Chapter 198

A Promise Forgotten

While deciding on whether or not I’d continue using Meat as a hug pillow in the future, I decided to be very Japanese-like and postpone the problem for later, maintaining the current status quo for now . First, I’ll return to my dungeon—wait, before that, let’s stroll about the Imperial Capital a bit since it’s a special opportunity .

Although it’ll only take an instant to return through the gate that can only be used one more time that [Father] made, the next time I come, I’ll use [Deployment] to soar straight to the dungeon we made this time and then take half of a day to all-out dash to here in a Carriage Golem . If I used a normal carriage, it’d take a full day .

… However, if I didn’t have that derived dungeon, it’d take weeks to get here through a regular carriage service . Compared to that, it’d gotten very easy to drop in .

By the way, I heard that you normally can’t establish derived dungeons so far away from your original, but this time was a special case . Otherwise, Haku-san probably would have made a dungeon near Tsuia Mountain .

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Well, I brought Meat and Ichika over to the Adventurer Guild’s Headquarters .

Rokuko was having a tea party with Haku-san in the palace . Such elegance .

I didn’t look at the kinds of commissions that pop up here in the Imperial Capital, so I decided to go give them a look . The last time I came, I just met with Misha after all .

There might be good commissions since this is the Imperial Capital though… is what I thought, but there weren’t many good ones at all, they were mostly just for thinning out dungeons .

“It’s probably cause of the mornin’ rush . Stuff like deliveries, work assistance, or anythin’ with good pay would obviously get taken yeah?”

“I guess so . The other people here would be wanting the good commissions after all . ”

“Yeah~ . There’s the famous sayin’: [An adventurer isn’t just themselves] . ”

That said, I don’t really want to come here during the morning rush just to see the commissions . Maybe I should give up checking them out… ah, what about the high ranking commissions?

Most of what’s left on the bulletin board are C-Rank stuff . Some C-Rank commissions and any B-Rank commission or higher are known as high ranking commissions and aren’t put on the bulletin board . There’s no choice but to hear about them directly from the counter, limited by things like rank and past achievements .

I’m more or less a B-Rank now, maybe I could do a general check? A big place like this should have lots of high ranking commissions too, but there probably aren’t any that could be finished up within a day . Even high ranking commissions would be quickly taken up by other adventurers if the pay’s good .

Well, let’s go see what’s there .

—It happened as I started to head over to the counter .

“Huh, aren’t you Kehma-san? Why’re you in a place like this?”

“Hmm? Who is it?”

When I turned to the voice, I saw a pair of adventurers .

Who? No, really . Who?

“I’m Uzoh! Kehma-san saved my life!”

“I’m Muzoh! I promised to find a magic sword for you!”

“… Oooh . Right… that happened . ”

“We’ve never forgotten the saving grace Kehma-san bestowed on us that day! Right Muzoh!?”

“But saving people like us has to be a common occurrence for Kehma-san, it can’t be helped that he’d forget yeah, Uzoh?”

I only met you guys one time and it was a year ago~

The Uzoh Muzoh brothers . They’re the C-Rank combo adventurers whose lives I saved in the dungeon since they were the first guests for our inn, [Dancing Doll’s Pavilion] . If I recall, they brought in a ton of DP for us through the test room?

“By the way, why’s Kehma-san in the Imperial Capital? Did you move away from Sia?”

“I was just doing a commission . Just finished it up, so I’ll be heading back to Golen Village soon . ”

“Golen Village? Was there a village with that name nearby…?”

“Ah, you didn’t hear? The place where that inn is turned into a village . One thing lead to another, and it’s now named Golen Village . ”

“I see . ”

The reason I haven’t been using its name that often is because even I tend to forget its name .

“By the way, I’m the Village Chief . ”

“That’s amazing, or should I say horrible…? Right, Muzoh?”

“If it’s Kehma-san, he should manage somehow, Uzoh . ”

What’s with that evaluation? It’s better than getting told they feel sorry for me, but I’d be troubled if they over evaluate me too much .

“… Which reminds me, it’s be about a year since then . ”

“Ah—umm, Kehma-san . There is something that we have to apologize for . ”

“We said that we’d get a hold of a magic sword and give it to you within a year, but, uhh…”

Uzoh and Muzoh were lost for words . Is it that? That they were embarrassed about being unable to get a magic sword within a year even though they said they would?

“What, the magic sword? Don’t worry about it, I don’t mind even if I have to wait another year . ”

When I said that, Uzoh and Muzoh hurriedly shook their heads .

“No, we got one! But it’s…”

“It’s a magic sword that has a demerit… it’s a bit inappropriate to give to someone that saved our lives . ”

“A demerit? What kind of magic sword is it?”

“It’s a magic sword that causes things to go to sleep . It’d be great if it just did that to enemies, but it causes everything nearby to feel drowsy, even the wielder . ”

“Rather, as the closest thing to the magic sword, the person holding it will be the first one to get tired . We thought about having someone buy it, but don’t know what kind of price to ask for because of the effect…”

“That’s…”

A magic sword that makes things tired…?

If it’s true, that’s an amazing effect .

“Alright, show me it . Quick, take it out, quick!”

“Eh? I mean, sure, I don’t really mind…”

Uzoh took a sheathed magic sword out from his bag . It was a dagger in a simple scabbard . If I had to say what ornamentation it had, there was a dark-type magic stone in the center of the hilt . The magic stone was about as big as a plastic bottle’s lid and was so black that it seemed to be sucking light into it .

“Hmm… how do you use it?”

“If you unsheathe it, it’ll spread drowsiness about according to the magical power you put into it . ”

“Could I unsheathe it just a bit?”

“Just a bit, it’d be a bother to others . ”

I tried pulling the magic sword out of its scabbard… O-oh… aaah, that’s the good stuff .

… This is wonderful . I want to give in to the drowsiness and let this sword take me away .

“Kehma-san, sorry, please stop . I’m already tired . ”

Hearing Uzoh’s sleepy voice, I put the magic sword away .

This is a good sword . The best sword . No swords are better than this sword . This will take my sleep to another level .

“Can I have this?”

“… Nn, sorry, Kehma-san . I’m half asleep here, it just sounded like you said you wanted the magic sword . ”

“Yeah, I’d be great with taking this magic sword . ”

“Y-you seriously said that?”

“Kehma-san, we should be able to buy some other magic sword if we sold that one and used our savings . Why would you want that one?”

The heck are Uzoh and Muzoh saying?

“I’ve never seen such an amazing magic sword . I’m alright with this . No… I’m super good with this!”

“O-oh . ”

“Kehma-san…!”

Oi, why’re you guys looking at me with tears in your eyes? Don’t look at me like you’re looking at something pitiful . Isn’t it alright? It’s not like I’m going to use it to fight .

“What’s this magic sword’s name?”

“It doesn’t have one . A magic sword’s name is decided by its first user after all . If Kehma-san really means to use it, you should give it one . ”

I see .

Let’s think up a name for it .

… REM sleep . Hmm, REM Blade? Nah, if I recall correctly, REM is for eyeball movements, that’s not too good . Is there a good name that has to do with sleep? Oh, right .

“Let’s call it Siesta . Siesta Sword . A Sleepsword . ”

“Hahaha, Sleepsword huh? The name sounds a bit lackluster, but doesn’t that fit the sword itself? Right, Muzoh?”

“Yeah, Sleepsword Siesta . He has a good sense huh, Muzoh?”

Sleepsword Siesta . Looks like I ended up with the best magic sword in the world .

However, even if they were just paying back their loan, after getting such an amazing sword from them, I have to balance it out . I removed the scabbard with a blade golem in it from my side and handed it to the Uzoh Muzoh brothers .

“It’s a bit used, but here . Take it . ”

“Kehma-dono, this is…”

“This is the same magic sword from when you guys were trapped in the [Avarice Trap] . I haven’t given it any sort of name, so feel free to give it one . ”

I haven’t given it a name nor have I used it much, so it’s almost brand new .

I felt it’d be fine to give them this one since I was thinking about making a new blade golem out of orichalcum for myself, not to mention that I have Sleepsword Siesta now too .

“Nn, wait . One isn’t enough for the two of you huh… here’s another . ”

With that, I fetched a spare blade golem from my [Storage] and pretended that it came from my bag . It’s a knife type that I’d made as a spare for Meat, but since the Uzoh Muzoh brothers are a swordsman and scout combination, it’ll work out . I’ll make a new one for Meat too .

“A-are you sure?”

“Yeah, think of it as my appreciation for keeping your promise . ”

“Then I’ll gratefully accept it…!”

It’s free to make anyway .

And so, the Uzoh Muzoh brothers left the guild with their heads still bobbing up and down in a bow . Looks like they’ll be heading out for a commission, such hard workers .

“Goshujin-sama, wouldn’t it’ve been better to give ’em some random thing?”

“It’s alright . For Sleepsword Siesta, it was worth it . ”

“… Well, if Goshujin-sama says it’s ‘kay, it’s ‘kay…”

Hmm? I just realized it, but isn’t its effect coupled with [Blackout Resistance] quite strong in a fight?

… Maybe I should give them A-Rank meals next time they come to our inn .