What part of the bone do you want?

　Nevertheless, there are still negotiations to be had.
　Tida is asked about the part of the bone, but this seems to bother her. This bothers me too. At any rate, it's because I can't think of any particular use for it.
　If you want to display a set of heads, a set of heads would be good, but for this deal, heads are excluded from the candidates.
　That being the case, it doesn't make any difference where you choose.

''Then can I get one of the front and hind legs for 400,000 G?

　When I asked him why, he said he wanted to keep it as a document, so it had to look good in its own right.
　Actually, it would be a cheap price for a dragon bone, but since the first use I came up with for the bone was to get soup stock out of it, I decided to sell it for that price.

''So the meat........how about 10,000g per kg?''

　It's 1,000 g (10,000 yen) per g. It's the most expensive in the world. It's a significant price even in this world.
　As I expected, Tida had a difficult look on her face.

I have 200kg so I'll ask for 2,500g/kg.

　He suddenly pulled it down to a quarter. Furthermore, before I could open my mouth, Tida continued to speak.

''One hundred kilograms will be fed to the knights as a reward. So, after subtracting the cost of the place and labor, I'll ask for 2,500 g.''

　At the last minute, Tida came to take advantage of the situation. The knights around me are happy to hear that they will be rewarded.
　It's my turn to fold.

''All right, that's fine. Then I'll need a million in eyeballs, 700,000 in guts, 400,000 in bones, and 500,000 in meat for a total of 2.6 million g.''

Yeah.

　With that, Tida enters the amount of money on the contract, along with her name.

''So, the Wyvern subspecies........''
No, we'll have to wait until after the demolition is complete.

　As expected, if I continued like this, Tida would be in danger in many ways.
　Tida nodded to my suggestion without seeming particularly bothered by it.
　Seeing Tida like that, I had a feeling that she would thank me later on.

　Behind her, Maria-sama was thinking about something. Perhaps she is thinking about changing Tida's education policy in the future.

　After Tida confirmed that there were no flaws in the contract, she held out a copy of the contract to me as well.

Please make sure there is no mistake in the amount and content. I'm sure I'll have the full amount ready tomorrow.

　I skimmed through the contract and then tucked it away in my bag.

'Well, I guess I'd better get going then.

Oh, I'll just drop you off...

　Tida got up from her chair and was about to walk towards me when Maria held Tida's shoulder.

'Tida, I need to have a word with you. I'm sorry Temma. I'll have to leave you here.

Oh, yes. This is the bag with the wyvern subspecies in it. Please keep it with you.　　

　Maria smiled at me, followed by a smirk at Tida, and then she walked into the castle, pushing her back.

''Heh, eh...''

　Tida, who didn't quite understand what was about to happen, was taken by Maria in confusion.

'Tida I'll pray to see you again tomorrow...'

　I clasped my hands together and prayed (not to God) to Tida as she was being donned.

'Temma, I've given you the materials for the Earth Dragon. Now let's go home.

　Grandpa came over, holding up the bag with the earth dragon in it.
　It was almost time for it to start getting dark, so I hurriedly tucked the things around me into the bag and called Shiroumaru and the others over.
　It was cute to see Tama-chan frantically following behind Shiroumaru as he hurriedly came over here, and the knights who were watching the scene were relaxed.

　When we get back to the mansion, we have to think about Juubae and the others. Even if I make them my family members, I don't think they're very good at fighting, so I'll probably have to ask them to help me enrich my diet.

''I'll also have to study the meat of the Earth Dragon...''

　I know a few ways to tenderize the meat, but I don't know if that method will work on the ground dragon, so it will be a halfway house experiment. Well, even if it fails, it won't be completely wasted since we have a processor in our house.

　After making sure Shiroumaru and the others were in the bag, I went back to the mansion with my grandpa.



　When I returned to the mansion, there was another crowd of people in front of the gate.
　But this time the crowd didn't seem to be a group of scammers, and no one was trying to talk to us.

　The party was still going on as we slipped through them and passed through the gate.
　It was mainly the men of Kukuri village who were drinking, and the women were cleaning up and talking shit about the men with gasps on their faces.

'Well, I don't know what it is, but kanpai!
"[P]eek!

　There is hardly any food left, and they are drinking as if they don't need any nibbles.
　But among them, there are those who weren't there when I went out.

Why are Kelly and the others there?

'Yeah, I came to see Temma before noon, but she wasn't there, so I invited her to the feast. But you see, dwarves are very good at drinking. I can't tell you how many barrels of booze they've filled up alone.

　Uncle Mark, drunk and staggering, pointed to the empty barrels piled up behind them.
　There are probably more than ten or twenty barrels in the pile. I wondered where in the world he had gotten them from, but I decided that since he was a drinking dwarf, he must have stocked them.

'But if Kelly's here, that's just fine.

　Anyway, I was just planning to go to Kelly's workshop in the near future to discuss equipment using materials from the earth dragon.
　

Kerry! Do you have a minute?

Huh? Oh, welcome back the star of the show!

　Kelly, who had been drinking from a mug, is about to make another toast as soon as she checks me out.

'Kanpai! Congratulations.

　Kelly emptied the contents of her mug in the blink of an eye and congratulated me as she remembered.

'Yeah, I need to talk to Kelly about that. I actually wanted to renew my armor, using the earth dragon material.

　Before I could say it fully, Kelly put her mug on the ground. His eyes had become the eyes of a keen craftsman, unlike the ones I had seen earlier.

'Can you leave it all to me? I can't say I'm sorry to say it, but there are other craftsmen in the capital who are more skilled than I am, if you can find them. I'm sure that just because Tenma says he is looking for a craftsman, there will be plenty of people who will want to create one. Are you still okay with me?

You're not sure?

　Kelly smiled a toothy grin at my provocative words.

Don't be silly. No blacksmith knows more about Temma than I do!

　Kelly says confidently, and I hold out my hand to her. Kelly holds my hand firmly, too.
　I don't know if she's really excited, but the hand she held hurt so much it made my bones creak.

'So, has Kelly ever made armor out of earth dragon material?

'Once, a long time ago. I didn't have a lot of material at the time, so I just did a small shield. Still, I used both scales and skin, so I know how to do it, and I've used similar (wyvern) materials many times, so I don't have any problems.

　And so on.
　In order to process the skin of the earth dragon, so I decided to go ahead and give the material because it requires special preparation.　
　The skin of the Jiryuu is roughly cut, but it is still quite large.

　When the skin was taken out, the non-believers who were drinking around it also gathered around it, cheered, and then began to drink it, this time with the story of the Jiryuu as a snack.

　Kelly gathered all of the female dwarves who were attending the banquet and discussed this and that, putting the material of the earth dragon at the center of it. Along with the materials, the leather armor and other armor I had been using were also placed on the table.

''Temma! Do you have any requests?

First, focus on ease of movement. After that, rather than making your whole body stiff, just thicken the vital areas.

It's like strengthening this guy!

And if you can make me some shoes, too.　

I'd like to say yes, but shoes aren't my specialty, so I'll order them from someone I know I can trust.

That's fine.

　Suddenly Kelly asked me a question and I decided to have something made that resembled the armor I was used to. The shoes, too, will not be a problem at Kelly's acquaintance's place. However, it seems to need to be adjusted while wearing them at least a few times, but I told Kelly that I would have to come to her place, so I told her the day that was convenient for me.

'There's a reasonable fee, but you'll be fine, right?'

　So, I replied that it was no problem. After all, I've sold some earth dragon materials to the royal family, and I have the prize money from the tournament in addition to the savings I've made so far.
　If I wanted to do it, I could even live in hiding right now... though I wouldn't.

　As I was having that exchange with Kelly, I heard a voice calling me from somewhere.
　I looked around and saw an object coming towards me on all fours. And four of them.

'What are you doing?' All four of us.

　It was Amur and the three sisters who were approaching.
　The three sisters were crawling with Amur in the lead, followed by the three sisters.

　Hearing my words, Amur slowly tried to get up, but he was held by the three sisters who were right behind him and fell down.
　Amour presses his mouth to the beat of his fall and looks at me. And.........　

It's all done.

　He rubbed his belly and stained his cheeks.
　The belly that was being rubbed was swollen to a great extent. And the three sisters who are hugging Amur have similarly swollen tummies.

'Temma, look, look,'
I could have done it. We could have done it.
Oh, it's moving...

　With those words, the four of us suddenly fell silent.
　I remembered that I had come across a situation like this before, so I slowly turned my back and left the place.
　After that, the four of us raised our voices in protest, but soon became quiet. But I didn't look back.

　After leaving the four of us behind, I looked for Jeanne and Aura.
　I didn't have anything in particular to do, but I couldn't even hear their voices, so I was a little worried.

　However, my fears were unfounded.
　Jeanne and Aura were asleep, leaning against the wall of the mansion.

　This way, it's a picture.......yeah, it's just my imagination.
　Jeanne is good, but not Aura. Out.

　Aura is sleeping next to Jeanne, her mouth is open and drooling, and she is holding a glass that must have been filled with alcohol in her hand.
　She looks like an old man who is drunk.

'....Aina is here.

　Muttering muttering, Aura got up vigorously.

''Enemy! We're under attack! Demon! Too late!

　And so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on. Aina is going back to the royal castle, so Aura really saved her life, Aura.　

'Aura, if you're going to sleep, sleep in your room! And while you're at it, take Jeanne with you.

"Wai........that? Master Temma, welcome back....

　The sleepy-eyed Aura seemed to notice me after she replied with a yawn.
　She was trying to bow to me in a dazed motion, but she was breathing in her sleep with her head down.

'Let's just carry on for now Slarin, please.

　He asked Slarin, who was quiet in his bag, to carry them to his room.
　Slarin bounced his body around, and with a larger body, he walked into the mansion, holding them both in his arms.
　As he held them, Slarin twined his tentacles around them and lifted them up, but I'm probably more tired than I think I am, as I think about how there's no more gentle tentacle play than this........

　I wanted to go to bed early today, but before I did, I went to the backyard and made an impromptu cow shed with earth magic and prepared food and water before letting the juvees out of their bags in the shed.

'I'll make you a proper one in the near future, so you'll have to put up with this for a while.

　I said, and after a single whine, Joubert began to eat his food.
　For now, that's all we have to do today. The party is still going to go on, but it won't be a problem even if I'm not there.
　So I went into the mansion and cleansed myself up before crawling into the bed in my room.
　When I entered the room, I somehow cast a strengthening spell on the door, set up a golem in place of a gatekeeper, and locked the door multiple times.
　........Today, there are carnivorous girls in the room, so I had to be careful.
　In the meantime, my room is equipped with a toilet, so there's no need to take time to unlock the door in the middle of the night and get into danger, etc.


　And my instincts were right, and the carnivores who tried to open the door in the middle of the night and were tied up like minnows were found early the next morning. And four of them........

　Grandpa and I headed for the castle again today with the four djinn, two slaves who were suffering from hangovers, and the men in Kukri village who were fighting a headache while being taunted by their wives.
　Since the djinn seemed to be returning to their lodgings, I stopped by the lodgings on the way to the castle and gave them the materials for the earth dragon.

''Sorry about that. Also, here's Tenma's share.''

　Jin seemed to have already gone to redeem the fruits of his hunt and handed me a bag of 40,000 g's.

''As expected, every piece of meat fetched a higher price than normal!

　As for the income from a single hunt, 40,000 G is quite something. But compared to the amount of money he got from the earth dragon, that's a trivial amount.......as expected, he didn't say it in front of Jin, but.....

　I heard that the djinn and the others are going to spend their time slowly until the auction starts, so they're not going to hunt temporarily.



　After leaving the djinn and the others, I headed to the King's Castle and came to the same training ground as yesterday, but for some reason, Luna was in front of me.

''Luna, where are Tida and Maria-sama?''

　When I asked Luna, who was in a very good mood from earlier, about the two of them, she began to speak happily.

'Something your brother is studying with your grandmother! It freed me! Also, Grandma told me to talk to my brother and get him to sell the wyvern.

　Luna is next on the list after Tida but then again, Tida, I hope she's not dead....
　However, Luna didn't actually come alone, and Caesar-sama is behind Luna, hiding and watching us. It's like he's not hiding from me and grandpa, but rather he's watching over Luna out of concern for her.

'So, where did Lady Maria ask you to sell me?

My favorite part!

　Maria must have given you some pretty sketchy instructions. I mean, I wonder if Luna will know how to put a price on it?
　But since Luna didn't seem to know exactly what a wyvern subspecies was, we started by actually showing her what it was.

　Then, after seeing the wyvern subspecies in person, Luna said

Sell them all!

　It was. Grandpa was surprised by this, but he immediately laughed at the fact that it sounded like something a kid would say.

'If you were to buy the whole thing, how much on earth are you going to pay for it?'

　I was a little curious, so I asked Luna about it, and she tilted her head a few times...

20 million g's... or so?

　Not to mention me and grandpa and Caesar-sama, who had been listening in, are surprised by Luna's sudden offer of a high price.

'Huh? Was it cheap?

　Luna looked at me with a worried look on her face, mistaking my surprise and silence for my silence because I was cheap.

''So it's okay if it's about 30 million g's?''

　Lunar is going to raise the price even higher. How far will Lunar raise the price if I don't say anything? As I was thinking about this, Caesar-sama came over here in a hurry.

''Luna, isn't that indeed too high?''

'Huh? Father, you're here?

　At Luna's question, Master Caesar, who couldn't say he was hiding and watching, coughed lightly and falsely said, "I've just arrived.

'But that wyvern is so rare and precious, isn't it? Besides, your grandmother also told me to go buy whatever place I wanted for whatever amount I wanted, right?

　Hearing those words, Master Caesar had a difficult look on his face as he held his head in his hands.

''Why do you want the whole thing, Luna?''

　For now, when I asked her why she wanted the whole thing, Luna's answer was simple: "Because if you want to decorate it, it's cooler to make it whole, right?

Because if you're going to decorate it, isn't it cooler to have it whole? I think everyone who comes to the royal castle would be surprised if I stuffed it and hung it on the front door!

　That's what I heard. I'm impressed by that idea, that he is the grandson of the king.
　Caesar-sama, who apparently thought the same thing as I did, had a somewhat distant look in his eyes. Perhaps he feels that no matter what kind of education he has already given Luna, it's too late to fix her.

''Luna, I need the materials for the Wyvern subspecies as well, as a stone. I can't give them all away.

'Ehhh~! Big brother, you've got a ground dragon too, so why not! Give it to me!

　Luna didn't take a step back after that, and Master Caesar continued to hold his head in his hands.
　Then, just before it seemed that Caesar-sama's anger was going to explode, Luna suddenly became quiet.

　Luna suddenly became quiet, and Caesar-sama was dismissed from the timing of his anger.

''Then, half! Half a pound! Big brother won't use all of the earth dragon materials because he has the earth dragon materials, and there might be some left over, so just give me half (...)!

　Only half (...), he came up with a compromise in Luna's own way.
　However, I can see from his words that the compromise was not just an idea, but the result of Luna's own thinking.
　Indeed, as long as there are materials from the Earth Dragon, we don't need all the materials from the Wyvern subspecies, and there's a high possibility that we'll have a surplus.

''Assuming you sell half of them, how much are you going to charge for them?''

'Let's see... if it was half, it would be about 8 million Gs. If it was all of them, I'd be fine with thirty million g's, but it's half, I don't need the guts, and the demon nucleus would have a big brother...

　Luna talks about why it was cheaper while folding her fingers.
　Caesar-sama, who was on the verge of getting angry just now, was quite surprised by the situation.

"Ummm, Temma. "Oh, Temma," he said, "I think the price is fine. The price should be about the same.

Ummm... well, okay.　

'Really! Thanks, brother!

　Luna was delighted and furtively took out the contract.
　The only thing written on the contract is Luna's name and 'I agree'.
　All that's left to do is write my name and what part of the body I'm selling and at what price, and the contract will be signed.

　After I wrote my name and the price, I asked Luna which part I should sell, and Luna looked at me curiously.

'Half is half, okay? Like this, I'm going to cut you in half from your face to the end of your tail, okay?

　With gestures, Luna says it's a rather difficult order. I was sure that I was only going to sell half the weight.
　It's true that that method would cut the weight in half nicely, but it would require a lot of skill.
　As I was trying to figure out how to do it, Luna gave me an innocent look.

I know you can do it, brother!

　He says. Those eyes are eyes of complete trust. With those words, my retreat was blocked.

'Okay. Let's do it. 'Grandpa! Hurry up and go to Kelly's workshop and ask her if the weapon I ordered is ready. And if it's ready, go get it!

All right. I'll go tell him right away!

　Grandpa said, and flew off into the air.
　In the time it took for Grandpa to come back, I had completely removed the guts of the wyvern subspecies.
　Yesterday I had stopped at the point where I had torn open its belly and stomach, so the guts were still stuck in its stomach.

　It took a bit of work, but it didn't take long as all I had to do was scrape it out.

'Temma. Is that all right?

　My grandfather came back just as I was finishing, carrying two long swings.

He said, "It's finished, but feel free to bring it to me if there's anything that's bothering you.

　Grandpa handed me a 'halberd' and a 'large body spear' (or something like that) while saying a few words from Kelly.
　Both are light in comparison to their appearance, and they are heavy enough that you can manage to hold both of them at the same time.

　I'm sure you'll find that the balance is perfect because Kelly spent a lot of time making both of them.
　The sharpness of the large body spear is particularly impressive, to the point where it was cut just by blowing on the hair.

　I thought I could handle the wyvern subspecies with no problem, so I started to prepare.
　First, I used ink to draw a line from the tip of the Wyvern subspecies' nose to the tip of its tail.
　Next, I summoned Gigant and gently held the Wyvern subspecies in place as I held it in place.

'Let's go!'

　He held the large body spear at the ready and tore along the line.
　Although strengthened with magic power, the large body spear went on to cut through the skin and flesh of the wyvern subspecies in an interesting way.
　However, it was difficult to cut both sides to the bones, so I put it off for later.

　In less than ten minutes, the skin and flesh of the wyvern subspecies could be sliced open. The only thing left to do was to cut the bones in two.
　As expected, it was unlikely that I would be able to go from the head to the tip of the tail in one fell swoop from this state, so I cut into the skull first, using the tip of the knife to cut into the skull.

''Yo!''

　After I finished making a cut in the skull, I lightly tapped the cut with the halberd.
　After tapping a few places, the skull cracked in half with a cracking sound.

''Brain, you're so small...''

　I couldn't help but mutter when I saw the brain that emerged from the cracked skull.
　The size of the brain was about 30cm in diameter. It would be large compared to a person, but in terms of the size of the skull, it would be quite, or rather, very small.
　If this was a head as big as a person's, the brain might not even be 10cm in size.
　At any rate, it seems that high intelligence is not proportional to the size of the brain.

　I put my brain in my bag for now and continued working.
　This time I changed to a large spear and cut the spine lengthwise.
　The spine was quite hard, but it was not so difficult to cut the spine as long as I separated it into sections.

　On the way, the bone was a little thicker where it hit the pelvis in humans, but it was easily split in the same way as the skull.
　And.........

That's it!

　I slashed the tip of his tail with a vigorous motion, and before I knew it, there was a cheer from the yajimas that had been formed.
　Luna came over to me from among the gelding's horses and compared the two sub-species of wyvern, then pointed to one of them.

'Brother, give me this one!

　The one Luna pointed to was the one with the dorsal fin on the left side.
　Luna is indeed mischievous. If this is Tida, she'll let me choose which one to take first.

'You don't need the brains, do you?
Yeah, I don't want it!

　Luna doesn't even look at us and refuses as fast as she can. It seems that some of the yajiba-majors are disappointed by Luna's words. Probably, they are probably some kind of researcher in the pharmaceutical field.
　Ignoring them, Luna was poking at a section of the wyvern subspecies.

'Hey, brother. How do you make a taxidermy?

　It looks like Luna is serious about making a stuffed wyvern subspecies. I don't know how to make it, but the stuffed crocodile shark I registered in the auction is made from a mold made of plaster and stuffing.
　However, it was quite heavy because the contents were made of plaster.
　The craftsman I asked to stuff the shark used plaster and wood to make it lighter, but it still weighed nearly 300kg. However, it's whole on four legs, so it can stand on its own and is stable.
　But the wyvern variants I sold were half-body, so they weren't stable, and they weren't Luna's in the first place.

　I was curious what Luna would do about such a miscellaneous problem, but I didn't want to point it out poorly here and get spoiled into giving me the other half as well, so I decided to quickly dismantle my share without saying a word.
　The wyvern subspecies seems to be able to be easily skinned once the head and wings are off, so it didn't take much time.

　I'm like a cook today, I thought, as I dismantled the wyvern subspecies.