104-094 Heming (2) (1/2)

”Nao, it's done!

With that voice, he tapped me on the shoulder, and I looked up with a start.

There in front of me was Haruka's face.

The slightly dumbfounded look on her face suggested that she had already called out to me several times.

When I looked up at the sky, the sun was almost in the middle of the sky, and before I knew it, it was time for lunch.

”Oh, sorry, I'll be right there.

I stood up and tried to slap my ass, but Haruka held up a hand to restrain me, and then applied 'purification' to clean my hands, including the dirt on them.

Thanks.

”No, no.

When I followed Haruka to the others, a simple table was set up with deep plates of food on it, and everyone was already around it.

Sorry for the wait.

Hey. How are you doing, Nao?

Almost there. Here.

I threw the object in my hand, and Toya caught it well.

”Are these dice ......?　Six-sided die, eight-sided, is that ten-sided?

I can make an eight-sided die, but a ten-sided die is hard.

I threw him several dice made of hardened earth.

Each side has a number carved into it and is hardened so that it will not chip easily.

I managed to make a six-sided die with a perfect square and an eight-sided die with two square pyramids, but a ten-sided die with a pentagonal pyramid slightly shifted and attached to it was quite difficult.

However, the 10-sided die, which consists of a pentagonal pyramid slightly displaced and attached, is quite difficult to make.

Hey, hey, hey, aren't you losing sight of your goal?

”...... No, no, no, no, no.

Of course, it is an exercise in magic control.

Of course, I was practicing magic control. I was just taking a break from my boring training to make a few dice, and I got a little carried away. Yes, just a little.

”Come on, let's eat. It'll get cold.

What Haruka and the others made seemed to be the udon noodles Yuki had made on the second morning of the fishing trip.

The ingredients may be a little different, but the warm steam and delicious aroma of the food is very appetizing in this chilly weather.

I was waiting for Nao. ...... Well, let's eat. Simon, please eat too.

I'll take it. --Oh, yum!　It's so good!

It's so good, man. It's so good!

I bet there'd be a line out the door for this!

Apparently, our taste buds were satisfied with Simon's taste buds too.

They didn't seem to mind the noodles, and ate them without hesitation.

I tried it myself, but it tasted a little better than what I had eaten at that time, probably because there were fewer restrictions than in the camp. However, it is a little less tasty than the one I had after the second day, when I added crab to the broth.

You guys are really good at cooking, aren't you?

No!　No, wait!　I'm sure you'll agree.　Did you guys ...... go up the Noria River to catch the Great Salamander?

You know what I mean?

I heard there are always requests to catch them. Not many people go out to catch them, though. It's the only time fish come into town.

It's true that when I've gone shopping, I've never found any fish for sale.

I don't remember eating fish in this town either, since it's never served at Aera's store or the Bear Pavilion.

I asked Simon, ”Is it because the Great Salamander is so hard to find that so few people go out to catch it?

When I asked Simon, he smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

I don't know much about them, but you need to camp in a forest with demons, right?　I don't know much about it, but you need to camp in a forest where there are demons, and sometimes even orcs. I guess it's not worth it to spend days camping out in a place like that, looking for a Great Salamander you don't know if you'll ever find.

We just happened to find one and killed it with a single thrust, but since then we haven't seen any more except for the ones that were caught in traps.

Perhaps the Great Salamander is nocturnal and difficult to find in the daytime.

If you look for them at night, you may be able to find them, but of course the danger is high.

Without lights, they can't see what's going on around them, and if the lights are too bright, there is a risk of attracting demons.

But I don't see any fish in this city. Are they not coming in from Sahlstat?　It's so close.

It takes a wagon a day to get there.

The carpenters all shook their heads.

No one's coming in.