Chapter 36: Clam
Character Name:
『Kaga Michio』
Current Levels & Equipment:
Explorer Lv.43
Hero Lv.39
Mage Lv.42
Monk Lv.42
Equipment:
Rod of Offerings
Hardened Leather Armor
Hardened Leather Helmet
Hardened Leather Gloves
Hardened Leather Boots
Sacrificial Misanga
During the evening, when we returned home from Bode castle, there was a note left on our door from Luke the Broker, most likely left by one of his messengers again. Normally, since Luke is my personal broker working at the Quratar Merchants Guild, I would immediately think that this is about him winning another bid for a Monster Skill Crystal and that he wants me to come by as soon as possible to pick it off of him but this time, I am not so sure. I want to believe that the news contained in the note are going to be the good ones, but they might as well be the bad ones.
Aside from being my personal broker dealing in the matters of the Merchants Guild, Luke has lately become a middleman between myself and the Duke of Hartz Duchy. As per our agreement, whenever the Duke is going to have something that he wishes to discuss with me, he’s going to be informing me about it through Luke, since doing it like that is much more efficient in comparison to him ordering me to come to Bode every single time when anything happens.
And as for the recent happenings that might require the Duke’s attention, then there is only one thing related to me that comes to mind: the matter of the duels that Roxanne and I have fought yesterday against Roxanne’s acquaintance and Sabo, one of the strongest warriors of the Wolfkin tribe, which ultimately ended in our victory and the latter pair’s death.
Even if ten days would have passed after the duel, the Duke is definitely going to investigate that matter if he finds even a minor detail that’s going to appear suspicious to him.
If that actually comes to pass, then the resulting drama should be incredibly funny to see unfold. Oh well, the business in ten days’ time can be taken care of in ten days’
time. First and foremost I should take care of today’s business: going to see Luke about the Green Caterpillar Skill Crystal.
Luke contacts me mostly in cases of successful bids that he manages to make. It should take around a day for Gozer to talk to the Duke about everything that has transpired yesterday. Then, the Duke is probably going to contact Luke, which should take yet another day, and then Luke’s message will take a few days to reach me, so if we assume the most optimistic prognosis about this matter, then I should have give or take ten days of relative peace for myself.
「Very well. Miria and I will do maintenance of the equipment, and then when we will be done with that, we will proceed to make some soup since we should still have enough vegetables left to make just about enough of it for the four of us. Are you okay with that, master?」
「Yeah, no objections here. That’s fine with me.」
「Whole Fish, desu!」
「Whole fish, desu!」
Like Miria said, tonight’s dinner will be a Whole Fish tatsuta-age. I have already left the Whole Fish to marinate in fish sauce yesterday, so it should be at the absolute peak of its tastefulness today.
I waited for Sherry to get ready to leave since we also plan to do some light ingredients shopping after I’m going to take care of my business, and then we warp right to the waiting room of the Quratar Merchants Guild, where I then buy the Green Caterpillar Skill Crystal off of Luke. Just like I have expected, his business with me today was strictly about that, and there was no message from the Duke for me at all.
「All right then! Shall we make one more dish for today’s dinner? We might as well, since I am more than certain that Miria is just going to devour most of the fish by herself.」
「Yes, I think that’s going to be the best course of action. In that case, I am going to stir-fry something for us.」
After buying bread and ingredients for stir-fried food, we headed straight back home.