CH 21

October 15th, 2022

Translator’s announcement:

Alright first, I need to apologize for the delay in new chapters. Basically I’m really busy with works again, probably until end of October, which means there’s a real chance I won’t be able to meet my target of finishing Ch 30 by end of October. Sigh.

Second, shout out to Final Advance and Mestabuil. Thanks for the comments guys, it’s things like that that gave me motivation to keep doing this translation. Now I know that my grammar is, at least, good enough for you to keep reading, which has been my point of concern from day one.

Please enjoy the next chapter!!

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A small cheer erupted as I brought the food to the table.

“Wow! That looks delicious!”

The bread actually already went cold before, but I reheated it again in a warm oven. This way, the bread regains a little of its fresh-baked softness.

“………”

Huh?

Even though they were all excited before eating, after taking a bite of the bread, they all fell silent.

“De…” Captain Milano muttered.

“Delicious! This is really good! I, this is the first time I’ve ever eaten a bread like this!”

Now that I think about it, Chris also said that the bread I made was really good, that it can be compared to the bread served at the royal palace. [1]

Meanwhile Louise-chan was busy stuffing the food into her mouth without speaking. She looked so cute with her cheeks puffed out, just like a squirrel.

“How do you make this bread? Do you have wheat fields too?”

Ah~ …… what should I do? I feel like it’s better to keep quiet about creation magic.

“The wheat was shared by the last sailors coming here. By the way I still have another loaf of bread, would you like some more?”

“Yes please!”

Everyone raised their hands.

All three of them had great appetites; they devoured the fish and even sucked the bones. They also had second servings of bread and soup.

It’s nice to see people happily eating the food you cook, isn’t it?

“Shiro-chan, will you marry me?” After eating, the flirty girl tried to sweet talk to me. Well, no way that she would be serious about it.

“Sure you are. Please come again next time”

“No, wait, I’m being serious about it”

“Alright look, Leanne-san, you always hit on a guy right away whenever you see them, right?”

Since Leanne seem to be the type of girl who thinks it’s alright to just suddenly flirt with a guy.

“Well, yeah, but Shirou-chan is special. You’re good with cooking, and you’re sexy as well”

I don’t feel bad being praised like that. However, Leanne is somewhat lacking if compared with Chris or Cecily.

“I feel honored by your praise. However, I’m more interested with sincere looking girl like Louise over there”

As I said so to Leanne, I can see that Louise’s face turned beet reed. Oh wow, that’s a really cute response, Louise.

“Eeeh… Shirou-chan likes younger people huh!”

I ignored Leanne’s jokes and lowered the empty plates.

“By the way, Okami” [2]

Okami? Did she mean me?

“Yes, how can I help you?”

“We saw something that resembles a ruin at the south of this inn. Do you have any idea what that is?”

Ah crap, they saw that didn’t they? I guess from the sky above, the entrance to the dungeon would be completely visible. It’s a shame since Cecily was looking forward to having it all to herself, but if it had been seen by them there’s no way I can keep it a secret.

“I don’t know much about it, only that it looked very old”

“I see. We’re going to check that in the afternoon. Also, I’d like to ask you to prepare a place for us to stay for the night”

“Eh? You’re going to spend a night here?”

“Yeah. We were actually planning on setting up a camp on a suitable place somewhere, but there’s an inn right here. No reason not to use it. Also, Okami’s cooking was really good”

Wow. My first customers.

“As you can see, we only have crude bunk beds. Would it be alright with you?”

“I have no problem with it! It’d be even better if you can let me sleep together with you, Shirou-chan!”, Leanne interjected from the side.

“Putting the sleeping together part aside, sleeping in the bed here would be much better than sleeping outdoor. Louise, do you want to stay the night at the inn too?”

“Yes! I would prefer the inn very much!”, Louise enthusiastically replied.

Hooray! That’s three guests incoming.

“Understood. We will eagerly await for your return”

Captain Milano took a wallet out of her pocket. “Thank you for the meal, it was very delicious. How much was it?”

Oh, I forgot to set the price.

“Well, umm… I’ve only bartered things until now…”

“That would be a problem, since I don’t have anything I could barter for except dried meat. Most of the stuff we have are government-issued”

“Ah, that’s not it, I don’t mind paying with money. It’s just that I don’t know what the usual price for a meal is”

Rather, it’s better to have money now since there will be a time soon when I’ll be in need of it.

“Then, how about 600 Lehmens? If you eat lunch in the Imperial Capital, 500 Lehmens is the usual price for a meal”

Both Leanne and Louis nodded in agreement.

“Is that so? Then 500 Lehmens is enough”

I have no intention of overcharging them, so the usual market price was enough for me.

Each one of them paid me with five copper coins, which has engraving of a strong-looking woman. Written on it was the words, ‘Melissa II of Rurugoa Empire’.

“Thank you very much”

“You’re welcome. Well then, we’re off to investigate the island. Please make preparation for our lodging tonight”

Just as the three were leaving the room, I gave Louise-chan a wink, which made her fidgeted so much.

That reaction was really cute.

Could this be a start of a wonderful romance… I made up the bed while having a faint anticipation. [3]

“Goku, bring me some sheets!”

It’d be better to create more Gokus if I’m planning to have more guests in the future. Not only that it’s convenient since I could leave the cleaning and making the bed to them, it would also raise the level of the golem production; killing two birds with one stone.

Now, I actually had been working on making Iwao’s large shield x3 since this morning, but I decided to cancel it. I know I’m wasting 168 MP, but it can’t be helped.

Since there’s something I need to build no matter what.

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Item Production：Rock Bath

Category：Tool Making

MP Consumption　140

Explanation：A bathtub made by hollowing out a large rock. Depth: 60cm, Length: 400cm, Width: 300cm.

Production time：4 hours

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It would take 4 hours … There’s barely enough time to make it.

That’s right, I wanted to prepare a bath for the sake of the guests who come back feeling exhausted. No, no, this isn’t because I wanted to see them naked. This is purely me feeling generous!

To be honest, it’s not often in life that you get the chance to see multiple beauties naked at the same time, not to mention it will be a live performance! Sure, you can probably see that on some video channel, but to see it directly in front of you? That’s just impossible.

At least not in my life back on earth.

Now, however, I have the opportunity to do that. Which was why I’d gladly threw away those 168 MP, since I can regain that kind of energy in a little over two hours if I just sit around and do nothing anyway. So, I start setting up the creation magic for making rock bath.

“Iwao, Goku, we’re on an emergency mission! Everyone gathers now!”

The golems quickly gathered around me.

“Starting now, we’ll build a bath near the stream.  Iwao No. 1 and No. 2 will level the area along the river and cover it with flat stones. Goku and Number 3 will build a stove to boil the water. Goku, you understand, right? It’s the stone stove that we built yesterday”

Monte Chris Island is a tropical island, so it should be fine if the water is only lukewarm, which means the amount of water we need to boil wouldn’t be too much.

Besides, Iwao won’t get injured by fire, and it’s very strong. It’ll be an easy task for him to transfer the hot water to the bathtub.

“Everyone, I want you to put in your best effort! And show me the scenery never before seen by most men!!”

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Thanks to the golems, the wall-less open-air bath plan was completed before evening.  We placed the finished rock bathtub on top of the cleared rocks, and we managed to make it steady. It’s quite spacious, so even if all four of us enter at the same time it won’t be a problem.

Surely, it’ll be fine if I join in there right…

…

…on second thought, I’d better not.

“Alright, Goku and I are going to go pick flowers and herbs. I want all Iwaos to start boiling water to be put into the bathtub”            

Getting a bath in tropical countries comes with floating flowers in the tub, right? [4] I’m sure this would refresh their tired spirit.

No no, it’s not because I’m perverted, it’s just that I want to give them a hospitable reception while being my guests. Afterall, inn is a hospitality business.

My status at the moment was like this:

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Creation Magic: 　Lv.8

Acquired Experience：797/2000

MP 536/536

Food Production  : Lv.5（EXP:141/1000）Food creation time reduced by 9%

Tools Production : Lv.5（EXP:35/1000） Tool creation time reduced by 9%

Weapon Production : Lv.2（EXP:104/300） Weapon creation time reduced by 3%

Material Creation : Lv.4（EXP:78/800）　Weapon creation time reduced by 7%

Golem Production Lv.2（EXP:139/300）Golem creation time reduced by 3%

Medicine Production ――

Other ――

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1 Refer back to Chapter 8

2 Short explanation: it means proprietor/landlord. For long explanation about Okami see here

3 Noooo… What about Cecily??!! Oh yeah, Shirou’s basically promiscuous.

4 Only if you’re staying in a fancy hotel, Shirou.