As soon as I entered the Adventurerâs Guild, the Guild Master appeared to greet us. I think he had his staff keep an eye out for our party.
âOu, youâre here. Come on upstairs.â
âWait, thatâsâŠâ
âOi, weâre going hunting after this. You had better make it quick!â
ââYeah!ââ
ââHunting~ hunting~~ââ
âWell, as you can seeâŠâ I gestured towards my impatient familiars.
[8] Willem-san canât hear what my smaller familiars were saying but with Dora-chan zooming around his head and Sui bouncing excitedly in place, Iâm sure he gets the message.
âOho, so youâre looking to go hunting, eh? Right! Straight to the warehouse!â [5] [6] Iâm glad he did not try to delay us.
âOu, Johan. Itâs our most valuable customer again!â
âOu! Brother! Your Orc General and Orc Leader have been dismantled. The meats are all ready.â
[8] âThank you, I appreciate it,â I said.
[8] âWell, itâs good that you pick up your meat now, Iâve been butchering nothing but Orcs these few days. Itâs like thereâs no end to them.â
[8] âAh, sorry about thatâŠâ
[8] âNo, no, we make plenty of money from Orc Meat so itâs good for us. Iâm just a little overworked since everyoneâs kind of excited about stocking up on Orc meat. Also, endless Orcs are kind of boringâŠâ
[8] âI see,â well, hang in there Johan-san.
Anyway, the breakdown for todayâs purchase was as follows:
Orc Meat x 2 gold each
Orc Balls x 2 silver each
136 Regular Orcs
Orc Leader Balls x 11 gold
Orc General Balls x 12 gold
Total = 322 gold 2 silvers
Old Man Johan placed a sack of coins on the work table with a solid thump.
âPayment is in large gold coins today. There should be 32 large gold, 2 gold and 2 silver coins inside. Please check it.â
[5] â1, 2, 3⊠yup, it all checks out.â
âRight, for the subjugation reward, considering the urgency of the request, it was a little higher than usual. Here you go, 200 gold in large gold coins, please check it.â
I checked the number of coins out of politeness and put them away in my [Item Box]. âYes, everything checks out.â
Johan-san eyed my [Item Box] for a moment before saying, âYo, brother, did you manage to catch anything interesting?â
âMaybe something S Class? Hahaha!â laughed Willem-san.
âAh, well, I guess? Letâs seeâŠâ
[9]
I still have the Gigantic Mimic Chameleon and Garuda that my familiars had hunted down last time. They donât seem edible, so I might as well sell them instead of letting them turn into fertilizer inside my [Item Box].
âThe monsters you bring me are always interesting but if you keep bringing out astounding things like Orthros and Chimera, our little guild will have trouble processing the- [5] WHAT IS THAT?!â
âOh, uh, according to Fer, this is Gigantic Mimic ChameleonâŠâ
âA GIGANTIC-â
ââŠand, ah, this oneâŠâ
âGARUDA!!?â
ââŠMukouda-san,â said Willem-san a little faintly, âwhatâs with all these S class monstersâŠâ
âA Garuda, and a Mimic Chameleon. This is the first time I see the real deal. Brother, Iâve been seeing all kinds of monsters Iâve only read about in books ever since I met you, hahahaâŠâ Johan-san was laughing in an odd voice.
âArenât you the one who told me to show you rare monsters? And Guild Master, you told me to show you some S Class monstersâŠâ
âHahaâŠâ
âHoâŠâ
âAnyway, about the tradeâŠâ
âAughhh, Iâm sorry but itâs impossibleâŠâ
âAhhâŠâ I knew it.
âWell, we might be able to take the Gigantic Mimic Chameleon off your hands one day but we just spent our budget on the Chimera⊠itâs too badâŠâ [5] [6] âYeahâŠâ Johan-san was also looking at the monsters with some regret.
âWell, I shall see you off now. If you happen to pick up anything less extraordinary, do drop by again.â
âAlright,â I said. âUmâŠâ
âYes?â
âWhere do you think I can sell something like a Garuda?â
âHmm, possibly the Royal Capital or at least one of the dungeon cities.â
âI see,â I guess the Garuda would be sitting in the [Item Box] for a little while longer. I looked around and sidled closer to the Guild Master, âAhem, speaking of which, about that thingâŠâ I flashed a look upwards.
The Guild Master subconsciously ran his fingers through his luxurious brown hair. âOh? Oh!â
[4] âWe have instruction not to sell without the Countâs introduction, aside from you that is. You have a special privilege, but the price isâŠâ I whispered the amount, hoping not to scare him.
âI see! 50 gold is pricey but I guess for this kind of effect itâs worth it. Well, I shall have to work hard on my days off!â
[6] Well, Iâm glad that he doesnât think 50 gold was too much, which means Lambert-san was right. I really should trust my merchant friendâs judgement.
HoweverâŠ
âOn your days off?â
âYup!â the Guild Master clenched his fist and slapped his very firm biceps. âEven Guild Masters have to go to the field when there arenât enough high ranking Adventurers around. I was an A Ranker myself, you know? Sometimes, when the Guild needs a little more money, Iâd go and hunt down something big for cash, hahaha!â
Well, Willem-san is looking very positive about his ability to make money even after I told him about the price of the Divine Medicine, so I guess itâs alright? [5] [6] âOi!â
âAhem, I should get going soon. Fer and my other familiars are going stir crazy from the lack of exercise.â
âOh, thatâs right. Well, good luck on your hunt! And be careful, although I guess that last bit is a little unnecessary for your partyâŠâ
âHahaâŠâ
I left the Adventurerâs Guild amidst cries of:
âSlow!â
âSorry, sorry,â
âDidnât I tell you to hurry up just now?â
âYes, yes, you didâŠâ
ââSuiâs sleeping, look! She waited so long that she fell asleep!ââ [5]
âAh, yes, sorry about that.â
âHumph, whatever, just get on.â
âAlright, alright,â
I climbed aboard the Fer Express and we sped off for the gate.
Eguchi Ren: Total gold = 87,509⊠it went up againâŠ
[Gumihou: Just a little past 1000 words but seems kind of meaningless⊠so please enjoy the next chapter too. Even though itâs a shocking 2200 words even after Gumi had shaved off 500 words from it, lol]
[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs
[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs
[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue
[4] Structural Change: Change passive sentence to dialogue
[5] Delete Repetitive or Pointless Information
[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose
[7] Add Dialogue Tag
[8] Creative Licence Taken â Have a proper dialogue at the Guild.
[9] Timing of the dialogue and a little juvenile. There were also a lot of unnecessary dithering around which Gumi deleted.