Chapter 58: Making a Killing with Sacchan Squid

Chapter 58: Making a Killing with Sacchan Squid

Autumn has completely set in, and the mornings and evenings are getting colder.

The wind in the other world is cold, and the wintry wind has deeply penetrated my very bones.

[Gehok, gehok!]

I was careless and caught a cold.

I had forgotten to buy bedding for autumn and winter, and that ended up being my downfall.

I don’t have a fever, but my head hurts and I feel tired.

And so, my store is closed today.

[Here, I made you a porridge.]

Michelle, dressed in a maid uniform, came into my bedroom.

The white apron over her black uniform was quite dazzling.

Her hair was tied in an updo so that she could move easily, and that really hits the spot for me.

Michelle had come to see me because she was worried about me not showing up in the dungeon.

And when she found out I was down with a cold, she expressly changed into a maid uniform.

[I’ve been wondering since a while ago, but why the maid uniform?]

[Because I’m gonna devotedly take care of you...... Keeping a service-oriented mentality, or something like that? That’s why, I thought I’d start with appearance......]

I appreciate that very much.

I appreciate that but......

[If possible, couldn’t you just use your Recovery Magic to cure me of this cold?]

[That won’t do.]

[Why not!?]

[I wanna take care of you after all...... Alright, I’ll take your temperature, okay?]

Her face blushing red, Michelle puts her forehead to mine.

[Ouch! Isn’t your fever higher than mine?]

[Our faces are so close so......]

She seems to be feeling a different kind of tension from when we kissed.

[Come on, eat your porridge. I’ll wipe the sweat off your body after you’re done eating. Here, ahhn.]

After Michelle played nurse for about 30 minutes, she finally let me go with a Recovery Magic.

She actually wanted to take care of me for about half a day, but seeing how much I’m groaning, she changed her mind.

Product name: Sacchan Squid

Description: Pickled squid jerky. When put in a person’s mouth, they will wake up no matter how deeply asleep they are.

Price: 50 rims

Each person has different tastes, but this sourness accents the taste.

People who like these can’t get enough of it.

There are even veteran adventurers who like to drink alcohol with this as a snack.

Garm and the others bought a pouch of Sacchan Squid and went off to hunt Golden Frogs.

Taking their place, Michelle arrived.

Normally, she wears her magician robe, but today she’s wearing a very light outfit.

She was dressed in a long black skirt and a white blouse with short sleeves.

It’s a fashion that goes against the season.

[Oi, oi, if you wear such light clothes, you’re gonna catch a cold like me. Well, I’m sure Michelle can just cure yourself with magic, but aren’t you cold like that?]

[Unnn, I’m actually trying to catch a cold......]

[Hah?]

Are you a schoolboy who wants a reason to go absent from school?

[I enjoyed nursing Yuusuke yesterday, and I now want to try out being the one getting nursed...... Getting fed, being told kind words, having my sweat wiped off, helping me change my clothes......]

I put my hand on Michelle’s forehead.

Unnn, no fever.

She didn’t seem to be talking nonsense in delirium.

She was spouting out her distorted desires in her normal state......

[Let’s leave the sleep-talk when you’re asleep.]

[I’m not speaking sleep-talk!]

[Nah, sounds like sleep-talk to me.]

That being the case, I handed Michelle the small pouch of Sacchan Squid that I had on hand.

[Eat this and wake yourself up.]

Seriously, you should keep being healthy at the top of your priority.

<Translator’s Notes>

Saki Ika / Squid Jerky. The Sacchan Squid name, my guess, is an AOT reference.