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When the merchant group came back from the imperial capital, there was nothing for us to do anymore. Strictly speaking, we did need to dry the fish and go hunting and harvesting in the nearby forest, but….
During the time when the merchant group was not here, I had the Seacats deliver a letter to the bear peddler’s village. We built a base in the harbor city, so it would be easier for them to contact us here rather than at Frey Town. If the Seacats could remember where Frey Town was, then it would be easier to communicate, so when the timing’s right, let’s take them there.
Due to Queen’s harsh special training, the new children also broke through level 10. However, because they prioritized leveling up, their skills could not catch up, so for the time being, they were receiving guidance from the adventurer group.
In addition, regarding the new familiar, there was, more or less, a prospect. It was a turtle monster. This was because my younger sister had picked up a turtle egg….
「Onii-chan, an egg was dropped!」
As I was doing various things, my younger sister and Sakuya-chan came running up to me from behind. In her hand sat a round egg.
「That’s not good. If there is no egg in the nest, the okaa-san would be sad. Let’s put it back, ok.」
I thought that they had taken the egg from a nest somewhere just like the Big Kokko’s eggs, but it seems that I was wrong.
「No…. it was dropped on the beach….」
Sakuya-chan explained the situation, but it seems that there was no nest…? Since I didn’t understand, it would be better for me to go take a look directly, so I asked my younger sister to take me to the scene, and the egg was certainly dropped onto the sandy beach. Or rather, it was buried? The waves had probably swept away the sand and the egg appeared. I thought that it might’ve been a sea turtle, but didn’t they lay their eggs in a place where the waves wouldn’t reach?
Looking closely at the egg, the exposed egg was cracked in several places. I didn’t know why it was cracked, but if it continued on like this, then there would be problems, so I tried looking for a healthy egg with my younger sister and Sakuya-chan.
In the end, there were only four of them that were in good condition. Checking them with『Appraisal』, I knew that they were healthy, but they weren’t sea turtles like I thought, but turtle-type monsters and their names were also『Green Turtle』. Un, Green Turtle, huh…wait, they’re sea turtles, weren’t they!? Somehow, I had a strong image of Earth’s sea turtles, but it seems that they were monsters that the fishermen knew about and they were gentle and wouldn’t attack people. It seems that they’ve never fought it, so they didn’t know how strong they were, but it seems that they were able to move on land and in the sea, so why don’t we try raising these children?
In order to turn them into familiars, I poured my mana into the eggs for several hours and my mana was being vigorously sucked out just like when Pii-chan was weakened, so I was a little tired, but the baby turtles were safely(?) born. These baby turtles were much too small and weak, so I honestly thought that it would be difficult to raise their levels, but Queen and the others were motivated, so it…should be fine!
Until they raised their levels to a certain extent, we could not leave them by themselves, so we decided to bring them back with us, but I didn’t know if they live in anything other than seawater, so I brought back a large amount of seawater, which was a miscalculation.
Anyway, the things that should be done and the things that could be done had been completed, so we decided to return to the orphanage. It was also necessary for us to stay behind at the harbor city, so the ones returning were just the usual four people, Sakuya-chan, Ojii-san, Queen and the wolf cubs, and Pii-chan.
The merchant group was staying behind because they were doing business with the imperial capital to purchase fish, and the adventurer group was escorting them. The Steppe Horses needed to stay with the horse carriage and the Seacats were escort personnel. They would probably be able to go back when we bring people to substitute them.