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"What?　Who said you're here?"

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He says he's a ronin. He's traveling around a lot.

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　One day, I was teaching Kyle some magic.

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　I was at the base when my part-time brother told me that people had arrived.

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　We didn't have many visitors from outside in this remote village.

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　I wondered if he had come all the way here to tell me about it, perhaps because of its rarity.

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"No, no. He said he had heard about this village and came all the way here.

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"Wow, I wonder if they are talking about this village."

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"Maybe it's about how you killed the big boar. Let's talk about it. I'll go get him.

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　With that, Baito's brother runs out the front door.

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　But still, the big boar is the topic of conversation.

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　We wait for the traveler to arrive, a little nervous as to what on earth he is doing here.

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"It is a first time to meet you, that it is. I am traveling and making things, that I am."

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"...... me?　That is?"

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Ha-ha-ha. That's the way I speak in my region, that I do."

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Are you from the East, by any chance?"

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Oh, you know very well. It is true that I was born east of here, that I was.

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"...... are you an island nation or something?"

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"What?　I don't mean to be an island nation, but is there any place that comes to mind?"

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No, never mind. No, don't worry about it.

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I'm so sorry. My name is Gran, that I am. I hope to make your acquaintance.

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　The part-time brother brought a man with a different way of speaking from around here.

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　I didn't know there were people who talked like this in the East.

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　I wonder what it's like there.

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"So, Mr. Gran, how did you end up here?"

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"Hmm. Actually, I heard that a big boar was killed here, that I did. I would like to take a look at it.

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"Hmm. That's all right. Well, it's not stuffed, so it's not like the whole body is still there. ......"

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"By the way, which of you killed the big boar, that you did? I would like to meet him, that I would.

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"Yeah, it's me."

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"What?　A child like Mister Ars?　With all due respect, I can't believe it, that I can't believe it."

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"Well, I used a trap, so it's not that big of a deal."

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"Mm-mm, no, excuse me. I had heard in other villages that the big boar was an extremely ferocious and fearsome creature.

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　Well, perhaps it is not strange to hear such stories.

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　In fact, every village in the vicinity of this northern forest has probably heard such stories.

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　In the past, several villages were established to convert vast areas of large forests into fields.

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　But in the end, none of them succeeded.

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　The pioneer villages either disappeared or, as in the case of this village, were reduced in size and managed to maintain their former size.

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　The reason was the big boar.

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　Whenever the settlement progressed to a certain extent, it was always confronted with the problem of big boars.

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　Even though they cleared the trees and made fields, the crops in the fields were destroyed by the big boars.

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　The characteristics of the big boars were even more problematic.

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　The boars learn the taste of the crops in the field, and even teach it to their children, who devour the food.

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　But that was not enough.

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　The problem is that they can also learn the taste of humans.

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　They are omnivores and do not like to eat, but they do eat meat.

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　Of course, it is possible that they eat humans.

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　When the forest is cleared and there is nothing left to eat, the boars eat the crops in the fields.

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　When it has eaten all of them, what else is left?

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　Some villages have been destroyed by the boars that have unfortunately somehow acquired a taste for human beings.

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　In this village too, the story is passed down from parents to children and grandchildren.

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　Even if they stay in their houses, if it is a farmer's old house, it will collapse easily by the rush of its huge body.

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　It is no exaggeration to say that for the people living in the village near the north forest, the big boar is a synonym for fear.

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"But after all, it's just a big boar, right?　Why did you even bother to come see it?"

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"You fought with a big boar and you don't know about it, that you don't?　The boar uses [hardening] magic, that it does."

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"Oh, I see. I had no idea. Yeah, but that's why it's so hard for them to get through.

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That's right. And the materials that can be taken from such magical creatures can be used to make various things, that they can."

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"Materials?"

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Yes, that it is. The tusks from a big boar. From those tusks, it is possible to make a weapon harder than any metal, that it is possible to make a weapon harder than any metal, that it is possible to make a weapon harder than any metal, that it is possible to make a weapon harder than any metal.

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"Seriously?"

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Seriously, that it is. And I am wandering around the world searching for such special materials while making things, that I do.

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"Oh, so you mean you can make weapons out of boar tusks?"

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Yes, that it is.

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"Great. You can make me a weapon. I'll pay you back!

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　I was elated by the unexpected story.

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　But boar tusks are harder than metal.

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　I'm glad I kept it instead of throwing it away.

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　I remembered that I still had the tusks of the boar in a corner of the warehouse, and I was thankful for this chance encounter.

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