Raising Slaves on the Other World While on a Journey Chapter 12

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There’s nothing in the dark, but I can hear voices.

I can’t see the owner, and I can’t determine whether it’s a man or a woman from its voice.

Eventually, the darkness dissolves, and I can see a faint light.

At the very least, I wanted to see who this nostalgic voice belonged to, but it doesn’t seem to be possible.
The light becomes larger and larger, and then my consciousness surfaces.

「Bye bye, let’s meet again!」

After I heard the voice speak to me for the last time, I woke up.

When I open my eyes, Charlotte’s face is in full view.

Well, if I can’t remember it, it was probably a trifling dream.

「What are you doing?」
「Nuowa!?」

For the time being, I call out to Charlotte. Charlotte’s face solidifies. It seems she’s snapped out of it, and she rolls away on the floor.

「What are you doing?」
「I’m not doing anything! It’s not like I was planning on licking the delicious blood on your face again!」

That reminds me, Charlotte really is a vampire, huh.

While absently-mindedly thinking such, I take out a knife from the item box and go to slice my wrist.

「Wait, wait, wait! What the hell are you doing!?」

「Mugu~」

Because I put it in Charlotte’s contract that she can’t attack people selfishly, she can’t drink blood from others.

I forgot about it until now. I’ll pay more attention from now on.

「I have returned. Charlotte-chan, were you watching over Maika-san carefu…」

Just when I was about to slice open my wrist, Celica came back with vegetables in her hands.

「Maika-san what are you doing!?」

「I wouldn’t even dream about it!」

After that, Celica took the knife from my hand and pushed me back into the bed.

However, since she couldn’t drink any even though she likes it, I’ll secretly let her drink some later.

「Still, I’m very happy that you woke up」

「Actually, I died once」
「That joke isn’t funny」

I ain’t kidding!

At the beginning, I had bought these two so that Mira and Sara could have some friends, but after going into the dungeon together, I got attached to them as well.

After I explained why we were on this journey, I found out that when we had stayed at the expensive inn in the capital, these two had apparently already told the twins that they would cooperate.

Then, I’ll ask them what their wishes are.

「I want to get stronger. At the moment this is my only wish. Therefore, this trip is convenient. It would be good if you worked hard for my sake」
「Un, I understand」

When I obediently answered, for some reason, Charlotte looked at me with weird eyes.
Did I say something funny?

「I’m the same as Mira-chan and Sara. I want to get stronger so I can help people in need」

Just what I had expected from Celica. She’s a gentle child.
When I said 「Leave it to me」 Celica smiled happily.

When I asked Celica and Charlotte about our current situation, they said that we were about 100 kilometers south of the Imperial Capital. We’re at an inn in the town of Aranda. It seems 2 days has passed since I collapsed.
In the meantime, they took turns nursing me and earning money to live off of by taking monster subjugation requests.

「I’m sorry」

「I’m just doing what I want to do」
「If that’s the case, then we are just doing what we wanted too」

Uumu, when it’s said like that, I can’t talk back.
To do so much for someone like me though. I feel bad. Alright, let’s do something for the girls later.

Celica told me to stay in bed for the rest of the day.
Because I haven’t moved in a while, my body feels sluggish, so if possible I had wanted to exercise. I don’t want to worry the girls anymore though, so I’ll behave today.

Thinking about it, after defeating such a huge troll, everyone’s level has probably risen quite a bit, so I take a look at everyone’s status. Some skill levels have improved, but their levels didn’t change that much.

I wonder why?

That room was probably isolated from the outside, so that means what happens inside won’t affect the outside?

I ask Charlotte if anything happened when they left the dungeon.

In other words, if I go alone and defeat the boss, the experience only goes to the person that is in the boss room.

I don’t think many of the bosses will be on the same level as that Troll, but when we come across another boss of that magnitude, fighting while trying to protect everyone would be impossible.

If so, everyone will be safe, and I’ll be able to fight strong enemies.

What should I do?

Mira and Sara returned from a request in the evening, and we all eat dinner together.

I need to obtain some seasoning soon.

At dawn the next morning, we’re all holding weapons at the outskirts of the town.

When I had told them about the mock battle, although at first they had sad looks on their faces, now they look serious.
In the 2 days I was down, they trained and subjugated monsters for requests. Let’s see how much they’ve grown.

The rules are simple. If I get hit, the girls win. If 10 minutes pass, or the girls are no longer able to move, it’s my win.

The coin hits the ground.

「Flame」

At the same time she says that, a pillar of fire rises from the ground.

Did they prepare a strategy beforehand?
I won’t say that it’s cowardly. In fact, I’m pleased that they are taking this fight seriously.

「Sei」 (せいっ)

From the side, as Celica swings her greatsword at me, Mira shoots an arrow that I grab with my bare hand.

I activate [Detection] and sense someone behind me.

If I’m not mistaken, was that Mira’s light magic [Mirage]?

I at least understand that everyone has gotten a lot better, so I’m happy. I guess I’ll get a little serious.

「I came when you called, but what is with this situation?」

Maria looks at the 4 girls lying on the ground, and puts on a strained smile.

「It was just a small mock battle」

She was convinced by my words and looked at the 4 girls with sympathy in her eyes.
It’s weird though. I don’t think I was that serious.

「So, why did you call me here instead of going to the adventurer’s guild?」

「?」

It will be faster to show her in person.
From the item box, I take out the orc’s corpse, the golem’s core, the venomous bat’s corpse, and the troll’s corpse.I haven’t dismantled it since it looked like it’d be too much trouble. There isn’t a concept of time in the item box, so the corpses are still fresh.

「So you were able to defeat that troll, huh. Even a party of rank 10 adventurers weren’t able to defeat it」

Apparently, a dungeon boss with a higher rank than the dungeon itself is rare.
Maria said it’s meaningless to raise the level of the dungeon just because of its boss.

「How much will you pay for all this?」
「Let’s see. It’s rare for the golem’s core to be intact so I will pay 8000 Gill for all? I don’t know what the troll can be used for so I will reserve it for now」

I don’t know if the prices are good, but it’s alright either way.
I help place the corpses in a special item bag.

「Is it alright for me to come for the troll’s corpse later? I will research what uses it may have. The club is too large for me to carry as well, so if you could hold on it for now, I’d be happy」
「I understand. Also, I have a request」

I ask Maria about alchemy. Then I ask her to provide an item bag for everyone, and for 2 katanas.

I wanted to go into town and walk around until Maria returned, but these four are still lying motionless on the ground, so I will wait here until they recover. I’ll do something about the troll’s corpse in the meantime.

First of all, this club.

– Club of the Troll boss rank10

STR+300
INT－300

Even after being swung with such force, this club still didn’t break. Its durability is something special. The stats of this club are the best I’ve seen since I arrived in this world.

When I lift it, I can feel its weight. It really is very heavy.
In conclusion, it’s useless at the moment, so I’ll find a use for it later.

Next is the corpse.

Let’s try the meat. Un, it’s disgusting.

This isn’t usable. No, maybe it can be used for traps?

Next, the skin.

The problem is whether or not people can process it. Maria may be able to think of something at the very least.

Now, let’s go look around town.

Chapter end