CH 18

The cheese was delicious.

It was so delicious that after 3 days of eating it everyday, we ran out.

So with gifts of carrots in hand, I walked past the orchard, entered the mountains, and yelled.

Ain: “Horned SHEEEEEEPOOOOOOooooooo”

After waiting for a bit, the Boss Sheepoo came down.

He was still some distance away when he stopped in his tracks.

[Unbehー]

It sounded like he asked, “What do you want,” so I quickly told him.

Ain: “Sheeeepooooooooー The cheese was amazingーーー”

[Unbeh～]

Ain: “So um……..g……….give me more of your milkーーーー”

My friends might wonder what kind of bet I must’ve lost to have to do this.

“Give me your milk?” They’ll throw me in jail for yelling this in public.

But…….this is exactly what I need, and this is the only way to word it.

The Boss Sheepoo turns around and walks back up the mountain.

I waited patiently for some time when the Boss Sheepoo brought one of his friends back.

Ain: “Thanks, Boss Sheepoo. And thank you too.”

[Unbeh～]

I wonder if she’s saying, “Don’t worry about it.”

The female Sheepoo rubbed her nose against me and was asking for a carrot. I took out a carrot and fed it to her.

I was just about to start milking whenーー

[Unbehhーー]

Ain: “OOF! Oh, you want a carrot too?”

[BEH]

As if saying, “Of course!” The Boss Sheepoo bumped me with his head a few times.

I take another carrot out from the bag and feed it to him. Now I can finally milk the female Sheepoo.

Ain: “Oh yeah, I brought some cheese samples. Do you want to try it?” [Unbeh]

I showed the Boss the cheese and he started chewing it, but immediately spat it out.

[BEHHHーー] Ain: “........well, I think it’s good.”

Well, I guess humans don’t drink breast milk after they grow up, so maybe it’s the same as that.

The Boss continued to circle around me and with a <SNIFF SNIFF>, started sniffing around me.

Hehehe. I’m no longer the same man that I was from a few days ago.

Ain: “Since then, I worked with Sia to pile up the construction rubble and built a small shack for bathing. There was another building with a bathtub, but the wood had rotted, and we couldn’t use it.

[Unbeh～]

Ain: “I wonder how long ago people stopped living there….Do you happen to know?”

[Unbehhh～]

After making a sound, the Boss started kicking the ground.

<Crack crack crack crack ーー> How long is he going to keep that up?

<crack cra-crack crack> and after hitting his hooves thoroughly, he gave me a wide smile and belched a [Unbehー] as if he was proud of himself.

What was that just now?

Before all that, we were talking about how many years that town has been abandoned…….

Ain: “Wait, did you…….were you just now trying to tell me the number of years with the stomping of your feet?”

[Unbeh]

Ain: “OーOne more time! This time, I’ll count, so can you do it one more time?!”

[Unbebebehー]

Smiling even bigger, the Boss Sheepoo laughed and started rubbing its nose against my bag.

As he chewed on another carrot, the Boss Sheepoo kicked his hooves against the ground.

Ain: “78………..79………..80…...81…….”

[Unbehー]

Ain: “81 years ago?!”

And with that, the Boss Sheepoo smiled a huge grin once again.

So people stopped living here 81 years ago?

Ain: “So do you know about that dungeon?”

I guess from this position, it would be located Southeast from here. I look in that direction and then look back at the Boss Sheepoo. Then he looked in the same direction and nodded his head.

Ain: “So that Dungeon died……...or um, I guess the Core is gone, right? So, is it like that?”

[Behー]

As if to say, “That’s right,” the Boss Sheepoo nods.

Ain: “Okay, I knew it. So the town is empty because the Dungeon died.”

[Behー]

Ain: “I see……...well, that’s too bad.”

[Beh?]

I finally got an opportunity to be reborn in an Isekai Fantasy World like I read in Light Novels.

I would’ve liked the chance to explore a Dungeon, defeat a Boss and become a Hero or something ーー I think everyone would at least dream about that once in their lives.

Well, even if I defeat a Boss on an uninhabited island, it’s not like anyone will notice.

Ain: “I wonder if there are no more Monsters inside there?”

[Unnnnnbeh]

The Boss Sheepoo tilts its head.

Ain: “You’ve never been inside?” [Beh]

I watch him nod and remember something.

The Monsters above ground will never enter a Dungeon.

I don’t know the reason why, and no one can speak Monster, so there’s no way to really know.

But I guess Sia was talking with the Sheepoo.

If the Beast Race can translate Monster language, then I wish someone would have asked the question.

Ain: “Okay, the bucket is full. Thanks again, Sheepoo.”

[Unbehーbeh]

[Behー]

After I watched the Horned Sheepoo return to the mountain, I carefully carried the bucket full of milk back to the inn.