Chapter 7: Booze, Booze, Booze

“Okay then. Sorry about this, but see you in three days.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After finishing my conversation with Nadiya in the guildmaster’s room upstairs, I’d returned to the receptionist’s desk on the guild’s 1st floor. I just came to report my loot from the dungeon, so my familiars were holding the fort back at the inn.

“But wow, I totally understand what Elrand was talking about. That amount is no joke,” Nadiya said, sounding really sincere. When I showed her the list of drops, Nadiya’s eyes nearly popped right out of her head, after all.

“Right? It was like that in Dolan too. Actually, like I said, since there’s a lot of special individuals around right now, there’s just way more in total this time,” Elrand said.

Nadiya brought her hand to her forehead and whispered, “Really?” in a troubled voice.

Yeah, sorry. I didn’t think there’d be this much, either.

“There’s a limit to my budget, so I’ll have to talk this over carefully with my sub-guildmaster.”

“Just like I’d said before, Nadiya: please leave some dark balls and some materials that’ll make for weapons and armor for us.”

“I know, Elrand. You already know we can’t buy nearly all of that. There’ll be some left for Dolan no matter what.”

“I’m grateful to hear you say that.”

I was glad that it all worked out between Nadiya and Elrand. “I’ll come back in three days, then,” I told Nadiya before leaving. “Okay, I’ve done all I need, so let’s go back to the inn.”

“Yeah.”

As Elrand and I were about to go back, I heard a voice from behind me. “Oh, it’s Mukohda!”

I turned back around, and found some familiar scary faces and the stench of dudes.

“Alonzo! Clement! Matthias! Ernest! So you were here!” I called out to the party Shadow Warrior, who exterminated an orc settlement with me while I was in Nijhoff.

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“Oh man~, to think you’d go through Aveling’s dungeon too!”

“And at some point you became S-ranked on top of that.”

“So we actually got to know someone amazing, didn’t we? We did good taking that request.”

“Yeah. We got a lot of money thanks to Mukohda, too.”

Having reunited with the members of Shadow Warrior, I was currently talking with them in the pub that was in the Adventurer’s guild. According to them, after we said our goodbyes, they took a little break since they were pretty well-off financially thanks to me. Then, they came here just like they’d planned. They got here ten days ago, and apparently, they’d recently started going into the dungeon after gathering some info.

“But you know, around three days into exploring the dungeon, we felt something was wrong......” Matthias said.

Apparently, in the previous party, Alonzo and Matthias went into a dungeon as well and they were worried about the high numbers of monsters back then also.

“Matthias’ got great intuition, you know? It’s saved us more than once,” said Clement, with both Alonzo and Ernest nodding in agreement.

“Thanks to you, Mukohda, we’re doing pretty well monetarily. So we went with Matthias’ gut and left,” said the leader, Alonzo.

“And he was right. ’Cause, right after that, the guild made an announcement that the dungeon’s entered a season where a lot of special individuals pop out.”

From what I heard out of Nadiya after the fact, with several reports from other adventurers out of the dungeon, she officially made the decision to announce the arrival of the season in the dungeon.

All the guys in Shadow Warrior were showing up in the guild every day to gather information, since they planned to go right back to the dungeon after the unusual conditions lifted.

“Looks like we basically tagged out in the dungeon, didn’t we, Mukohda?” Ernest said, and I nodded. Given what they said, that’s exactly what it felt like.

“So, how was it actually? There were a lot of monsters even when we went in......” Alonzo asked with a serious expression.

“Oh man, it was surprising how many there were. There were a lot of special individuals too,” Elrand answered.

I’d already introduced Elrand to them. They were surprised to hear he was Dolan’s guildmaster, though. So, when I said that I’d conquered Aveling’s dungeon along with him, they all asked, “Why were you with Dolan’s guildmaster?” To be honest, ‘it just kind of happened that way’ was my only answer.

I mean, there’s no way I could say that he was after Dora-chan, right? That he barged in here even though he was supposed to be in the capital because he wanted to see a small dragon...

“But Fel, Dora-chan, and Sui are all so strong, so it wasn’t a problem,” Elrand said, and they all nodded, going, “Yeah.”

“Well of course. With a Fenrir there, there’s basically no way anything’d happen to you guys.”

“It’s not just the Fenrir, you know? That small dragon and the slime were also ridiculously strong.”

“Back when we went to exterminate the orc settlement too, they basically did everything.”

“Yeah. Mukohda’s familiars are all way too strong.” said the members of Shadow Warrior.

“I almost didn’t have to fight at all. Going into a dungeon with Mukohda’s basically like a vacation. Most of all, with how good his cooking is......” Elrand said while closing his eyes, as if he was remembering the food he ate.

“Mukohda’s cooking... it really was good......” Alonzo muttered, and all of them nodded furiously.

“So you’ve tasted his cooking, too? It’s wonderful, isn’t it~?”

After that, for some reason, they left me out and just talked about my food by themselves. While I was sitting there, watching them and feeling kind of exasperated, someone tapped me on the shoulder.

“Yo! Mukohda.” I turned around, and saw another familiar face. “I heard you came back from the dungeon. I was going to wait until things calmed down, but I heard you were in the guild right now, so I decided to stop by.”

It was all the members of Ark, who I’d met in the dungeon.

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“Well then, I’ll be looking forward to tomorrow!”

“I’ll bring my special liquor with me.”

“I’m looking forward to your cooking. It’s been a while!”

“Y-Yeah......”

The members of both Ark and Shadow Warrior left with a smile. At some point, it was decided that I’d be holding a celebration for conquering the dungeon.

W-Why......?

Without my input at all, Elrand and the two parties started getting excited about the food I made as well as a lecture about dungeons, and while I was leaving them alone, before I knew it, I ended up having to throw a celebration for my success in the dungeon for some reason.

But I’m the one who should be celebrating. Why is this? Wouldn’t I usually not have to do anything as the guest of honor or something? That’s what I thought, but I got all twisted around by some nonsense logic they were spouting. What the hell does, “That’s that” even mean?

And Feodora piled on top of that when she said, “You promised to treat me again on the surface.”

Like...... It’s true I did say that to Feodora.

In the end, I couldn’t say anything back, and it was decided that I’d do it.

They say it’s a celebration, but basically they’ll just be eating and drinking as much as they like. And since I’m hosting it, that means I have to cook. That’s exactly what they were after, too. Hahh, I guess I have to prepare once I get back. Since Alonzo’s not good with seafood, it’s going to have to be mainly meat, won’t it? Still, I don’t have a lot on me...

............Oh, but I have that. I got bunches of it in the dungeon.

All right, I’ll use snake meat! A snake meat party with all the snake meat I have!

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When I got back, all three of my familiars were waiting for me. They all complained about their hunger, and of course Elrand was going to join in since he came back with me. I’d made a lot of rice in the morning, so I just quickly whipped up some sweet and spicy Chinese miso stir-fry rice bowls with orc meat and lots of vegetables.

Thank goodness I decided to make that rice in the morning.

While they were eating, I told Fel and the others about tomorrow’s celebration, and apparently they had no problem with it as long as they could eat too. Actually, they were happy since they’d get to eat a lot of different foods.

With all the people in Ark, Shadow Warrior, and now Fel and the others, I’m going to have to cook a lot.

Once dinner was over, I immediately started preparing for the next day.

First, how do I cook this snake meat...... Hmmmmm, well, given the amount of people I have to cook for... It’s going to have to be barbecue, right? With barbecue, everyone can just cook it how they like to eat, and it’s much easier to prepare. How many types of sauces should I marinate the snake meat in? Also, let’s make some skewers with vegetables. The raw sausage I made before should be perfect for a barbecue too. Let’s make that. Also, I have both black and red serpent, so let’s make some karaage. It’ll definitely be popular.

I decided to start with the karaage. I started cooking after taking the black and red serpent meat from my Item Box.

“Whew, this should be about it.” I fried the karaage twice, so I let them rest for a while. I used both a soy sauce base and a salt base, and made a huge amount.

While I was cooking the karaage, Fel and the others came to watch, lured by the smell. They were drooling, and I eventually had to give in.

“You just ate, didn’t you? Eat this,” I said and tossed some snack buns at my familiars.

Seeing that, Elrand started to look jealous too, so I ended up handing him some as well. And so, since everyone was now looking forward to karaage for dinner, I ended up having to give them some then as well. In the end the amount I had to make was no joke.

“For now, this should be good for karaage. Next is the raw sausage.”

I made some mixed minced meat using orc and golden-backed bull along with Sui’s special mithril mincer, and used that to make the same coarsely ground black-pepper-and-soy-sauce-flavored and lemon-herb-flavored-sausages.

“The karaage and sausages are done, so all I need to do is marinate some snake meat in different sauces, and prepare the skewers, right?”

Using black anaconda, black and red serpent, and crimson asp meat, I cut each of them into proportionate-looking sizes. Then, I marinated them in a sauce I made by mixing together soy sauce, slices of garlic, and apple juice. It was just a simple garlic soy sauce, but the apple juice enhanced the flavor with a refreshingly sweet component. I also used a cleansing salted koji and lemon sauce. This one was a simple sauce made by mixing together salted koji, black pepper, and lemon juice. It was delicious and stimulated the palate.

Lastly, I made tandoori chicken — no, maybe it should be “tandoori snake” — because everyone loved the curry I’d made. I pickled the meat in a sauce which was a mixture of plain yogurt, grated garlic, grated ginger, salt and pepper, and curry powder.

I sealed them all up in vinyl bags and finished up what I had to do for the marination for now. Now they should be ready by tomorrow, so all I’ll have to do is take them out and cook them.

I bought long skewers using my skill, and made skewers by alternating random vegetables and snake meat. I used peppers, onions, garlic, and asparagus among other vegetables. I made a large number of those as well, so all I had to do was cook them.

Simplicity is best for skewers, so I only seasoned the skewers with salt and pepper. I did prepare some vegetables just in case, but when I think of the people in Ark and Shadow Warrior......

“They’re totally carnivores, aren’t they?”

For now, I just used all the time I could before the afternoon, and finally finished my preparations for tomorrow. I fed my three familiars, who were all waiting for dinner, a mountain of karaage.

Of course, Elrand was there too.

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“Oh man, this is crazy good!”

“Yeah. It’s crispy and juicy at the same time!”

“This cold ale is great. And it’s perfect with the meat.”

“You’re right. This ale and meat’s just the best!”

It was past noon, and the gathered members of Ark and Shadow Warrior were in the middle of praising the food I made for the dungeon conquering party (snake meat festival).

The number of people being what it was, I had to borrow the table that was in the room and hold the party out in the exclusive backyard.

While I was grilling the meat using the special barbecue grill I ordered in Dolan, I first served out the mountain of karaage I’d made. Both the people of Ark and Shadow Warrior liked alcohol, so I figured it had to be beer for a barbecue and readied bottled beer by the boatload. Given that the dwarf Sigvard was around, it was basically already decided there’d be a lot of drinking going on anyway, after all.

Both of the party’s members had beer in one hand while crowding around the mountain of karaage. Both Elrand and Feodora were ignoring the beer in favor of karaage, though.

My three familiars had their own reserved plates of karaage, and they were chowing down.

“*Munch* *Gulp* You know, this is called karaage. It’s black and red serpent we got from the dungeon that’s been cooked in oil,” Elrand explained smugly.

I’m the one that made it, though......

“B-Black and red serpent?! Aren’t those super-high-class ingredients......?”

“Is it really all right to let us eat this, Mukohda?”

Both of the parties collectively looked at me, worried.

“It’s fine. I was going to keep the meat for myself anyway. See, look at how much they eat......” I said, glancing at my familiars who were gorging themselves behind me. “That’s how it is, so don’t worry and just eat.”

“I see. If that’s the case, then I’ll just be thankful and eat it.”

“Yeah.”

Both parties were convinced and returned to their food, smiling.

The two parties seemed to be concerned about me, and I got a lot of gifts, too. The members of Ark got me some ohränge blossom honey, which could only be harvested from the Opatrný region to the south of this country. The members of Shadow Warrior got me natural pink rock salt harvested from the Yermolay mountains in the east. I’d seen them in stores in other towns, and I remembered that both of them were pretty expensive.

Both of them are high-class ingredients meant for nobles, aren’t they? It seems that the association between me and food was strong, and that led them to this choice.

I’ll go ahead and use them gratefully later.

However, even as that was going on, both of the elves, Elrand and Feodora, acted as usual. I looked over at them, and they were just completely occupied by the karaage.

Well, I guess it’s like them. Setting the matter of the red dragon aside, while Elrand’s here I do want to learn some things from him, so I’ll consider us even. Oh, the barbecue is just about done.

“This meat’s done too, everyone. Here you go,” I said, and everyone crowded around the grill.

“Hey, give it to me.”

《Me too.》

《Sui too.》

The quickest ones to speak up were Fel and the others, but right now...... “Our guests come first. You all just wait,” I said, so they waited behind me, seeming dissatisfied but understanding.

“This is black anaconda, and this is crimson asp, and this......” I started explaining the meat, and everyone was surprised. It seemed that all of it was expensive, just like the black and red serpents. Among them, crimson asps were both high-ranking monsters and hard to find, so it was said that even nobles would be lucky to be able to eat it once in their life. That’s the kind of ingredient it was, and there was a story from five years ago, where some country’s palace had it served at a banquet and it had become the talk of the town.

You really can’t count out snake meat, I guess.

“Black anaconda......”

“Crimson asp......”

“To think we’d get to eat this......”

“This is something we’d never have our entire lives if it wasn’t for Mukohda, huh?”

The members of both Ark and Shadow Warrior both muttered to themselves, and wouldn’t reach for the food. There was nothing else to be done, so I just took plates and started serving it out at random. The elves with sharp eyes full of greed were last.

“Okay, okay, just eat up. I made this for all of you,” I said before handing the food to them, with the elves after everybody else. As soon as the plates were in their hands, the two gourmand elves stuffed their mouths. Seeing that, the others also started eating.

“So good!!”

“I’ll never get tired of this!”

“It’s so light, but every time I chew it bursts with flavor!”

“This flavoring is good too~.”

That’s right, just keep eating. I made this much for everyone, after all.

“Oh, there’s meat here too, so you all can just grill it and eat it as you like later.” I had marinated meat and skewers ready on a plate. I also readied several tongs, so it was up to them to cook for themselves.

Oh, I need to get Fel and the others’ portion too.

I served each of them their own individual mountains of food split onto two plates, each with an extra-large portion on them. I also refilled their karaage dishes since they were empty.

“For now just eat up. If you want more just say so,” I told them before returning to the ring of people.

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“*Glglglg* Still, this stuff is really good!”

“Yeah. I didn’t know cold ale could be this good.”

“Not only that, but it’s perfect with Mukohda’s meat dishes.”

“Yeah, no joke. I can’t stop eating.”

That’s not ale, though.

I decided on S-company’s black label beer since I figured that was the best bottled beer, and it seemed like everyone else agreed, since they were drinking like it was water. Now that they’d gotten some booze in them, it looked like everyone had loosened up, and they were having great fun eating or drinking whatever they pleased.

“Mn... There’s no more booze......” said the dwarf, Sigvard, while turning his bottle upside down.

Woah! Already?! I thought I prepared quite a lot, though. They drank far more than I expected. They’re like fish. I was right to keep some beer in my Item Box just in case.

“I’ll go bring out some more so just wait a second.” I put more beer from my Item Box out onto the table.

“Oh nice, sorry about that,” Sigvard said as he tried to pour some more beer into his cup from a new bottle.

“I’ll pour it for you. Here you go.” I smoothly stole away the bottle of beer, and poured it into Sigvard’s cup.

Sigvard apologized quickly before starting to chug his beer.

“*Glglglglglg* Ppbbhaahhh~ ......So good!”

Yep, he’s a dwarf. Nice drinking.

“This is the first time I’ve ever had such good ale. It’s cold and goes down great. I don’t want to stop.”

“This is called lager beer. Technically, it’s different from ale.”

“Hm? It’s different? Well, it’s good stuff so whatever. Gahahahaha!” Sigvard said, laughing as he downed the rest of his cup.

“Whoops, almost forgot. This is my special booze that I talked about yesterday.” Sigvard took a bottle out of an inside pocket and handed it to me. It was a golden alcohol inside a clear bottle that seemed handmade.

Sigvard himself, who’s a dwarf, said that this was his special booze, so no matter how I look at it, it’s gotta be strong......

“Go on, try giving it a quick chug.”

I couldn’t just say no after that, so I uncorked the bottle and tried just a little bit.

*Gulp*

My throat flared up all at once with a burning sensation.

“*Cough* *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*............Hahhh, hahhh... W-What the hell is that?!!”

I only drank a little, but my throat felt like it was burning. Since I normally only drank beer, this was nothing but harsh. I immediately tried to soothe my throat with the orange juice I’d prepared along with the beer.

“Gahahaha! This is dwarf-made liquor!”

“Dwarf-made” my ass. It’s so strong I couldn’t even taste anything.

“It’s not funny! What the hell is this? I thought my throat was on fire,” I complained, as both Gaudino and Gideon came over. Lured by that, the members of Shadow Warrior were along for the ride.

“You made Mukohda drink that, Sigvard?” Gaudino said, exasperated.

“I said I’d bring my special booze, so it’s gotta be this, right?”

“Ahahaha, you can’t go around drinking stuff special to dwarves, Mukohda.” Gideon was laughing.

“Oh yeah, didn’t you also collapse a long time ago after drinking some of Sigvard’s booze, Gideon?”

“Wai-! Come on, don’t do that, leader~!”

Hearing that exchange, the members of Shadow Warrior all started laughing.

“Gahaha! I do hear that dwarf booze is real strong!”

Geez, it’s not just how strong an alcohol is that makes it good.

............No, wait a second. Don’t I have some really strong stuff too?

Truthfully, I had actually bought a lot of different liquors last night in preparation for today. Since I managed to get a liquor store as a Tenant, I decided to look through the menu and ended up with a lot of different stuff after picking up what looked good. However, I was thinking more clearly in the morning, so I ended up only serving the beer after thinking to myself, wouldn’t beer be best for a barbecue, though?

So, there was one bottle that I bought due to things I heard online. Heheheheheh... This won’t lose to that dwarven stuff.

“To tell you the truth, Sigvard, I do have something I want you to try.” I took it out of my Item Box.

It was a vodka from Poland, and its ABV was 96%. It was hailed as the world’s strongest vodka. With an ABV this high, it would get set on fire easily, so it really earned its flammability warning. I had been told by my acquaintance who loved alcohol that vodka needs to be cold if it’s going to be drunk straight, so I did just that, storing it in my Item Box with ice. I also bought several glasses with my skill last night as well, so of course I also had shot glasses.

I poured the extremely chilled, world’s strongest vodka into a shot glass.

He’s been drinking that dwarven stuff on a regular basis, so he should be fine with at least one cup of this straight.

“It should be quite equal to your prided dwarven brew.”

“What? Let’s see......” Sigvard took the shot glass and downed the world’s strongest vodka in a single swig.

“G-GUOOOOOHHHHH!!”

W-Whoahh! W-What the?! W-Was the alcohol level really too much for dwarves?

“W-W-What the hell is this?!! It’s thick and there’s a sweetness to it that’s wonderful. Even though it’s so delicious, its strength is still scarily high!”

No no, wait a second, Sigvard. Your face is way too close.

“More! Give me more!” Sigvard was pressing me for more between heavy breaths.

“No, uhhh, just like you tasted, this stuff is really, really strong. So, you know, to drink so much at once is......”

Even though my acquaintance had said all that stuff about drinking straight vodka cold, in truth, he had also said that you shouldn’t drink this specific vodka straight at all.

I only bought this thing as a joke because of what I’d heard...... Even dwarves shouldn’t be drinking this willy-nilly, right?

“I’m a dwarf! I can handle something like this! More importantly, hurry up and give me that good stuff!!”

“No, listen, I’m telling you not to drink so much of this stuff!”

It was supposed to be a joke, but Sigvard was demanding more.

Aaagghh! Fine!

“I’m really, really serious. This is strong. You normally should be diluting this with something, got it?! This is the last time I’m letting you drink it straight! Got it?!” I said before pouring a second round of the world’s strongest vodka into Sigvard’s shot glass.

And Sigvard once again downed it in a single gulp. “Gff... Woooh! This really works on your system~! It’s good! So good!!”

Seeing the exchange between Sigvard and I, Gaudino, Gideon, and the members of Shadow Warrior looked stunned.

“A liquor that surprises Sigvard......”

“Hey, no way, he’s talking some shit about how that stuff will even work on Sigvard.”

“I can’t believe there’s actually something that’ll surprise a dwarf that just downs strong stuff like it’s water......”

If any of you drink it, you’ll most likely fall over.

“One more! Give me one more!”

“I’m telling you no, Sigvard. I already said that was the last one.”

“Don’t be so stingy! Come on, for me?”

Don’t you “for me,” me.

“Aahhh geez, I have other stuff too, so just drink that.”

If he kept drinking this 96% ABV vodka, I had no idea what’d happen to him, even if he was a dwarf.

“What?! Other stuff?! Say that sooner!!”

Just calm down man. Dwarves really do change when it comes to liquor, don’t they?

“You all feel free to try some too,” I called out to Gaudino, Gideon, and the members of Shadow Warrior as well.

Then, I started lining up the different bottles I’d bought the night before on the table. It was all safe stuff that I had picked off of the ranking list that was both affordable and seemed easy to drink.

First was whiskey. Since I’d started to recognize some stuff after having to serve that liquor-loving combo, I ended up getting a lot of whiskey. I got a clear tasting whisky from a Japanese distillery that was easy to drink and hard to get tired of. It was famous for the bearded man on the label. After that, I also got something that was loved all over the world: blended Scotch whisky. The one I got mixed over forty different bases together to make a rich and smooth taste. Lastly, I got a bourbon whiskey that seemed to be the representative of its category. It was made with the concept of, “The real thing doesn’t compromise.” It was really strong, but there were comments saying that this was the one to get if you wanted to try bourbon, so I bought it.

Next, I went for brandy. It was from France, and apparently from a maker that presented cognac to emperor Napoleon, and even climbed up far enough to be the “emperor’s purveyor” in the time of Napoleon III. It was in the rankings due to it being more reasonably priced in an always expensive category. It was fruity, and it seemed like it could be easily enjoyed, as it had a nice, mature, mellow mouthfeel.

Then, I got gin. This gin was popular even with women due to its beautiful blue bottle. Even I’d tried this one on the rocks, and it smelled like herbs and citrus. It had a refreshing, cool taste, and it was easy to drink. Even though it was gin, and it was appropriately strong, it was so easy to drink that its downside was that it was easy to drink too much. I had a hard time of it the next day, too.

After that, I also bought some rum since recently Japanese fans of it had been growing. The rum I got was from Guatemala, and it was a dark rum suited for drinking straight or on the rocks. I also got a premium blended rum that was made from over twenty different bases before being aged for four years in a white French oak cask. I bought it even though it was pretty expensive due to the store owner’s comment, which said, “It has a mellow fragrance coupled with a sweet and rounded taste. First timers to rum, please try this.”

And lastly, I got Japanese sake. The one I got was made in Niigata prefecture, and even I knew of it due to its good reputation. It had a clear and refreshing taste that still had umami to it, as well as its own sharp aftertaste. It seemed to be a spicier sake that nevertheless went down well, so it was always shining in first place in the monthly rankings.

Those were all the different liquors I’d lined up on the table. They were all spirits that went well straight or on the rocks, so I readied both empty glasses and glasses with ice.

“Here you go,” I said, and I got quickly mobbed by an excited crowd of smelly men.

“Alright! It’s booooze!!” Sigvard, the liquor-loving dwarf, exclaimed excitedly upon seeing all the bottles lined up.

“Still, I guess I should be expecting this out of you by now, Mukohda, to be able to ready this many types of liquor for us,” Gaudino praised, and everyone agreed.

“I do have some connections in the field......”

I didn’t lie, not technically. Tenants are a sort of connection.

“There are a lot of relatively strong ones, so please drink slowly.”

Everyone put their hands on the bottles one after the other.

“This one smells great.”

“Oh, this one’s good too.”

“This one looks nice.”

“I’m gonna try this one in the blue bottle.” Clement poured out the gin in the blue bottle into his glass as-is.

“Ahh! You should be drinking that one on the rocks.”

“Hm? Really?”

Beside him, Gaudino was about to pour brandy into a glass with ice in it......

“Ah! No — drink that one with this glass without ice in it!”

“Oh?”

While I was taking care of all that, Sigvard pulled something. He filled up a glass full of bourbon whiskey and drained it in a single mighty swig.

“Khhhaaahhh! Good!”

“W-Wait a second, that one’s strong! I told you to drink slowly!”

“There’s a lot of good booze here! We’re gonna drink till dawn!”

““““““Yeah!!””””””

After that, it was chaos.

It was my mistake for bringing out all that liquor. Hahh......

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“Urrrgghh............”

It was the worst way to wake up.

As soon as I slowly started to get up, my head was rocked with aches. “Agh......”

My head was ringing and bursting at the same time. And since I slept on the floor, I was sore all over. While holding my head, trying to ward off the pain, I looked around. There were bottles of liquor laying all over the place, and the members of both Ark and Shadow Warrior were squeezed together tight, snoring. For some reason, Gaudino was occupying the bed by himself. My three familiars were sleeping together on Fel’s futons.

Elrand and Feodora were nowhere to be found. Those two concentrated on eating and didn’t drink at all, so they probably just went back at some point.

I do remember the two of them using the grill to cook the meat as they liked, but......

Feodora had been feasting with a skewer in each hand. It looked like Fel and the others had made Elrand cook meat for them as well.

On the other hand, we were busy boozing ourselves up. Sigvard said, “We’ve got more than enough good booze! We’re gonna drink till the sun sets and rises again!” So the mood just kept getting more and more excited.

They weren’t satisfied with the stuff I’d already brought out, so I had to get more several times during the party. Thankfully everyone was drunk off their rockers, so no one really even noticed I was using my skill.

“Urp......” Not only did my head hurt because I drank so much, my gut was mad at me too.

“Urghh, this hangover is just awful. Wasn’t I supposed to be invulnerable to status conditions because of the gods’ blessings?” I muttered my complaints to myself, but I heard a low unhappy voice pipe up.

＜Hmph! Of course.＞

＜He’s right! Not even our blessings cover stuff from another world.＞

Th-Those voices......

“Hephaestos, Vahagn......”

＜That’s right, it’s us. We watched you all night. Right, War God?＞

＜Yeah. We were watching allllll that time, Blacksmithing God.＞

Grk......

＜We watched you treat all your adventurer friends to so much liquor.＞

＜Yeah. You left us gods out of it, and just drowned yourself in so many different kinds of alcohol...＞ said Hephaestos and Vahagn in truly jealous voices.

“N-N-No, you see, I was the host of the party, so I need to provide some drinks at least......” W-Why do I have to make excuses for this?! Wait, no, they were watching this whole time?! You bored-ass people, stop that!

＜You even wasted so much booze in the dungeon throwing it at monsters, I thought I might explode with rage back then.＞

＜Well, we didn’t say anything since it was to defeat monsters, and it worked. But yesterday...＞

Grrrrr, they were watching that, too?

＜Even though we’re gods...＞

＜Even though we’re gods, you know...＞

＜＜How nice, to be able to drink as much as you like... (no?)＞＞

Urrrgghh, even though I’m suffering from a hangover they’re nitpicking right from the start of the day... These damn alcoholics.

“Aahhh geez, I get it, all right?! You just want booze, right? I don’t mind giving you some, but don’t get found out by Ninrir and the others, got it?”

I didn’t really mind giving them alcohol. But I was just worried that they’d get found out. If they did, then there’d be a huge fuss over it. There definitely would.

＜Urgh, even if you tell us that... they all have such good intuition...＞

＜Yeah... Also, as fellow gods, we can’t completely hide our interactions with you......＞

From what they were saying, it seemed that since they were of the same divine rank, they couldn’t hide anything completely. I’m not sure what that means, but I guess their powers cancel each other out? Well, anyway......

“If there’s a chance of getting found out, I think you should stop. I have no idea what they’ll do, and I bet there’ll be a huge argument. So how about this?”

I told them my idea: I was thinking of allowing everyone a free choice of one thing they wanted during the next offering. “I’m going to reject anything too expensive, but what about anything up to 1 gold?”

＜1 gold? Why not just a little more?＞

＜Yeah. There’s a whiskey that was just a little more expensive than that that we wanted last time.＞

What? They already had their eyes on something like that? “Then I don’t mind if it’s a little more than 1 gold.”

＜Ohh! That’s great to hear. Then we’re fine with it. Right, War God?＞

＜Yeah, that’s perfect, isn’t it, Blacksmithing God?＞

The two of them suddenly were sounding much happier.

Hahhh, these damn greedy gods.

“All right then, bye.”

Please just leave. I’m nursing a hangover here, I want to go back to sleep.

＜Then we’ll see you next time.＞

＜I’m looking forward to it!＞

With those words, the connection cut with the sound of a TV turning off.

“Now then, let’s go back to sleep.”

Just as I’d thought I was free now that those annoying gods were gone, I felt something behind me......

“Hey, I am hungry.”

《Me too — you just wouldn’t wake up.》

《Sui is hungry too—.》

You guys wake up so early...... I was just about to go back to sleep...

“I’m not feeling well, so I’m just going to buy you something.”

“Hmph! You just drank too much. I have no idea why anyone would want to drink something like that.” Fel seemed unhappy since we were making a racket late into the night.

“Now don’t be like that. It’s irresistible to the people that like it. Just like meat is for you,” I said, dodging the irate Fel’s words as I opened up my Online Supermarket to buy some breads meant to be eaten as side dishes. I got bunches of croquette buns, yakisoba buns, curry buns, wiener rolls, and corn mayo buns. Since I was buying bread for breakfast, Fel and the others requested sweet ones too, so I got the usual red bean buns, cream buns, and other stuff as well. While I was at it, I got a nutrient drink to help with my hangover. I unwrapped the buns and piled them up on a plate......

“Okay then, have fun. I’m going back to sleep,” I said, bringing out my futon from my Item Box. Then, I downed the drink I bought for my hangover real quick before getting in.

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“Haa~ah...”

After waking up from my nap, I felt a lot better thanks to that drink. I looked around, and both the members of Ark and Shadow Warrior were still dead asleep. While making sure not to wake them, I put away my futon.

“First off, I’m gonna have to do something about this......” I threw all the empty bottles that were scattered around the room into my Item Box. There were a lot of them.

Let’s feed this all to Sui later. All trash like this gets cleaned up by Sui and its clones, so it’s a huge help. Now that the matter of the bottles is settled... Right, I left the grill out in the yard, didn’t I?

I went outside, and saw my familiars dozing off in the sun.

Peace is nice, isn’t it?

Right after that heartfelt thought, I started cleaning up the grill.

“Whew, that does it.” After taking a breath in relief, Fel spoke up.

“Are you done? I am hungry.”

Dora-chan and Sui were lined up right next to Fel.

《It’s going to be meat, got it? You’re not getting off with doing the same thing as this morning.》 As soon as I started to think that repeating what I did this morning would be fine, Dora-chan cut me off.

《Sui wants meat too~.》

You too, Sui? Thinking back to what I have left, it’s going to be snake meat again, isn’t it? It tastes a lot like chicken, so I can just make grilled chicken — no, snake meat with tomato and cheese that’ll go well with bread.

After ordering all the stuff I’d need through my skill, like tomatoes and melty cheese, I started cooking.

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Cut the snake meat (I’m using black anaconda this time) into proportional chunks, season both sides equally with garlic salt, then cook in a frying pan as if you are sautéing chicken.

(By the way, the garlic salt I used is garlic powder, salt, and coarsely ground pepper all mixed together, so this single seasoning can be used for meat or fish. It is one of my favorites.)

Once the meat is cooked, layer on some round slices of tomato and melty cheese before putting it in the oven. When the cheese is melted and is just starting to get black spots, it’s finished.

~◇~◇~◇~

This seems good in a sandwich, too. If that’s the case...... Oh, there it is.

I fished out this world’s black round bread from my Item Box. I split the bread into halves and made a sandwich with the meat......

“The roasted snake, cheese, and tomato sandwich is done. Looks pretty good.” I made several more sandwiches that all looked the same.

“Here, it’s done.” I served them a huge plate with the sandwiches piled high, and the three of them quickly tucked in.

“Hm, this is good. Meat really is best.”

Really, you say? Dude, you only had to make do without meat for one meal.

《This white thing you call cheese is delicious. It goes great with meat.》

《Yeah! It’s gooey and amazing!》

Now then, they’ll probably want more, so let’s make some before I get to my own food. I really don’t feel like eating meat right now, so I was thinking I’d make rice porridge or something to be kind to my stomach.

While I was making more sandwiches, I heard a voice from behind me. “Can we have some too, Mukohda?”

It’s Elrand? I turned around, and...... “Feodora?”

Next to Elrand, who was smiling wide, for some reason Feodora was on standby as well.

“Man, I tried knocking several times, but you just wouldn’t come out, so I came in. We were here in the morning too, but it looked like everyone was asleep......”

So these elves showed up for breakfast too, but because I was asleep, they just waited for lunch?

“It looks truly delicious, doesn’t it?”

“......Food.”

Both Elrand and Feodora’s attentions were glued on the food Fel and the others were eating.

Wow, these elves are such gluttons.

“I’ll make more now. Please wait.”

Once I was done with the extra portions...... “Here you go.”

I handed over the sandwiches to both Elrand and Feodora.

“Ohh, this smells like garlikke...... that really whets the appetite!”

“Garlikke?” Does he mean garlic? Well that’s because I used garlic salt, the most universal of all seasonings.

Elrand bit into the sandwich. “I can’t find words for this melted cheese. It’s so good,” Elrand said. Feodora beside him nodded fervently, still eating.

“Yeah, sure, but this smell is garlic?” It was spelled garlic when I saw it in stores in the market, too.

“Ahh, it’s called garlikke in my hometown. Funnily enough, the two names have their own territories. A long time ago there was a summoned hero that called garlikke ‘garlic,’ and it stuck or something. That’s why they call garlikke ‘garlic.’ Well, either way, it gets the idea across. There’s a lot of words like that.”

Hmm~, a hero that was summoned a long time ago? He was definitely Japanese. In fact, I came here through a hero summoning too, so it’s not unthinkable that something like that happened a long time ago. For us who are forced here, it’s nothing but trouble, though. Anyway, it’s not like there’s anything I can do about that now. Wait, just one won’t satisfy these elves, will it?

“Just one probably isn’t enough for you, so I’ll leave another one for each of you here,” I said, and Elrand piped up, “Uhm, if possible, I’d like one more......?” Feodora nodded quickly in agreement.

Oh, fine. I put another one onto each of their plates.

“Hey, more.”

《Sui wants more too!》

Fel and Sui both demanded more. Dora-chan was apparently already full. I served up their extra portions, and just as I was about to make my food, the members of Ark and Shadow Warrior woke up.

“Urrghh~, I feel awful...”

“Urp......”

“My head~...”

“Urrrgghh...”

It looked like they were all suffering from hangovers. Of course they would though, with how much they drank. I was the same, too.

“Mmmnnn, what a great way to wake up! Yesterday was the best, I got to taste so much good booze!”

Only one person was full of energy. So you’re just fine Sigvard, even though you’re the one who drank the most... I handed Sigvard a sandwich for the moment, and he started eating after a short apology.

I still need to do something about the rest of them, don’t I? It was my fault for bringing out so much strong liquor, though. My bad. They all partied way harder than I expected, though.

I opened up my Online Supermarket while making sure no one could see, and bought some sports drinks and a tumbler set.

“This works on hangovers. Here you go.” I handed over the sports drinks to all the people with hangovers.

“Urrgh, sorry about this......” Even Gaudino, ever the leader, couldn’t keep up appearances in this state.

“Well then, the drink is in here, so drink more so you can flush the alcohol out of your system.” I left him a tumbler with the sports drink in it.

I’m already making it, so might as well prepare enough rice porridge for them too. And if that’s the case, might as well make Chinese rice porridge. I just happen to have one clay pot full of rice too, so let’s use that to make a simple one. Normally making porridge from scratch with uncooked rice is best, but I don’t really have time.

I bought all the ingredients I needed with my skill.

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First, take a pot and throw in some rice and more water than usual before turning on the heat. Once the pot starts bubbling over, add in the granulated Chinese dashi base and keep simmering.

Once the whole thing thickens up, adjust the taste with salt. Then, serve out the porridge in bowls and top with Szechuan pickles.

~◇~◇~◇~

This time I went with Szechuan pickles, but other toppings or adding in a dash of sesame oil works great as well.

“This is easy on the stomach, so eat up,” I said, handing them some porridge. All the people with hangovers, looking horrid, quietly started sipping on it. I also started on my own bowl.

Yeah, this is pretty good. Most importantly, it’s light and easy on the stomach, so it’s great for hangovers.

“Ohh—, this is so light. But it’s still seasoned well because of this crunchy thing on top, so it’s really good.”

............Elrand, why are you still eating? I didn’t make that porridge for you. Wait, Feodora’s sipping it too?! I guess it’s fine, since it’s just what was leftover in the pot, but still... These elves really eat a lot even though they’re so skinny, huh?

“’Kay then, it’s been fun. Thanks for the food. See ya!”

“Let’s drink again if we get the chance. All right then, see you next time.”

The members of Ark and Shadow Warrior all left. Except one.

“Hey, where’s Feodora?!” I heard Gideon’s voice from the other side of the door. Right after, he came back in.

“Sorry about that, Mukohda.” Feodora, who had been sitting in my room as if it was perfectly natural, was dragged away by Gaudino and Gideon, who looked really apologetic.

“Gahahaha! Sorry ’bout that, Mukohda. Right then, later! Next time I’ll find an even better bottle of booze, so look forward to it!” Sigvard got the last word in as he closed the door.

“Hahh, the storm’s finally passed.”

I’m not doing anything else today. I’m just going to laze around.

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Yesterday, after the members of Ark and Shadow Warrior left, I managed to spend the day quietly. Of course, that was except when I had to make food for my familiars. When it came time for that, I’d already recovered from my hangover and was feeling like a hearty meal full of meat, so I grilled some. It was still just the leftovers from the barbecue, though. There were quite a lot of skewers and sausages left, so I had some of the skewers with pepper and herb salt on them; it was really good.

This morning, I also had hot dogs made out of the leftover sausages from the barbecue. All of us, including Elrand, had breakfast together before the female guildmaster of Aveling, Nadiya, showed up.

“Sorry for coming so early in the morning. I knocked but there was no response, and the door wasn’t locked, so I just let myself in. I hope you don’t mind.”

“Good morning, Nadiya. What’s up? I was going to head over after breakfast.” I’d already promised to go over today, so Elrand and I were planning to do just that after we ate.

“No, about that — I want to delay that until the day after tomorrow.”

According to Nadiya, after we beat the dungeon, it went back to normal. Since we — or rather, my familiars — killed so many of the monsters, and since the Adventurer’s guild just announced the end of the dangerous season the other day, adventurers going into the dungeon had been on the rise. Thanks to that, they’d been really busy.

Meanwhile, Nadiya and her sub-guildmaster had been looking over our loot, but there was so much stuff, and the guild wanted all of it. But apparently their budget wouldn’t stretch that thin.

“I’ve been spending every day talking with my sub-guildmaster, but we just can’t decide.”

After hearing that, Elrand nodded sagely, saying, “I understand.”

Oh yeah, Nadiya’s looking kind of tired, isn’t she? “Would you like to join us for breakfast, Nadiya?”

“No, not right now. I’m still busy.”

I quickly prepared a hot dog and handed it to Nadiya. “You won’t last the day if you skip breakfast. Please eat this.”

“You sure? Sorry ’bout that.” Nadiya said before biting into the hot dog. “Hohh, this is great.”

“I have more, so eat up.”

After finishing a hot dog, Nadiya downed some juice that I handed to her. I figured cola would be a bad choice, so I poured Nadiya some orange juice instead.

“So, back to what I was talking about. While everything was happening, the Merchant’s guild caught wind of the fact that you conquered the dungeon. So they want to get in on this, too.”

As always, the Merchant’s guild really does have sharp ears, don’t they?

“Normally we’d refuse, but given the amount of money on the table... We decided to let them in and now we’re pooling our resources to buy your stuff.”

“I see. Then it’ll take some more time to decide?”

“Exactly.” From how Nadiya was speaking, the Adventurer’s guild was trying to rack up favors with the Merchant’s guild. “So I want you to wait until the day after tomorrow for us to decide. Is that fine?”

“Of course I’m okay with it. What about you, Elrand?”

“Mgmg, mng...... Yes, of course I’m fine with it.”

Hey, actually, don’t you have to hurry up back to Dolan? “It’ll take longer for you to get back to Dolan; are you sure?”

“Ahh, you’re worried about that? It’s fine, fine I tell you. Nothing’ll change even if I’m a little late here. Also, Ugohl’ll handle everything.”

You sure you’re fine, saying that? All I can see in the future for you is Ugohl being incredibly mad. Well, it has nothing to do with me, though.

“Well now that I have your permission, I’m going to go back to work. Breakfast was great, thanks for the food.” Nadiya said before returning to the Adventurer’s guild.

But now I had no plans for today, leaving me entirely free. And Nadiya said the day after tomorrow, so that means I wouldn’t have anything to do tomorrow, either. If that was the case, I guess I should try my idea to get more meat. Since I got that from the dungeon, I wanted Elrand to teach me something, too.

“Since we’re free today and tomorrow, Elrand, want to come with me out of town? I want to learn something while we procure some meat.”

“Hm? Out of town? Of course I’m fine with it.”

Great, that means I can get lessons for free. I’m feeding you three squares a day, so you’ll have to at least repay me this much.

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“That’s right, that’s right. Remove the joint there. Once that’s out, this part slides, and you can cut it like so.”

On top of a table I’d made using Earth magic, I used my mithril knife on a cockatrice under Elrand’s instruction. Sui’s special mithril knife cut so well; it was actually kind of fun how smoothly the knife sliced through the cockatrice’s flesh.

We were in a forest outside of Aveling, and Elrand was teaching me how to butcher monsters. Normally, Elrand is a useless elf, but he’s good enough to butcher dragons, and his instructions are real easy to understand.

I got the vampire knife from the dungeon, so I was thinking of learning how to butcher monsters. Since we just got both today and tomorrow free, I asked Elrand, and now we were outside to both get meat and learn how to butcher monsters.

Still, it really did seem impossible to take care of the larger monsters by myself, so I just asked to be able to take care of something the size of a cockatrice. But Elrand said, “As long as you learn how to butcher something like a small red boar, you can apply a lot of that technique to other quadrupeds.” So in the end, I decided to try taking apart a red boar.

It’s true that a small red boar is only around two meters long, so just learning how to do something like this expands my range quite a bit. After all, boar type monsters always appear in basically every forest, and there’s not too much difference between quadrupedal monsters. So, as long as I can take care of a red boar, it seems like I’ll be able to take care of most things if it comes down to it.

According to Elrand, “For these kinds of things, getting used to it is most important.” So I just had to keep butchering for the moment.

I asked Fel and the others to get cockatrices, so right now I was learning from Elrand while taking the cockatrices apart. As for Fel and the others, after hunting down five or so cockatrices and leaving them here, they went off hunting again. This time, I had Fel take the magic bag (extra-large) we got from the dungeon, so they probably wouldn’t be back until they got hungry.

By the way, the vampire knife was really incredibly useful, and when I used it to stab into the cockatrices, it sucked out all the blood really quickly. While it was sucking blood, the vampire knife’s blade would glow a brownish red, and it would go back to being blackish once there was no blood left to suck. Thanks to that, I didn’t get soaked in blood while taking the cockatrices apart, and a lot of the goriness of it was averted, so even I was able to keep my composure while I did it.

As I thought, the worst part about doing stuff like this is having all the blood spurt out all over you and the pervasive bloody smell, isn’t it? Just taking those parts out of the process lets me calm down a lot. This vampire knife is so useful! Just getting this made us going down into Aveling’s dungeon worth it.

“You said that you’ll eat the innards too, Mukohda. Are you sure about that?” Elrand asked, as I was splitting open the cockatrice’s belly and finally got my hands into its stomach.

“Yes, of course.”

It looked like nobody ate innards in this world, so it was all thrown away. As long as I was asking the Adventurer’s guild to butcher cockatrices for me, it couldn’t be helped... But it’s different if I’m the one doing the butchering. Of course these are different from chickens, so I have to make sure if they’re actually edible. But I have a convenient skill for that.

Appraisal, Appraisal, please make yourself useful!

【Warble】

The esophagus and trachea. A rare part with a firm and crunchy texture. Edible.

【Hearts】

The cockatrice’s two hearts. Jiggly and somewhat tough texture. Edible.

【Liver】

The liver. High in vitamins, nutrients, and iron. There is no gamey taste, so it’s easy to eat. Edible.

【Gizzard】

The gizzard. An organ exclusive to birds. No gamey taste, nice grainy texture. Edible.

【Kidneys】

The kidneys. A rare part that is high in fat and umami. Edible.

【Unlaid Egg】

A still-developing egg growing inside the body. Edible.

【Tail】

Meat from the rump, near the tail. Heavy in muscle development and high in umami, it is a rare part that even has fat. Edible.

Ohh, thank you, Appraisal. It’s a monster, but its innards really are edible. They’re all things I’ve seen as snacks in izakayas or sold in yakitori places, even though they’re still innards, though. Cockatrices are large, so their innards are bigger than a regular chicken’s. Although they’re still each only worth about one or two skewers, I would say? There’s only enough here for me... Well, I’m allowed this much right? Yeah. Some yakitori along with beer would just be the best, wouldn’t it? *Drool*...... Wait, no. I’m in the middle of butchering something. I need to hurry and take out these innards.

I carefully removed each organ one by one, so as not to damage them. However, the kidneys had a part of them that was hard to remove. It wasn’t going well, so I abandoned it. Well, I’ll just have to keep at it and get better.

“Is it really that delicious? You’re handling them really carefully, Mukohda,” Elrand asked, as he saw me store the innards in my Item Box after carefully removing them.

“You see, it’s really good if you skewer it and cook it over a charcoal fire.” Of course, with just salt as seasoning.

I heard the sound of someone swallowing saliva. “M-Mukohda......”

“I know, I know.” But, you understand, innards are rare. I don’t mind sharing some, but I come first, got it?

After that, under Elrand’s instruction, I cut apart the cockatrice that had its innards removed. Just about when I finished butchering, Fel and the others came back hungry.

Lunch was orc rice bowls that I had made before we left the inn. They were rice bowls with lots of orc meat on top that I’d thoroughly coated with a sauce I made by boiling soy sauce, sugar, mirin, sake, and water. After they’d filled up on pork bowls, Fel and the others went off hunting once again. Meanwhile, Elrand and I got to work on the other cockatrices.

“Whew, that’s the last cockatrice.”

“How was it? Doing it for real makes it much easier to understand, huh?”

Elrand was right. Actually doing it got me used to the act much faster. After finishing up the first one, I already mostly understood what to do. And for each one after that, I got faster and faster. If it’s going to be like this, I should be able to take care of cockatrices on my own.

“Yes. Now I feel like cockatrices won’t be a problem. Thank you.”

“What about red boars? There’s one that Fel and the others caught before lunch.”

Among all the prey that Fel and the others brought back when they came for lunch, there were several red boars, which were still pretty big even though I had asked for a smaller one.

“No, if we do it now, I don’t think we’ll finish before Fel and the others come back, so let’s do it tomorrow. More importantly, I’m thinking of using these cockatrices to prepare dinner.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes, I’ll be using the organs too. It’s only skewering and cooking, so will you help me?”

“I’m not good at cooking, but I think I can handle skewering meat.”

Great, he promised.

I filleted the meat, and had Elrand keep skewering them. I was going to make the grill myself, so I prepared longer skewers than usual, so that they’d leave an extra 1.5cm or so out the front.

While I was cutting the meat and Elrand was skewering, we’d made quite a number of skewers. For the innards, I skewered them myself after properly preparing them for consumption. My experience working part-time in a yakitori place was actually useful. I made skewers with meat alternating with spring onions, thighs, skin, and gizzards — basically every part of the cockatrice.

“Whew, I’m tired...... This might be more exhausting than fighting monsters.”

“Ahaha, thanks for helping. Look forward to dinner.”

Once we’d caught a breath, Fel and the others came back.

“Welcome back. How was it?”

“Hm. We did pretty well.”

《Yeah. Ah, we made sure to get actually edible ones.》

《We got a lot of big ones!》

I checked the magic bag (extra-large) that I had Fel bring with him, and...... Ten wyverns, five wild bison, six golden sheep, a giant horn boar, and two rockbirds.

“What amazing results......” Elrand was surprised seeing what Fel and the others managed to achieve in a single afternoon. By the way, in the morning they had gotten twelve cockatrices (and four of their eggs) because I asked for them, as well as six red boars. Apparently, cockatrice eggs were pretty rare, and they found a nest, so they brought them back.

“Hey, there’s ten wyverns in here.”

“Indeed. I managed to find them just flying right past. We managed to bring down ten.”

《Yeah, yeah! And Sui and I cut off their heads.》

《Yeah~. Uncle Fel dropped them and Dora-chan and Sui beat them!》

I-I see... too bad for those wyverns.

From first impressions, wild bison were black and threatening cows that were almost three meters long. Golden sheep were just as the name implied, a sheep with golden fleece. They were a little bigger than normal sheep. Giant horn boars were huge boars that were as big as a light truck, with two huge tusks protruding from the lower jaw and an even bigger horn growing right out of the center of the head.

“Th-This is... Please, sell this to Dolan? If you can’t, at least the golden sheep......”

According to Elrand, golden sheep wool was popular amongst nobles and was really expensive because of that. However, the wool has become much rarer recently, since way less of them had been hunted.

“Okay. At any rate, it looks like Aveling will use up their budget on the stuff we got from the dungeon, so I’ll save this stuff for Dolan.”

“Thank you very much!”

“Okay then, let’s go back to town.”

Just like that, we returned to Aveling.