Chapter 015: I need Meat

Re-Translated by Gumihou

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When I entered the Adventurer’s Guild, I found that it was all pretty quiet. There weren’t many Adventurers around, so, I guessed most of them are still out there fulfilling their mission request.

I expect this place would most likely be full once Adventurers start coming in to report on their missions.

Anyway, I’m here to cash in on my mission request and process Fer’s catch. [1] Let’s see, since I’ve managed to collect Mage Flowers as well, I plucked the Mage Flower request from the bulletin board before lining up at the counter.

There were only two people in front of me, so I was soon able to hand in the mission request, my guild card as well as the flowers. [2] The receptionist’s eyes were round with surprise when she counted up 40 x Keanu Flowers. [3] “You managed to collect this much even though you’ve only just taken the quest this morning?”

“Eh, oh, I just got lucky, I guess? Hehehe,” ugh, is 40 stalks of flowers too many? [1] I was able to collect them easily thanks to [Appraisal], but considering the thick grass-covered land, ordinary people probably can’t locate them easily.

The last thing I want to do is to stand out!

“Ah, you must have found a cluster of them. How lucky!”

[6] Thank you Ms. Receptionist for providing the excuse for me. [5]

“That’s five sets of Keanu Flowers. The total mission reward is 8 silver coins, please check the amount.”

I gratefully received the coins and said, “I happened to come across some Mage Flowers too…” unwilling to draw unnecessary attention, but having torn off the mission request, I decided to fess up and cough out 5 Mage Flowers. I’ll just keep the rest of the Mage Flowers for the Adventurer’s Guild in the next town.

“Oh, you must have been really lucky. Five Mage Flowers fulfils the terms of the mission. Here’s 1 silver and 3 copper coins. Please confirm it.”

Phew, looks like we’re allowed to fulfil missions we did not register for. I was afraid that she’d scold me for doing things out of order. [5]

Now that this mission is done, let’s get Fer’s hunts taken care of.

“Excuse me, I happen to have a Red Boar in my possession…”

“Eh? A Red Boar? Aren’t you a G Ranker?”

Ah, it looks like Red Boars aren’t monsters that could be easily taken down? Well, it’s a rather huge boar after all. If I was tasked to hunt down something like that alone…

“Oh no, no, that guy is the one who hunted it down,” I stepped aside to let the receptionist take in Fer’s grand appearance.

“Ah, I see,” the receptionist nodded solemnly. “Large monsters are handled by the other counter. So, please head over there.”

“Thank you very much,” [6] I like this receptionist. She’s very professional and doesn’t ask too many questions. I guess even in this kind of business, service depends a lot on the people you hired.

Still, this is only an idle observation since I’ll be leaving for the next town soon. For now, let’s sell one Red Boar here and see how things work. [5]

Fer and I went up to the counter and said, “Excuse me, I have something I’d like to sell.”

The person who manned the counter looked like an Adventurer himself. A retired Adventurer uncle, “Hmm? Well, put it here, then.” he said, patting the counter.

“Er, well, I have quite a few things. Is it really alright to put everything here?”

“Oho, you’re one of those guys with an [Item Box], eh? Well, go on.”

Since he insisted, I took out five Orcs, two Red Boars and was pulling the Serpent out when the middle-aged man said, “Wait, wait, there’s more?!”

I nodded.

“This place isn’t big enough. Put these away and come with me. We’re going to the warehouse.”

“Oh, alright,” I quickly put away the monsters I took out. “W-wait, could my familiar come with me?” I’d rather not go anywhere without a backup.

The man gave his permission and we followed him to the warehouse. When the door of the warehouse closed, the middle-aged man said, “I see you’re the man in the rumours.”

Eh, what rumours?

“There’s a rumour circulating around saying that someone has tamed a Legendary Fenrir as their familiar.”

Ugh, I was afraid of that. As expected, having Fer around made me stand out too much.

[6] Anyway, I pretended not to hear his unsubtle hint for gossip and took out the monsters caught by Fer: Rock Bird, Giant Dodo, Black Serpent, Cockatrice x 3, Murder Grizzly, Orc x 5 and Red Boar x 2.

“…and that’s all,”

The middle-aged ossan was just standing there with his mouth open.

Erm, are you alright?

I had to call him a few times, but after a while, he finally shook himself and said, “T-this is quite an amazing catch. I mean, Rock Bird, Giant Dodo and Giant Deer are B Rank kills while the Black Serpent and Murder Grizzly are A Rank monsters.”

Eh, they’re actually high ranking monsters?

I mean, I thought they were kind of huge with really ominous names, but I hadn’t realised they were actually high ranking monsters…

[6] Anyway, they were all caught by the monster of all monsters, the Legendary Fer. 

Speaking of which, the most important question now was, “I- I meant to ask this, but, are these all… edible?”

After all, the main reason why Fer was sent hunting is to feed his meat, meat, meat obsession.

“Aa, sure. These are all edible. High-quality meat too.”

“Ooh, that’s good,” [3] since Fer caught them, I expect they should be edible. However, I’m still glad to have the opinion of a professional.

“Alright, I want all the meat. I’ll be selling everything else,”

“Hm? The meat could also be sold, you know? In fact, it could fetch quite a good price.” 

“I know that, but, as you can see, we have a big-eater in the house.”

We both turned to Fer, who was drooling over the pile of monsters.

“I see, well, I’m afraid with this many monsters you’ll have to come back tomorrow. It’ll take me all day to dismantle this many monsters.”

Yes, yes, eh? W-wait, I can’t wait until tomorrow!

“E-excuse me, but would you be so kind as to dismantle one right now?”

“Hmm? Ah, of course, your familiar’s food. Hold on,” [3] the ossan withdrew a long sword. With quick, confident movements, he quickly took one of the Red Boars apart.

It was quite amazing to see an expert at work. The hide was quickly skinned off, the organs taken out and disposed of, the meat split apart into sections and placed on the table in neat piles.

“Well, there you go. That’s about 200kg of meat, I reckon,”

[4] “Wonderful, this should last us for a while,” I thank the ossan and put the meat away before leaving the warehouse.

I had to pass through the Adventurer’s Guild hall and was stared at by all those Adventurers again…

Ugh, I wonder if it’s a mistake to take out all those monsters to be dismantled. Did I bring too much attention to myself?

Ah, but it’s for Fer. For the sake of feeding Fer, I’ll need a lot of meat.

Anyway, we won’t be here long, so let’s just endure the stares for a little while more…

I hurried away with Fer.

[Gumihou: Part of Chapter 6 in the manga.]

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