28 Episode 28: Merchants and Demon Grass

"Ha!

Mr. Liliera runs the battlefield.

A spear blow carried out from the flesh fortified with physical strengthening magic, and the demon is swept away into a horizontal letter.

"Gyu!"

Mohmov walks through the earth and jumps into the herd of demons.

Not only does he mess up his opponent by using his little body to pass through the feet of the demons, but he sees a gap and chews his throat off relentlessly.

"Cuun!"

And Moffmoff starts eating his defeated enemies.

Um, it's pretty gutsy to start eating in the middle of an enemy.

"Gyuung!!"

I mean, I think it's kind of rough?

"Oh, I know that sister, but what the hell is that little one over there!?"

And the adventurer, who was escorting the merchants nearby, gives a surprise voice.

"He's the demon kid I found in the woods."

"Ma, demon!? Are you okay with taking that?!?"

The merchants know that Mohmov's identity is a demon, and soak up the colour of fright.

"Then you'll be fine. Thank you. I think you mistook me for a parent right after you hatched from the egg, and I miss you so much."

"Oh, really?

"And look, even dragon knights follow the dragon."

To reassure the merchants, I will bring out the Dragon Knights of Takayama.

"The Dragon Knights are fairy tales..."

Merchants laugh at my words for some reason. [M]

"Huh?"

The Dragon Knights are a fairy tale? I wonder what this guy's talking about?

Isn't it normal for a dragon knight to ride a dragon?

It's over.

And when we were talking, Mr. Liliera came back.

"Gyuung!!"

And it looks like Moffmoff is still eating.

Or I'm still absurd.

"All right, I'll strip the material -!

The adventurers, whose battle is over, begin dismantling their defeated demons.

I'm not in this fight, so I'll be watchful while everyone strips.

Because I fought flashly in the last raid, so Mr. Liliera stabbed me with a nail telling me to pretend I had drained my magic.

He said that it would not be good if it was too noticeable.

When I heard that, I honestly did what Mr. Liliera said.

I myself have been blinded by nobles and all sorts of people because I was too conspicuous in my previous life.

Besides, she's right, it's not going to take away everyone's place.

The reason is that adventurers need to take care not to deprive others of their prey so that hunters and fishermen don't vandalize each other's hunting grounds.

So I made a solemn decision not to take away everyone's prey. [M]

Yeah, that's Mr. Liliera.

She has so much to learn as an adventurer!

"No, there's an A-rank adventurer when it comes to trouble, so you can fight it out of your mind."

"Oh, it's good to have the peace of mind to leave you behind."

When you gaze at the adventurers you were chatting with, they waved at you, so this one waves back.

Honestly, I don't think I deserve the A-rank, but if that makes everyone feel comfortable fighting, I guess that's fine.

That's how the merchants who were nearby accidentally got a conversation in my ear when I was on watch.

"Nevertheless, this time there will be no demons."

"Right. Especially the first raid sucked. If it weren't for him in A-rank, he'd have been wiped out."

"Are there that many demons?

I join the conversation while I keep watch. [M]

"Oh, normally there's never been a demon so far. And there seems to be a mix of powerful demons that usually don't show up."

That's what I say. I see the demon that the leader of the merchant squad is being dismantled.

"You're a low graptor. A demon who acts in herds through the woods and moves endlessly, hunting and stopping until his prey wears off. It's rare to go out in the woods."

The low grapter is a terribly powerful demon in its appearance, but its a real cowardly demon.

So they don't attack until they are exhausted by driving them around even in favorable situations in numbers.

Not getting out of the woods is also to avoid fighting where there is no shelter.

To say so, the Rogue Raptors have raided this merchant squad.

"It's also unusual for multiple demons to strike at the same time. This has never happened before."

Hmm, is something impossible happening continuously?

That doesn't have to be the merchants to feel uncomfortable, does it?

"I have a bad feeling about this. Someone might have done this."

"Did you do it?

"Oh, you get out every now and then. I don't get it, you idiot."

I don't know, does this mean this happened because someone did something?

I mean...

"Are you saying that someone deliberately created this situation?

"No, I guess I brought it in without knowing what was going to happen."

"Did you bring it in?

"Shh, do you want to do a little research? Hey, you guys! We're gonna unpack!

Following Mr. Leader's decree, the merchants who were nearby nod and gather.

"Hey, it's not calm to change your stuff, Admiral."

"No, whatever it is. This is unusual. You should check it out."

"Right. While the adventurers keep an eye on their surroundings."

"What the fuck?

The adventurers after the demolition are coming here with something.

"What's wrong with you?

"Oh, I'm so suspicious that the demon raid will continue. I decided to let you check the baggage of all the fools. I'm sorry, but let me check your stuff, too."

"Get your stuff?

"Oh, we're staring at someone bringing in something to inspire the demons."

Is that what inspires demons?

Certainly demons have species that overreact to certain things, shapes, colors, etc.

You thought the demons might have responded to something and attacked us for that reason.

"Well, if that's what you mean."

So we checked each other's baggage.

"You don't have a lot of baggage."

A merchant leans his neck at my lack of luggage.

"That's all I've always had."

'Cause there's a magic bag, you don't have to bother holding heavy baggage outside.

When I say heavy objects, the precision is as good as a weapon.

And I don't smell the items in the magic bag, so I don't need to show the contents of the magic bag.

Or because the sun goes down when I look into it all.

"That's all I got."

And Liliera, who kept most of her luggage with me, just showed me a small amount of luggage.

"So high ranking adventurers don't have wasted baggage."

"Water and fire are magically prepared, and you think lightness matters more than anything else? Helpful."

And the adventurers who were nearby are snorting at us.

It's okay over here.

"This one wasn't a problem either"

The merchants check each other's luggage to make sure there are no problems.

And I finished checking the last one's stuff, and there was nothing suspicious about it anywhere.

"You're unexpected."

I thought someone was bringing dangerous products, so the merchants are talking to me about how they ate the shoulder watermark.

"Then is it really a coincidence that the demons attacked in the herd?

"I guess that's what this is all about."

The merchants accept the results, even though they look uninterrupted.

"I can't help it, let's keep our guard up and head to the King's Capital. Maybe there's something else going on."

"Right."

Everyone packed their bags and the journey was to resume again.

"Hey, Moffmoff! Time to go back. Hey!

I call Moffmoff, who was still eating. [M]

"Cu!? Cu!

Mohmov, who was called by me, comes running this way.

"Okay, come on."

I lower my knees and open my arms to welcome Moffmoff. [M]

"Queue!"

Moffmoff jumped into my arm... and it didn't come.

"Is that it?"

For some reason, Moffmoff ignores me and Liliera and turns to the merchants.

"Hey, what's going on, Mohmohu?

Then Mohmov ran towards the merchants' carriage and dived under one of them.

"Come on, it's dangerous -!

I crouch in to drag Moffmoff out from the bottom, having a hard time getting hit by a moving carriage.

Then he encountered a figure of Moffmoff making weird movements under the carriage.

"Cuckoo!!"

How dare Moffmoff stand up on two legs and clap his hands in the air repeatedly clapping the jump

What the hell are you doing?

I use the magic of the lights to illuminate under the carriage to see what Moffmoff is doing.

"Hmm? Is this...?

There are shelves on the bottom of the carriage that are discreetly constructed, and a number of bags are fixed in them.

"Hey what are you doing!?"

If I was worried about what I saw underneath the carriage, I would be yelled at by a merchant who seemed to own the carriage.

"Shh, excuse me, I'm worried about the bag bracketed under the carriage"

"Hey, dude! What are you talking about?"

Yeah? Why are you upset?

"No, so the bag at the bottom of the carriage..."

"Heh, don't be weird!

No, I actually do.

"What's all the fuss?"

When we ask questions, the leader of the merchant squad hears the disturbances.

"Hey, it's nothing!

The merchant notices me as I was trying to chase back the leaders who came after me, but they were peeking at me from under the carriage, crouching in and looking under the carriage.

"Is this the hidden shelf? You know, it's a backwards thing to be planting stuff like this. When did you make something like this? Hey, you guys!

"Go!

To Mr. Leader's decree, other merchants and servants detain the merchant of the carriage owner.

"Ha, let go!

And the other merchants pull the bag out from under the carriage.

"Is this what the demons have been attacking?

"Gyu! Gyu!

Moffmoff gets more excited than ever and jumps on the bag.

"Ah, here!

And I tore one of the bags to bits.

"Hmm? What the hell?"

It was a pile of purple-colored grass that came out of the bag that Moffmoff tore.

"Gyu!!"

When Moffmoff flies over the purple grass, he starts twirling it with mocha mocha.

"Oh Cora! Don't eat on your own!!"

A detained merchant yells at Moffmoff.

But I can't do that.

"I don't have any moffs of ours. But I can't stand any demons if I keep loading unprocessed demon grass. Demon grass needs to be processed properly."

Yes, it was the grass, the demonic grass, that Moffmoff loved to hang on to.

Well, I can't help but get this guy excited if there's such a thing.

I'm sure my patience stopped listening to me because I was excited about the hunt and I jumped on the demon grass.

"Demon Grass!? Is this Demon Grass!?"

The leaders are surprised.

"Is that it? Have you guys never seen the magic grass?

This is unexpected. I can't believe the pedestrians on their way to Wang Capital have never seen the magic grass.

Oh well. You're a merchant, aren't you? What we're all looking at is a processed magic grass.

"When it comes to magic grass, it's you, isn't it? Evil Devil Plants Calling Demons"

What's that exaggerated explanation!?

I just love demons.

Well, it's gonna be a pill for once.

"Demonic grass is a grass that produces the smell that demons prefer. So it seems that the demons that have attacked us have followed the smell of unprocessed demon grass."

"Speaking of magic grass, isn't that a prohibited trade? Did you carry that stuff before you?"

Find the merchants in custody.

"But why didn't you get attacked by demons until you came to Hexi town?

With that said, when we joined in Hexi town, there was no way the demons were going to gather in town.

Normally, demons gather from anywhere when the smell invites them to a place with demonic grass.

"Hmm... oh, it's torn"

If you look closely, one of the bags is torn.

Apparently, you got caught and torn in the middle of a carriage.

"If A-rank brothers hadn't been here, would we have been killed by demons because of this idiot? You idiot!

The leader slaps the head of an angry, restrained merchant.

"Wait! I'm not carrying magic grass!

A merchant in custody desperately denies that he is not carrying demon grass.

"What are you talking about? It's here, isn't it?

"That's just what Soitz said. Nobody's ever actually seen him before!

Apparently, this merchant doesn't want to admit that he's carrying demon grass.

"A Rank Adventurer's testimony. It's more credible than your words I've been hiding in here. Besides, if you go back to town and check around the guild, you'll see if this is Demon Grass in one shot."

"Oh, that's..."

The leader stares at me and the restrained merchant lays his eyes down.

Sure, even if you don't know it here, you can definitely find out that this is really demonic grass if you do a proper research.

"Which Michigi grass is forbidden. If I find out what I'm dealing with, I'm pretty sure the officials will pull me off."

Is that it? Is the Demon Grass forbidden? When was that supposed to happen?

It was a dangerous product in my past life's memory, but I didn't think it was prohibited.

"Ma, wait! I don't know anything! They asked me to carry it because it's a drug ingredient!

"Until you hid it on the stash shelf of the carriage? Ah?"

"Ho, the reward was good. It's a precious herb to use for medication, so they told me to hide it and carry it away so it wouldn't get stolen!

"You idiot, you're being used for good."

The leader sighs as if he was frightened.

"Anyway, this guy is a disposition. I don't even have a brother-in-law to carry it until the demons attack me, and more importantly, it's forbidden."

"Wait! If they do that, they won't get paid!

"You idiot! Don't get us into trouble!

"Please! You'll never be able to pay your debts!

"You deserve it, you idiot!

"Help me, Father. No!

"" "Father!?" "

To the sudden cumming out we give a voice of surprise.

He says this detained merchant, named Mr. Boz, what a son of a merchant leader.

And Mr. Boz says, thank goodness he made debts in the casino behind him, and he was almost taken up by the debt cat until he was a commercial tool.

But the mysterious robe who showed up there asked me to take this job instead of paying my debts.

Hmm, that's very suspicious.

So, it seems that I really didn't know what the contents of the luggage were, but I still figured out that it was a thin illegal product.

"So what kind of guy did you get a request from?"

Even if the leader asks questions, Mr. Boz shakes his neck sideways if he doesn't know.

"Wow, I don't know. He was wearing a hood so deep he could change his voice."

"I don't know what to do with that.... Hey Boz, if you throw this away, you can do what you didn't see. But if you can't get rid of this, you'll kick it out of the merchant army. Pick whoever you want."

"Oh, no..."

Mr. Boz blues his face in despair.

It's like there's no real answer.

If you don't throw it away, they will kick you out of the merchant army, and you will be attacked by demons who have gathered even more.

When I threw it away, I threw it away and said I couldn't pay my debts and it would be a big deal.

"Why don't you honestly report it to the guards? If you owe money to someone who's transported illegal goods, you can do it to Chara."

Ms Liliera's opinion seems sensible.

But you can't do that.

"Then don't be silly. We come and go down the street and do business. If you find out you've abandoned your job, you won't be ambushed by them in any town!

The information networks and obsessions of the people in the back society are amazing.

They take care of Ments above all else, so they retaliate with a profitability outlook on the person who muddied their face.

For pedestrians who work in small numbers, that would literally be a dead and alive issue.

"Then we won't be talking about it. I guess I'll just have to abandon him now."

"I don't know what to say."

Even though he was strong earlier, he seemed completely weak after he found out.

Well, if it was forbidden to carry it, and there's no escape.

Nevertheless, it's not fun to watch when I say the sight of abandoning my real son.

I slipped my mouth off because I thought so.

"Well, there's no way."

"Do you have one!?"

Mr. Boz, who was half crying over my crush, eats up.

It's surprisingly eary.

"Hey! You got any good ideas? Let me tell you!

"Uh, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to use their words."

"What do you mean?

I'll explain to Mr. Boz, who tilts his neck.

"Uh, you said the herb was a drug ingredient."

"Ah, oh. Yes, that's what he did say."

"Then why don't we actually use it as a pill?

"" "" "" Huh?

What do you mean, everybody? and tilt his neck.

"I mean, Mr. Boz was handed this demon grass when he told me it was a drug ingredient. So I don't know what's in it. That's what's happening, isn't it?

"Ah, oh. I didn't ask you what you were carrying."

"So that's it. I process the magic grass so that it can only be used in harmless medicine materials. [M] If processed, we can eliminate the ingredients that attract demons."

"Can you even do that!?"

The leader rounds his eyes with surprise.

No, no, that's not a big deal.

"But it doesn't taste bad to process it on its own?

Mouth anxiety that Mr. Liliera won't taste bad when he finds out he processed the demon grass.

"No, Mr. Boz doesn't know what's in it, so you just have to hang up Shira and say he brought it in as he was told. I haven't switched the contents to carry. What's more, what I do is I process it down, so it doesn't change my appearance, so I thought it might be easier to mislead."

"Ha... can you do that..."

"A-Rank Adventurer Awesome"

"You can do anything, A-Rank Adventurer."

I can only do it because other adventurers say it's amazing, but I've been a little addicted to potion-related research in previous generations.

"Oh Boz, you've squeezed my wisdom so far. You don't have to worry anymore, do you?

Yes, Mr. Leader says, Mr. Boz nods as he clogs his voice.

"Oh, please... I will. Please help…"

"Yeah, I'll take care of it"

I don't feel better abandoning you than I've been involved so far.

The Great Swordsman Rygaard said he couldn't abandon his bad friends until the end.

"The fool takes care of it. I'll be sure to thank you."

The leader bows his head to me. [M]

I don't know what to say, I guess I didn't want to abandon my son.

Mr. Leader's eyes were weeping.

"Haha, you don't have to worry so much"

That's how we decided to process the magic grass, and we just started acting.

First, the adventurers will escort the surroundings, and I will remove the tools for pharmaceuticals from the magic bag.

"Wow!? Where the hell was that mon in there?!?"

"A-rank adventurer, you're awesome!

"Look, focus on the escort!

"" "Heh heh heh heh!

Liliera reprimands me and the adventurers return to watch.

At some point, Mr. Tsubaki will be calling.

"Soak the magic grass in crystal water for a small hour first. In the meantime powder the dried sun grass......"

I quickly prepare the necessary ingredients and put them in crystal water soaked with demon grass.

"After that, if the solution is soaked up, it's done."

"That's a lot easier."

A nervous leader eats a shoulder watermark.

"It's only a medicine ingredient, so you do the down-treatment. I'm just saying it's hard because there's so many of them."

And dry the sufficiently immersed magic potion with warm wind magic multiplied by fire magic and wind magic.

"Hot Air!

That's how I check for sufficiently dry demon grass.

"Yeah, OK."

I tell everyone that the processing of the magic grass has been completed.

"Oh, are you done yet?!?"

"That was surprisingly quick."

"Now I'm attracted to the smell of magic grass, and the demons never come."

Saying so and bringing Moffmoff closer to the Demon Grass, Moffmoff kicked the Demon Grass with his hind legs because of his lack of interest.

"Oh, this looks okay! Thank you, brother! That's an A-rank adventurer! I can't believe you can disable that infamous magic grass!

Whispering in my ear as the leader banged me on the back.

"Thank you, the people who framed our stupid son are bound to drop it. I won't bother you any more."

"No, no, it's not that big of a deal."

I pretend I didn't ask anything either.

It's their problem no more.

"Sorry! Thank you, Aniki!

Shit, why Aniki!?

"I'll give it back! Must be!"

"That's right, you stupid son of a bitch! If you hadn't been here, I would have given you the guidance!

"Shh, I'm sorry, Dad!

Well, whatever you say, you're a good parent and kid, aren't you?

We are both delighted to tear.

"By the way, he said processed magic grass can only be an ingredient in safe medicine, but what kind of medication?

Mr. Liliera seems to have bothered me a lot, and I'm going to ask her how to use the processed demon grass.

Everyone around me looks at this one intrigued when they do care.

"Uh, right"

"Yeah."

"What about the processed magic grass?"

"Yeah."

"It will be a cold medicine"

"... Huh?

"So you can do the cold medicine."

"Prohibited magic grass on cold pills?

"Will be."

They all look pokaney for uses they never imagined.

And......

"pu...... kukuku"

"Or a cold medicine..."

"" "" "" "Buhahahahaha!

They all started laughing because they couldn't take it anymore.

"The only thing you can do with prohibited products is cold medicine!!"

"Hey, the inhabitants of the back society who need cold pills!

"Buhahahahaha, my evil best friend is taking cold pills in his room!!"

It works pretty good, by the way, doesn't it?

"" "" "" "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha" "" "" "

Thus, the air that had been slaughtered until just now was completely soothing.

Yeah, you were right about choosing a cold medicine.