I somehow managed to make it back to Lasagna Village.
「Haaah… I want to drink and pass out asleep」
What was with this exhaustion? I felt more tired than after exterminating goblins. Even though I had barely done anything…
I put the Pioneer in the shed and headed to the detached house.
「Ah, Takato-san. Welcome back」
The boys and girls were in the detached house, cleaning guns.
Rondario-san and the others would not return to Koraus until spring, so for now they were living here and helping me.
「I’m back. Misaro, are you still making karaage?」
A mountain of karaage was piled on a large platter. Even the boys and girls seemed to have given up. I should have given this to the tax collectors. Ah, but maybe the grease would upset their stomachs.
「Yes. My stomach feels so heavy I can’t take it anymore」
Even if they were young, it was not like they could eat endless karaage. If someone managed one kilogram, that would be impressive enough.
「When the giant wives come, serve it to them」
Since we had managed to get cloth, they were busy making underwear and clothes. They usually came in the morning, but now they were arriving late in the afternoon. The karaage would be cold by then, but for giants it was not much food. They would probably eat it without issue.
「Take the finished ones with you」
I picked up the three HK416Ds leaning against the wall and entered Home.
Misaro was in the entrance hall, loading bullets into magazines. This girl really was fast at her work.
「Good work. Take breaks while you do it」
「I’m fine. I like jobs where I can steadily work alone」
She looked like an outgoing party girl, but her personality felt more like a class representative with braided hair. Well, just the image of it.
I picked up the VHS-2D and 2K, along with one fitted with a grenade launcher, and went outside.
「Just clean the surface of these for now」
I maintain the guns I use myself, but I have them handle the basic cleaning.
While they do that, I load rounds into the P90 magazines. Loading P90 magazines is unexpectedly troublesome. Filling fifty rounds into one is a small form of suffering.
You might ask why I do not make the boys and girls do that instead, but I want them to learn how guns work. If a large army attacks again, I need them to become fighting strength.
As I silently loaded rounds, Azur Rise came over.
Ah, come to think of it, I had not seen him since returning to Lasagna Village. I had completely forgotten he existed.
「Dirty」
He said that and drew the Desert Eagle from the holster at his waist to show me. Ah, I had taught him how to use it, but I had not taught him how to maintain it.
I took the Desert Eagle and disassembled it.
「You fired quite a lot」
It was covered in soot. It looked like two or three hundred rounds had been fired. Had he been practicing?
「I was hunting Modieg」
Modieg? Another monster? Seriously, that useless goddess keeps mass-producing life with no thought behind it. What does she think life is, damn it?!
「Guns are consumable goods. Once you fire a thousand rounds, you should buy a new one」
I did not know how many rounds a Desert Eagle could truly handle, but there were no gunsmiths in this world, and I was an amateur. All I could say was to buy a new one before it broke.
「Here. When I have time, I’ll teach you how to clean it. Until then, just wipe the surface and the openings」
「Understood. Sell me bullets with this」
He held out a small pouch. I took it and looked inside to find many red magic stones about the size of marbles. Were these from those things called Modieg?
「How much would these sell for?」
「Even if they bargain low, it should still be around three gold coins」
「That’s a huge amount of money. Wouldn’t it be better to just sell them normally?」
That meant he would get even more if she sold them properly somewhere else, right? Though I had no idea what three gold coins could buy.
「I can earn this much quickly. But goblins are hard to hunt. I have no money for bullets」
Well, he was probably prioritizing buying sweets over bullets. That’s so like him.
「Alright. But bullets worth three gold coins would be a huge amount, so I’ll keep them here under management. I’ll give you only what you need」
Misaro was here now. One more type of ammunition should not be a problem.
I entered Home and bought two hundred rounds for the Desert Eagle. There was no point in suddenly buying the full three gold coins’ worth at once (three hundred thousand yen). It would be fine to buy them little by little.
I went back outside and handed the boxed ammunition to Azur Rise.
「Are you going to hunt goblins at Miroid Fort again?」
「Yeah. This time, capturing them is the main goal. Cyrus-san is bringing soldiers to transport them」
I did not know how many they planned to move, but if they could mobilize soldiers, they would probably transport around two hundred goblins. Though whether the castle could hold that many was another question.
「Can I go too?」
「I don’t mind, but it won’t be like Miroid Fort. There may only be two or three hundred goblins」
「That’s fine. If I stay near you, I can hunt more goblins than searching alone」
So I was a goblin magnet. Well, he was not wrong.
「Then do as you like. We leave tomorrow morning. You can stay at the mansion tonight」
There should still be spare rooms. If not, the detached house would do. My room was unused anyway.
「That helps. By the way, what is that?」
He pointed at the mountain of karaage.
「It’s chicken fried in oil. If you’re interested, eat some. If you want alcohol, help yourself to whatever you like」
We had moved meals to the mansion, but since this place was still used as a workshop, I kept alcohol and food stocked here. For times when going all the way to the mansion was a hassle.
「This is good. I could eat endlessly」
「Karaage goes well with a highball. Buy your own ice」
Watching Azur Rise eat so deliciously made me want a highball too, so I ended up making and drinking one glass.
Ah… sorry for my weak willpower.
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