Chapter 38
Chapter 38 Maid training & Explorer registration
Naturally, everyone is waiting for me to return to the carriage .
[I’m back . ]
[Jin-sama, thanks for your effort . Are those children new slaves?]
[There are a lot of people again…… oh…]
Mio stopped mid-sentence . She might have seen the title . I guess I have to tell them using telepathy .
<<The second person! She is the hero of the humans!>>
<<Oh, I see . >>
<<I’m the beast kin’s hero and she is the human’s hero, so there might be elven and dwarven heroes too……>>
<<I’ll be glad if Dragonewts have one too~>>
<<It might be difficult since Dragonewt’s are considered monsters . >>
<<Aww, too bad~>>
Everyone’s eyes are focused at Cynthia . Well, I guess it is unusual to see a hero like this . And I never thought I would have another hero as a slave after Maria .
A: No, everybody thought that it was possible for master .
Seriously…… I don’t want to know what everybody is thinking about me . Just that they don’t hate me is good enough……
[E-Err, what has happened?]
Cynthia is a little restless from everybody’s stare . Only a few gazes are directed at the twins . Well, the presence of those girls is quite thin…… I guess their hearts were weakened following the loss of their family .
[No, it is nothing . We will go back to base . Those four people will join the maid group . ]
[Understood . “Portal” has been placed, you can return anytime you want . ]
Since we can’t use “Portal” in the village, we decided to put it some distance away from the village and return to base .
[W-What……is……this……?]
[As I told you . My base . ]
It is quite satisfying to see these slaves girls being surprised . It is a normal reaction for anyone who sees our special power for the first time……, oh, Lusia wasn’t . “Revival” was cast on her before .
[Not just instant killing B-rank monsters, you can do something mysterious like this, too? I might become stronger like this……]
Cynthia mutters . I hardly caught what she said in the latter half .
A: Oh, it is correct .
Since those orphans were attacked yesterday and somewhat dirty, I order maids to bring them to take a bath .
After the bath, the newcomer slave girls are dressed in maid clothes and gathered at the main hall .
[[Err, why are we also wearing maid clothes too?]]
The twins ask, wondering why they have to wear maid clothes while in a combat team . Well, mostly, it’s my preference .
[It is because you are going to be educated as maids, too . ]
[Really? Aren’t you going to train us for battle only?]
Cynthia also wonders . I don’t have a particular demand for combat slaves . I mean, Maria and Sera are strong enough .
[Even if you are focused on combat, it isn’t the only thing in your life . I don’t want slaves who are undisciplined and lack courtesy, no matter how strong they are . ]
[I can’t take it!? Regarding maid education… How many days is it going to take?]
[How many days?]
I asked a nearby maid . There is always at least one maid at my side when I’m in the mansion . By the way, this maid won’t kneel . I mean, I ordered them not to kneel .
[Yes, the minimum requirement is one week, but it can be done in only 3 days if we rush things up . Fortunately, an education manual has been completed recently, so it will be used as a guideline . ]
[Three days please . ]
Cynthia makes that request . The twins nod as well, and they unanimously join the 3-day course .
[Understood . The 3-day course . It will be a little hard . ]
[[[Yes!]]]
In the meantime, let’s discuss what we are going to do with everyone .
Well, let’s return to the main topic soon .
[Well, there will be more slaves in the future, should we tell them our secret? Of course, they won’t be allowed to tell anybody else . ]
[A Secret, is it? But at the village……]
[Yeah, but there are more secrets than that . Among them some will make you become stronger . ]
[Please tell me!]
[Mio~]
[Yeah, I heard that . ]
*Time skip*
[……There are a lot of topics left but I guess this is good enough for now . If you want to know more, please become useful for master . ]
[There’s still more, is there…? I will show that I am useful for him……]
Wow! Cynthia raised her fist . It is quite motivated . But you still have three days of maid training .
[Right now, the discussion of the plan is over . Please do your best with the maid training . ]
Yes! All 7 new slaves replied at the same time, then the maids brought the girls away .
[Wait . ]
I stop Cynthia, and touch her head with a finger .
[What is it?]
[A good luck charm . Don’t worry about it . ]
[Okay……]
Cynthia left as I said that . Of course, I just removed her <Seal> . I’m looking forward to seeing her 3 days later .
[Well then, what are we going to do in these 3 days?]
[Eh? Aren’t we going to the dungeon?]
[Yeah, but we are going to take those 3 too . They have <Dungeon Adaptation> . ]
[Is that so? Isn’t map good enough?]
Certainly, we can see enemy and trap positions just from looking at map . But it changes the purpose of exploring the dungeon .
[Well, map isn’t enough . It only shows the adjacent area and the dungeon under this country has a lot of area . Not to mention, the area changes after changing floors . In short, <System Window> doesn’t show the route to goal . ]
[How will <Dungeon Adaptation> fix that? Does Jin-kun know?]
[Yeah, there is a little benefit at the lower levels but it will show the route at the higher levels . So I plan to kill monsters in the dungeon, take their skill and raise <Dungeon Adaptation>’s level . I think it will allow us to find the shortest route to travel . ]
Of course, it is still possible with map but it is too time-consuming .
[Master, are you going to explore the dungeon, right……?]
[Yeah, Since I’m going to do it, I hate to leave it unfinished . By the way, the time limit is 40 days . ]
[Sorry, I don’t know the duration is too short or too long . ]
[Dungeon has 50 floors . First, 32 floors were explored now . We only need 25 days if we go 2 floors a day, So we have a lot of time to spare . By the way, the B rank monster’s that were attacking the village are from the latter half of the 20th floors . ]
[That monster is from 20th or lower floor……]
That’s right . Our explore won’t be different from having a walkthrough . I mean, most of upper floor was explored already . Beside, dungeon explorer has considerably good reward .
[Well, we won’t have trouble dealing with upper floors . ]
[We didn’t see it yet but did Alta tell you anything?]
[Oh, about that . It isn’t hard . Above ground and underground are just an adjacent areas . So we can see it in the map . ]
[Right! The first floor of the dungeon under this country is completely visible . ]
[That’s right . So this is mean we can make a preparation in advance . ]
Well, it is just 1 floor but it is still a great deal of information .
[Our conversation is considerably out-of-topic right now . Let’s return to the main topic . We still have 3 days left since we need to bring those 3 to raise their <Dungeon Adaptation> . What should we do during this time . ]
[In that case, why don’t we go to Lilia city?]
Maria raised her hand and give her opinion .
[Yeah, it is a good idea . It doesn’t hurt to look at dungeon-only items and make a preparation . ]
[You are right . We still have to wait for their maid training too, it won’t be a problem . ]
[If there is no objection, we are going to Lilia city . Everybody agrees?]
We don’t have any other ideas except going to Lilia city either .
We use “Portal” to return to the previous location and move towards Lilia city . It took 3 hours by horse so it should take about 5 hours by carriage; We are likely to reach the city at evening .
When we arrived at Lilia city, the sun is about to set . Half of the buildings in Lilia city are wood buildings like log cabins and the rest are stone buildings . There are no Japanese-style buildings here . Great, I guess that the stupid hero’s influence didn’t reach here .
The scale of this city is as large as Atarime city .
First, we should go to adventurer guild and update our card . So we can act as Adventurers in this country .
The Adventurer’s guild is a wooden building . It is something fresh to see because the guilds we saw until now were stone building .
There aren’t many people here in the guild . Nor are there many request on the request board either .
A: Explorer is overwhelmingly more popular than adventurer . Although, most of the explorers are registered to adventurer guild, they don’t have much activity as adventurers .
[There are too few people here . ]
[It seems everybody goes to the dungeon . ]
[It is fundamentally a labyrinth country after all . ]
[Since there is a huge dungeon underground, the soil quality isn’t good enough to have a big field nor have big mine . There are ranches but not many farms since this country is focusing on the dungeon . ]
You could say if something abnormal is happened in the dungeon, it will be a national-level crisis . This country is quite risky .
We chat with each other while heading toward reception .
[Sorry . Could you update our guild cards from Kastal?]
[Yes, we can . Please leave them to us . ]
We hand over everyone’s guild card . The receptionist took and confirmed them .
[Everybody is C and D rank, isn’t that amazing? Did you come to this country to explore the dungeon?]
[Yeah, we have to go the other building to deal with dungeon-related stuff, right?]
[Yes, please register at explorer guild nearby . Ah, if possible, we will be glad if you could accept some work as adventurers . ]
[Ahaha, I will if I have freetime between each exploration . ]
I smile awkwardly . It is possible that receptionist-san is working here alone . This place is completely void of people .
[Here, your guild card’s updates are done . ]
[Ah, thanks . ]
We should work as adventurers during these three days . Oh, well, we should get the dungeon cards first .
[Hey, master . Is there a rank for dungeon cards?]
[It doesn’t seem so . Instead, it records the lowest floor you reach . It is a rank in sense but does not attract as much attention as adventurer ranks . ]
[No, no matter what you say, reaching the 50th floor will absolutely attract attention……]
[Well……, no doubt . What should we do……]
This is bad . It will be troublesome in that case . ]
[Oh, I guess we couldn’t return to this country again . ]
[You are thinking too much . ]
Sera replies as the straight man . Yep, I was thinking too much .
[Well, we will manage if that happens . If it becomes too much, we can make the king kneel to us easily if we need to . ]
[Will the royalty in this country kneel like Sakuya-chan?]
Sakura-san, I don’t think of Sakuya like that…… But the matter about Sakuya’s royalty (female only) is actually to settle my worry .
Oh, no matter what I say, curse you, Erudia’s princess .
[It’s possible . Well, there’s no point in counting chickens before they’ve hatched . Shouldn’t we focus on clearing the dungeon first?]
[Yes, you are right . ]
The Explorers guild is right next to the adventurers guild . Unlike the adventurer’s guild here, it is a stone building . Why……? Budget?
A: Yeah, Budget .
When we enter, everything inside feels like an adventurers guild . The people with bad character are looking at us . Well, it is normal since we are a group of women and children .
They look at us for a while but when they saw we are heading toward reception, they stop immediately .
[Excuse me . Can you help me with issuing dungeon card?]
[Err, does that include children behind you too?]
[Yeah, dungeon cards for 6 people . We have a letter of introduction from a knight too . ]
[Y-Yes . ]
As I said, I hand the letter of introduction to receptionist-san . Elinsia is a knight in this city, so I guess it will be fine .
At this point, a few of the bad charactered men are approaching us . Yep, another template .
[A letter of introduction from a knight? Hey, how much did you pay that knight?]
I see, there is a case of getting a letter of introduction from a knight through bribery . I think it would have been possible to buy from that self-important knight that was killed by Elinsia . As for Elinsia……, yep, that’s completely impossible .
As for Maria who is right next to me, she silently releases killing intent without warning .
[If you have a lot of money, I……]
[Hii~!]
-Crash-
Receptionist-san screamed and tumbled down from her chair . As she completely flipped over, I could see her stockings and white panties .
[W-What’s wrong?]
The bad charactered man who was interrupted mid-sentence was surprised too . As for receptionist-san, she looks at me trembling like she is looking at a demon .
[What’s wrong?]
[Hii~, Sorry . I’m sorry . I will issue dungeon card at once, so please let this matter be a secret!]
[Calm down . I’m not going to bite you or something……]
[O-Okay……]
[So, Why were you surprised like that? Could you tell me the reason?]
I emphasize the latter question . If you saw that kind of reaction, wouldn’t you be bothered by it?
[Y-Yes . Instead, could you keep this a secret from Elinsia?]
[Elinsia!?]
[Don’t tell me!? That is Elinsia’s recommendation!?]
-noise-
Everyone in the vicinity becomes noisy, with either fear or astonishment on their face .
I wonder why they reacted like that when they heard Elinsia’s name? I mean she is scary for the most part but she is certainly not evil .
[Yeah, I will . ]
I guess if I do not agree with her, this conversation will go nowhere .
[*sigh* Thank you . ……I was surprised to see a recommendation from Elinsia . Do you know about Elinsia?]
[Well, just a little, I guess it could be considered that I don’t know . ]
[I see . That is good . I will give you an explanation . First of all, she is the leader of knight’s order and the strongest person in this town . ]
Elinsia’s level is certainly high . It isn’t strange if she has the title of the city’s strongest .
[Since she has that kind of strength and her weapon is rapier, she is called Iron maiden . But of course, behind her back……]
Is there an iron maiden in this world too…?
[And she will punish those who are a problem to national interest without mercy . ]
[National interest……, she said that too . ]
[That’s right . It is considered a national interest if you received a recommendation from Elinsia . So, I will be dead if she knows about this blunder . ]
An adventurer who picks a fight with us earlier returns to his original position silently . In short, does everyone in this city fear Elinsia?
[Gobit-sanm you can’t run away like this!]
[Stop! Don’t say my name! I have decided I won’t become related to the matter of Elinsia!]
The bad charactered man who is called Gobit hides his face and runs away from us . I could see him trembling . Especially his inner thighs .
[Gobit-san, right? If Elinsia knew you ruined national interest, she will stab your groins with her rapier . Although, you won’t be killed by that . ]
There is no magic to fix that limb in this world . In short . A castration .
[There are a lot of men in this city that have suffered by Elinsia’s hand . Same for women too . I heard she won’t let anyone who damaged national interest have the opportunity of having offspring . ]
[What……]
No, well, from what I saw, she is capable of doing that .
Mio who is also right next to me is thinking .
[Then, what will happen if I tell Elinsia-san that receptionist-onee-san and Gobit-san were rude to master?]
[Stop!]
[Please stop!]
Both of them cry desperately .
[Ah, didn’t receptionist-san say to keep this a secret……?]
[Yes, that’s right . I absolutely don’t want to be on the end of her rapier . I want to marry and have a happy family……]
Wow, receptionist-san’s private information came out .
[So, how does Gobit-san compensate us for this?]
Mio said with a smile . Gobit-san’s face turned pale . Is Elinsia that scary……?
[I-I will give you everything I have! P-Please forgive me!]
[What should we do? Master?]
Now you set me up for this . Mio also enjoys messing with the template too .
[Well, we haven’t suffered anything, it will be troublesome to take your money……]
Should I care about someone who came pick a fight with us and fail? And he didn’t harm us at all . Of course, being rude to us is totally different than using force against us .
[No, please let me pay you by all means! Otherwise, I’m afraid she won’t forgive me if I don’t!]
Well, I don’t mind accepting his money as an apology but how am I going to solve this misunderstanding?
Nevertheless, it is too much money . Won’t your life suffer in the future from this? And I will be a symbol of fear .
[……I see . But I don’t need money . Instead, if you treat or recommend a good restaurant to us, we will forgive you . ]
[U-Understood . Please leave it to me! I will tell you a good shop that I’m a regular at!]
Gobit nods non-stop . It is better to have local who knows the city to recommend a good store to us . It is perfect .
<<Sera, please eat an energy ball even if he treats us . >>
<<Why!? This is a rare chance!>>
<<Well, consider Sera’s appetite, isn’t it the same as taking all his money if you eat all you want?>>
<<How should I put it, Sera-chan . To eat until filled if someone treats us is……>>
Sakura is also amazed too . It is a normal courtesy for Japanese people not to eat too much when they were treated .
<<Ugh, it can’t be helped . I will endure it……>>
While we were talking, cards were put on the reception table .
[Excuse me, while you were busy, your dungeon cards have been completed . As for the knight’s recommendation……, Elinsia-sama’s recommendation, we will give you an EX dungeon card . If you drop your blood on it, the registration will be completed . ]
It’s a nice sound . Put a drop of blood to enable the magic and register “Ownership” . Same as guild card .
[Thank you . Well then, we are leaving now . ]
[Oh, I will come too . I will guide you to the shop with delicious food . ]
Gobit will lead us .
[Ah, please keep this matter a secret! For my future!]
Receptionist-san bows and doesn’t forget to remind us when we leave explorer guild .
[Here . ]
Gobit guides us to a dining room at a hotel in the west side of the city . As we entered, we see the nice figure of an aunt and young woman that is serving .
[Welcome . Oh, Gobit . Have you come for a meal again?]
The nice figured aunt isn’t afraid of Gobit’s bad person look . I guess he is really a regular of this place .
Above all, a poster girl . A POSTER GIRL! I guess the bar, restaurant and inn are still required to draw customer’s attention . She is shoulder-length brown hair girl around 20-years-old . She looks more charming than beautiful .
[Sana-chan . This guy is one of the regulars . ]
[Understood . 7 people . ]
[Yeah . ]
After waiting a few minutes, food came out . The menu has bread, stew and steak . At morning . Even there are a lot of girls here, the choice of menu is too heavy for them .
Sakura and Mio are quick to give up give half of their food to Sera .
The stew used milk, it has a smooth texture . Delicious . This is the most delicious dish I had since Kabat village in Eludia . Steak is also served with a special sauce with an aromatic fragrance . Another delicious dish . Since this country doesn’t have high food sufficiency but it does have ranch . I guess meat and milk are their strong point . Grain isn’t their strong point, after all, so the bread’s quality is inferior to the meat… .
[So delicious . I want the recipe for it . ]
[You are right . This meat is the best I have ever eaten . Well, even before I became Jin-sama’s slave, I didn’t eat anything this good……]
[Sera-chan, could you give me back a little?]
[Impossible . ]
[……For now, have you decided what hotel we are going to stay at?]
<<We did~!>>
Everybody agrees to stay at this aunt’s inn . Gobit also gives me a sign to excuse himself and left . By the way, we won’t return to our base every single day because it reduces the excitement .
After breakfast next day, we decide to go and buy stuff for dungeon exploration . By the way, we didn’t have steak for breakfast . The most we can get is ham . Well, isn’t that normal……?
I look at the map and locate the general store for explorers . It is a wooden-building shop with goods on the shelf . There is a set for a beginner . What is the content inside?
A: Beginner set has 1 dungeon’s warp stone, 1 dungeon map, 1 item box for dungeon and 3 potions for the dungeon .
Do they only work in the dungeon?
A: Yes . they will only work inside the dungeon . Do you want an explanation?
Go on .
A: Dungeon’s warp stone will let you escape from the dungeon to the entrance of the dungeon . It can be used again in the dungeon and will return you to the last place you used . It is disposable but it can’t be used during combat .
It is like being interrupted during the save, isn’t it? I guess it is one of the limits of save points……
A: Dungeon map will be mapping the way you pass automatically . But it will be reset when you move to another floor . Due to the explorer’s agreement, the Explorers guild will buy the maps for any unexplored area . On the other hand, explorers can buy the map’s information too .
Well, the map’s dungeon information is like a lifeline for every dungeon explorer .
A: The Item box for the dungeon can be used inside the dungeon only as the name suggests, Capacity is around 2 storage room . It will release everything if you leave the dungeon, so you should sell your loot first . Potions for the dungeon are a cheaper version of normal potion that can be used inside the dungeon only .
It is really for beginners . And only for the dungeon too…… Too bad they can be used inside the dungeon only .
A: It is opposite . They have added the condition to be used inside the dungeon only .
Oh, it seems transfer magic can’t be used to skip levels too . So I should let Sakura make it……
I mean, do we need to buy this? We already have everything covered……
A: It is unnecessary . But it will be strange if explorers don’t buy them .
Is that so? I guess we should buy them to blend in while we are exploring the upper layers . Lower layers? They have to take care of themselves .
I decide to use telepathy to tell everyone to buy the beginner kit . It is 10,000g per set . Quite cheap when including the item box too .
We bought items that could only be used inside the dungeon and our preparation is……done . All that’s left is to wait until maid training for those 3 is done .
[Well then, should we act as adventurers for now?]
I remember Sakura’s suggestion and invitation from receptionist from the guild, I decide to go to adventurer guild immediately .
There is only the teary receptionist-san here . Not a single adventurer inside……
[Ah! The adventurer from yesterday! Just in time!]
She jumps out of the reception and clings to me . So soft and it feels good even if she hugs me so tight . No matter what I do, it is unlikely she will let me go .
[No body has taken this request! Please accept this request!]
She passes request slip to me, and I read it .
Vampire Hunting
B Rank
Deadline : 10 days after being accepted
Subjugate the vampire who is lurking in the ruins west of Lilia city .
Reward: 5,000,000g
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