ANNOUNCEMENT!
Starting from this week, the updates will be slowed down to two chapters a week. Tuesday and Thursday updates. Because:
a) The chapters are getting longer. It used to average at 1150 â 1250 words at best, it now consistently goes over 1500 words per chapter. This means Gumiâs work also increased by 45% per week for Tondemo Skillâ¦
b) Gumi has other deadlines to hit this month, sorry!!
Eguchi Ren: Thank you very much for your support!
Gumihou: Yes! Thank you for your support! Also, reduced the âkyaa!â from Mukouda, replacing it with âthis is my life nowâ¦â kind of vibe
Only after lecturing at me to his heartâs content, Willem-san finally escorted me to Guild Master Bram as well as the four elders. Canât forget those elders, although I canât say I remember their names at allâ¦
While I stood in place like a child caught doing bad things, Willem-san explained matters to these great people. [1] I could more or less tell which part of the story he was telling from their faces. Finally, we were given the order to march over to the largest warehouse where the dismantling of the Leviathanâs head was happening.
There, I found that the head had been pretty much taken apart, [2] with stacks of bottles, large vats lining one side of the wall, sets of teeth and fangs as well as bones stacked neatly on shelves. It looked like everything went smoothly, aside from the most troublesome person in the room.
The moment we stepped through the door, the eldersâ faces changed. Elland-san, who had been busy sparkling at one of the vats suddenly looked up, as though sensing something in the air. Then, he turned around with an excited look on his face.
He clearly did not understand just how much we did not want to see him as he suddenly leapt forward, only to be dragged back by Moira-sama. When he continued to struggle, Moira-sama unceremoniously punched him in the face.
Ah, well, too bad for him.
As for myself, I am busily trying not to catch the attention of the scary-looking elders and guild mastersâ¦
âOi, take them out,â said Guild Master Willem-san with a frightening look on his face.
âUm, do- you need me to take everything out?â
âEverything.â
âI, ah, donât think it would fit this roomâ¦â
âItâs fine, just take as many as you can.â
His already tough-looking face looked positively demonic when annoyed, so I quickly complied.
âUm, is it alright if I just take out one specimen per specieâ¦â
âJust get on with it.â
âOkayâ¦â
So, I walked to the end of the room and started taking out dinosaurs from my [Item Box], starting with the smallest ones first.
â⦠â¦â
The silence was deafening as the elders stared at the lineup of dinosaurs.
In fact, the silence was so loud that it nearly drowned out the âNooooo!!!â from the other end of the warehouse. Finally, after a long, anxious silence, I heard sighs followed by:
âSo, this is what comes after the Leviathanâ¦â
âItâs just one thing after anotherâ¦â
âHaha, thatâs rightâ¦â
âI have⦠nothing to sayâ¦â
âTo be honest, I regretted seeing itâ¦â
The five important people all hung their heads, muttering among themselves even as Willem-san kneaded his forehead. âYou⦠just handle it yourselfâ¦â
Still, despite all the doom and gloom, there was still one incredibly high-spirited person in the room.
âI-is this a new species of Dragon?! Is it?!â
Spurred by his love and obsession with all things dragon, Elland-san managed to break through Moira-samaâs efforts to stop him and rushed towards the lineup of dinosaurs on the floor. He was patting and stroking them with shining eyes.
Goodness, heâs still as carefree as ever.
âNo, this thing is called a dinosaur. Itâs different from a dragon, although⦠Iâm not sure exactly how it is different, so I guess itâs not completely different?â
âOhoo~~! I see, I see~!!â
Iâm glad you saw something, because I have no idea what youâre seeing.
Elland-san was practically dancing around the dinosaur corpses in a frenzy like the obsessed pervert that he was. âThey come in many shapes and sizes, but this one! This one looks quite similar to the Earth Dragon!â
Elland-sanâs nose was practically touching the T-Rex he was observing, his hands already groping and wandering here and there. âHowever, the skin feels different from that of the Earth Dragon, the arrangement of teeth is different too!â
Thatâs because itâs a creature from Earth- ahâ¦
âThatâs enough!â
Slap! Slap!
The great Moira-sama slapped Elland-san on the head before dragging him away.
The Elders and Guild Master Bram let out a collective sigh.
âI wish I could send this idiot away as soon as possible, however, it looks like this is no longer possible.â
O-oi, hold on. Surely calling that fellow an âidiotâ is a bit much? Heâs obviously obsessive and insane, but an idiot?
âHey, Mukouda, weâll buy these.â
âItâs not like we could let this opportunity goâ¦â
âThey are proof that that fairytale-like place mentioned > actually existsâ¦â
âUh, if itâs for research, I donât mind donatingâ¦â I said hesitantly.
âItâs fine. This concerns the pride of the Adventurerâs Guild. Since it is a monster that has never been seen before, the price may be less than what it ought to be, but we will buy them regardless.â
âHah?â
I donât know why they would still want to pay when I said Iâd donate, but sure, whatever you like.
âIt will take us some time to Appraise these monsters, it may take weeks or even up to a month. The money will be sent to Carelinaâs guild. Please collect your payment there.â
I nodded. I donât mind receiving the money a little later. No problem at all.
Bram-san visibly braced himself before marching over to where Moira-sama was holding Elland-san down.
âOi, Elland,â said Bram-san. âListen here, youâre in charge of dismantling theseâ¦â
âReally! For real!!??â [2] he was being stepped on by Moira-sama and had been breathing heavily from the effort of trying to escape. However, after hearing this, his breathing became even heavier and I felt somehow dirty hearing itâ¦
Even though this was the only person I would trust to dismantle these monsters, Iâ¦
âOoohh~~ as expected of Mukouda-san! Youâre the best! My good friend! My absolutely bestest and most wonderful friend~~!!â
No, I refuse to acknowledge this friendship.
Ignoring the excited Elf on the floor, I said to Moira-sama, âApologies for giving you such a hard timeâ¦â
âNo, no, I feel ashamed to call myself an Elf because of this guyâ¦â
âItâs fine, everyone knows that different Elves have different unique dispositions⦠speaking of which, I should say this first. Um, the biggest one⦠ahemâ¦â
âWh-what about the biggest one?â Oni-face Willem-san suddenly rushed forward, as if daring me to say something troublesome. Sorry, Willem-san, but it had to be said. Youâll find out about it sooner or later.
âThe biggest one⦠I think, even an adamantite knife probably wonât penetrate its skinâ¦â
All eyes turned towards me: some in disbelief, others in unbridled excitement and yet more that were just resigned and tiredâ¦
âUm, most of these monsters could âchew through adamantiteâ soâ¦â
âHow do you evenâ never mind, I donât want to know!â
âA magic sword should do it,â said Grandpa Gon.
âUmu, especially a magic adamantite sword,â chimed in Fer.
I maintained a pained silence as the faces of the people in front of me changed a few times. Finally, Bram-san ventured a tired âI seeâ.
Well, the end result of that little interlude was me agreeing to sign a contract with the Guild for the rental of one magic sword Caladbolg, Elland-sanâs favourite among all the other magic swords in my possession.
Magic Sword Caladbolg would be rented to the Adventurerâs Guild for 800 gold for one month.
Personally, I donât mind getting these kinds of passive income.
Passive incomes are the best!
âItâs been hard on you, Willem,â Bram-san said as he patted Willem-san on the back.
Tears were running down Willem-sanâs scrunched-up face. I wanted to go and comfort him too, but I had a feeling that I would only make him feel worse, so I refrained. On the other handâ¦
âWoah~~!! Ooohh~!! Th-th-this is~~!!â
â¦there was someone with absolutely no sense of social decency was running around the dinosaurs making all sorts of strange noises.
âOi! What about the meat?â
âIs Master really going to sell everything including the meat?â
ââWhat? Seriously?! No way!!ââ
ââSui wants to try big, big lizard meat~~ââ
I expect my face to look like the Eldersâ now. However, I would never hear the end of it if I ignored them.
âUm, so, if you donât mind, please take another of the largest ones apart as well?â
âAnother-! Haahh⦠what do I expect? Fine, well take it apart for you, but you must take all the parts, including the bones and eyeballs, whatever, back. We donât have the money to buy them.â
I nodded quickly.
âOi, what are you waiting for? Do it now!â
âI-if you donât mind, could you please maybe take this one apart first? Think of it as a practice run? Hahahaâ¦â
âI shall spend all night dismantling it!!â
âAh, good to hear.â
If anything, Elland-san became even more excited by the sight of the second Supersaurus. Meanwhile, tears were falling down the faces of the Guild Masters. Moira-sama just looked tiredâ¦
Anyway, since my familiars refused to leave, we found a corner to settle down to stare while Elland-san got to work. I guess, I should at least thank him for doing such a thorough job of it.
[Gumihou: Woah, this Elland sure is hardcore.]
[1] Less âkyaa!â and more âsighâ¦â
[2] Add detail â this includes the detail where a certain someone is being stepped onâ¦
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