1898 Episode 1898



Early in the morning, the day after Ray and Sett met Johanna.
 Ray was walking toward the guild, though it was always his time to sleep.
 It was only before 6 a.m., but the high-end inn, Wheat-tei, was well prepared for breakfast, which completely eliminated Ray's drowsiness.
 However, there are many merchants and adventurers who stay at the Wheat House at dusk.
 Not a few of them left the guillem first thing in the morning.
 ...now it's winter, and few people leave the guillem like that.
 Some may be asked to kill the Cobold, others may leave early in the morning, but adventurers like those staying at the Wheat House at dusk are worthy of being called high-ranking adventurers.
 For that reason, I don't participate unless I am a person who wants to relieve my accumulated stress for some reason or other.
 Vihela and Bune, who are actually too busy in winter, are still sleeping in blankets.
 Still, Ray was very happy to have his breakfast well prepared.
 "Also, the fact that breakfast was just ready means that some of the bread was fresh from the oven, and in that sense, early rising was an experience for Ray."
 Above all...

"Gruly!"

 Seto chants at Ray.
 Ray could understand what it meant to be an act.

"Bento is only after a long time. You've just eaten, haven't you?"

 I pat Seto on the head, telling him so.
 Yes, Lana, the landlady of Wheat-tei in the twilight when she found out Ray was leaving early today, gave her a sandwich full of ingredients as a lunch box.
 Not only Ray, but also Seto.
 ...it really wasn't enough for Seto to fill himself up, but it must have been unavoidable.
 Anyway, Ray and Sett move on in total darkness, as it's only before six in the morning.
 Ray and Seto, who were bright at night, had a lamp in his hand that Lana had prepared for him.
 This is not because I felt sorry for Ray and Sett going through the dark... but because if it weren't for the kind of lamps, there might be someone who would bump into Ray and Sett without knowing they were there.
 One by one, walking towards the guild along the deserted main street, the more and more people we approach the guild, the more people they see.
 Most of the crowd were dressed as adventurers at a glance.

"Oh, it's still dark, but... don't you feel a little moved?"
"Glu?"

 At Rey's words, he bows his head, "Is that so?"
 For Seto, it's not surprising that there are so many adventurers this early morning.
 Ray is heading to the guild while communicating like that, but he notices that some people are looking at Ray and Seto.
 Ray doesn't have to worry about it either, as it's too late for him or Seto to be in the spotlight.
 However, the gaze now directed at me seems to be different from the usual gaze of awe, admiration, jealousy, fear, respect...
 I wondered a little what it was, but I was convinced to see an adventurer talking to his companions in a low voice about the dismantling of the Giant Turtle.

(I'm not the one to watch out for now, but the one who gives us a job, or the other who gives us a generous hand to look into unknown monsters... well, the pay is low.)

 As long as the conquest of Cobort takes precedence for Guillum, even if the Guild decides so, Ray has no choice but to agree and has no complaints.
 ...though you might be dissatisfied if Ray was actually on the side of dismantling, and the reward was lower than that of Coboldt's extermination.
 However, as long as the remuneration for this request is clearly stated, it does not mean that the remuneration is low after receiving the request.

"Oh, Ray. Good morning!"

 When I turned my gaze to a sudden voice, I found myself there a familiar face.

"Hasta. It's been a long time since we met like this. How have you been? ... No, as far as I can see, you look fine."
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"Well, Manjotei is a good, fast, cheap place."

 Hasta's parents run a restaurant called Manjotei, which is a familiar restaurant for Ray.
 Many of the dishes in the mystery ring are from Manjotei.
 It is also famous as the first restaurant to sell udon in Gilm.
 Hasta has become an adventurer to provide food for her parents, who are doing such a full house.
 I met Ray for the fall feature of Gamerion.
 It was easy to imagine why such a person had spoken to me.

"Is Husta dismantling the Giant Turtle?"

 The meat is available at the request of Cobold.
 However, given that Kobolt is a low-ranked monster, the meat is far from delicious.
 You can say it's much better than goblin meat, but you can imagine the taste of it when you compare it to goblin meat.
 Still, unlike the goblin meat, you can eat it in your own way without that much effort.

"Yes. By the way... I'm not the only one. I've heard quite a few regulars at the store participate."
"Are they for meat, too? Well, I understand what you're thinking about."

 Hasta's father, a full-belly chef, is a skillful cook.
 If you bring gigant turtleneck to such a discott, some might think so when you get a good dish.

(Well, since you've never cooked Giant Turtle meat, and you can get various parts... you'll need to try and make a lot of mistakes.)

 After thinking that far, Ray suddenly realizes.
 I don't think this is a bad story for me, either.
 Adventurers bring Giant Turtle meat into the Manjotei, where Dischott tries and makes a delicious dish.
 And when you can cook delicious food, if you bring in the mutilated meat of Giant Turtle, you can eat delicious tortoise meat without any trouble.

(In that case, I have a lot of meat, so I think it would be better if you could give it to me and give it a try.)

 Thinking this way, Ray heads to the guild with Hasta.
 And the closer you get to the guild, the greater the number of adventurers.

"There are quite a few. There must be some combination of the conquest of the Covolts."
"Well, but it's more common than it has been lately, because Ray's gigant turtleneck has been quite popular since yesterday. That's probably why."
"For my part, the more people there are, the more the gigant turtles will be dismantled, and that will help me."
"Hahaha. I'd rather do that because the smaller the number of people, the longer they have to dismantle, and the more gigant turtles they get."

 Some adventurers nearby nod in agreement, perhaps hearing Hasta's voice.
 When Ray tried to say something to such austa... he arrived just in front of the guild.

"Well, I have a brief meeting with the guild, so let's talk about it. I think it'll be all right, but please do your best to accept my request."

 Regarding the request for dismantling the gigant turtleneck, the larger the number of people, the better, and even those who are inexperienced in dismantling the turtleneck, the more work they have to do to transport the segregated parts, and many more work than that, so we welcome them.
 However, that is because of the exception of the dismantling of the gigant turtleneck, and the number of applicants is fixed for regular requests.
 Basically, it's a first come, so you need to go to the guild early in the morning when the paper on which the request is written is pasted on the request board in order to receive such delicious requests as high pay, ease, or some kind of bonus.
 However, this means that it is often pasted on the request board early in the morning, and in some cases, it is not uncommon for new requests to be pasted on the request board in the afternoon.

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 As he said, Hasta bowed his head into the guild.

"Well, I have a meeting, so please wait here as usual. ... I don't think there are many people who will take care of me because I'm busy right now.""Glu".

 When Ray caresses and says, Seto purges, heads to his usual place, and lies down.
 At all times, many adventurers and passersby will go to love Seto.
 But now, as Ray said, it's still dark, and adventurers often head to the guild to get a job.
 ...some may love Seto if they can afford it after receiving a request.
 and at a glance at him Ray went into the guild...

"Wow,"

 That's the kind of voice I hear.
 In spite of this time of day, there are still people in bars who are drinking or drunk, and there are people who have a quick drink or have breakfast to cheer them up before work.
 Contrary to the bar, however, there were more adventurers in the guild.
 It's not so unusual from spring to autumn, but unfortunately it's even more surprising that Ray rarely comes to the guild at this time of year.
 Still, as a person with a gigant turtleneck, you can't just look at it like this forever.
 Ray walks in what should be called a crowd.
 The one who notices the existence of Ray quietly walks out of the way, and the one who doesn't notice Ray moves through... and eventually arrives at the counter.
 But with so many adventurers trying to get a job, naturally there is a long line in front of the counter.
 A little later, you might be able to woo the receptionist when asked, but if you do so in the current situation, you'll only get a grudge from the other adventurers in line behind you.
 Knowing this, adventurers leave the place as soon as their request is accepted, rather than making a weird mess of it.
 One of the guild officials noticed Ray standing in line watching him.

"Hey, Ray!? Why do you usually line up there? Ray is not an adventurer but a client today, so you don't have to line up there!"

 The guild officer who comes out of the counter pulls the ray back into the counter.
 Adventurers lining up behind Ray take a step forward, thinking he's lucky today, because he's gone.
 Not knowing what was going on behind the scenes, Ray moves inside the counter.
 ...to Ray, Lenora looked apologetic because she was so busy that she didn't notice Ray's presence, and Kenny looked regretfully at him because she wanted to deal with him, but she was too busy accepting the adventurer's request.

"I'm sorry that I didn't realize it."

 Guild officials bow to Ray, who is led inside the counter.
 Ray shakes his head against such a person.

"I've rarely been here at this time of day, so to be honest, I'm sure it was a little unexpected. Don't worry too much. So what's going on?"
"Oh, yes. We'll all be out of the guillem in a little while, and we'll start dismantling right away. So... actually, considering the size of the gigant turtleneck, I'd like to hire a temporary person who has the skills to dismantle it, even if it's not an adventurer, to finish as soon as possible. What do you think?"

 If possible, I want you to nod.
 Ray nodded back to the guild staff, who looked at him with such thoughts, saying that he didn't have to hesitate.