Legend

"There was quite a bit." It was easy to find, so I didn't struggle that much. "

Nielsen said so proudly.

A seed that has fallen to the ground.

Ray gathered the seeds, which smelled like sweet chocolate, along with Set and Nielsen.

The shell that contained the seeds... the nuts were bigger than Nielsen.

However, naturally, beyond imitation of the nuts bursting and blowing seeds around, the seeds contained in the nuts are quite large, but they are still not larger than Nielsen.

It was such a species, but it was not so difficult to find.

For some reason, Nielsen couldn't get rid of the scent, but Ray and Set could get rid of the sweet chocolate smell from the nuts.

Originally, chocolate is the kind of chocolate that Ray knows by adding various condiments, such as sugar, to the cocoa beans... that Ray remembers.

It doesn't smell particularly sweet at the time of cocoa beans, and above all, it doesn't smell like the chocolate that Ray knows.At the time of cocoa beans, they have a fragrant and bitter scent.

However, chocolate smells from the seeds that burst the nuts.

Ray and...... Set's smell was sharper than Ray's, but it wasn't hard to find.

(That said, the question is how to cook this seed.)

There is no doubt that the scent of chocolate comes from the seeds.

But why should I eat the seeds as they are, or do I have to cook them in a different way?

Ray didn't know anything about the area.

Then Nielsen called out as if she had read Ray's thoughts.

"So, Ray, what do we do with the seeds we've collected?"

"I haven't decided exactly what to do so far."Nielsen doesn't seem to know, but that kind of thing smells pretty sweet.If you think about it, I think it might taste better if you do something about the seeds. "

”Sweet smell... mmm, I didn't know that after all”

Nielsen murmured as she remembered when she found the seed.

It was not a lie or a deception, and it seemed that the smell of the chocolate that was emanating from the seed was not known.

"Even if you don't know in a seed state, you might find out by cooking."... but I don't really know how to cook this kind of thing. "

"Hey, that's not what I meant.I gathered the seeds too, so let them eat together when you eat them. Okay? "

Nielsen couldn't smell the chocolate on his own, but he must be looking forward to hearing Ray's explanation.

I really envy you from the bottom of my heart... that's why I want to eat it right away if I can.

But Ray doesn't know what to do if he says so.

"Expecting me to cook is a mistake in the first place."I think it's best to ask someone who's good at this kind of food. "

While saying that, Ray naturally thought of Marina.

Marina's house, where Ray still lives.

The food there was basically prepared by the marina.

In other words, the marina is the only one that can cook properly while living in the marina's house.

Elena can brew tea well, but it's not the same as cooking.

Ala taught Elena how to make tea, but she wasn't that good at cooking.

Vijara and Bhune can do anything with their adventurous cuisine.

Ray can only cook a bunch of cooking.

Set... can't cook in the first place.

No, because there is a firebreath, I think I can do something like burn it.

As a result, only Marina was able to prepare delicious dishes properly.

(Besides, Marina has lived much longer than us in the Dark Elves.If you think about it, you may know about this species.)

It seemed like a different story to know more about plant seeds because it was a dark elf, but it was also true that only marinas were currently available.

Shall we turn it into powder?

Huh? Can I eat it with powder?

Nielsen reacted to Ray's murmuring with some intention.

If it's Nielsen, I think he wants to try it if he can eat it.

But Ray shook his head against Nielsen.

"I don't know if I can eat it.This is just an idea.And, for example, make it into powder... and then what?You're going to lick that powder?Or melt it in hot water and drink it?... oh, so there was a hot chocolate.I've never had one, though. "

"Hey, get to know that."

"No, I've never drunk it."For the time being, that's all we need to talk about.It's just that, yeah. When I'm done with one of those smog panthers, I'll see if I can do it.I didn't remember using cocoa beans as powder or anything like that. "

"Hey, not when the Smog Panther thing is over, but tonight is fine, right?"We're camping in the woods anyway. "

Nielsen seemed to be more interested in chocolate because Ray gave him information.

Even though Ray wasn't interested in chocolate that much, he didn't realize that he deserved it.

"You know, the smell of chocolate is pretty sweet."What do you think would happen if that sort of thing happened to drift into the woods at night?If only the monsters would come, but if you're not good enough, there will be a lot of insects. "

Oooh!

Nielsen screams at the fairies.

But for Fairy Nielsen, bugs are a nuisance.

(I don't feel like it's a subtle resemblance to a bug, though)

Looking at Nielsen with a disgusting expression when he heard that he was a bug, Ray felt that way, but Nielsen turned a sharp gaze as if he had read Ray's thoughts.

"Ray, did you think of anything strange... that would make me feel uncomfortable?"

"No? No, that's not true."

That's what Ray tells you, as if it were nothing.

However, Nielsen's gaze remained suspicious when he saw Ray's attitude.

Still, Nielsen, who was watching Ray, eventually stopped saying anything.

"Hmm. Well, that's fine." I'll leave it like that for now.When the Smog Panther case is over, let them eat the seeds. ”

"When I get out of the woods." Well, out in the woods, there may be bugs. "

Nielsen gave Ray a disgusting expression.

Even though he was a curious fairy, it was probably the nature of the fairy that the bugs hated so much.

Or maybe Nielsen hates it in particular.

"Well, then, let's settle this conversation." Let's go.I wonder where the Smog Panther is.... hey, maybe it's just that you can't imagine the smog panther coming out of a fish caught by the smell of that species? "

"No, that's... I don't know."I can't say it's impossible. "

A smog panther in this forest.

And the scent of chocolate that was native to this forest.

When asked if there was a causal relationship between the two, Ray could be more or less convinced.

That said, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.

If there is such an easy-to-understand feature, it is not strange that you told me about it when you talked to the president.

But the chief didn't say anything like that.

(Maybe it's just that the chief didn't know... but honestly, I wonder what's going on around here.I don't think so.)

That said, the chief doesn't know everything.

Things you don't know, even if you are a long time, will normally exist.

If so, I thought it might be interesting to show this kind to the chief later, but Ray switched his consciousness.

In this situation, I think it would be better to think about something else than the smell of chocolate seeds.

"Anyway, the first priority now is to defeat the Smog Panther."In some cases, you may be able to find other monsters. ”

"I see? Well, I guess so."But Smog Panther is my number one priority.Don't forget that. "

At Nielsen's instruction, Ray nodded that he understood.

Set also throat like he saw how Ray was doing.

For a while now, I started going through the woods again.

About thirty minutes into the woods, Ray finds a pig in the gap between the trees and the end of his gaze.

An ordinary pig, not a monster with two heads or horns on its nose.

"Pig... that's a pig, isn't it?"

Nielsen landed on Ray's right shoulder, where he muttered when he saw that figure, which was completely different from the two-headed rhino.

"Oh, there really are pigs."What are you gonna do, get it? If you want to catch it, you can wait here.

Usually, pigs are not easy to catch.

It's not uncommon for a hunter to risk his life in some cases, even if he's active in Elgin.

When Ray was also in Japan, I saw several times on TV news that there were people who had their fingers cut off by pigs.

Even the pigs that inhabit Japan are so ferocious, so the pigs in this Elgin also had a ferocious character as a matter of course.

It is not unusual for an immature hunter to die after being stabbed in the torso by his fangs and his internal organs were injured.

It was such a pig, but if you were an adventurer with a certain strength, you could easily defeat it.

No matter how ferocious a pig is, it is in the end a wild animal.

Unlike monsters, I didn't imitate skill or magic.

That's why anyone who fights against such monsters... especially an adventurer who has been active in the Gilm for a long time, is an easy prey.

In fact, many adventurers imitate hunters when they are in trouble for money, hunting pigs, selling them and surpassing the paste.

Not to mention Ray was a rank-A adventurer with an alias and Set.

If that's the case, it won't be difficult to take down the pig beyond the line of sight.....

No, I'll stop it.

In response to Nielsen's words, Ray shook his head to the side.

If you're not an adventurer, pigs can only take risks.

Its flesh, its fur, its horns and, in some cases, its bones are useful.

However, Ray's Misty Ring contained a large amount of monster meat.

Given that, you don't have to go out of your way to hunt pigs.

There is no doubt that the meat of pigs is delicious, but the meat of monsters tastes more than the meat of pigs.

There were exceptions like goblin meat.

Anyway, you don't have to go out of your way to kill pigs here, because you have a lot more good meat than pig meat.

If the pigs attacked Ray, that might be another story.

Then the lucky pig left the scene without even noticing the presence of Ray and the others.

"Hmm. I thought I'd kill a pig right away because it's about Ray."

"What the hell do you think I am?... oh, you don't have to say anything. I somehow figured it out. "

Nielsen tried to say something with a smile on Ray's face, but said so before his mouth opened.

It was Nielsen who seemed uninterested that his words had been stopped along the way, but before Nielsen could open his mouth, Ray pointed to the fruit a little further away.

"Do you know anything about that fruit?Somehow it seems to be poisonous. "

Huh?

To silence Nielsen, you need to turn the curiosity in the other direction.

The fruit Ray showed me was red, purple, and yellow with spots, as it was said to be poisonous.

At least, Ray doesn't want to eat such fruit.

"Um, I don't know.I've never seen anything like it. But... yeah, I'm sure it looks poisonous.What are you gonna do, pick it up? Maybe it can be used for something? "

"Um, is there poison or not?" And even if there is a poison, I don't know what kind of poison it is, so you can't go out of your way to use it. "

Nielsen gave Ray a sad expression when he said in amazement.