112 - - Finding an Island

The menu ended up being Beef Stew Spaghetti.

Not Beef Stew Spaghetti, but Blue Loop Stew Spaghetti.

Salad and orange.

I'll put a strawberry shortcake on the shelf in the mini kitchen (free storage) so that I can have it for a snack separately from lunch. I may be too busy to eat it. It's not so easy to eat sweets, too much of them can be addicting, and it's better to eat sugar when the brain is growing fast...

...... By the way, the sweet things I put on the shelf yesterday are being annihilated.

Adults are on their own.

Lunch is ready while Cal picks them up at the coach stop.

Leno is sitting in his chair reading a book, the tip of his tail sometimes moving, probably for fun.

I should add that he is the type of person whose memory of drunkenness disappears completely.

Spaghetti on a deep plate, with a generous portion of the meat broth stew, which had become so thick that it could be broken up with a fork. The potatoes are just slightly melted on the surface, and the onions are just barely melted.

Now, what kid doesn't like carrots?

The innkeeper told me that the internal organs are the same as those of human beings, since they are not cats and dogs. However, he said that there are some differences in tastes among the base animals.

The doorbell rings and the three men return home. Leno comes out to greet them, and I set the plates on the table.

Master, thank you very much for your help today.

Lapidus and Noel greet me with smiles.

"It's nice to meet you too. Shall we wash our hands and eat?"

There are already guests outside.

Busted!

I thought I was good for the night: .......

"Well, we've set an opening time and there's no rush. Let's eat slowly."

I'll say hello to the guy next door when he logs in. Thanks to the party conversation and the clan conversation, it's probably less noisy than a real-world queue, but the queue will be physically in the way.

Write "last in line" on the front of the cardboard and "items for sale, number of items sold per day, limit on number of items purchased" on the back.

We can get a woodworker to make a sturdy plate for this later.

I gave it to the first person in line before the opening and asked him to pass it to the back of the line after checking the items for sale. Cal. Cal and three others forbade me from leaving because of the chaos if I did.

At first I might get in trouble, but I'm sure it'll pass as a routine.

I won't say who, but they are much better than I am at handling people even though they can't eat carrots, so I will meekly follow them. It's easier for me too, I just feel bad when I see the three of them busy.

After watching the store open and the sales begin without any confusion, we move to the temple.

Now it's time to find an island, find an island.

...... are they shuffling our internal organs again? .......

So here we are at sea.

Riding on Reno.

Yeah, I wish I could say I could be a dragon. It's more comfortable than being in human form, although there is some up-and-down shaking when I flap my wings.

Unlike Bahamut, it's not so much a shell as a skin, a supple skin that doesn't spoil the sleek, streamlined shape. Be careful, it may be very slippery when it gets wet.

The skin is said to last only half a day, so if it flies for half a day, it must rest in human form for half a day and eat a large amount of food. How many hamburgers?　When I asked him about it, he replied that it is not food, but a wind stone or a higher level magic stone. I was told not to worry about it since Paltin had already given me one for now.

I should just make magic stones by enchanting and making magic stones by alchemy or by enchanting. ....... I wonder what kind of gems have wind property, I don't want to use wind property stones for production.

Sauroiyel continent: Mainly inhabited by human race

Sauroway Continent Mainly inhabited by demons

Norg Yell continent mainly inhabited by elves

Norwegian Continent Mainly inhabited by Dwarves

Northwest Dwarves, Northeast Elves

Southwest Demons ・Southeast Humans

The general arrangement is as follows. In the middle of each continent is the site of an ancient war between the gods called . Legend has it that the continent was divided into four parts by this conflict. In fact, there is nothing but a black sea there.

The continents of Norgjell and Norgway are large, but the northern side is said to be covered with ice and soil, so that side is rejected.

It is humans who prefer to go to sea. The main reason for humans to go to the sea is for trade, with elves and dwarves as their trading partners.

Therefore, we reject the place that might be covered by the trade route in terms of direction.

The sea area on the demon side is said to be inhabited by mermaids and sea people, so we also reject this area because it would be troublesome if there is a territorial conflict.

We discussed the possibility of flying in vain, and by a process of elimination, we have come to the southeast of the continent of Sauroiyel, a continent inhabited mainly by the human race. If we fly too far, we will end up in a cold area, so we should not fly too far from the continent.

We have narrowed down the area of the continent, but even so, we are not sure if we can find it in half a day.

"For now, please take me to an island where I can see the bottom of the sea."

I'm a little scared here because I don't know what's in the water where I can't see the bottom. When I looked up what kind of place I wanted to go, I accidentally saw a compilation of scary images of the ocean, and that was my undoing.

"Let's just fly and look for a place that looks like it.

The [map] that fills in the places explored is a big help, otherwise we would have lost our bearings instead of finding the island in the open sea. Reno seems to be okay with it. He's a great flyer!

I have the skills, but not for long. No, I can go as long as I keep eating like a bowl of soba noodles.　I'm going to spill it.

We soon found some islands, but dismissed them for lack of water.

If the island is too small to dig a well, the only thing that will come out will be seawater.

Granite turns to whitish sand when weathered. The sand on the beach may run out, but the thief's seed will never run out. White sandy beaches are usually this fresh sand, or even whiter lime-white formed by crushed corals. The sandy beaches of Kanto are blackish, probably because of the Kanto Loam. The beaches in this area are generally pure white. Or maybe it is an island formed by coral deposits.

Then the conditions might be tough.

"Leno, what if a big predator fish comes out of the ocean with its mouth open?"

"Big ones like that are in the deep, so they won't come out as long as they are flying in the sky.

I thought he would be scared, but he just answered casually and didn't take me seriously.

Wait a minute. You're here?

No, it's okay.

I haven't been tripped. Some small signs, but nothing major.

If they're real (・・・・・) in this world, you'll be fine. If they are really out there, it's nothing to worry about, because all they have to do is go to the temple to be defeated or return to death.

No, Reno has to escape.

"What a strange person he is, he's not scary if he's actually there..."

"The imaginary ones are infinitely more evil."

It's easy to give birth. I don't think so.

I wondered how he could talk so dexterously, but it seems he just uses telepathy to make it look like he's talking. In fact, it is difficult for a dragon's mouth to pronounce a human language. Dragons are said to speak in a language with different pitches that are not distinguishable to humans. I wonder if they say squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak.

And so we found this large island with water.

The outer circumference of the island is almost a cliff, as if it is a caldera that erupted a long time ago. You can't see the inside of the island unless you look from above. There is a crack in the outer cliff, and there are white sandy beaches and cobalt blue coves, perhaps eroded by the waves.

A picture-perfect pirate island. No, there were no pirates, but that's my opinion.

Walking around the island with Reno, who has returned to human form.

The hardwoods near the cove were spindly tropical trees, but once you got deeper into the cove, it was just a forest. I don't know what kind of vegetation it is, but it is a forest of oak and cork oaks. I guess there will be a lot of acorns in the fall.

Just as I was thinking this, a boar named Metal Jacket Boar came charging at us.

Oh, it looks delicious!

Reno had killed it with his spear before I could draw my sword.

A black three-pronged spear covered with water.

I thought it looked like a sea god's trident, but it was fresh water.

Except for the boa, all the other monsters seemed to be inactive. "Fairy flower," "caterpillar caterpillar," "winged rabbit," "sleeping tegu," and many other monsters were there, but they didn't attack me. The level is high, from 50 to 54.

"There is a watering hole and the terrain is good, what do you think?"

"Well, it's convenient terrain, and the coves and forests are beautiful. I'm just worried about all the non-actives, though."

"Basically, the magical beast types don't attack the same beast types unless they are carnivores or hominids, and I think it's a good thing that all the enemies are unlikely to harm the mystiffs."

"Right. But let's wait until night falls and see if these guys attack us before we make a decision.

Yes, that's true. Many demons go berserk at night. Shall we look for others while we wait for the night?

"But first, let's take a break and try that metal jacket boa we just ate."

We're in a party, so the drops are coming in the form of meat and fangs. I wonder what Mr. Boa, who is supposed to be eating acorns, tastes like. Should I make a cured ham?　Iberico because he is a pig of Iberian Peninsula, what will be the metal jacket boa of this island?

I hear that the fat of a male boar becomes hard like armor for tackling female fights during the mating season and tastes bad, but what about the metal jacket boa that looks hard to begin with? I wonder if the metal jacket boa, which seems to be hard to begin with, would be more effective in shaking the fat like armor with blows rather than slashes.

"How can you handle this hard metal jacket bore?"

Reno surprised me a little. I'm dropping in some parts, but it seems that the fatty parts are still hardened. ...... Ruscha's knife is sharp enough to handle dragons, something that makes me want to rewrite it as "sharpness".

The fat chunks are separated from the clean meat with a fine grain, and the grain is so hard that it crunches when it is thinly sliced down, but even if it is mixed with soft red meat, the knife is the strongest that can cut through it easily. It's not like the knives that slice ripe tomatoes on the mail-order TV shows! Even when I cut the fat off, the surface stays nice and clean!

Boil a couple of slices of meat in a saucepan. Wrap it around a leafy vegetable called chicha, which is a combination of sunny lettuce and sanchu, and have a little taste.

"Wow! ......"

"Oh!　I like this."

When dipped in hot water, it quickly changed color, the hard fat melted in the heat, and the meat melted at a speed that made it tender and sweet. The meat is tender and sweet. It leaves a lingering taste on the tongue, but it is not unpleasant, and the slight bitterness of the chicha also enhances the flavor. The coldness of the chicha for a moment before you put it in your mouth and bite into it, and the taste and warmth of the meat breaking through the chicha. Something different from pork. It is the best meat in the world, even if you exclude the meat prepared by the gods.

I thought I would taste it first to see what kind of dish it would go well with, but now I feel like this is the best way to eat this meat.

Leno and I enjoyed it for a while.

"I think this is the right place for it, don't you?

"I'm starting to get that feeling, too."

Leno hunted some metal jacket boas for us in return for our food. He was so serious that it was hard to take him seriously. So you want me to cook again?

Well, we had time and we didn't want to be in trouble at night, so we searched other islands until the evening, but none of them seemed as good as Metal Jacket Boa's island.

"I wonder, if we build a field, do we have to take measures against the metal jacket bore?　Do you think the rabbits will try to vandalize it, too?"

"I don't mind if you build it here, but don't adventurers usually buy a farm to go with their house?"

Yes?

Leno just said something nuanced, didn't he?

No, wait, I just forgot, I've heard of gardens.

In this world, there are two ways to acquire land.

The normal way, like this island or this store.

If you have a house, a clan house, or your own store - apparently not rentable - you have the option of having a personal garden called a which is only open to those who are allowed to enter by the owner. How to buy as a space.

Specifically, a door to another space can be attached to the house.

The fields are usually built there where others cannot enter, and if the <> is done well, spirits and fairies will come to take care of the fields.

This <> can be moved with the house when you move.

I have a feeling it's going to be expensive, but I'm sure you'll want to get one.

But first, the house.

Even after dark, the non-active doesn't turn into the active. Only the metal jacket boa was reinforced and increased in number, and even then it only fell prey to Reno's spear.

"Shall we go back? I'm sure those two beastmen would love to see you. If we go back now, they'll still be eating dessert, won't they?"

"Reno ......"

You are the sweet exterminator of the shelves!