"I killed a king tail bull yesterday, can I cook it the same way as a tail bull?

"Kin ......, sorry. May I try again?

"King Tail Bull. It's a big tail bull from the forest.

...... Can you kill that thing?

I mean, I could, I did.

It seemed to have a lot of power and durability, but it didn't seem like a very strong demon.
If you gather a few Desibatoreans, you can probably defeat it. Some people may be able to defeat it by themselves.

It's a demon that the previous lord had given up on trying to defeat after being beaten back by a 30-man strike force. ......

A 30-man strike force ...... might have just been a bunch of random people.
Well, let's not mention it too much. The strength of a monster that has already been defeated is not very important.

The problem is not the strength, but the taste. How should I cook it?

My hunch is that it should be the same as the Tailbleed. ...... But since it has never been defeated, it's hard to say for sure. If you can provide a little something, you can figure out how to cook it. ......

If you think about it, the fact that it has never been defeated means that it has never been cooked.
If you are asked how to cook such a thing, even the most skilled cook would be in trouble.

Well, I'll prepare the meat later. I can't carve it here.

The King Tale Bull doesn't fit in this room.

Thank you very much. ...... By the way, how did you defeat the King Tail Bull?　I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out in the future.

I just walked up to it and decapitated it. I couldn't get it off with a single blow, so you might want to use a blade with a large cross section.

"...... I see. I can see now that this is not helpful. Thank you very much.

Apparently, it was not helpful.
Well, we only failed because we only had a few adventurers to defeat it, but I think we can defeat it if we gather enough adventurers.



After finishing my meal, I decided to take another look at the forest today.
I'm sure I killed a lot of them yesterday, but there were already some tail bulls back in the forest.
As I moved around hunting them, I saw a familiar black cloud.
It was almost certainly a sign of an outbreak.

"...... a little early, isn't it?

According to what I had heard before I came, tomorrow would be the day of the outbreak.
But from the looks of things now, it won't be more than thirty minutes before the outbreak. I guess I was right to come here to check on it.
If the location of the predicted appearance is too far away, will the accuracy of the prediction also decrease?

Fortunately, there are no trees or other objects directly under the cloud that need to be protected.
The seyou field is a little farther away from the cloud, so it should not be engulfed.
As usual, I placed a fire spell to create a ward in the air, prepared to collect the magic stone, and waited - and lo and behold, a demon appeared underneath it.
All the outbreaks so far have come from the air, so I was caught off guard.
In order to protect the Seyou field, I shot a small flame spell in front of it and tried to check it.
But the demons didn't care about that, and instead increased their momentum and charged into the fields.
Do you guys have something against Seyou?　Are you working for Zoemers?

Either way, it looks like we can't take it easy.
I'll cast a massive warding spell to protect the Seuil field.
Then I made sure there was no one in the area of effect and cast a high-powered fire spell.
With a roar, the demons and the trees in the forest were blown away.
But Seyou field is safe. The magic stones were picked up by ...... at first, but there were so many that I gave up halfway.

The sky suddenly turned black.　The sky suddenly turned black, and now it's red.

As I returned to the city, one of the guards called out to me.

I'm fine. The forest was blown away a little, but the fields of Seuil are safe. That's what an outbreak looks like.

It's my fault that it turned red, but I always use ...... fire magic, so I guess it's safe to say that's how it goes.

"The forest is ...... going to blow up?

"Yes. But we probably shouldn't go check it out right now. The ground is pretty hot and you could get burned.

"The forest is blown away, and the heat is high. ......?　How can you just walk back out of a place like that and ...... Decibatore is a horrible place ......?

It's pretty fun once you get used to it.

"No, you'll die before you get used to it.

With that exchange, I entered the city.
I was going to go to the lord to report, but he said he was out for a while to do some research, so I had to wait at the inn.
A little while later, the lord returned and I was invited to the lord's house.

I'm sure you're aware of the fact that according to the report of the investigators, the outbreak occurred earlier than expected .......

"Yes.

A few of the forest is ...... blown away as if it was caught in some kind of explosion, but for some reason only the Seyou field is unharmed?

It's not the demon, it's what happened when the demon was defeated. I protected Seyou with warding magic. The damage to the forest should be smaller. Should the damage to the forest have been smaller?



No. There was not much use for the forest, and it would be a great help to have a new farm. I was surprised when I saw it because it was such a bizarre sight. ......

Did you go to see it yourself?
You may have climbed to a higher place and seen it from a distance.

So, here's the receipt for the Seewool. I'm sure you'll be fine without it while I'm here, but you can't be sure nothing will happen to you. Also, there was a report that there were a lot of magic stones in the forest that blew up. Shall I have ...... collect them and have them delivered?

No, I have to go back to the other side soon, so if you could dispose of the demon stones there.

If the demon stone had been imbued with attributes, it might have been necessary to retrieve it somehow, but this time the power output was a little suppressed so as not to destroy the Seewoo field in the unlikely event.
That shouldn't be too much trouble.

Thank you. I'll see what I can do for you next time you're here.

"...... Food, if you can. Not a territory.



After such an exchange, I left Soiel and returned to Photoren, returning the inro on the way.
Now that I had some new food, I headed back to Mercia.

Oh, Kaede. Welcome back!　I was worried about Neurel's manipulation of me, but it looks like ...... it was okay.

The first thing Mercia did was to find out what Neurel was up to.
It's not so much Neurel as it is Soyl's movement.

There was a breach.

But you didn't get caught, did you?

No. I was about to be forced into a territory as a reward, but instead I received a Seuil. They say we get them every year.

You're stuck with ......!

Hooked on ......?　What's that?
Well, maybe we can make some connections. ...... Oh. Mercia doesn't know the value of a Seewool.

"Seuil is a fruit of Soil...

I know!　It's used as a seasoning, isn't it?　No, I want to know why we get it every year!

Because ...... there's only a limited amount produced each year?

That's not the point. ...... That's enough. I had a feeling that was the case, and it's much better than receiving territories. ....... Just don't take the territory, please. ......

"Oh. I understand.

It is true that going to another country every year to receive specialties may have some political problems,......, but if you think about Seewoo Yu, Meiling, and those recipes, it is cheap.
By the way, the king tail bream can be cooked almost the same way as regular tail bream. It's not that it tastes bad because it's big, but it tastes good.

After this, I consulted with Mercia, and got a cook who could make use of the recipe, and a restaurant for him to take it to.
The only problem was that there was someone other than me and Mercia who knew about the capture.
The source of the information was the seal, but I didn't know about it at the time.