Chapter 226

Chapter 226 – The S+ Guy

Featured Image: Loli girl from GJ BU .

Testing the Pendant one more time, I defeated some flaming footsoldiers .

It then dropped both the beer and edamame .

Now, I unequipped it, and defeated a different soldier, and it dropped beer .

[… . . ] (Ryouta)

[What’s the matter-ssu?] (Tail)

[Hey, do you have a bottle with you?] (Ryouta)

[You mean this-ssu?] (Tail)

Tail took out a beer bottle .

[Yeah, can you hand me all that you have?] (Ryouta)

[Roger-ssu . ] (Tail)

Tail straightened up his body, and handed me three in total .

I took them, then went around to find the next monster while obviously equipping the pendant .

After defeating one, the edamame dropped on the floor, and the beer was sucked into the bottle .

Then, defeating another one, it was sucked into the bottle .

Then after the third time, I unequipped the pendant, and the bottle that was sucking up the beer shattered .

I knew it .

When I equipped the pendant, I thought that the amount may be lesser because of the edamame, and that’s exactly it .

When I wear the pendant, the amount would fit in the bottle, when unequipped, it’s large enough to shatter .

After that, I asked Tail to procure more bottles, and the quantity does change with and without the pendant .

I can finally produce some vintage wine with this pendant .

☆

Because I was testing the effects of the pendant, it took some time, and so I hurriedly went to the Flint’s dungeon association building with the help of Tail .

After arriving there, I was lead to the chairman’s office by one of the people working there, and opening the door—

[Ugh . ] It smelt so strong of alcohol that I instinctively made a disgusted voice .

Wondering if the guy was used to it, the person who brought me here went inside the room without any hesitation .

[Chairman, Ryouta Satou has come to see you . ]

[Come on in . ]

I could hear a child’s voice asking us to enter, and when I followed that voice, it was indeed the voice of a little girl .

It was a childish face, and underdeveloped limbs, and her hair was tied into two knots which has the same length as her height .

No matter how I see it, it’s a girl of the age of a single digit .

[I was waiting for you . ]

After that girl said that, she opened another bottle and sniff it .

After sniffing it, she told the guy who was guiding me .

[It’s very light, around 1% of a B Rank . ]

[Yes, that is correct . ]

[This beer was mixed with some tomato juice, discard these at once . ]

[I shall punish the person who gave this . ]

Then, she opened the bottles one after another, sniff it and gave her instructions on whether it’s light or strong .

After that, the guy left, leaving me, Tail and the girl .

We then sat at the sofa and waited .

The seat felt a bit warmer after the kid sat there for awhile .

[Nice to meet you nano, my name is Mao・Mii, the chairman of Flint Dungeon’s association nano . ] (Mao)

[My name’s Satou Ryouta… . . , nice to meet you . ] (Ryouta)

I wondered for a moment how I should speak to her .

She looked so young, but is the chairman of a dungeon association .

Because of that, I thought whether I should use honorifics .

[You don’t have to do it,Mao is as young as she looks, so you can talk like how you used to . ] (Mao) (Looks like we have some loli shit right here)

Almost at the same time she said that, the door opened and another staff member was holding glasses on a tray .

He placed the high foot glass in front of us, with red liquid inside, indicating that it’s a red wine .

[Gulp… . gulp… . gulp… . ] (Mao)

[If you’re as young as you look, then please don’t drink—] (Ryouta)

[Puha~ . It’s alright, this is just juice . ] (Mao)

[Juice?] (Ryouta)

[Ooh, this grape juice is indeed delicious-ssu . ] Tail said as he put it in his mouth .

Wait, grape juice?

[This is confusing… . ] (Ryouta)

[Or do you prefer barley tea?] (Mao)

[No, I mean I like barley tea, but that isn’t… . . ] (Ryouta)

That’s not the issue… .

I thought I would have some problematic and unfriendly development with the chairman, but that isn’t the case .

[What is that, that you’re doing just now?] (Ryouta)

[Just now?] (Mao)

[Yeah, you were sniffing on all of those beers . ] (Ryouta)

[That is Mao’s job . Mao would do some quality control for the alcohol produced in Flint . ] (Mao)

[Quality control?] (Ryouta)

[There are variation in the quality of the dropped alcohol depending on the adventurers . ] (Mao)

[Well… . That is true . ] (Ryouta)

It’s not just alcohols, but all the productions in this world .

The quality changes greatly depending on the adventurer’s drop rate .

[Flint has some mixture of very good and very bad alcohols mixed around . ](Mao)

[Wait, are you the person who manages the ranking of the dropped alcohols?](Ryouta)

[That is correct . And that is the job of the chairman to control the quality of the alcohols . ] (Mao)

[I see… . wait, and you just smell it?] (Ryouta)

[Because Mao is a child, so no alcohol for Mao . ] (Mao)

[No wait a minute . ] (Ryouta)

Again, that’s not the problem… . but then

[Then how do I do it?] Mao said as she tilted her adorable head .

I know that children shouldn’t drink alcohol, but just knowing whether the drink is good based on the smell, that is something amazing .

For Mao who doesn’t know that, it just surprises me even more .

Even though she’s a child, but she’s a chairman, wonderful .

[By the way, Mao sniffed a very good beer just now . ] (Mao)

[Eh? Oh, you mean this?] (Ryouta)

I took the bottle out that I tested at Lanthanum .

After placing it on the table, Mao stared at it .

[What’s the matter… . ehh?] (Ryouta)

Mao took the bottle, silently opened the lid and sniffed it .

Ignoring my surprise, she opened all the bottles I brought and sniffed it .

[Are these mixed?] (Mao)

[Huh? No, there’s no such thing . ] (Ryouta)

[It has been sealed-ssu . ] (Tail)

Tail said from the side .

Yes, it was sealed . I wouldn’t know that term before coming here, but now I understand .

A device is attached at the tip of the bottle, so that people can see whether the bottle has been opened already .

For quality control, it is possible to know which alcohol has been mixed and how many times it was opened .

But the beer that I brought was unopened… .

[This is weird . ] (Mao)

[What does that mean?] (Ryouta)

[All these beers have the same smell . ] (Mao)

[Huh?] (Ryouta)

[… . Maybe…this is a Max A Rank?] (Mao)

[Max?] (Ryouta)

Words that I don’t understand comes out one after another .

[There will be minor differences even with the same Drop Status . ] (Mao)

[Aah… . that’s right . ] (Ryouta)

Even though I’m not talking about the Drop Status, but the seeds at Nihonium that I’m using to boost my status is the same .

From that relationship, it can be seen that even with A or F Rank, we can see the detailed numerical values .

Maybe it’s the same concept with the Drop Status .

[Yours is… . ] (Mao)

Mao looked at the letters <Rank A> drawn on the bottle .

[Mao thinks it’s a Max A Rank . And all of it is the same . ] (Mao)

[So it’s at the highest possible rank . ] (Ryouta)

[Since you’re the person that Eric Oji-chan asked, so you are indeed an incredible person nano . ] (Mao)

Mao looked at me with eyes close to admiration .

An innocent looking eyes staring at me, and that pure eyes are truly amazing .

She was kinda off though .

Because she’s half right, and half wrong .

It’s max, she’s right about that, but I’m not A Rank, but Max S .

[This is incredible!] (Mao)