CH 29

The next day, I woke up a little late, finished my morning preparations and breakfast, and headed for the Adventurers' Guild.

It was easy to say that I didn't have to participate in the morning's request battles, and I could just take on permanent requests at my own pace.

As soon as I arrived at the guild and walked up to the reception counter, I saw Mirian being seduced by a male adventurer.

She didn't seem to mind, so I decided to see what would happen.

“Hey, isn't it okay? Come have dinner with me.”

“No. Guild rules forbid that kind of thing.”

“Don't say that. You don't hate me, do you?”

“But, I can't do what I can't do. I'm sorry.”

“Kuuh.”

In the end, Mirian didn't accept the adventurer's offer, and the adventurer, perhaps knowing that he would be turned down, only regretted it with a clenched fist.

The other adventurers, seeing this, commented, "There's no way Mirian would accept an offer from such a worthless bastard," and the guild was filled with laughter.

Not daring to ask Mirian to take charge under these circumstances, I went to the reception counter a little further away and tried to ask another receptionist.......

“Welcome! Welcome to the Adventurers' Guild.”

“......”

Somehow, Mirian found me and came all the way to here to the reception counter and replaced the receptionist who was in charge of that area. ......I can't understand it.

Anyway, I couldn't go to the other receptionist now, so I decided to ask her if there was any permanent request.

“That's right. Right now, it's probably better to go for the monster-killing type than the herb-gathering type.”

“I'd prefer to collect herbs if I could.”

“That's fine, but as a guild, we'd like you to take on requests for monster-killing. The monsters are not that tough, so how about it?”

I knew in my head that it was a cunning act to deliberately show off her cleavage while saying that, but sadly, my instincts as a man could not resist her great cleavage.

Even though my body was not yet an adult, I seemed to have those interests as much as anyone else. Tohoho.......

At any rate, this time I decided to take on a request for subjugation and asked Mirian for more details.

It seemed to be a request to take down a boar-shaped monster called a Dashboa, a monster that often appeared around this area.

“I'd like you to describe that Dashboa in as much detail as you can.”

“There are no particular characteristics, but all boar-type monsters, without exception, attack by charging. As long as you are careful about their charge, even novice adventurers should have no problem defeating them.”

“What is the use of this monster? Food?”

“The bones and fangs are used to reinforce weapons and armor. Also, you can get magic stones, which are used for alchemy and medicines. Among the Dashboa materials, meat is especially delicious and does not have any harmful characteristics, so it does not matter how much you hunt for it.”

“Okay.”

When Mirian told me about the details of the monster subjugation, I decided to accept the request.

If I only gathered medicinal herbs every time, there might be a chance that I would no longer be asked to do so, and if I didn’t do this kind of practical work, my body would become dull.

And above all, the rewards for completing a subjugation request, which may result in injury, were better than those for harvesting requests.

Specifically, the reward for gathering medicinal herbs was one large copper coin, while the reward for monster subjugation was five large copper coins. Five hundred yen. Five hundred yen. (TLN: It’s written two times)

Since I didn't have much money on hand at the moment, I was hoping to get some money here and there, so I immediately went out of town to fulfill the request.

“Mirian told me that this area is supposed to be the habitat of the Dashboa.”

The meadow was located an hour's walk from Rendark. Mirian told me that this meadow was where the Dashboa lived, but was this the right place?

Naturally, since I had come here using magic to strengthen my body, it took me less than ten minutes to actually arrive at this place. So, there was a possibility that I was in the wrong place.

While strolling in the meadow for a while, looking for a Dashboa, I caught sight of what appeared to be an animal moving 30 meters away.

It seemed to be the Dashboa I was looking for, and when I got closer to observe it, I found that it was rubbing its nose against the ground and making a bumo-bumo sound.

It was small, roughly 40 to 50 centimeters in length, about the size of a baby wild boar on Earth.

“Okay, let's go hunting now!”

“Bumo? Bumoo-!”

It seemed that my words had been overheard, and I saw the Dashboa turn to face me and charge at me with a roar.

I watched the Dashboa's movements, timing my move so that I could avoid it before it got into my chest.

The Dashboa, perhaps annoyed at me having avoided his rush, was acting menacingly by making a bumo-bumo sound with his nose. He's a cheeky......pig, isn't he?

The Dashboa repeatedly rushed attacked several times after that, but since the movement itself was linear, I would not take a direct hit unless it was extremely difficult to avoid.

“I see, I guess even a novice adventurer can manage something like this.”

Perhaps his strength had bottomed out as his thrust was repeatedly evaded, and the Dashboa stopped moving as he exhaled roughly.

He seemed to have grown tired while examining my various movements.

Since I didn't have any special tendency to torture others, I activated my magic to put an end to the situation.

“Then let's just do the same pattern that I've always done...... [Aquaball]”

“Gobo, Gobobobobo...”

Then I used an aqua ball to drown the Dashboa like I did with the Lesser Grizzly bear some time ago. This way, I could get the material without damaging the Dashboa.

I put the defeated Dashboa in my magic bag and walked off in search of the next Dashboa.

Two more Dashboas appeared after the battle with the first Dashboa, but I succeeded in defeating the Dashboa without any particular difficulty and was able to obtain the material undamaged, but after that, I didn’t see any more Dashboas.

Upon closer inspection, I found that there were several other adventurers hunting and that they had intercepted my Dashboas before I could get to them.

The interception was not intentional, but rather a result of the hunt, and was not intended to harass me.

At any rate, I had secured the three Dashboas needed to accomplish the request, so I decided to start the dismantling work from here.

By the way, regarding the experience of dismantling, I remembered a time in a previous life when I went to visit my relatives and a local hunter who had hunted deer and wild boar down.

At that time, I had joined my relative's uncle and helped him in the dismantling process. It might sound somewhat opportunistic, but it was fortunate for me that I had experience in dismantling deer and boars.

First, I made two pillars at regular intervals with earth magic, and then I set up the earth sticks made in the same way. It would be easier to understand if I said it was just like placing a clothesline on a clothes-drying stand.

Then, I took out a Dashboa from my magic bag and attached both feet to the poles using ivy that had grown around the area.

After the Dashboa was in this state, a hole about 30 to 40 centimeters deep was made in the ground with earth magic, and a knife was inserted into the neck to remove the blood. Once the blood had been drained, I inserted a knife again for the full-scale dismantling process.

The parts to be removed were fur, bones, meat, tusks, etc., and the internal organs were buried together in the hole where the blood had been drained, as they would soon rot.

This process alone took roughly an hour or so, and by the time I finished dismantling the three animals, it was already noon.

Since I had just gotten some meat, I decided to try some Dashboar meat for lunch.

To prevent the fire from spreading, I built a wall with earth magic and gathered wooden sticks that had fallen around to create a campfire.

The meat that had been dismembered was put on skewers made from the same wooden sticks, and the skewers were placed near the campfire and waited for the meat to cook.

The smell of burning meat spread with the sound effect of a heavy thud, and I couldn't help but let out a growling sound in my stomach.

After several minutes of roasting over the fire, the meat was finally cooked through, and I took out a pinch or two of salt from my magic bag and poured two pinches over the finished meat.

“Now then, for the real tasting!”

With that, I bit into the meat as if I couldn't take it any longer.

The meat was freshly processed, so the juices burst in my mouth, and the tender texture of the meat pushed back against my chewing teeth with a pleasant sensation.

“Delicious! It's really delectable!”

After saying a few words of satisfaction, I immersed myself in my meal as if I were trying to put the meat in my stomach.

Before I knew it, one-third of a Dashboa, or about three kilograms of meat, was stored in my stomach.

“Haa-, it was delicious.”

I took a rest for a while, feeling full.

While lying on my back, I stared up at the sky blankly without thinking.

I just kept watching the clouds slowly flowing by without thinking about anything. That was all I did, and yet I felt strangely happy.

Then, after a short break, I resumed the subjugation of the Dashboas.

I continued hunting until almost evening and succeeded in killing five more Dashboars.

Since there was no time to dismantle them, I put the Dashboars in my magic bag and returned to the town before nightfall.