Status Meister - Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Edited by: Morin

When I woke up, it was pitch black in front of me . Of course, there is no electricity here, so that’s natural .

I prayed that I may not be in a dream today .

Nearby, I can hear Miria’s regular breathing .

I looked at the clock to see what time it was, but it was only five o’clock . It’s been a while since I woke up so early .

After a little bit of stretching, Miria began to wriggle . Apparently it happened because she woke up just now .

“Huh? Oh, good morning . ”

“Yeah, good morning Miria . ”

As I pat Milia on the head, I think about what I’m going to do today .

For starters, I’ll have Miria learn all the jobs she can learn now, just like I did yesterday . I might as well ask her directly which job she wants, to get the most out of it .

Let’s just say that the excuse is that we took a bath together yesterday .

“How is Miria, how are you feeling?”

“Oh, yeah . I think I’m okay?”

Still half asleep, she stretched her hands to the ceiling, opening and closing her palms .

“Why? But why are you in the room? Uh? And why are we sleeping inside the same futon?”

After all, it seems that she is still tired . Usually, one would be screaming right now in a situation like this .

“When we took a bath yesterday, you fainted because you were exhausted . So I brought you from there to the room and took care of you . ”

“Oh, I see . Sorry for the trouble…?! Oh!? Why are you in your underwear?!”

“Because tt was hot, I took off my clothes . I was starting to get sweaty . ”

Miria’s warmth was still lingering, but I said that and got out of bed and used my fire magic to light the candle .

“Huh!?waa, waaa ,waa, My underwear! My underwear has changed!”

“Well, you did take a bath . I didn’t want to carry you naked and soaked to the bone, so I gave you a pair of underwear I got from the tailor . Those panties are cute, aren’t they?”

“You saw it . I was seen . I was seen…”

She covered herself with the futon, embarrassed by the reminder .

“I don’t want to move anymore . I don’t want to be more embarrassed . ”

“It’s okay . There’s nothing more embarrassing . When I washed your whole body yesterday, I checked every corner to make sure there was no dirt left over . ”

“Every corner! Ah, I can’t stand this . I can’t marry anyone now…”

“It’s okay, I’ll take care of that . Leave it to me with confidence . Now, let’s get on with our day!”

She hadn’t come out of the covers for any length of time, so I tried to force her out of the futon, but she wouldn’t leave .

“No! No, I don’t wanna! No! No!”

It seems that her head isn’t catching up when she wakes up . She’s like a child . Well, she is just a child . (FBI: Knock! Knock!!)

I can’t help it, so when I tried to leave the room to wash my face, I opened the door a little without making a noise .

I guess she heard Milia’s voice, and Mia is peeking at me through the gap .

Oh, our eyes met . I’m scared! An assassin!

Miria is still saying no . It seems that she is not aware of Mia peeking .

“Then, I’m going to eat Mia’s delicious breakfast, so wait in bed . ”

“What!?”

“If you don’t want to leave the room so badly, you won’t be using magic anymore . You are sealed for life as a mage . ”

“Eh?!”

I wonder if the excuse of sealing magical potential has worked, but Miria jumps off the bed and runs and hugs my arm .

“I’m . . I’m going too!”

“You said you didn’t want to go with me . Then, I’m going to go alone . I can feed you as well as Miria . ”

“No! I’ll go with you!”

What a cute creature she is . I look at her, smiling softly . I don’t know if I’ve ever seen her like this before, but Mia looks at me with a surprised look on her face .

“Do you like me?”

“Like! So I’m going with you!”

“Are you going to transfer the slave right from Mia-san to me?”

“Transfer! I’ll transfer and go with you!”

Do you even know what you are saying? Miria is cute when she just wakes up . It’s just like an infant .

“Is it alright? Mia-san . ”

“Yes!”

“It can’t be helped . This child was originally purchased not to be used as a slave, but as our child . We thought the transfer would be when the child would get married, but if you’re going to go that far, I can’t object to it . ”

Seeing Mia enter the room while saying that, Miria froze with her mouth open .

“Eh…? When!? Where?!”

“Hmm? I saw you from the time you were whining around in the futon . ”

“Noooooooooo!”

You took the time to come out of the Amano-Iwato , but you went in again by yourself . What are you doing now?(TN: Amano-Iwato is also known as Heavenly-rock cave )

“Well, that’s why . Takashi, please make time for this evening . ”

“Eh? Ah, yes . I understand . ”

Saying that much, Mia-san left the room . I am going to get Miria!?

Contrary to my attitude, which was pleased, Miria spoke again in her futon .

“Oh, what am I saying…”

For starters, I take out a set of Miria’s equipment and say something to egg her on .

“‘Look, Miria . I know you were frustrated that you couldn’t boil the bath, and today I’m going to raise your magic power . So hurry up and get dressed . ”

“Magic! Is it true?!”

Yes! And she came out of the futon and turned her eyes to me . She must have been so frustrated . There is no hesitation in her now .

“Magic! Can you really increase my magic!?”

“Oh, maybe I can . I will try my best, so get dressed fast . ”

“Really!? It’s true! It’s a promise! Yeah!”

I guess she’s getting used to living with me to the extent that she was jumping excitedly in her underwear .

While she was cheering, jumping up and down, I put some of her clothes out for her .

“Let’s have a meal before that . We have to decide today’s schedule, and let’s talk again while eating . ”

“Yes!”

She was crying, laughing, and feeling happy . Gradually, I am starting to find out more about the busy Miria .

While moving Miria’s head to the dining room, she decides what to do today while having breakfast .

“There are things I want to experiment with, so let’s do a hunt request . So let’s do our work afterwards . ”

“What do you want to try? How long does it take?”

“Hmm, I didn’t take 30 minutes yesterday . But it’s up to you, because I’m going to make you do it today . Still, I wonder if we will finish in a hour?”

“I’ll do my best!”

It’s just a matter of learning the skills, and it won’t take long .

But, then there will be quite a bit of time between the evening and my meeting with Mia . I’ll need money to do anything further, and I wonder if there’s anything I can do to earn some cash while I’m training Miria .

“Hey, Miria . Is there any good way to make a lot of money?”

“Well, I think I’ve said it before, but it’s quite hard to get requests, but money’s a sure thing if you can get one . And you’ll get the materials from it too . ”

“Oh, then, isn’t there a material that is extremely valuable?”

“There are comparatively weak monsters around this country . However, there are usually unique monsters like the Black Wolf yesterday, in the place where the monsters are . There are of course high rewards if you defeat them, but one should challenge them with several parties . It’s dangerous for solo work . ”

Speaking of which, yesterday, the wolf that the guild’s old man killed was unique . Was it so dangerous?

But even though it was unknown and boosted, I killed it in one shot . I didn’t feel that strong . Well, I was in control, otherwise it would have been dangerous if it was more of a crowd .

“What other unique monsters are there around here besides the Black Wolf?”

“No way! You aren’t thinking of fighting it again?! It was such a close call yesterday!”

“Of course I’ll fight? It’s for money . And there’s a magician in my party now . ”

“Um… I’m glad to hear you say that about me, but I was able to win because we had such good luck yesterday!”

I know that . But I’m confident that if I could have used magic at that time, I would have been able to defeat it without taking damage . Fighting it with two or three parties is probably the recommended number of people, if they’re rank E adventurers who can’t use magic at all .

“It’s ok . Even with three times less fighters than yesterday, we can manage . ”

“Well… where does that confidence come from?”

“If it comes down to it, I’ll be able to use my own magic . Instead, do you know where other unique monsters are in these places?”

“Yes, I know . There are about 6 more around here . I haven’t had any information recently about them being taken down, so I think they’re probably still here . ”

The reward was 8 gold for killing the Black Wolf . Originally, it would have split it among three parties, so it would be about 44 silver each, but there are only two of us . If we killed all the unique monsters, we’d get 8 gold x 6, or 48 gold . That’s a lot of money all at once!

Wouldn’t it be possible to become a millionaire just by defeating them? But the reality isn’t so sweet, is it?

“Does it come out even if you defeat a Unique?”

“Yes, even if it is unique, it is a head of it’s flock, so if you defeat it, the next head will take its place . ”

“How often is that?”

“I think it happens once a year . ”

Is it really a year? With that long wait, it’s likely that we would have to find other ways to make money as well .

“Okay, let’s finish the work today and go hunting all the unique monsters . ”

“What? You’re going to do it after all!?”

“Of course . Do you not want money, Miria?”

“I’m a slave . I can’t hold more than a certain amount of money . ”

Huh? This is the first time I’ve heard that information . What a cliche .

Yeah, but Miria is a good girl, so that’s good, but it sure seems like many people would think that it would be bad for a slave to have money . It’s kind of upsetting .

“Really? I didn’t know . By the way, how much can you have?”

“About 50 silver . I can’t hold more than that . ”

“Okay . Well then, here you go! . ”

I take 45 silver and 94 copper from my inventory and place them in front of Miria . It’s almost all that I own .

“What! What is this big pile of money! I don’t need it!”

“No . Keep it . You’ll be in trouble if something happens to me . ”

“Yes . If Takashi-san is like that, I understand . ”

The money I put in was carefully counted and put in her inventory . She’s quite disciplined .

“Wow! Wow! That’s just 50 silver when combined with the money I’ve accumulated!”

Well, yeah, that’s right . I can see your money . Oh, but isn’t it bad if others can see? Let’s act appropriately .

“Oh, that’s great! It was all I had, and when you put it all together, it’s like we’re perfect for each other! We’re all tied together by a thread of destiny, after all!”

“That’s not happening, but it’s still amazing!”

Why are you so cold, Miria? Well, it’s a trivial matter, because you’re happy .

“Okay, then the schedule has been decided, so let’s start now . ”

“Yes!”

After a meal, we relax a bit, return the key to Mia at the counter, and leave the inn .

Our first destination is the guild .