Chapter 30: To the Adventure Guild

Chapter 30: To the Adventure Guild

When Tatsuro woke up in the morning, he found a drooling goddess sleeping peacefully in front of him.

Tatsuro took a good look at the goddess and stroked her head while using life magic to wake her up.

"Tatsuro." (Ai)

"What?" (Tatsuro)

"Good morning" (Ai)

"Good mooooorning" (Tatsuro)

The sleepy Ai greeted him for waking up and hugged Tatsuro, burying her face in his chest. Tatsuro hugged her back and used more life magic to wake her up from her sleep.

And finally.

"Good morning. Tatsuro!" (Ai)

"Yeah, I think I said that before, but good morning." (Tatsuro)

The goddess of Tatsuro also woke up, and the morning of the other world began again.

The two of them first put on their school uniforms, and blazers, instead of the potato jerseys they had been wearing lately. Then they put all their personal belongings in their respective "item boxes" and left the room.

"Good morning.

""Good morning.""

Gillick greeted them over the counter, and they both answered him, returned the key, and left the inn.

Then they went to the dining room.

"Welcome. Oya, you've come again. Please take the table over there."

"I understand." (Tatsuro)

"Yes" (Ai)

When they stepped into the crowded cafeteria, the beast-man woman who had served them yesterday was serving them again. The two of them looked at the beast's ears for a moment and then quickly sat down at their table and opened the menu.

"I wonder what we'll have today. What do you want today, Tatsuro?" (Ai)

"I'll have the same as yesterday. I can't forget the taste." (Tatsuro)

"That's true, but I think I'll try this." (Ai)

After ordering from the beast woman, the food arrived.

"T-That looks good." (Ai)

"That one looks good, too." (Tatsuro)

In front of them was a dish called miguil dock, a soft bread with grilled fish in it, and the same stew and bread as yesterday.

As Ai chewed on the miguil dock, the flavor of the fish and the right amount of salt combined with the slight sweetness of the bread created an exquisite taste. Tatsuro also got a bite of the stew and bread as a gift and left the cafeteria satisfied again.

"The fish was delicious, but I wonder what kind of fish it is." (Ai)

"It could be a really gross fish." (Tatsuro)

"Don't say things that will make it taste bad!" (Ai)

As they made their way to the adventurer's guild, they talked about the bright streets that were different from yesterday and looked at the people of different races walking around.

{However, there are quite a few different types of people here. I think that's what the other world is all about.} (Tatsuro)

{I was surprised at first, but I've gotten used to it.} (Ai)

"Were you there, Ai?" (Tatsuro)

"Yes." (Ai)

"Right, it would be great if you could come with us." (Tatsuro)

Then they were taken behind the counter to an empty room.

The room looked like a reception room, with two sets of sofas flanking a desk.

She then made three cups of tea and placed them in front of each of them.

"So, can you tell us more about the situation?"

"Well, it was yesterday" (Tatsuro)

Tatsuro gave Leela as much detail as he could about what had happened.

Ai added to Tatsuro's missing stories and added her own perspective. At that time, Leela told Ai that it was fine for her to stop using honorifics as if she was having a hard time talking, so she quickly returned to her normal tone.

"No way, I didn't expect Togul to show up"

"Is this Togul really that unusual?" (Tatsuro)

"It's not unusual. The problem is the location."

"Location?" (Tatsuro)

Leela's expression softened a little as the two of them tilted their heads in unison.

"Yes. Elren-san had undertaken to survey the forest around the town and the area around the entrance to the Amneri Great Forest, a rather shallow area, but Togul was not supposed to appear in such a shallow area. Originally, this monster dig holes under a tree called Tarim, which is located in the middle of the Amneri Forest, to make its home, and it has a habit of hunting only in that area."

"Do they ever live anywhere else but in trees?" (Ai)

"I think so. If they were twisted, they might decide to live somewhere else." (Tatsuro)

Leela shook her head at Tatsuro's comment that such a thing was possible since they were not robots.

"No, they don't.

This monster called Togul takes into its body an ingredient that is found only in the roots of Tarim and turns it into a poison that it uses for hunting. If they don't take this regularly, the poisonous needles of the Togul will become non-toxic."

"it can't make the poison on its own, so it couldn't leave the place where Tarim was." (Ai)

"That's how it works."

At this point, they were finally able to recognize the anomaly that had caused Togul to appear in the shallow layer. Then, as if remembering, Ai started talking about yesterday.

"I'll tell you what. Yesterday, when we were on our way here on Grandpa's wagon, we saw a white crystal, right?" (Ai)

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the White Water Crystal Defurstal." (Tatsuro)

"When they came out, didn't Grandpa say something like, "How did it get here?"" (Ai)

"That's right, he did."

When he turned his attention to Leela, she was listening to them with wide eyes.

"The White Water Crystal Defurstal has appeared in the vicinity of this town?!"

"Yeah, yesterday. Well, at the place of the lake and town split junction, right?" (Tatsuro)

"Yes." (Ai)

"Two of them attacked us around there, a little further towards the town." (Tatsuro)

" Two Defurstal that close?"

Leela muttered, her face turning pale as she considered the impossibility of Tatsuro's words.