Chapter 179: Traces left in the food storehouse (1/2)

Chapter 179: Traces left in the food storehouse

Translator: Tseirp

Since it was a food warehouse that was said to stop time like a magic bag, I naturally imagined it was one of three choices, either a cool and dark place like a pantry or warehouse or even a dark vortex where you thrust your hand into.

But it was different from my expectations.

“Dra, dragon!!”

The moment I opened the door, a blue dragon was facing our direction.

I unsheathed my Illusionary Sword by conditioned reflex but Nadia stopped me from behind.

“Luciel-sama, that dragon is already dead.”

After hearing that, I calmed down to look and saw that the dragon was lightly floating. Rather, there wasn’t only the dragon, there were various monsters floating about as if in outer space.

” … Was what I opened really a food warehouse?”

“We won’t know without checking further but aren’t they all edible monsters?”

“Can we do nothing but to wait for death if we mistakenly get trapped inside here?”

“No, it’s written that this place can’t be closed if there are people inside.”

A brand new piece of paper was stuck on the inside of the door.

Written on it was a note that said that the place is set to not close in the event that a living individual with the base race of human is within.

” … It would be alright if that is true. But, entering here is a bit …”

I was hesitant to enter that void space.

Nadia guessed so as she removed the hand that was grabbing me and entered the food warehouse.

“Hey, we’re still investigating so it’s dangerous!”

As expected, I can’t let her go into such an unknown room alone.

“It’s all right. I’ll roughly find out what’s where, get a grasp of the place and return.”

“Ah, I’ll go too. Luciel-sama, just in case, please wait here.”

Lydia entered the food warehouse with a smile.

I decided to teach Lydia the proverb – the curiosity killed the cat, once she comes back.

I had no choice but to keep watch over the door as I was instructed to but while my attention was grabbed by the floating monsters, there seemed to be several rooms at the back.

But it would be dangerous if all three of us entered so I had no choice but to leave the search of the inside to the two of them and I read through the materials I received from Orford-san.

“I see. That state whereby the body is clad with magical power is the same as discharging magical power out huh.”

It was written that the steam-like magical power that can be observed is in a state of being held back as it leaves the body.

“If I raise my magical power endurance, it seems possible that I would be alright even if I face off against an opponent that casts magic. Eh? But if that’s the case, then why do I pour my magical power into the Illusionary Cane? I feel that it is somehow important to channel magical power into weapons though … ”

Just as I had that thought, the two of them came out from within the food warehouse with excited looks.

And the two of them were carrying a Big Boar.

“What happened, the two of you look quite pleased? Moreover that Big Boar … isn’t it overly large?”

I have hunted and eaten Big Boars before but this one was two times larger.

“Luciel-sama, there are plenty of monsters here that we’ve never seen before. I also thought that this was a Big Boar but it is actually the phantom Big Pork which existence could not be confirmed for decades.”

Why is it called pork? Or rather, why is this a pig? In this world, pigs should refer to Orcs.

” … I am not really familiar with ecology but is this Big Pork the ancestor of Orcs or Big Boars?”

“There are various theories around but it’s said that the organisms transformed after a long time due to their environment.”

“It is also written in the monster book that it is similar to Big Boar in the sense that it is not aggressive, has a timid personality and has extremely strong wariness.”

“I see … I have seasonings so it is possible to dismantle it and store it in my magic bag but … unfortunately, I can’t use purification magic.”

When I said that, they clearly showed disappointed expressions.

But I was hesitant to dirty such a clean kitchen with the blood from dismantling.

If I knew beforehand, it would have been great if I brought along a Healer but that’s impossible with the limit to the number of people I could bring.

” … We’ll eat it after I regain my Holy Attribute Magic. There seem to be various other rare ingredients but we’ll postpone it all. Then, I’ll take a look around too so please watch the door.”

“” … Yes.””

The two of them sent me off downheartedly.

When I turned around and entered the food warehouse, I felt my body enter weightlessness.

“Is, isn’t this bad?”

For some reason, my sense of security disappeared just because I left the surface.

How did the two of them freely move about in this place?

When I tried hard to go forward, I started moving straight forward like normal.

“Eh? So it’s possible to move with the power of intention!”

I felt euphoric from that sense of freedom but then I realized the two of them didn’t immediately come out after entering.

That meant that time passes here when the door is open so I quickly moved to the rooms at the back.

“I feel like I’m flying.”

It felt like the moment to say those customary words as I seemed to be floating.

For some reason, there were seasonings placed in the third room to the right.

Not to mention soy sauce and miso, there was quite a considerable stock including sugar, salt, and even pepper.

” … Were the ones who made these the Magic Guild staff? Clearly … no way.”

It was such a rare chance so, for tasting, I took and stored the soy sauce and miso in my magic bag in separate earthenware pots.

Other than that, there was also ketchup sauce and mayonnaise stock for some reason.

” … I don’t know how much effort and time must have been spent to make so much ketchup sauce but the fact that not much has decreased means that …”

I silently left that room and moved to the center room.

Then, when I opened the door, I saw a huge stock of vegetables.

” … This is not an ordinary amount. Well, the world can’t be saved even with this amount. Though it might be enough for a person to live for decades or centuries …”

Even though it’s a different era, after coming to know of Sir Rainstar’s existence, I ended up thinking ‘Isn’t he capable of solving all the problems?’

And I also ended thinking that in the era when he was still alive, he was most probably seen as a local god-like existence?

Even though he was continually subjected to pressure all the time, he could still turn up with results so he was probably a heroic existence.