Chapter 118

LDM – Chapter 118

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Meat, having chosen to wait until around the time the wolf—Rin—woke up, operated the golem .

So that Meat could see Rin’s appearance with the monitor, Rei opened the menu for her .

And so this time I was just on standby in the master room in case something happened . A job that doesn’t need to do anything in particular .

… Rokuko’s been in charge of retrieving people in the case of something happening for a while now . There’s a proper reason why I’m not taking charge .

Rokuko can easily collect Meat and Ichika into the master room even though they aren’t slaves because I convinced her that [Slaves are items, so you can] . And although the system might be able to do this to start with… it’s a loophole . The function ban might be lifted if the dungeon grows up .

Well, whether you could actually say that Meat and Ichika can actually be treated like items… it’s complicated . It’s a secret from Rokuko, but I don’t think she can do it .

It’d be bad if there was a mistake with the retrieval in this situation . It’d also be an out if Rokuko couldn’t do it in the end . That’s my reason .

In other words, I have nothing to do at all . Just watching .

We’ve prepared some food with the black messenger golem and fodder . I wonder if it’ll be enough?

“Hello . ”

Meat promptly addressed it using the messenger golem . Rin listlessly looked at the golem, immediately followed by opening its red eyes in surprise .

[Wha—, bastard, Kehma!? Why, you should, be eaten!]

Ah, its shape really is the same as the haniwa series after all . It looks the same with just a variation in color huh .

[Why, why are, you alive, Kehma!]

“… That is my Goshujin-sama . ”

[Hoh, I see . Looking closer, you’re black . A different one . But, that guy, is already, my food . So, you, are my, follower . ]

“… No? You’re wrong though?”

Strength = Excellence . Yep, the law of the wild . That doesn’t have anything to do with Meat though .

[… Wrong? You swear, loyalty to, that dead guy . Admirable . ]

“Yes, I am Goshujin-sama’s, even in death . ”

Meat answered Rin’s question in one go… Huh? Just now, didn’t the nuance change a little?

[Is that, so? Then, what is, your business?]

“Become my follower . ”

[I refuse! I do not, need, a master!]

Promptly refused . Well, obviously . So it’ll be negotiations from here on huh . Meat manipulated the messenger golem to take out a hamburger .

“You’ll get this delicious hamburger if you join now though?”

[I won’t, accept bait! I’ll eat, you too!]

“Aren’t you hungry? Then how about some candy? It’s sweet and delicious . ”

[I said no! Garururu!]

She took out candy, but Rin was already in an enraged state .

Rather, what? This conversation, doesn’t it feel a little out of sync? Oi, Meat . Rin-san’s angry .

“If you don’t need candy, you’ll just become my follower?”

[Ridiculous! If you want me, to become, your follower, defeat me! Then, I’ll consider, it!]

“So you’ll become my follower, then? Thank you very much . Here, a candy . ”

[I won’t! I don’t need one! I’ll eat, you!]

And so it chewed up the black messenger golem . Simultaneously with that, Rokuko retrieved Meat and Rei into the master room . Welcome back .

“… It was amused, but it ate me . Next time will be alright . ”

“Hey, Meat… Perhaps, can you only understand some of the wolf’s words?”

“? Yes, that’s right . ”

She squarely agreed… Yep, that’s it .

“… A conversation about coexisting didn’t exist there . Rather, it was getting mad . Super mad . ”

“!? I-it was no good!? Surely it was hiding its embarrassment…”

“It was no good… . Well, it went forward a bit when it said that it’d think about becoming your follower if you defeated it though . ”

“I-I’m sorry…”

Well, it’s alright . According to my original plan… even though it’s troublesome… guess I’ll negotiate with it… even though it’s very troublesome . Haah .

I prepared a not-black messenger golem just in case something like this happened .

“Leave the rest to me . ”

I patted Meat’s head with a small clap and began my preparations for the negotiation .

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“Oooi, Rin . Could you wake up? I have something to talk about . ”

[… Another, new one!?]

When I talked to Rin, Rin looked at the messenger golem with its red eyes .

“Hahaha, I’m Kehma . So how’s it going, living comfortably?”

[Kehma!? Why are you, alive!? I ate you!]

“Don’t misunderstand . I wouldn’t die from something like that . You could eat me again if you’d like?”

[Strange golem… even though, I definitely, ate you . ]

Yeah . Even though you ate the golem, the voice actor was still fine .

[Perhaps, that black one, is also alive?]

“Hooh, why?”

[Even though, I ate it, it didn’t taste good . Kehma, it was the same, as you . A normal golem’s, taste . ]

… Do golem’s taste differently? Is there a strawberry-tasting golem?

[Kehma is, a unique monster, so I thought, you would have, a delicious, or unusual, taste . ]

“I’m made from clay, so I shouldn’t taste any different . ”

[Unique monsters, are delicious . ]

Maybe its fundamental sense of taste is different? Clay normally wouldn’t taste like anything but clay . I get the feeling that taming it with Japanese cuisine might be a bit hard?

I took out the dog food I brought since I couldn’t use it to try and tame it .

“I brought this, did you want to eat it?”

[What, is it?]

“Food for dogs . It’s fine if you don’t really want to eat it . ”

[Don’t want it . ]

So it doesn’t want it huh… The heck am I going to do with it now? I can’t feed it to Meat .

“Well, I heard a bit of it, but you said you’d become a follower if you’re defeated, Rin?”

[Motivated?]

“Yeah, though not right now . If it’s for you to be my follower, can I challenge you?”

[Go, ahead . I’m eating you, now . ]

Saying that, Rin bared its fangs .

I said not right now!

[Time to eat!]

“… Understood, I’ll come again . ”

The heck’s with this guy . I didn’t get to ask about anything serious .

While being dragged back into the master room, I thought about what’s to be done .