I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 110

Chapter 110

110 . Karin, the Goblin That Does His Job Well

“Keruru! Human, sir Karin is here!”

Karin didn’t even reach 50 cm in height .

With saggy flesh all over his body, he was chubby to say the least .

His skin was shriveled up with lines running across everywhere, his arms and legs were short .

His appearance as he crossed his arms caused me great discomfort .

Just looking at him made me uncomfortable .

In a split second, my expression changed .

I had to do whatever I could to coax information out of him .

“Oh? Oh my, sir Karin is here?”

“Keru? Of course, of course! It looks like you’ve finally come to your senses! You must always be courteous with me . ”

“But there are many days still left before the day of promise… . . What brings you here?”

“Kel kel kel . Do not be afraid, human! I won’t be harming you today . I’ve come to play since you are amusing . ”

“Oho… . Wow, thank you… . . ”

It was a soulless and dry response, but it seemed that he took quite a liking to me .

Rubbing his bulging belly, Karin continued to speak .

“Keruru… . . Human . ”

“Hm?”

“You are my subordinate, right?”

“Well… . Sure, let’s go with that for now . ”

“Kel kel . Then take me on a tour of Earth . ”

“You want me to take you with me on a tour?”

“That’s right! It was hard getting permission from sir Berdan to come here . I do not have much time!”

“Hm… . Then what will you do for me?”

“I won’t eat you alive right now . I will let you live in peace for the 80 days that are still left . ”

“……”

“Why . Are you not satisfied?”

“Of course not . You and I can’t hit each other in the first place . ”

“Oh… . Human . Unlike the others, you are pretty smart . Looks like you’re a mutant among your kind . ”

“Whew… . . Ok… . Thanks . ”

“So do you have something you want in mind?”

“What’s it like in… . No . Just stay with me until you return to the demonic realm . I mean, you won’t have anywhere else to go anyways . ”

“All right . You treat me well . Must be because you are afraid of me! Kerukeru! I think I will stay on Earth for the next 3 days . ”

I wasn’t sure what was going through his head for him to come visit me .

However, from looking at his expression, I was sure that he had come here to look for something new to amuse him .

No matter how stupid he was, if I interrogated him about the demonic realm right away, he would probably become suspicious .

It seemed best to amuse him for a day or two before casually throwing him some questions .

I spoke to him .

“Karin . ”

“What is it . ”

“Are you going to walk around like that in broad daylight?”

“Why? Is this a problem?”

‘Why wouldn’t it be a problem? Stupid goblin piece of shit . ’

I was so close to saying that out loud .

“If other people see you… . . Maybe they’d want to play with you . That’s right . Would you like to stay in this bag for now?”

“Keruru! Human . You have quite the jealousy . Sir Karin is good at keeping promises . I won’t play with idiots . ”

“…… . So you’re saying that you won’t go in . ”

“And do not worry . Including you, only three humans can see me . Even if the other humans want to play with me, they cannot . ”

“Is that so? Thank goodness . Okay . What did you want to see on Earth?”

“Keruru… . . ”

That’s how I ended up being accompanied by a goblin that looked like something was missing in his head .

I had no idea why his speech was so unnatural .

When I asked him if this is how he speaks normally, he said that he is speaking this way on purpose, because he thought that I wouldn’t understand him otherwise .

How kind .

This situation was ridiculous and infuriating, but what could I do .

This ugly looking goblin had the upper hand .

I had to grant his every whim .

Starting from the center of the city, I took him to the seas, mountains, parks, and other such places .

I walked with him all day .

To think that my first date would be with a goblin .

However, since it was a price to pay for the bigger picture, I barely contained my rage .

Just like that, the sky became dark, and I became famished due to missing all my meals .

However, Karin seemed pleased by Earth’s scenery, as he seemed plenty amused .

It felt awkward, but I decided to bring him home .

No one could see him, and he couldn’t harm anyone .

I spoke to him .

“Karin . Let’s go home . ”

“Huh? What’s a home?”

“What? Do you not even have a home? Well, it’s a place where you sleep, eat, and wash . ”

“Sleep? Food? I’m not sure what you’re talking about, but it seems fun . Let’s go, human!”

“…… . . ”

As if he had found another topic of amusement, he wobbled ahead .

****

I headed into the estate with Karin .

An average person would be slack jawed with the size of the estate, but he didn’t seemed that amazed .

“Young master, have you returned?”

“Yes, I’m back . ”

“The madam has fallen asleep . ”

“It doesn’t seem like Jong Ho-hyung came back yet?”

“Yes . He said that he’ll be returning home tomorrow . ”

“He’s working hard… . . ”

“Should I have dinner prepared?”

“Yes, please do . ”

“Understood . ”

“Uhm… butler!”

“Yes?”

“I’m quite hungry today, so could you prepare 3 to 4 people’s worth of food?”

“Haha, understood . You are at that age . I will let them know . ”

I had a curt chat with my butler .

Looking at that, Karin spoke .

“Oho! Human! Are these the ones you are in charge of raising?”

He spoke quite loudly .

I was worried that they would hear it, but it seemed that no one else heard him .

It was almost as if I had cast Silent .

I answered him in a quiet voice .

“By your standards… . Yes, that’s right . ”

“Oh…… I had my suspicions that you were quite the smart human!”

“Looking at you, it doesn’t look like you wash yourself . You should eat at least, right?”

“Did you say food? What’s that? I have been curious this entire time . ”

“… . . Whew . Just stay in my room for now . I’ll wash myself and come in a bit . ”

“Ok . Is this where I have to go to? Hurry up, human . Keep your promise of showing me around . ”

“Alright, alright . ”

It didn’t take long for me to finish my bath and go to my room .

However, I heard a strange noise coming from my room .

-crack .

“What’s that noise?”

With a worried look, I quickly opened the door to my room .

“Keruk! Keruruk!”

My worry was short lived .

Hopping up and down my bed, his laughter was enough to make me shiver in disgust .

He was acting as if he was a child jumping on a trampoline for the first time .

On top of that, he was pulling out bloodstones from his pockets and chewing on them as if they were peanuts .

Looking at the size and color of the stones, they seemed to be beyond S ranks .

Seeing me arrive, Karin spoke .

“Kel Kel! Human! What is this! It feels very nice . ”

“Whew… . . Where do I start in teaching you… . . ”

“But didn’t you speak of this thing called food before?”

“Yes . Let’s eat some food . ”

“Yes! Show me this thing called food already . ”

I sat at a wide dinner table .

Many of the workers around the house were waiting for me there .

I spoke to them .

I couldn’t allow them to see me appear as if I was talking to myself, since they couldn’t see the goblin .

“Excuse me… . ”

“Yes, young master . Is there something you need… . ”

“No . I’ll put away the dishes in the sink when I’m done eating . For some reason, I want to eat alone today . ”

“Haha . Yes . We’ll leave you be, young master . ”

“Thank you . ”

They left and I immediately started my meal .

Due to being the guide for this shitty goblin, I wasn’t able to eat all day .

However, Karin was just staring at me in amazement .

“What?”

“Keru? What are you shoving in your mouth, human?”

“It’s called steak . Do you not eat anything at all?”

“Keruru . Do you have to eat that to gain strength?”

“… . . ”

“This is precisely why the demonic races are far superior to humans . As long as one from the demonic race has magical energy, they could live without eating . Well, if they feel pretty good, they eat bloodstones once in awhile . Keru . ”

“Is that so… . . ? So how do you eat magical energy?”

“You have to kill . ”

“Kill?”

“That’s right . If you kill monsters, you absorb the magical energy they had . I could become full with that . ”

“Oho… . . ”

“That’s why sir Berdan chose you . It’s because you have a lot of magical energy . ”

“Is that so… . But I haven’t killed that many monsters though?”

“Keruru . Human does not know too many things . Zekill, who you killed, had magical energy . You also ate all the magical energy of the humans he was raising . ”

‘Just like how lead or mercury poisoning goes through a food chain, magical energy continues to gather and get passed on . ’

This was the first bit of information I was able to obtain from him .

It was about magical energy .

Just like this, I needed to lower his guard while obtaining as much information as possible .

“Alright, sorry . Don’t just look at me like that and go try one . ”

“Keru? You mean that?”

Karin’s sharp toenail pointed towards the well done steak .

Since I asked for proportions far greater than what one could eat, there was plenty of food to go around .

The smell and color was enough to make one drool, but he didn’t seem that excited by it .

It was probably because he had never eaten food .

“Yeah . It’s not like you’re going to die from eating, right?”

“Keru . Alright . ”

Not just the steak, but he shoveled even the plate into his mouth .

To think that I was able to witness high class table manners of the demonic race .

‘I guess it’s good that there won’t be any dishes left to wash . ’

After chewing for a long time, he shivered .

And then he yelled out loudly .

“Human! Human!”

“What?”

“What is this?”

“It’s called steak . ”

“Do you eat this every day?”

“Well, not every day, but I do eat it often . Why? Is it weird?”

“……”

“If it is weird, don’t eat it . I have lots of bloodstones in my room . You can go grab some if you want to eat those instead . ”

Suddenly, Karin put a stone from out his pockets onto the table .

I wasn’t sure what kind of pocket he had, because the amount of stones that were coming out seemed impossible .

Looking at me, he spoke .

“The stones I have been eating until now wasn’t that good . ”

“… . . ”

“Let’s trade . I’ll give you stones, so give me ste…… stats!”

“S . T . E . A . K . ”

“Yes . Give me steak . ”

“Guess you liked it a lot . ”

“This is a lot more tastier than magical energy . ”

“Okay……”

I gave him all the food that was prepared .

Karin ate it all, including the plates .

As if he was still hungry, he was flicking his tongue in anticipation .

It seemed that I found a way to easily coax him after all .

If someone else heard this, they would laugh, but the method was using steak as bait .

To the goblin that was looking around for more, I spoke to him .

“Do you want more?”

“Keruru . How did you know, human . You’re quick on the uptake . ”

“Ah… . thank you for the compliment . ”

“Kel Kel . Is there more?”

“Of course . I could get you as many as you want . But I want to trade it for something other than stones… . . ”

“What is it? The only thing I have are stones . ”

“It’s……”