chapter 12

I am now living with a dog! But I actually like cats! Well, actually they’re wolves not dogs . How nice, now life won’t be as lonely .

That aside, it was around mid-October and the winter season was drawing near . It was cold . Gardening was getting difficult, so I had harvested all the vegetables and had stopped for the upcoming winter .

I was now preparing for winter and increasing my hunting frequency . Time to secure meat! But in the worst case I could manage with Creation Magic .

Hm? Is the way I’m speaking reverting back to normal? Yep, it is . I’ve grown tired of it .

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I ran into a group of orcs several days ago, it was a group of ten orcs . Hm? Did I think I was about to die? No, it was just beyond what I had expected I guess?

I hadn’t detected the Orc group with Detection . Instead, Norn, the mother wolf that I befriended had warned me of them . And so I was able to snipe them from a distance .

As such, I was able to obtain a lot of pork or rather orc meat . Orc meat is edible and often used as a source of meat . Plus, it tastes just like pork . But, orc meat is expensive so I never had a chance of eating it at the orphanage .

Moving on, there was Norn . I thought she was a bit too smart, so after annihilating the orc group I had used Appraisal on her .

Bell was still a child, but some of her status were still higher than mine . Like STR for example . It’s not like I’m jealous or anything! So let’s just fluff her up a bit! Anyways, with these sort of feeling we finished up hunting and returned home .

“Today was a big success thanks to Norn . ”

It was sunny outside and the weather was perfect for hunting . Recently, there were many days where the weather was bad, which made it difficult to hunt . As for today’s spoils, we managed to catch two large birds and two orcs . I was quite happy .

Norn and Bell also didn’t eat as much as I had initially expected . The two were Fenrirs, and big, so I had thought they would eat a lot .

But, unexpectedly the two consume just an average amount of meat . That being said, Norn and Bell basically procure their own food to eat .

“What should I do for tonight? Should I fry the orc meat? Or should I try broiling the bird meat? ……Hm, but the soy sauce seems to be running low, and it’s about time to restock the other spices . ”

There was still quite a lot I needed to do . Since a lot of fat could be taken from the orc meat, I could go with a simple stir-fry method . But since I didn’t have any bread crumbs, deep-frying would be a no go .

I also found out something after testing it . It seems that orc fat doesn’t sit well with me . If I eat too much, it would go right to my stomach . Fried foods were devastating in more than one way .

As such, I was looking for plants that could be used for their oils, but I haven’t found anything like that yet . How annoying……

As I was brooding over my own thoughts, Bell came bounding over to my feet . It sure was peaceful .

On a side note, this world has soy sauce and miso . And the universal language was Japanese . What was with this reincarnation setting?

“……!”

“Norn?”

As I walked leisurely thinking about the dinner menu, Norn suddenly reacted to something .

Then she started running, so I gave chase . A reaction soon appeared within my Detection range . 3 goblins . And 1 human . 1

An attack? Should I save them? Yep, let’s save them .

I decided to use a Status Boost Potion . It was a low grade one and would boost my AGI . The effect was a +2 status boost . I activated Storage and directly injected it into my veins . This method would save me the trouble of having to actually drink it and was more effective in smaller doses . But the effect time would be shorter . Plus, it would cause more stress on the body . As such, my body would probably feel sore tomorrow, but for now I concentrated and picked up speed . I soon saw them .

A group of three goblins . It seems they haven’t noticed me yet . The leftmost goblin raised its sword . There was a human figure in front of it, so I started preparing ammunition .

“Norn, take the farthest one out, please!”

“Woof!”

I aimed at the head of the leftmost goblin . I launched forward a stone I made with earth magic . The stone met its target and the goblin’s head exploded . The goblin towards the front noticed, but Norn jumped over it and snapped down on the neck of the goblin behind it .

The goblin in front followed Norn’s movements and turned around . I accelerated further and jumped up, delivering a kick to the goblin that bared its back to me . A dull, unpleasant feeling was transmitted to my feet .

I then made a graceful landing on the ground, which I felt was quite admirable considering my athleticism . When I looked up feeling satisfied with myself, the goblin was being crushed by Norn, she gave a squeeze and it convulsed, before going limp .

…… . Is it already over?

After confirming the death of the goblins, I pulled up the hood on my cloak .

Since it had become cold recently, I made a leather cloak using the hide of the prey I had hunted . I had pulled up my hood just in case .

The effects of the potion had worn off . The duration lasted about 30 seconds……was it possible to have settled the matter sooner? On a side note, what I did was boost myself, it wasn’t doping . I had an image that what I did would be bad if I considered it doping . But these were just personal feelings .

Oh right, is the person being attacked alright? I glanced over to confirm .

…… . A woman, no a child? Well, no, I’m also a child . But she was smaller than me . It looks like she is around 7-8 years old? Ah, it looks like Bell has finally caught up .

“Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“A-Ahh… . . ”

Hm? Why is she looking behind me? What…… As I look back, I saw Norn nosily devouring the group of goblins . Ahh, this is a bit–!?

I wish she wouldn’t eat it right now…… I was momentarily stunned, but then I heard something fall over in front of me . When I looked back at the child, she had fainted .

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…… . It’s not like she was going to eat you .