Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi

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As soon as we arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild, Willem-san came out to meet us.

“Oi, oi, oi, oi, you… you did it again, haahh…”

Eh? I recognised the quality of that ‘haahh…’ but, “What happened?”

“What do you mean ‘what happened?’ You happened! You and your- did you know that the Adventurer’s Guilds had been in an uproar due to sightings of a Black Dragon heading towards the City of Valencia?!”

“Ah,”

I had completely forgotten about this.

[1]

“Um, so… is there a problem? Isn’t it just an ordinary-sized dragon?” I stared at Fer and Grandpa Gon, these two were the ones who told me that a half-sized Grandpa Gon wouldn’t cause any issues?!

“Ordinary? Ordinary!?”

Erm, I recognised this stressed-out high-pitched voice too…

It’s really not my fault, I mean, Fer and Grandpa Gon were the ones who told me this…

“Can dragons ever be ordinary?! Even a dragon that sized,” he pointed a trembling finger at Dora-chan, “is a big deal! Let alone one that is the size of, of a Black Dragon!!”

“Ah,” I finally recalled [2] the Red Dragon incident. The seaside Guild Master, what was his name again? Had panicked a lot and sent us out to subjugate the creature. How did I forget about that…

While I was busy repenting my blind trust for Fer and Grandpa Gon, Willem-san continued to ‘pera pera’ at me, lecturing me on things that I had already repented. Well, as someone with similar common sense, I shall allow this poor fellow to vent.

“…anyway, what I really want to say is to please, please, inform the Guild whenever you wish to travel by dragon. Otherwise, it would just cause a ruckus. Haahhhh…”

“Of course, I understand your concerns. I shall endeavour to do better.”

“Kuuhh, is it over yet?”

“This human has a lot of unnecessary concerns…”

“”Sui is hungry…””

“”Me too, ah, this is boring.””

Kuuh, how dare you guys…

[1]

“So, there’s this, this and this, I think that’s all?”

At Butcher Johan’s warehouse, I lined up the result of everyone’s hunting. With the addition of Grandpa Gon, the number of kills have increased by at least a couple of folds.

Rather than a line up, it was more like ‘several piles of’ bodies set roughly to ‘birds’, ‘Orcs’, ‘other edible meats’ and ‘non-edible creatures’ such as the goblins.

“Oh, wait, this is the last one.”

The last creature was something that looked like a giant moss-covered rock. It was actually a giant moss-covered frog. According to [Appraisal], it is called:

[Giant Mimic Frog

B Rank monster that stays absolutely motionless in the forest until its prey gets too close. Once its prey gets close, it would pounce. Its meat is light and delicious]

Naturally, this was also a mutant.

What interest me most is the […its meat is light and delicious] part. I’m not sure about eating frogs, but, we’re already eating snake meat regularly so…

[1]

“Umu, this one is good.”

Fer, you are drooling.

“Indeed, its flesh is very tasty. I wonder how Master will elevate its flavour…”

Grandpa Gon, the drool dripping from the corners of your lips isn’t helping your image of dignity.

[1]

“Goodness, there are a lot more items than before,” Johan-san was looking at the piles of bodies with shining eyes.

“I wonder… would our cashflow be able to cover this…”

“Ach, don’t be such a downer,” Johan-san thumped Willem-san on the back. “Whatever you buy here will turn into more money! This is all money~!”

“Haahhh…”

Haha, apologies… [3a]

“So, what should we take, hmm?” Johan-san was already rubbing his hands, looking as though he was not sure which pile he should dive into first. [3b] “Hey, hey, this one, where did you catch this one?”

“Hm?”

Johan was looking over a large troll, “Normal trolls are usually greenish grey, but this one is reddish. Is it a special individual? It’s a lot bigger too.”

“… …” come to think of it, what’s the difference between ‘special individual’ and ‘mutant’?

“Hey, isn’t all of your prey this time bigger than usual? The colours are different too, this… wait, all of the monsters are unique, this isn’t a case of special individuals, this is a mutation!!” [3a]

“Wait,” said Willem-san. “Are you sure…?”

Johan-san turned to me with burning eyes, “Brother, where did you hunt these?”

“Umm…” [3a]

“Come on, you can let a brother know!!”

Ugh, just what kind of incredible place did Grandpa Gon bring us to? Knowing that I can’t just not answer, I slowly say, “Umm, it’s…”

“Well??”

“… I think it’s called, um, the Forest in the Sky?”

“!!!!”

Ah, Johan-san just made a weird noise.

“#%^$!!”

So did Willem-san.

“Wait, wait, wait, Forest in the Sky? Th-th-the legendary hunting grounds, Uranus?”

[4] Cough.

“Ahem, ah, yes.”

[4a] Johan seized Willem-san by the shoulders and shook him, “Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Did I hear wrong? It’s Uranus!!”

[4] Snerk, ahem.

“You’ve heard about Uranus, right? Brother?!”

Johan-san, please stop saying that word.

“Indeed,” Willem-san coughed into his fist, as though trying to maintain his composure. “Umu, about 100 years ago, high-ranking Adventurers formed an expedition to challenge Uranus.”

“Oh?”

“However, of the 50 over powerful Adventurers who embarked on the journey into Uranus, but only one returned alive.”

“Eh? Eeeehhhhh??!”

“Indeed, that lone Adventurer could barely speak when he first returned,” said Willem-san.

“He was so traumatised that he retired as an Adventurer. Years later, he wrote a book about Uranus. I managed to get my hands on a copy and read about his misadventures,” said Johan-san. “One of the lines I recall was ‘Uranus is a land where no one should ever enter, it is a land beyond human comprehension’.”

[3a] “… …” what could I say? Considering the unique creatures found in the Forest in the Sky, it had to be somewhere very isolated and difficult to get to, let alone get away from.

However, for my familiars, it was just an ‘interesting hunting ground’.

Moreover, it looked like Fer had also been there before, since he knew a bit about the geography…

I said as much to the Guild Master and Johan, who could only laugh drily after my explanation before sighing a deep weary sigh…

Believe me, good sirs, I totally understand you…

“Well, it is the Legendary Fenrir after all…”

“… and the Ancient Dragon…”

Both have very distant looks in their eyes.

“Ahem, ah, that is, would the Guild be interested in purchasing anything?”

“Of co-”

Johan-san was dragged away by Willem-san to the back of the warehouse. The clicks of an abacus follow. Then, Willem-san returned to say, “We shall have to evaluate the creatures, of course, but I believe we can have a number for you tomorrow. I’d like a bit more time, but I have to make my way to the Royal Capital tomorrow.”

“Oh? Oh yes, that.”

Indeed, Willem-san will be travelling to the Capital on my behalf. I have entrusted him to send some jewellery and a Zlatorog fur to the king. Lambert would also be in their group too, ready to bring more hair tonics, shampoo and soaps to a city filled with insecure nobles.

“Oi, make sure to give us the meat,” Fer said.

“Of course, we shall set aside the meat as usual, Fer-sama,” Johan-san said cheerfully. “Ah, speaking of which, did you encounter a Behemoth? According to the book, there were signs of a Behemoth?”

“Yes, well, we did but…” I proceeded to explain why we did not subjugate the Behemoth.

“Haahhh… what a sweet story,” Willem-san said with a sigh. “Normally, I’d reprimand you for letting such a dangerous creature go, but Uranus is so inaccessible that it’s probably fine…”

“Eh, ah, I never thought about how the Behemoths harming people… I had just made my familiars stop attacking just because I felt sorry for the babies…”

“… please be more aware, haahhh…” Willem-san sighed again.

“Apologies…”

“Speaking of which, as I will be busy getting ready for my travel to the Royal Capital, I shall hand over the matter of purchasing your goods to Johan-”

“Ou! Yessss!!!”

“-do please try to restrain yourself a little,” Willem-san said drily.

“No problem, leave everything to me!”

“… I supposed it would be impossible to make a loss from this transaction…”

I can… sort of feel Willem-san’s not so hidden frustration and worry, but, there’s really nothing I can do for him except promising not to ‘overdo things’ and to inform the Guild whenever we go out.

In the end, we left all the prey collected from, snerk, Uranus with Johan-san. I’m sure they will be able to pay me somehow. Anyway, even if they can’t buy everything, I still want the meat from those prey.

After that, we left the Adventurer’s Guild.

““Are we going back now?”” Dora-chan asked boredly.

“No, not yet, I still have to replace something,”

“Hm?”

“Remember our broken magic stove? I want to see if it could be fixed. If not, I’ll have to get a new one.” [3a]

[Gumihou: Naturally, I included the Guild Master’s name as well as his frustration in dealing with the leader of a bunch of overpowered familiars.]

[1] Adjusted the text, gathered the split information into something more dynamic and with greater dramatic impact

[2] ‘Recall’ the Red Dragon incident in place of repeated ‘Fer & Gon said…’

[3] Delete, delete, delete

[3a] Deleted meandering thoughts

[3b] Deleted the many and meandering ‘hey, I never seen x before’

[4] Continue with ‘Uranus’ jokes

[4a] Replace ‘woah, woah’ moments with ‘snerk, uranus’