Chapter 52

Promoting the Dungeon

“… Next time wait until the golem moves alright? That wasn’t really a test… I’d heard that Ichika was a former C-Rank, she doesn’t need to do it again though…”

Right~ .

I decided to go next .

I waited until the clay golem that the Guild Head made started to move before beginning .

“Tou—”

However, the clay golem’s movements were way too slow . I cut the clay golem’s magic stone in two .

“Wha—!? … K-Kehma-dono, passed . ”

“Haaah . Alright, next up is Meat . ”

“You looked cool . ”

Then, Meat confronted her clay golem without taking out her sword .

… What is she thinking?

“Begin—!”

The clay golem attacked Meat with its dull movements . However, Meat dodged out of the way and slipped into its bosom .

Then, she separated from it… with the magic stone that should have been in the golem’s chest in her hand .

“I retrieved it . ”

“Y-yeah . ”

Her tail wagging back and forth, Meat held out the magic stone to me .

Amazingly dog-like . I instinctively patted her head .

I accepted the magic stone from her and looked between the golem that turned back into dirt and the Guild Head .

“… Passed . Ah, I’d appreciate it if you returned the magic stone though . ”

“Ah, here . ”

I handed the magic stone back to him .

… Apparently, golems normally stop moving as soon as they lose their magic stone .

My golems move just fine even without magic stones though; I wonder if there’s a difference? Maybe the material near the dungeon is just suited for magic? Come to think of it, I haven’t tried out [Create Golem] outside of the dungeon, huh .

“… Alright, the examination is done . With this you’re all E-Rank adventurers… Silia, please process their rank up without delay . ”

“Yes, certainly, Guild Head . ”

When we passed our guild cards over to Receptionist-san, she left to go and process the rank up .

We stayed here with the Guild Head .

“… Still, cutting a golem made from clay in half… do you have some combat experience I haven’t heard about?”

“Yes, in fact… I went to the [Ordinary Cave] . I got this sword there . ”

I decided to take the chance to broach up the topic .

If I speak directly to the guild’s top person, it should go faster .

“That’s different than what I heard . So far as I know, you were hunting a considerable number of goblins . So you got some other booty?”

“Hooh… do you want to hear the details?”

Now, let’s go about promoting the dungeon .

*

I showed him the blade magic sword golem and two mana potions .

This was dungeon booty that was [At the level of being fine to sell] .

However, it was still relatively expensive . They were like [Grand Prizes] for small dungeons .

The magic sword goes without saying, but even the mana potions were one silver each .

“These are…”

“Things I picked up from the [Ordinary Cave] . ”

“It’s definitely a dungeon, but I thought there was just one room…”

“One room? No way, there were at least a few rooms, it even had stairs too . I got this sword there . Since there were also clay golems, well, I decided to head back . ”

I passed the blade golem to the Guild Head .

“… A normal iron sword… isn’t it? Mu, a magic stone is embedded in it…!? This is a magic sword!?”

“It gets sharper when you fill it with magical power . ”

“I see, so you were able to cut the golem in half with this?”

“Exactly . ”

It was actually due to the clothes golem’s assistance in making me stronger, but I won’t say something like that .

“… Well, honestly the story doesn’t start there . ”

“Hooh? What do you mean?”

“… The A-Rank adventurer, the [White Winged Goddess]… I think I heard that she accepted an investigation for the [Ordinary Cave], understand?”

“Haku-sama, huh…? Surely, that’s the start of it? What are the details?”

Ah, even a big shot from the guild attaches ‘-sama’ for you huh, Haku-san .

“I met her in the mountains by chance . She said that the [Ordinary Cave] showed signs that it would go through a [Transition Phase] . She reported that there were [No Abnormalities] to the imperial capital, though . ”

“… A [Transition Phase] huh! But why did she hide it? Falsifying her report? Well, A-Ranks have disclosure rights, but… Haku-sama is the person who requested that dungeon to begin with…”

“And an inn was built there . ”

“An inn!? W-what in the world, how did an inn…”

Of course it’s extremely unnatural . But well, now to bruteforce it!

“Does there need to be some relationship for it to appear? I was told that Haku-san’s acquaintances built it, there’s no point in thinking about it…”

“… I don’t know what that person’s thinking… directing us to not go against the [Ordinary Cave]… umu, so there’s not point thinking about it huh? Won’t be able to figure it out that well for now I guess . ”

“Yeah, well, one thing lead to another and it’s decided that I’m going to work at the inn… from now on, my base of operations will be there . ”

“… That so? Understood . ”

Alright, bruteforcing succeeded!

“So then, guess we’ll build a Sia’s Adventurer’s Guild branch office there . ”

“… Huh?”

… A branch office?

“Umu, thanks for the information . You have completed a special investigation commission . ”

“Excuse me, what’s this about a branch office?”

“A branch office is a branch office . If the dungeon matured, adventurers will gather there . If that’s the case, it will be convenient being able to exchange goods there . There’s even an inn there already right?”

“Y-yeah, well, that’s right . ”

“Depending on the dungeon’s scale it could turn into a village… I need to investigate further, maybe I’ll put something out for it?”

Did he just say a village!?

No joke, I never thought it’d be that big .

I can’t use golems to do field labor if too many people gather…!

Crap, can I do agriculture inside the dungeon?

It’d even get harder to use special golems .

Just when I thought that, Receptionist-san returned with our guild cards . It was properly updated to E-Rank, but that’s not important right now .

I finished with the proper farewells and left the guild .

“… Meat, Ichika, this is pretty bad . ”

“The meat skewers!?”

“T-those are fine . We’ll stay here for a night before leaving… let’s go hunt rabbits for inn fees…”

In conclusion, we were told to come tomorrow for delicious meat skewers when handed over six rabbits . We were rewarded with seventy-two copper coins, with the inn fees being thirty-five copper . Since we got meat skewers as a reward, tonight’s dinner became a meat party .

Incidentally, it seems that it was treated as a designated commission . Rewards for rabbit meat commissions were originally meant to given out by the guild to some extent . Since this time we received it right there, our commission ticket was annotated saying that we were already paid with money and goods .

It’ll count as completed whenever we turn it in .

*

Leaving the usual [Sleeping Songbird Pavilion], we immediately headed over to buy some delicious meat skewers from the meat skewer stall .

It’s a great time for it since the sun’s just coming up .

“Hoooh, I see, definitely . These meat skewers are much more delicious than yesterday’s!”

“Right? I can make some more again next week as well yeah?”

“Mumumu, pleeeeeease, Goshujin-sama~?”

“No, I can’t promise anything since we’re going to be busy with a few things . ”

I answered her while biting into one of the meat skewers .

“… Hagu, hagu—”

“Jou-chan, is it good?”

“Yes… Hagu—”

Meat also got one of the delicious meat skewers .

Though the seasoning was definitely more plain than the hamburgers’, the ingredients’ tastes were very powerful .

It smelled very slightly like blood, that much was obvious . How do I say it, something like it being wild?

Either way, it’s delicious .

“… Wouldn’t it be the strongest if you made hamburgers with this meat?”

“Certainly… I approve of Ichika’s opinion . ”

… Maybe I should look for the recipe or seasonings or something?