Chapter 49: Manon vs Beatrice
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On the day we finished our second encampment in the Demon Forest, we added Zhae and the other undead lizardmen to our escort, and we safely reached a place that overlooked the Volzard City Wall.
This morning, not long after we left, a herd of more than thirty orcs attacked us, but Zhae and the others took them down quickly.
As soon as I gave the GO sign, Zhae and the others accelerated at once and attacked the orc herd.
Perhaps if it were just simple speed, Fred would be faster, but Zhae and the others' movements are just barely able to follow with their eyes, so it might feel even faster.
As usual, every time the jet-black kukri-knife, which is made of something unknown, was wielded, the Orcs' limbs and heads were flying in the air, and the Orcs were annihilated before they realized their own failure.
''Hey, those are orcs, right?''
As I was watching Zae and the others move around, Sagara asked me.
'Yes, it's pretty powerful when you see them up close.
''The last time there was a pack of orcs, the knight who was leading them abandoned Tomo-chan and the others and fled, right?
Yes, but I'm told that a good adventurer can take on three of them on his own.
That's more than three heads each, isn't it? Are the skeletons just as strong?
Yeah, it's more than that...
Sigh....I'm beginning to see that Kokubun-kun really is a demon king...
Sagara-san went back to everyone with a sigh.
After lunch, I told everyone about what happened when we arrived in Volzard.
First of all, I nailed it down that trouble was strictly forbidden, I also told them that we were in the process of registering the guild and preparing for the rescue mission, and finally, I nailed it down one last time to make sure we didn't cause any trouble.
'Kokubun, don't worry so much, we know what we're doing, we'll be fine.
As for me, I'm most worried about Takayama saying that... but seriously, don't cause a ruckus or anything.
That's rude, but with a magical talent like mine, there's no way you'd get in trouble.
I'm getting more and more worried about what's going on...
For now, after arriving at Volzard, we'll have Kondo and the new and old duo for the boys, and Motomiya-san, Sagara-san, and the Bumpy Sisters for the girls to put together.
At the castle gate, Kurtz-san was waiting for us again this time.
Just like last time, we will disarm before the gate and have our swords and knives collected.
This was also the same as last time, Bart-san who came to collect the weapons whispered in my ear.
''Kent you've been waiting for me........''
Oh, yes, hi...
I thought that the five people I had rescued earlier were waiting for me, but the person at the gate I had entered with fifty others was an unexpected person.
''Welcome to the fortified city of Volzard, I am the daughter of the lord and my name is Beatrice Volzard and I would like to welcome you all with open arms.
Although it's not a dress, the pure white dress with ruffles and lace is dressed like a young lady, and the fifty classmates, boys and girls alike, are swooning over it.
But don't let your guard down, that rabbit is a carnivore.
"Kent-sama........
Hi... what's that?
It's bad, was it in your face that you were thinking? Beatrice walks up to me with a tsk tsk.
Her confident, even aura is evident in her steps, and her classmates involuntarily take a step or two back to make way for her.
''I heard that you were rescuing your schoolmates, it must have been difficult to come through the Devil's Forest, thank you for your efforts.''
Oh, thank you.
I couldn't help bowing my head in response to his frank words of appreciation.
Because I'm a timid Japanese, you see.
'Welcome home, Mr. Kent........'
As soon as I lifted my lowered head, he kissed me on the cheek.
'Kyah! Local wife, Kokubun-kun's local wife has been discovered!
d*mn it! I won't forgive you, Kokubun, I won't forgive you!
There was a yellow cheer from the girls and a resentful shout from the boys.
Beatrice put her arm around my waist and rested her head on my shoulder.
'Reece was missed...'
Along with Beatrice's whispering, is it perfume, it smells good.
''Eh, um........mi, mi, show everyone to their quarters.......''
Isn't that something you five gentlemen can do for me...?
Seeing the Bumpy Sisters with their Nimanima smile, the girls are rushing over with cheers, and the new and old duo and Gase Megane are coming over with hateful glances.
Sono, isn't that Manon-chan there?
She's not dressed in her usual dapper clothes, she's wearing a pants look, but with her beautiful colors and slender shroud, everyone can tell she's a girl.
After taking one big deep breath, Manon walked straight up.
It's almost November and the pores on her head are opening up and lazy and cold sweat is running down her face.
Beatrice stares at Manon and comes with her arms around my back with great effort.
It's bad, is this what they call the rumored shuraura.
The girls are looking at me with curiosity, and the boys are looking at me expectantly, expecting me to be miserable.
"Welcome back, Kent.
Hey I'm back, Manon.
I was bracing myself for a slap in the face, as I had done at some point, but Manon seemed to calm down.
'Beatrice, don't let Kent get in your way.
Uh ... okay ...
Once admonished by the righteous, even Beatrice couldn't argue with me, so she untied her clinging arms and moved away from me.
Immediately after that, Manon, who had slid closer to me, kissed me on the cheek.
'Hey, what are you doing, Manon-san!
Beatrice screams in protest, but Manon sizzles and puts his arms around her and hugs her like he's never going to leave her.
'Kyah! Second, second local wife, shura, shura, shura!
'Good, let's kill them.......skeletons and lizardmen are powerful, but we'll have to kill them.......'
Of course. Weapons. I want my weapons back.
I can hear a very disturbing voice, and I can't get anywhere if I don't, so I pat Manon on the back and ask him to move away.
I mean, I came to hug her myself, but she's red-faced and her eyes are all rolled up.
Beatrice, who was staring at me with tears in her eyes, was about to come at me, so I hurriedly stopped her.
'Stop! Seriously, stop! I still have to get everyone to their quarters and talk about what we're going to do tomorrow and so on, so please...
Uhhhh... okay...
Beatrice, who comes glaring at me with a pouting lip, doesn't give me the aura of a young lady, but rather the cuteness of her age.
'Let's go then, Kent,'
What, manon...?
Manon took my left hand in a lover's grip and held it in his left arm.
Manon also smells good, as if he's wearing some kind of perfume.
I'll go along for the ride.
When Beatrice saw Manon's actions, she quickly took my right arm in her arms.
''Huh? Hey, Beatrice?
Reece!
'Ugh ... is Reece coming too?
Mmmm ... am I really that intrusive?
No, no, no, it's not...
If the gallery wasn't there, it would be a blissful moment, but with the girls' warm gazes, the boys' murderous glances, and even the gazes of the guardians, it's very uncomfortable.
I mean, I don't think rumors will spread from the garrison people and get into the ears of the Choi Evil Old Man.
Anyway, let's take everyone to the canteen of the garrison quarters and feed them dinner.
It'll be even more annoying if they're hungry.
After dinner was over, I explained our plans for the future.
I've already asked Yagi and the others to assign rooms in the temporary quarters.
After this, I just need to take a bath and sleep, and tomorrow, I'll make a registration card for the guild.
When we brought five people, we went to the guild to register them, but this time, since there are so many people, Otto-san will be traveling from the guild to visit us.
After the registration is done, we will give them 5,000 hectares each to shop for daily necessities as an immediate expense.
Yagi and the others demanded it from us, but of course we rejected it.
"Kokubun's idiot, you don't want us to show you around if we don't have any money, do you?
Wait a minute, Yagi, what do you mean you don't have any money? I gave you fifteen thousand hectares. It's only been ten days, right?
''Idiot, Kokubun's idiot, we can't use powerful magic like you. So we'll just have to cover it up with weapons...
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What are you gonna do with a weapon?
'Dumbass, we're going to go on a rescue mission in earnest now, aren't we? We have to go through the Devil's Forest again, don't we? Then you'll need a weapon, hey, Nitta, Furuta, right?
Of course....
''Yagi's right, there's no argument there...''
Oh, we ran out on our first day, so of course we don't have any left.
'Yes, yes, girls need to dress up,'
I'm not kidding anymore, I've already fallen off my knees.
''So, five thousand helt for us.........''
Reject!
"Hey, now that you've reunited with Aoi and the others...
No! If you say you can't do it without money, I can ask Manon to show you around.
Okay, just give me 3,000 hectares...
I refuse!
Don't be so cold, it's just a little bit... right?
I'm afraid not!
Okay, so I'll just take the middle ground and give you two thousand five hundred...
Unusually, Yagi and Kobayashi-san fought together and are extremely persistent.
Five hundred.........and that's it........
'If you don't want to, that's fine, I won't give you a helt...'
'Oh, wait, wait, wait, okay, I'll settle for five hundred hectares...'
''You know ... even if you carry potatoes for a day in a warehouse, it's only three hundred and fifty hectares, and if you're extravagant, I'll pinch you out of the city walls.
Okay, okay, okay...
I'll have to leave the rest to Yagi and Kobayashi-san and put in a report to Donovan-san about our arrival.
''Manon, Reece, I'm going to report to the guild, come with me, I'll drop you off.
He calls out to the two men who have been watching the money fight with Yagi and the others with their eyes, and they leave the garrison's quarters.
Without a second thought, Manon and Beatrice come holding onto my left and right arms, respectively.
I'm getting stares from people on the street, but it's good, I'm already open.
On the way to the guild, Beatrice asked me.
''Um........Is Kent-sama paying for your living expenses?''
Yeah, I do.
Does Mr. Kent have any special position in your life?
No, I don't have a job title or anything.
Then why shouldn't Mr. Kent pay for it? Five thousand hectares for fifty people each, that's twenty-five thousand hectares - not an easy amount of money for someone our age to come up with.
''Yeah, well Reinhardt and his team are taking down demons with a bang, and Giga Wolf sold for a lot of money, so we're good on the budget.
With the orc's magic stone, giga wolf, and the reward for the nomination request combined, we have about one hundred and seventy thousand healts in the bank, as well as the untouched Rock Ogre magic stone, so we have little to worry about financially.
Even if we rescue another one hundred and fifty people, we only need seventy-five thousand hectares of current funds, so we can cover the cost of food for all of them.
But not only Beatrice, but also Manon is looking unhappy.
''What's wrong?''
'Kent, you said yourself that you could only make three hundred and fifty hectares a day at the warehouse job, didn't you?
Yeah, it was a warehouse of garm potatoes, but it was pretty tough.
And you're just going to hand over 5,000 hectares?
'No, but we're all in a state where we don't have a change of clothes or anything else, and we have to get the tools of our lives together, and it's not like we're going to use them in a day...'
I already used Tomoko and Akemi.
'Ugh ... sure ...'
Manon is right, if you give the money to the girls led by the Bumpy Sisters, it's obvious that they'll spend it like hot water.
'Two thousand hectares is enough, but if Kent insists, three thousand hectares, and I think that's too much to give out beyond that.
Beatrice nodded at Manon's words.
When I think about it, I don't have a good idea of the level of prices since I've come to Volzard, since I've been wearing clothes that were given to me, eating meals at the boarding house, and hardly shopping at all.
I guess I should ask both of you for your opinions here.
''All right, I'll make it three thousand hectares per person.
Hey, Kent, aren't you going to report to the guild?
'Yeah, I'll wait until after I drop you two off, Mr. Donovan's working late anyway, so I'll be fine.
Mr. Kent, if you know that Mr. Donovan works late, doesn't that mean that Mr. Kent is also active at that hour?
Ugh yes, but not every day.
Beatrice is sharp, after all, isn't she, actually, she's flying around until that time almost every day.
''Somehow, it seems that only Kent-sama is playing a losing role...''
'Yes, Kent should let someone else do more of the work.
''Ummm.......yeah, I guess.......''
When I sent Beatrice to the mansion first, she tutted me again at the gate.
Please don't report it to Klaus, please, gatekeeper, I beg you.
After that, I walked Manon to the front of the house and he kissed me again.
''Ah........could it be that I was head-butted before.......''
'Oh, that's because Kent turned around so abruptly... the distance...'
So I won't have to worry about another head-butt, will I?
'Mmm ... Kent's idiot ...'
Manon sulked and showed me, but he tutted me again.
After separating from Manon, I moved to the guild using the shadow movement, and as usual, Donovan-san is in the middle of rusting.
'Good evening, Donovan-san.
"Mmm, Kent...
'Yes, I'm sorry it took me so long to report this, but I've brought all fifty of you back safely, and I look forward to working with you.
I stepped out of the shadows and bowed my head snappily in front of Mr. Donovan and asked him for help.
''Hmmm........Manon and Beatrice, you're thriving.......''
Huh? Why, where did that come from....
Be careful not to run into Klaus.
Wow....
It seems that the rumors have reached even the Choi Evil Old Man.
Is there no choice but to engage in this one battle?
''I'll let Otto go to sign up for the guild as planned, but I'll be there if there's time.
'Yes, thank you. And I'd like you to sign up about five people for a separate slot...
You're the undead lizardman, right?
Yes, Zae, may I...?
I called out, and instantly Zhae emerged from the shadows.
I've already reported the matter of the Lizardman attack to Donovan-san, but this is the first time I've had him meet Zhae.
''Nuh........another vicious companion you've made.
Yes, my strong man, I know.
You speak human language as well, all right, let's do the same thing with Reinhardt and his team.
Zae shook hands with Mr. Donovan, and then went back into the shadows.
'Also, this morning, we encountered a herd of over thirty orcs.
What ... last time it was 14 head, if I recall correctly?
Yes, there are still a lot of orcs in the area?
'I don't know, but Rock Ogre and Lizardman, it feels like the Demon Forest is quite active, so it's very possible.
A normal orc herd is at most twenty or so orcs, and if it's more than thirty, it's going to be a very large herd.
''Let's just say we should raise the level of vigilance and...''
Since I have more strength now, I'll leave one of them on Volzard.
That would be very helpful, please.
I, for one, need to know that Volzard is safe.
If one of them stays behind in Volzard, we can get a backup set up in case something goes wrong.
Are these people you're bringing with you, are they going to be put into your training immediately?
Yes, we'll have to select the members since we can't afford to go all together.
'Kent, wouldn't it have been faster to get more undead lizardmen to pull the wagon for them than to train those guys?
'Eh ... oh, right ... now I'm going to go back ...'
Hmm it's probably too late, you've been eaten to the bone.
They say that skeletons and undead can only occur if there are no bones or bodies left behind.
The reason why Reinhardt and the others are able to exist as skeletons is because the enemy that ambushed them was probably the same knight, and they didn't leave the bodies unattended, they burned them and turned them into bones before burying them.
'If you don't burn the corpse and bury it, the goblins and kobolds will dig it up and scavenge it, and if they eat it to the bone, it won't turn into a skeleton or an undead. The lizardman's body came with the magic stone pulled out and left it there, didn't it? Too late for that.
''Oh........if we had five more people on hand, we could have moved on to a rescue mission right away.......No, wait, we should have gone hunting.......''
I was mumbling and talking about one thing and then Mr. Donovan nailed me.
'Kent, you can get lost in the mission, but you've come across the Devil's Forest too, you need to rest your body a bit.
'Yes, but those words aren't very convincing when said by Mr. Donovan, who stays behind to work alone day after day.
Huh, he's getting pretty good at that. So I'm going to retire early and let you have this chair.
'And no way! I'm going home! I'll be home soon and rest, good night!
"Quack, quack, quack...
I hurriedly hid in the shadows and left the guild while listening to Donovan's sneaky laugh, which was rather powerful.
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On the day we finished our second encampment in the Demon Forest, we added Zhae and the other undead lizardmen to our escort, and we safely reached a place that overlooked the Volzard City Wall.
This morning, not long after we left, a herd of more than thirty orcs attacked us, but Zhae and the others took them down quickly.
As soon as I gave the GO sign, Zhae and the others accelerated at once and attacked the orc herd.
Perhaps if it were just simple speed, Fred would be faster, but Zhae and the others' movements are just barely able to follow with their eyes, so it might feel even faster.
As usual, every time the jet-black kukri-knife, which is made of something unknown, was wielded, the Orcs' limbs and heads were flying in the air, and the Orcs were annihilated before they realized their own failure.
''Hey, those are orcs, right?''
As I was watching Zae and the others move around, Sagara asked me.
'Yes, it's pretty powerful when you see them up close.
''The last time there was a pack of orcs, the knight who was leading them abandoned Tomo-chan and the others and fled, right?
Yes, but I'm told that a good adventurer can take on three of them on his own.
That's more than three heads each, isn't it? Are the skeletons just as strong?
Yeah, it's more than that...
Sigh....I'm beginning to see that Kokubun-kun really is a demon king...
Sagara-san went back to everyone with a sigh.
After lunch, I told everyone about what happened when we arrived in Volzard.
First of all, I nailed it down that trouble was strictly forbidden, I also told them that we were in the process of registering the guild and preparing for the rescue mission, and finally, I nailed it down one last time to make sure we didn't cause any trouble.
'Kokubun, don't worry so much, we know what we're doing, we'll be fine.
As for me, I'm most worried about Takayama saying that... but seriously, don't cause a ruckus or anything.
That's rude, but with a magical talent like mine, there's no way you'd get in trouble.
I'm getting more and more worried about what's going on...
For now, after arriving at Volzard, we'll have Kondo and the new and old duo for the boys, and Motomiya-san, Sagara-san, and the Bumpy Sisters for the girls to put together.
At the castle gate, Kurtz-san was waiting for us again this time.
Just like last time, we will disarm before the gate and have our swords and knives collected.
This was also the same as last time, Bart-san who came to collect the weapons whispered in my ear.
''Kent you've been waiting for me........''
Oh, yes, hi...
I thought that the five people I had rescued earlier were waiting for me, but the person at the gate I had entered with fifty others was an unexpected person.
''Welcome to the fortified city of Volzard, I am the daughter of the lord and my name is Beatrice Volzard and I would like to welcome you all with open arms.
Although it's not a dress, the pure white dress with ruffles and lace is dressed like a young lady, and the fifty classmates, boys and girls alike, are swooning over it.
But don't let your guard down, that rabbit is a carnivore.
"Kent-sama........
Hi... what's that?
It's bad, was it in your face that you were thinking? Beatrice walks up to me with a tsk tsk.
Her confident, even aura is evident in her steps, and her classmates involuntarily take a step or two back to make way for her.
''I heard that you were rescuing your schoolmates, it must have been difficult to come through the Devil's Forest, thank you for your efforts.''
Oh, thank you.
I couldn't help bowing my head in response to his frank words of appreciation.
Because I'm a timid Japanese, you see.
'Welcome home, Mr. Kent........'
As soon as I lifted my lowered head, he kissed me on the cheek.
'Kyah! Local wife, Kokubun-kun's local wife has been discovered!
d*mn it! I won't forgive you, Kokubun, I won't forgive you!
There was a yellow cheer from the girls and a resentful shout from the boys.
Beatrice put her arm around my waist and rested her head on my shoulder.
'Reece was missed...'
Along with Beatrice's whispering, is it perfume, it smells good.
''Eh, um........mi, mi, show everyone to their quarters.......''
Isn't that something you five gentlemen can do for me...?
Seeing the Bumpy Sisters with their Nimanima smile, the girls are rushing over with cheers, and the new and old duo and Gase Megane are coming over with hateful glances.
Sono, isn't that Manon-chan there?
She's not dressed in her usual dapper clothes, she's wearing a pants look, but with her beautiful colors and slender shroud, everyone can tell she's a girl.
After taking one big deep breath, Manon walked straight up.
It's almost November and the pores on her head are opening up and lazy and cold sweat is running down her face.
Beatrice stares at Manon and comes with her arms around my back with great effort.
It's bad, is this what they call the rumored shuraura.
The girls are looking at me with curiosity, and the boys are looking at me expectantly, expecting me to be miserable.
"Welcome back, Kent.
Hey I'm back, Manon.
I was bracing myself for a slap in the face, as I had done at some point, but Manon seemed to calm down.
'Beatrice, don't let Kent get in your way.
Uh ... okay ...
Once admonished by the righteous, even Beatrice couldn't argue with me, so she untied her clinging arms and moved away from me.
Immediately after that, Manon, who had slid closer to me, kissed me on the cheek.
'Hey, what are you doing, Manon-san!
Beatrice screams in protest, but Manon sizzles and puts his arms around her and hugs her like he's never going to leave her.
'Kyah! Second, second local wife, shura, shura, shura!
'Good, let's kill them.......skeletons and lizardmen are powerful, but we'll have to kill them.......'
Of course. Weapons. I want my weapons back.
I can hear a very disturbing voice, and I can't get anywhere if I don't, so I pat Manon on the back and ask him to move away.
I mean, I came to hug her myself, but she's red-faced and her eyes are all rolled up.
Beatrice, who was staring at me with tears in her eyes, was about to come at me, so I hurriedly stopped her.
'Stop! Seriously, stop! I still have to get everyone to their quarters and talk about what we're going to do tomorrow and so on, so please...
Uhhhh... okay...
Beatrice, who comes glaring at me with a pouting lip, doesn't give me the aura of a young lady, but rather the cuteness of her age.
'Let's go then, Kent,'
What, manon...?
Manon took my left hand in a lover's grip and held it in his left arm.
Manon also smells good, as if he's wearing some kind of perfume.
I'll go along for the ride.
When Beatrice saw Manon's actions, she quickly took my right arm in her arms.
''Huh? Hey, Beatrice?
Reece!
'Ugh ... is Reece coming too?
Mmmm ... am I really that intrusive?
No, no, no, it's not...
If the gallery wasn't there, it would be a blissful moment, but with the girls' warm gazes, the boys' murderous glances, and even the gazes of the guardians, it's very uncomfortable.
I mean, I don't think rumors will spread from the garrison people and get into the ears of the Choi Evil Old Man.
Anyway, let's take everyone to the canteen of the garrison quarters and feed them dinner.
It'll be even more annoying if they're hungry.
After dinner was over, I explained our plans for the future.
I've already asked Yagi and the others to assign rooms in the temporary quarters.
After this, I just need to take a bath and sleep, and tomorrow, I'll make a registration card for the guild.
When we brought five people, we went to the guild to register them, but this time, since there are so many people, Otto-san will be traveling from the guild to visit us.
After the registration is done, we will give them 5,000 hectares each to shop for daily necessities as an immediate expense.
Yagi and the others demanded it from us, but of course we rejected it.
"Kokubun's idiot, you don't want us to show you around if we don't have any money, do you?
Wait a minute, Yagi, what do you mean you don't have any money? I gave you fifteen thousand hectares. It's only been ten days, right?
''Idiot, Kokubun's idiot, we can't use powerful magic like you. So we'll just have to cover it up with weapons...
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What are you gonna do with a weapon?
'Dumbass, we're going to go on a rescue mission in earnest now, aren't we? We have to go through the Devil's Forest again, don't we? Then you'll need a weapon, hey, Nitta, Furuta, right?
Of course....
''Yagi's right, there's no argument there...''
Oh, we ran out on our first day, so of course we don't have any left.
'Yes, yes, girls need to dress up,'
I'm not kidding anymore, I've already fallen off my knees.
''So, five thousand helt for us.........''
Reject!
"Hey, now that you've reunited with Aoi and the others...
No! If you say you can't do it without money, I can ask Manon to show you around.
Okay, just give me 3,000 hectares...
I refuse!
Don't be so cold, it's just a little bit... right?
I'm afraid not!
Okay, so I'll just take the middle ground and give you two thousand five hundred...
Unusually, Yagi and Kobayashi-san fought together and are extremely persistent.
Five hundred.........and that's it........
'If you don't want to, that's fine, I won't give you a helt...'
'Oh, wait, wait, wait, okay, I'll settle for five hundred hectares...'
''You know ... even if you carry potatoes for a day in a warehouse, it's only three hundred and fifty hectares, and if you're extravagant, I'll pinch you out of the city walls.
Okay, okay, okay...
I'll have to leave the rest to Yagi and Kobayashi-san and put in a report to Donovan-san about our arrival.
''Manon, Reece, I'm going to report to the guild, come with me, I'll drop you off.
He calls out to the two men who have been watching the money fight with Yagi and the others with their eyes, and they leave the garrison's quarters.
Without a second thought, Manon and Beatrice come holding onto my left and right arms, respectively.
I'm getting stares from people on the street, but it's good, I'm already open.
On the way to the guild, Beatrice asked me.
''Um........Is Kent-sama paying for your living expenses?''
Yeah, I do.
Does Mr. Kent have any special position in your life?
No, I don't have a job title or anything.
Then why shouldn't Mr. Kent pay for it? Five thousand hectares for fifty people each, that's twenty-five thousand hectares - not an easy amount of money for someone our age to come up with.
''Yeah, well Reinhardt and his team are taking down demons with a bang, and Giga Wolf sold for a lot of money, so we're good on the budget.
With the orc's magic stone, giga wolf, and the reward for the nomination request combined, we have about one hundred and seventy thousand healts in the bank, as well as the untouched Rock Ogre magic stone, so we have little to worry about financially.
Even if we rescue another one hundred and fifty people, we only need seventy-five thousand hectares of current funds, so we can cover the cost of food for all of them.
But not only Beatrice, but also Manon is looking unhappy.
''What's wrong?''
'Kent, you said yourself that you could only make three hundred and fifty hectares a day at the warehouse job, didn't you?
Yeah, it was a warehouse of garm potatoes, but it was pretty tough.
And you're just going to hand over 5,000 hectares?
'No, but we're all in a state where we don't have a change of clothes or anything else, and we have to get the tools of our lives together, and it's not like we're going to use them in a day...'
I already used Tomoko and Akemi.
'Ugh ... sure ...'
Manon is right, if you give the money to the girls led by the Bumpy Sisters, it's obvious that they'll spend it like hot water.
'Two thousand hectares is enough, but if Kent insists, three thousand hectares, and I think that's too much to give out beyond that.
Beatrice nodded at Manon's words.
When I think about it, I don't have a good idea of the level of prices since I've come to Volzard, since I've been wearing clothes that were given to me, eating meals at the boarding house, and hardly shopping at all.
I guess I should ask both of you for your opinions here.
''All right, I'll make it three thousand hectares per person.
Hey, Kent, aren't you going to report to the guild?
'Yeah, I'll wait until after I drop you two off, Mr. Donovan's working late anyway, so I'll be fine.
Mr. Kent, if you know that Mr. Donovan works late, doesn't that mean that Mr. Kent is also active at that hour?
Ugh yes, but not every day.
Beatrice is sharp, after all, isn't she, actually, she's flying around until that time almost every day.
''Somehow, it seems that only Kent-sama is playing a losing role...''
'Yes, Kent should let someone else do more of the work.
''Ummm.......yeah, I guess.......''
When I sent Beatrice to the mansion first, she tutted me again at the gate.
Please don't report it to Klaus, please, gatekeeper, I beg you.
After that, I walked Manon to the front of the house and he kissed me again.
''Ah........could it be that I was head-butted before.......''
'Oh, that's because Kent turned around so abruptly... the distance...'
So I won't have to worry about another head-butt, will I?
'Mmm ... Kent's idiot ...'
Manon sulked and showed me, but he tutted me again.
After separating from Manon, I moved to the guild using the shadow movement, and as usual, Donovan-san is in the middle of rusting.
'Good evening, Donovan-san.
"Mmm, Kent...
'Yes, I'm sorry it took me so long to report this, but I've brought all fifty of you back safely, and I look forward to working with you.
I stepped out of the shadows and bowed my head snappily in front of Mr. Donovan and asked him for help.
''Hmmm........Manon and Beatrice, you're thriving.......''
Huh? Why, where did that come from....
Be careful not to run into Klaus.
Wow....
It seems that the rumors have reached even the Choi Evil Old Man.
Is there no choice but to engage in this one battle?
''I'll let Otto go to sign up for the guild as planned, but I'll be there if there's time.
'Yes, thank you. And I'd like you to sign up about five people for a separate slot...
You're the undead lizardman, right?
Yes, Zae, may I...?
I called out, and instantly Zhae emerged from the shadows.
I've already reported the matter of the Lizardman attack to Donovan-san, but this is the first time I've had him meet Zhae.
''Nuh........another vicious companion you've made.
Yes, my strong man, I know.
You speak human language as well, all right, let's do the same thing with Reinhardt and his team.
Zae shook hands with Mr. Donovan, and then went back into the shadows.
'Also, this morning, we encountered a herd of over thirty orcs.
What ... last time it was 14 head, if I recall correctly?
Yes, there are still a lot of orcs in the area?
'I don't know, but Rock Ogre and Lizardman, it feels like the Demon Forest is quite active, so it's very possible.
A normal orc herd is at most twenty or so orcs, and if it's more than thirty, it's going to be a very large herd.
''Let's just say we should raise the level of vigilance and...''
Since I have more strength now, I'll leave one of them on Volzard.
That would be very helpful, please.
I, for one, need to know that Volzard is safe.
If one of them stays behind in Volzard, we can get a backup set up in case something goes wrong.
Are these people you're bringing with you, are they going to be put into your training immediately?
Yes, we'll have to select the members since we can't afford to go all together.
'Kent, wouldn't it have been faster to get more undead lizardmen to pull the wagon for them than to train those guys?
'Eh ... oh, right ... now I'm going to go back ...'
Hmm it's probably too late, you've been eaten to the bone.
They say that skeletons and undead can only occur if there are no bones or bodies left behind.
The reason why Reinhardt and the others are able to exist as skeletons is because the enemy that ambushed them was probably the same knight, and they didn't leave the bodies unattended, they burned them and turned them into bones before burying them.
'If you don't burn the corpse and bury it, the goblins and kobolds will dig it up and scavenge it, and if they eat it to the bone, it won't turn into a skeleton or an undead. The lizardman's body came with the magic stone pulled out and left it there, didn't it? Too late for that.
''Oh........if we had five more people on hand, we could have moved on to a rescue mission right away.......No, wait, we should have gone hunting.......''
I was mumbling and talking about one thing and then Mr. Donovan nailed me.
'Kent, you can get lost in the mission, but you've come across the Devil's Forest too, you need to rest your body a bit.
'Yes, but those words aren't very convincing when said by Mr. Donovan, who stays behind to work alone day after day.
Huh, he's getting pretty good at that. So I'm going to retire early and let you have this chair.
'And no way! I'm going home! I'll be home soon and rest, good night!
"Quack, quack, quack...
I hurriedly hid in the shadows and left the guild while listening to Donovan's sneaky laugh, which was rather powerful.
On the day we finished our second encampment in the Demon Forest, we added Zhae and the other undead lizardmen to our escort, and we safely reached a place that overlooked the Volzard City Wall.This morning, not long after we left, a herd of more than thirty orcs attacked us, but Zhae and the others took them down quickly.As soon as I gave the GO sign, Zhae and the others accelerated at once and attacked the orc herd.Perhaps if it were just simple speed, Fred would be faster, but Zhae and the others' movements are just barely able to follow with their eyes, so it might feel even faster.As usual, every time the jet-black kukri-knife, which is made of something unknown, was wielded, the Orcs' limbs and heads were flying in the air, and the Orcs were annihilated before they realized their own failure.''Hey, those are orcs, right?''As I was watching Zae and the others move around, Sagara asked me.'Yes, it's pretty powerful when you see them up close.''The last time there was a pack of orcs, the knight who was leading them abandoned Tomo-chan and the others and fled, right?Yes, but I'm told that a good adventurer can take on three of them on his own.That's more than three heads each, isn't it? Are the skeletons just as strong?Yeah, it's more than that...Sigh....I'm beginning to see that Kokubun-kun really is a demon king...Sagara-san went back to everyone with a sigh.After lunch, I told everyone about what happened when we arrived in Volzard.First of all, I nailed it down that trouble was strictly forbidden, I also told them that we were in the process of registering the guild and preparing for the rescue mission, and finally, I nailed it down one last time to make sure we didn't cause any trouble.'Kokubun, don't worry so much, we know what we're doing, we'll be fine.As for me, I'm most worried about Takayama saying that... but seriously, don't cause a ruckus or anything.That's rude, but with a magical talent like mine, there's no way you'd get in trouble.I'm getting more and more worried about what's going on...For now, after arriving at Volzard, we'll have Kondo and the new and old duo for the boys, and Motomiya-san, Sagara-san, and the Bumpy Sisters for the girls to put together.At the castle gate, Kurtz-san was waiting for us again this time.Just like last time, we will disarm before the gate and have our swords and knives collected.This was also the same as last time, Bart-san who came to collect the weapons whispered in my ear.''Kent you've been waiting for me........''Oh, yes, hi...I thought that the five people I had rescued earlier were waiting for me, but the person at the gate I had entered with fifty others was an unexpected person.''Welcome to the fortified city of Volzard, I am the daughter of the lord and my name is Beatrice Volzard and I would like to welcome you all with open arms.Although it's not a dress, the pure white dress with ruffles and lace is dressed like a young lady, and the fifty classmates, boys and girls alike, are swooning over it.But don't let your guard down, that rabbit is a carnivore."Kent-sama........Hi... what's that?It's bad, was it in your face that you were thinking? Beatrice walks up to me with a tsk tsk.Her confident, even aura is evident in her steps, and her classmates involuntarily take a step or two back to make way for her.''I heard that you were rescuing your schoolmates, it must have been difficult to come through the Devil's Forest, thank you for your efforts.''Oh, thank you.I couldn't help bowing my head in response to his frank words of appreciation.Because I'm a timid Japanese, you see.'Welcome home, Mr. Kent........'As soon as I lifted my lowered head, he kissed me on the cheek.'Kyah! Local wife, Kokubun-kun's local wife has been discovered!d*mn it! I won't forgive you, Kokubun, I won't forgive you!There was a yellow cheer from the girls and a resentful shout from the boys.Beatrice put her arm around my waist and rested her head on my shoulder.'Reece was missed...'Along with Beatrice's whispering, is it perfume, it smells good.''Eh, um........mi, mi, show everyone to their quarters.......''Isn't that something you five gentlemen can do for me...?Seeing the Bumpy Sisters with their Nimanima smile, the girls are rushing over with cheers, and the new and old duo and Gase Megane are coming over with hateful glances.Sono, isn't that Manon-chan there?She's not dressed in her usual dapper clothes, she's wearing a pants look, but with her beautiful colors and slender shroud, everyone can tell she's a girl.After taking one big deep breath, Manon walked straight up.It's almost November and the pores on her head are opening up and lazy and cold sweat is running down her face.Beatrice stares at Manon and comes with her arms around my back with great effort.It's bad, is this what they call the rumored shuraura.The girls are looking at me with curiosity, and the boys are looking at me expectantly, expecting me to be miserable."Welcome back, Kent.Hey I'm back, Manon.I was bracing myself for a slap in the face, as I had done at some point, but Manon seemed to calm down.'Beatrice, don't let Kent get in your way.Uh ... okay ...Once admonished by the righteous, even Beatrice couldn't argue with me, so she untied her clinging arms and moved away from me.Immediately after that, Manon, who had slid closer to me, kissed me on the cheek.'Hey, what are you doing, Manon-san!Beatrice screams in protest, but Manon sizzles and puts his arms around her and hugs her like he's never going to leave her.'Kyah! Second, second local wife, shura, shura, shura!'Good, let's kill them.......skeletons and lizardmen are powerful, but we'll have to kill them.......'Of course. Weapons. I want my weapons back.I can hear a very disturbing voice, and I can't get anywhere if I don't, so I pat Manon on the back and ask him to move away.I mean, I came to hug her myself, but she's red-faced and her eyes are all rolled up.Beatrice, who was staring at me with tears in her eyes, was about to come at me, so I hurriedly stopped her.'Stop!Seriously, stop!I still have to get everyone to their quarters and talk about what we're going to do tomorrow and so on, so please...Uhhhh... okay...Beatrice, who comes glaring at me with a pouting lip, doesn't give me the aura of a young lady, but rather the cuteness of her age.'Let's go then, Kent,'What, manon...?Manon took my left hand in a lover's grip and held it in his left arm.Manon also smells good, as if he's wearing some kind of perfume.I'll go along for the ride.When Beatrice saw Manon's actions, she quickly took my right arm in her arms.''Huh? Hey, Beatrice?Reece!'Ugh ... is Reece coming too?Mmmm ... am I really that intrusive?No, no, no, it's not...If the gallery wasn't there, it would be a blissful moment, but with the girls' warm gazes, the boys' murderous glances, and even the gazes of the guardians, it's very uncomfortable.I mean, I don't think rumors will spread from the garrison people and get into the ears of the Choi Evil Old Man.Anyway, let's take everyone to the canteen of the garrison quarters and feed them dinner.It'll be even more annoying if they're hungry.After dinner was over, I explained our plans for the future.I've already asked Yagi and the others to assign rooms in the temporary quarters.After this, I just need to take a bath and sleep, and tomorrow, I'll make a registration card for the guild.When we brought five people, we went to the guild to register them, but this time, since there are so many people, Otto-san will be traveling from the guild to visit us.After the registration is done, we will give them 5,000 hectares each to shop for daily necessities as an immediate expense.Yagi and the others demanded it from us, but of course we rejected it."Kokubun's idiot, you don't want us to show you around if we don't have any money, do you?Wait a minute, Yagi, what do you mean you don't have any money? I gave you fifteen thousand hectares. It's only been ten days, right?''Idiot, Kokubun's idiot, we can't use powerful magic like you. So we'll just have to cover it up with weapons...No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What are you gonna do with a weapon?'Dumbass, we're going to go on a rescue mission in earnest now, aren't we? We have to go through the Devil's Forest again, don't we? Then you'll need a weapon, hey, Nitta, Furuta, right?Of course....''Yagi's right, there's no argument there...''Oh, we ran out on our first day, so of course we don't have any left.'Yes, yes, girls need to dress up,'I'm not kidding anymore, I've already fallen off my knees.''So, five thousand helt for us.........''Reject!"Hey, now that you've reunited with Aoi and the others...No! If you say you can't do it without money, I can ask Manon to show you around.Okay, just give me 3,000 hectares...I refuse!Don't be so cold, it's just a little bit... right?I'm afraid not!Okay, so I'll just take the middle ground and give you two thousand five hundred...Unusually, Yagi and Kobayashi-san fought together and are extremely persistent.Five hundred.........and that's it........'If you don't want to, that's fine, I won't give you a helt...''Oh, wait, wait, wait, okay, I'll settle for five hundred hectares...'''You know ... even if you carry potatoes for a day in a warehouse, it's only three hundred and fifty hectares, and if you're extravagant, I'll pinch you out of the city walls.Okay, okay, okay...I'll have to leave the rest to Yagi and Kobayashi-san and put in a report to Donovan-san about our arrival.''Manon, Reece, I'm going to report to the guild, come with me, I'll drop you off.He calls out to the two men who have been watching the money fight with Yagi and the others with their eyes, and they leave the garrison's quarters.Without a second thought, Manon and Beatrice come holding onto my left and right arms, respectively.I'm getting stares from people on the street, but it's good, I'm already open.On the way to the guild, Beatrice asked me.''Um........Is Kent-sama paying for your living expenses?''Yeah, I do.Does Mr. Kent have any special position in your life?No, I don't have a job title or anything.Then why shouldn't Mr. Kent pay for it? Five thousand hectares for fifty people each, that's twenty-five thousand hectares - not an easy amount of money for someone our age to come up with.''Yeah, well Reinhardt and his team are taking down demons with a bang, and Giga Wolf sold for a lot of money, so we're good on the budget.With the orc's magic stone, giga wolf, and the reward for the nomination request combined, we have about one hundred and seventy thousand healts in the bank, as well as the untouched Rock Ogre magic stone, so we have little to worry about financially.Even if we rescue another one hundred and fifty people, we only need seventy-five thousand hectares of current funds, so we can cover the cost of food for all of them.But not only Beatrice, but also Manon is looking unhappy.''What's wrong?'''Kent, you said yourself that you could only make three hundred and fifty hectares a day at the warehouse job, didn't you?Yeah, it was a warehouse of garm potatoes, but it was pretty tough.And you're just going to hand over 5,000 hectares?'No, but we're all in a state where we don't have a change of clothes or anything else, and we have to get the tools of our lives together, and it's not like we're going to use them in a day...'I already used Tomoko and Akemi.'Ugh ... sure ...'Manon is right, if you give the money to the girls led by the Bumpy Sisters, it's obvious that they'll spend it like hot water.'Two thousand hectares is enough, but if Kent insists, three thousand hectares, and I think that's too much to give out beyond that.Beatrice nodded at Manon's words.When I think about it, I don't have a good idea of the level of prices since I've come to Volzard, since I've been wearing clothes that were given to me, eating meals at the boarding house, and hardly shopping at all.I guess I should ask both of you for your opinions here.''All right, I'll make it three thousand hectares per person.Hey, Kent, aren't you going to report to the guild?'Yeah, I'll wait until after I drop you two off, Mr. Donovan's working late anyway, so I'll be fine.Mr. Kent, if you know that Mr. Donovan works late, doesn't that mean that Mr. Kent is also active at that hour?Ugh yes, but not every day.Beatrice is sharp, after all, isn't she, actually, she's flying around until that time almost every day.''Somehow, it seems that only Kent-sama is playing a losing role...'''Yes, Kent should let someone else do more of the work.''Ummm.......yeah, I guess.......''When I sent Beatrice to the mansion first, she tutted me again at the gate.Please don't report it to Klaus, please, gatekeeper, I beg you.After that, I walked Manon to the front of the house and he kissed me again.''Ah........could it be that I was head-butted before.......'''Oh, that's because Kent turned around so abruptly... the distance...'So I won't have to worry about another head-butt, will I?'Mmm ... Kent's idiot ...'Manon sulked and showed me, but he tutted me again.After separating from Manon, I moved to the guild using the shadow movement, and as usual, Donovan-san is in the middle of rusting.'Good evening, Donovan-san."Mmm, Kent...'Yes, I'm sorry it took me so long to report this, but I've brought all fifty of you back safely, and I look forward to working with you.I stepped out of the shadows and bowed my head snappily in front of Mr. Donovan and asked him for help.''Hmmm........Manon and Beatrice, you're thriving.......''Huh? Why, where did that come from....Be careful not to run into Klaus.Wow....It seems that the rumors have reached even the Choi Evil Old Man.Is there no choice but to engage in this one battle?''I'll let Otto go to sign up for the guild as planned, but I'll be there if there's time.'Yes, thank you. And I'd like you to sign up about five people for a separate slot...You're the undead lizardman, right?Yes, Zae, may I...?I called out, and instantly Zhae emerged from the shadows.I've already reported the matter of the Lizardman attack to Donovan-san, but this is the first time I've had him meet Zhae.''Nuh........another vicious companion you've made.Yes, my strong man, I know.You speak human language as well, all right, let's do the same thing with Reinhardt and his team.Zae shook hands with Mr. Donovan, and then went back into the shadows.'Also, this morning, we encountered a herd of over thirty orcs.What ... last time it was 14 head, if I recall correctly?Yes, there are still a lot of orcs in the area?'I don't know, but Rock Ogre and Lizardman, it feels like the Demon Forest is quite active, so it's very possible.A normal orc herd is at most twenty or so orcs, and if it's more than thirty, it's going to be a very large herd.''Let's just say we should raise the level of vigilance and...''Since I have more strength now, I'll leave one of them on Volzard.That would be very helpful, please.I, for one, need to know that Volzard is safe.If one of them stays behind in Volzard, we can get a backup set up in case something goes wrong.Are these people you're bringing with you, are they going to be put into your training immediately?Yes, we'll have to select the members since we can't afford to go all together.'Kent, wouldn't it have been faster to get more undead lizardmen to pull the wagon for them than to train those guys?'Eh ... oh, right ... now I'm going to go back ...'Hmm it's probably too late, you've been eaten to the bone.They say that skeletons and undead can only occur if there are no bones or bodies left behind.The reason why Reinhardt and the others are able to exist as skeletons is because the enemy that ambushed them was probably the same knight, and they didn't leave the bodies unattended, they burned them and turned them into bones before burying them.'If you don't burn the corpse and bury it, the goblins and kobolds will dig it up and scavenge it, and if they eat it to the bone, it won't turn into a skeleton or an undead. The lizardman's body came with the magic stone pulled out and left it there, didn't it? Too late for that.''Oh........if we had five more people on hand, we could have moved on to a rescue mission right away.......No, wait, we should have gone hunting.......''I was mumbling and talking about one thing and then Mr. Donovan nailed me.'Kent, you can get lost in the mission, but you've come across the Devil's Forest too, you need to rest your body a bit.'Yes, but those words aren't very convincing when said by Mr. Donovan, who stays behind to work alone day after day.Huh, he's getting pretty good at that. So I'm going to retire early and let you have this chair.'And no way! I'm going home! I'll be home soon and rest, good night!"Quack, quack, quack...I hurriedly hid in the shadows and left the guild while listening to Donovan's sneaky laugh, which was rather powerful.
