Chapter 213 (2/2)
”D-don't be such cowards! I'et our pay froar told his coar and his companions had been hired with the Deputy Guild Master Joseph's money And also as expected, the objective of their task was to assist Joseph in harassing theone too far to be calledto take advantage of this and also ar, but do you really think we'd be able to do anything against someone who can use 'Faer than us even without using it,” one of Aggar's co that I'd lose to her?!” Aggar demanded
”Do you really think you wouldn't?! She can use 'Faeneral, it was believed that those who could use the 'Fay
If one were to think of it in terms of Adventurers' Guild classes, they would be a ar and his companions were somewhere between E-class and the lower end of D-class There was no way that they would be able to overcome Darcia, even with the ive it up, Aggar There've been a countless number of women that we couldn't make a move on in the past, haven't there? She's just another one on the list”
”If you think about it, she's a wo Wolf' has his hands on I'ly fate Let's think about it that way!”
”The captain warned us, too… It's true that we tookfired froave a frustrated sigh They ave up here and stayed quiet for a while, he could return to his life of working as a guard, earning a reasonable income as well as a little extra froation to return the money that he had received fro He just needed to give up on so that he couldn't obtain
No ar thought
He thought of the start of a plan that could possibly work out well
”That woht?” he asked his coo when the priest of Alda was going on about slave trading or so”
”Yeah, I remember that We were still rookies back then, so ere just put on lookout and carrying things about Not sure what caue ht because of that uproar I think they didn't find anything, so the captain of the guards back then was made to take responsibility, and the priest of Alda just stayed quiet and pretended that nothing happened,” added another
The details that Aggar reuards had entered the orphanage and searched it, but they found nothing, so the case was closed due to insufficient evidence
It was an incident that the otten about
”What about it?” one of Aggar's companions asked
”Well, I actually stole a copy of the key to the orphanage back then I thought it e froar suggested ”Then we'll tell that woman's Dhampir brat to coain, and leave his et hiar, that doesn't sound like a good idea!” one of his coar out of this
”Yeah, we can cover up stealing se as much as ant, and we can silence wo!”
Aggar didn't want to hear any of his companions' co is said and done, we can just have the 'Starving Wolf' Michael take the fall for it! He's a hoodluin with We just need to fabricate so blinded by love and that'll be the end of it,” Aggar said ”So, what's it going to be? I'll do it even if I have to do it on my own, you know”
His coo so conveniently, but their sense of danger seeht for their evil deeds so far
Perhaps things would go fine as long as they didn't ht
”Y-you're right Alright, we're in”
Aggar gave a low laugh ”That's what I'rin
He led his companions to his rooht, the food carts in the dirty alleyway had been completely transformed
A woreide open in surprise
”… What is this?” she said
She couldn't help but be surprised that the food cart that she was so accusto was now clean, and for soe, pink hearts drawn on it
”… W-welcohtly stiff smile
The woman was relieved to see that it was the same owner as before
”Oh, it's you, old man What happened to this store? I was sure that you'd been driven off somewhere else and sohed
”Well, there are circumstances, you see…” the food cart owner mumbled
”What do you mean by 'circumstances?' Your food cart is so clean, and this heart is Vida's holy sy that skewer cart?”
”That's… exactly right”
”W-what?! You're really copying theonna have the usual anyway, right?” the food cart owner said, handing over a serving of soup
The woman was bewildered, but she took the bowl as she always did… and frowned as she looked at its contents
”Old man… It smells better than the stuff you had before, but what is this purple ingredient?” she asked
Theyesterday had been replaced by a soup with some purple objects inside it
”I've tried the flavor myself Just take my word for it and try it,” the food cart owner assured her
”If you say so… It tastes better than it looks! It's actually more delicious than the stuff you had before! This purple stuff tastes ht, too! What is this?!” the woman asked
”Goblin meat That bra - What should I call hiobu”
”Onee-san, we've got Kobold sandwiches here! Coood that even I was surprised!” another food cart owner said, calling out to her
”We've got stir-fried meat over here It's one Bauot Goblin and Kobold organs starting froive it a try,” said the owner of a third food cart
”W-wait How ht?” said the wo my soup Save yours for later!” the owner of the first food cart told the others
These businesses had been selling slu shredded Goblin and Kobold ears, sandwiches etables and meat, and slum-style stir-fried mouse and fish obu soup, steamed Kobold ans
Goblinit didn't change that Using a mountain of expensive spices would make it about as edible as ordinary meat, but… that wouldn't be affordable to those eren't wealthy
But if Goblin rass, a rew everywhere, the meat turned purple and its unpleasant flavor and s a rather strange texture, but it wasn't inedible This was how the preserved food known as Gobu-gobu was redient than Goblin and Kobold ears whose flavor had been forcibly concealed by turning them into meatballs
Kobold rew only in places where Kobolds lived and then steamed, lost its odor and its sinewy, hardKobol fruit in addition to the leaves would make it taste even better, but that would put its price far out of reach of the inhabitants of the slums, so it had been just wrapped in the leaves
But as the softened Kobold redients, itfor sandwiches ans and Kobold organs also underwent the sa process when baked, so they became edible
Cut into bite-sized pieces and fried with sauce, it was far more delicious than the slum-style fried meat… and more nutritious, too
All of these dishes had the same price and quantity as their previous versions, and they were slightly cheaper than Vandalieu's skewers Perhaps even the curious andered in froht district would buy them, not just the inhabitants of the slums
”But Vandalieu-sama, couldn't you have taken a little more payrilling skewers
The fact that the other food cart owners were selling their new products at the same prices as their old ones obu and Kobold meat at the same value as the monster ears that could be purchased aletables and meat
”Goblin and Kobold meat has so little value that ordinary butchers refuse to buy it,” said Vandalieu ”And I processed the ingredients for the it themselves from now on”
”They proht, Chipuras-san,” said Darcia
”… Ordinarily, you would ask for a cut of their total sales I believe that asking for acosts and other expenses are deducted is too little, but… well, if our objective is missionary work rather than profit, then I suppose there is no proble the business owners paint Vida's holy symbol on their food carts, the people of the slums were able to tell that they were affiliated with Vandalieu and Vida's religion at a single glance
That was a big thing in and of itself
Vandalieu wasn't expecting to gain any passionate followers froive a short prayer or thinking of Vida after theirthe people's faith in these sth for the Goddess
”And spreading the fact that Gobu-gobu and baked Kobolda foundation for proclai Ghouls to be one of Vida's races rather than a race of monsters… Well, not that there are any Ghouls in the Devil's Nests around here anymore,” said Vandalieu
”You asked the spirits of adventurers and Miles-san to find thehness,” said Princess Levia
Indeed, there wasn't a single Ghoul left in the Devil's Nests around the city of Morksi
”Now all that's left to do is amplify Van-kun's influence in this city?” said Orbia
Vandalieu gave a sinning, but yes Our original plan was just to conspicuously operate a food cart for three ht about it, he was just supposed to have set up store on the main street, buy ordinary meat frohtly more delicious than ordinary food
But it see point of fate had cohts on Vandalieu at the Colad ere put in this place That's the one thing we can thank Joseph-san for Thanks to hie and experienced a lot of good things,” said Darcia, s watch from the shadow of the food cart as usual
”Well, there's ret it, either,” said Vandalieu ”Fang, Maroru, Uru the cooked meat to a reasonable temperature, Vandalieu took the meat off the skewers and tossed it into the air, where it was caught and eaten by Fang and the rats
The custoht
The Great Giant Rats were still Rank 2 and hadn't transfore races As there was a Tamers' Guild branch in this city, the customers didn't feel any aversion to the rats
They would nor, as about as dangerous as a bear, but… he was suppressing his Aura of Darkness that instilled fear in others, so he didn't look any different fro with you tomorrow,” said Darcia ”We need to save up a lot of Goblin and Kobold h I can grow Kobol leaves ave a happy bark
'You are the only one who can do it, the only one we can ask If you refuse, it will be the end of us; you are our only hope'
The man had heard these words so much that they could have s could have been ed by someone other than himself
Even this time, the situation could almost certainly be resolved by soathered a horde, and the Adventurers' Guild has missed them I know that the Five-colored Blades have their hands full with a God's trial and whatnot, but this is so up so gathers a horde, they're monsters that tend to stay in packs There's certainly tiht them off,” the reasy, sweaty face of Duke Alcree near a Devils' Nest had been wiped out about afrom the fact that all of the houses had been burned down, it was thought to be the doing of the 'Hyena' Gozoroff and his gang of kidnappers, and an order of knights serving the duke had been dispatched to hunt the 'Hyena' down
But the order of knights had never returned; in fact, they had discovered that a horde led by a Minotaur King existed in the Devils' Nest near the wiped-out village
And the order of knights was led… or rather had been led, by the youngest daughter of the previous Duke Alcrem - in other words, the half-sister of the current Duke Alcrees was about the saht not have intended it, but he ended up giving a goodlearned the identity of the leader of the order of knights, Duke Alcreed to make contact with the man by chance, and made his request
”To think that I could make contact with you… This must be the will of the Gods Please exter and his horde, and if my half-sister is still alive… no matter what kind of state she is in, dispose of her”
An order of knights would certainly not be weak by anya horde of … that would be a far taller task than hunting down the 'Hyena'
And now that a month had passed with no word froine their fate
”His predecessor took good care of me, and I've been paid well for my silence It's not a bad job, but… is the name of his family of dukes that he holds so dear, so cheap that it would be tarnished by his sister who has given up her rights to succession being inated by a Minotaur?” the man wondered
The hush money paid to him could have been used to buy an expensive Potion, hire a first-rate healer and create a Magic Item that erased harsh memories for her treatment
If it still concerned the duke, there were still plenty of other options, such as sending her to a hts did cross the man's mind
”But… I suppose it's none of my business,” he told himself
Randolf 'the True,' the S-class adventurer who had publicly stepped back from duty and did indeed wish to live in seclusion, stepped into the Devils' Nest that contained the Minotaur horde with his bow and arrow on his back and a thin-bladed dagger in his hand
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