200-Chapter 13-8 Horned Rabbit

＜Flute SIDE

I'm tired.

'Just because I'm dealing with my own daughter, doesn't mean I'm a man of the people!　Totally!

'At least the horned rabbit should be a piece of cake for everyone in the village - you didn't even bother to call us!

It looks like 'Wildcat Princess' is back. Even if I can't hear their voices, it's easy to understand the newcomers if the three of them come to the guild, because they'll be able to color up the newcomers.

''Ah!　Mr. Flute. I've finished my request~

There's a lot of hornbills out there!

It's been a while since I've seen the King!

At the words of the three of them, the newcomers who had been looking around to see what was going on were rushing out of the guild in a hurry and bumping into tables and chairs in a state of agitation.

''What's going on!''

Hey!　Don't freak me out!

We just got back from a client and we're exhausted!

All three of them seemed to be a bit upset because they were tired of the request and were angry at the newcomers who suddenly became noisy. Normally, I would tell them not to get angry like that, but some of the newcomers have been looking at the three of us in an evil way, or sneaking around talking to us in secret while looking at us, so their anger is understandable. With that in mind, no one on the staff, including me, tried to give them any attention.

I said, "Please calm down, all three of you. In fact, I got an urgent request after the three of you left, and the newcomers are in a hurry.

""On short notice?"

The three of us all nodded our heads and looked towards the board. Thinking that this kind of thing must be the secret of its popularity, I handed them a copy of the request form that was in hand and began to explain.

''That request is for 'delivery of horned rabbit meat', and the client needs something above a certain quality.''

'Yes!　Just fine then!

I'll get it all in.

'I had my mothers take in all but the cleanest rabbits, so there must only be good ones left!

Fortunately, the three of them took out a horned rabbit from each magic bag.

I'm afraid you three are unable to accept this request.　

The Guild couldn't take it back.

''Why?　They're all quality rabbits, you know?

Maybe you had to get the request in advance?

'But it's still stuck on the board, and it's in the same place as the permanent request, albeit for a limited time, right?

'Please call in your requisitions often. This is a request for new recruits, with a limit of two birds per person.

Perhaps it was because they were tired, but the three of them didn't seem to have read the explanation in the request carefully. Surprised by my words, the three of them read the request form again and sighed.

''What a shame...''

''It can't be helped.

I just thought it would be a great way to spend my money.

I wonder if Millie-san is trying to be an appropriator against me, but she deliberately tells the newcomers that the butcher shop will take it back at a higher price than the guild, so that they can hear it. The rest of the two of us agree, and let's take it to any butcher anywhere?　I was discussing something like that with him.

'Is it okay for all three of you to say that?'

But I don't care where we take it, because it's our business!

Yeah, yeah!

'Half of it is wholesale to the guild, so why not the rest!

Well, the three of you are right...

'I just wanted to tell you that there are better wholesale suppliers... you don't have to say that much...'

I pretended to be a little ... just a little ... just a little bit, because I was getting a little bit of a kick out of the three of them and their attitudes, so I pretended to be a little bit hurt. I held my eyes with one hand and hugged my stomach with the other.

'Ehhh!'

Don't cry, Mr. Flute!

Because we were bad!

The three of them didn't notice the false tears and started to hurriedly soothe me, but the same guild staff and old adventurers seemed to notice and held their mouths in place to stifle their laughter.

''It's fine if you know. So, that's the wholesaler.........................Can you be quiet for a moment?

When they stopped lying and crying, the three of them said, "I was tricked! And, "Terrible! And, "Out of the way! I said. Let's remember that carefully.

''So, the wholesale customer, I'm talking about Tenma-san. The owner of this request is Temma-san, and after all, he needs rabbit meat for a dish he's making for a wedding.

Temma!

All right, let's go!

Let's go now!　

We all almost jumped out at the mention of Temma's name, but Nelly noticed a good point.

'If it's true then no.......it's a grey area. If Tenma-san cancels the request or something like that, the guild will have to issue a warning to the client and the adventurer who brought it in.

The three of them nearly jumped out and the new adventurers who were watching them said, "Then why are you saying that? I had a look on my face.

''However, even if you bring a rabbit to Temma-san, the guild can't issue a warning if Temma-san doesn't withdraw the request. Well, it's not a commendable act, and it will make the guild feel bad about it. However, if it's not an 'ordinary horned rabbit' but a 'king horned rabbit' that is brought in, it's not a demon specified in the request, so even if the three of us went to sell it without going through the guild, we won't interfere because we have nothing to do with the guild. Well, no matter what kind of trouble happens with the other party, it also means that the guild has nothing to do with it.

In other words, this is a way to avoid trouble with any of them, although it's limited to acquaintances. Well, if there were adventurers who still complained to the three of us, the guild would at least intercede. However, it's not much of a hardship, since all you have to do is say, "We can build a friendly enough relationship that we can easily charge in like the three of them," or "We can take a king horn rabbit with us like the three of them. If you still want to complain about it, just blacklist them.

(Well, Temma-san would buy all the normal horn rabbits just because the three of you brought them in... but as long as it doesn't affect the request you sent out, that's the privilege of knowing them.)

What did you say, Mr. Flute?

'No, I didn't say anything. For that matter, if you don't go soon, Temma might finish your dinner.

That's a lot of work!

Wash your heads and wait!　Amur!

And Aura the Wasted Meat!

They really are three noisy people.

If truth be told, I would have wanted them to notice this method on their own, but it would be difficult if the other adventurers noticed the loophole first and carried it out and displeased Temma-san and her friends. And I don't want the adventurer who took it to them to become useless. Well, if you're an adventurer to the extent that you ignore or don't notice this warning (...), you don't need to be in this guild, though.

Flute SIDE End

'Temma, I'm sorry to bother you. The Dukes will hold the money for the rabbit, so don't hesitate to charge me for it.

'No, that would be scary if they found out, wouldn't it?　I've decided that I'm going to pay for the whole wedding, and we have three (...) foodies in our house, so it doesn't matter how much meat we have. Besides, it was Albert who said it made sense for me to pay for it, right?

The horned rabbit's request was to secure the meat for Serna-san's wedding and at the same time, instead of the 'wholesaling materials to the duke's domain' that I was asked to do before, I submitted the request in my name. So there is no lofty reason such as to give the newcomer experience or to save the newcomer. That's exactly why at first I was thinking of making the request open to anyone, and I only changed it because Flute asked me to do so.

'Temma, this will give me some reputation!

'Rude!　This is still one of the most popular adventurers!

You're missing the "'For people who don't know anything about (...)'

When I jokingly protested to Amour, Cain added something unnecessary from behind.

'Albert the 'visit to Samon's territory and acceptance of the request' that was on my schedule has just been cancelled, what do you think I should put in instead?'

Many of Elsa's family members are very good at wind magic, so you might be able to hear something useful.

So I decided to break my promise to Cain. In addition, in order to fill the vacant schedule (the timing is yet to be determined), I consulted Albert, and he gave me a proposal that I found quite appealing.

''That's good. Then shall we visit the Silphilde territory instead of the Samoens territory?

I'm sorry. I got carried away. I'm really sorry. So put your calendar back on.

When I pretended to take Albert's suggestion, Cain immediately bowed his head with an apology in his mouth. Chris-san and the other usual members of the group only looked dumbfounded at Cain's situation, but Primera, who hadn't had much of a chance to see him, was quite taken aback.

''Speaking of which, how does Temma plan to cook the meat of the horned rabbit?''

Perhaps because he couldn't bear Primera's gaze anymore, Cain suddenly changed the topic of conversation. Although everyone noticed that it was clearly a change of topic to distract Primera, everyone including Primera seemed to be curious about it, and they decided to go straight to Cain's topic.

''Rabbit meat can be used in many different dishes, but this time I'm thinking of using it for stews and fried foods.

Sounds good Temma, make it!

With that one word from Amour, the menu for today was unanimously decided upon. We've made stew and fried foods many times before, and I think one of the reasons is because we all became united in our awareness by hearing the ingredients and the specific menu when we were getting hungry.

Then, let's start cooking right away. Jeanne, Aura, help me out.

Primera, since you're here, let me help you.　

'What!　I'm a little unsure...

When Albert asked Primera to help, Primera was puzzled, but she ended up participating in the cooking along with the house servants. Incidentally, the remaining three women........Chris-san, Amour and Leni-san did not participate. Chris-san and Amour, who call themselves "foodies," had no intention of participating in the cooking from the beginning. Well, even if they did participate in the cooking, they wouldn't be able to fight, so we didn't want to invite them from the beginning. As for Leni-san, she seemed to be interested in participating, but Chris had caught her as someone to talk to, so we decided to let her keep her company.

'Seasoning should be the same as usual, but the stew should focus on the aura. Me and Jeanne will do the fried stuff.

With that said, I let Jeanne prep the fried chicken and I decided to make the rabbit meat cutlets. The stew was left to Aura, Primera and the house servants, because stew involves a lot of stewing, and I thought it would be easier to follow up with Primera, who said she wasn't confident.

''Jeanne, I'll help you fry it, just until you cut it up and season it. You'll have to prepare quite a bit more for that.

I instructed Jeanne and I started preparing the rabbit cutlets. I decided to prepare two types of cutlets: one made by battering seasoned meat and frying it normally, and the other made by cutting open the same meat and stuffing the inside with cheese. I'm going to prepare twenty slices of each, so it will take some time and effort, but it should be just right considering the time it takes to make the stew...it should be just right. It's going to be pretty close to the edge, though.　

We cooked like that for about an hour. We, who were in charge of frying, had almost finished the preparations and had reached the point where all that remained was to fry them in oil.

Tenma-sama, you have a visitor.

Do I have a guest?

One of the servants of the mansion came to announce a visitor. I was wondering who among my acquaintances had come to the Duke of Sangha's mansion...

Oh, Lilly and the others...

I knew who he was before I even saw his face, let alone heard his voice. Why......

'Amur, don't push me in the opposite direction.

The moment I stepped out into the hallway, Amour flew in and started trying to lead me in the opposite direction from the entrance.

'Aura, Jeanne. Work!

I'm coming!

'Well....'

Amur seems to have decided that he can't move me and decided to go interfere with the three sisters by inviting Aura and Jeanne to come out into the corridor. Jeanne didn't seem to get into it (apparently she couldn't bear the fact that she didn't leave a lasting impression on the three sisters), but Aura seemed to be willing to go. But.........

Not in a stone's throw, please.

Primera stopped me. Because.

'Since Lily and the others are guests of Mr. Temma, but at the same time they are also guests of the Duke of Sangha's house.

It was a matter of fact. Indeed, even if they were my guests, the situation is such that they are also visiting the Duke of Sangha's mansion, so the three of them can't be harmed.

''But!

'Lily and the others have been here since the formal procedure was followed. Things are different than they were the other day.

Mm~.....

Amour, who had been debunked by the Primera, became more mature with a frustrated look on his face. Aura, who was watching the situation, also looked frustrated, and only Jeanne had a look of relief on her face.　

'So that means, be quiet.

Thanks to Primera, Amur and Aura were more mature, so now it was just a question of whether the three sisters would get involved... but

You three make a scene right now, or I'll have you thrown out.

""Yes......"

The three sisters have become more mature thanks to Primera. Primera has a different vibe than usual, but perhaps the fact that she's welcoming guests in a place that's meant to be a nobleman has an effect on her.

''So, what's wrong with the three of you?''

When it got quiet, I spoke to the three of them, and they looked at me as if they remembered their purpose.

Today, when you go to our village on commission!

Your mother worked me hard!

It's a long story.

""A lot of horned rabbits!"

All three of you will speak more clearly and firmly.

There is something suspicious about the way Amur says that, but I know what he means than the three of us, so it's safe to say for now.

'All three of you, please speak more clearly. Especially Nellie, I'd most like to know about all that stuff, but well, that's okay for now. So, what's up with all the horned rabbits in large numbers?

I don't think we'll get any further by delving into the story at this point, so I decided to ask him about the horned rabbit, which is probably why the three of us came.

'Let's see, today's request to destroy a bunch of horned rabbits, and one of them was King Horned Rabbit.

When I tried to sell it to the guild, I heard that Tenma was buying the horned rabbit.

'I can't buy a horned rabbit because it would be out of my requirements, but I brought it to you because Mr. Flute said that the King would want it, and Temma would want it!

King is a rare breed, so it's good for us. And while we're at it, we'll take in another horned rabbit.

When I said that, the three of us said in unison that Mr. Flute had told us that was a no-no, but we said that if it didn't affect the request we had put out, it would be fine, and we took back all the horn rabbits we had. Well, I was surprised to see that the horned rabbits the three of us sent out were lightly over fifty, though not up to three figures, but we have three foodies in our house, and several foodies from other places often come to us, so it wouldn't take much time to consume them.

More importantly, the problem is.

Would you like to get some dinner while you're at it?

It was these words that were uttered without a second thought.

The answer to all three was yes, of course, and soon afterwards, they realized that the amount of stew and fried food they had prepared was not enough, so they hurriedly decided to mass-produce it.

As a last resort, he left the stew to Aura alone, and with the help of Primera and the servants, they managed to get the number of items ready in time.

'After all that hard work, it's gone so fast... well, it always does...'

The fact that it's gone so quickly means that the food was that good, and that's why I'm happy about it, but on the other hand, somewhere in the back of my mind I've been thinking, "Please taste it more slowly....