Volume 1 - Chapter 16 – GOING OUT COLLECTING (1/2)

「Then, I’ll be going」

「Take care」

「Onii-chan…」

Jin had decided to do a full-scale collection on the remote mountains of Kaina Village where you could collect 《Magic Crystals》. Because it may be dangerous, Hanna was left to watch the house. He was going together with Rock.

「Tou-chan, see you later」

「Dear, you better not let Jin get hurt!」

「What if I got hurt…」

Rock had a child who was good at swimming, he was the father of Mario. Because it was the off-season, he asked to be guided. Leaving Gon in the village, and bringing Gen along to go collecting. Rock brought along his favourite bow and arrow.

「Although, Jin a 《Magic Craftsman》, huh? Ya pretty incredible」

Seeing the large amount of luggage Gen was carrying, Rock murmured.

「A long time ago, I wanted to be a knight, and I did go to the capital. In less than 2 years, I woke up from that dream and returned to the village」

「Is that so?」

「Aa. That’s why I know the lifestyle in the capital reasonable well, however I’ve never seen magic tools like the ones Jin made, and there weren’t any talking golems like Gon and Gen」

「A-Ahaha」

「Well, you’ll probably be leaving the village some day. That’s probably what ya want to do. However, I’ll be happy if you showed your face at the village once in a while」

Unusually, Rock told this earnestly, and Jin seeing such an unusual thing, he made a face as if about to say something.

「Why… why are you making such a face?」

「Eh, no, that is, I was surprised that Rock-san was a person to be concerned」

「That compliment doesn’t sound like a compliment」

while saying that, Rock’s eyes looked like they were laughing.

「The people of Kaina Village are all good people, therefore of course, Rock-san is too.」

「Somehow that sounds forced but oh well… So, we’ll be descending that valley?」

A valley that could be seen from the mountain pass. It was the valley he came to along with Hanna the other day.

「Ee. Last time I only went down a little bit, this time I want to go much further down」

He had planned to stay for night, so he had prepared the camp. Gen was carrying it.

「Okay, let’s try going down」

So 2 people and 1 golem carefully descended the valley. They would take a detour if there was a waterfall, but continued if it was a thicket by having Gen deal with it.

And when a considerable amount of the day had passed, they arrived at an open area.

「Let’s make camp here」

Rock had made such a judgement.

As he was told, he prepared the camp.

「First we’ll remove things like the stone to flatten it. Gen, help me out」

「Yes」

With the help of Gen, the ground soon became flat. There he set up poles, using string so they wouldn’t fall. Furthermore he laid beams horizontally across it and then covered it from above with a large cloth.

He first laid some cloth down for the ground, and then laid out furs for beds to finish it.

「Really, the various things that Gen has brought along has really helped us」

The two did not desire more for their camp.

「Okay, I’ll do the preparation for dinner now, you can go find the things you’re looking for Jin」

「Sure, now then」

So Jin left the preparation for dinner to Rock, and began searching for minerals.

「《Grand Search》!」

For a while, he used the magic 《Grand Search》 to look around, a large response appeared.

「Found it!」

Jin involuntarily shouted, and Rock came to look.

「Oh, let me see what you’ve found」

「Yeah. Now then Gen, dig here」

「Acknowledged」

Jin instructed Gen to dig the ground. Gen vigourously dug a hole.

「Oooohh, this is pretty incredible」

The hole became deeper before their eyes. Gen stopped after digging about 3 metres. It then carried out a large black rock.