80-Chapter 5-3 Namitaro's Turn

He seemed to hear me muttering, and Namitaro suddenly went wild.

'The fishes are going wild!

Avoid! You're going to get hurt!

I knew it was a demon!

The spectators around them fled en masse as Namitaro began to rampage.

However, the adventurers in the crowd and those with arms at their disposal were the only ones who approached and attacked Namitaro with weapons at the ready.

''Ora!''

f*ck off!

f*ck you, you monster!

The three adventurers were the first to set upon Namitarou. The weapons were, in order, a two-handed sword, a spear and an axe, each of which seemed to be well used. Moreover, the coordination of the adventurers is also perfect.

However.....

Move!

Namitaro spits in a language (Japanese) that the people around him can't understand. With a wave of his tail as he called out, the adventurers' weapons flew in the air.

"Say, say, say, say!

It was followed by three more strikes of Namitaro's tail. Each of them catches the adventurer, and this time the adventurer flies through the air.

''Ba, it's a monster!''

You're gonna get us killed! Everyone run!

Even the adventurers who tried to exterminate him began to be confused by Namitaro's strength.

In the midst of all this, Namitaro, who had been certified as a monster, approached me with a swift movement as if he were sliding on the ground.

''Boy! Run!

Someone shouts and a scream goes up from the edge.

Jeanne froze in surprise at Namitaro's approach, Primera moved to rush in to spear Namitaro, and the three sisters held their weapons at the ready to attack after Primera, but....

"Accelerate your position.

Shouting something like some cyborg warrior, Namitaro instantly picked up speed and took control of the Primera's pointy end.

This caused Primera to be off-timed and second-guessed, and because of that, the three sisters couldn't jump out of the way either.

Namitaro didn't slow down as he approached me, so I had to find the right moment when Namitaro couldn't avoid him...

Yeah!

I opened the mouth of the dimension bag containing Shiroumaru and the others and stored Namitarou (...).

''Ba~i ba~i ki~!''

Echoing words that only I could understand the meaning of, Namitaro was sucked into the bag.

'Looks surprisingly useful, this...'

I closed the mouth of the bag, satisfied with the new way to utilize it... I thought I heard a sound like stones colliding and Shiroumaru's shout right after Namitaro was sucked in, but I don't care.

Just as I decided to do so, the bag was opened from the inside and Shiroumaru, who had a bump on his head, popped out from inside.

''Gasp! Gawd, gawd!

Apparently, Shiroumaru is quite upset.

After soothing Shiroumaru, treating his bumps and promising to serve him a chunk of meat for dinner to keep him in a good mood, Shiroumaru's mood seemed to improve a bit, so he tried to walk away from the scene quickly, but....

Hey, kid you can leave the fish behind.

The owner of the fishmonger, who remembered Namitaro, grabbed me by the shoulders.

After the negotiations, the ownership of the Namitaro became mine. By the way, the price of the Nami Taro was about 100,000 yen per gold coin.

First of all, we made a makeshift pond in the garden and filled it with water, and then we dragged the Namitaro out of the bag and threw it into the pond.

The Namitaro was floating upside down in the water and wouldn't budge, so the three girls poked at it with brooms and other objects that were nearby.

'Temma, how do we eat these?'

'The scales look pretty solid, and we'll have to pull the mud out of them.

You look like you're dead, and you can't get the mud off... what do you do?

I felt Namitaro move a bit at the three of them saying that.

'Well, I'd like to have them muddle through, but if they're dead, I can't help it! After filleting it, I'm thinking that if I let it sit in water or use thicker flavors and herbs, I could manage it!

I answer just loud enough for Namitaro to hear. Then he moved a little louder this time than before.

'But what about the scales?'

Jeanne's question was answered not by me, but by the Primera, who seemed to have an idea for something.

'Why don't you try it with Gigant's new equipment? And even though the scales are hard, it's hard to believe that they would be able to withstand a Gigant's blow, as expected.

So, I immediately summoned the Gigant (...). I changed only the right hand of the gigant to a sword, leaving the left hand intact.

'Let's get started then!'

I grabbed the base of Namitarou's tail with Gigant's left hand and placed it on a table made of stones that had been set up in the garden, hanging it upside down.

Gigant's left hand held Namitarou firmly in place, while I swung my right hand over...

Patience! Bear with me, Temma!

Namitaro finally surrendered. As expected, he didn't think he would be able to stay safe after receiving a blow from Gigant.

''Nyah! I'm talking!

I'm a monster!

'Temma! Crush it quickly!

The three girls were startled by Namitaro who suddenly spoke human language and hurriedly hid behind me. The moment the three of them were startled, Nekomimi and her tail pinged up and jumped up a bit on the spot, I thought to myself that even though they were beastmen, they were still cats.

Primera and Jeanne didn't scream, but they both seemed quite startled and stopped moving for a moment. However, Primera quickly regained her composure and stepped forward to protect Jeanne, drawing her sword to warn Namitarou, while Jeanne was ready to release her magic at any time.

Well, I don't know if anyone other than me can do decent damage against Namitaro, but there's no need to sit back and let my acquaintances fight with each other.

''Ahhhhh everyone is fine, this guy is my acquaintance.

When I introduced Namitaro to him by hanging him upside down, he twisted and landed on the ground (falling) and began to greet me by moving one of his pectoral fins.

"Oss, Ora, Namitaro. Nice to meet you!

Namitaro greets you in a cheerful voice, but the women look like a 'talking fish = a monster', and they don't seem to know how to deal with him because he's an acquaintance of mine.

You don't have to be so nervous.

He dexterously wiggled his body to approach everyone, saying things like

''Nyaa! Get away from me!

I'm a monster!

Gross!

The three girls, who couldn't withstand Namitaro's approach, screamed again and ran away.

Seeing this, Namitaro locked his target on the three girls and began to chase after them.

'Tenma-san, are you really acquainted with that (...)?'　

Temma, what's that?

While pointing at Namitaro, who was chasing the three girls around, Primera and Jeanne asked him.

The first time I met Namitaro was when I left Kukuri village. And I don't know the details, but I'm sure he's a fish in the classification... I'm not sure.

While we were talking about this, the three girls ran off in the direction we were in.

''Heehee~! Come on, girls, give up!

Namitaro is saying such things, but he seems to be taking it a bit easy, and he's chasing after the three of them, keeping a certain distance from them.

However, as expected, he's getting too carried away, so I decided to give him a moxie at this point.

I opened my bag at the right moment as Namitaro approached.

''Sweet!''

Namitaro jumped just before and tried to jump over me, but....

You will!

He used his magic to create a thick wall of earth at Namitarou's landing spot.

''Huh!''

Distracted by the bag, Namitarou finally stopped moving as he hit the wall head on, unable to avoid it.

The three girls beat up the octopus with brooms and wooden sticks that were nearby against Namitaro, who was stuck against the wall, but they didn't seem to take much damage, so I let them do it until I felt better... and Namitaro had it coming.

'And well, he's a good-natured and suspicious guy, but if you don't antagonize him, he's harmless....

Good luck!

After introducing Namitaro to everyone, who had been able to withstand being beaten up by the three girls with his natural defense (scales), Namitaro greeted them again.

''By the way Namitaro your tone is getting weirder than before, isn't it?''

This time, the mixture of various dialects (from the previous life) is even more suspicious than the previous suspicious dialect.

'People, if you live long enough, things happen to you.

It's kind of an enlightened answer, but perhaps he's forgotten the original dialect. Also, you're a carp! Never human!

I had something to say to Namitaro, who answered with a sober face.

I'm going to have to ask you to work for me," he said, "Namitaro, your current position is my property (...). You'll be working for me.

I bought him from a fish store, so I am the current owner of Namitaro. When I explained this to him, he answered, "Yes.

I'll work for you," he said. I'll work for Tenma!

If you look at my team's current strength...

Solomon ... equivalent to a B grade　

Id.

I'm sure Nami Taro will only show his abilities in the water, but seeing the way he flails about in the fish shop, I'm sure he's able to handle land to some extent as well.

At any rate, there aren't many places where the average rank of their subordinates exceeds A, like my team does.

While I was thinking about this, the three girls, Primera and even Jeanne were whispering about it.

'Who is Temma, really?

'Slarin, Shiroumaru, and now Namitaro are in your family.......all strong demons.......'

'Namitaro is a creep and...'

''On top of that, your swords, magic, and even your body arts are top-notch... it's a level that would normally be beyond amazing...''

'And I know a lot about medicine and cooking and everything else...'

It's like the five of us are stuck together, talking about me. All five of them are talking in a whisper so that I can't hear them, but with a little reinforcement of their physical abilities, I can hear them all.

I turn around to make room for Namitaro until the five of us finish our discussion, and for some reason, Namitaro is waving his pectoral fins toward the second floor of the mansion.

I followed Namitaro's gaze and found my grandfather standing there.

As soon as his eyes met mine, Grandpa moved out of the way and came over to us.

''What is it, Temma, another new subordinate?''

The grandpa asked me a question. Nami Taro greeted such a grandpa.

'Oss! Ila, Nami. Nice to meet you!

....and change your character for some reason.

Oh, he can talk. How unusual. I'm Merlin, Temma's grandfather. It's a pleasure to meet you.

And Grandpa didn't care I think it's great in many ways.

For some reason, feeling a little lonely, I decided to make a pond for Namitaro all by myself.

I made it 10x20m wide and about 1 to 1.5m deep. The edge of the pond was hardened with earth magic until it looked like a rock, so it won't break down so easily, and I think it will be less turbid. The water was also filled with magic, but when I was wondering what to do about the oxygen in the water, I decided to leave it to Nami Taro, who said he would take care of it himself.

By the time the pond was completed, the five of us had finished discussing it, and it was time to prepare for dinner.

But even now, Aura and the others haven't come back.......it seems Aina and Chris' OHANASHI is lingering.

So this time it was my turn to cook. Recently, we've been eating out and Aina has been making a lot of dishes for me, so I decided to cook for the first time in a while.

I'm going to try my hand at cooking curry this time.

In fact, the other day, I discovered a dish using spices at a food stall and learned how to make it.

It was a spit-roasted dish, so my knowledge of it, plus my knowledge of how to make it, makes it feel like an experiment, but I didn't have a choice. I'm going to try my best not to waste any ingredients.

I asked the guy at the stall who was serving the spit-roast to teach me how to mix the spices (and he was more than happy to teach me, because I bought more than 50 servings of spit-roast), and I bought all the spices at the shop where he told me to get them.

First, I fry a lot of onions until they are candy-colored and throw them into the skewer, then cut potatoes, carrots, beef, etc. into bite-sized pieces and throw them into the skewer as well.

Pour water into the vessel with the ingredients and bring to a boil, then simmer for a while to remove the scum that comes out.

In the meantime, I continued to fry the flour in the frying pan until it turned a fox color, being careful not to burn it.

I mixed half of the fried flour and half of the spices together and threw them into the skillet, gradually dissolving them in the cooking water.

The only thing left to do was to add more spices to the mixture, checking the taste and making sure it was to my liking.

After about an hour from the start of cooking, the curry-like dish was ready. This time I didn't make it too spicy, but instead used honey and other ingredients to keep it between sweet and medium spicy. However, I added some spices that I had left over for my own consumption to increase the spiciness.

The completed curry was taken to the room where everyone was present.

Since we left the rice to Jeanne, it was cooked a little softly, but there was no particular problem. In addition, Aina and the others had returned in the middle of cooking the curry, and they apologized for not helping with the cooking (only Aina).

The room was filled with the smell of curry spices when I opened the lids of the earthenware pots and pots that had been used to cooking rice and curry.

'Well then, I'll take it.'

I clasped my hands together, then spooned the curry and brought it to my mouth.

'Oh..............It tastes just right.

The first impression I had was not "delicious" but "nostalgic"... after all, it's been almost 15 years since I've had curry. I was engrossed in shoveling the curry into my mouth.

After seeing my reaction, everyone started to work on their curry.

What were the reactions of each of them.....

It's an unusual taste. It's a little tangy, but it's good.

'It's a new way of using spices. I've had spiced soups before, but I've never heard of something thickened with flour and served over rice.

Not bad. If it's any hotter, it might be hotter, but it's addictive.

'Yes. But maybe it's the spices, but I'm starting to warm up and sweat earlier.

It was well received by Grandpa, Aina, Chris and Primera.

In contrast.........

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

My tongue is tingling.

Too much spice!

'Temma I'm not good at this...'

And the three girls and Jeanne disapproved of it.

Temma, another drink. And your sister hasn't moved a moment ago.

Namitaro, who is eating his curry in style. And Aura, aka 'your sister over there', doesn't have the same light in her eyes as when she came back to the mansion (she was brought in).

And this one for Aura.

I gave Namitarou another, and then spooned Aura a spoonful of the curry I was eating, with more spices added to it, and shoved it into her mouth.

'.....Ho...'

"Huh?

'Really? ! What the hell~!　

Aside from the fact that it's a good voice for a girl of her age to make, Aura was brought back to this world by the power of Curry.......oh, the great power of Curry....

Lady Temma! That's not what I'm talking about! Water! Water, please!

Aura, who was in a great hurry, took the cup I offered her as if she were taking it from me and guzzled it down.

And Aina was pissed at me for that action.

I think my first curry in that vein was a good success... By the way, my final impression was 'Sure, it's a curry, but it's not what I wanted to eat in any way'.

After dinner, Aina and Chris-san went to the castle, Primera went to her fellow knights, and the three girls pulled up to their own inn.

Namitaro went up to the mansion without permission, and after having dinner with his grandfather, he went back to the garden pond.

On the way there, I decided to ask him something that had been bothering me.

Hey, Nami Taro," he said, "did you get caught again? "Hey, Nami Taro, did you get caught again?

Then Namitaro looked serious? And....

Tenma..... you'd be mistaken if you thought you could catch me again and again just because I'm a fish.

I'm sorry...

I was just swimming around in my sleep and I got caught in a net!

For some reason, Namitaro (Fishes) says that with pride I'm sorry and it's lost! Really!

'You should have run away on the way out...'

I thought so, but there was a lot of shellfish on the table as well. I ate so much that I fell asleep... for about ten days... and when I came to, I was on the cutting board! It's just like a 'chopping board'!　

And so the night before the tournament went on....