CH 21

“Fuh~, the weeding is done, Grandma.”

“Ohhh, that’s fast. Here, have some juice.”

“Oh, thank you!”

“You’re amazing even though you’re still so young. Please do it again sometime.”

“Yes!”

It’s been six months since I started working at the guild. I’ve been working hard and earning money, and today I was able to quickly finish a request to clean up the yard of an old couple’s house. That’s four hundred beryl, but thanks to magic, it only takes about an hour of actual work, so I can say that I’ve earned it more easily than chopping wood.

As Gibson-san said, chores are not popular and cheap, so there is often a surplus of them. Chores that have been left unattended for days.

By doing these chores, I was able to earn a lot of money and gain recognition from the townspeople.

That grandma is like that too, she started out by asking me to dig up the soil so she could plant flowers, but after I tilled it up quickly with my magic, she started calling me from time to time. But lately it seems like they just want to spoil me by calling me over …… I wonder if they just want to spoil their grandchildren?.

In the past six months, I’ve completed about a hundred cases, and I’ve accumulated about 70,000 beryls. I’m not accepting any requests for dangerous monster subjugation, of course.

“I’m back.”

“Oh, welcome back, Lars-kun. You’re back early, aren’t you?”

“It was just weeding, so it was quick.”

I handed him my card, he checked it, and as soon as he handed me the money, I looked at the request board and thought about what to do.

“There’s still time today, maybe I can do two more.”

“Your father told you to take it easy, didn’t he?”

“Yes, but I need the money.”

“You sound like such a money-grubber ……”

Gibson-san laughs in disgust, but it’s a matter of life and death.

By the way, Dad and Mom put food back on the table for everyone. But then, my tuition savings would have to be a little less.

That’s when I turn my attention to a request.

“This is ……”

“Oh, I didn’t know there were still requests for slime extermination. I’ll have to ask someone soon.”

“Slime is pretty dangerous, right? That’s what the doctor said.”

“That’s right. One or two slimes are fine, but if you don’t eliminate them all at once, they’ll recognize you as an enemy and call for help, so you shouldn’t rush into a mass of them.”

“Hmm. I guess I’m not ready for this ……”

“You shouldn’t do that. Your father will be very angry with you.”

The 5,000 beryl is tempting, but I turned my attention to another request. And that’s when it happened.

“You’re doing well today, boy.”

“Oh, Mizuki-san.”

A female adventurer named Mizuki, who wore a sword on her hip and armor such as a breastplate and shin guards, approached me. She is an adventurer who lives in this town, and is mainly in charge of defeating monsters. She smiled at me as she shook her short ponytail.

“Are you done with your requests for today?”

“Yes. I was thinking of doing something more, but I don’t have any more chores to do, so I guess I’ll see you tomorrow?”

“I see. What should I do? …… Hmm, slime’s subjugation, I’ll go with this.”

Mizuki handed the request for slime subjugation to Gibson-san, who approved it and turned to leave. I’m not ready to just leave, but I’m a little interested in monster subjugation and decided to ask for advice.

“Mizuki-san, can I come with you?”

“Mmm. Slime is dangerous, okay? Gibson, what do you think?”

“Hmm. …… If it’s okay with you, it’s okay with me ……”

“Oh, it’s okay. I’ll just watch from a distance. I’ll be up in a tree if I have to.”

“Really? Well, let’s go, shall we?”

“Yes! I wanted to see how you would do it, because I might have to fight someday.”

If I do have to fight, I don’t want to do it without a plan. First, let’s observe the fight with the slime and see what the monster is like.

By the way, except for the encounter with the bear, I’ve never met any dangerous animals or monsters. Why? …… Because Verna-sensei has been exterminating them. So unless there’s a serious problem, the road from my house to Verna-sensei’s house or the vicinity is safe.

Now, that’s why this observation is so important, and I’m going to follow Mizuki-san with a happy face. 

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“I see, there are quite a few.”

“Oh, there are a lot of different colors, huh.”

The jelly-like masses were strolling around outside the town. These guys have the same fertility as a certain G, and they will increase endlessly, so it is said that this is how they are exterminated on a regular basis.

(T/N: I don’t know what is the meaning of G in this part, so I’m sorry about that. I think they are talking about the ability of the slime to reproduce and the rank of that is G, I guess.)

Especially when they increase near towns, children are sometimes burned with acid by slimes that enter the town.

They don’t have eyes or ears, so they can sense us by the vibrations in the air and the sounds on the ground. That’s why we do this.

We then ran towards the slime in the distance and leaped from a certain distance. I see, they can’t react to an attack from the sky!

*Slash!*

In one fell swoop, the two slimes were cut in half and crushed into dirty water before disappearing. After that, Mizuki-san continued to jump up and down to make sure that her movements were not noticed. 

On the ground, there was a red ball, just as the teacher had told her. When you kill a demon, not just a slime, it drops a red ball about the size of a baseball, but it’s called a monster’s core, and it’s a mass of magical power.

It’s my first time seeing it, but it’s has a sinister color ……

“Fuh …… That’s about right for this area.”

“Amazing, Mizuki-san! You’re so cool!”

“Tha-, that’s so cute ……”

“Huh?”

“Cough! It’s nothing! Now, let’s collect the cores and go home.”

As I was watching Mizuki-san pick up the cores, a slime appeared behind her.　

“Oh no ……! , and then, !”

“!?”

With the burnt smell, the slime disappears, leaving behind its core. I let out a sigh of relief, maybe I’m not as scared of slime as I am of magic since it goes through it so easily.

“Ah, ahhhh …… La-, Lars-kun …….”

“I’m sorry! I took the liberty of attacking it …… Are you okay?”

When I asked her, she nodded with her mouth agape and continued.

“You, You’re flying ……!”

“Oh!?”

Oh, shit!?

I couldn’t get the idea of flying and defeat it out of my head and I was flying using ancient magic …… Wh-What do I do!?

How do you recover here!?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Yes, back to cleaning my room!”

Uoooohhhhhh ……