Chapter 23

A Human Town for the First Time, Day Two

Buying a ham sandwich for breakfast, we went to the Adventurer’s Guild in the morning .

The Adventurer’s Guild was considerably packed this early in the morning .

When I looked, it appeared they were struggling for the commissions being posted on the bulletin board .

… Yep, don’t want to get mixed in with that…

“Goshujin-sama . ”

As though to tell me to leave it to her, Meat’s gaze was sparkling .

… Honestly, I’m a bit hesitant to have a young kid go into a place like that, but…

“Alright, go get a commission that looks fine!”

“Yes!”

Meat plunged into the bustle of people . Her small body was gulped up by them and disappeared surprisingly quickly…

After a while, she came back holding two commission tickets in her mouth .

I patted her head gently while calling her a good girl . Meat’s body writhed in joy .

She really does look like a dog in every respect .

Well, as for the commissions she took… “Deliver 10 Items, Reward: 10 Copper Coins, G-Rank Minimum, 1 Person Minimum, Note: Deliver by the end of the day” and “Rabbit Subjugation, Reward: Purchase Each Meat for 10 Copper, Rank-G Minimum, 1 Person Minimum, Note: 3 Minimum, 10 Max . Fresh meat only” .

I see, I can be a deliveryman with the Clothes Golem and a map, and feel like I should be able to subjugate rabbits . These should be fine . I immediately went to the counter with the commission tickets .

“… You’re going to be a deliveryman after having just come to the town yesterday? I don’t recommend it . ”

… Oh, it’s you again . The same Receptionist-san as yesterday was at the counter .

“There shouldn’t be a problem if I properly get the address . ”

“As far as taking it to a local, wouldn’t it be faster for them to deliver the letter themselves?”

“After learning the address, I wouldn’t go that far . ”

“Moreover, taking a subjugation-type commission as well? That’s reckless . ”

“Reckless?”

“Yes, reckless . It’s fine to be confident, particularly for a rabbit commission, but these are intended to be used for the skewer stall’s butcher . The meat can’t be made into a mess by amateur swordsmanship and need to be pristine, how would you even take them down?”

“Well, I’ll leave it to my partner . ”

Meat was honestly a strong fighter .

“… Furthermore, though I thought I’d explained it when establishing your Guild Card, you will be fined if you can’t complete a commission, as well as punished . Is that fine?”

“Yeah, I don’t mind . ”

Sorry, I wasn’t listening .

At an rate, I submitted mine and Meat’s Guild Cards and accepted the commission .

“… It has been accepted . Be careful . Oh, please go around back to receive the things for the delivery commission from the responsible party . ”

“Yeah, thanks . ”

Receptionist-san was scowling profusely, but other than being being belligerent she did her job diligently and properly gave advice . She’s probably a capable person . She also might be the kind of person to easily misunderstand things .

“Alright, then let’s go, Meat . ”

“Yes!”

Meat and I left the counter, going around back to do the delivery commission first .

*

Dividing the labor for the delivery commission between us, we finished quickly .

… I didn’t run, considering my leg’s muscle pains, slowly delivering three of the cases to relatively close places . Meat quickly handled the other seven . Even though the Clothes Golem’s navigation compensated, I couldn’t help praising her excellence . The cuteness of her tail wagging back and forth quickly while I pat her healed me .

We finished with still some of the morning left over . With this we can probably get the rabbits .

Incidentally, I wonder where we’re supposed to hunt the rabbits . Crap, I don’t know about that at all .

For the time being, let’s try and ask the client .

The client was standing at the grilled skewer stall .

The smell of the meat as the glistening oil dripped from it while being grilled drifted through the air . My mouth started drooling on reflex, I had to swallow it back .

“Oh, are you the adventurer that took the rabbit meat commission? Then, the meat? Doesn’t look like you have it though . ”

“Ah, no, I still have to head there . ”

“That so? Since the meat is for next week, it needs to be hunted today . I’ll be roasting meat here until the evening . Then, was there something you needed?”

Just then, a small noise came from a cute stomach . It wasn’t mine of course, it was Meat’s .

But come to think of it, it was lunchtime huh .

“… Right, how about we get two skewers first? Then, please tell me where we can hunt the rabbits . ”

“Sure . Two for ten copper… yep, that’s it . If you’re looking for rabbits, they’re outside town . The west gate would work, in the forest by the Tsuia Mountain, a bit on the side facing us… ah, bring them back intact if you aren’t confident in dismantling them . ”

“I see, thank you . Then, we’re off . ”

I accepted the skewers, passing one to Meat .

In return, Meat tried to pass me five copper . I didn’t accept them, though .

“It was just a necessary expense for us to get information, don’t worry about it . Besides, it’s a master’s duty to feed their slaves . So, go ahead and eat . ”

“… Umm, then what do I…”

“Ah, when Meat finds something she wants to buy, it’s fine to buy it . Save for something you want . ”

“Umm… that’s… yes . ”

Meat put the copper coins away in the small bag she used as a substitute for a purse . She then bit into the meat skewer .

… Yep, that’s it, it doesn’t taste bad . It doesn’t taste bad, but it’s a bit smelly, compared to a hamburger the taste is a bit thin . Her face said something like that .

*

When I showed the commission ticket to the gatekeeper at the west gate, we were able to leave without paying the toll .

Then while heading to the forest, we saw the first rabbit .

“Kya?”

It was kind of… innocently cute . The small animal’s red eyes were cute . It was fluffy and nomming on the grass .

However, in the next moment, Meat severed its head . With the Knife Golem in her right hand, she easily cut through it with vibration mode .

“It’s meat . ”

“Y-yeah . Well done, excellent . ”

This child has no mercy .

The rabbit corpse’s legs were somewhat bloody from the neck that still pulsed blood . It was thrown into a leather bag after losing the rest of its blood . She also threw the severed head in while she was at it .

I, with my broken heart, probably wouldn’t have been able to achieve this without Meat… wonder if I’m feeling guilty over those adventurers dying in the dungeon…

Well, I can at least hit a rabbit on the head though . The meat I’ve always eaten is meat that someone’s killed, so when I eat it I’m also assisting that . In that case, there’s no reason to not kill them here seeing as how I eat meat .

Assisted by the Blade Golem and Clothes Golem, I could cleanly cut through it .

Though a little of the blood got on me, I quickly used [Cleanup] to get clean .

… Wait, come to think of it none of the blood has gotten on Meat-san huh, I seriously respect her .

We continued that until we had ten rabbits to bring to the client .

The breakdown? Eight for Meat, two for me, so what? Meat could instantly decapitate them after all .

I held out one I found to her, pinning them down with both hands so they couldn’t run away .

I got the other one myself (with the Golems’ assistance) .

Wouldn’t Meat have been fine by herself…?

“Heeh, you’re… An-chan, you look lanky, but you have a good arm . ”

Sorry, those are the results of this child here .

My duty was to hold rabbits by the legs while Meat-sensei hunted for them one by one, I just had to throw them in the bag after all the blood drained . Meat-sensei went into the forest alone, I just diligently waited and did nothing outside while they drained .

At any rate, the client gave us a high evaluation . Though they were sitting in the bag, thanks to draining the blood the fur was in good condition . Except for one of them, he purchased them all for the maximum price of ten copper coins, ninety-seven copper… since most of them were in good condition, he gave us a bonus, making our income one silver .

Eh? Whose went for seven? That’s right, it’s the one I got on my own . It was pretty bad, the body was cut into two you know?