Category: Homeless Tensei: Isekai De Jiyuu Sugiru Majutsu Jisoku Seikatsu

“Oops!”

After I avoided Pero’s fist, I immediately followed up a foot sweep move. Pero avoided it by doing a cartwheel then he shot a roundhouse kick.

“Ugh!?”

Although I defended with my arm, I was blown away by the heavy impact. As expected from this body, it seems that it won’t be killed by a werewolf’s kick.

“That’s enough.”

When the clone announced the end of the match, me and Pero bowed to each other.

“Father is strong!”

“Pero did a good job too. In this case, you might be able to fight an orc alone you know.”

After I said that, the me, who was of the same height as Pero approached my main body. When I held hands with my main body, assimilation gradually started and I was absorbed completely.

“This division skill is not bad.”

It was my clone who was fighting Pero earlier. I can use this division skill to create a young child. However, I can’t create the clothes, so the problem is that my clone is naked. Besides, the number of my clone is limited to one, so I can’t say that it is easy to use yet.

“I’m home—”

Erna is back with her rucksack on her back. I made her go to the city alone but it seems that there was no problem with it.

“How is Rodman doing?”

“It seems that he’s in the studio hitting your sword. His son was the one who gave me an appraisal instead.”

She threw the empty rucksack to the ground and lay down on the grass. I always accompanied her but today, she went alone so she’s pretty tired.

“In the meantime, show me how much it worth.”

“It did not fetch that much.”

The amount she handed over was three silver coins. Not many weapons and armors were collected at the disposal site so this price is as expected.

It may be about time we find a new place to search after all…

“All right, we’ll aim for the 30th floor after we have our lunch.”

“Eeh!? Are we really going!?”

“Of course. It’s hard to say that we are still living a stable life.”

“But, is there really another disposal site?”

I’m not that confident whether there’s really one. However, I can’t really tell if there is one or none unless we look for it. Besides, we won’t get started even if we discuss it in this place anyway. Well, there is a reason why I said that we should aim for the 30th floor. The disposal site we are currently using is almost exhausted, weapons and armors cannot be recovered unless new corpses are added.

Then from there, I noticed something.

Not only beginner level adventurers but also those with good equipment such as intermediate and advanced level adventurers went here in Mohed’s Great Dungeon in the past. If they died, their equipment should also be in the disposal site.

However, only the equipments from beginner and intermediate level adventurers fall over on the disposal site we are currently using. In that sense, it means that there is another disposal site somewhere and there is a possibility that such equipments from advanced level adventurers may be accumulated there.

The map left by the great mage Moore also described a mysterious space on the thirtieth level. At least I’m sure that there’s something on the 30th floor.

“I’ll serve you a delicious food, so show that you’re full of spirit.”

“Delicious food you say…”

I can’t feel even a slight enthusiasm from Erna. If I cook a special dish, her feelings will surely change.

First, I draw a magic circle on the ground and add a fire magic stone to create a certain amount of heat. Then with a knife, I make a cut in the meat that has been cut into large pieces. Next, I put oil in a pan and heat it up. In the meantime, I also soak the meat in the beaten egg and then toss it into the bread crumbs. When the oil was properly heated, I add the meat and wait for a while until it turns golden.

When the fragrant scent spread out, Erna, who was lying down, gets up. Pero was already drooling and shaking his tail. When the meat was fried, I chopped the vegetables and sandwiched them in the bread. Finally, I added the sauce sold at the seasoning store and it’s done.

“Is that Shinichi’s special burger?”

Erna and Pero grab the burger that was served and bite on it.

“Hn~!! It’s delicious!”

“Father, it’s so delicious! It’s my first time eating something like this!”

They both like the burger. Even so, I’m still not used to Pero’s fluent speaking. It’s only been a few days since he was taught of the language here but he has an incredible growth. As for his training, his skill has remarkably levelled up and if it is only about agility, it is already beyond the limit.

I used appraisal on Pero.

【Appraisal Result: Pero Tanaka: Werewolf who became a sacred beast. He thinks of Shinichi Tanaka as his father and he’s trying hard to be as strong as his father. He’s currently captivated by the special burger: Rarity S】

【Status】 Name:  Pero Tanaka Age:  5 years old Race:  Saint Werewolf Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  Wind (Holy) Magic:  Air ball, Air arrow Skills: Gale Attack (Beginner), Taijutsu A (Intermediate), Taijutsu B (Beginner), Body Strengthening (Intermediate), Claw Strengthening (Intermediate), Intelligence (Intermediate) Intimidating (Beginner)

It’s quite a growth he has there.

I’m particularly concerned about the gale attack. This is an attack skill along with my skill, thread bomb. Skills include assistance and strengthening, but attack skills are relatively rare. It is a skill that can be called as a trump card.

I’m looking forward on seeing how strong my son will become.

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“Ahead of us is the 20th floor.”

Erna pointed to the stairs while looking at the map. Starting from the hideout, we finally arrived at this stairs. From this point onward, it is an area unknown to me.

“Both of you, are you’re equipments ready?”

“Yeah. I only bring out my cane, I’ll take the bow out of the bangle in case of emergency.”

“I’ll also be fine because I have the knuckles that father bought for me.”

Both of them seem to be well prepared. However, I’m a little surprised that the special burger motivated them so much. I said that if this search is successful, I’ll make it again and it seems that it is very effective.

“Let’s go.”

We then went down the stairs.

“…Looks normal…”

I agree with Erna’s words. There was no particular change in the 20th floor and only a brick-like passageway continued in the area.

“Ugaaaaaaa!”

As soon as an orc appear, Pero rushes forward and hit it hard. It feels good to see that such a small body scares a large orc. Pero quickly approached the orc that took a pratfall and he slits its neck with his claws.

“It’s true that he can overwhelm that orc alone huh.”

“Pero is a sacred beast you know, that’s normal you see.”

I understand what Erna wants to say, but orcs are by no means weak. Even an intermediate adventurer can barely win against it. It was a miracle that I won when I first came to this world. I stored the orc’s corpse in the bangle and we proceed by following the map.

“What is on the 20th floor?”

“It’s not written, but it looks like there’s a Temple of Teleportation here.”

“Then, should we go to the temple?”

It is a big advantage if you have a transfer point as you can go to that level at any time. It’s a hassle, but it will be useful later. We continued walking for about four hours then we arrived at a dome-shaped room.

The Temple of Teleportation is in the center of the room, with a black stone plate placed at the center. I touched the stone plate without any hesitation.

【Welcome to the Temple of Teleportation. Shinichi Tanaka’s transfer point has been added.】

Now I can go to the 20th floor at any time. Considering that there are temples on every five floor, the next temple will be on the 25th floor.

After a short break, we started walking towards the stairs again.

There are not many magical beasts on the 20th floor, but the encounter rate with orcs is high. There may be a lair somewhere from here. After walking for another 3 hours, we found the next stairs. We went down without hesitation.

“What’s this!?”

The 21st floor was a wetland. A lot of grass grows and the muddy ground tries to sink my legs. Perhaps this floor is a large room as the wall on the other side is not visible and the horizon is far away.

“Goro-goro”

When I heard that sound and looked at the ground, a big frog, about the size of a kagami mochi, is looking at me. When it realized that I’m dangerous, it jumps away using its big legs.

“Is there an orcs lair here…?”

There’s abundant food in this large space, it’s a good environment to feed the orcs. And also, from here they can go to the 20th and 19th floor. As evidence, we saw three orcs already running to us.

“Apparently it’s my turn.”

Erna holds out her cane. A large space is perfect for using magic. The moment the Flame Burst was used in a narrow passage, no matter how many lives you have, it will not be enough.

“Flame burst!”

A roaring sound echoed out and the three orcs disappeared. Pieces of meat scattered in the swamp, and a frog, about the size of a puppy, picks it up with its tongue and swallows it.

“Apparently, they heard that sound.”

I held Erna and Pero’s hands and used my stealth skill. The orcs rushed to look around and tilted their heads in confusion and left to go somewhere.

“Well,  shall we hurry ahead?”

Then we walk in the swamp while still under stealth. When we followed the map to the place where the stairs were, I wanted to hold my head in frustration. The staircase is in the middle of the swamp, but an orc settlement was built around the staircase!

Houses made of grass are lined up, reminding me of the Jomon period.

“What should we do? As expected, I think we will get exposed…”

“Well, this is Stealth (Special grade). Hopefully we can get through them.”

“Is that true?”

Erna doubts the power of my stealth. Well, we did not really turn invisible, it just erases our presence. Since the effect does not include erasing our smell and sound, I can understand her anxiety.

“We’re going.”

We hold hands and enter the village. We keep a certain distance while avoiding the passing orcs then we go to the inner part. When we arrived at the center of the village, the staircase is also in the center. However, the stairs are blocked by wooden boards and it seems that it is not easy to get it off.

Somehow, I felt that they are scared of something that’s coming from below.

“We can’t go down at this rate.”

“All right, shoot flame bomb towards the stairs.”

“Is that okay? We’ll definitely be found out!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll do something about it.”

Erna points her cane at the stairs and shoots a flame bomb. Immediately after that, an explosion occurs. The wood that was blocking the stairs was blown away, and the orcs who were caught off guard tumbled down.

“Thread bomb!”

I shot thread bombs in a turbulent manner. A sticky thread covered the village, and the orcs were also entwined with threads. I can’t stop grinning at how easy it was to get rid of the orcs.

“Okay, I’ll annihilate the orcs just like this.”

“Father, there’s something there!”

When I looked back after Pero called out, an orc, one size larger than the others appeared as it pushed its way out of the thread. The color of its body is mustard, and it has this different atmosphere around him. If the orcs so far were ordinary people, the one in front of me felt like a warrior.

【Appraisal Result: Orc fighter: As the orc evolved, it got a stronger body. Its delivered punch is enough to crush the bones of its opponent with a single blow. The longed target of orcs: Rarity C】

【Status】 Name:  Orc Fighter Race:  Orc Fighter Magic attribute:  Earth Magic:  Rock arrow Skills: Smell strengthening (Special), Arm Strengthening (Special), Taijutsu A (Advanced), Indomitable spirit (Intermediate)

“Orc fighter huh…”

It seems to be a high-ranking race of orcs, but its status is also quite good. I especially want to strengthen my arms.

“Guugauuu”

When the orc fighter holds its fist, it provokes me to come at him with its left hand. It looks like a boxer type though it has a body like sumo wrestler. Interesting.

“Fine with me.”

I take off my upper body clothes. The battle between men does not require clothes. The orc fighter and I keep an eye on each other and determine the other party’s appearance. Meanwhile, Erna and Pero are also eradicating the orcs entwined in the thread.

“What’s wrong? If you don’t defeat me quickly, your friends will die you know?”

“Fugagaga!”

He was laughing. It probably doesn’t think of its companions as friends. Or rather, I wonder if it really understood my words.

“Humph!”

“Gauu!”

The fight has begun. I narrowly dodged its fist and I also countered a punch. I hit its face, but he didn’t bulge. This time its punch digs into my abdomen. It’s a heavy punch, but not that unbearable. After hitting each other at close range over and over again, the orc fighter finally slump his knee on the ground by the tenth shot.

“It’s my win.”

I hit its head with my fist seriously. I heard the sound of its skull crushing. I still had some spare energy but it was quite an opponent.

Orc Fighter, I’ll never forget you.

With the Skill Picking, I acquired smell strengthening, arm strengthening, and indomitable spirit. I then confirmed the situation of the other two. Apparently, the two of them had already cleaned up the orcs while I was fighting.

“Father, why didn’t you avoid it?”

Pero approaches me and asked that question. Certainly, I could do that if I wanted to avoid the fighter’s attack. Rather, it was easier to win that match unscathed.

“It’s a man’s romance you see.”

“A man’s romance?”

“Uhm, sometimes it’s necessary for a man to exchange blows.”

After I said that, Pero’s eyes shined. Erna seems to be amazed too. After recovering the corpses of the orcs we killed, we decided to go down the stairs.

Why were the orcs blocking the stairs anyway?

When we went down to the 22nd floor, I understood why.

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

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“We have to harvest mushrooms soon or we will run out of stock.”

While checking inside the storage room, I think on what to do today. The vegetables are well harvested. And since there is a large amount of meat caught on the ground, we should be able to spend a month without starving.

With that in mind, it wouldn’t be a problem without mushrooms but that’s not enough for a gourmet like me. To put it more luxuriously, I want to eat rice and even seafood.

“I haven’t eaten rice for months…”

I want to eat TKG (Tamago Kake Gohan).

In fact, I have been searching for rice since I came to this world. I searched for rice in the Capital as well as in Mana City and talked to people in the market. However, as a result of the survey, I concluded that there is nothing like the rice I knew in this Kingdom. Though there are similar plants instead.

There are white grains that look like rice and it resembles wheat when being harvested. However, unlike rice, it’s too fragile, when you pinch it with your fingers, it breaks quickly. Many people here make use of them to make bread.

However, I still bought it and try to boil it. I had a slight expectation that it might become rice if I smashed it but what I was able to make was a sticky soup that could hardly be called as rice porridge.

“If there is a plant that looks like rice, then, there must be rice too. I don’t have to give up.”

I motivated myself.

I can never give up rice.

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

“Hyah~, there’s a lot of them as usual.”

“A lot of mushrooms.”

Erna and Pero’s surprised voice echoed at the third miniature garden.

Well, that’s to be expected because this is a mushroom paradise, no matter where you look at, you can see mushrooms. Mushrooms are growing densely on dead trees and even if you look at the ground, you can see many mushrooms sticking out of the grass.

“Today’s quota is to harvest ten pieces of cure mushrooms per person. All you have to do is pick the mushrooms you like.”

“Yes!”

“Woof!”

The two of them run to the forest while carrying a large basket. There are many magical beasts living in this miniature garden but they never come close to me.

Perhaps they even memorized my scent. And similarly, they are also wary of my companions. So, even if Erna and Pero act independently here, they will not be attacked as much as possible. Besides both of them are pretty strong, so I don’t have to worry about it.

“All right. With this, I’ve achieved my 10 cure mushrooms.”

I threw the cure mushroom into the basket on my back. Basically, adventurers use herbs to treat wounds. Well, it seems that if there is a magician who uses water magic, you can ask him to heal you with recovery magic.

However, we don’t have to rely on such things since we can get the expensive cure mushroom here. The downside is that we could only harvest the amount we would use.

“Hn? What is this scent…?”

I sniffed a pleasant scent. I smelled it somewhere, but I can’t remember what it is.

“It’s different from Matsutake…”

When I walk in the direction where the scent comes from, I noticed that the smell came from the ground. I decided to dig the ground with both hands for the time being.

A black lump came out which was about as big as a bouncy ball. I sniffed it with my nose close on it then I smelled a strong scent like perfume.

“What is this?”

I then used appraisal.

【Appraisal Result: Truffleton: A type of mushroom that grows underground. It has a strong scent and is often used in high-quality dishes. Because it is rare, it is traded at a high price among Nobles. Rarity: C】

Oh, I see, I finally remembered what this was. This is what we called truffle on earth. I used to eat it at a high-class restaurant when I was a president but I forgot about it completely.

……Hn?

The was an unfamiliar display on the appraisal results. Rarity should not have existed until now. But it may have been added because my appraisal skill became a special grade. It’s nice to know how rare something is, but it’s hard to tell if C is amazing because it’s unclear where the ranking goes from.

Then after that, I find many truffletons relying on the scent. By the way, white truffleton seem to be more valuable than the black ones. The rarity was B, which was one level higher than the black ones.

I then went deeper inside the forest while looking for more rare mushrooms. Humans are such curious creatures, when they are notified of rarity, they try to find something even rarer.

“I have reached the end of the miniature garden huh.”

After walking for some time, I finally reached the wall of the miniature garden. The concrete-like wall extends far up to the ceiling. Looking again, it turns out that this place is made by something beyond the technology of Earthlings.

This dungeon is a strange place no matter how many times I look at it. When I moved my gaze back to the ground, I found an unfamiliar mushroom near the wall. Its umbrella is about a bowl size but the color is golden.

Let’s use appraisal.

【Appraisal Result: Golden Mushroom: A rare mushroom that is said to be discovered only once in a hundred years. Those who eat it will be cured of all disease and regain a healthy body. Rarity: A】

I immediately pull out the golden mushroom and store it in the bangle. Rarity A is a big harvest. It was written that its efficacy is too wonderful and it could only be found once in a hundred years. It would be strange if I don’t get excited about it. I decided to return to Erna and Pero while humming a song.

“You’re in a good mood huh.”

Erna said so after I joined them. We are now on the way back to the hideout but it seems that I was still humming.

“Look at this.”

I took out a truffleton from the basket and gave it to them.

“Don’t tell me… t-this is…”

“Yes, it’s a truffleton.”

“Whoa, isn’t that amazing!? Cure mushrooms are rare, but Truffletons are just as rare!”

I didn’t delve into it, but cure mushrooms and truffletons are of the same rarity?

Cure mushrooms seems to be higher in value as much as it can help you recover, but yeah, truffletons also appears to be on demand among nobles.

“Oh, it smells really good.”

Erna is excited about the scent. Pero also smelled it but he snorted and shook his head. I remembered seeing such expression.

From the start, truffles are not so attractive to the Japanese. The reason is that Japanese prefers matsutake-like scents and truffles are preferred by those white men. I also sniffed a lump of truffle when I was a president, but to be clear, it stinks.

Each person has their own unique senses, but it feels like it’s easier with a Japanese nose. However, right now, I feel that it has a nice scent. Well, the evolution may have made me feel different from when I was a Japanese.

“Yeah. Oh, I also found something like this.”

I then took out the golden mushroom out of the bangle.

“What is that?”

Erna had a puzzled looked on her face as she pondered on what it is. It can’t be helped if she doesn’t know about it as it’s a phantom mushroom.

Then, I’ll be the one to inform her… Kukuku.

“This is a golden mushroom.”

“Golden mushroom? What is that?”

“It’s a phantom mushroom that cures all illnesses. It’s so rare that it can only be seen once in a hundred years.”

“A hundred years!?”

Erna unblinkingly stared at the golden mushroom and immediately grinned afterwards. She’s probably thinking that we could get a lot of money if we sold it.

“I won’t sell it, you know?”

“E-Eh!? You won’t sell it? If you sell this, you can get a lot of money and I can buy a lot of clothes!”

“I won’t buy you clothes even if we get a lot of money. Instead of that, this would save us someday. It’s wiser to keep it.”

“Mumumu…”

Hmm, there seems to be no objection.

Well, even if there is, I’m definitely not going to sell it.

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

After harvesting mushrooms, we went to the disposal site to loot the dead bodies. We hadn’t come here for a while so new corpses were added and the mountains were higher.

“All right then, shall we collect the things we are interested in?”

In the meantime, we put the basket containing mushrooms on the floor then the three of us start to loot the mountain of corpses. I was wondering if I should give Pero a hand, but I decided that it would be better to teach him properly in case I died. Well, that’s also partly because I don’t know when I’ll die in this world.

 “I found two gold coins!”

Erna shouted.

It looks like we have a good harvest today huh.

“Father this!”

Pero brought something to me. I received it and carefully observed the item.

“It looks like a tiara…”

Gemstones such as diamonds and emeralds are abundantly used to form it and a large pink sapphire is embedded in the center. My intuition is whispering that this is of considerable value.This is translated by Yume Neiji. Please read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com

I then used appraisal.

【Appraisal Result: Tiara of the Naji Royal family: This item is used by the succeeding Empress who married into the Naji family. It’s a national treasure whose historical value, rarity value and artistic value does not go down to fifty pure silver coins. Currently stolen and now in the hands of Shinichi Tanaka. Rarity: A】

My body suddenly stiffened.

T-Tiara of the Naji Royal family…?

Moreover, if you say fifty pure silver coins, it is about five billion Japanese yen! Since it turns out to be a national treasure, my hands can’t help but tremble.

“Father, what’s wrong?”

Pero looked doubtful seeing my reaction.

“Pero, where did you find this?”

“It was there.”

Then Pero starts running so I also chase after him.

The most recently added corpses were lying around the location where I was guided to. The corpse looks like a man, but he has a brown tail on the lower back hips and a dog-like ears on its head. His heart was gorged out and he has a big hole in his chest.

“This person had it.”

“I see. You found it so well. That’s remarkable.”

As I stroke Pero’s head, he closed his eyes as if saying it makes him feel good. I praised him, but no matter how I looked at it, this tiara would invite trouble. However, it can’t be thrown away either so I decided to store it in the bangle for the time being.

“What are you guys doing?”

When Erna approached us, I pointed the man’s body.

“He looks like a mixed of a beast and human, what type of person is he?”

“He’s a beastman. If you go east from Rogas Kingdom, there is a country called the Naji Republic, most of the people there seem to be beastman. But it’s rare to see beastman in this kingdom though.”

“Beastman huh…”

There are really various races in this world. I want to visit Naji Republic someday.

“By the way, what’s wrong with this beastman?”

Erna asked as if she noticed something. I don’t want to show the tiara if possible so I decided to deceive her.

“It was a rare race so I was just curious.”

“Hmm…”

She stared at me with an inquiring look. If I show Erna the expensive tiara, she’ll probably want it. When that happens, it may be difficult to return it to the owner. Though I feel bad for her, I’ll keep it as a secret.

“…Well, fine. Let’s quickly finish the collection.”

“Okay.”

When Erna leaves, I just gestured to Pero not to say anything. I felt guilty as I made my son lie but there is no other way for us to avoid trouble.

In this way, we resumed looting the corpses. Though after that, we are not able to recover any outstanding ones.This is translated by Yume Neiji. Please read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com

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【The conditions are met. Integrate skills to evolve. 】

I am confused by the words displayed in front of me. Integration means that several kinds of skills will become one. As Erna said before, skills seem to change when the conditions are met. However, it would be nice if it was just really an integration, it would be very troublesome if it were to be a different thing.

So I thought I would choose NO this time, but I finally realized that I had no choice.

【Integrated Evolution: Swordsmanship + Axemanship + Spearmanship + Hammermanship + Archery = Master of War】

【Integrated Evolution: Pressure point + Taijutsu A + Taijutsu B = Life or Death Technique 】

The completed skills were “Master of War” and “Life or Death Technique”.

I now probably have those integrated skills but I’m still not sure if it’s the so called evolution already. Let’s check the status for the time being.

【Status】 Name:  Shinichi Tanaka Age:  17 years old (56 years old) Race:  Homeless (Variant) Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  No Attribute Magic:  None Skills: Appraisal (Special), Master of War(Beginner) new, Life or Death Technique(Beginner) new, Stealth (Special), Thread Generation (Special), Thread Manipulation (Advanced), Thread Bomb (Special), Division(Beginner), Danger Detection (Advanced), Digestive Enhancement (Intermediate), Eyesight Enhancement(Advanced), Hearing Enhancement(Special) New, Arm Strengthening (Intermediate), Leg Strengthening (Advanced), Body Strengthening (Special), Super Sensation (Intermediate), Shock Absorption(Beginner),  Hardening(Advanced), Self Recovery (Intermediate), Plant manipulation (Advanced), Leadership (Special), Skill Picking, King’s Vessel

The two newly added skills both have their rank. If so, it means that it can become stronger from here on.

“Should I acquire 1UP again…?”

As long as I can have that flying rabbit, my skills will improve over and over again. I want to immediately rank up my Master of War skill and Life or Death Technique.

“You’ve been acting weird since a while ago you know? What happened?”

Erna stared at me. Pero also seems to be worried. It’s better to explain things here.

“Once I got the Fly Rabbit’s skill, my skill’s rank goes up. From there, my skill integrated and evolved.”

“W-Wait a minute! What do you mean by you ranked up if you pick up a skill?”

As expected, she snapped when she heard the rank up. I then explained the event in detail.

“―So enviable! I also want to improve my skills and evolve!”

“E-Even if you say that, you must have the Skill Picking ability you know…”

Erna looks frustrated. Pero, who is nearby is confused as he does not understand the content of the conversation that well.

“I’m thinking of hunting fly rabbits again…”

“Oh, that’s unfortunate. Fly Rabbits will escape once their companion was killed. They won’t be back here for a while.”

Looking around, the several rabbits that were supposed to be there have disappeared. Just like the saying, good luck wouldn’t continue that many times indeed. I will give up 1UP for now.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Then, shall we return to the hideout?”

We went back to the miniature garden from the Temple of Teleportation.

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“It’s getting a lot bigger.”

We are in the field and I am knocking on the things that have grown big. It is a vegetable characterized by its dark green color and black vertical stripes. Well, it can be called as a fruit too. It is famous as a summer item, it has a lot of red flesh and water inside.

Yes, it is a watermelon.

When I was making the second field, I was wondering what to plant on it then I found the watermelons. The place where I first found a watermelon was in the market in the Royal Capital. It seems that watermelons are popular in the Royal Capital and good-quality watermelons are so famous that nobles purchasing them become a common existence.

Well I call it watermelon but in this world it’s called as “suiku”. The only difference from the ones on Earth was that its seeds are large. It’s of a marble size so they are easy to find when you’re eating one. I also bought other vegetable and fruit seeds at the market but I am still considering which one to plant.

“Well then, it’s about time it got cold I think.”

I go to a stream in the miniature garden. A watermelon was cooled in the water there. Some other vegetables were also soaked in the water and they feel fresh enough that they even reflect the light.

“Shinichi! We’re done weeding!”

Erna and Pero head to the stream too. It’s about time they got hungry. I picked up the vegetables and watermelon from the stream and gave them to the two.

“Hmm! It’s delicious!”

With crunching sound, she bit on a vegetable similar to a cucumber. Is it really delicious? Erna’s ears were even twitching…

“The vegetable that father has grown is delicious.”

Pero is also happy while biting on a vegetable similar to a tomato. I’m happy with the current relaxing time. We can live by eating the vegetables we have grown. It even feels like luxury.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Hey, let’s eat that suiku quickly too!”

“Hn? Ah, right. Shall I cut it then?”

I sliced the watermelon with the knife, the bright red color was revealed in front of our eyes. I immediately cut it into pieces and handed them over, Erna and Pero then bit on the watermelon.

“It’s delicious! It’s crunchy and delicious!”

“What? You haven’t eaten suiku before?”

“Well, that’s right. We don’t grow suiku in my hometown you see. Besides, you can only grow it around the Royal Capital.”

So watermelon is a specialty of Rogas Kingdom? I did not know that. On Earth, it’s being grown everywhere but watermelon in this world is probably special.

I was not satisfied with this watermelon though. It’s delicious but its sweetness is lesser than those Japanese ones. I want to eat a sweeter watermelon…

Then from that, one skill comes to my mind. Should I call it as an insight? I wondered if I could do it so I ran to the watermelon field.

“If this succeeds, I’ll be able to reach a new height.”

I have the skill called Plant Manipulation (Advanced). Speaking of manipulation, I simply think of manipulating it but it is still unclear on how far I can manipulate things. If I can control the quality of plants with it, it’s necessary to review my skills.

Upon arriving at the watermelon field, I immediately put my hands on the growing watermelon. I then thought of increasing the sweetness of the watermelon.

【Plant Manipulation: Size-2, Sweetness-2, Growth Rate-3】

Such window opened in front of me. It was as expected. My intuition was correct. I involuntarily jumped in excitement.

“All right then, let’s try adjusting the sweetness to 5.”

When I manipulated the window’s detail, I felt that the color of the surface of the watermelon became extremely dark. Somehow, I also smelled a sweet scent. I immediately harvested the watermelon and after that, I returned to the stream while holding it.

“Uh-, did you harvest suiku again? I’m already full you know.”

“Well, don’t say that. You’ll understand what I mean when you eat it.”

I cut the harvested watermelon with the knife and it smells sweeter than before. The closer it was to the red colored flesh, the fruit’s juice that dripped become more vivid and juicy.

I eat the watermelon without hesitation. The condensed sweetness spread on my tongue. I ate like crazy but I can’t find the words to describe how delicious it was. I have never eaten anything like this in Japan.

“Hey, let me eat it too!”

“I want to eat too.”

The two began to eat the sliced watermelon without waiting for my permission. And after that, silence goes on between us. It’s so delicious that it’s hard for us to talk.

Then finally, I lay down and sighed.

“That was satisfying…”

The other two also lay down after eating.

“I’m so full…”

“Cannot move…”

However, with this, my farming will be further developed. Speaking of desire, I would like to remodel the plants but I don’t think there is such a skill. It’s what I hope for and it would be great if I can have it.

When I opened my status, the plant manipulation had changed from advanced to special grade. I don’t know what triggered the change but I appreciate the rank up.

Even so, I think it’s strange for the rank to rise after using the skill only once…

“Is it… am I getting the experience of the previous holder of the skill?”

Skills cannot be strengthened without using them. It goes up relatively quickly from beginner to intermediate, but it takes longer from intermediate to advanced. And it would take more time from advanced to special grade.

I’ve been growing abnormally fast since before, but this time, it seemed even more abnormal. Base from what I can think of, first possibility is that I have taken over the skill of the previous owner. The other possibility is that my growth is accelerating more than before due to some factor besides the Saint Water.

Well, as for the second one, such factor cannot be identified so the possibility of confirming it would be low. In that case, the hypothesis that I have taken over the skill will be higher.

“It can’t be helped. It’s a hassle but I can only check it out huh.”

I slowly get up then I leave the two of them as I head to the second miniature garden.

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“Watermelon is good, but orange is also delicious.”

I headed to the balm tree. My purpose this time is to advance the rank of my super sensation skill. I ate the balm tree’s fruits to find out how fast I could level up.

“This is the fourth one huh…”

While checking the status, I munch on the balm fruit. Then the change came out.

【Status】 Name:  Shinichi Tanaka Age:  17 years old (56 years old) Race:  Homeless (Variant) Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  No Attribute Magic:  None Skills: Appraisal (Special), Master of War(Beginner), Life or Death Technique(Beginner), Stealth (Special), Thread Generation (Special), Thread Manipulation (Advanced), Thread Bomb (Special), Division(Beginner), Danger Detection (Advanced), Digestive Enhancement (Intermediate), Eyesight Enhancement(Advanced), Hearing Enhancement(Special) New, Arm Strengthening (Intermediate), Leg Strengthening (Advanced), Body Strengthening (Special), Super Sensation (Advanced)↑, Shock Absorption(Beginner),  Hardening(Advanced), Self Recovery (Intermediate), Plant manipulation (Special), Leadership (Special), Skill Picking, King’s Vessel

Finally, Super Sensation became advanced. When I tried it out, the extent where my senses spread is tremendous. I can hear even the heartbeats of Erna and Pero who are in the first miniature garden. As expected, it will be about twice the performance of the beginner level.

“I may not even need Erna’s Hell Ears skill anymore.”

As I mumbled that, I heard Erna’s voice.

“Shinichi is bad-mouthing me…He’s underestimating my Hell Ears skill…”

I was startled. I didn’t expect that my mumble would reach Erna’s ears though she’s in the adjacent garden. Perhaps the Hell Ears skill does not only improve her hearing.

I should be careful not to say anything strange in the future…

“Does this mean that the probability wherein the skill could be taken over has disappeared?”

Super Sensation is a skill that I have earned by myself. I didn’t acquire it from a monster by using the Skill Picking. If so, the probability where my growth rate is increasing due to another factor is high.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Different factor…”

Was there any difference before and after returning to the Royal Capital? I’ve acquired a lot of new skills, but the strange thing is…

“Is it because of the King’s Vessel?”

That’s it. There is a skill that I do not know how to use. I got it from Bull King and left it as is. But if the King’s vessel is promoting such growth, I can understand the reason for my abnormal rank up. As the name implies, it is a skill to help the person grow into someone suitable to be a king.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“In that case, I may eventually become a king someday.”

I murmured while laughing.

It’s a ridiculous talk. There’s no way I will be a king.

For the time being, I decided to go back to where the other two were.

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When we arrived at the City Lord’s mansion, two soldiers stood at the gate. So I speak to the soldiers for the time being.

“I heard that the lord is looking for us. If there is no inconvenience, I would like to offer a visit.”

“…Are you guys the rumored Homeless?”

I showed the card from the guild to the soldier. This card is just like ID cards so they are very useful in such cases.

“An advanced adventurer’s card huh. There’s no doubt about it, wait here for a while.”

One of the soldiers goes inside the mansion. The City Lord’s mansion was surrounded by a fence and the garden was overgrown with trees. You can’t really see where the mansion is exactly from the gate. Vaguely thinking about that, the soldier came back along with a maid.

“Homeless, right? Please follow me.”

The maid bows before us and guides us inside the place. The garden is large after all. I could see many flowers as well as trees.

“The City Lord seems to like growing plants huh.”

“Yes, Lord-sama is a very kind person. Please do not be rude.”

It turns out that the maid has great trust in the City Lord. I wonder why the City Lord was looking for us, it’s not like he should reward the people who saved the capital…

We then arrived at the mansion within a few minutes of walking. It is small compared to the Duke’s residence in the Royal Capital but it is still quite large. The maid does not go to the entrance but leads us to the back of the mansion.

“Master, I have brought the guests.”

There was a man in the backyard. He is watering the flowers silently with a watering can. As if the maid perceived something, she sat down in the chair in the backyard and prepared tea at the table. She’s an excellent maid as she can work even without being instructed anything.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

The man appears to be an old man, but his body is slim and his head has grizzled hair. Like a nobleman, he had a beard under his nose and a monocle on his left eye.

“These sweets are delicious.”

“Sweets, delicious.”

Erna and Pero were eating the sweets on the table. I wanted to say that neither of them was nervous but this backyard is indeed relaxing.

“Sorry, I’ve kept you waiting.”

The Lord finally sits on a chair. His hoarse voice is composed and it gives a sense of security to the person with whom he speaks to. That made me nervous. I had the impression that he was completely different from the people I had met.

“You don’t have to remember my name. But please remember me even as the poor Lord of this city.”

“Still… that would be rude…”

“No, I don’t mind. Call me Mana Lord or any way you want.”

I decided to call him City Lord-dono for the time being. He feels different from the nobles I have seen so far after all. The City Lord sips on the tea brought by the maid and begins to speak slowly.

“I was looking for you guys because of the sacred beast there.”

“Pero?”

“Yes, this Lord wants you to stay in this city. What do you think?”

“It doesn’t matter to me but we’re living inside Mohed’s Great Labyrinth, not in this city. I’ll have to refuse you if you intend for us to live inside the city.”

The lord spews out the tea he was trying to put in his mouth once more.

“E-Excuse me. Rather than that, you guys live in that worst labyrinth?”

“Yeah, I can’t say where but we’re definitely living there.”

He looked up at the sky and took a deep breath, probably because he wasn’t expecting that kind of reply. Well normally, no one would think of living inside the Great Labyrinth. If it’s on Earth, it’s like you’re living in the middle of Savanna. And you wouldn’t be considered sane.

“Let’s leave it at that for now. More than that, what I care about is on what you guys think of this city.”

“I think this is a good city. For now, I’m not going to go anywhere.”

“Then, that’s good. That’s all I really want to happen.”

The lord relaxed when he sees Pero eating sweets.

“It is said that the sacred beast is a guardian deity. People can live with peace of mind just by knowing that there’s a sacred beast in the city. By all means, I would like you guys to continue to stay in this city.”

Finally, I understood the purpose of the City Lord. It seems that he is trying to keep us in this city. Being asked by a noble and a ruler of Mana City, I can understand that this is extraordinary even if I have little common sense. Sacred beast is such an incredible creature.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“I like this city. I’m going to make this City my main activity base unless somewhere really good exists.”

“I’m happy just from hearing that. Of course, I have high expectation not only from the sacred beast but from Homeless itself. Ah, I’m very grateful for the Pseudo dragon’s case too.”

The lord bowed his head. Erna who sees such a figure speaks in a hurry.

“N-No. Stop it City Lord-dono. We just did what we could, you don’t have to bow to us.”

“It’s okay. If I can show my appreciation by lowering this old man’s head, I’ll lower it as much as possible.”

I finally realized what is different about the City Lord of Mana from the other nobles. His temperament is similar to Japanese people. He is old and yet he still has a solid core. I have seen many office workers like that and the person in front of me feels like that too. Of course, the City Lord is white. It is only until that part that he is somehow similar.

“I’m glad I talked to you today. If you have any problems, come visit me.”

The lord smiles and sees us off. While being guided by the maid and trying to get out of the backyard, I turned around and asked the City Lord. It’s not because I was wondering about something else, I just wanted to hear it.

“Does the City Lord know Japan…?”

“I don’t know such country.”

“I see… I’m sorry.”

After we got out of the gate, we walked back to the dungeon.

“The City lord is a kind person after all.”

“That’s right.”

“The sweets were delicious too.”

“That’s right.”

Erna and Pero talk to each other, but I have been thinking about the previous thing in my head. When I asked if he knew Japan, the City Lord instantly answered that he did not know such a country. No matter how I think of it, I found it strange. It’s not like I said “Do you know what country Japan is?”

The City Lord is clearly hiding something!

“Oh my! Isn’t this Tanaka-kun?! You are back huh!”

It was a female adventurer who called out to me. I don’t know her name, but she is famous in this City because she wears a bikini-like protective clothing as she works. Well, we are acquainted enough so we can talk in public.

“You’re here again without any qualms at all!”

Erna readied her cane. The female adventurer put her hands on her hips and thrust her big chest forward.

“What? Are you going to interrupt me again?”

“I’m going to do that! I will never let you have your way!”

Hmmm, I’m not sure what they’re up to, but it seems that they’ve been competing against each other a few times already based from their conversation. More than that, the matter about the City Lord can’t be taken off my mind.

“Why, can you even puff-puff the man I took a liking to?”

W-What!? Puff–puff!? That can’t be ignored!

If I look closely, she’s a considerable beauty. Puff-puff would surely be nice too. Kukuku

“Shinichi-!?”

When I heard that cold voice, I instantly regained my sanity. What was I doing? I can’t believe that I’m fooled by that puff-puff.

“Tsk! You’re a hindrance again. I’m backing down today but I won’t give up next time!”

“I’ll deliberately hinder you as many times as you do. Next time, I’ll turn your chest into charcoal!”

Then the female adventurer leaves.

Puff–puff… My puff–puff…

“Let’s go! We’ll go home after we hunt outside the city, so pull yourself together!”

“Y-Yes…”

I forgot what I was worried about and decided to go outside the city.

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“Waauuu!”

Pero runs through the grassland at full speed, the magical beast that sensed the danger fly into the sky and escaped. Once again, it’s a failure.

“They didn’t say that Fly Rabbit’s danger detection was in an advanced level!”

As Erna had said, this flying beast called Fly Rabbit flies into the sky as soon as it senses danger. Even though they looked just like a rabbit, they have this bat wings on them.

“We need a bow to stop it then.”

“That’s right, that’s what I was saying from the beginning! Fly rabbits are vigilant as long as they’re on the ground, so if we can’t stop them before flying in the sky, they’ll quickly escape.”

Convinced by Erna’s words, I tried to take out the old wooden bow on the bangle. Then one question popped out. This bangle… Can I really be the only one who can use it?

Of course I’m the sole owner but I thought that it would be possible for others to use it if I gave out my permission. I have to make sure of this or it could be my loss. To know whether it is possible or impossible, isn’t it important for living?

In my mind, I gave permission for Erna to use it. Then words appeared in my field of view.

【Will you give Erna Frederia the permission to use the storage? YES/NO】

My heart jumped. This bangle appears to be better than expected. I did not hesitate to choose YES.

“Hey Shinichi, something like a status appeared in front of me…”

“That’s the bangle’s screen. Try choosing the old wooden bow.”

Erna was still baffled but she chose the old wooden bow. The next moment, she had a bow in her hand. What’s amazing about it is that Erna can take out the things inside even though I was the one wearing the bangle.

“This… does this mean that I can use the storage?”

“In a nutshell, I would say so. From now on, you should be able to freely move the weapons in and out of the bangle.”

“It’s such a handy tool.”

She squeezes her bow with admiration. Then she shot an arrow. The wind arrow changes its trajectory greatly and hits the head of the flying fly rabbit as if it’s only natural to hit it.

“I’m not yet done!”

Erna fired arrows one after another, shooting down the fly rabbits trying to fly away. She’s too good at it so I checked her status.

【Appraisal Result: Erna Frederia: The second daughter of the Frederia family. Her dream is to become a Great Mage so she studies magic until late at night. 】

【Status】 Name:  Erna Frederia Age:  19 years old Race:  Elves Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  Fire/ Light Magic:  Fireball, Fire Arrow, Flame Bomb, Flame Chain, Flame Wall, Flame Burst, Flare Zone, Illumination, Stan Light, Camouflage Skills: Spearmanship (Intermediate), Archery (Special) ↑, Taijutsu A(Advanced), Taijutsu B(Advanced), Hell Ear (Intermediate), Super Sensation (Beginner), Attack Prediction (Intermediate), Indomitable Spirit (Intermediate) ↑

Archery had reached a special level. It also appears that the indomitable spirit had become an intermediate level. I think her growth rate is extraordinary.

In this world, it turns out that it takes years to raise the level of skills. Thinking about it, I realize how abnormal I and Erna are. It may be because of our daily intake of Saint Water, but Erna’s growth is still outstanding. It’s as if her growth that had been stopped until now was recovered.

……No, actually it should only be like that.

Because I pushed the yellow acupuncture point on her, Erna’s delayed growth may have bloomed all at once. Looking at her status, there is another thing that I’m curious about. There are additional magic skills. Flare Zone and Camouflage have been added and they are very intriguing.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Got the last one!”

Erna who shot down about ten fly rabbits has a big smile.

“Hey Erna. What kind of magic are Flare Zone and Camouflage?”

“Eh? Aah! You looked at my status without permission!”

“Sorry, I’m a little curious you see. Rather than that, what about the thing I asked?”

“I haven’t tried them yet. I know Camouflage is an intermediate level of light magic but it’s not an attack magic. But for Flare Zone, it’s a special rank of fire magic and as far as I know, it’s the most powerful attack magic. I can’t try it immediately considering its power you see.”

Flame burst is quite powerful already. If it far surpasses that, I can understand her cautiousness.

“Then, why not try it in a less crowded place tomorrow?”

“That sounds good. This is close to the city so I’m sure they will be surprised.”

As our conversation ends, Pero also offers the fly rabbits that he picked up to me. As I can see, it’s just a white rabbit that has bat wings.

Let’s use appraisal.

【Appraisal Result: Fly Rabbit: Has an extremely timid personality and when it escapes, it uses the wings on its back to fly in the sky. The flight time is not so long and it is said that the maximum time is one hour. 】

【Status】 Name:  Fly Rabbit Race:  Fly Rabbit Magic attribute:  Wind Magic:  Air ball Skills: Hearing enhancement (Special), Danger detection (Advanced), Skill 1UP

Skill 1 UP?

My body stiffened the moment I saw it. I don’t think it’s possible but it would be ridiculous if what I’m thinking is spot on. I picked up the skill first and acquired it then I opened my status.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

【Status】 Name:  Shinichi Tanaka Age:  17 years old (56 years old) Race:  Homeless (Variant) Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  No Attribute Magic:  None Skills: Appraisal (Advanced), Pressure Point (Advanced), Swordsmanship (Advanced), Axemanship (Advanced), Spearmanship (Advanced), Hammermanship (Advanced), Archery (Advanced), Taijutsu A(Advanced), Taijutsu B(Advanced), Stealth (Advanced), Thread Generation (Special), Thread Manipulation (Advanced), Thread Bomb (Special), Division(Beginner), Danger Detection (Advanced), Digestive Enhancement (Intermediate), Eyesight Enhancement(Advanced), Hearing Enhancement(Special) New, Arm Strengthening (Intermediate), Leg Strengthening (Advanced), Body Strengthening (Special), Super Sensation (Intermediate), Shock Absorption(Beginner),  Hardening(Advanced), Self Recovery (Intermediate), Plant manipulation (Advanced), Leadership (Special), Skill Picking, King’s Vessel, Skill 1UP New

This time I will try to use Skill 1UP.

【Skill 1UP will disappear after use, is that okay? YES/NO】

I choose YES without any hesitation. Right after that, my skills were listed in front of me and I am forced to choose only one skill to upgrade.

I chose Swordsmanship (Advanced).

【Status】 Name:  Shinichi Tanaka Age:  17 years old (56 years old) Race:  Homeless (Variant) Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  No Attribute Magic:  None Skills: Appraisal (Advanced), Pressure Point (Advanced), Swordsmanship (Special) ↑, Axemanship (Advanced), Spearmanship (Advanced), Hammermanship (Advanced), Archery (Advanced), Taijutsu A(Advanced), Taijutsu B(Advanced), Stealth (Advanced), Thread Generation (Special), Thread Manipulation (Advanced), Thread Bomb (Special), Division(Beginner), Danger Detection (Advanced), Digestive Enhancement (Intermediate), Eyesight Enhancement(Advanced), Hearing Enhancement(Special) New, Arm Strengthening (Intermediate), Leg Strengthening (Advanced), Body Strengthening (Special), Super Sensation (Intermediate), Shock Absorption(Beginner),  Hardening(Advanced), Self Recovery (Intermediate), Plant manipulation (Advanced), Leadership (Special), Skill Picking, King’s Vessel

Swordsmanship has changed from advanced to special grade. I have just improved my skills instantly. Thrilled about it, I acquired 1UP skill from the other fly rabbits that were defeated.

I used Skill 1UP ten times in total.

【Status】 Name:  Shinichi Tanaka Age:  17 years old (56 years old) Race:  Homeless (Variant) Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  No Attribute Magic:  None Skills: Appraisal (Special)↑, Pressure Point (Special)↑, Swordsmanship (Special), Axemanship (Special)↑, Spearmanship (Special)↑, Hammermanship (Special)↑, Archery (Special)↑, Taijutsu A(Special)↑, Taijutsu B(Special)↑,  Stealth (Special) ↑, Thread Generation (Special), Thread Manipulation (Advanced), Thread Bomb (Special), Division(Beginner), Danger Detection (Advanced), Digestive Enhancement (Intermediate), Eyesight Enhancement(Advanced), Hearing Enhancement(Special) New, Arm Strengthening (Intermediate), Leg Strengthening (Advanced), Body Strengthening (Special), Super Sensation (Intermediate), Shock Absorption(Beginner),  Hardening(Advanced), Self Recovery (Intermediate), Plant manipulation (Advanced), Leadership (Special), Skill Picking, King’s Vessel

My levelled up skills were appraisal, pressure point, swordsmanship, axemanship, spearmanship, hammermanship, archery, Taijutsu A, Taijutsu B and Stealth.

Can happiness be any better than this?

I’m glad that I got that skill up but becoming strong now turns to be a trivial thing. Well, in the first place, I am so lucky to have the ability to pick up skills.

Then the following words were displayed in my field of view.

【The conditions are met. Integrate skills to evolve.】

….Integration? Evolution?

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“Alright, this is pretty neat.”

I’m satisfied looking inside the warehouse. The large amount of vegetables is now equivalent to two cardboard boxes. Well, there’s no cardboard in this world, but I would say that it’s about that much. When I returned to the living room, Erna was teaching Pero the language of this world.

“Pero is quick to learn, just like you Shinichi.”

“Father, Pero did his best.”

Pero speaks with the words he has just memorized. Such a figure is so cute that I can’t help but gently pat his head.

“Let’s end your study till that part. Shall we go to town?”

“Understood”

I said so and wear the breastplate on my body. Pero specializes in agility so he doesn’t need heavy armor. So amongst the armors that had been collected at the disposal site, I just searched for the perfect one for him. As for the weapon, he has his sharp claws so that may not be necessary, but I would like to give him good things if possible.

We then packed up our luggage and left the hideout.

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When we entered Rodman’s Weapon Store, the shopkeeper displayed a big smile.

“The hero returned huh! You did it, Tanaka-kun!”

“Can you stop with that hero thing? I can’t get used to it, I feel uneasy.”

“You can only say that now you know. I’m sure big jobs will come to Homeless at a mad pace.”

As Rodman has said, the number of jobs will increase in the future. Especially now that we are famous in this Kingdom. It’s indeed impressive if you think of the adventurers who defeated the Bull king that only appears in a thousand years. However, I cannot help feeling embarrassed being called a hero.

“Rather than that, I came here today to shop.”

“Oh? It’s unusual for you to shop at my place.”

“Nah, I’m looking for a perfect weapon for my son, Pero you see. Can you choose one for him?”

“Son?”

The shopkeeper leaned forward from the counter, Pero, carrying a backpack, stood in front of his line of sight. With his small eyes, he stared strangely at Rodman.

“This is amazing! Isn’t it a sacred beast?”

“Did you use appraisal?”

“Of course. Appraisal is useful in such cases. More than that, is this Sacred Beast really your son?”

“Uhm, I decided to raise Pero as my son.”

Rodman folded his arms and thought for a while then he suddenly held his stomach and began to laugh.

“Buhahaha! That’s fine! I will look for good weapons for him! Tanaka-kun is a guy who really entertains me!”

“Rodman, I’m not entertaining you separately though…”

With rustling sounds, the shopkeeper searched in the back of the shop then he brought out something.

“This is a knuckle, it’s a weapon used when punching something. When I looked at Pero, I feel that he doesn’t use knife so I think hitting type weapon will fit him.”

As expected from the owner of a weapon store. Just by a glance, he seems to have figured out how Pero fights.

“Give me your hand for a minute.”

Pero obediently puts out his right hand then Rodman makes him grasp a silver knuckle.

“How is it?”

“This is good.”

Pero immediately liked it, he punches out his fist to check its feel. He tried to put on a few more but the first one that was attached to his fist seemed to fit on him perfectly.

“Then I will buy two of those silver ones.”

“Thank you for your continuous patronage! That’s 10 gold coins!”

Ten gold coins? There’s no way that Rodman would rip me off but no matter how I think of it, two knuckles for ten gold coins is too expensive. It’s 10 million yen if it’s in Japanese currency!

“…Isn’t it expensive?”

“It’s a given that it’s expensive. It’s made of Mithril you see. It’s harder and lighter than steel and has a high magic rate, so it’s a rare metal that everyone wants.”

“Mithril huh…”

That metal is the same as my sword. In that case, I can understand its high price. It was only natural that it’s expensive.

“As for the discount, I can give it to you for about two gold coins less, how about it?”

“If that’s the case, I’ll buy it.”

I paid Rodman the gold coins. Of course I can negotiate with the price, but he’s taken care of me and it’s my first time shopping here. There may be future transactions too.

“Thank you father.”

Pero clung to my leg. Seeing that eye-catching waging tail, I feel like I understand Freya’s feeling.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Oh right, do you know where this can be processed?”

I started the conversation. This is one of the reasons why I came here. I took out the Bull king’s horn from the bracelet and placed it in front of Rodman. The corner is quite large, about one meter. The surface is black and seamless, as if cut from obsidian.

“This is…”

“It’s the horn of the Bull King.”

“F-For real……?”

Overwhelmed by the horn, Rodman didn’t seem to find the right words to say. Even after the owner died, its horn still had an overwhelming presence. As expected from a king.

“………”

Rodman stares at the horn, folds his arms and thinks for a while. All he has to do is introduce me to a blacksmith, but I’m really worried as he looked troubled.

“OK, I decided!”

“Decided? What have you decided?”

“Please let me handle this. I’ll surely show you a good sword.”

I got many question marks in my head.

 “Rodman, do you mean, you will make it?”

“Of course. I’m from a family that originally does blacksmithing. Most of the items in this shop were made by me you see. There is a workshop behind the shop. Do you want to see it?”This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

We left the store and went to its backside. I saw a structure with a large chimney. We can hear the sound of metal being hammered from inside. When I opened the door and went inside, a young man was hitting a reddish metal with a hammer. Every time he hits the metal that generates heat, sparks scatter. His sweaty appearance while pounding his hammer down over and over again made him look as if he is obsessed with something.

“That’s my son, Cain.”

“What? You are married?”

“There was a woman who has a strange taste you see.”

Rodman says so and laughs. However, his son, Cain, keeps hitting the metal silently.

“The Rodman’s have been doing some blacksmithing even before the days of the Hero Pedro you see. We make good weapons and sell them to good customers. That is the Rodman’s motto.”

“Then Pedro’s sword is made by the Rodman family?”

“Yeah, it’s the work of my ancestors.”

I have decided.

“In that’s case, I’ll leave the production to you.”

“Leave it to me! You will never be at a disadvantage!”

Amazing person has different looks after all. I am looking forward to the weapon that will be completed from now on. Then I remembered something else.

“By the way, do you know an honest merchant in this City?”

“Hmm? Honest merchant? There are many of them, why?”

I took out a vegetable from the backpack that Pero is carrying.

“I don’t want others to investigate where I’m growing this one you see. I have a lot of leftover so I want to sell them, do you know anyone around here that buys vegetables?”

“Isn’t this a hasai…? I see, if it’s like this, others would indeed keep an eye on it.”

“Is it that bad?”

“No, it will be okay if it’s a proper merchant, but it will stand out if an amateur sells it. Tanaka-kun’s thinking is right.”

I also thought that I could just open a stall and sell them, but I stopped that idea when I thought of Rodman. I then came up with the idea of ​​looking for a trustworthy person who I could wholesale them to instead. Speaking of it, it’s just like we are farmers after all. All I need to do is sell them to someone who is good at it, in this way, we won’t have to work hard selling them ourselves.

Rodman thinks for a while then he began to speak.

“Then you could inquire about it in Arnold’s store. He has been dealing with food in the market for a long time now you see. That guy’s a little weird but once you get used to it, you’ll get along quickly.”

I felt a little uneasy with the term “weird guy”, but since Rodman recommended him, I think he is a reliable person. After thanking Rodman, we immediately started moving towards the market.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Fuhahahaha! The grown young lady over there, how about this vegetable!? It’s fresh and delicious!”

“Oh dear, addressing me as young lady… Can’t be helped then, give me one of those.”

“Thank you for your continuous patronage!”

The store clerk poses with his muscles gleaming in black lustre, as he smiled broadly, his white teeth were displayed. There was only that store in the specified area.

“Hey, I wonder if that is Arnold…”

“Uh- uhm… shall we try asking?”

When I called out to the black man, he suddenly grabbed my shoulder.

“You have a good body boy! Would you like to train your muscles with me?”

“Muscle? I am also in favour of that. Muscles are good.”

“Oh comrade! You do know about the happiness in having muscles!”

He hugged me tightly. No, I do understand the importance of muscles but to suddenly ask someone who he just met to train muscles together is a bit…. Why is he shirtless in the market in the first place?

“Hey you pervert! Release Shinichi!”

Erna hits the black man with her cane. Pero was frightened with his tail curled up behind Erna.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Fuhahahaha! That kind of thing doesn’t work on me! Look at this muscle! Such back muscles and well trained biceps! Nothing is better than this!”

Erna shrieks with a “Hiii” and moves backwards. Now that I’m released, I talk to the man who is posing nonstop.

“Are you the merchant named Arnold?”

“That’s right! I’m Arnold!”

Certainly, those muscles are impressive. It is very close to the body I want. He seems to be a man who is loved by muscles.

“We came here with Rodman’s recommendation. Could you hear me out?”

“Fuhahahaha! Rodman huh!? Okay, let me hear your story!”

His voice is very loud, it echoes throughout the market. Whether it’s a daily occurrence here, no one tries to look at Arnold. I see, they envy his muscles so no one dares to look straight at him. Well, his body is indeed one to be envious of. It seems that I still have to train hard.

“Pero, Shinichi is grinning…”

“Waauuu…”

The two of them were close to each other while trembling. Is there something wrong? I’m not quite sure. Well, I think it’s strange that his upper body part is naked.

For the time being, I explained the situation to Arnold.

“―I see, I understand your situation. Then, should I buy the vegetables you bring?”

“Yes, I’ll be grateful if you can do that.”

Pero put his backpack on the ground and many vegetables rolled out from inside. Arnold grabs a Hasai and stared hard at it.

“Good quality and size. This is a fine vegetable. Is this all of it?”

“No, I still have the others.”

I took out the vegetables from the bracelet. Arnold stared in wonder at the heaped up vegetables.

“Fu, Fuha, Fuhahaha! I love you guys! I’ll buy all of these!”

Arnold handed me two gold coins. It’s a little surprising that our first wholesale priced 2 million yen.Translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“From my point of view, they are all rare high-class ingredients. In this case, the nobles will buy them for a high price. I think many ordinary people will want them too.”

Somehow I was satisfied. Even Japanese people give high prices to matsutake. The price is given because it is rare, and the vegetables I brought here are similar to matsutake.

“I am Shinichi Tanaka. I look forward to working with you in the future.”

“I’m Arnold. Same here, I’m counting on you on this.”

Arnold smiled broadly that his white teeth were in full view. Aside from me, Erna and Pero were looking away. When the business talk was concluded, we decided to head for the City Lord’s mansion. It was said that he was looking for us for something.

“Alright then, let’s go to the City Lord’s place.”

While being excited about what we are supposed to talk about, we started walking to the mansion in the center of the city.

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“It’s quite hard…”

“Hey, when will that end? It’s already noon you know?”

“Waauu”

I’m dismantling the Bull King in the guild’s warehouse, but it’s harder than I expected. At the time we dismantled the Pseudo dragon, there was someone with good dismantling skill but this time it is challenging as I’m the only one doing it.

Erna and Pero are only allowed to observe.

“With this, I’m done.”

After dismantling, I sat down in a nearby chair. I’m really tired.

“Oh my, you really dismantled it yourself huh.”

It’s Edmund who is the representative director of the guild here in the Royal Capital. To put it simply, you can think of him as the one holding the highest authority in the guild.

“What is the representative director doing in a place like this?”

“Well, I came here because I have something I want to inform you about.”

Edmond wore a black suit for men and a top hat. His right hand holds a fashionable cane, and both hands were covered in black gloves. There is an eye-catching Kaiser beard under his nose too. He had this noble like impression.

He took out three cards from his bosom.

“As a result of the discussion with the Guild Committee, you have been upgraded to an advanced adventurer. Erna and Pero who are with you are also specially promoted to advanced rank.”Translated by Yume Neiji

I was happy when I received the card. This golden card is the proof of an advanced rank adventurer. For now, I can say that it is a good achievement and that I succeeded in this world. I am scared as my second life is too smooth sailing though.

“Yay! I’m happy to become an advanced ranked adventurer!”

“Waauu!”

Erna and Pero were so happy that they even hugged each other.

But what does it mean by giving a card to Pero? In the first place, Pero has not even registered as an adventurer…

Edmond sat down in the nearby chair and began to talk about that matter.

“I’ve done a careful research on Pero. The result is that he’s unquestionably a sacred beast. On behalf of the Guild, I can’t just leave the sacred beast alone. The higher-ups of this kingdom may also think like that. So, first of all, we secured Pero as an adventurer, I draw upon myself the role to protect him from the higher-ups of this kingdom.”

“Hoh, but, what do you think about doing such thing without my permission?”

“I’ll apologize for that. In fact, the higher-ups of this kingdom were already in motion. Perhaps their purpose is to capture Pero. The procedure went well partly because Duke Medil bought us some time. It worked, but I didn’t have that much time.”

“Duke Medil made a move huh…”

“Yeah, it’s all thanks to him. If Pero was captured, he would likely be trained as a weapon for war. There are a lot of suspicious things recently you see.”

I was convinced. As long as the guild protects Pero, the Kingdom cannot easily deal with him as Guilds are independent organizations that interact with each Kingdom. I can’t really thank Duke Medil enough who was working behind the scenes to protect Pero.

“I heard that you are leaving the Royal Capital today?”

“Yes, but… isn’t it better to return to Mana as soon as possible?”

“Yeah, it’s better to do that. There are still many people in the Royal Capital who are thinking of capturing the sacred beast you see. Now that you are still popular in the Kingdom it is still fine but they may start to make their move when your popularity calmed down.”

We are attracting attention as an adventurers who saved the Royal Capital. That would be a hindrance for those who want to capture Pero. I thought I felt some strange gazes at us today, that maybe because of them.

“Heed my words. We’ll return to Mana immediately.”

“I will send instructions to the Guild in Mana City too. You must be careful not to be robbed of Pero.”Translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

Edmond stands up and leaves the warehouse.

“For Pero-kun to be targeted…”

“No, if you think about it carefully, it was indeed the case. Sacred Beasts can become a powerful weapon. I did not realize that part, I was careless.”

People simply trust the sacred beasts. At the same time, they are also expected to play an active role as a powerful weapon, so the Kingdom cannot leave them alone. It is easy to see that the Nobles plan to have a young sacred beast nearby by training him. Ironically, it seems that Pero’s identity has been revealed due to our success in killing the Bull King.

“We’ll be returning to Mana right away.”

After I put the Bull king’s meat into the bangle, I decided to go back to the Duke’s mansion first.

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“Thank you for letting us stay for a week.”

I thanked the Duke. We bid farewell at the entrance of the mansion, the Duke then shook his head.

“No, same here, I’m very grateful. Without the Sacred Beast, I would have been deeply confined to the sadness of losing my son.”

The mysterious power of Pero healed the Duke’s sorrow. Not only that, Pero also saved the Duchess from sorrow. It’s strange that he can save them just by licking, but if I think of Pero as a miracle in this world, I get the gist of it. He’s undoubtedly a sacred beast.

“Pero, please come again. I will always welcome you.”

“Waauuu”

The Duchess was stroking Pero. Seeing that figure, I feel glad that I came here.

“Huhuuu…Pero-sama…”

Of those who see us off, Freya is the most noticeable. She sheds tears as she feels sad to leave Pero’s side. I can’t see her crumpled face but I’m glad that she valued Pero so much.

“Freya too, take care alright.”

“Freya till next time, okay.”

“Waauuu!”

We boarded the horse-drawn carriage driven by Edner.

“Wait a minute!”

When I heard that voice and looked back, the Earth Fang guys were running towards us. Dhal runs up to me and we made a handclasp.

“You’re going to return to Mana today? Keeping it from us, isn’t that unfair?”

“It’s my bad, it looks like Pero is being targeted by those Nobles you see. I then decided to return to Mana immediately.”

“Oh, so that’s the case huh. When I saw Pero, I thought it would happen, and sure enough, it did huh.”

Since he knew it, he wanted you to say it, but I think Dhal opted to think about it silently. I also shook hands with Roy and Mina and promised to meet them again someday.

“Hey, Erna. If you are really going to become a great mage, go to Dartan Rock Country one day. There seems to be a former training place for the great mage, Moore there.”

“Eh? Is there such a place?”

“Yeah, it’s just that it’s the dwarves’ secret, but if you have the opportunity, you should go. That is if you really want to be a great mage.”

Dhal then turns his back to Erna and leaves briskly. Roy and Mina smiled and chased after Dhal.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“He’s a guy who is not honest till the end.”

“What do you mean by honest? Well, that dwarf’s advice is not that bad.”

I dropped a fist on Erna’s head. Young people don’t understand parental love, but when bidding farewell, be aware of Dhal’s feelings at least.

We then got on the carriage once more and started our journey back to Mana.

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“We finally arrived!”

After getting off the carriage, Erna stretches her body. Imitating that, Pero also did some stretching. We finally returned to Mana, but it wasn’t that different from before we went to the Capital.

“I will return to the Royal Capital then. If there is anything, please write to the family head.”

“I understand. Thank you for sending us till here.”

When I thanked Edner, I also hand over a package from my bracelet. Edner who received it tilted his head in confusion.

“This is?”

“Thank you for sending us this far. There’s a bull king’s meat inside. I tried eating it, and it’s delicious.”

“I-Is that okay? Speaking of the Bull king, it has a rare meat that only comes once in a thousand years you know?”

“There are so many of it, and I’ve already given some to the Duke too. Eat it with your family.”

Edner smiled broadly then after his salute, he started the carriage. I’m glad that he could be happy even with only that meat.

“Hey, Shinichi. What are you going to do? Will you go to the guild?”

“Well, yeah. They may be worried because we haven’t been there for a week.”

We then head to the guild. When we entered the Guild, the branch manager, Bud, rushed over to us.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Hey you guys, I heard about the things from the Royal Capital! You did it!”

“What do you mean by we did it?”

Bud puts his hand on his forehead as if he’s exasperated.

“What are you saying!? You’re the hero who saved the Royal Capital! Even in town, there are uproar about Homeless’ conspicuous service you know!”

“Uh-Uhm…”

Rumors are sure quick. It feels scary as it has already spread throughout Mana City.

“Speaking of which, I heard that the City lord is looking for Homeless but, is it okay for him to see you guys?”

“City Lord? Is he aiming for Pero?”

“Don’t worry about that. The City lord is known for his good personality. If you are troubled, just say that the sacred beast belongs to the guild.”

Apparently, Bud is already aware of the things in the Royal Capital. As expected from the representative director of the guild, Edmund seems to be a capable person.

“Alright, we’ll visit him tomorrow.”

“Okay. I’ll tell the City Lord as well.”

Bud shook hands with us and returned back to the guild.

“Well then, shall we head home?”

We went out of the guild and head to the dungeon. As usual, when we reached the Temple of Teleportation, I touched the stone plate and we are transferred to the miniature garden.

“Ah, it feels good here.”

Erna lay down in the grass in the miniature garden. When I also lie down, Pero imitates us and lie down too. The bright light coming out from the ceiling is so refreshing.

When I finally felt that I was back in the miniature garden, Pero repeatedly opened and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

“F-…Fa-…Fa-a-aa……”

“Fa?”

“..Fa…Father”

I was so surprised that I ended up opening my eyes wide. Pero just spoke…

“Y-You can talk!?”

“Father.”

I hugged Pero, I was so happy that my lacrimal glands loosened. How long has it been that I was called father?

“Father, father!”

Pero shouts it many times. Erna who has a lovable appearance also got teary eyed.

“I decided! Pero, from today on, you are my son!”

I was resolute to raise Pero as my real son. Yes, today is the birth of Pero Tanaka!

“If that’s the case, then we have to properly teach you the language here.”

I then glance at Erna.

“W-Wait a minute, are you perhaps saying that I have to teach the language?”

“You are the one who taught me right?”

I’m not good at teaching people. I have the habit of thinking that one should just look and remember. In that aspect, Erna is very good at teaching. And just like this, being able to speak another world’s language is all thanks to her good teaching.

“But it’s not free to teach…”

“You can buy two clothes.”

“Three pieces.”

“No, two pieces only.”

In the end, we ended up with two clothes and one accessory. Homeless cannot live a wealthy life. Thrift needs to continue.

We then start to move and we arrived at the first miniature garden. We had to leave the fields for a week, so I have to check what had happened.

“Whoa…”

The field itself has not changed much. However, the vegetables I planted ignored the ridges and it continued to grow. The place where there should have been only a field is now full of vegetables. We immediately start harvesting and restored the field for the time being.

“It might be better to sell these vegetables in the city.”

“Yes, I don’t know what to do about this as there are still lots of vegetables in the warehouse…”

It is a waste to throw it away. Then it would be better to sell it. If possible, I would like to trade with an honest merchant, but why not consult about it with the weapons shop owner, Rodman tomorrow?

We left the fields and finally arrive at the hideout, each of us either falls straight to the floor or the sofa. It felt like I came from on a long trip.

I opened my status while lying on the sofa.

【Status】 Name:  Shinichi Tanaka Age:  17 years old (56 years old) Race:  Homeless (Variant) Occupation:  Adventurer Magic attribute:  No Attribute Magic:  None Skills: Appraisal (Advanced), Pressure Point (Advanced), Swordsmanship (Advanced), Axemanship (Advanced), Spearmanship (Advanced), Hammermanship (Advanced), Archery (Advanced), Taijutsu A (Advanced), Taijutsu B (Advanced), Stealth (Advanced) ↑, Thread Generation (Special), Thread Manipulation (Advanced), Thread Bomb (Special) ↑, Division(Beginner) New, Danger Detection (Advanced), Digestive Enhancement (Intermediate), Eyesight Enhancement (Advanced), Arm Strengthening (Intermediate) New, Leg Strengthening (Advanced) New, Body Strengthening (Special) New, Super Sensation (Intermediate), Shock Absorption (Beginner) New,  Hardening (Advanced) New, Self Recovery (Intermediate), Plant manipulation (Advanced), Leadership (Special) New, Skill Picking, King’s Vessel New

As you can see, I have acquired the skills from the Bull King. Some skills have also improved. What I’m more curious about is about the King’s Vessel. I am not that sure how to use it, so I’ll leave it as it is for now. It seems that it is a skill that I can use because as it’s even called King’s Vessel, but I cannot remember the situation where the Bull King used it, so I don’t know what to do with it.

In addition to that, it’s about the Bull King’s horn. It’s fine to get its meat, but I’m wondering if I should sell the horn. One out of the two horns was given to the Duke though. Since he extremely wanted it, I exchanged it for 100 gold coins, but I wonder if it was worth it.

“Should I show the horn to Rodman?”

Because of my strong drowsiness, I gradually closed my eyelids. In the midst of my sleep, Pero climbed up to my body, so I decided to hold him up and sleep with him. With a vague consciousness, I felt happy that my son was back.

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Cloud of dust rises on the horizon. The ground began to shake and I knew that something is rushing in hordes.

“I can see it! Prepare for the battle!”

I spoke to the adventurers who are gathered here. Even if they are not my comrades, I don’t want anyone to die if possible.

“When’s the right timing to make a move?”

Mina holds a spear and asks a question.

“We’ll start the fight after the bulls get caught in the trap I’ve done. Don’t get caught on the traps ahead, alright?”

“Roger that. I’ll show you what Mina of Earth Fang is capable of.”

Really reliable. Moreover, her standing figure is beautiful. She’s a woman with modest chest, but still a very attractive woman. Especially her curves from the hips to the legs is… Mufufu.

“Shinichi?”

I was startled by Erna’s voice. It’s my mistake to feel relaxed at such an important time.

“He-y! Tanaka-dono!”

I heard a voice so I turned around, there were many soldiers coming from the city.

Edner and Freya are the ones at the vanguard. Perhaps the Duke mobilized the army due to the crisis impending the Royal Capital. He’s a man who does his job quickly. When I met up with the two of them, I explained the strategy.

“―So that’s how it is. I’ll leave it to you so the soldiers will not have to get caught in the trap.”

“So it’s like that huh. Well then, I’ll let the soldiers know.”

Edner immediately instructed the soldiers. There are about five thousand soldiers. Then we will be about 8,000 in number if the adventurers are included.I don’t have any idea how many March bulls are there so even if we are about 8,000, I’m honestly still worried. But since I’m fighting, I should only think about winning.

“Waauuu!”

As Pero has sounded, I look at the horizon and the March bulls are approaching closer, enough for them to be visible.

Large bodies with brown fur and Buffalo-like horns protrude from their heads. The total length is about 4m and the height is close to 2m. Their speed of running on the ground is not so fast but I can see that their weight is enough to crush a person. Such horde is approaching the Royal Capital.

“This is going to shrink my heart…”

Dhal grabs his axe and laughs. He was sweating from his forehead.

“Dhal, this operation will succeed. Believe me!”

“Okay, I believe you.”

Those words were so calming. When my company before was founded, there were those who believed in me as well. That was why I succeeded in its management. It’s not just my own power. I recalled such feeling that I had already forgotten, and mysteriously, I feel more self-confident.  Yes, I forgot.

I am not alone.

“It’s comiiing!!”

Hearing that voice, March bulls draws near us within a stone’s throw radius. I grasp my sword and a smile escaped from lips.

“Bumooooooo!?”

The March Bulls running on the lead fell. Bulls fell to the ground one after another then they start to struggle to stand up. Large number of bulls rushed in from behind and as expected, they too were similarly caught by something and fell down.

And before I know it, mountain of Bulls was made.

“Staaart!!”

After hearing my voice, the adventurers start to move. They dealt finishing blows to the bulls that have fallen down.

With the dead bulls as a foothold, they killed the ones in front of their eyes one after another. The strategy was simple. I placed a sticky thread on the ground that stopped the bull’s legs. In addition, the fallen bulls became a barrier to other bulls which stopped their advance. After reducing their number, it came down to a size that we can finally do a decent fight.Translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

When two hundred of them were caught in the trap, I sensed uneasiness. The stranded bulls began to avoid the trap. The remaining ones totalled about 300 but it is still enough to destroy the Royal Capital.

The Bulls have advanced to the final defence line.

“Erna!”

“I know!”

Erna and the mages on the defence line were now holding out their canes. Their magical power amplified and converged to their canes.

“Flame burst!”

The magic was released. Magic that has never been seen before overlaps and causes a big explosion. The blast also blew away Erna and the others, I too, fell on top of a Bull’s corpse due to the impact.

“O-Ouch…it’s an overkill…”

“Well yeah, I did hear that magic with different attributes should not be mixed.”

Dhal, next to me, grumbled as he rubs his head. That’s indeed right so I too agree with it. Flame was still rising at the place where the explosion occurred. The sight of the black smoke rising up on the scene proves that it was such a tremendous power.

“Bumoooooooooo!”

But one March bull jumped out of the flame.

Its fur is black and the eyes are red. The corners of the head reflected light like obsidian. Its length is about 6m, and its 3m in height which is too large.

I immediately used appraisal.

【Appraisal Result: Bull King: King of March Bull. It is said that it will appear once every thousand years, and it leads the March bulls and rampages around. Its horns are so hard that it can even penetrate a mithril, which far exceeds steel. 】

【Status】 Name:  Bull King Race:  Bull King Magic attribute:  Darkness Magic:  Shadow, Shadow Field, Shadow Bind Skills: Body Strengthening (Special), Leadership (Special), King’s vessel

That’s so overwhelming…

The Body Strengthening (Special grade) skill is ridiculous. If the opponent is a human, I can still feel the chance of winning since my basic specifications are different in the first place. I can’t even imagine how much of a monster I would be if it were to be added.

“Erna, run away! It’s the Bull King!”

The Bull King is already running. The destination is the defence line where Erna and the others are. It’s probably because of its power so they can break through any installed wall. The Mages began to escape. However, only Erna holds her cane.

“What are you doing!? Run away quickly!”

“I don’t like to! I’ll be a great mage! If I escape here, it might not come true!”

The Bull King is rushing to her. When I try to run to help, a white object runs past me. I didn’t even know what it is at such tremendous speed.

“Flame burst!”

Erna’s magic hits and explodes on the Bull King. However, the Bull King did not explode and emerges from the flame. Looking closely, I could see that its body was covered with a black aura.

It’s only my guess but, I think it’s because of that black aura around it so the attack is not working. I believe it’s the shadow magic. By the way, Shadow is a beginner level of dark magic.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

To reduce the magic power, one needs to approach it to disrupt the magic activation. It is known to be a perfect attribute against mages.

“Hiiii!”

The Bull king bows down to pierce Erna. The horn is getting close to Erna then,

“Waauuu!”

Something white held Erna and left. It was Pero. It seems that he was able to rescue her at the last minute.

“Bumooooooooooo!”

The Bull king then slammed into the thread wall. Sticky threads are entangled in its body, restricting the Bull King’s movement. Even if it tries to escape, the metal walls where the threads were fixed did not budge an inch.

“Did we win…?”

Those words suddenly escaped from the adventurers around me and they cheered. Relief also spreads inside of me. Apparently, it was a needless anxiety. No matter how much power the Bull King has, once it gets caught in the spider thread, it can’t get out easily.

“Let’s kill it!”

Several adventurers approach the Bull King. The other adventurers also started running after seeing it. Perhaps there was a desire to take credit.

“Bumooooooooooooooooo!!!”

The Bull king’s body quivered. It lowered its sturdy feet on the ground and with a thump, its hoofs suddenly sink into the ground. One step at a time, it was moving away from the thread. Then the metal walls were pulled and tilt down.

The adventurers who went towards it did not notice that and continued to approach recklessly with their swords raised. The thread broke and the Bull King was finally free.

It began to charge and kill the adventurers with its sharp and hard horns. Those who were sent flying were far from unharmed, their arms and legs were bent and they writhe on the ground.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Haaaa!”

Mina daringly jumped on its back, trying to stab it with her spear. However, she is thrown into the air due to its violent movement.

“This is bad… We are going to be annihilated if we leave it as it is.”

“I know. I will stop it somehow.”

After speaking to Dhal, I started running. Pero is already attacking it. So I also have to fight. I exchanged the magic stone on the sword handle with a yellow one.  I then activated all of the skills that can be used at the same time. Many red dots were displayed in my field of view.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Thread bomb!”

I shoot white sphere on its foot. When the white sphere burst open, large amount of threads entwined with stickiness scattered around.

It’s only a temporary measure but, this should allow it to slow down a little.

“Bumooooooo!”

Its movement has changed slightly. It seems that it is confused by the charge attack which is my specialty.

“We too, keep up with the adventurers!”

Hearing Edner’s voice, the soldiers also charge towards the Bull King. Freya also swings her sword and joined in. Even though it is surrounded by the soldiers, it uses its horns and body to ram an attack. Perhaps the spears pierced on it are just like being bitten by a mosquito, it just rampages around.

“Uryaaa!”

I then jumped on the Bull King’s back. After I cling to its back, it shook violently. Despite that, I am absorbed in clinging to it.

“Bumooooooooooooooooooo!”

The Bull King brushed the soldiers aside and starts running. Looking in front of me, I can see the outer wall of the royal capital.

“This guy… Are you still going to the Capital?”

As if saying I was right, it slammed against the exterior wall. A violent vibration ran through my body, and after a moment of darkness, my field of vision brightened. I can see the cityscape of the Royal Capital in front of me. In the end, the Bull King has invaded the Royal capital.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

It’s not good if it goes on like this, I pierced the sword on the dot on its back.

“Bugooooooooooooooooo?”

The Bull King rampages more due to the intense pain. It crashed into a private house, destroying walls and furniture one after another. After crushing through about three structures in the area, I finally fell from its back.

“Damn!… Where did it go?”

When I got up, I can’t see it anywhere. It was apparently rushing to somewhere while destroying houses. If this situation continues, the Royal Capital will be destroyed. I leave the destroyed structure and used a thread to jump to the roof of a house. I might be able to see its movement from a high place.

“Is it heading to the guild…?”

The direction it took was clearly heading towards the guild.

I don’t know if it knows what a guild is but knowing its destination, I have no choice but to go ahead. I arrived at the guild, kiting from roof to roof.

“Bumooooooooooo!”

When it arrives at the guild, it neighed when it saw me. Perhaps it became wary of me, it charged forward like never before.

“Uh…!!”

I tried to stop the attack with both hands. The moment I caught its horns, a tremendous impact strikes my whole body. My bones creaked, and my feet sunk slightly on the stone pavement. Still, I managed to endure.

“What happened you damn cow? Is this all you got?”

“Bumooooooooooooo!!”

I am being pushed slightly though. This situation will not last long.

“Shinichi!”

“Waauuu!”

It was Erna and Pero who came running. I smiled as I finally see a chance to win.

“Erna! That chain magic!”

“Understood!”

“Pero bite its hind legs!”

“Waauuu!”

Erna used Flame Chain and a red chain wrapped around the Bull King’s body. With a crunch, Pero bites into its hind leg with his sharp fangs.

“All right! Its charge has weakened!”

Then gradually, I started pushing it. Freya and the Earth Fang then rushed to it.

“Shinichi! Did we make it in time!?”

“Bring this guy down quickly!”

Freya and Earth Fang then strike the Bull King intensely. Still, its vitality is undiminished. Then the chains that had it in place were broken and its eyes were glaring at me.

“As expected, but what about this?”

Using the pushing force, I throw it all at once. It was a shoulder throw. The bull king hit the ground with its back, crushing the cobblestones. This is not yet the end. I pull out my sword and thrust it towards the place where its heart might be.

Of course, it comes with electric shock.

“Bumooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!”

A long and loud death cry echoed in the Capital, then, its body loosened.

“We wooooooon!”

Not only my comrades but also the people in the Capital made a joyful cheer. Staffs and adventurers came out of the guild, it was a storm of applause, saying, “The homeless did it!”

“………”

I also saw Arvish and Feria in the crowd. He gazes at us and grips his fist. Then he quickly left to somewhere.

“Well, I wish he could reflect on this.”

To tell the truth, I did not really steal the Gloris’ seal. As I have said, I only borrowed it. First of all, I made a duplicate of it by sneaking into the mansion using my stealth skill. It took a little while but there is nothing that my dexterous hands cannot do. Next, I just chose a fragile material. I’ll have Arvish break it anyway.

After that, I repeatedly made orders in many stores and stamped them with it. The revenge plan that I designed was successful. Breaking a noble’s real seal is inconvenient, after all. It’s too costly just to break the nose of an egoistic brat.

“Now then, let’s have a toast at the bar!”

We headed to the bar while bathing in the victorious atmosphere.

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“―So you mean to say that you couldn’t get the seal back, and you even broke it?”

“…………Yes”

In the Gloris family’s study, the family head and Arvish were talking.

“I don’t want to see your face again. Get out.”

“Are you saying that you are cutting our ties as parent and child?”

“Naturally. Isn’t this all because of you?”

“It was not my fault! I am innocent!”

“That’s enough! Go out.”

Arvish quietly left the room.

“Stupid son!”

The Gloris’ family head stood up from the chair and opened the cabinet. He tried to take a book out but saw something.

“This is……”

What the family head took out was a seal. When he checked the seal, he judged that it definitely belonged to the Gloris family.

“I see… The person who invaded the mansion wanted to make a counterfeit work.”

The counterfeit has already been destroyed. If that’s the case, the purpose of it is to separate me from Arvish. The family head conjectured.

“Whatever the purpose, it’s convenient for me.”

Then the family head puts the seal in his pocket.

“A fool is not needed in the Gloris family.”

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When we arrived at the guild, I found some familiar faces.

“Dhal”

When I called out, the three people looking at the bulletin board turned around.

“Oh! If it isn’t Shinichi! Pero is also full of spirit!”

Dhal walks up to us and he strokes Pero’s head and then we exchanged handshake. Upon seeing it, Erna began to complain.

“Wait a minute, you’ve forgotten about me! Erna, the Great Mage!”

“Haaa? Great mage? The flawed mage who had been carrying luggage cannot be a great mage you know.”

“You got some nerve! I’ll turn you to ash right here!”

Sparks fly between Erna and Dhal. As always, I don’t know if they’re on good terms or not. Looking at such a situation, Roy and Mina approached us.

“Hello Shinichi-san. Looking for some request today?”

“Yeah, I thought I would carry out the last request here because we’re going back to Mana City tomorrow. Is the Earth Fang still working?”

I don’t think there’s much point in continuing a dangerous job as they already got such treasure. Roy replied with a bitter smile (don’t know if he’s aware of it).

“We are adventurers, after all. Even if we had money, we didn’t know how to use it so we ended up in the guild as usual.”

“I see… that might be better. You should think on how to use it from now on though.”

“Yes, we’re going to do that.”

It will take a while for Dhal and Erna who are arguing to separate from each other, so for the time being, the three of us decided to move away and look for a request.

Erna, who is still angry suddenly complains next to me.

“That dwarf… I’ll let him taste my magic right now…”

“Oi, don’t say such threatening thing. It will really be scary if you execute that.”

“Waauuu…”

Pero is also a little frightened by Erna’s appearance. Well, I think they are just like lion’s playing with each other, but I need to keep an eye on her so as to avoid overdoing it. I don’t want her to destroy the guild.

When I was looking for a request, I found something interesting. The request says, “I want you to change the March bull’s movement”. I was interested in something like the March bull. Then ask Erna a question.

“What kind of monster is a March bull?”

“In a nutshell, it’s a cow-like magical beast. Speaking of its characteristics, I can only think of its collective actions, but anyway, the movement of their group is really troublesome. Whether it’s a house or a field, they will be destroyed once they go through.”

“You mean even if there are obstacles, they will just charge right through it?”

“That’s right. According to the rumors, there’s nothing left after those march bulls pass through.”

When a large herd of cows comes to a village or town, the livelihood of the people who live there are ruined. It’s too unreasonable. So I decided to accept this request. There may be something that I can do with my current level.

“Those Homeless came here!? Where are they!?”

I heard a voice. It’s a familiar one. Me and the others leave the bulletin board and move towards the source of the voice.

“Bu-Bulletin board, I think they went there…”

“That better be the truth! If it’s a lie, you’ll not be left unscathed!”

In front of the guild’s counter, Arvish is grabbing a man’s chest while shouting. The people around who saw the situation showed their disgust but they avoided him so as not to get involved.Translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Oi, leave it to that extent. That person is already troubled you see.”

Arvish turned around in a surprised manner, when he saw me, his handsome face grimaced. It’s as if he found his parent’s enemy.

“You are still alive…”

As soon as he released the man, he pulled out his sword. From the first time I met him, he doesn’t seem to have grown even a millimetre.

“Hey, this is the guild, right? The mage over there, why don’t you warn this guy?”

The man speaks to the mage named Feria, but she keeps her eyes on Erna and does not reply. Erna, on the other hand, stared back at her while holding her cane. There’s a tense atmosphere inside the guild. With the sudden tense situation, the adventurers stopped in their tracks. It looks like the guild staffs are just keeping an eye on the situation but they don’t have a plan to make a move.

“Return the Gloris’ seal right away! I know you stole it!”

“Seal? Well, I do not have any idea on what it is though?”

“Don’t pretend! You have entered my mansion, stole the seal, and sent me a lot of merchandise! Thanks to that, I’m about to be disowned by my father!”

“I see… that must be tough. Then, I’ll look for it together with you.”

I beamed at him, maybe because Arvish’s anger had reached its peak, he slashed at me. His sword speed is the same as before but I wonder if it’s because I’m training properly as it appears to be slow. It’s so easy to evade even without using my skills.

“Why don’t you beg for your life and act like a real homeless!? You commoner!”

“Just when and where did Homeless gets outdone and run away?”

“Don’t say that! I’ll kill you immediately!”

I keep on avoiding his one-sided attacks. At this point, skilled people should have noticed the difference in our ability. Given that, it can be said that Arvish is still green. Being called a prodigy, and because he grew up while being pampered, he is adept at looking down instead of looking up to someone.

Really stupid.

At Erna’s side, they keep on glaring at each other and didn’t move.

“You lived, Erna.”

“Isn’t that obvious!? I’m not going to die in such a cowardly attack you see.”

“As always, there is a flower garden in your head.”

Feria starts running and thrusts her cane towards Erna. Erna also countered it with her cane, and a heavy sound was heard inside the guild. It’s a fierce close fight using cane against cane.

“I got stronger! The current me won’t lose to you!”

“Like the dolt and slowpoke Erna can do such thing? Hah! Against me, who graduated at the top seat at the Mage Academy.”

“I’m neither a slowpoke nor a dolt! For the written test, I was also at the top in the whole school year!”

“Yes, you were a mage who could only use beginner magic.”

The two separated, and their cane once again struck at close range.

Erna parries Feria’s dexterous cane handling with her trained physical ability. Perhaps her indomitable spirit was active, Erna’s heart is so firm that she was not swayed by Feria’s words.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“What are you looking away for? Fight me!”

I was still avoiding Arvish’s attacks. To put it bluntly, I judged that his swordsmanship (special grade) is not that effective. Skills guarantee a certain level of ability, but training is required to master them. Experience does not supplement skills. Realizing that, I have been training without fail every day.

“Try to hit me with your attacks first.”

“Now you said it! Then I won’t hold back anymore!”

It’s possible that he used body strengthening skill as his movements became sharp. I used my super-sensation and continue to avoid it.

It’s time to settle this.

“Die!!!”

The moment he tried to slash down his sword, I activated the bracelet. Craaaack!, we heard the sound of something breaking. It was the sound of something hard being trampled under his feet.

“W-What?”

Arvish stops moving and looks under his feet. The Gloris’ family’s seal was there – shattered.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

Scream echoed out in the guild. Everyone appeared to be confused as they don’t know what had happened. Well that was as expected, as long as the area is within my bracelet’s 10m radius, I can put objects by specifying the location. With my bracelet, it’s so easy to put the seal under his feet.

“Aaaahhh… t-this is a lie…”

With quivering hands, Arvish picked up the shattered seal. I feel a little pity, but his crime of attempted murder is not light. He was so shocked that he couldn’t move while sitting on the floor.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Arvish-sama!?”

Feria runs up to him and Arvish wept as he mumbles. After seeing such a situation, Feria looks at me this time.

“To steal the seal from the mansion and then have Arvish-sama step on it!”

“Where is the proof for that? It just happened to fall under his feet you know?”

“Nonsense!”

Feria holds her cane and she emits a transparent aura from her entire body. Then that aura converged on the cane.

“Air cutter!”

The wind rolled up and causes blades of air to be ejected from the tip of the cane.

“Flame wall!”

However, with Erna’s prompt magic, the attack was prevented.

“It’s insane for you to use air cutter inside the guild!”

“What’s wrong with that? I and Arvish-sama are the only precious people in this world. It’s not worth worrying about how commoners die.”

“That’s not true! Take that back!”

The battle between Erna and Feria resumed. It’s an offensive and defensive battle in which the canes hit each other many times and are pushed and pulled. They are striking each other with their canes with a killing intent. Their actions look like that.

“Not bad for a failure!”

“I’m not a failure anymore! I’m now a senior mage!”

Erna’s cane is thrown away by the blow as Feria found an opening. Everyone thought that the match was decided there.

―But Erna’s movement doesn’t end there. She lunge kicks and punches one after another and her movement accelerates each time.

“Kuu… to use bare hands…”

She’s desperately using the cane to prevent the repeated strikes but Erna’s fast and heavy attack surely corners Feria.

“Take my angeeer!!”

Erna crouches down and she made a leap to release an uppercut. Her fist broke the cane that was used for defence and it directly hits Feria’s jaw. It was such a spectacular blow. Feria falls to the floor showing the white of her eyes.

One by one, the people inside the guild began to applaud Erna’s blow. I approached Erna, put my hand on her shoulder and praised her.

“You’re a magic fighter from today on.”

“You should praise me properly! Magic fighter? What is that?”

Oops, I spoke of the real motive… Well, it’s true that Erna is good as a fighter.

―However, there was a situation that broke such victorious mood.

“It’s bad! Quick! Everyone run away quickly!”

A man rushed inside the guild. Blood bleeds from his head and the left arm is also injured. The guild staff runs up quickly, he asks the man about the situation.

“What do you mean by that!?”

“A horde of March bulls is approaching the royal capital! My party tried to change the direction of their movements but we were unsuccessful! They will surge into the royal capital within an hour!”

Then a lot of fuss echoed inside the guild. There are those who decide to fight and those who want to escape. It’s a storm of such adventurers asking questions to the guild staff.

“Please calm down! We will issue an urgent request, so please wait a moment!”

The corresponding guild staff left the guild after saying that. We then approach the man who reported this news.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Y-Yeah… Instead of worrying about me, just run away quickly! They are not ordinary march bulls.”

“Not normal? Tell me more about it.”

I gave him a cure mushroom and as his thanks, I asked him for more information.

“Thank you so much. Well, when I said that they’re not normal, I saw a huge one amongst those march bulls.”

“It’s that remarkably huge? But, is it still a march bull?”

“No, it’s a different one. The march bulls has brown hair, but that one was black in color. In addition, it’s about twice as big as a normal one. It might be a variant you see.”

It’s also a variant huh…

Base from my experience, it’s evident that it is much stronger than usual ones. However, the degree of its power is unknown. It is not strange for a strong individual to appear as a different species.Translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Hey, what are you guys going to do?”

I looked back as I heard a voice behind me, the Earth Fang guys were talking to Erna.

“Hmm, Shinichi wants to fight…”

“Is that so? Then we’ll also help. With Homeless’ cooperation, there’s a better chance of success you see.”

Apparently, the Earth Fang will cooperate with us. If so, there is no choice but to manage this situation with six people.

“Dhal, we’re going out of the royal capital right away! There’s more to do before those March Bulls arrives here you see.”

“Okay, tell me anything! I’ll definitely protect this city!”

Upon leaving the guild, we arrived north of the royal capital. According to the man who witnessed them, March bulls will come from the north. Fortunately, the north side of the royal capital is a grassland. The view is good and there are no obstacles. It was the perfect environment for the measures I thought of.

“Can anyone here use earth magic?”

“I can use it.”

Roy stepped forward. I have never seen his status, but I am grateful that he can use the earth attribute. As expected of a person who introduces himself as an Earth Fang member.

“Then, can you make a big rock over here?”

“Rock? I can do it with metal too you know?”

“That would be better! Please make one with metal then!”

Roy holds his cane and aims at the place I specified. His magic gush out and waves ran across the ground.

“Metal wall!”

A steel-colored metal wall grows where I wanted to. The height is about 10m and the width is about 5m. A thick wall with a thickness of 30 cm appeared.

I ask a question to Erna beside me,

“What is a metal wall?”

“It’s a high level earth magic. It’s for physical defence, it’s an outstanding magic.”

If that’s the case, it will be convenient for the current situation. Roy creates a second metal wall, I then coiled up some thread from wall to wall.

“What is that? A thread wall?”

“This is the final line of defence. We will fight further front of that.”

I made the final trap where the March bulls would pass and waited for the enemy to come. Then eventually, other adventurers also gather around and similarly begin waiting for the march bulls.Translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

And then, the time has come.

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“Ku… Kukuku… Ahahaha! I can’t stop laughing when I recall their expression!”

“Arvish-sama, you’re laughing too much. We still don’t know whether they really died or not…”

Arvish managed to stop his laughter and sipped on the cup of tea on the table. Feria, who sits across him, also graciously drinking tea.

“Feria got a point in saying that but, in that depth, it’s impossible for them to come back.”

“That maybe right too.”

Feria who looks uninterested, drinks tea and smiles. However, in her heart, she was delighted that Erna would end up dead. She was laughing that she could finally get rid of that nuisance.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

The relationship between Erna and Feria is not that complicated. Erna’s House is a well-known family in Sanargia Great Forest Kingdom. Feria’s house, on the other hand, was a noble but an inconspicuous one, it’s neither good nor bad. Therefore, Feria had a strong hostility towards Erna. To call it, it is jealousy.

Such jealousy that was turning into an ugly shade gradually disappeared. Feria can’t help but feel so as the subject was dead. Above all, the feeling of winning is erasing it.

Knock! Knock! 

The knocking sounds on the door of the room echoed out and Arvish, who noticed the sound, replied,

“Who is it?”

“It’s your butler. Young master, there are some guests who want to meet you.”

“Guests? Bring them to the reception room then.”

“But… I understand.”

The butler gives out an evasive reply then he move away from the front of the door. Arvish felt doubtful about that.

“Considering our butler, compared to his usual ones, it was such a strange reply. What kind of person are those guests?”

“You’ll see it when you meet them. Maybe the ghost of that silver-haired man came.”

“Haha, that’s quite a funny joke. For now, shall we head to the reception room then?”

Arvish and Feria then go to the reception room. In there, about thirty people are waiting for them.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Are you Arvish?”

A person who seems to be their representative began to speak.

“Yes, what are you guys?”

“It’s not what are you. I brought the requested items.”

When the man puts the bag in the table, the remaining twenty-nine others also put their hemp bags or leather bags on the table one after another. Moreover, other bags were brought in from outside of the room one after another, pile of bags were made inside the room in no time.

“W-What is this…”

When Arvish opened the bag, it contained a large amount of dried meat and vegetables. What made his blood boil was a bag full of pepper. There were also bags filled with sugar, and it was clear that they were too much for him.

“Well then, this is the sales slip. However, in the future, please stop ordering just like yesterday, saying that it should be delivered today. It’s not like we are only dealing with aristocrats you see.”

“Delivery…?”

Arvish immediately confirms the issued sales slip. It was written that Arvish Gloris ordered it.

“I did not order this!”

“Ha!? You didn’t order them?”

The men in the room were angry.

“What’s with that look! I’m the Marquis son, Arvish! Bring back what you have brought with you right away!”

“What? Then, you’re just playing while making such orders?”

The man spoke calmly without any hint of being afraid. Arvish then became more and more angry.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“Yes! It is someone else’s mischief and I don’t know who it is! Hurry up and go back!”

The man takes out a piece of paper and shows it to Arvish.

“This is the order form. Look at it carefully.”

“There’s no need to check that!”

“It’s okay, take a good look at it.”

Arvish confirms the order form. The Gloris family mark was stamped next to his name.

“This is… isn’t this the seal that only the family head has…?”

“It being stamped there means that what we deliver is officially traded. If you refuse to accept them, we’ll take this to the union.”

“Union!?”

Arvish became flustered. Only merchants register at the Trade Union and it is a very large organization in the capital. Originally, it was designed to combat unfair trade and as its influence is so high, even aristocrats cannot disregard it.

However, Arvish, though taken aback, immediately argues.

“If you want to report it, do as you like! I’m not going to pay for what you have brought! Whether it’s stamped or not, it has nothing to do with me!”

“Is that so? Then as I merchant, I can’t be outdone.”

The man stands up then carries the product he brought out of the room. Perhaps the other guys had the same idea, and in the same way, they took their goods out. Feria who saw the situation was silent.

“Humph! I don’t know anyone who would do this, they probably planned to harass me. I’ll search for them and send them to death penalty!”

“Arvish-sama, wouldn’t this be bad?”

“Ha? Bad?”

“Yes. With the Gloris family’s seal on it, it was supposed to be a formal transaction as the merchant had said. Then, that would fall on the trade violations and business interruptions regulated by the laws of this kingdom. And above all, the union is the one that controls the distribution in this kingdom. It’s clear that if you go against them, you’ll not get away scot-free.”

Arvish replies to Feria’s explanation, “What’s wrong with that?”. He is the third son of the Gloris family. As for martial arts, he has been called as a prodigy since he was a kid, but he was less interested in the economy compared to the children of the commoners.

“In this situation, Arvish-sama is going to be punished by law and in addition, the Gloris family wouldn’t be able to buy anything that is related with food due to union sanctions, that’s what I thought…”

“Whaaat!?”

In a room with only two people, Arvish stood up in astonishment. Then he immediately rushed into the room of the Gloris’ family head.

“Father! I need to talk with you!”

Lord Gloris, who is writing at the desk glanced at him but he immediately returned his line of sight to the paperwork before him.

“What’s with that commotion? Guests can be invited here, so enter like a nobleman.”

“It’s not the time to talk about that! Listen to what I have to say!”

Arvish spoke of the previous event and Lord Gloris immediately opened the drawer to confirm it.

“I don’t have my seal! What do you mean by this?!”

“There is a guy in this mansion who stole it! And it was even used to buy a lot of merchandise under my name!”

Lord Gloris slapped his desk with his fist. With that loud sound, Arvish immediately sinks into silence.

“…Since it was said to be under your name, isn’t it because the person who stole the seal has a grudge against you?”

“T-That is…”

“I can’t forgive you if my Gloris family will suffer any losses just for a personal enmity against you. So until you find that seal, I forbid you to come back to this house.”

“Father! Anything but that!”

“I’ll talk to the union. Be sure to find that seal. Until then, you are prohibited to call me father! If you understand, go out.”

When Arvish left the room, he was trembling in anger and it was as if his blood vessels wound snap. With crunching sounds, he grinds his teeth in anger and blood drips from his fists that were tightly gripped.

“Feria, because of anger, it’s likely that I’ll get crazy…”

“I’m sorry. However, to steal your family’s seal, that person must be really powerful.”

With those words, he thought of one person.

“That guys should have been dead… don’t tell me, he is… alive?”

After a moment of thinking, Feria replied to Arvish,

“Let’s go to the guild. If they are indeed alive, there would be witnesses.”

“Right! Then let’s go and check it out!”

Arvish and Feria left the mansion.

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While sitting in a chair, I was looking at what was in my hand. It is a small seal that is modelled after a dragon.

“Hey, let’s go to the guild.”

“Uhm, it’s about time for Pero to come.”

I placed the seal on the table and sipped the tea next to me.

“Eh? What’s with this seal?”

“I picked it up.”

“It fell? Then the person who dropped it is having a hard time now.”

“Yeah. Let’s keep it until I find the owner.”

I then gripped the seal and stored it in the bangle. And, actually, this seal is borrowed from a certain mansion….

In place of Arvish, I ordered in many shops and specified that they should be delivered to the mansion on this day. Of course, I totally put on the robe’s hood and didn’t show my face to anyone. Nowadays, it seems that it’s the time of the year where delivering of goods are difficult.

Yes, this is my revenge. We were about to be killed, and twofold payback would be appropriate. The reason I used this method was because I remembered the harassment that I had suffered when I was a business owner.

If the company management goes well, somebody will go out of their way and cause trouble from somewhere. After paying for the harassment order for a while, I was forced to go to the police when it was the sixth time. As it turned out, it was the employees of the rival company who harassed me, but the frustration I felt at that time was quite considerable. So, I decided to harass him this way while taking advantage of my past experience.

In the first place, he is arrogant because he is an aristocrat. Then he’ll just need to lose the backing of the Gloris family. First of all, harassment should be the starting point for losing trust from the family and create gap between them. With this, the reputation of the Gloris family will also fall.Please read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com

It will quickly spread among merchants who have early information, such as ordering a large amount of goods and refusing to accept them. It’s a nuisance in this world. And finally, the disappearance of their seal.

If an important seal of the family was stolen, no matter where it falls, it will be a huge problem. If there is an order with a seal on it in Arvish’s name, they will know who is targeted, then they will start to hate him.

Then the gap with his family will deepen more and more. I will buy the fight that was sold. Now you can buy it with your arm, but that’s not enough. I was angry with the parents who raised him like that. Therefore, I gave the Gloris family a twofold payback.

“Waauu!”

The room’s door opened and Pero came in. Apparently, his role for today is over. In addition, Duke Medil comes in after Pero.

“Oh, you were here? I was looking for Shinichi-kun you see.”

“Hmm? It’s rare for the Duke to look for me.”

“No, well tomorrow you guys will leave this place, right? I have something I want to talk about before that.”

The Duke then sits beside me.

“What do you want to talk about?”

“Actually, the Estent Empire is showing some worrisome movements. You live in frontiers, and the borders are just beyond your eyes, so be careful.”

“Eh!? Do you mean that the Estent Empire is preparing for war!?”

With Erna’s words, the Duke raises his forefinger and gestures to be quiet. Certainly, it’s not something that should be said out loud.

“Most of the people living in that country are Dragonewts. They have a high level of physical ability and are ambitious. Until now, they used to be living quietly in the neighbourhood but, this will not always be the case you see.”

“…Dragonewts huh. I’ve heard rumors that humans have incomparable abilities, but isn’t it strange that they who have been quite submissive until now suddenly made a move?”

“Yeah, different races once united to fight against humans but that’s a long time ago. Rumor has it that not only this kingdom, but others are preparing for war as well.”

“War huh…”

Japan once experienced a great war. I was born after the war, and I still have those deep scars from war when I was young. If possible, I want to live without war. That is my thought.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“I understand. We’ll be vigilant.”

“If you feel that it’s dangerous, please evacuate to this mansion anytime. I will welcome you all the time.”

“Thank you for your continued consideration.”

I deeply bowed to the Duke.

“That’s all I want to say”

The Duke went out of the room. It seems that the duke has no time to rest even after his son’s death. I wish I could help him, but it would be difficult for an adventurer.

“War, maybe my country is also in danger?”

“Isn’t Sanargia Great Forest Kingdom ready for war?”

“I think so. If that’s the case, I have to go home after all…”

“Well, don’t be pessimistic. It’s not yet fixed if it would turn out into war.”

Erna says, “Yes, that’s right” and nods, she picks the cookie on the table and puts it in her mouth. Her words and actions don’t match.

“Now then, it’s about time, shall we head to the guild?”

“Yeah, we are going back to Mana tomorrow and it’s our last day doing quests here in the Capital.”

Upon leaving the mansion, we headed for the guild.

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As soon as we began to move towards the ruin’s basement, we realized that the ruin was unstable.

“The floor is shaky… I’m likely to tread through it.”

“Yeah, be careful because there are several places in this ruin that are brittle.”

In accordance with Dhal’s advice, the underground passages of the ruin are indeed brittle and some holes can already be seen. Looking down, I can see several goblins. As expected, this kind of place is likely to become the home of monsters.

We proceed while avoiding brittle places and places with holes. For the time being, we aimed for the lowest layer while exploring but it seems that this ruin’s basement is only up to the third level so it did not take much time.

“Everyone, wait! There is a magical beast ahead of us…I think there’s two of them.”

Erna uses her Hell Ears skill to search for enemies. I can also do that if I used my super-sensation skill but as expected, I’ll still lose to Erna’s hearing. Of course, Pero’s sense of smell is also superior. Therefore, it does not make much sense for me to do the searching.

“Pukyuuu”

Two round objects bounced from the end of the dim passage. They look like a freshly squeezed mochi(Japanese version of rice cake) and they have a translucent light blue color. They’re about the size of a soccer ball, but each time they bound, their shape change and their reaction looks like they’re jumping.

I ask Freya a question,

“…What is that?”

“Slimes. They’re the weakest magical beast around here but they have a strong acidity on their body. They’re such troublesome creatures that stick to the mouth and nose of living things as they try to seize their prey.”

Upon hearing the word slime, I remembered the RPG game I played. It should have been the name of the first monster that came out when I started the game. It looks cute, but it doesn’t seem like it in reality. Even though they look like they wanted to become friends with us, they will surely be ignored.

“Waauuu!”

Pero came out to the front, extended his nails and cut the slimes. His movement seems to be the result of training.

―However, the torn slimes split into four just like that.

“Waauuu!?”

Pero is surprised and cuts them again, but the slimes still split up. I become worried so I used the appraisal.

【Appraisal Result: Slime: It is known as the weakest magical beast and it usually lives by eating dead bodies and insects. It is also aggressive towards living creatures, and sometimes it even attacks dragons. It will die if the nucleus in the body is destroyed.】

【Status】 Name:  Slime Race:  Slime Magic attribute:  Water Magic:  Aqua ball Skills:  Shock Absorption (Beginner), Division (Beginner), Hardening (Beginner), Enhanced Digestion (Intermediate)

“Pero, attack the slime’s core”

“Aw!”

Pero start to move quickly. All the slimes were cut into pieces in an instant. I immediately approach the slime that has melted and used Skill Picking. What I got was Shock Absorption, Division, and Enhanced Digestion.

I like to try them immediately but it’s not good to do it in the presence of the Earth Fang guys so I put it off for now.

“Good job Pero. It was a good move.”

“Aw!”

Shaking his tail, Pero looks happy. This might be the best place for Pero’s practical training. So I proposed to Dhal.

“Sorry but, can you leave the fighting to Pero for a while? This seems like the best place for his hands-on training you see.”

“I don’t mind. The enemy here is too weak for us.”

With the permission from Dhal, it was decided that Pero would walk in front and take the lead. Pero from there on killed goblins and slimes, like a fish that has found water, his attacks became sharp and precise each time. He looks like an assassin.

However, Freya, who extremely loves Pero, looks dissatisfied. But I decided not to care. Pero is not a pet animal.

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“Here is the bottom layer”

With Dhal’s words, I looked inside the bottom layer’s room. With Erna’s light magic illuminating the room, the bottom layer of the ruin is quite messy.

In the four corners of the square room, pillars carved with the face of a large person stare into the center of the room, and at the innermost part is an altar-liked half-moon shaped stage.

“It seems like there is nothing in this ruin.”

“We come in vain huh.”

Roy and Nina couldn’t hide the disappointment in their expression while exploring the room. On the other hand, I can sense that there is something in this room. My instinct is screaming intensely. Find the treasure.

After enough time had passed since I started looking around the room, I found something strange.

“Wait a minute, the four faces in this room are facing the floor, not the altar right?”

Everyone gathers in the center after I said that. Looking at it from the center, I understood it. The huge faces are paying attention to the center of the room. Moreover, the floor…

“I can see that there is something on the floor.”

“If there is a treasure, we will discover it!”

“Asking Shinichi-san to accompany us is the right decision.”

While the Earth Fang guys were rejoicing, Erna’s ears twitched. Pero’s nose also snorted and seemed to notice something.

“Air cutter!”

A voice was heard from somewhere, and the floor where we were standing was cut into a triangle. I soon realized that it was a magical attack, but my reaction was delayed because in that moment, the floor collapsed and falls into the darkness.

Looking up, I could see Arvish and Feria’s faces looking down through the hole. They may have heard about us from somewhere and followed us. It’s my negligence! We then fell deep into the hole.

“Buhaa!”

When I fell into the water, I immediately use my super sensation to grasp the current situation. Apparently there is a shore nearby. I immediately did the crawl swimming. Even though it may appear this way, swimming is my forte.

“Help me! Fuah-! I can’t swim!”

With repetitive splashing sound, I saw Erna struggling on the surface of the water so I approached to help her.

“Hey, grabbed by my back.”

“Shinichi! Thank you!”

As she hugged my back, Erna’s chest was pressed on me and it felt good. Even if we stay like this, it will be fine.

“Wauu”

Looking next to me, Pero heads to the shore with doggy paddle styled swimming. From behind, Freya is doing the breaststroke while wearing her armor. And looking around, Roy and Nina were also swimming. However, I can see Dhal on Roy’s back.

Elves and dwarves have bad relationship, but they are unexpectedly similar in some aspects. As we get to the shore, each of us squeezed the water out of our clothes. Erna magically created the light and checked where we came from.

“Isn’t it over there? Such height is about 20m.”

When Erna manipulates the glowing sphere, the white light illuminates the surrounding area, exposing the underground lake. On top of that, there was a gaping hole from where we would have been dropped.

“It seems difficult to climb…”

“Hey, I wonder if we can climb up with Shinichi’s thread?”

I took Erna’s words into consideration. Certainly, this underground lake is not that wide so it might be possible to make a scaffolding with my thread and climb our way up.

It’s indeed a good idea.

“Hey, escaping is good too but take a look at this.”

Hearing Dhal’s voice, we looked back and there was a door on the wall ahead the shore.

“Is this the real bottom layer?”

“I guess so. What should we do? There may be treasures ahead right?”

Dhal and the others start smiling. This may be the real pleasure for those who became Adventurer as a living. If so, it is decided.

“Of course we’ll go in. We are Adventurers right?”

“There’s no problem then. Roy, open the door.”

Roy pushes the stone door and slowly opens it. The sound of stones rubbing each other echoed out, and Erna  immediately puts a ball of light inside.

“Whoa!?”

It becomes extremely radiant that we covered our eyes with our hands. The room is full of golden color and it intensely reflects the light. When I opened my eyes, gold and silver treasures were piled up almost filling the small room.

In the back, there is a striking altar, and a bangle is attached to the black stone table.

“Whoa! Amazing!”

Dhal jumps into the pile of treasures and randomly packs them into his rucksack. Roy and Nina were also dazzled by the treasure and did not look at the bangle which is the crucial one.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com)

“If I could only have this… How much clothes can I buy… Ehehehe…”

No, Erna also seems to be blinded by it. Like a zombie, she unsteadily approached the mountain of treasures, she then grab a necklace with big gem on it and start grinning.

As soon as I approached the bangle on the altar, I used the appraisal.

【Appraisal failure ****: ****】

As expected, appraisal didn’t work. The bangle is made with pure black stones forming a black ring decorated with gold, it turned out to be a very expensive item. It obviously has a different feel.

“…..my robe… is it resonating?”

My robe emits a wave of light. As for the bangle, light flows in the same way.

Is there a relationship between these two?

I picked up the bangle and put it on my left arm.

【The former owner is already dead. Do you wish to own this bangle? YES/NO】

I didn’t hesitate to choose YES.

I’m aiming to have it while Dhal and the others didn’t notice it yet, I don’t feel bad doing it though. My instinct to get this bangle is ringing in my head like a siren. When I finally own the bangle, I noticed a small window in front of me. It is similar to a status screen, but nothing is described inside.

【Storage】 ― ― ― ―

Don’t tell me…, I then grab a golden wine cup and it disappeared from my hand.

And a new display is shown in the screen.

【Storage】 – Golden wine cup

This time around, as I think about them randomly, the treasures in front of me disappear one after another. They were treated as a group and “Treasure” is displayed on the screen.

“Whoaaa! This is amazing!”

Of course, if I think of “getting them out”, the treasures from before appears on the floor. This is surely a convenient tool like a four-dimensional pocket. Isn’t it the best tool?

“Dhal, you can’t carry all the treasures in your rucksack, right? With the bangle I got, I can carry them all you see.”

“Hmm? Bangle?”

As I thought about it, all the treasures in the room suddenly disappeared. I then explained the bangle’s effect to Dhal and the others who panicked.

“…..That means―, Shinichi become the owner of that handy bangle right?”

“It’s as what you had said. On the other hand, I’ll give you all the treasure. We only need this bangle.”

“Well… if you put it that way, that is fine with us too.”

A single bangle compared to that pile of treasure that they can live on, this condition is not that bad at all. Seeing their smiling faces, their happiness isn’t completely hidden.

“Eh!? We will only have that one bangle!?”

The problem is Erna. While grumbling, she complains about it and emphasizes how many fashionable clothes she can buy if we can have some of those treasures. Well, Freya is so focused on petting Pero, and it seems that those treasures don’t matter to her.

“This bangle is a wonderful thing. Wouldn’t it be better if we just make money again?”

“Guuuuu! Shinichi you idiot!”

Erna leaves the room. I think it would be better to buy her some clothes when we return to the Royal Capital.

“Now then, we have to get out of here.”

“Yeah, but how do you get out of here? I don’t even see any stairs to go up from here.”

“Leave it to me.”

After we went out of the room, I stretched a thread on the wall of the underground lake. In addition, I extend the thread on the other side and in about an hour, I was able to build a huge cobweb. What’s interesting is that when I use that skill, how to make a cobweb flow into my head.

The cobweb is not made of the same thread. It is made using several types of threads, including sticky threads and elastic threads. It is a relatively known fact that spiders avoid sticky threads so that they do not get caught in their own cobweb.

Therefore, this time I can say that I made a huge trampoline with an emphasis on elasticity. But still, that did not reach until the hole. I then extended the thread towards the hole, I prepared it like a climbing rope. Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “spider’s thread” means to escape from hell.

“Okay, it’s done. Everyone should come up.”

Erna heads on top of the thread like that of a tightrope walking, she then jumps on the trampoline and grabs the thread. Just like that, she then climbed up, from the hole she peeked in and shout that she succeeded.

Following Erna, the others escaped one by one from the underground lake and finally, I too get out.

“Now then, shall we head out of the ruins?”

Immediately after I said that, they prepared their selves for battle and we start to go up. Two hours later, we were able to leave the ruins. After that, we returned to the Royal Capital and we are guided to the Earth Fang’s residence where I handed over all the treasures.

Erna was regretful until the end, but it was Earth Fang who brought out this matter and I have the real treasure anyway. It is necessary to know that too much greed will destroy yourself.

After safely going back to the Duke’s mansion, we had dinner and then went to bed. Pero rubbed his sleepy eyes and also entered my bed, curled up like a dog and start sleeping.

Recalling Arvish and Feria’s faces, I became angry. They definitely tried to kill us. In that case, I should get the appropriate revenge. The Homeless’ way is to retort if you get hit.

Feeling drowsy, I too closed my eyelids.

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