Chapter 59 (2/2)
From my words, although the armoured man had an astonished expression, he immediately began laughing.
「Hahahaha, I was thinking about what you were about to say, so it was that huh. Aah, I’m sorry. It’s fine. Perhaps the Goblin subjugation has surely failed, but an irregular, which was the Lesser Dragon, appeared. Rather than failing in these sorts of extreme cases, the commission gets cancelled. On the contrary, a reward for the subjugation of a Lesser Dragon will probably be given. Since the Chivalric Order will also talk to the guild about it, you can be relieved.」
Oh, is that so? Thank goodness.
Since I haven’t had a failure up until now, if possible, it’s better to not have something like a black mark.
「Leaving that aside, what will you do about the Lesser Dragon’s materials? All these are valuable things, I think it’ll turn into a considerable amount of money but…. If possible, I can have the Chivalric Order purchase them, how about it?」
Materials…? Aah, like the scales and fangs. Let me see…
「Could you purchase the majority of it? I’d like to have a few scales and some fangs7. And also, is it okay if I have a little bit of its meat?」
Dragon scales and skin are armour materials, and its fangs can be a material for magic tools and weapons. As for the meat…… it’s ranked as one of the top cla.s.s ingredients. Well, even if I receive a large amount, there’s not much I can do with just myself ne8.
By the way, there are usable parts for both the scales and skin as materials9. For the parts, the scales that are on its legs and around its neck, and the skin that are on its tail and back will become materials. Other than those parts, they’re either too hard, or they’re unsuitable to be processed into armour. Nevertheless, this Lesser Dragon has an overall length of nearly 15 meters, I believe a considerable amount can be harvested.
The dismantling of the dragon was left to the other knights, it seems because the armoured man has to go report and escort the self-proclaimed Demon King, he’s returning to the Royal Capital. Incidentally, he also let me get on the carriage together, so I gratefully took that opportunity.
By the way, it appears that the dismantling of the dragon, its transportation to the Royal Capital (it seems it needs to use three carts), and the verification of the materials will take around two days.
It was said that the payment of the materials will be given after that.
We temporarily returned to the village and the village mayor was told that the Goblins and the dragon are gone, then we headed towards the Royal Capital. It seems it’s possible to return by evening at this rate.
By the way, it appears the armoured man is called Grove-san. Although it’s a bit late, don’t you think!?
Although the self-proclaimed Demon King woke up midway, Grove-san forced him back to sleep since he started struggling.
We arrived at the Royal Capital in the evening, then headed towards the Adventurers’ Guild without stopping.
The carriage was then temporarily stopped, I headed towards the receptionist together with Grove-san.
I told the whole story at the reception and explained why the Goblin subjugation couldn’t be done. Although the part about the Lesser Dragon made an uproar, Grove-san skilfully calmed them. But, the part about me defeating the dragon surprised them again, then Grove-san explained the fine details (up until the matter of G.o.d-sama and the sacred treasure) and created an even bigger uproar.
……It seems bringing along Grove-san was a mistake.
Could it be fortunate that there wasn’t any other adventurers here? Nevertheless, the reason for the uproar was because of the staff members, who were surprised about the Lesser Dragon and sacred treasure, called out other staff members, then those staff members caused an uproar and again called out other staff members…… and that chain reaction kept going. Especially when the story about the sacred treasure came out, the staff members came out one by one. I wonder where so many came from? It was to the extent where the reception area was surrounded by staff members.
This situation, what should I do?
「Quiet down! So noisy!!」
Suddenly, a loud roar came from the reception.
When I looked, a well-built, perhaps over 50 years old(?), well-dressed man glared in this direction.
And from behind him, was Airi-san’s face peeking out.
Although there might’ve been some people who may have forgotten, Airi-san is the receptionist onee-san that always takes care of me.
「I am the master of this guild, Gallop s.h.i.+shtory. Could I have you tell me the full story in a different location?」
An authoritative voice, shall I say? From that person’s shout, this incredibly noisy place was quietened down. Judging from the situation, it seems he was called by Airi-san and came? Naisu, Airi-san. (note: Sakura says ‘nice’ in English)
「Well then, please follow me. Not a word about what happened here. Everyone, if you understand, then return to work.」
From those words, the staff members, who were scattered around, each returned to their positions.
The place Gallop-san brought us to was a parlour-like location on the third floor of the guild.
As we were offered to sit on the sofa of a lounge suite placed in the centre of the room, Gallop-san sat on the sofa across the table.10
「Once again, I am the master of this guild, Gallop s.h.i.+shtory.」
Gallop-san introduced himself, then we each introduced ourselves as well.
「Member of the Fourth Chivalric Order, Grove Ol Sinbart.」
「Sakura Fujino. D ranked adventurer.」
After saying that, I lightly bowed my head.
「Although it’s prompt, can I hear the story? I’ve heard a summary of the story, but I’d like to hear it directly from the person concerned.」
Although his words were polite, there was no room for yes or no.11
I made a sidelong glance towards Grove-san, and decided to leave it all to him.
Maybe Grove-san noticed it, he nodded once then began to speak.
「……And that’s what happened.」
When Grove-san finished his explanation, Gallop-san spoke with a groan.
「……I don’t believe it. No, it’s not as if I don’t believe what you said but…. If everything is true, then it’s become considerably troublesome though…. That Subordination Magic is the problem you see. As for the investigation regarding that, I’ll leave it to the Chivalric Order, Sakura Fujino, so it’s you huh, that’s the sword that received a blessing from G.o.d?」
He said, then looked at the katana leaning besides me.
「That’s right.」
Although it actually wasn’t just the katana ne! I won’t say it though!
「fumu…. Judging from the stories, it seems there’s no mistake that it’s a sacred treasure. The Chivalric Order wouldn’t possibly lie about this na. Well, it would be better not to talk about it too much. I’m sure there are people who haven’t heard of the rumors regarding sacred treasures, there are also people who don’t believe in the rumors itself. It would be better to avoid unnecessary trouble you see. However, to easily cut and toss away a Lesser Dragon, just like the rumors, the power of a sacred treasure sure is tremendous.」
Uーn…, even if it’s said to be that self-proclaimed G.o.d-sama(laugh)’s blessing, it has no value for me…
「Anyway, I’d say it’s fortunate that it was disposed of before any sort of damage was caused. Sakura Fujino, think of a reward regarding this matter properly. Let me see…… you should decide on a reward after two days. I’ll have someone from here call for you after that. Will that be fine?」
I nodded for the time being.
Actually, this is just a confirmation, it doesn’t matter even if I say no ne.12
「Well then, we should end it with that. Knight-dono as well, thank you very much for going out of your way to explain.」
It appears that’s the end.
Although, other than my introduction, I hardly spoke…
Since Gallop-san stood up, we also stood up and left the room.
We left the guild just like that, since Grove-san said he needed to return to the Chivalric Order, we separated there.
If I also don’t hurry up and return to prepare dinner… No matter what, today will be dragon steak. Ufufufu, I wonder what kind of taste it has? I look forward to it.
Conclusion: it wasn’t tasty. Rather, it was unpleasant.
How should I say it…, it tasted sort of like sea urchin and natto and bamboo shoots (before removing the dry taste) divided by three13… However, the Prince ate it with pleasure. Could it be my sense of taste that’s strange? After having an expectation, it became an incredibly disappointing dinner…
(Explanatory note) The meat of a dragon is one of the top cla.s.s ingredients, it’s a ‘delicacy’. The meat of a dragon stiffens up one week after its death, it then becomes useless as an ingredient (Preservation Magic Tools have no effect either). Because of its rarity and the unique taste, it seems the gourmets (strange item enthusiasts) of the world and rich people (upstarts) pursue this ingredient.
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