CH 34

"When I got back from hunting, those two were fighting again."

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

Further into the forest, forest wolves appeared more frequently and in greater numbers in packs.

Because of that, I couldn’t do the process of draining their blood, so I just shoved them straight into my magic bag.

“I also found a few mushrooms and medicinal herbs.”

Perhaps because it was a forest, mushrooms and medicinal herbs often grew wild at the base of trees, some of which were valuable.

An hour after entering the forest, the number of forest wolves subjugated had exceeded ten.

“I don’t think I’ll go in any further.”

Even though the frequency of wolves appeared more frequently, the number of actual wolves killed was not that large, since the encounter rate was only once every 20 minutes at best.

However, since I also killed Dashboas in the meadow before entering the forest, I didn’t carry that many wolves in my magic bag.

“For now, I guess I’ll call it a day this time.”

Looking down at the forest wolf carcass, which was no longer able to fit in the bag, I mumbled to myself and quickly returned to the path I had come from, activating my physical enhancement.

I quickly returned to the meadow and set up an impromptu dismantling site in an unpopulated and suitable location, and began dismantling the monsters I had stored in my magic bag.

The work, which was vague to me at the beginning, became familiar after doing it dozens of times. There was a saying that one could do it even with one’s eyes closed, and I thought I had improved to the point where I could almost do that.

Although there were proportionally more forest wolves in number, it still took less than three hours to make all the monsters into materials.

Even with the magic bag I just purchased, I was already starting to feel like I was missing something. I need to get a new magic bag soon…….

After putting the dismantled materials in the magic bag and cleaning up the dismantling site, I returned to the town.

The time had already turned into evening, and the sky was tinged with azure color.

The time of day coincided with the time when adventurers were reporting their requests, but in order to prioritize the freshness of the materials I had, I immediately headed to the Adventurers’ Guild.

“I knew it would be crowded at this time of the day.”

When I arrived at the guild, the guild was crowded, as I had expected.

It seemed that people were reporting the requests they had accepted, and there was a line at most of the reception counters.

I was about to get in line, fed up with the situation, when a man’s loud voice rang out.

I turned my head to look at the vaguely familiar voice, and there was a familiar face.

“That kid is a natural for the dismantling work! That’s why you should let them do the dismantling job.”

“No, Rolando-san, being an adventurer is his true calling. And since he wants to be an adventurer, we can’t force him to be anything other than an adventurer!”

There was Bold, the skinhead in charge of the dismantling place, and Nicole, a guild staff member.

Apparently, they were fighting over me again, and the intensity was nothing compared to the last time.

Neither of them took a step backward, and I was sure it was not my imagination that I was hallucinating that something like a beam was colliding between them.

There was also Mirian, who was standing beside the two of them with a puzzled expression on her face.

“I’m in trouble. This is also a busy time of the day–?”

Mirian muttered in a stilted voice and with an air of not being troubled.

Meanwhile, other adventurers were watching their quarrel from the sidelines, making it a bit of a festive atmosphere.

Some looked annoyed, others cheered for one side or the other. Some of them were even making bets on who would win.

(Wow, this is something that would definitely get me in trouble if I went there now…)

To tell the truth, I was in the mood to leave this place immediately, but I couldn’t go back to the inn if I didn’t sell the materials I had.

I didn’t want to get between those two, but I gave up and approached them, thinking that if I didn’t get this situation settled, I wouldn’t be able to report the request or proceed with the transaction.

“Oh, boy, you’re back.”

“Rolando-san, welcome back.”

“What’s all the fuss?”

They spotted me and greeted me with smiles. I asked them a question while looking at them with a puzzled look in my eyes.

Well, the answer I got was, as expected, that they were fighting about me.

“Ossan, I told you I declined the demolition job.”

“But your skills are invaluable. So come work with me on dismantling.”

“This conversation is not going well at all. Please give it up already.”

He didn’t listen to a word I said and just kept offering me a dismantling job. Nicole also admonished Bold with a look of dismay at such an attitude.

“If this is the case, I’ll go directly to him. Boy, get over here!”

“Ah, hey! Where are you taking me, Ossan!?”

Suddenly he grabbed my arm and Bold took me somewhere. Apparently, the request report and the purchase would come later.