I was led to the head of the beast by the child of the beast man (Callu), but when I arrived, the head was absent. So I decided to distribute the food first.

Get the food boxes out of the item boxes and line them up.

Ten boxes of various lunches, skewers, freshly baked bread, etc. Do you have about 200 servings? There are a lot of easy types of things that can be eaten right away when they are ready, and they smell good. I ran out of Fort Gorbus once, so I was buying in a little bit, but it came in handy here.

Then fruit. They are all carefully selected for what was delicious and a good amount because they buy in bulk.

"Is this all good?!?

Carl, peering into the box, gave an excited voice.

"Well wait. That's not enough, is it?

That's what I say about the kids eating in the grocery box and pushing them away. Still this is an appetizer. It's just a snack.

Dosun and this time open the biggest prey, the big pig. We hunted it ourselves because we saw it, but we could offer it to the Beast Man.

Something gathers me to look at the sudden big pig and let the beasts who are circling their eyes down a lot, putting out the oak and harpy and piling them up more and more. Is it about a quarter of the amount of this hunt?

"Is this what this is all about? Syrah, distribute it properly."

"Yes, Lord - listen! My Lord has provided you with food in view of your plight."

Whoa! And my voice goes up.

"As you can see, there's enough. Take as much as you need. Come on, line up!

"Oh, the kids can take it first. Thank you for guiding me. Take whatever you want."

When I said that, the children attached themselves to a food box and held food in their hands.

When I look at him, one of them is headed for Oak Mountain. Looks like he's willing to pull one off and take the whole thing. This is the kid your grandfather said he was going to starve to death earlier.

I saw this way in the way Syrah said I would do, so I'll snort it out.

"Somebody help him."

When Syrah said that, several adults came to help.

"Thank you, Brother Adventurer!

Say hello to Grandpa.

While I was dealing with the child, the row moved out better. I thought the number of people was high and it would take some time, but I made a proper group and brought out the prey quickly and the rows were decreasing fast.

There are so many children and women in line. And lots of toddlers. It's probably your mother because that child or toddler is clustered together, but I don't suppose that means your daughter has a baby that's no different than Satie's, and that doesn't mean your sister either.

Men aren't as brilliant as old men who are occasionally. Looks like they really took me to the rootstroke soldier. It looks paradise full of cute cat kids and girls, but if the man doesn't return even if he can safely recapture Hiragis, the reconstruction of the Beastman village is going to be tough.

"What is this?

When the pile of food was almost gone and the queue was almost exhausted, a good old beast came to us and asked the beasts in line.

"Sir, these people brought us a lot of food."

When I heard that, I came over here and bowed my head toward Syrah. This is the usual thing.

"Looks like you helped me. Thank you."

"If you thank me, not me, to my Lord"

"Uh, thank you and so on. I think we can do a little more assistance than that, but why don't we talk slowly somewhere? Oh, this big pig is a gift to the chief."

The big pig isn't exactly the size you can take, and I've decided to give it to the chief.

"I really appreciate your support for tons of food. Let's talk about my cabin. Uh..."

"It's an adventurer's masal. This is Syrah and Satti."

There was one badly aged beast man sitting in the shed laying a rug in the dirt. The chief sat on that side, and we sat as-is because there was no chair or desk. I'm not very behaving, but I can't get my combat gear boots off right away, and it's hard to sit in the front seat.

The beast man sitting in the back looks pretty old with wrinkles. Little kids are rare, but this is the first time an old man's seen it in this world so far. It has to be cute because of the old cat and other flair.

"So, aid, but first we still have the prey we've been hunting by the time we get here, so let's offer that extra"

"That's a really nice story."

"I will present that and this money. Use it as you like. This... settlement? population of about a thousand asked children, but that would be enough for the time being, right?

That said, I put out a thousand boxes of gold coins out of the item box.

"There are now a little over two thousand people living here in the residence of the Beast Man."

That's twice as different. I thought he seemed like a smart kid for explaining everything, but is he a kid?

But a hundred grand is an assumption. There's nothing wrong with 2000.

"So there's just a million gold."

Open the box and teach that to the pale head.

"A million dollars is... what the hell are we going to demand from you?

A little bit too sudden, huh? They don't trust me at all, but if someone I don't even know suddenly tells me 100 million yen or something, I might suspect a fraud.

Or are they conscripting workers, or reducing food, making people incredible?

Was it my fault? But when the fellow Syrah and Sati go out, the chances of protection are diminished.

If Ann was here, it would have been easy to talk about, but then it would have been assistance from the temple, and I'd have to do it, but you've become quite a hassle already...

But a consideration. If someone gets sheltered, it's worth a thousand bucks, but it can't be turned into money, but I also feel like what's the difference between Schiller and me who bought him as a slave?

Well, if anyone has protection, I don't want to be forced to take them. We have enough men right now.

Except when you say you want to follow from yourself.

"I'm not asking for anything. I heard you were in trouble, and I just offered to help."

"If it's a million gold, it's a simple story..."

"With that, no one has to starve for the time being, right?

"The Lord, who heard all the children's complaints, was heartbroken by the tragedy here and told me to throw his personal possessions immediately to help him."

"The prey and this money are what I've earned here recently, and my personal savings are separate and decent, and I don't have any itches where they're gone. Don't hesitate to accept the consideration because you will never give it to me."

"Thank you very much."

It was the first time an old woman who kept her mouth shut behind her.

"But Auntie"

I won't put it out in my mouth, but you suspect there's something behind it. Sure, there's a back. I can't tell you much.

"It's so much gold and the prey I hunted for my life. Am I going to obstruct this young man's readiness and goodwill to offer it without consideration?

You're a good old lady. The chief can't seem to lift his head either, so can we just negotiate with this person and get it over with? I have a lot to talk about besides money, and I have business with the guild after this.

"Then Grandma, let me offer you this money"

"Ooh, ooh. Nothing comes out of being nice to an old man like this, right?

"Be nice to a woman, there's something unexpected going on."

Mostly from our women, but that's enough. If I'm the only one who can negotiate well, I'll get plenty of compliments later.

"Thank you."

My aunt walked up to me and said softly, embracing me. That's a little too bad from the top of your armor.

"If I were a little younger, I'd repay you with this body"

"Ha ha. Just kidding."

She's quite adorable, Grandma, but she just doesn't.

"Hiccup. Even so, when I was young, I was a beautiful and reputable adventurer. How many decades ago was that?"

"Auntie, take your time with that story later"

"Oh, yeah?

"But Lord Masal. We've lost everything, and we really have nothing to offer for it."

"Except ourselves," said the aunt.

"Earlier in the negotiations at the fort, slaves were demanded for the consideration of aid. But while the warriors are away, you can't refuse to imitate selling women and children!

Oh, could they have suspected their relationship? Do you want me to make a fait accompli of aid, and now you want me to give you back your share of food aid, or something like that? Everyone's already eaten it, and it's something I can't give back.

Even if you can step down there, you won't be able to get away with it by accepting the money.

But it's really about credibility. There would be no doubt from the temple.

"We are adventurers who have just come from the kingdom. It has nothing to do with slave traders or anything like that," said Syrah.

"Then why? Why would you do this to me?

"Master Masaru is a great wizard with the power to help so many people."

"There's someone hungry in front of me, and if I had extra food, I'd normally split it it for you, wouldn't I?

There's also a reason for protection, but not you.

"When I was young, when I was an adventurer," my aunt suddenly began the old story again.

"I've traveled with S-rank adventurers before. I never saw exactly a million dollars, but it's not like 50,000 or a million dollars or anything like that. I told you I don't care about money because I make too much money. There are adventurers like that in the world."

If I can hunt a lot of demons, I can make as much money as I want.

"I'm still A-ranked, but that's what it looks like"

"Look, here's what I'm gonna say, why don't you just get it?

"Does it really have nothing to do with slave traders?

"I didn't swear. In the first place, aren't the great men of the Empire and Hiragis, not the slave traders, helping us?

"They're delaying their plans for transporting food. And when it arrives, it's not enough."

Support is of course provided for the Hiragic refugees who have descended and sprung up. That's why so far no one seems to starve to death, but the problem is securing food for the planned Hilagis expedition in a few months. Even if we replenish it locally, we naturally need enough to take it with us, and some food to keep the army going for as long as we can until the start.

The shortfall seemed to be made up for by a demon hunt in Hiragis, but unexpectedly in a dangerous situation, the adventurer's scouts would not return, if we let out the army, they would come back badly damaged. So it looks like a situation where food security is difficult to navigate.

Refugee life is already in the months and surplus food in the neighbourhood has already been supplied. In this world, as transported from afar, means of mass transit are only enough to carry the streets in carriages all the way.

Just because you come off replenishing with a demon hunt doesn't mean you can bring it in instantly, and you have the funds to do so.

The Empire itself still has room, and with the money, we can buy food for the market, but the Beastman doesn't have that money either. I've already run out of some minutes.

Of course, we could also help Hilagis refugees if the Empire provided additional funding, or extraordinary collection of food from the market, etc., but the kitchen situation never seems to be bright, either as an empire or with aid so far and preparations for a massive dispatch of reclaimed troops.

If the empire doesn't move, there are few hands that can also hit the upper levels of the surviving Hilagis who have lost their country.

Either we send out an expedition ready for damage, or we overlook the hunger of Hilagis refugees...

"The country is gone. This is how you can keep them alive."

Could it be that we are running out of food in this whole refugee camp as well as the Beastman...?

Perhaps we should stop training in swords and seriously hunt demons.

I also thought I might help transport it, but it would be quicker to get food directly. Of course this isn't what I'm supposed to do, but we can help. The option of not doing it even though I can... I guess not.

Besides, my aunt continued.

"As luck breaks in like this, maybe our, Hiragis' fate hasn't run out yet."

There's a good chance we can recapture Hiragis. In case you fail, with my abilities, it will be easier to start over in a new land. You can take me to our village for anything.

God has not abandoned Hiragis, and his destiny has never been exhausted.

Well, I guess we're the ones who do it, but maybe we can do a little bit of what we can for that.

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"Grandpa! Grandpa! The adventurer gave me my prey! You can eat a lot of meat!

"Oh, is this... a whole oak?

"What a lot, there was a lot of prey! He said you can take as much as you want!

"Huh. Did I say thank you?

"I said it right! Say hello to Grandpa!

"Is that it? I have to thank you later... but let's dismantle it first."

"I'll do it too!

"Right. It's the prey you've been given. I'll show you how to do it."

"Can I be an adventurer, too?

"I can be. My proud grandson. Now get your tools."

"Yeah!"