CH 252

“Lars, wake up? Your bath is ready.”

“Nn …… Makina?”

“Yeah, it’s me?”

When I woke up, I was not in a gray place, but in my living room. When I saw Makina smiling at me after her bath and tilting her head, I shook my fuzzy head and stretched. Next to my head is the mini-treant that is sitting. The fact that he didn’t move suggests that he’s still asleep.

“It seems like we’ve been talking quite a bit, but was it long enough for Makina to come out for her bath, huh.”

“What? You were asleep, weren’t you? Hahaha, Lars you literally look like you’re half-asleep!”

“That’s pissing me off …… Well, I’ll do something about Basleigh-sensei later, but I found out something interesting about this guy.”

“What are you going to do to me!?”

Setting aside the impatient Basleigh-sensei, I told them about the strange thing I just experienced. The mini-treant talking to me in a dream-like place, a monster named Qliphoth who looked like a Treant, and the fact that the Treants had gone crazy and had become like Qliphoth.

“You spoke with this kid ……?”

“Yeah, I wonder if I should say that it happened inside my dream? I don’t really know, but the boy who said he was the mini-treant said so. He said something about a bag, but we’ll talk about that when he wakes up.”

“But if that’s true, it’s a great discovery, isn’t it ……? I’ve never even learned about this monster called “Qliphoth” in class.”

“I agree. So, Basleigh-sensei, can you tell the castle about this and spread the word? It might help if we spread the word to the rest of the world …… Teacher?”

I turned to Basleigh-sensei and spoke to her, and she put her hand on her chin and mumbled something.

“A new monster …… spirit? If so, we were killing a good one. And if you think about the possibility that they will help you and not put their hands on you, it will make your requests in the forest much easier …… But such a story has never been told before ……  no, that’s why it’s a great unknown discovery …… and money ……”

“Basleigh-sensei!”

“Hiyaaaa!?”

She started to say strange things, so I pulled her back to this world with a loud voice. Then she cleared her throat and said to us.

“I understand what you’re saying. Fortunately, I’m the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, so I’ll be able to devise a plan to solve the Treant fiasco. After that, I’ll notify His Majesty and the Minister of Defense, and report to the guilds.”

“Yes. I don’t have any contacts in that area, so I’ll leave that to you.”

“Yes. But even though it’s not a monster, it still looks like a monster, so you need to get a Tamer’s certificate. There is a tamer’s facility at the end of a large tree in the livestock area, so please go there tomorrow. I’m sorry to mini-Tre-chan, but until then, he’ll have to be in a cage for transportation.”

Basleigh-sensei has a firm expression on her face as she tells me what she wants me to do. I wish she could do this all the time, but her eyes are always on the money, so in the end, there’s no profit or loss.

Then Makina lifts up the mini-treant and opens her mouth.

“He’s not moving at all. Is he sleeping? He’s so cute when he moves around, though. What’s his name?”

“That thing is, he doesn’t have a name. So he wanted me to name him. It’s like I woke up when the conversation turned bland.”

“No name, huh? Since he’s going to live in our house, you’d like to give him a name, wouldn’t you?”

Makina smiled at me as she held the mini-treant.

“Let’s see, it’s pitiful if it’s just mini-treant or Minitore ……”

“Oh, you’re sleepy after all? Do you want to go to bed?”

Since she had already eaten, all she needed to do was to rest, so Makina suggested that she should sleep instead of taking a bath. I’ve been moving a lot and Helena’s concert was so hot that I don’t feel good if I don’t take a bath.

“No, I’m going to take a bath and then go to bed. Makina has to train again tomorrow, so you can go to bed first.”

“You’re right, I’ve sweated so much today that I feel uncomfortable.”

“Good night. You have work to do, don’t you, Basleigh-sensei?”

“Oh, you’re right. Well then, I’ll also go to sleep …….”

Makina returned to her room with the mini-treant, and Basleigh-sensei also went to her room. I was watching her back with a sigh when she suddenly stopped, turned her head around and looked back at me.

“?”

“We’re having hamburgers tomorrow, okay ……!”

“Okay, okay! You want to eat it that badly ……”

She went back to my room, muttering a small “Yay” and I headed for the bath.

“Whew ……”

I washed my face in the bathtub, rested my head on the edge, and thought about today once again.

“Chelle was fine, Helena’s concert was great. It’s been a hectic day ……. Helena and the other idols were pretty serious, and it might not be a bad way to design a costume. I’m feeling a little guilty about making it just like in the other world, so I’m rearranging it, but I can get two out soon. And then there’s mini-treant …… That guy’s information was invaluable.”

“If possible, I’d like to keep communicating with him in case of an emergency. I don’t know when I’ll be able to talk to him again, after all. I’ll have to show him what’s in my bag too. And–“

…… I remembered that I need to go get my tamer certification. At the same time, I let out a sigh as I reflect on my current situation.

“I’m supposed to be an adventurer, so why a tamer’s certificate …… I do requests, but ……”

I’m supposed to have come to the royal capital to make the name of Super Jack-of-all-Trades rise, but I feel like I’m doing something else. Well, it hasn’t even been a week yet, so I don’t have to rush …… That’s not it, the problem that there’s too much commotion going on when it hasn’t even been a week, I guess ……

I put my face halfway into the bathtub and exhaled a little air.

Well, well, what’s next, tamer? Another weird one ……?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Well, it’s in order, but I’d like to see more of Retzel and the others soon.”

A little more, I guess? After the turmoil in the royal capital, we’ll move on to the next chapter.

“We have to change the chapter or it’ll be too long ……”

Mm ……