CH 266

Tauro was in trouble.

His shopping was about to take a turn from being a customer to being a teacher.

Tauro had worked as a blacksmith under Angus when he was in Saisii, so he knew a little about blacksmithing, but he was less on the teaching side compared to those who were first-rate skilled professionals at their main job.

Therefore, there is little I can teach him.

What Angus taught me was just accidental knowledge.

“There is nothing I can teach you. Angus-san succeeded on his own, relying on my hints, so it was not thanks to me.”

Tauro humbly answered Rangas’s request.

“My brother Angus hit a wall and couldn’t get over it. It was you, Master, who got him over it! Please, give me some of those tips, please!”

Rangas, it seems, has hit a wall just like his brother Angus.

“… Hmm. Even if you say so… (I look around the store with  “true eyes’’) ─ ─ This place is blessed with materials, and it is an environment where many things can be made. …… but it seems that what Rangas-san wants to make is not leather, but rather he is particular about armor using iron-like materials. However, I wonder if the materials are being utilized for that particular purpose. All of them are very valuable and well made, but they don’t show the characteristics of the materials obtained from demons.

“Aren’t you so focused on what you want to make that you forget to make the most of the materials?”

Tauro asked Rangas a tough question as he discerned this with his “true eye.”

Rangas was shocked by what Tauro said and froze.

“……You’re right, I was so focused on what I wanted to make that I lost the flexibility to make the best use of the materials. ……If you ask me, the items in my store are made of different materials, but they’re all uniform and uninteresting. …… Thank you, Master! I’m going to try to make armor from scratch that makes the most of the materials!”

Rangas’s expression brightened as he said this and he stood up.

“…… then, I’ll pick out the leather armor I want and-“

“I’m sorry, Master. I’d like to close the store today and concentrate on making the armor, so please go home today!”

Gah!

No, I’m a customer, let me buy it! I’ll do the rest of the modifications myself!

Tauro didn’t have time to answer before Rangas kicked him out of the store.

“Today’s main event is…!”

Tauro fell to his knees, dejected.

Then, the belt around Tauro’s waist began to move.

Yes, the belt around Tauro’s waist was a mimicry by the slime Pella.

Since I wasn’t wearing leather armor today, I had it mimic the belt, but it was Pella who appealed to me as an encouragement.

“Thank you, Pella. Your encouragement has been conveyed.”

Tauro gently stroked Pella, who was disguised as a belt, and thanked it.

Tauro had indigestion, but he had some time left before he had to go home, so he decided to have a meal and take a walk.

He decided to eat at the “Fire-eating Dragon Restaurant,” which he had heard about from the garrison members.

When I entered the restaurant, it was full of people and very lively.

“Are you by yourself?”

I nodded when the waitress, a dragoness, asked me if I was by myself.

“Then please take a seat at the counter.”

I nodded and was shown to an empty seat at the counter in front of the restaurant.

The dragon tribe customers who were eating in the restaurant looked at Tauro when they were leaving, and would say,

“Thank you!”

And left.

I’m glad to be thanked, and while I’m waiting for my order, well, it’s okay, I can bow too.

But it’s troublesome during meals, so please stop!

Tauro was so often thanked while he was eating the restaurant’s signature fire-eating lizard steak, which was said to be hot, that he didn’t have time to savor it.

By the way, the fire-eating lizard steak was an exciting food where the meat was always covered with fire due to its quality, and it was a very juicy and tasty dish, but by the time Tauro finished eating, he had burned the inside of his mouth.

Tauro ate it under the supervision of an expert. Also, after eating, his mouth is healed by his “super recovery and regeneration” ability. Ordinary human tribesmen should not eat it without the guidance of an expert, as it is dangerous.

After returning home, Ragune’s brother Drago told me that when the dragon people eat these, they lightly exhale a breath in their mouth to extinguish the fire and then eat them, so they don’t get burned.

In other words, this food is not suitable for humans like Tauro.

Since this is common knowledge among the dragon people, no one would have dreamed that Tauro was eating it while burning his mouth.