166 Episode 166: "Aines Special" Soup Kitchen Washizukami Soup "".txt (1/2)

Yes. Now it's good.

When I came back to Nerham village, I found that they had started to cook a pot of soup.

A stone hearth had been built in the center of the village and the soup was boiling in a pot on top of it. Aine put some chopped herbs into the pot and then tasted the soup. Surrounded by beastman women.

While tasting the soup with Aine, she says, ”I just added the herbs! It tastes so different! I'm shouting.

That's great. Aine's cooking skills. It's effective across species.

”...... gob?

The 'Nebusoku Goblins' woke up and looked up.

The goblins are all gathered in the center of the village, their hands tied with ropes. The ropes are also attached to their waists. They have tied the goblins together in a tight knot to prevent them from escaping. Weapons have been taken from them and surrounded by beastman warriors.

”............ goboo

The goblins are sitting in the village square.

They are nodding off and don't seem to have the strength to fight.

Did you have a good night's sleep?

Suddenly, Aine looked at the goblins and said.

''Gobbler?''

The goblins look up in surprise.

Well, I guess so.

I'm sure it's never been spoken to kindly by the person you were fighting before.

I've defeated the 'wise men's goblins'. You don't have to work anymore.

”...... gob

'If you still want to fight, you can make this your last meal. The choice is yours.

Saying that, Aine placed a bowl of soup in front of one of the goblins.

Even if he didn't understand the words, it seemed that his will was understood.

The goblin, whose wrists were clenched, picked up the bowl with awkward hands.

He slowly brought it to his mouth and drank it down - and then...

”Govuuuuuuuuuugh!

I held the empty vessel in offering and began to cry.

Aine looked at it and then looked at me.

'Sender: Aine.

Recipient: Nei-kun

Main Content: The seasoning of the soup seems to have worked well. I called it ”Goblin's Stomach Cooking Soup”. The rest, Nay-kun, is up to you.

”Sent by: Nagi

Recipient: Aine.

Body: Lioukai. Give me the recipe later.'

I walked up to Aine and accepted a bowl of soup.

I find a goblin that looks hungry and hand it to him.

At the same time, I activate the skill 'Life Negotiation 《Food Negotiation》'.

''Fine. Eat.

”...... goboo

The second goblin gulped down the soup I gave him.

Okay, now we can talk.

'Life Negotiation' is a skill that allows you to talk to someone through food. It doesn't matter if it's a demon or an animal.

Now let's see if we can't successfully negotiate with these ex-neebusoku goblins.

The wise goblins that ruled over you have been defeated. He will never appear in your presence again.

I said.

”Guvuah (Really?)

The goblin looked up from his bowl of soup and shouted.

Hearing those words, the other goblins all looked at me at once. Even though I'm restrained, it's pretty scary to be in the middle of a crowd of goblins .......

But if you can talk to them, you can manage it.

''The same goes for 'Master Goblins' and 'Goblin Lord'. What about you guys?

”Grrrl (......, what does that mean?)

'Do you want to fight this thing to the end?　Or do you swear never to attack a human or sub-human again?

I've already discussed this matter with the elder through Aine.

He said that if the ex-Nebusoku Goblins were just being controlled, he would be willing to sign a non-war pact and let them go.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you,” he said, ”if you swear never to attack a human or subhuman again and become a friend of the people of this village. Can any of you guys 'contract (contract)' or produce a 'blood crystal'?

After I said that, I looked at the beastmen.

Notori-san and the elder are nodding with a calm expression on their faces.

I'm not trying to show mercy to the goblins.

There are still more than a dozen goblins left in the 'abandoned village' where these guys lived. If we wipe out the goblins here and then the goblins over there come looking for revenge, it would be too much trouble.

So, it's better to make a no-war pact with these guys and have them suppress the remaining goblins in the village.

I decided after discussing this with the elder and his grandson, Notoriety, that it would be a good idea.

What the mobile beastmen who had their horns stolen by the goblins will think about it, that is another story. That's another story.

''What do we do?　I don't mind us fighting in this state, though.

I said.

”...... doesn't want to fight anymore.

Pressing his head against the ground, the former Nebusoku Goblin said, ”The former Nebusoku Goblin is no more afraid of humans and subhumans.

I will no longer fear man or sub-human. I swear to you, I will no longer fear man or sub-human. If we all work together, we can create the Blood Crystal, the proof of our agreement: ......

All right. So can you talk everyone through it?

”...... goboo!

The ”former Nebusoku Goblin” shouted to the group.

The goblins huddled together and began to talk loudly. The conversation was quickly put together.

''Oh, I don't want to work anymore ......'', ''...... I want to go home and sleep ......'', ''Human scary...'' ...the ”Jujin Scary”, ”I want to drink more soup”, ”another”, ”I'll never fight you”, ”another”, ”another”, ”another”, ”another” ......”.

I mean...

Are the goblins too fascinated by Aine's soup: ......?

The double combo of ”Sleep” and ”Gentle Rice” from the state of ”Nebusoku Berserk” seems to have completely overwhelmed the ”Nebusoku Goblin”.

”──Our Goblins!　I swear to you!

Eventually, the goblins huddled together and piled their bound arms on top of each other.

”To the spirit of goblins, sub-humans and humans alike...

'I'm sorry. I can't tell one from the other with a goblin, so I'll just rearrange it a bit.

We are the former sleeping goblins!　I swear it. I will never again attack sub-humans or humans. We shall make them swear to do the same. To the people who gave us a good night's sleep and hot soup and did not kill us for attacking our village. ......