Manowa 338

 Chapter 338 - Let's Receive Money


Morlock, the branch manager of Shijiri City's Adventurers Guild, had finished the interview with the leader of the White Party and the adventurer who had been designated rank S, so with that weight finally off his mind, he exhaled and leaned against the sofa.

For the crucial matter concerning the Devil King from the oracle, he couldn't get any information beyond the fact that they were helped by that person by chance, but Morlock thought there was no need for him to investigate further. They were going to meet with the Guild Master, so if there was anything to learn from them, he should be able to do it.

Then Morlock left the branch manager office and went down to the first floor, which was still in the midst of the battlefield.


「Damn. Wouldn't this amount be able to crush a country?」

「The prices for spider materials are going to majorly fall for a while.」

「Barnet was poisoned. Someone get an antidote!?」


They had already called for help from the surrounding guilds, but they still didn't have enough to deal with this quantity. In any case, Morlock was the one responsible for this Adventurers Guild office, so he needed to keep track of the progress of the work.


When Morlock entered the room, the staff looked like they were going to exchange greetings, but Morlock raised his hand to stop them. He told them that they didn't need to expressly stop working just because he came and that they should continue as they were.


「How is it going?」


Then Morlock called out to the staff coordinator in that place.

「Ah, branch manager. Yes, it's going well. Since the materials themselves are almost all the same. Right now, we're checking their condition.」

The staff member responded to Morlock's question.

「There are also other materials, like from the higher-ranking Madness Spiders, materials from monsters that were captured by the Mad Spiders, high-quality Black Crystals, etc., so we're in the middle of appraising those as well.」

「They brought a shocking amount. There hasn't been an uproar like this in years.」

The staff member laughed at Morlock's words. But he frowned when he looked at the materials.

「However, seeing this is honestly horrifying. Although it's fine now that they've already been subjugated, it means there were actually this number of Mad Spiders. If these guys had remained in the Black Stone Forest, I think Black Crystal production would have been impossible.」

「That's certainly true.」

Morlock nodded deeply after the words of the staff member.

Black Crystals were a valuable source of funds for this Shijiri City. The livelihoods of many in this city relied on the Black Crystals they employed adventurers to gather for them.

However, leaving the Mad Spiders alone and continuing to collect Black Crystals would have been impossible. After all, all the rank B adventurers in Shijiri City who went to see the situation were either killed or captured.

Even if many of the more powerful adventurers had left the city for a time due to the decrease in Ogres, there were still reasonably strong adventurers around. But, needless to say, with this number of Mad Spiders, and on top of that, the leadership of the Boss Arachne Wired, the spiders had had the edge.

「Even if Minshiana Kingdom's army had responded... that's right. Even if they had 1000 average soldiers, it probably would have been tough.」

Thinking that way, Kazane's group and Asura Kazanerian were unmistakably the saviors of Shijiri City.

「So then, what are the heroes of the city doing now?」

After the staff member's question, Morlock smiled and replied.

「I had them go back a moment ago. They said they're going to the royal capital after they get the reward. From their way of talking, it seems they originally had plans to meet Queen Yuuko.」

「As expected, they aren't ordinary adventurers?」

「That's right.」

Morlock thought there was no way adventurers who had plans to meet a queen were ordinary.

「Well, our job is to complete the appraisal quickly, then give them their reward and a good send off.」

So saying, Morlock rolled up his sleeves.

There was no way he could take it easy and just leave it all to the staff. Morlock joined the other staff in doing the appraisal work.

Perhaps due to that, the appraisal was safely completed that night. Except for some staff who had desk work remaining, everyone was able to get a good night's sleep that day.



◎ Shijiri City, Adventurers Guild Office


「Here. This is the request and subjugation reward. There is an additional payment from the liquidated materials, so please check it against this list.」

「Yeah. Thanks, Onee-san.」

The day after talking to the branch manager of the Adventurers Guild, Kazane came to the Adventurers Guild office. Naturally, her purpose was to receive the reward. The receptionist had dark circles under her eyes, but she handed the list and coin purse to Kazane with a smiling face.

「Mhmm. It looks like it's neatly organized.」

As the Shorty started to check the accounting, the fidgeting receptionist called out to her.

「Umm... err, Naoki-kun isn't with you today?」

After those words, Kazane made a「What in the world?」expression, but she concluded that she was an acquaintance and answered honestly.

「My younger brother is sleeping in the inn right now. He was considerably beaten up during today's special training, so I think he won't be able to move for a while.」

The words「Younger brother」and「Beaten up」made the receptionist Onee-san freeze with question marks in her head, and Kazane left her alone as she checked the received amount of money against the itemized list.

The reward was higher than Kazane expected. Looking at the itemization, it seemed the Bamboo Mushrooms she had included just because and the Black Crystals she found on the treetops had sold for large sums.

Kazane had known that Bamboo Mushrooms were a rare material, but it seemed the Black Crystals Kazane discovered on the treetops were actually highly pure, making them extremely valuable. By the way, Black Crystals were clusters of sap that could be boiled and used in medicine or used as an intermediary for spells.

After she was done checking the amount of money against the list to confirm that the numbers matched, Kazane signed the document and safely received the money. The receptionist lady looked like she wanted to say something, but in the end, she saw Kazane off without saying anything.



◎ Shijiri City, In Front of Adventurers Guild Office


「Kazaneーー. How was it?」

When Kazane left the office, Yumika, who was waiting outside, called out to her. Tiara and Emily were also there with her.

Then Yumika offered Kazane a bird meat skewer that was being sold nearby. It seemed she had already eaten her own portion. Kazane found the evidence of that on her mouth.

「Nn, thanks. Also, you have sauce around your mouth.」

Kazane tapped her own mouth to point at it.

「Eh, really?」

So saying, Yumika took out a silver mirror. Originally, the quality of the mirror wasn't very good, but it was reborn as a sparkling high-quality mirror thanks to Kazane's processing with her Skill's Coating・Mirror.

And while Yumika wiped it off with the handkerchief she took out of her Item Box along with the mirror, Kazane tasted the bird meat skewer.

(It's sweet, but... it's not a soy-based sauce)

She didn't know what it was, but it was delicious. Enjoying the local food was one of the pleasures of traveling.

And while Kazane yummily ate, Tiara came up beside her and asked a question.

「So then, Kazane. How was the reward?」

「Yeah. Since there was a large quantity, the amount of money from the Mad Spider and Madness Spider materials wasn't great, but it seems the other materials were rare, so we earned more than I expected. Just remember that this will be divided up by the number of people.」

When Kazane showed her the list, Tiara said「That's right」and nodded. Emily looked at it from the side and made a「Wow」expression.

By all appearances, it wasn't an amount that could be earned from a single subjugation request. Which wasn't surprising, considering the number of Mad Spiders defeated in the Black Stone Forest was dozens of times higher than the result of a general monster subjugation request. On top of that, some percentage of the material liquidation was from the rare materials found by Kazane.

Readily dividing this into equal parts... Emily had that sort of sensitivity and honestly had a problem with it, but Kazane and Tiara weren't very concerned about money. Kazane was a girl who lived in the moment, so she used it when she had it and didn't use it when she didn't. Tiara also seemed to have a princess-like sense of money. By the way, it seemed Yumika had saved up a considerable amount of the money she had obtained, but as a matter of fact, that was nothing more than the saving habit she'd had since long ago. It wasn't to the degree of Kazane, but Yumika's sense also wasn't very reliable, as was evident by the quality of her daily meals. There was royalty, a person used to being around royalty, and a battle junkie among the remaining members, so most of them were similarly loose with money.

For Emily, who was of this world and was relatively a person of common sense, it was a subject that made her stomach hurt. Then Emily resolved herself to ask Kazane.

「Kazane, after all, I have a problem with dividing it evenly.」

「Is that so?」

Kazane tilted her head after Emily's question.

「Yeah. So then, this is just a consultation, but why don't I divide a portion of it up for now and judge what would be reasonable for the rest later?」

Emily's words made Kazane blink in surprise, but she could understand what she was saying.

「Nn, ok.」

Kazane accepted Emily's words without hesitation.

After hearing that reply, Emily was relieved from the bottom of her heart. Emily couldn't endure her own endlessly increasing assets and the situation of constantly splitting such fortunes any longer. And the White Party's treasurer was created here.


After that, Kazane and the others spent their time going around several clothing stores in this town and buying the clothes they liked. On the way back, they stopped by a curio shop, which unexpectedly had Mana Potions in stock, so Kazane bought them all on the spot.

The Mana Potions were so expensive that Emily was lost for words, but Kazane expended a lot of Magic Power, so they were items that could possibly become her lifeline.

They earned a lot of money, so not buying them wasn't an option, and with this purchase, Kazane had a total of 4 Mana Potions.



Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King, Liberator

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 38

Health: 152

Magic Power: 340+420

Strength: 72

Agility: 78

Endurance: 43

Wisdom : 75

Dexterity : 51

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv2』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv2』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』『Wire Cutter』



Yumika:「Mana Potions are as expensive as usual.」

Kazane:「It seems that since the manufacturing method has been lost, they can only be obtained in dungeon treasure chests, so I think the unit cost increase can't be helped.」