Chapter 338
Rei was left in charge of the dungeon while Kehma and the others were away .
However, what normally would have been business as usual had turned into [a bit busy due to lack of manpower] .
What about the various issues cropping up without Gozoh, the adventurers’ mediator, being in the village? All of them were taken care of by Village Sub-Chief Wozuma in one way or another . Rather, the festive mood following Gozoh and Kehma’s B-Rank promotion made it so that there wasn’t really anyone wanting to cause issues .
“…—Haah, every day’s passing by without anything happening even though Master and Rokuko, as well as Meat-senpai and Ichika-senpai aren’t here…”
“Isn’t that a good thing~?”
With her legs stretched out under the kotatsu in the employee break room, Rei laid her cheek down on the table . The other person with her was Nerune, who was enjoying some of Kinue’s green tea .
Even without creating its own heat, the kotatsu was great . At that time of year, the blanket alone was just right .
“… The adventurers are going fine… the village is great… neither the church nor the succubi are having any issues…”
“Isn’t that a good thing~? My research is progressing well too~”
“… … There not being anything wrong is a good thing, but I can’t show my ability to solve problems if there aren’t any problems to solve . What do you think, Kinue?”
“It would certainly make an impression if you solved any issues, but it would be better if no issues arose in the first place . Would Master not judge it that way?”
“Uuu, but I want to show my appeal to Master… but it’s only one or the other…! Like light and darkness…!”
Rei complained . In fact, Kehma valued Rei quite highly . It should have been clear from the fact that he’d given her DP to use for enhancing herself . There was also no mistaking that there being no issues was for the best .
… Moreover, Kehma himself definitely wouldn’t have felt like correcting any issue that might have arose .
“I’m back for a moment~ . Everything going well?”
Just then, the person himself, Kehma, made an appearance . Kehma quickly gulped down some of the refreshing green tea Kinue casually offered him before handing back the empty cup .
“M-Master!? H-Huh, you’re back already? Isn’t it still only halfway through the schedule?”
“Just for a little bit . I’ll have to head to the imperial capital here soon . ”
“Oh, okay . I guess you came back here to go there through [White Beach], then . ”
“I was thinking about heading there directly with [Teleport] after since I learned it, yeah . I have to make a massage chair after all this is over in exchange, though… Rather, Haku-san keeps pushing Dungeon Battle stuff onto me . Gah, I don’t wanna work, I don’t wanna…”
Kehma appeared to have performed some trade with Haku, a far superior dungeon . Rei and Kinue felt awed despite Kehma’s ending remarks .
“M-Master, [Teleport], you mean…?”
“… Oh, yeah . The space-time magic… But I won’t teach you it . Nerune, even if you tried to use it on just a single person, you’d absolutely suffer from mana exhaustion . I mean, even I feel the strain . It’s enough that I think I’d probably die if I was limited to the amount of magical power you have right now . ”
“U-Uguuu… No waaay~”
Nerune hung her head . Kehma once again turned to Rei .
“So, have there been any issues?”
“No! Nothing to report!”
“… Rather, Rei was just saying how she had so much free time since there’s nothing going on~”
“H-Hey, Nerune!? What are you saying!?”
“Hah . ”
Hearing Rei and Nerune’s back and forth, Kehma laughed .
“That’s good, there’s nothing better than free time . I’ll keep leaving it to you, Rei . ”
“I’ll to my best, Master!”
“Kinue, make sure to give Rei your support . ”
“Certainly, Master . ”
“And Nerune, I thought of an interesting idea for a magic tool during this trip . A convenient one . ”
“Ooooh… another thing to research, huh~ . It could take a long time to get through the stockpile, you know~?”
“Well, it doesn’t need to be a rush job . Let me know if you don’t think you can do it . Alright, I’ll be heading off . ”
Saying that, Kehma left the room like a storm .
“Let’s keep going without any issues, Kinue!”
“… Rei, you seem quite fired up now . Well, I suppose that’s one of your good points . ”
“Haah~, looks like I have a lot more to work on~… . I’ll have to train to increase my total magical power, too~ . I’ll be sinking all of my salary and bonuses on mana potions~… Oookay, back to the lab~”
“Nerune . Would you like a sandwich for lunch? Or maybe onigiri?”
“Onigiri… no, a sandwich, please~ . You can choose what kind~”
Each and every one of them felt their morale increase .
However, since what they had to do hadn’t changed—except for Nerune—there was nothing really for them to do with that morale .
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