Chapter 029: Fishing

Re-Translated by Gumihou

Edited by Onionpi

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I returned to the inn on unsteady legs and flopped into bed.

I never thought I would be cheated.

With Fer tagging along, I did my best to avoid large cities and haven’t visited any guilds. Which was how I managed to miss this glaringly obvious clue.

Speaking of which, I must say that after experiencing the kind and excellent care from the [Iron Will] party, I had the impression that Adventurers are all very high minded and moral people.

I mean, I get that there were bad people in this world like the nobles, royalty and upper-class snobs who abuse their powers and do whatever they want, but I’d never thought I’d be betrayed by my peers. [6] The so-called middle-class people.

[6] Ah, but that’s just too naïve, wasn’t it?

It’s natural for the good and the bad to exist together.

They exist in my previous world, so they must exist in this other world too.

Anyway, after that unpleasantness, I was eager to get out of town.

As for directions… let’s aim for the Kingdom of Elman or Leonhart.

Let’s look on the bright side, I still got a map, didn’t I? [6] Also, those guys gave me quite a lot of valuable information, let’s just consider the rest of the silver as payment for the information.

[6] Yes, let’s go with that.

 

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The next day, after a hearty breakfast with Fer, I packed my stuff and got ready to leave. [3] “Alright, shall we go?”

“Oh, we’re leaving already?”

“Yes, let’s get out of here.”

After shaking the dust of Router Town off our shoes, we continued our journey.

“Hey Fer, I’m thinking of going to either Elman or Leonhart, what do you think?”

“I don’t know the names of human towns. Just tell me where to go,”

“Hmm, let’s see. Elman and Leonhart are towards the east. Both care countries that face the Eastern Sea,”

“Oh? The sea, huh? There are Sea Serpents and Krakens in the sea. I like those. They are delicious.”

“… …” Did I just hear something ominous…?

Isn’t a Sea Serpent basically a dragon of the sea? As for the Kraken, that’s a giant squid, right?

Aren’t these boss class creatures?

No way, no way, I must have misheard something. [1] Yes, that’s right. Something must be wrong with my ears. Hahaha. Fer must be craving seafood and he’s just using some hyperboles.

[4] “So, er, you like seafood too?” I asked.

“Of course, meat is the best, but I do eat fish sometimes.”

“I see,” [1] well, he did like the sweet bread and other things I’ve fed him thus far. So, he’ll probably eat anything.

“Fumu, speaking of fish, I’m starting to crave some. Hmm, if we take a shortcut through the forest, we’ll come across a lake. Oi, let’s go!”

[4] “Eh? Just like that? [1] I mean, aren’t there all kinds of monsters and other dangerous things in a forest?”

“Humph, who do you think I am? No need to worry about those small fries,”

[4] “Ah, there’s that,” [1] However, I could not get rid of the worry in my heart. “Fer might be strong, but I’m a weakling you know?!”

“I will put a barrier over your puny self, do not worry.”

[2] “Puny…” [3] it was infuriating, but I cannot deny this fact. Still, I’d feel upset if you say it out loud like that.

“Hurry up and get on my back,”

Yes, yes.

After getting onto Fer’s back, I heard, ‘Let’s go!’ [6] and felt the body underneath me flex and leap forward. The wind whipped against my face and I screamed, “Too fast! Too fast! Too fast!”

“Hold on tight or you’ll fall off, we’ll be at the lake soon at this speed,”

What’s with that explanation!?

Gluttony is a sin!

“Gyaaaaa!!!!!” [5]

My screams echoed through the forest.

 

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Thanks to Fer’s ridiculous speed, we soon found ourselves by the lake…

[6] I guess not much time has passed, technically. But it felt like forever to me!!

“Haah, haah, haah, I thought I was going to die…” [5] the grass felt very cool against my cheek. The rocks and stones sticking to my body were very stable and solid.

“Oi,” Fer’s face appeared in front of me. “Time to eat fish.” [5]

Groaning, I rolled to my feet and stared at the tranquil looking lake before us. “How do you expect me to catch them without a fishing rod?”

“Fumu, there are other ways to catch fishes,” suddenly, Fer pointed his nose to the sky and-

Bari bari bari bari bariiiii!!!!!!

Electric currents suddenly broke out across the lake surface.

[6] “!!!!”

A short while later, fish started to float up to the surface one after another.

“Fer… isn’t this a little much?” I said staring at the lake full of floating and twitching fishes. “Also, how am I supposed to fetch them?

“I shall bring them closer to the shore with Wind Magic. Pick out the ones you like.”

“Pick out- are we just going to let the rest go to waste?” [6] my prudent middle-class sensibilities couldn’t take the idea of wasting food.

“They are only stunned, they’ll be back to their usual self later.” [5]

“Oh, that’s alright then,” [6] I took off my shoes and rolled up my trousers. The fishes in the lake were quite colourful. I spotted a lot of purple colour fish and activated my [Appraisal].

 

Violet Trout.

 

[6] Hmm, trout are nice oily fishes and [1] these are about 30cm long. They’ll probably be nice when salt-baked.

I began tossing a few Violet Trouts into my [Item Box].

Thanks to the time stop function, I could keep plenty of fresh ingredients in my [Item Box] without fear of things going bad.

We’ve been eating meat, meat, meat all the time and I want some fish for a change. It’s not a bad idea to keep some to eat later.

[4] “Ooh, what’s this big guy?” [2] I pounced on a large silver fish about 80cm long. Appraisal put it as King Trout. Nice, I could try my hands at filleting this fish. Let’s grab lots of them.

[4] “Oh, wow, this one’s huge!” I pulled something out by the tail.

“Oh, that’s a Lake Shark. Those are pretty rare,” said Fer. “I’ve lived this long but only seen them a few times. Fumu, but they aren’t edible so I have no interest in them.”

“Oh, that’s too bad,” I stared at the 3 meters long fish, debating what to do. “Well, if it’s a rare monster, I could probably sell it for money.”

[8] While I was stuffing the Lake Shark into my [Item Box], Fer said, “Hey, get some of these too. They’re delicious and leave a nice tingly sensation in the mouth,”

I picked up the shocking pink and blue striped fish that Fer sent to me through Wind Magic. It was pretty hefty at 50cm long.

 

Poison Lake Fish. [5]

 

[9] I threw it back into the lake.

[9] “Oi! What are you doing!?”

[9] “Fer, that tingly sensation on your tongue is poison, do you know that?”

[9] “But… I’ve eaten it many times. Poison doesn’t work for me since I have the Blessing of a Goddess…” [5]

[8] “You might have the protection of a goddess, but what about me, huh? What if the poisonous fish mixed into the other food and I die, huh?”

“Mu, that might be true, but this is really tasty…”

“Poisonous fishes are a no! A no! I can make you something good with the Violet Trout and King Trout so you’ll just have to be satisfied with that.”

“Mumumu, I guess it can’t be helped.”

 

[Gumihou: Ahahaha, this is one of my favourite chapter. Everyone, please check out the manga at LH Scans as they are the original translators]

 

[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs

[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs

[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue

[4] Structural Change: Change passive sentence to dialogue 

[5] Delete Repetitive or Pointless Information

[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose

[7] Add Dialogue Tag

[8] Creative Licence Taken

[9] Followed manga progress rather than novel.

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