He was shaking his legs with an irritated look on his face. The dukeâs eldest son, Daniel Achenbach, was staring at the knight in shining armor and the butler in the room.
ăIs there still no contact from Six Mine yet?!ă
ăYes. The advanced party should have arrived, but it may take some time to install the magic communication device. The communication device in the mine is probably not operational.ă
ăI know that! The problem is the dragon and the 6-star skill orb!ă
Being treated like a child despite being over 40 years old, Daniel wiped his forehead with a handkerchief.
ăYoung master. The mine soldierâs report was that the 6-star skill orb had already been used and the girl had escaped. If that is the case, sheâll starve if she doesnât stop by at some town. We have no choice but to wait right now.ă
ăI said I know that! There arenât many children in the mine! Why canât you find her?ă
ăWe just finished notifying the entire Dukedom yesterday. So, we should find her right away⊠No, please wait a minute. Indeed, there were only a few childrenâŠă
ăHmm? Did you come up with something?ă
The butler flipped through the pages of the record in his hands.
ăAs you say young master, there were only two children working as mine slaves.ă
ăYeah, and?ă
ăWouldnât fellow children get along well?ă
ăWell, thatâs right⊠but what about it?ă
ăThe other child doesnât have a name, but is characterized by black hair and black eyes. What if both these children are together? The escaped slave named Lark has an average look, but black hair and black eyes should be easy to find.ă
ăI see! But is the black hair black eyes really true?ă
ăâŠYes, thatâs a fact.ă
Daniel struck his fist on the table.
ăIsnât it the âChild of Disasterâ?! The legend was true, after all!ăhe exclaimed, and glanced over to the knight.ăLook for the black hair and black eyes! If you find him, make him spit out the location of the 6-star and kill him as soon as possible!ă
ăâŠIs that okay?ă\n
ăOf course it is! This is the Dukeâs order! Go!ă
ăUnderstoodâŠă
The knight went out, though his reluctance was apparent.
ăShit. It will be a serious problem if His Majesty Geffert finds out that the 6-star was lost.ă
It took about half a day for the knights to receive information from the castle guards that,ăThere is a black hair, black eyes slave in the territory.ă
On the other hand, the butler ran around to prepare a landing space for the magic airship. This is because an airship carrying a Mithril-rank adventurer was arriving this evening.
* *
After being called by Non-san, Mimino-san and I rushed back to the Adventurerâs Guild â to the warehouse at the back of it. When we returned, a surprising scene unfolded.
ăNo wayâŠă
ăWhat the hellâŠă
The short-bearded ossan and the one-armed assessor were staring dumbfounded.
ăHmm⊠I carried them all over there, chief.ă
ăY-YeahâŠă
ăThen, Iâll go clean up the documents inside!ăsaid Mr. Useless, as he went into the guild.
The person who was staggering on his feet just about an hour ago.
ăâYou!ăthe short-bearded ossan turned to me.ăIâll buy all that grass! How much?!ă
ăW-What?!ă
ăItâs extremely effective for hangovers, right? From now on, I am even going to put up a collection quest in the guild!ă
ăO-OhâŠă
Apparently, the yellow medicine I gave worked perfectly. Thatâs good, but was it really that effectiveâŠ? I checked with ăWorld Ruleră, but I only understood that it âenhances the function of the liverâ.
âŠWell, I guess it isnât wrong in terms of enhancing the function of the liver?\nâŠEven with rpgs, âhealingâ and âadvanced healingâ is completely different.
âŠRather, isnât that âadvancedâ really important?
ă!ă
When I was fixed on the grass roots, the image of âgreatly enhances the function of the liverâ popped up in my head.
âŠIt worked! If so, say it from the start!
âŠNo, wait a minute. Maybe itâs because I didnât try to check the fine details before?
ăBy the way, what kind of grass is this?ă
ăOh, this is turmericâă
I quickly stopped as the words came out of my mouth. No, this is not turmeric! I have never even seen a real turmeric!
ăOh. Itâs called turmeric, huh.ă
ăA-Actually, I donât know the official name. I just call it turmeric because I think it looks like turmeric.ă
ăWell, we can change to the official name if we find out later.ă
ăS-So, why not give it a different name?ă
ăHmm⊠for convenience sake, letâs call this grass âReikonâ in the dukedom guild.ă (1. TL Note: Turmeric is âUkonâ in japanese. The ossan combined âReijiâ and âUkonâ to form âReikonâ.)
ăâŠEh?ă
ăItâs named after the discoverer.ă
ăAhâŠă
I was troubled. I was about to spread the wrong name for turmeric in a different world⊠Actually, I donât even know if turmeric exists in this world at all⊠So, I guess itâs fine?
âŠItâs fine, right?
âŠItâs fine.
âŠIâm sure someone has given a more scientific name already.
ăOkay, then letâs go with ReikonâŠă\n\nI showed off my knowledge of Japan. Like when you go to a pharmacy, they do sell medicine labelled, âBefore a drinking partyâ and such.
ăUnderstood.ăthe short-bearded ossan took out a gold coin from his pocket.ăLetâs go with one federal gold coin. This is an up-front investment, and I canât afford to go higher than this. I am investing because it has been a long time since I last saw an exciting medicine.ă
ăThatâs good enough! âThe God of Trading is watching over justlyâ.ă
ăLetâs report that it was a âgood sell good buy dealâ.ă
Ossan and Mimino-san shook hands. I heard later that the exchange seems to be the phrase of greeting that merchants often use.
ăAh, sorry, Reiji-kun. I made a deal without asking you.ă
ăNot at all. I never thought about the possibility of pre-dosing, so I am grateful.ă
ăHere. Reiji-kunâs money.ă
ăAhâŠă
The federal gold coin in my hand was heavier than a small gold coin. It was worth about 100,000 yen(1000usd).
ăIt looks like everything ended well. I thought maybe something bad happened when a guild staff rushed over to get us.ă
ăDante-san.ă
ăKnowledge is power. I hope the knowledge that Reiji-kun has brought will benefit many people.ăNon-san said, standing next to Dante-san.
They havenât asked me where I got this knowledge or anything like that. Theyâre aware, yet they donât ask.
(Will there come a time when I have to tell them everything? I really donât knowâŠ)
ăHmm?ă
At that time, I heard a cry. There was a similar building next to the warehouse, and the sound came from there.
ăWhatâs over there?ă
ăOh, thatâs the training ground. Adventurers are training over there⊠Would you like to go?ă
ăI want to go!ă
ăBefore that, letâs get something to eat. We havenât eaten anything yet.ă
Just when Mimino-san said that, I heard my stomach growl.