Volume 2 - CH 3

We started moving again aiming for the village.

“…Crest, you’re a summoner, right?”

“…I’m not particularly restricted to being a summoner though. For example, I can do things like a blacksmith, or I can be a doctor”

“Y, you have that many skills!? Humans are amazing!”

“Well… I sort of ended up with them by chance.” The one who should be praised is actually the gacha skill. While I gave the goblin a bitter smile, I looked at the goblin behind me.

“…Y, you must have a lot of strength to be able to stagger a mountain kong in one blow!”

“For such a beauty to also be so strong… it’s amazing!” The goblins surrounded Goblia and were showering her with praise. Although she didn’t seem to be used to it yet, Goblia looked proud of herself. …Conversely, probably since she was a different species from everyone, Rufina didn’t really have anyone talking to her. Since she came up to me looking rather lonely, I lightly petted Rufina’s head.

The scarred goblin beside me let out a sigh. “Sorry. There aren’t that many pretty goblins like her around. I’ll go watch over everyone so they don’t cause any problems.”

“Yeah, thanks. Does Goblia look cute to other goblins after all?” I don’t really get any of it as a human.

The scarred goblin nodded in response. “Yeah. It’s like her looks wouldn’t lose to our goblin queen. Rather, if I had to say, then Goblia is more beautiful as a goblin.”

…That much, huh. I have my own expectations as a human, but that’s how it is for goblins.

“…really though, giving those two names. You’re pretty incredible as a summoner, Crest.”

“…Is that right?”

“Yeah. Of course someone talented would be able to do a lot of names, but I’ve heard that a lot of people are limited to one.”

“I see.” Before long we could see the village entrance. Or should I even call it a village? It had a gate built from trees, but it looked pretty beat up.

It also had a fence around it hiding the village from sight, but it was so worn out a person could probably break through it with a body slam.

Once we were inside and I could see the village itself, there was a row of houses lined up that looked so broken they could be knocked over by a gust of wind.

“Do you guys have anyone with a construction type skill?”

“…Yeah. Although it’s shameful to admit, this was the best we could build.”

“…I see.” The goblins in the village began taking out their weapons. Everyone seemed to be on edge, probably because the out party brought back a human. I was told there are about thirty of them… There certainly does seem to be that many of them coming out from their houses.

“I’ll go ahead and introduce you to everyone.” The goblin said, taking a step forward. “Everyone! This human here saved us from a dangerous situation! I’d like to let him stay in our village for a few days as thanks! Alright!”

The other goblins nodded their head as he exchanged looks with them. The goblin who guided me this far turned around.

“Are you alright with using… that house over there?”

“Oh no, I can make my own house so could you just lend me a spot for that?” Yeah, I’d be hesitant to sleep in a beat up house like that.

“Ah, really? Well even if you say that, won’t it take a few days?”

“Nah, it won’t take that long. I’ll show you later… By the way you mentioned that the goblin queen was injured?”

“Ah, yeah.”

“In that case do you want to try this potion? It’s the same as that one I gave you guys earlier.” I pulled a potion from a pouch and passed it over. When the goblin took it, their eyes went wide open.

“R, really!?”

“Yeah. Let me know if it works. I’ve got various things I’d like to ask the goblin queen.”

“N, no… if you want to do that you can come with me now. You can make potions Crest!?”

“Yeah, like I said before, I’ve got the doctor skill.”

“Then you should really see the goblin queen’s condition yourself! Please, save our queen…!” He said, prompting all the other goblins around to look here expectantly.

No, but even if I can make medicine, I still don’t actually have any medical knowledge like a doctor. I can’t really say no now after getting their hopes up like that though…. “Alright. But, I still might not know anything from looking, okay?”

“U, understood! Please, come this way!” Said the goblin while pulling my hand along. I went along with the goblin until we reached the furthest house in. It was a size bigger than the other houses and was built a lot carefully.

I mean it is the place the goblin queen sleeps after all. We went in the house together. There was a goblin inside who lightly bowed when they noticed us.

Since they were surprised from seeing me as expected, they were given a simple explanation. As for me… I was captivated by the sight of a beautiful girl sleeping on top of some leaves.

She had beautiful black hair. A slightly petite girl, one pretty enough to compete against the women I’d seen up till now lied asleep.

“…Is she not human?”

“No she’s not a human! Look at her horns!” The goblin protested, pointing his finger around her forehead. There were two horns sprouting out at the edge of her hairline. That actually made her prettiness even more apparent.

I used appraisal right away. The girl’s race was definitely goblin queen. …No way, you kidding me? She looks completely different from Goblia…

How can they say that the goblin queen and Goblia look pretty much the same! Perhaps they’re evaluating by different criteria? The thing that stood out most for me from using appraisal was that the goblin queen was affected by a deadly poison.

The goblin queen’s expression looked pretty pained. Even though she was asleep her cheeks were red. Her chest rose and fell in a painful manner.

…It was worse than being poisoned.

“Hey goblin. The goblin queen is inflicted with a deadly poison. What did she fight recently that uses deadly poison?”

“…Y, yes! I think she fought a monster called a poison snake north from here!”

“That might be the cause. Did it land a hit on her?”

“Yeah, it bit her!”

“…I see. I might not be able to treat her unless I kill a poison snake in that case.” The goblin’s eyes filled with despair when they heard that.