laughs as he seemed to be tickled. Then the Gremlins stop squealing and they stared at Suketarou and the other skeletons. And shortly after, the Gremlins ran away from the area.

I helped them for my self-satisfaction. In other words, I just feel like it. The next time we meet gremlins, I might hunt them.

“Well done”

“Katakata”

The skeletons clattered their jaws and bowed to me. I then stowed the Hobgoblins’ corpses inside the bangle. According to Erna, hobgoblins are quite pricey. Of course their meat cannot be eaten, but it seems that there is demand for their bones.

We start walking again as we follow Erna’s instructions who is currently looking at the map.

“Go to the right next.”

“Right huh. By the way, how long is it before we get to the disposal site?”

“It’s near. But, can we get in smoothly?”

Erna’s question is justified. We were able to enter the disposal site on the 20th floor because I happened to found the hidden door. It seems that it is better to think that the entrance on the 30th floor’s disposal site is hidden as well.

“Katakata”

Suketarou clatters his jaw.

Looking back, ten gremlins are peeking out from the behind the grass. One of them comes out and touches the skeleton in the end of the line. The other Gremlins were just watching the situation.

“It looks like they became emotionally attached to them huh.”

“But it’s a carnivore you know?”

“Gremlins are ferocious, but they’re not foolish. Once they recognize you as their ally, they won’t attack unnecessarily. They seem to have a keen interest in the skeletons too.”

The Gremlin touches the skeleton once more and it looks up at the skeleton. On the contrary, the skeleton looking down at it seems to be troubled.

“Mokyu!”

After that gremlin squealed, the other gremlins hiding in the area, revealed themselves. Sitting under the feet of the skeletons, they licked each other’s wounds. Apparently, they thought that it was a safe to be near the skeletons.

“They’re so cute.”

Erna is fascinated seeing such gremlins. Yeah, they are cute, but we can’t move forward with them like this.

Hmm, what to do?

“They are injured, so I think they want us to protect them.”

I nod to Pero’s words.

Let’s heal their injuries then.

I took out some cure mushrooms out of the bangle and threw them at the gremlins.

“They won’t eat it huh…”

They did not even bother to look at the cure mushrooms I tossed to them. Oh well, it’s a given because they are a carnivorous creature. Thus I decided to chop the cure mushrooms into small pieces and mix it with minced meat.

When I throw the dumpling of raw meat to them, the gremlins took a bite on it this time. Then their wounds from the hobgoblin’s scratches gradually disappeared. The gremlins began to run energetically afterwards.

“Alright, we’re going now―Hn?”

The gremlins climb into the skeletons’ body as I issued the command. Then they even settled down on the skeletons’ shoulders or head.

Hmm, it seems that they intend to follow us based from their actions.

“It can’t be helped, let’s just take them with us.”

We finally start walking again.

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“There should be a hidden space behind this wall, right?”

“Yes, that’s what the map says. It’s also about the size of the disposal site.”

We arrived at the destination but the question is on how we can get inside. The skeletons have already begun to look for hidden doors, but there have been no reports of discovering such thing yet.

“Should we look for the hidden door too?”

Then each one of us begins to look for it while hitting the wall. We decided to act separately. I took the ten skeletons with me, Erna and Suketarou with fifty skeletons, and Pero and Flair with forty skeletons.

It’s more efficient and this will increase the chance of it being found. I also decided to keep the gremlins in my group. They look cute, but they are a carnivore, so it’s safer if they are with me as I could handle it if I am to be bitten.

“Mokyu”

The gremlins are licking parts of the skeletons’ body. It is mutual grooming or should I say grooming. Many animals do this to get rid of parasites and keep them clean. Of course that’s not all. It also has other meanings such as having emotional connection or showing their friendship. The skeletons appear to be liked by the Gremlins.

“But―, I can’t find it at all…”

I’m looking for it while hitting the wall, but I can’t find that spot. This may take a few days.

As that thought crossed my mind, a gremlin stood in front of the wall a little bit far from the skeletons. I observe at what it was trying to do. The gremlin then begins to push the wall and a hidden door opens up. It jumped inside the opened gap without hesitation.

“Mokyu!”

Following that, another gremlin also opened the hidden door and enters inside. I was stunned while watching the situation.

“Mokyu! Mokyu!”

The gremlins seemed to say that the skeletons should follow them. I let the skeletons go ahead and I followed from behind. The floor was one step lower beyond the hidden door as expected. There is also a straight passage behind it. When I looked at the hidden door from where we came in, it was now totally closed. As expected, it seems that it is a one-way mechanism.

“Mokyu!”

The gremlins were calling out to the skeletons to follow them. The skeletons and I decided to follow the gremlins to the end of the aisle.

“This is……”

The space at the end of the aisle was as expected. It’s a square room with crystals on the walls that are shining with pale light. But what’s even more eye-catching is the group of over 100 gremlins. Carpets made of grass are their bedding, and many small babies of the Gremlins are sleeping.

“We looked for the gremlins nest huh…”

I can’t help but laughed as I thought that. I never thought there was a nest in the disposal site that should have been hidden. I’m should be thankful for the chance of meeting those gremlins.

When I pulled myself together and looked at the center of the disposal site, there was a treasure trove beyond my imagination.

There are Mithril sword and Mithril axe. Furthermore, there are Mithril shields, even bows and canes are stack in piles. Generally speaking, it’s a mountain of countless weapons. There are also a lot of armors and tools.

“This is amazing! I’m glad I came here!”

I randomly stored things in the bangle. I don’t know the mechanism of the disposal site that well, but basically, inorganic substances are accumulated as garbage. Not to mention, organic products such as leather could weather. However, some of them seem to be able to withstand weathering.

Best evidence is that there are bows and canes that were made of trees and plants.

【Analysis Result: Large tree Bow: A bow carved from a branch of a large tree that is said to have lived for 2,000 years. Its arrow have the attributes of the wind that can penetrate even an iron wall: Rarity A】

【Analysis Result: Bird of Paradise Cane: A cane made of the bones of a bird that lives in Hades Island. It has a very good magical conductivity, is light in weight and is harder than steel. It has a high affinity with the wind attribute and has the effect of boosting one’s power: Rarity A】

【Analysis Result: Magic Steel Spear: A spear made from magic steel. It has excellent sharpness and strength, and its magical conductivity exceeds Mithril: Rarity A】

【Analysis Result: Flame Back Hand Guard: Guard for the back of the hand made by synthesizing Freinium and Mithril. The momentum of the flame also increases depending on the amount of magical power applied: Rarity A】(TLYN: You can search this[手甲] to properly visualize it)

As expected, something with rarity of S cannot be found here. Rarity A is the highest and B is more than a dozen. Most of them are with rarity of C.

Well, come to think about it carefully, will a human with a weapon of rarity S die in the 30th floor?

Of course, the answer is NO. Thus, so far, things are going well. So I could say that weapons of rarity A and above are lying around in the floors further below. I do want to go search for those with Rarity S, but currently, there is no reason to do so. I’m just collecting weapons for my living, not as a collector’s item anyway.

When almost the entire mountain of items is stored in the bangle, I surveyed the disposal site as I looked for the exit. Then incidentally, I saw several gremlins pushing the wall for going out. Apparently, I can get out of from there.

“Gremlins, sorry for disturbing you. This is my thank you gift.”

I gave a lump of meat to the gremlins. There is a lot of hobgoblin meat in the bangle anyway so it’s a good place to sort them out. Besides it doesn’t make much sense to keep such inedible meat.

The carnivorous gremlins swarm on the meat. It’s not a very pleasant sight to watch, so I decided to go out from the exit quickly. When I went outside, Erna and the others were sitting down and chatting. Apparently, they couldn’t find the hidden door so they stopped the search from some time ago. When they saw me, they immediately run to me.

“Shinichi! Did you get inside!?”

“Well, the disposal site appeared to be the gremlins’ nest and I was able to get in as I go after them. I already collected the weapons so the dungeon exploration is over.”

“Yey! We can finally go home! I’m dead tired!”

The three of them happily frolic around. When we get home, I’ll feed them with some delicious food.

“Ah right, I’ve collected some weapons that looked good, I’ll give them to you guys.”

I handed the Large Tree Bow and Bird of Paradise Cane to Erna. I give the Flame Hand Guard to Pero. And Freya received the Magic Steel Spear.

When each of them received it, they quickly checked its usability.

“This bow is good. Especially the cane, it’s the best. It looks like its performance is much better than my previous canes.”

“My fingers are coming out in this Back Hand Guard. It also appears that it will generate flame when magical power is applied to it.”

“This is of high-quality. This spear is considerably heavier than Mithril, but it’s just right for me. I’ll use the Mithril Spear as a sub-weapon and use this as my main one.”

The three of them seemed to be satisfied. It seems that it’s good to think that we had a huge harvest this time after all.

“Alright, shall we head back?”

We then head to the Temple of Teleportation here in the 30^th floor. We arrived at the temple in about two hours.

“I’m going to transfer―”

I halted my movement when I tried to touch the lithograph inside the temple. That’s because when I looked closely, there are gremlins hugging some skeleton. If we transfer like this, they will be taken with the skeletons.

“Skeletons heed my command. Stay on this floor and protect the entrance and exit of the disposal site.”

“Katakata”

The ten skeletons clattered their jaws and accepted my order. It would be enough to have ten skeletons in this floor, so other than the ones I nominated, I decided to return with the rest via transfer.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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About an hour has passed since we searched for soybeans. We met Hobgoblins several times, but Pero and Freya quickly got rid of them. The next thing I knew, me and Erna were just looking for soybeans.

“We already searched this long, since we can’t find it, it only means that it doesn’t grow in this floor.”

“Yeah, maybe, but…”

I couldn’t give up. As long as we find soybeans, I can grow them as much as I want. If I can have even just one bean sprout, harvest is to be expected with this dungeon here.

“More than that, I’m so tired already. Let’s take a break somewhere.”

“Alright, it’s about time for dinner too.”

We decided to take a break at a suitable place. I took out the pre-made soup out of the bangle then I distribute the bread sandwiched with meat and cheese to them.

“This is delicious.”

Freya seems happy with my homemade food. Then she drinks from the water bottle containing some saint water.

“Whoa, what is this delicious water!?”

Until this time, Freya hadn’t drunk saint water yet. I am familiar with the deliciousness of Saint Water but it made me feel that it’s even more delicious because of her. Well, her surprise is normal.

Such display appeared in my line of sight. It looks like it is Freya’s turn this time. It’s not too surprising as this is the second time though. In the first place, Saint Water most likely has the function of rapidly absorbing things like the accumulated experience points. It’s like fully opening a water tank’s faucet. Thanks to that, it seems that the experience value required for evolution has been reached all at once. However, it is still a mystery why somebody else’s evolution options come out before me.

Hmm, is it because I’m the leader of these three?

“Hey Freya, I was asked if I want you to evolve, what should I do?”

“Hn!? Why are you asking Tanaka-dono!? Uh, It should be me who is asked, right!?”

“Don’t ask me that. I don’t know why either.”

“Aah, in the end, God was disappointed in me… tha-that’s why to Tanaka-dono…”

Freya looked up at the ceiling and began to despair. By the way, God is the sender of the words that I see many times. In this world, it is considered that the occurrence of these words appearing in my field of view is the work of God.

I have no choice but to believe it because there is no object to deny it, I feel that it is not entirely false either. It may be God’s guidance that such words appear in my field of view, and that I can live in this way too. There is a possibility that it’s Buddha. It is no wonder that this world is made up of something beyond human intelligence.

“Hey, Freya. What should I choose on the evolution’s destination?”

“…Isn’t it just high human?”

“There is an option like that, but there is also a neo-human option.”

“Neo human?”

Not only Freya but also Erna and Pero were at loss. Since the three of them don’t know about it, it only means that it is an evolution that has never been seen before.

Or, is it a forgotten evolution?

“Hmm, this is worrisome…”

Freya begins to worry about the destination of her evolution. There is no doubt that both high human and neo human will make her stronger, but life-changing choices cannot be made easily. It is also possible that her appearance will turn ugly too.

Then Freya asks Pero a question,

“Which do you think is better, Pero-sama?”

“I don’t mind whichever you become, Freya-san will still be Freya-san, right?”

Freya trembles with joy in response to Pero’s words.

“I decided! I will become a neo-human!”

“Are you sure? Maybe high human is better?”

“Yes, don’t make me change my mind! I’ve already decided that you see. Quickly, let me evolve!”

And so, I select YES and choose Neo Human. Freya immediately lay down with a blanket. Light then wraps around her and her evolution begins.

“Alright then, I’ll leave Freya to the skeleton unit. Pero and I will go look for soybeans.”

“Okay”

Leaving Erna and the skeleton unit on that place as her guard, Pero and I resume the search for soybeans.

“Nothing huh…”

“Un……”

Rustling through the grassy places, we searched for something that looks like a soybean. If I remember correctly, soybeans are plants that stand out. With a lot of broad fruits on the petioles of its big leafs, it has an unforgettable impact at first glance.

“Kyuui!?”

A rabbit with horns escaped from the grassy area. It is a gentle magical beast called Horned Rabbit. Many small animals live in this floor and monsters like wild boars are wandering around as they hunt them.

“Bururu…”

While thinking about such a thing, a wild boar suddenly appeared.

【Analysis Result: Poison Boar: The fangs are poisonous, and once bitten, your whole body will turn numb, rendering you immobile. Its charge is strong, and it is said that if it is a one-on-one fight, it is comparable to a March bull. Its meat is firm, but it can be eaten deliciously depending on the way it is cooked: Rarity C】

The brown wild boar breathes heavily and starts charging fiercely. Apparently, it recognized us as prey.

“Wait, I’ll do it.”

I stopped Pero who’s starting to run towards it and I come forward. I wanted to test the power of the Paralyzing eyes skill that I got from the Hobgoblin. When I made an eye contact with the wild boar, the skill activated.

“Bugii!?”

The boar staggered, hit the wall and finally collapsed. When I approached it, it’s still twitching from the convulsion with its eyes rolled back.

“It is very different from the paralysis I felt.”

Is it because of the difference between the users?

It seems that there is a big difference between the Hobgoblin and me using it. However, Paralyzing eyes is a pretty good skill.

“I’m going to drain its blood now.”

Pero gashed the wild boar’s neck with a sense of familiarity, then blood spouted from the wound. It’s not a pleasant sight, but I don’t feel any disgust. Well, getting used to it is quite scary though.

As soon as the blood is drained, I started dismantling it. After that, I put it in a bangle and we searched for soybeans again.

After walking for a while, I found a plant like the one I’m looking for near the wall on the passageway. When I ran up and used my Analysis skill, the long-awaited display was shown.

As expected, soybeans seemed to be in this floor. This completes the ingredients for making soy sauce and miso. What’s more, getting soybeans means that I can eat edamame, which is a snack paired with sake.

Without Pero here, I would have been dancing naked in joy. As I tried to harvest the soybeans, my hands stopped.

If it’s possible, why can’t I just bring it home as a whole?

After pulling the soybean’s stem, I stored the whole soybean plant in the bangle. All I have to do is replant it in the vegetable garden.

“Should we head back?”

“Okay”

We decided to return to where the other two is.

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Her first time evolution took almost seven hours. It’s longer than when Erna evolved so we were taking a nap while the skeletons served as our guards.

“Uh… a… here is…”

Freya seems to have woken up. I crawled out of the blanket, then I put a lot of food and water in front of Freya.

She starts eating the meat quickly and gulps down the water in the barrel. Her red hair, which has grown nearly two meters, hides both her face and body, so it is not possible to confirm how she has evolved.

However, I can see that she had four arms!

“Burp! I can’t eat anymore!”

Her mouth, which was slightly visible through the gap in her hair, is smiling with satisfaction.

“Hey Freya. You have four arms, don’t you feel weird?”

“Haa? F-Four??”

After checking herself, she screams. Erna and Pero, who were sleeping, woke up from the volume of her voice.

“Waa! Freya, you have four arms!”

“Freya-san is amazing! So cool!”

Erna looked surprised, but Pero was jealous. Then at this point, Freya begins to feel embarrassed.

“If Pero-sama could say that, it only means that my decision to choose this evolution is correct!”

Her ghost-like hair sways while she wiggles her body as she’s emerged in happiness. It’s time for her to cut her hair and see what she looks like.

“Cut your hair with this.”

I handed her the Bull King knife and let her cut her hair. When her hair is cut till a shoulder-length, her appearance is revealed and she looks more beautiful than before. I was spellbound.

“How is it? Do I look weird?”

“It’s okay. Your face is better than before.”

With red hair like flames and pair of ruby-like eyes, you’ll feel a sense of intimidation just by her stare. She’s definitely a looker, there was no doubt that if there were ten people here, ten of them would turn around to look at her again. In addition, her four arms move naturally enough to convince you that there are such creatures like her. And strangely enough, they do not seem out of the ordinary.

Another mysterious thing is that the blue armor she had been wearing has changed. The blue armor has been changed to red armor and has been modified so that it can be operated with four hands. I was impressed that evolution could also change the equipment.

“Freya-san is so cool!!”

Pero gets excited about her appearance. Well, in my mind, I was also shouting, “Four arms!? I envy you!!”

Having multiple arms is a man’s romance. It’s my dream too.

“The three of you should move a little away, I’ll try to use my spear.”

Freya grasps the spear then she applies her centrifugal force to rotate it skillfully. It’s like she’s a spear prodigy. The spear does not separate from her finger like it’s a part of her body.

“Yeah, this body is wonderful. It’s powerful and I don’t feel like losing to any demon beast.”

“But it does not feel like a skill of a neo-human.”

“No, my status has added something called psychokinesis. I think it’s a unique skill…”

As she said that, Freya’s spear floats in the air. As the spear moved about 10 meters away, it fell to the floor.

“Is 10m the limit? The closer it is to my body, the stronger my psychokinesis works huh.”

「「「……」」」」

 I’m left speechless. Instead of magic, she used her skill to make things float in the air. From what I know, Psychokinesis is a psychic ability. Don’t tell me I’ll get to see psychic powers in this magical world?…

I quickly check out Freya’s status.

【Analysis Result: Freya Label: Retired as a Knight Guard of the Duke and got a job as an adventurer and joined Homeless’ party. She has a tremendous loyalty towards Pero. It’s as if Pero is her god: Rarity S】

There are a few things I’m curious about, but first of all, it’s her psychokinesis skill. It’s amazing to say that she can move things without using her hands, well, she still need to find out how powerful her skill is.

Either way, I can say that it is an evolution worthy of the term “new human being”. Also, when I look at her evolution category, I can see the term “Ultimate Spearmanship”. Perhaps it is a skill that has evolved from spearmanship skill itself. This skill is still deep and interesting.

Then secretly, I opened my third eye. I can see Freya’s limbs. I checked it just in case, but she doesn’t seem to have four breasts. I can’t say that it was disappointing or good, but I do think it is now a little bigger. It is really an inviting chest. Mufufu.

“Shinichi? Why is your third eye open?”

Erna questioned me with unhurried voice. As I’m already satisfied, I decided to close my third eye.

“Um, I was checking with my own eyes for any abnormalities.”

“I’ve always wanted to ask, but what’s that eye in your forehead is really for?”

“This is the eye of truth, I can completely see through someone’s true nature with it.”

“Hmmm…”

Erna doesn’t seem to believe it. I’ll be in trouble if she pursues it any further, so I just diverted the topic.

“Now then, since Freya’s evolution is over, isn’t it about time for us to move to the 30th floor?”

“Eh? Did you find the soybeans?”

“Of course. I diligently searched for it. I will not regret leaving this floor anymore.”

Then we got up and started walking towards the stairs.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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