16 - The Mysterious Black Meat

We escaped the underground canal with the help of the map.

The map showed the royal capital from the beginning, but the underground canal was bug-eaten, and you can apparently only see places you’ve been to before.

Anyway, we were on the ground.

The sun was shining brightly! Sunlight is pouring down! I felt like I was being purified because of where I was a few moments ago.

“Nya, you can go home now, good work.”

「「「Nya.」」」

Reinya called out, and the cats disappeared somewhere in the city.

“Nya, I’m going to Master. What are you going to do nya?”

“I’m coming with you.”

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“–Well, that was what happened nya.”

When we got back to the library, Reinya and I explained to Old Man what happened.

“Hmm, I knew it…”

“You mean you knew about it?”

“I certainly felt that kind of sign.”

Signs, it seems that Old Man seems to have the ability to sense things that are far away.

“Yuki, do you have anything to do after this?”

“I’ve got some chores to do, and when they’re done, I’m free.”

“I see, let’s get ready, can you call me when you’re done?”

“? Yeah, I will.”

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I went to the guild and asked them to dismantle the demons.

I left a lot of stuff at the guild, and they said they would finish it tomorrow morning.

I don’t have enough room to take out that super huge cockroach, so it’s just sitting in my inventory.

My next stop was Alan’s stall.

I opened my menu and did a friend search, which is apparently possible because I have map and appraisal.

After a short walk through the crowds of the capital, I arrived at Alan’s stall.

“Oh, Yuki. It’s going well, since this morning people have noticed that they are hungry and they’ve been pouring in, thanks to which I’m almost out of meat.”

“Really? That’s great, I just have some rabbit meat, you want some?”

“Yeah, thank you.”

I took the rabbit meat out of my inventory and piled it on Alan’s cart.

“Hey, Yuki, where the hell did you get this meat from?”

“Hm? Doesn’t Alan have an inventory?”

“Wh, wait a minute….Inventory? What’s that?”

When I explained the situation to Alan, he looked surprised.

“Hee, that announcement about anonymous completing the continental quest was about Yuki.”

“Something like that.”

Afterwards, I gave Alan inventory, appraisal and map skills, and he was very happy. He promised to give me a discount.

My food situation has improved.

“By the way, Alan, would you like to try some of the meat?“

I offered the black meat to Alan, who immediately put the rabbit meat in his inventory.

“Ha? …What’s with this gross stuff, is it edible?”

“It’s fine.”

“No….Okay, wait I’ll cook it.”

Alan chopped up the black meat and put it on a skewer and began to grill it. It made a sizzling sound. I lay down on the ground and pressed my face against Uluru’s fur, trying not to inhale the smoke.

“Woon?”

“What’s wrong, Yuki?”

“It’s nothing.”

“I, is that so?”

I open the menu and check my inventory, there is still a lot of mysterious black meat.

“Yeah, that’s about right. Let’s eat.”

“Here you go-”

Alan took a bite of the black meat, which was cooked just right, and chewed it. And then—

“Yes, it’s delicious. It’s insect meat.”

“Eh? How did you know?”

“Ah, I went to a foreign jungle when I was a kid and I ate bugs there. It was horrible.”

For the distant, twilight-eyed Alan, apparently eating insects is a normal thing.

“That’s good, then I’ll give it to you, all of it.”

I handed the black meat to Alan, and as I piled more and more of it onto the cart, he hurriedly began to store it in his inventory.

When I finished getting out everything, I called out to Alan, who was busy putting it away and left.

“Well then, Alan, I’m off!”

“Wa, wait! Yuki, what kind of meat is this?”

“Appraise it!”

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When I finished giving the meat to Alan, I went back to the library and logged out.

I had a quick lunch, did some chores and logged in again.

Now, let’s go talk to the old man.

TL: 5/5 Done with the sponsored chapters!