Afterword

This is Eguchi Ren. Thank you very much for buying, “Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Volume 4: Barbecue and God’s Blessings!”

Finally, the 4th volume is on sale. It’s four volumes, you know? Four! I know full well that it’s thanks to all you readers that we’ve been able to have so many volumes. I am truly thankful.

This 4th volume has seen changes to Mukohda’s familiar skill, the “Online Supermarket,” and also has Sui showing off its amazing abilities, so it would make me happy if you enjoyed all of that. And, and, at the same time this 4th volume is released, the 1st volume of the comic has also gone on sale! I probably shouldn’t be saying this as the one that wrote it, but it’s really incredibly interesting.

I’m really grateful to my illustrator for the novels, Masa-sensei, and also Akagishi K-sensei, who is in charge of the comic. Even though I always just kind of halfheartedly express my thanks like this, they always deliver accurate work that’s even better than what I imagine, and I always feel like I’m blessed for having such awesome artists in charge of my series. Masa-sensei, Akagishi K-sensei, my editor, the great I, and everyone else at Overlap, thank you all so much.

And lastly, please continue enjoying the laid-back adventures of Mukohda, Fel, Dora-chan, and Sui in another world in “Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill” in WEB, novel, and comic form.

I am looking forward to seeing you all again in volume 5.

Bonus Short Stories

A Store Made Out of Dreams

“Mmheheheheheh...”

To think that guy’s unique skill had such a hidden function... I’m extremely lucky! However, I never would have thought that the other world would have such a sweets shop: Fumiya, a veritable dream store.

I scanned over all the different colorful sweets. Especially the cakes.

What is going on with all this choice?

All the cakes were far more colorful and gorgeous than the ones up until now. Not to mention, they all seemed truly delicious.

No matter what, I’m going to eat all of those cakes.

I looked back upon all those colorful cakes.

“Muhhaaahh! These cakes really are right in front of my eyes~♪ Mmheheheheh...”

There were fifteen colorful, tasty-looking cakes lined up in front of my eyes. A sweet scent tickled my nose, emanating from those cakes.

“Hahh, they all look so beautiful. And, they seem so unimaginably delicious...” I stared at the neatly lined up cakes, entranced.

“It’s fine to just look at them, but what I really need to do is taste them. Now, which one will it be? This one looks good, but that one also looks delicious. And this one here also looks amazing...”

In the end, after much deliberation......

“This one! The strawberry shortcake!”

I purposefully chose the strawberry shortcake, something that I’d already eaten before. And that was because this strawberry shortcake was different from all the ones before it. The red strawberry fruit was huge, and most importantly, it looked fluffy.

“At any rate, I have to try it.”

*Owm*———

“Mhhffhhooo! So good! The sweet and sour red fruit and the white cream, along with the light and fluffy dough all come together perfectly!”

The usual strawberry shortcake was delicious, but this one was even more so. Entranced by said deliciousness, I continued to eat.

“Whew, that was good... But I’m not satisfied just yet, I say! I’ll eat one more. Which one should I have next~?”

Playing the “what to choose” game once again, I looked over my choices.

“Next is, this!”

A stunning green-colored cake.

“If I’m remembering correctly, this cake that uses tea in it is called ‘matcha’ cake, no? This vibrant and pretty green is so eye-catching.”

After carefully and thoroughly inspecting the beautiful green cake, I took a bite.

“Mhmh?! What a complex flavor! It’s sweet but also somewhat astringent. This is a grown-up taste, isn’t it? Something that would work for someone not too fond of sweets. This is pretty good, but obviously I’d like something with stronger sweetness. Hmmm, so the other world has cakes like this, too...”

While feeling impressed at the complex flavors of cake that isn’t only sweet, I continued powering through it.

“Great. Next! I have yet to eat my fill! And so, next is~”

My eyes wandered this way and that, eventually settling on a brown cake topped with a strawberry, that red fruit.

“This thing is called a ‘mille-feuille,’ right? It seems to have a different type of dough from the usual fluffy cakes. Let’s see......”

*Kshh*———

When I bit into it, the crisp feeling was...

“Mhhooohh! This is delicious! This crisp dough is really good!”

In between the crisp dough, there was a cream that was a little richer and more yellow than white cream. This richer cream worked perfectly with the crisp dough.

*Kshhh* *Kshh*———

“Ohh! Eating this red fruit with the rest of it is so nice! This sweet yet sour fruit, this rich cream, and this crisp dough! It all strikes such a wonderful and perfect balance!”

Even though it was my third one, I polished it off with ease.

“I can still keep going. The next cake will be...... This one!”

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That day, Ninrir ended up with 6 cakes in her stomach. And she still kept going on, like, “1 or 2 more, I feel like I can keep going for that long, but I’ll leave it here for today.”

And then......

“Mmheheheheheh, Fumiya, my own personal dream store! I’m going to try all the cakes there! I’m so looking forward to it! Heheheheheheheh”

Rather than sating Ninrir’s thirst for sweets, her appetite was rising rapidly. An unsettling and creepy laughter continued to reverberate throughout Ninrir’s palace that entire day, causing the servants working there to shiver.

An Audience with the King

“Ahhah, in the capital by myself, huh......” The one who just complained was the guildmaster for the Adventurer’s guild in the dungeon city of Dolan, Elrand. In order to give a report that Mukohda and his party conquered the dungeon, as well as offer to the king Mukohda’s present, he was currently heading for the capital on horseback.

“Maaan, I wanted to travel with Mukohda and the others...”

He was cleanly and clearly told “No” by Ugohl, who could be said to be the true guildmaster of Dolan’s Adventurer’s guild. And, just like that, he set off towards the capital, but it seemed he still hadn’t given up on joining Mukohda and his party.

Though, truthfully, he was probably more interested in the pixie dragon than Mukohda and the rest of his party.

“It was a strict order from Ugohl, and honestly, it can’t be helped that I have to go to the capital, but let me just hurry and finish what I need to do so I can go back.”

He wouldn’t be able to meet Dora-chan, but Dolan’s Adventurer’s guild still had the earth dragon’s fang that he had bought from Mukohda. It was Elrand’s coveted treasure, something that he could look at every day and never get tired of. The plan was actually to make a sword out of the fang, and a blacksmith would have to be selected to entrust with the job. The materials being what they were, they couldn’t spare any effort in weeding out the unworthy.

“There’s a lot of candidates, but none of them really stand out...... Well, I can just think about that once I’m back in Dolan. For now I should focus on the capital. Giddyup!”

When Elrand lightly kicked the sides of the horse, it started running towards the capital.

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“Still, to just hand out a magic item like that... How generous of him.”

The one who said that was the king of this country, sitting on his throne. With his closely cropped golden hair and a well-groomed beard, along with his muscular build and sharp eyes, he looked far more fit to be a general than a king.

“Not only that, it’s a Necklace of Antidotes.”

Just as Mukohda thought, a magic item that could negate poison was something those in this country’s court would want so badly they’d sell their own children.

“Your Majesty, do not forget that the effect is very strong. It is almost a miracle.” The one who said that was this country’s prime minister, who stood by the king’s side. The king agreed, nodding in satisfaction.

Naturally, the Necklace of Antidotes that Mukohda offered had already been appraised with a magic item. Of course, the royal family in this kingdom already had a magic item that could negate poison, but it wasn’t this powerful. That was why even the king’s close aides were extremely happy.

“So, Elrand, what kind of man is Mukohda?”

The kingdom, boasting a particularly skilled intelligence organization, quickly grasped the movements of the person who tamed a Fenrir — including that he was headed into this country.

“I suppose I could call him harmless and good-natured; he’s that sort of person.”

“‘Harmless and good-natured,’ huh? However, he has a Fenrir following him — a most powerful being said to have destroyed entire countries.”

Although he could be classified as ‘harmless,’ due to his having tamed a Fenrir, there was no way either king or country could just leave him alone. But, they understood that Mukohda didn’t want to make contact with those in power.

Hence why Mukohda was told “Please spend your time in our country freely” and the nobles in the country had also been warned not to force the man into doing anything. Of course, this was with the condition that, should some emergency arise, he would lend his aid. On top of that, to make sure Mukohda wouldn’t get too full of himself, some skilled spies were always tracking him. It seemed like they were found out by the Fenrir in question, but since the spies were given strict orders not to take any direct action against Mukohda’s party, the Fenrir ignored them.

The reason for telling him that he could spend his time freely even while following him with spies was, of course, to not allow the Fenrir — quite possibly the strongest military force in the world — out of the country. Hounding him and driving him out of the country would be putting the cart before the horse. As an enemy, he would be the worst. But, if it was possible to keep him close and use his power, then doubtlessly, there could be no better ally.

“I’m sorry to say, Your Majesty, but the Fenrir is not the only thing following him.”

“You’re right. I have heard of this. It was a pixie dragon and a special slime, yes? I’ve been told that they all conquered the dungeon together, so not only must that pixie dragon be strong, but there is no way that the slime is just a normal slime, either.”

“Indeed. I don’t like saying this, but Mukohda himself is not that strong. However, I have felt strength beyond our means in his familiar Fenrir, of course, along with the pixie dragon and the special slime. Also......”

Elrand explained the relationship between Mukohda and Fel, Dora-chan, and Sui. He felt that Mukohda’s party’s relationships were stronger than any traditional tamer, and rather than a master and servant relationship, it was closer to a relationship of mutual benefit. Also, their sense of camaraderie was strong, and if anyone should lay a hand on any of them......

“They would not be let off lightly, huh?”

“Yes.” Elrand, having been faced with Fel’s attention, could say that with certainty. That is, if Fel were to ever feel like it, he would not stop at just one country. In particular, if anything were to happen to Mukohda, this country would probably be headed straight to the afterlife.

After the king got the gist of it, he started stroking his beard in thought. “He probably wouldn’t say ‘yes’ if I were to offer to protect him, would he?”

“My king, would not just maintaining the status quo be the best move for now? From what I hear, that Mukohda person has a very peaceable personality. I do not think he will cause that much trouble. Most importantly, if we were to approach him ourselves, I do not think that Mukohda person would look kindly on it.”

The king nodded in agreement at the prime minister’s words.

“Being too persistent and driving him away from this country would be the worst thing that could happen, after all. Elrand, you have actually met Mukohda; what do you think?”

“Yes! If I were to express my personal opinion......”

Elrand told the king that the presentation of the Necklace of Antidotes this time was to express his gratitude for his freedom, as well as his desire to carry on like this from now on. He also said that it seemed Mukohda didn’t want to stand out too much, and that he had taken a liking to this country, and so, at this point in time, he didn’t have any plans to leave. Also, his familiars enjoyed the fact that a human town was built around a dungeon, and they wanted to go to other dungeons, too.

“Given all those things, even if he were to travel to the kingdom of Ermann for dungeons in the future, at the moment they would not leave this country. Especially since he’s said that the most important reason he came to this country was due to its stability.”

“‘Stability,’ huh......? Well, I can understand thinking like that, if one were to be suddenly summoned into a country like that.”

“I agree.”

The king and the others had already figured out the fact that Mukohda was a person from another world, summoned by the Kingdom of Reijseger’s Hero Summoning ritual, as well as the fact that, since he had no usable skills, he was quickly driven away.

“After thinking about it, it does seem like maintaining the status quo is the best move.”

“Yes, of course......”

“Indeed, it’s obvious, I think.”

Of course, with oversight from their spies.

“Still... so the Fenrir has gained an interest in human dungeons, huh?”

“Yes. Not just the Fenrir, but it seems the pixie dragon and the slime also share the interest.”

“To have conquered an as-yet fully unexplored dungeon in such a short time. It’s so impressive it’s scary.”

“It’s thanks to that that Dolan is experiencing a boom of unseen proportions, though.”

With those words, the prime minister turned to look at Elrand. “Yes, even the Adventurer’s guild was able to buy quite a lot of dungeon-spawned products. The Merchant’s guild did not lose out in that respect, either.”

“It seems like high-grade gems from the dungeon are circulating around Dolan, no? Even my wife tried to beg me for some, although in a roundabout way.” The king let out a strained laugh after saying that.

“Your Majesty, if we were to leave that Mukohda person free without any careless interference, then he might offer a gemstone the next time he conquers a dungeon.”

“Hahaha! That would be nice! My wife would be happy. Well, jokes aside, having the Fenrir and the others develop an interest in dungeons is a happy accident. I’d like him to dive into more and more dungeons, and bring prosperity to all those cities.”

It’s Gotta Be This For A Cold Day, Right?

While traveling to the next town, when we decided to make camp for the day in an empty space on the side of the road, I felt some chills run down my spine as I dismounted Fel.

“It’s kinda cold today, isn’t it?”

《You’re right, I thought so too,》 said Dora-chan while clamped onto my head.

“No no, you’re in the way Dora-chan.”

《But it’s cold, I can’t help it!》

“Is it really as cold as you all claim?” Fel chimed in out of nowhere, but of course he couldn’t feel it.

“You’re covered in that warm-looking fur, so of course you don’t feel cold.”

《He’s right. Those of us without fur feel cold. Isn’t that right, Sui?》

《Yeah! It’s probably a little cold. That’s why Sui will be here—.》

Oh! So Sui’s going to hole up in his bag, huh?

“I guess I’ll make something warming for dinner.”

《Oh, that’s a great idea! If that’s the case, for something warming, that, what was it... that! Uhhh...... hot pot! Yeah, hot pot! Make hot pot!》

“Hot pot... that soupy one...? Hm, that was pretty good. A hot pot would be nice.”

《Sui also wants hot pot—!》

I’ve made hot pot for Fel and the others several times already, huh? Yeah, it’s gotta be hot pot for a cold day like this.

“Then it’s hot pot for today. Okay then, when it’s done I’ll call you guys over, so you can do what you want for now. Actually... hey, Dora-chan, get offa me.”

《Tch! Fine,》 Dora-chan said, flying towards Fel. This time, he stuck himself onto Fel’s back.

“Hey, Dora, you are being irritating. Get off me.”

《Whaaat, just a little is fine, isn’t it?》

“Now now, it’s cold for us who don’t have fur, unlike Fel. Let him steal some warmth off of you. I’m counting on you for Sui too, while I’m cooking.”

“Mnn... Fine. If that is how it is going to be, take out the futon.”

When I brought out Fel’s personal futons and spread them out, he quickly plopped himself down. Dora-chan wasted no time in digging himself into Fel’s flank, and even Sui left the bag for a spot.

《Hahhh, so warm...》

《Warm~》

And alongside Fel and the others, I was busy preparing dinner.

“What kind of hot pot should I do...? The meat I have most of in storage is......” Confirming the contents of my Item Box, I found that orc meat was the most abundant. “If it’s orc meat, then I should add in lots of vegetables and make it a miso hot pot.”

And so, it was decided to have an orc meat miso hot pot.

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After buying some vegetables with my skill, I started cooking. Although, all it really is is cutting the ingredients and boiling them. I took out my pride, the magic stove I bought, out of my Item Box, and I was fully prepared.

For the ingredients, other than orc meat, I had bok choy, spring onions, garlic chives, shimeji mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, and fried tofu.

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First, cut the orc meat into thin slices so it’s easier to eat. Then, chop the bok choy into large chunks before cutting the spring onions diagonally and the garlic chives into pieces about 5cm in length. As for the shimeji and enoki mushrooms, cut off their feet and untangle them before cutting the fried tofu into eighths. After that, all that’s left is to boil it all in a clay pot.

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But of course this time I’ll be using store-bought hot pot broth. “No matter what anyone says, this stuff is both easy and delicious, after all.”

Right now, every company is putting out their own flavors, so on my — that is, the consumer’s — end, there was also the fun of choosing. I was making miso hot pot, so you’d figure miso would be a must, right? But then I saw a tonkotsu miso flavor that looked tasty, so I went with that instead.

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Fill the clay pot with the optimal amount of water, throw in the bouillon cube, and once the broth is brought to a boil, add in the orc meat in untangled strips and quickly boil until the color changes. Then, add in the spring onions, mushrooms, and fried tofu.

Once everything’s been cooked through, put in the bok choy and the garlic chives and continue to boil for a while to finish off the dish.

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The smell of miso wafted about the area. “Hahh, I just love the smell of miso. Everyone, it’s dooone— Wait......”

All three of them were already on standby right next to me, lured by the smell of the food.

“Great, time to eat.”

《Oohhh!! I’ve been waiting!》

《It smells good~.》

“Yeah yeah, wait a second.” I placed a clay pot in front of each one of them. “It’s tonkotsu miso hot pot using orc meat. It’s hot, so be careful when you eat.”

“Mm, there are quite a lot of vegetables in here.”

“Yeah — but there’s also a lot of orc meat, so don’t complain.”

“Mmnn...”

Fel and Dora-chan used Wind magic to cool off the food, and Sui was completely fine with hot stuff, so they all started eating the piping-hot food.

《So good!》

《Ahh~, this is delicious. It totally warms me up...》

《Hm, there are a lot of vegetables but it is still fine.》

“Ah, there’s still the finale, so be sure to save the broth.”

Now then, I should eat too. First, the soup.

*Sssllrrrrp*———

It really wasn’t a mistake to use store-bought broth. The food brands all research flavors for their products, so there’s no way it’d be bad. The thick tonkotsu soup and the rich miso combined together for a deep flavor which, combined with the umami of the orc meat and vegetables, made for a sublime taste.

“Ahh~, so good.” Without thinking, I let those words leave my mouth.

“Next is the meat and vegetables.” After blowing on the food to cool it down, I ate some of the orc meat and vegetables. The tonkotsu miso broth flavor was properly picked up by the meat and vegetables, and it was delicious.

“Hot pot really is great for cold days like this~. It just warms you up; it’s the best.”

“Okay, more.”

《Me too!》

《Sui too!》

“Fine, fine. Wait a little, okay? I’ve got some more servings for all of you.”

After stuffing ourselves full and enjoying the finale with udon as well, we were very satisfied, as our bodies had warmed up.

By the way, the udon we used for the finale paired great with the tonkotsu miso soup.

Mukohda’s Cooking Class III

When we visited the guildmaster’s room, Elrand was just in the middle of a meal.

“Ahh, Mukohda. Excuse me, I’ll finish quickly.” Elrand was stuffing down some sort of grilled skewered meat that seemed to have been cooked to release lots of fragrance.

Now now, stop looking at it so jealously, the three of you. Didn’t we just eat lunch earlier? Still though, I never knew that this world’s elves ate meat. Looks like Elrand likes it, too. Or rather, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this guy eat anything other than meat...

“It sure seems like you love meat, Elrand.”

“Haha! Meat is my favorite food. I know that eating vegetables is better for my body, but no matter what I do my eyes always go for my favorites, and I end up just eating meat.”

Well, I’m the same when it comes to meat, so it’s not like I can blame him. The three of my familiars are also meat lovers, or rather, meat is like their life, so our meals always end up full of it. And since I have to eat with them, it just naturally ends up that I also eat lots of meat. I did make lots of vegetable soup and made sure to drink some every morning, but as one would expect, I’m still lacking in vegetables.

No, wait a second. If even I feel like I’m lacking in vegetables when I try to drink vegetable soup, does that mean that Elrand hasn’t been eating any vegetables at all, since he said that he just ends up eating meat?

“Elrand, have you been eating any vegetables?”

“Maaan, I gotta say, not at all. Since I can’t cook at all, I get all my food from restaurants and stores, and since that’s the case I always get......”

Well, I understand how you feel. If you’re going to pay for food, of course you’d want to get something you like, right?

“Your house has such a good kitchen in it, you should try to cook for yourself every once in a while.”

Even though, from what I saw of his kitchen when I went there before, he had a good magic stove that must have cost quite a sum, befitting of a guildmaster’s house — he never used it. True to his declaration that he couldn’t cook, it was almost impressive how much nothing there was in that space and how little it looked to have been used.

“Heh, don’t underestimate my cooking skills. After all, I have been yelled at after I peeled some vegetables, saying, ‘There’s nothing left to eat! Just don’t touch anything!’”

No no, that’s not something to be proud of, okay?

Wait, from there? He’s failing already from the peeling stage?

“Right, if that’s the case, why don’t you teach me how to cook, Mukohda? Since you’re so good at it. You know, something that even I can make.”

Whaaaat? Teach a person that fails to peel things? That just seems like too much work...

“Yeah, what a great idea. I’ll be able to see lots of Dora-chan that way, too. Heheheheheh...”

Uhmm, your real intentions are leaking all over the place. Dora-chan’s super creeped out, too. He’s even telling me, “REFUSE!” through telepathy.

“Great! Now that that’s decided, let’s all get a move on and go to my place.”

“No no, aren’t you still working, Elrand?”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Ugohl is here, so it’ll all go swimmingly.”

I don’t think it’s fine at all, though. You’re definitely going to get it from Ugohl later, you know?

“Now then, let’s go!”

With me being pulled along by the enthusiastic Elrand, and my familiars reluctantly following me, we all left the Adventurer’s guild behind.

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“Now now, what are you thinking about?”

“Since we’re already here I’ll teach you, but it’s not my fault if you get yelled at by Mr. Ugohl, got it?”

“Are you still on that? I’ve said before that Ugohl is extremely skilled, so it’ll all work out fine if we just leave it to him”

I know that already. Ugohl is extremely skilled, and it’s all thanks to Ugohl that the Adventurer’s guild here in Dolan works, it’s obvious to see. That’s not the point — you’re the guildmaster, at least in title, so it’s natural that you’ll get yelled at for skipping out on work and throwing all of your job onto someone else, which is something that you’re doing right now.

Well, Elrand was the one who was going to be yelled at, so I didn’t really care though. I won’t help you, you know? I refuse to get caught in the middle.

“Hahh, if you’re going to go that far, I understand. If you’re talking about something that will allow you to eat vegetables that even you can make, Elrand, that would be vegetable soup. With this, even if you make a lot, it’ll keep for a while.”

Since Dolan right now was neither really hot nor cold, if you continue to heat it, the soup should last like two or three* days, I think?

“If you boil in some sausages too, it should satisfy a meat lover like you, Elrand, I think.”

“I see, that’s good!”

When it comes to vegetable soup, it’ll need a consomme roux base, right? But, it’s not like I can use that since I’m the only one that can obtain it. If we’re talking something easy that can stand in for that...... Ah, they have dried meat so I think I can make a reconstituted stock out of that...

“Do you have any dried meat?”

“Yes, here is what I have......”

Taking the dried meat that Elrand brought out, I cut the hard chunks into thirds.

“First, reconstitute this dried meat in water.”

“The dried meat?”

“That’s right. The umami of the dried meat will dissolve into the water, so using it to make soup will make for a delicious base.” It’s not consomme, but it shouldn’t be bad. “And the next step is peeling the vegetables, got it?”

“Uhhh, did you hear my story earlier?”

“Of course I did. I have a secret weapon that will allow even you, Elrand, to peel vegetables easily, so it’s fine.”

What I brought out of my Item Box when I said that was......

“This is called a peeler. If you use this, you’ll be able to easily peel vegetables. I’ll do it first, so please watch closely.”

Let’s start with a live example, first. After washing a carrot I got from my Item Box, I placed it sideways on the board. Holding it by the head, I slid it sideways across the peeler, and......

“Ohh! It’s being peeled beautifully.”

“Peel them like this. With this, even you’ll be able to do it, right Elrand?”

“Yes, it seems like I’ll somehow be okay with this.”

“For potatoes, in truth it would be easier to hold it in your hand to peel, but in Elrand’s case I feel like that would be a little dangerous, so just use it in the same way as you are now. Like this, peeling larger things should be much easier, I think.”

Just like with the carrot, I first showed an example of peeling a potato. If someone was used to it, holding the potato to peel would be much faster and easier. However, for Elrand, who is not only a first timer but also so bad at cooking as to feel completely useless, I felt that not picking up the potato would be much safer, so I showed that method.

“I think you get how to peel things, so let’s keep on going.”

I also helped in peeling carrots and potatoes using a peeler. It looked like Elrand was fully intent on feeding Dora-chan, so I decided to make a larger portion so Fel and Sui could also try some. It’s time to make up for some of the daily vegetable deficiency here.

“Good, now they’re all peeled.”

I was the one that peeled around 80% of them, but since Elrand looked like he tried his best even though he wasn’t used to it, I decided to let it go.

“After that, it’s the oni- uhh, oneons and cabbaggs, yes?”

That was close. Here, onions were oneons, and cabbages were cabbaggs.

“For oneons, just peel off the brown outer layer like this. Cabbaggs just need this first outer layer of leaves taken off.”

Elrand imitated me and peeled some onions and cabbages.

“After that, you need to cut the vegetables, so first is the cabbaggs. For this one, cut some openings around the hard core in the center......”

I cut the vegetables as I explained my methods. I cut the cabbages into large chunks, and cubed the carrots, potatoes, and onions. It’s okay to only have a rough estimation in these cases. In reality, the stuff that Elrand cut was almost all mismatched, but it was fine. Even if it’s a little big, as long as the heat passes through and it becomes soft, then it’s all fine, after all.

I had cut the sausages diagonally and in half, and all that was left was to boil them.

“Well then, I’ll begin boiling. First, add the carrots, potatoes, and oneons into the pot with the reconstituted dried meat stock in it along with some salt before bringing it to a boil.”

I let it boil for a while.

“Once the vegetables have become soft enough, throw in the cabbagg and the sausages, and continue to boil some more. After that, once the vegetables go completely soft, add in salt and pepper to taste, if you like, to finish it up.”

I left the finishing touches up to Elrand.

“Is this good enough?”

Yeah, both the potatoes and carrots are boiled soft.

“Yes, now the salt and—”

“And pepper, right? I do have some. It’s expensive, but just throwing in a shake will make it tastier, right?”

Just what I expected out of this gourmand of an elf. He even has pepper ready. Elrand adjusted the soup with salt and pepper while watching the flavor.

“How is this?”

Urged on by Elrand, I gave it a taste.

“Yeah, that seems good.” It was different from consomme, but it was a pretty tasty vegetable soup in its own right.

“Well then, let’s all enjoy some together.”

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Elrand was staring at Dora-chan.

《H-Hey, do something about this guy. Having him stare at me is making it really hard to eat; I just can’t deal with it.》

《Even if you ask me that, he definitely won’t listen to me. I know how you feel, though.》

“Tch! Fine.” Reluctantly, Dora-chan started eating the soup while being stared at by Elrand.

《Mn? This isn’t bad.》

“Indeed, I hate vegetables, but this is not inedible.”

《It would be better with more meat, but it’s delicious—.》

Oh, looks like it’s not going over too badly. I might have to make vegetable soup with sausages in it whenever I want these guys to eat vegetables, huh?

“M-Mukohda! What did Dora-chan think?” It seemed like Elrand was curious as to Dora-chan’s opinion.

“Ahh, Dora-chan likes meat, but he said that it wasn’t bad.”

“Really!!?”

W-Wait a second why are you so desperate?

“Th-Then, please, form a familiar contract with me!!”

Ahhh, that’s why. Because he was told that he could get a contract if he could cook. It’s true that all three of them became my familiars because they were after food, but changing their minds with just this would be...

《What the hell is this idiot saying? I did say that this wasn’t bad, but there’s a limit to how conceited you can be, asking for a familiar contract when all you can make is this.》

Wait, Dora-chan, that’s too harsh.

《Dora, these ones are very annoying. Just leaving them alone is the best way to deal with them.》

《You have a point. He’ll just be happy if I give a reaction, after all.》

Everyone’s treatment of Elrand is just awful.

《Master— more—.》

Yeah, yeah. Wait a little, Sui.

“Mukohda! How was it?! Will I be able to make a familiar contract with this?!?!”

Having been asked that, I tried to think of an answer while I got Sui its extra helping.

“Mukohda!!”

I know already. Dora-chan’s words were too harsh as they were, so let’s soften the blow a little.

“Ahh, it’s impossible. According to Dora-chan, being able to make just this isn’t good enough.”

“Come ooonnnnnnn!”

The Old Dwarf’s Secret Enjoyment

After finishing my work, I downed some of the amber alcohol that had recently become my biggest source of enjoyment.

“Kaahhhh! This alcohol is just so good!”

It was something I got for accepting the order of some adventurer that just came waltzing in out of nowhere. He was called Mukohda, and he had familiars with him as well as a flat face and black hair that one didn’t see around here. I was amazed, since he told me, a blacksmith in this dungeon city of Dolan, to make some meat-grilling tool called a “Barbecue Grill.”

However, he paid me properly, and even showed me this alcohol. It was an amber-colored liquor inside a clear bottle that I’d never seen before. It was just my instinct as an alcohol-loving dwarf, but the moment I saw that bottle I just knew: “This alcohol is definitely amazingly delicious.”

“Feel free to try some first.” With those words, Mukohda poured some of the amber alcohol into a cup. From that cup rose a mysteriously sweet alcoholic smell.

There was no way I could resist.

Taking the cup in my hands, after enjoying the aroma for a moment, I took a gulp. As soon as it entered my mouth, a sweet fragrance shot through my nostrils. And there was a rich taste that didn’t lose to that scent. It was a delicious alcohol that stayed that way all the way into my gut.

It was the first time I’d ever tasted alcohol this good. I thought so from the bottom of my heart.

When I asked, apparently this alcohol was produced carefully in that group of small countries. If I were to make the “Barbecue Grill” that Mukohda wanted, he would give me five bottles of this delicious alcohol along with the normal payment.

I understood that it was a precious and rare alcohol, but five wouldn’t be enough. I wanted to be able to taste as much of that delicious alcohol as I could. Such was the nature of an alcohol-loving dwarf, after all.

Even while feeling a little guilty about it, I offered to do it for ten bottles. I really did think that I would be fine with making that “Barbecue Grill” for ten of those bottles, after all. I thought he’d hesitate, but Mukohda easily accepted.

From how Mukohda described it, the “Barbecue Grill” was large, but its mechanisms weren’t that complicated, so I managed to finish it within three days. And that was how I managed to obtain ten bottles of the amber colored delicious alcohol.

It was really good liquor, but the amount was small. I felt bad for the other masters, but I don’t plan on handing this alcohol over to anyone.

And so, after work, I was currently sipping on this delicious amber treat alone. And that was my secret bit of enjoyment recently. Once again, I took a mouthful of the amber liquor I had in my hands.

“Kkhhh! This stuff is so good no matter how many times I drink it!”

As I was secretly enjoying this amber liquor alone......

“Yo, Alesh! So that’s where you were. We’re all going to go drink over at Victor’s. I came to invite you!” That was the voice of a familiar face, my fellow workshop master, Kenneth.

*Gulp*———

While attempting to hide the amber liquor, I turned around.

“K-Kenneth! Oh, and Wessel and Altti, too. G-Got it. I’ll be coming by later, so go ahead without me.”

Not only Kenneth, but Wessel and Altti were there, too.

“Hm? Why are you being so fidgety, Alesh? Do you need ta piss? Gahahahah!” Altti teased me thanks to how I was acting.

“O-Of course not! More importantly, hurry up and go. I’ll be right after you.”

“Waaait a second. Hey, don’t you guys smell alcohol?”

Tch! ......Damn that Wessel, his nose is only sharp in situations like this. Even though I somehow managed to seal the bottle in the heat of the moment.

Prompted by Wessel’s words, both Kenneth and Altti started to sniff the air.

“Mm, now that you mention it I do smell alcohol in the air.”

“Yeah. It’s not very strong, but I do smell it.”

All three of their eyes concentrated on me.

“Hey, Alesh, what kind of alcohol were you drinking?” asked Wessel, the first one to smell the alcohol.

As if I would honestly answer that question! “N-No, I wasn’t really drinking anything.”

“Really?”

I tried to trick them, but it didn’t seem like the three of them believed me. Geez, dwarves are really persistent when it comes to alcohol.

“Something seems fishy here...”

“Indeed. I think he’s hiding it behind his back.”

“Okay! Alesh, my friend. Won’t you show us your hands?”

“W-Why do I have to do that?! I already told you I don’t have any alcohol!”

“That attitude... you’re getting more and more suspicious... Hey, Kenneth, Altti, hold Alesh down!”

“Got it!”

“Leave it to me!”

I was caught in Kenneth and Altti’s vicegrip. And......

“I wonder what this is? It reeks of alcohol, though.”

“Wai—! Give that back! That’s mine!”

The amber liquor went into Wessel’s hands. Finally, I was found out.

“For Alesh to be this desperate, that means this must be some damn good alcohol, huh? Okay, I’m gonna drink it!”

“Don’t you dare! I told you that that’s mine!”

“Hmph! It’s your fault for hiding this good stuff. Right?”

“Right! Right!”

“Good alcohol should be shared. Everyone knows that.”

“Don’t you fuck with me! What’s wrong with drinking what’s mine by myself?!” I argued, but there was no way those three would let it go with just that......

“Hohhoohh! What the hell is this delicious stuff!?”

“Khaahh! So good!”

“Delicious! It’s delicious!”

“Ahhh~............”

At last, the delicious liquor that was just for me was revealed. Not only that, even though it was mine, Kenneth, Wessel, and Altti were all downing it like water while exclaiming how delicious it was.

“Hey! I said that’s mine! You’re drinking too much of it!”

“Now now, Alesh. Keeping all this good alcohol to yourself isn’t cool.”

“Shut up!”

“Hey, there’s none left.”

The three of them had already finished the bottle of amber liquor that had originally been more than half full.

“Fuck! It’s all gone now, so leave already!”

“Hey, Alesh, I get it. You still have more of that stuff, right?”

I gulped when Kenneth, who had known me the longest, said that. I’d been enjoying the stuff slowly, so there were still seven bottles of the stuff left.

“I-I don’t!”

“That means, you do... If you’re going to hide something precious to you... it’s there!”

Kenneth, who figured it out by himself, made a beeline for a hidden shelf in the back of the workshop.

“Kenneth, you bastard!”

“I found it!”

In the end, all the alcohol that I had saved so preciously was found.

“Heeyyy, you guys were slow, so I came to get you!”

All the other workshop bosses that didn’t usually come over entered in droves, worried about us.

“Yo! Everyone came! To tell you the truth, Alesh here has been hogging some really good stuff.”

“What?! Good alcohol?!”

“Give me some!”

“Me too!”

“Hand over the good stuff!”

All the bosses got worked up at the mention of good alcohol.

“Of course! Let’s all enjoy some good booze!”

““““““Yeah!””””””

None of them held back and downed that amber liquor, the most delicious thing I’d ever tasted.

“Khhahhh! So good!”

“Yeah, this is my first time with something like this!”

“This stuff is the best!”

...............

“I ALREADY TOLD YOU GUYS, THAT BOOZE IS MIIIIINNEEE!!!!”

Christmas in Another World

As soon as I opened the menu for my Online Supermarket, a cute illustration jumped out at me. It was a decorated fir tree, bells and wreaths with ribbons on them, and a chibified Santa Claus riding a sleigh, complete with reindeer. And a message danced on the screen, saying, “Today is Christmas! Let’s all have a feast with family!”

“Hmm~, so it’s that time of year.”

It would be an exciting day for those with family, or a lover, but for me, who’s been single a long time, the only reaction that’ll get out of me is, “Oh, so it’s that time of year” — since, other than celebrating with family and getting presents as a kid, I didn’t really have any memories of it.

I would probably have just been celebrating alone, having a lonely Christmas anyway. Screw that.

“Mm? That time of year? What time of year do you mean?”

“Woah! ......Don’t just call out to me like that, it’s surprising.”

“And? What time of year do you mean?”

“Yeah, I was just thinking that in my world, it’s Christmas already.”

“‘Christmas’?”

“Uhhh... It’s hard to explain......”

It was originally a holiday to celebrate the birth of Christ, but honestly, Christianity doesn’t have much meaning in Japan, at all. And so, I told Fel about the Japanese style of Christmas, which had basically no Christianity in it at all.

“Well, those with families spend time together and feast, right? Also, it’s a day for children to get presents. Those with lovers can go on a date to a slightly expensive restaurant to eat some fancy food and enjoy themselves, and everyone else...... Ahem, well, let’s just leave it at that. At any rate, as a whole, it’s a day for eating good food and enjoying yourselves.”

“Ohh! What a great idea, to have a day for eating good food and having fun! Right, we will be doing that Christmas or whatever, too!”

“What? No, what?”

“Okay, you go prepare some good food. Of course, when I say good, I mean meat. Meat, got it?”

《Hey, I heard you guys talking about good food. Does that mean better food than we usually eat?》

《Good food? Yayy!》

Having heard my and Fel’s conversation, both Dora-chan and Sui came over.

“No no no, it’s impossible this late. Also, we’re in the middle of traveling, right? We don’t have that kind of time, I’ll just make a normal dinner.”

If I was to try and do that sort of thing, I’d use up an entire day and we wouldn’t get anywhere. Not to mention, the entire reason why I opened my Online Supermarket in the first place was because I didn’t have enough ingredients for dinner. I had pork cutlets that I’d already prepared, so I was planning to make cutlet bowls for dinner and was just going to buy eggs...

“W-What......?!”

《Awww, man, we’re not having a feast?》

《There’s no good food to eat—?》

All three of them looked immediately and obviously disappointed.

I’ve started to feel like the bad guy here for some reason...... If you’re all going to act so disappointed, it’s just making things really awkward for me...

“Aahhh, fine! I get it! Tomorrow, I’ll make a feast for all of you tomorrow! But in exchange, we aren’t moving at all tomorrow, got it?” I said that without thinking as I looked at everyone, and......

“That is good. I can easily make up for a day. More importantly, tomorrow’s dinner will be a feast! It is decided!”

《Yahhooo! I’m looking forward to that feast!》

《Yayy! Yayyy! Good food to eat!》

It’s fine that you’re all happy about it, but Fel, I don’t think you should be wagging your tail like that, you look like a dog. You know you’re a Fenrir, the stuff of legends, right? At least in name. Dora-chan’s an adult too, and yet he’s frolicking around. Don’t keep flying in circles like that. Sui, you too. You need to watch yourself and stop bouncing around at top speed like that.

I kind of feel like everyone’s put one over on me, but I already said I’d do it, so oh well. It’s thanks to everyone that I can travel safely like this, so I guess it’s fine to treat everyone to a feast as thanks. Now that that’s decided, I guess I’ll just have to do my best for tomorrow’s dinner.

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“Whew, this should be it. I’m finally done.”

I tried really, really hard. I did my best, being watched by all three of my familiars with hope and expectation in their eyes.

For breakfast and lunch, I just made do with stuff I had pre-made, and I was working on the feast right from the morning. Cooking everybody’s one desire, meat. They like meat, after all......

I prepared a Christmas feast that was within my means. Since it’s what everyone thinks of when talking about a Christmas feast, I made roast chicken, or rather, roast cockatrice. Of course, it was whole. And I even used one for each of them. I also used a larger chunk of bloody horn-bull to make roast beef out of. Each of them got their own chunk out of that one, too. After chicken and beef, it’s gotta be pork, so I made some large hunks of roast pork using orc meat. Also, I cooked some beef stew using the minotaur meat from the dungeon. I shouldn’t be saying this about my own work, but it’s moving how good it turned out; I slow boiled it gradually so that the meat is so soft it dissolves in your mouth. Also, I made a meat pie using mixed ground minotaur and orc meat, as well as a layered bake using the same meat as well as some potatoes and lots of cheese. And for the main course......

“Should it be about this thick?”

“More.”

“More? This much?”

“More.”

“No no, if I make it any thicker, rather than rare, the inside’ll just be raw. If you get greedy just because it’s earth dragon meat and spoil it, then you’re just wasting meat.”

“Mmrgh, fine. That thickness is fine.”

《I want that thickness too!》

《Sui too!》

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll cook it now, so wait a little.”

With all the meat dishes, as well as the extremely thick earth dragon steak I was about to grill in front of their eyes, all of my familiars’ eyes were sparkling, although it looked a bit more menacing and predatory than that. They were just waiting for the thick earth dragon steak to be cooked, as if they were children, constantly asking, “Is it ready yet? Is it?”

“Here.” I served a plated dragon steak in front of each of them.

“Ohh! This really does have to be the first, no?”

《Yeah.》

《Dragon meat~.》

I cooked my portion as well, so I took a bite out of the dragon steak myself. I only seasoned it simply with salt and pepper, but yeah, this was as good as always.

“Indeed, this dragon meat is delicious!”

《I absolutely love that every bite and chew just bursts with meat juices.》

《Dragon meat is delicious~.》

After everyone put down the super-thick dragon steak in a lick, they all started methodically consuming the meat dishes.

Fel was chomping into the roast cockatrice, and Dora-chan was tasting the beef stew while thoroughly dirtying the areas around his mouth. As for Sui, it had completely encompassed a whole chunk of roast pork.

And even after that, all three of them continued to single-mindedly enjoy the meat dishes.

“*Brrp*......Yes, that was good.”

《Whooew~, feelin’ full...》

《Sui is soooooo full. That was delicious!》

It looked like all three of them were happy with the multitudes of meat I made. But, I have dessert too...

“Heheheh, when talking about Christmas, there’s still one thing that can’t be left out. This!”

《Waah~, it’s a huge cake!》

It really wouldn’t be Christmas without this. And so, I got a whole Christmas cake from Fumiya for each of them. Looking at its whole cake, Sui, who loves sweet things, had its excitement meter hit MAX all at once. Fel and Dora-chan looked at their cakes, and started licking their chops.

For Fel, I got a special Christmas strawberry shortcake complete with lots of Japanese Amaou strawberries on top. Dora-chan had a special pudding cake that consisted of pudding and cream sandwiched between sponges, topped with fruits like pears and peaches and fresh cream, decorated in a Christmas style. Sui got the Christmas standard, a deluxe bûche de Noël, with fresh chocolate cream and a luxurious amount of Japanese Tochiotome strawberries.

“And lastly, something sweet, huh? It is perfect to fix the palate. This is delicious.”

《I thought I couldn’t eat anymore, but pudding really does go in a separate stomach!》

《It’s sweet and delicious! Sui loo~oves cake!》

All three of them salivated at their cakes.

“Christmas comes with presents, so I prepared some. Here you all go.” I placed a package wrapped like a present in front of each of them. In a convenient turn of events, anything that’s ordered in this season comes with an option to have it gift wrapped.

“Mm? You are giving me this?”

《What? What is it?》

《Yaaayyy!》

Everyone dexterously undid the wrapping. And inside was......

“What is this? It feels airy and soft, so it is not bad, but......”

《Yeah, this feels good on the scales.》

《So fluffy~.》

“Heheheh, those are blankets. You use them when you sleep. For Fel, it’d be fine to just lay on top of it, too. As for Dora-chan and Sui, wrapping yourself in it while you sleep is really warm, you know?”

I gave everyone blankets as a present. After thinking a lot, I thought this would be good, since it could be used every day. Fel got a stoic deep green blanket, Dora-chan got wine red, and for Sui, I chose a watery blue.

“Okay, I will be trying this now.”

Yeah yeah, the futons, right?

After laying out Fel’s futons, I also spread out Fel’s blanket. And Fel just plopped down sideways on top.

“Ohh, this is nice.” It looked like Fel quickly took a liking to the blanket.

《This is super warm!》 Dora-chan, who was wrapped up in the blanket with only his head poking out, seemed utterly charmed by it.

《So fluffy............ Zzz-Zzz...》 And Sui... was already asleep.

“Christmas is nice. We can do this every day, I do not mind.”

《Yeah, yeah. It’s nice......》

So said Fel, full and with his eyes closed sleepily, as well as Dora-chan, who was nodding off even now.

“No no no, Christmas only comes once a year.”

“I see, that is too bad......”

《Too... bad...... Zzzzz...》

So Fel and Dora-chan fell asleep too, huh?

I breathed out a small sigh of relief. “If I had to do this every day, I’d die. Christmas is nice since it’s a special day that only comes once a year. Hahh... Let’s just leave the plates in the Item Box and leave the cleaning for tomorrow, I just want to sleep.”

The Suffering Man of Dolan’s Adventurer’s Guild

I am named Ugohl, and I’m employed as the sub-guildmaster of the Adventurer’s guild in the dungeon city of Dolan.

Lately, my causes of worry were my recently balding head and my growing stomach. My kids ask me if it’s really true, but even though I looked like this, I used to be a B-ranked adventurer.

I never became an A-ranked adventurer, but as a retiree who used to be B-ranked, I was aware that I’d done well for myself. After all, I managed to climb all the way up to being the sub-guildmaster of the Adventurer’s guild in a large dungeon city like Dolan. That was what I was like, and I was blessed with a not-pretty-but-good-natured woman whose smile truly fit her as a wife, as well as two kids after I retired, and I’d gained the most happiness I’d ever had in my life.

On the other hand, truly, on the other hand......

I had a huge problem in the workplace. In other words, in Dolan’s Adventurer’s guild.

My boss, the guildmaster, was an ex-S-ranked adventurer whose accomplishments were more than enough for the job, but he was a person who did so little work that I just wanted to shove his face in it.

How should I put it? He is extremely selfish? Or rather, he only does work that interests him.

The guildmaster was an elf, and one of the special characteristics of elves was that they were always free and uninhibited, and therefore a lot of them marched to the beat of their own drummer — or rather, they always forged their own path, and the guildmaster was that trait personified. That’s how he was, and he constantly threw his work to the wayside and went wandering around.

When one climbs as high as guildmaster, one’s work becomes almost entirely desk work. Yet, even though there were things that needed the guildmaster’s approval, or important matters that had a definite deadline, as soon as I took my eyes off of him even a little, he’d throw his work to the side and wander off to who knows where, both inside and outside of the guild. It was truly troubling.

And ultimately, he’ll say something like, “I’ll just leave it all to you Ugohl, so wrap it up properly.” It makes me want to spend like an hour just lecturing him on the fact that he’s the guildmaster, so all that work is HIS JOB!

In reality, I had reached the limits of my patience and yelled at the guildmaster before, and although he acted remorsefully in the moment, he would always revert back to his old self before long. He just never learns, and it drives me up the wall, truly.

Still though, this was the Adventurer’s guild for the dungeon city of Dolan. We had a lot of adventurers, and leaving things alone like that would affect our ability to run things, as well as cause trouble in each department. Since there was no other way, I would do my best to take on as much of the guildmaster’s work as I could so that somehow his truancy wouldn’t affect the guild.

Even so, documents and matters that needed the guildmaster’s approval and acknowledgment kept popping up...... And even though that still happens, that guy!

Recently, a certain adventurer arrived here in Dolan, and that adventurer was a tamer with a rare familiar called a ‘pixie dragon’. Truthfully, the guildmaster was an unrivaled dragon lover to a troubling degree...... The guildmaster, who heard about the pixie dragon from somewhere, ignored his work again and went all the way to greet him. If it was only that, I wouldn’t mind turning a blind eye to it, but on top of that, that man......

Along with the pixie dragon, that adventurer also had a legendary Fenrir as a familiar, as well as a slime that was — from what I’d heard — a special one, and was at any rate just out of the norm in every way. Rather than just the pixie dragon that the guildmaster was so devoted to, it was the fact that he had a Fenrir as a familiar was what was being reported to all the Adventurer’s guilds.

Of all things, that adventurer had an earth dragon carcass, and wanted to sell it here. An earth dragon, you know? An earth dragon!

That being so, it seems that he was recommended to get it butchered and sold here, in Dolan’s Adventurer’s guild. The guildmaster, who heard about the earth dragon, immediately approved the purchase, and, without waiting for any second opinion, went right on to butchering it.

No, I mean, even I know that buying materials from a monster as powerful as an earth dragon can only serve to enrich this guild, and of course I wouldn’t object to that. Still though, one must think of the funds needed to buy something like this, and I feel like I deserve a say in the matter. After all, I’ll be the one having to scrape up the money for it. Truthfully, a job like this would also be for the guildmaster, but of course, that guy wouldn’t care about it.

Well, I could see that leaving it up to him would only drive this guild to bankruptcy, so I had no other choice than to oversee it myself, and that was the current state of things.

Of course, when I blamed the guildmaster for selfishly deciding to purchase on his own, he started to argue back at an amazing pace, saying things like, “It’s an earth dragon! An earth dragon, you know?! Isn’t it obvious to buy it immediately!? The guild will definitely profit!”

I wasn’t objecting to the purchase, I just wanted a say in the matter.

Then, the guildmaster started spouting stuff like, “Then I’ll consult with you on this; give me three days. I want to take my time butchering the earth dragon by myself. Not to mention, I’m about the only one who can butcher something like an earth dragon in the first place...”

I felt so exasperated I couldn’t help but say, “What the hell does this guy think he’s saying?” There was no way a guildmaster could just abandon his work for three whole days, so I said, “Just give instructions, and you can leave the rest to the butchers, can’t you?”

But......“Please, I’m begging you! It’s an earth dragon! An earth dragon!! I might never get another chance, so let me do it! Please, Ugohl!” The guildmaster said, crying.

And he’s a fully grown man...

Of course I was creeped out, but the guildmaster must have been desperate, as he kept begging over and over again, and there was no end to it, so I relented in the end.

Then, once the butchering was somehow finished, the guildmaster and I argued once again about what to buy. Since, naturally, there was no way we could afford to buy all of the materials from something as valuable as an earth dragon carcass. Personally, I wanted as much of the blood or innards as we could possibly get, since they had the highest profit margins. A dragon’s blood or innards were prized as ingredients for medicine, and even small amounts had an effect, so divvying them up into smaller portions for sale would bring in huge profits.

But even though that was the case, the guildmaster went and said, “For the earth dragon, I want the eyes and fangs, and if possible the claws, too...”

I reflexively fired back, saying that that was just what he wanted for himself. Still, since we couldn’t know when the next earth dragon would come around, if it ever even would, the guildmaster was so persistent about it as to be obsessive.

He must have realized that having all of it would be impossible, so he aimed for what he must have wanted most and gave a concerted push, saying, “What do you think of making a sword out of the earth dragon’s fang and decorating the guild with it? I think it’s a great idea! I mean, it’s a sword made out of an earth dragon’s fang, you know?! It’ll be a masterpiece not many people get to see! So there’ll definitely be more people that come over to get a look at it!”

He certainly did have a point. A sword made out of the earth dragon...

When talking about making a sword out of dragon materials, it would be safe to say that it would be equal to, or might even surpass, a magic sword.

Since Dolan had a dungeon, it was visited by adventurers more than other towns. However, it was true that there hadn’t been much progress in conquering the dungeon recently. Having more adventurers would definitely mean more progress in conquering the dungeon, so having a reason for adventurers to gather other than the dungeon wasn’t a bad idea.

It pained me to consent to one of the guildmaster’s ideas, but I agreed to buy the fang. I agreed, but......

After the sale was over, when I wondered where the fang went, it turned out that the guildmaster was monopolizing it. He kept it near him and would stare at it fixatedly, as though in a trance. It was honestly disgusting.

“Guildmaster, I’m telling you this now. That is not yours, got it? That is very definitely the property of the Dolan Adventurer’s guild.”

“I-I know already. I was just looking at it a little.”

“It’s not just ‘a little.’ You’ve kept it and have been staring at it all day long.”

“Ghh...... Ahh, ah, right! I-It’d be nice if M-Mukohda comes back soon! He’ll definitely be bringing back lots of drops from there!”

It felt like he was trying to forcefully change the subject, but let’s just go with it. I was feeling nice right now, after all, since the earth dragon materials we’d bought off of that adventurer, Mukohda, were flying off the shelves. Thankfully, this Dolan’s Adventurer’s guild was the most profitable it had ever been.

“You’re right, if it’s that man, he’ll probably bring back lots of materials. It looks like we’re going to be making quite a profit off of the earth dragon’s materials, so it’d be nice if we can buy a lot of it.”

“Yeah, you’re right. Still though, I’m so bored... Dora-chan’s not here, either. I wonder if Mukohda’ll be back soon...”

............*Snap*

“‘Bored,’ you say?”

“What? N-No......”

“There’s no way you’re bored, right? Guildmaster, your work has been piling up, right? Look, right there on top of your desk. Those are documents waiting to be processed, they’re forming a mountain, aren’t they? Are you still saying you’re bored, even after looking at that?”

“Uh, uhhhh, you know...”

“I am already taking on some of your responsibilities, guildmaster, but even still there are some things that absolutely need you to look over them, or documents that you need to approve; don’t I keep telling you that?”

“N-Now that I think about it, you’re right.”

“Guildmaster, you need to watch your words, please. No matter how mild mannered I am, there are limits to my patience.”

“Limits? Aren’t you just permanently mad at me?” he said, tearfully.

“YOU IDIOT GUILDMASTER!! You’re the one that always makes me mad, don’t you get it?! WHY WON’T YOU LET THAT SINK INTO YOUR GODDAMN HEEAAADDD!!”

Miss Ruka the Capable Goddess

The Divine Realm, in the Goddess of Water, Ruka’s palace———

She looked like a beautiful girl, at an age where it would not be inappropriate to call her a grade schooler. However, in contrast to that, amongst the goddesses that Mukohda was becoming familiar with, she could be said to be the most calm and thoughtful of them all.

Ruka, the subject of all this, had recently formed the habit of almost always holing up in her room after dinner... in order to make sure nobody got in the way of her recent daily enjoyment.

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“Today will be this and this.”

All the colorful otherworld pastries that Mukohda offered up to her, called, “cakes,” were lined up on a table, and she chose two of them for today out of that lineup. The rest were stored preciously and securely in an Item Box unique to gods.

The ones she chose were a chiffon cake laden with lots of fresh cream and a strawberry, and a fruit tart that had lots of fruits on it like peaches and oranges, which gave off a luxurious feeling.

“Heheh, looks delicious.” A smile came through on that quiet and unchanging face.

She didn’t neglect to choose a tea that would pair well with the cakes, too.

The first one Ruka laid hands on was the chiffon cake. When she stuck a fork into the cake......

“So fluffy...”

Making sure to get a lot of the large amounts of fresh cream on the fluffy cake, Ruka put it all in her mouth.

“............Delicious.”

The light and airy texture, along with the mellow sweetness, spread throughout her mouth. Seeking more of that texture and sweetness, Ruka took bite after bite.

“Too bad, it’s already gone. But, it was really good.”

Although she felt regret for the chiffon cake that disappeared all too soon, the goddess was very satisfied with it. Before going on to the next cake, she cleansed her palate with some tea.

“Next cake.”

Of course, the next cake was the fruit tart.

“So pretty......”

The cake, studded with a variety of colorful fruits, was so beautiful it was almost a waste to eat.

“But, I’ll still eat it.”

Using the fork to take out a big chunk, Ruka stuffed her mouth full of this pastry also.

“This one is delicious too.”

The crisp and short dough, the rich custard cream, and on top of that, the juices from the fresh, juicy, and refreshing strawberries, oranges, and peaches among other fruits that topped the tart all combined and spread throughout Ruka’s mouth.

“Happiness.”

Eating delicious things makes one rejoice. And that joyousness leads to happiness. Truly, the taste of cakes is the taste of happiness.

One bite after another, the goddess enjoyed the taste of happiness.

“It’s over......”

She wanted to eat more, but now was the time for restraint.

“I am different from that stupid Ninrir.”

Her colleague, the Goddess of Wind, Ninrir also liked sweets and would often get the same things as Ruka from Mukohda. However, Ninrir’s desire for sweets had no end to it, and she would constantly go through all her offerings in three days or less. And, without any cakes to tide her over until the next offering......

“Ninrir always comes wheedling at me for cakes. How annoying — as if I would give her any.”

“Do you still have any cakes? How much?” That was how Ninrir would obstinately ask about Ruka’s sweets. And, as soon as she learned that there were some left, she’d come nagging for cake, saying things like, “You’re younger than me, give me cake,” or, “It’s my once-in-a-lifetime request!”

“You say that, but how many once-in-a-lifetime requests have there been, Ninrir?”

Using Ninrir as an example of what not to do, Ruka would fastidiously manage her cakes, limiting herself to two a day so as to have them last until the next offering.

Cakes from the other world were truly delicious. That was why Ruka could understand the desire to eat more and more of them. However, it was a matter of course that doing so would shorten the length of time one could enjoy them.

And even so, Ninrir would come wheedling after Ruka’s portion, even though there was no way she could give her any.

“Ninrir deserves what she gets.” Remembering the cakes she had left, Ruka let a small laugh leak out.

Which ones should I eat tomorrow? Just thinking about that was fun.

Self-control and management. Even for gods, these were important. And Ruka, who could do those things, was a capable goddess.

The God’s Round Table II

Kisharle: “Let the second round table begin~!”

Agni: “Yo! I’ve been waiting!”

Rusalka: *Clapclapclap*

(The sound of applause.)

Kisharle: “The chair this time shall be me, the Goddess of Earth, Kisharle. I will be in your care.”

Ninrir: “Yes yes yes yes - here! Here I say!”

Kisharle: “Geez, what? Ninrir you’re being really noisy.”

Ninrir: “Why is the chair Kisharle again? I don’t agree with this! I’m the one who made contact with that guy first, so it only makes sense that I should chair these meetings!”

Kisharle: “I. Said. This. Before. Whoever contacted the otherworlder boy first doesn’t matter.”

Ninrir: “That’s not true! I’m the one that found him first!”

Agni: “Sure you say that, but that’s just coincidence, right? What does that have to do with anything? Also, there’s no way you have the ability to chair a meeting in the first place, Ninrir.”

Rusalka: “......I agree with Agni.”

Kisharle: “That’s how it is. So I am the chair.”

Ninrir: “Grrrrrrrraaahhhh!”

(Ninrir, or rather, “the divine disappointment,” stamps her feet in frustration.)

Kisharle: “So that’s how it is. Let’s just leave Ninrir alone and continue on. Today, we have gathered these two here as well.”

Hephaestos: “Hey, War god, why are we even here? I can’t keep up with these young’uns.”

Vahagn: “That’s a coincidence, Blacksmithing god. I was just thinking that. It seems that we’ve come somewhere we don’t belong.”

(The male gods shrink in the face of the goddesses that are raising an even bigger ruckus than when they get offerings from Mukohda.)

Kisharle: “Okay then, the first topic for discussion is this! Celebrating the otherworlder boy’s conquering of Dolan’s dungeon~!”

Agni: “I was a little worried about what would happen, but they totally did it! I’m okay with giving him some praise for that.”

Rusalka: “............It was almost all thanks to his familiars, though. The slime with my blessing played a huge part.”

Ninrir: “Mgh. If you’re going to say that then my servant, the Fenrir, did even more!”

Hephaestos: “If that’s the case, then the slime also has my blessing, and the other two have War god’s blessing, too.”

Vahagn: “Yeah. I have the Fenrir and the pixie dragon.”

Kisharle: “Geez, what is everyone talking about? We all gave blessings to the otherworlder boy or his familiars, so if we start talking like this there’ll be no end to it.”

Agni: “She’s right. It’s just as Kisharle says. Those guys spread their blessings left and right, after all. Hahaha!”

Kisharle: “And so, let’s leave this blessing talk alone, and move on to the next subject. Well, it has a lot to do with the otherworlder boy conquering the dungeon and leveling up, but what everyone’s most excited about is the Tenants, right? The Tenants!”

Ninrir: “Fumiya!!!! That guy did a great job picking that store! That was a good choice! It’s like a dream store made just for me!”

Rusalka: “I hate agreeing with Ninrir, but that store is divine.”

Agni: “Leaving aside whether that store is good or bad, I was surprised that that unique skill had such an ability.”

Kisharle: “Indeed. But, it sure gets me to dream. The next Tenant unlocks at level 40, right? At any rate, we need to make sure that the otherworlder boy levels up as fast as possible.”

Hephaestos: “I agree with that, too.”

Vahagn: “Of course.”

Kisharle: “The next Tenant has to be a drug store. If we get a drug store from the otherworlder boy’s world, then I’ll be able to get so many different beauty products. Ufufufufufu.”

Hephaestos: “That’s wrong. The next tenant is decided to be a liquor store.”

Vahagn: “That’s right. Not having a liquor store is unthinkable.”

Kisharle: “Hah? What are you spouting? Of course it’s going to be a drug store!”

Hephaestos: “I say, ‘Hah?’ to that myself! A liquor store is a definite must!”

Vahagn: “That’s right! There’s no other choice than a liquor store!”

Kisharle: “Drug store!!”

Hephaestos & Vahagn: ““Liquor store!!””

Kisharle: “Drug store!!!”

Hephaestos & Vahagn: ““Liquor store!!!””

Kisharle: “Drug store———!!!!”

Hephaestos & Vahagn: ““Liquor store———!!!!””

Ninrir: “Hah! They all made fun of me, but aren’t they the idiots for arguing over something like this? Wow.”

Rusalka: “......Certainly.”

Agni: “Now now, you two, don’t talk like that. The only reason the two of you can say that is because you both lucked into the perfect store on the first try.”

Ninrir: “That might be true, but don’t you want a liquor store too, Agni?”

Agni: “What, me? Of course I’ll be happy if he gets a liquor store, but I might just not be as desperate as Hephaestos or Vahagn. In the first place, unlike those two, I only like beer. The beers that the otherworlder has given me have spanned all kinds, and I’m perfectly happy with that. I don’t really have any complaints as long as I can keep getting beer. Well, I do think that a liquor store would be completely better than the drug store that Kisharle wants for the next Tenant, though.”

Ninrir: “Hmmm~, is that so?

Rusalka: “............What do we do... about this?”

(Kisharle, Hephaestos, and Vahagn are all still arguing on the other side of Agni, Ninrir, and Rusalka.)

Kisharle: “The next one is definitely, definitely a drug store!!!”

Hephaestos: “No! It’s definitely a liquor store!!”

Vahagn: “Right! It’s definitely gotta be a liquor store, I say!”

Agni: “......Well, let’s just leave them be.”

Ninrir: “You’re right. I don’t want to just barge in and get called an idiot again.”

Rusalka: “............Can I leave?”

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“Urrgghh” I suddenly felt some chills run up my spine.

“What happened all of a sudden? It’s not like I’m feeling off or anything...... Wait, I have blessings, so I shouldn’t actually get sick. That’s strange...”

Mukohda never thought that the cause of those chills could be the very gods that gave him those blessings.

A Pleasant Life Even in Another World ~IF Mukohda Stayed with the Three Heroes~

The four people forcefully brought to the kingdom of Reijseger through the Hero Summoning ceremony were Mukouda Tsuyoshi, Saitou Kaito, Oono Kanon, and Yoshida Rio. All of them quickly realized that the kingdom was planning to use them like puppets, and ran away from the castle at their first opportunity. And, while being careful even to the utmost height of caution, they finally managed to reach the kingdom of Ermann.

“We’re finally here......”

“Yes.”

“Yeah.”

“Thank goodness the Adventurer’s guild card was useful.”

Mukouda, Kaito, Kanon, and Rio all stepped foot safely into the Ermann kingdom’s town, Zilanov.

What was useful this time was the guild card they got from registering at the Adventurer’s guild, which was something they had to do for training. Thanks to that, the four of them smoothly managed to enter the town.

“If we’re this far, even that country won’t be able to get to us easily.”

“Yeah, it’s just as you say, Mukouda. After all, this country is the exact opposite of that one, with its policy of human supremacy.”

“Also, it looks like this country is allied with its neighbor, the kingdom of Leonhardt, and more than anything, its army is really really strong, I’ve heard.”

“Right. And, I don’t think that country has the free time to bother about us, right?”

The four of them escaped Reijseger with perfect timing. Right when Reijseger was about to go to war with the kingdom of Marveil, all four of them, Mukouda, Kaito, Kanon, and Rio, received a royal order to head for a town near the border to Marveil. And, while fulfilling that order, they saw an opening and ran away en route to that town.

“Still, that was close.” Kaito, who said that, received nods from the other three.

“Yeah. But, thanks to Rio’s magic, we somehow managed to escape. Really, I’m thankful.”

Kaito and Kanon both agreed with Mukouda’s words.

“You’re right, Mukouda. Really, it’s all thanks to Rio. If we didn’t have her Illusion magic then, it would’ve been impossible to escape with such perfect timing.”

“Kanon, if you’re going to say that, then Mukouda, who told us that Reijseger is no good, deserves the most thanks. If it was just us, we might not have noticed at all, and we would have been deceived, and it would all have been too late.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

“Yeah. It’s all thanks to Mukouda, who kept explaining things to us so earnestly and patiently even though we didn’t believe him, huh?”

“N-Naww... Well, I’m a bit used to that kind of thing. Or rather, I learned it from all the web novels I’ve read.” Mukouda felt a bit embarrassed being put up on a pedestal by everyone.

“Also, it’s all thanks to Mukouda that we don’t have to worry about our lifestyle. It’s already unthinkable to live without you.”

“Me too. Honestly, if I was told to just make do with the cooking from this world every day, I might die. And that’s not an exaggeration.”

“Yeah, I’m the same. And it’s not just for food, the other stuff we use every day wouldn’t be available here either. I don’t like saying this, but living like these people, without bathing every day and wearing the same clothes all the time to boot... I definitely couldn’t do it.”

Kaito, Kanon, and Rio gave those heartfelt words, thinking back to their life on the run.

“Man, but it’s not all for free, you know? See, I’m not as strong as everyone else, so it’s thanks to everyone defeating monsters and earning money that we’re all able to live like this.”

“No, that’s just because we were traveling, right? With your ability, Mukouda, you could probably earn as much as you want just by reselling the things you get from your Online Supermarket. If you did that, you’d definitely earn more than we do, I think.”

“Yeah, I thought that too. Since stuff like pepper here is so expensive, it’ll make your eyes pop out your head. I know I made fun of your skill at first, Mukouda, but thinking about it, it’s way more useful than our combat skills.”

“Right! Pepper’s expensive, but soap was also the same. Not only that, but they all smelled weird. If Mukouda were to sell soap from his Online Supermarket, they’d be worth double, right?”

“You might be right. Well, I also thought a little about selling the stuff from my Online Supermarket. I registered as an adventurer too, but I’ll just drag everyone down, so I was thinking that if we found someplace to live, I could register as a merchant. Then, I could put up a stall or something. If I do that, then even I can earn enough to eat on my own.”

“W-W-W-Wait a second! Are you planning to leave us, Mukouda? Aren’t we going to live together?” Kanon and Rio’s eyes went wide with surprise at Kaito’s words.

“N-No way! Don’t leave us, Mukouda!!”

“Yeah! What will we do without you, Mukouda!?”

Mukouda was losing to the pressure put up by Kaito and the others.

“No no, I’m not leaving you all behind or anything. We’re all comrades from the same place, after all. Of course, we’ll all be relying on each other. That’s why we planned to all live in the same town. Of course, I’ll still buy things from my Online Supermarket if you ask.”

But he wouldn’t be living together with them. Mukouda considered that a matter of course. There was no way he could live under the same roof as two high-school-aged girls, and more importantly, the both of them liked Kaito. There was no way a person ten years their elder, who a high-schooler would consider an uncle or something, could live with them. Or rather, Mukouda could at least read the room that much.

“But! ......”

“We’ll be living in the same town, and even in the same neighborhood. It’ll be fine. Like that, nothing will change, okay?”

There were things that even Mukouda wouldn’t let go of, and he pushed that part through and made them understand.

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In the town of Dahlberg———.

The town that the four of them, Mukouda, Kaito, Kanon, and Rio, chose to live in was a middling town near the Ermann Kingdom’s capital. The fact that it wasn’t that far from the capital, or Brixt, this country’s only dungeon, helped the decision. And most importantly, the public order of the town was well maintained.

Mukouda and the three high-school heroes, Kaito, Kanon, and Rio, all ended up as neighbors, since the three of them felt so lonely. It was lucky that a perfect set of properties was available: two neighboring houses each with a bath. Thanks to the bath, both properties were fairly expensive, but everyone managed somehow.

“Hahhh~, so tired...”

“Really. We hunted quite a bit today.”

“Yeah. We have to do our best to buy the house.”

They were in the dining room of Mukouda’s house. It was routine for the three high-schoolers to eat dinner here after they finished their adventurer activities for the day.

At first, Mukouda invited them, but afterward it became habit for some reason, and it was a good thing, since Mukouda himself would just feel lonely eating by himself. Most importantly, Mukouda was happy that the other three always happily ate whatever he cooked while saying it was delicious.

“Here you go, sorry for keeping you waiting. You guys said you wanted to eat fish, so today’s main dish is pickled tuna bowls.”

The three of them cheered in response to Mukouda’s words.

“There’s also this foil-baked white-meat fish, miso soup with deep-fried tofu-and-seaweed, and some pickled cucumbers and seaweed.

“Woaahh~, it’s a feast!”

“No, it’s not at all. They’re all foods that you can make easily and quickly, and the basics of my cooking are easy and rough, after all.”

“No no, there’s no way that’s true. Everything Mukouda cooks is delicious!”

“Yeah, I don’t hate cooking myself, but making this many dishes would take so long for me. Respect.”

“You’re still fine because you can cook, Rio. I’m terrible at it.”

“Kanon, you really shouldn’t be bragging about that.”

“What? Kaito’s even worse than me, you know? He even burns eggs black when all you have to do is cook them.”

“Hahaha! Cooking? As if I could do something like that.”

“Kaito, you shouldn’t be bragging about that either.” As soon as Rio said that, laughter spread around the four of them at the table.

“Now now, let’s eat before it gets cold.”

““““Let’s dig in!””””

“This rice bowl is great!”

“I love tuna! The flavor in this rice bowl is soaked into everything and I love it!”

“We’re so lucky to be able to eat raw pickled fish even here.”

Just as I’d expect out of people in their teens. They’re brimming with appetite; the pickled tuna bowl that I made extra-large for them disappeared in a moment.

“Try this foil-baked white-meat fish, too. Ah, put the ponzu on when you open up the foil, okay?”

“Oh right, there was that too.”

The three of them opened up the foil, and poured on the ponzu.

“This is good too! The ponzu goes super well with this fish!”

“You’re right! I love this. Please teach me how to make these, Mukouda.”

“Sure, but today’s stuff was really simple. For the pickled tuna bowl, just pour some soy sauce and mirin into a pot and boil it at low heat, right? Then, once all the residual heat cools off, put in some lean tuna and let it marinate for about twenty minutes. After that, all that’s left is to pack in the rice for the bowl and spread around some shredded seaweed. This dipping sauce goes well with salmon and amberjack... well, it basically fits most fish, so it’s good to remember it.”

“I see. That’s good to know. I might want to eat some pickled salmon bowl next.”

“I agree with Rio!”

“Me too! I want to eat salmon!”

“Haha! Man you guys sure are lively. So, next is the foil-bake. This one’s simple too. Just take your spread out foil, and line up whatever vegetables or mushrooms you like cut to an appropriate size, and then put a white-meat fish seasoned with salt and pepper on top. Close up the foil and steam it, and it’s done. I used ponzu today, but butter and soy sauce or herb salt, or even using miso and making it like a soy-marinated salmon works too. Also, adding in some melty cheese and mayonnaise for a thick and creamy flavor is good too.”

“*Sshlrrp*...............Sounds good.”

“Yeah, it does.”

“Rio, make that for us next time we have to go travel!”

“I thought that too. Please, Rio!”

“Hm? Is it already that time?”

The three high-school heroes were already C-ranked adventurers. The three of them mainly subsisted on the permanent orc hunting request that allowed them to return home within the day, but when one becomes C-ranked, sometimes they’re given requests by the guild. And all of those requests would require multiple days of travel.

“Yeah, it’s about time, it feels like. Although I really don’t want to go... If it’s something like an escort mission or something else that we have to do with other parties, the food is just a tragedy......”

“Don’t say that, Kaito...... Since other people are watching, we can’t just freely eat the food we bring with us... Ahh~, I don’t want to goooo, we won’t be able to eat Mukouda’s cooking.”

“I think that too, but it’s a request from the Adventurer’s guild, so we just have to suck it up Kanon. I’ll try my best and cook stuff too, so we can eat it when we stay at an inn or whenever other people aren’t watching. There’s no other way to get through this.”

All three of them looked dark and gloomy when the subject of those requests came up.

“Now now, I’ll help you guys out too when it’s time for you to go travel.”

“Really?! Then give us lots of snack buns! We can eat those in secret, and it’s way better than those terrible rations!”

“Those sweet buns are nice, but I’d like some sandwiches, too.”

“Yeah! Sandwiches would be good too. I want to eat cutlet sandwiches or something filling like that.”

“Okay okay, snack buns and sandwiches, right? If you tell me when you all have to go then I’ll get some for you.”

“Woohoo!”

“This should make traveling at least a little bit bearable.”

“Really.”

“Oh right. Changing the subject, you know your alcohol is becoming the stuff of rumors, Mukouda. The dwarves at the Adventurer’s guild were all talking about it.”

Kanon and Rio both nodded in response to Kaito’s statement.

“They were really passionate about saying it was ridiculously good or something like that.”

“Yeah. The other dwarves were even demanding to try some with a scary look on their faces.”

“Haha, that’s right. Thankfully, the whisky sells especially well with dwarves. Well, it’s not just whisky, though. Any strong alcohol gets bought by dwarves no matter how much it costs.”

“So dwarves really are alcohol lovers, just like their stereotype, huh?”

Mukouda started renting out a small store in the shopping district. He mainly sold alcohol. Since selling pepper not in small amounts, but large ones and constantly stocking it in his store would cause people to try and figure out where he was getting it, he stopped trying that.

As for the alcohol he bought from his Online Supermarket, not only was it rare since it was so strong, when he started noting that it was made in small amounts in a certain area in the group of small countries, it was unexpectedly easily accepted. No one doubted it for a second. Since that was the case, Mukouda had Kaito move the alcohol he bought from his Online Supermarket to bottles made in this world. Since the alcohol was too strong, it wasn’t too popular with the common populace, but dwarves loved it, so Mukouda was making some pretty good money.

“Just a bit more and I’ll be able to buy this house.”

“What, already?!”

Both of their houses were available for purchase, and that was what Mukouda and the other three were aiming for.

“Yeah, business has been better than I thought it would be.”

“Ahh — Mukouda’s skill really is way more of a cheat than our skills.”

“Right?”

“I’m so jealous.”

“Hahaha! But, I’m not strong like all of you, so if I were to see a monster outside of these walls, I’d just die.”

“I’m still jealous though.”

“Yeah.”

“Well, there’s no point in begging for what you don’t have; we’ll just have to do our best on our own. We’re definitely getting the place next to Mukouda’s!”

“You’re right. Yeah, let’s do our best!”

“Yeah!”

The three of them put up a shout.

“Ah, right, Mukouda, can I ask you for something after this? My facial lotion and milky lotion are about to run out.”

“Of course, Kanon.”

“I need some too, Mukouda. I’m about to run out of face-washing foam and body soap.”

“Ahh, me too me too. I’m about out of my usual shampoo.”

“Okay okay, I get it already. One at a time, please.”

The three of them continued to use their usual products even after coming to this world. No, the four of them. Even though they were forcefully brought to this world from Japan, thanks to Mukouda’s “Online Supermarket,” they were still able to lead relatively comfortable lives, Mukouda included.