Transition to Another World, Landmines Included

"Toya, do you smell like a hot spring or something? If that's the case, you're perfectly fine."

To Hulka's inquiry, Toya shakes her head thinking a little.

"That's right, I can't move the water vein. But... maybe not? No, Hot Springs, I haven't been there much, and I'm not sure it smells good, but it doesn't smell like sulfur. I don't even know what it tastes like."

"Precisely, that smells like hydrogen sulfide. Other hot springs I've been to, like simple carbonated springs or iron springs? I wonder if Iron Springs smells a bit."

"I don't really get to drink hot springs."

"I remember drinking at Arima Onsen, Shiru Onsen, etc., but you're not very impressed...... Not that it didn't taste good."

I've never been there, but according to Natsuki, Arima Onsen and Shiru Onsen have places where you can drink hot springs.

Well, if it tastes intense enough to be vividly remembered, isn't it suitable for drinking?

"The conclusion is that water veins can't be said to be the cause, but they can't even be said to be different. Uh-huh..."

When I was worried about what was going on, I heard a cute noise there, "KIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

"Uh, hey, I'm hungry."

Our faces are loose on Meatier stroking her stomach like it's lit.

Speaking of which, it was time for lunch already.

Being adults, we can tolerate it to some extent, but Meatiers are still children. You should think and act properly about your diet and strength.

"Should we pause the investigation and have lunch first?"

"Right. We've been walking a long time, and Mary's hungry, right?

"Yes, a little..."

Are you still reluctant, or is Mary's voice small enough to respond "here"?

"Don't hesitate, 'I'm hungry. Let's eat!' You can say that, right?

"Oh, no...!

"Toya, on the contrary, it will be difficult to say. Ma, when I'm hungry, I'm hungry. So, normally, I should say it. Shall we go?"

"Yes, sir"

There are no trees growing around the pond, so press Mary's back to move to the shade of the tree a little further away and lay the sheet.

On top of that, Hulka and Natsuki line up a number of dishes.

"Wow, there's a lot of them!

"Wow... do you eat so much for lunch?

"Ordinary requests make it easier, but I'm having a picnic today."

Sandwiches and burgers that are usually easy to eat, which also often sit and eat on the ground as they stand or as they are, but today they lay their sheets firmly and are placed on top of them, such as pans and large plates with soup.

The last time I was locked in a dungeon, I was consuming quite a bit, so I guess these have been newly stocked dishes since then.

"Sit down, sit down. Let's eat."

A meal to be distributed to us sitting on the seat.

Tastes familiar from us...

"It's so delicious!

"The sweets were delicious, but so was the rice... Help me cook, I'm going to lose a bit of confidence"

Mary's more joy and anxiety, both with an intertwined look, against Meatier, who shines her eyes and pretends to rejoice with both hands.

Basically, it's a dish that we're making to fit our tongues, but if it also fits Mary and Meatier's tongues, it's a lot easier to live with.

"Speaking of which, are you new to eating authentic food"

On second thought, it was the first time I had eaten the dishes made by the Hulkas since I picked up the Marys.

I also behaved during the break if it was about a little tea treat or snack, but other than that, the food served in the inn and the food in the cafeteria in the city.

It's better than those professionally made dishes, so as a "chore," as for Mary, who plans to help cook, I'd be a little concerned.

"You don't have to worry about it. I'm asking you to help."

"Yes, yes. I'll tell you. I couldn't cook when I was little."

"We all did when we were little, didn't we?"

"Yes, right! Best wishes!

Mary smiles and puts her head down at the followup to the women.

In the case of stalls eaten by ordinary people, I'm a little anxious because the majority have more quantity than the taste, but if I leave it to the Hulkas, I'm sure they'll make it quite an arm.

In that case, will the option of a cook also emerge in the future...?

I don't know what's ahead, but it's a good thing the options are wide open, right?

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"Well, it's time to reopen the investigation"

That's what Hulka said and got up when it was about half an hour after lunch.

We were falling asleep and off eating. We get up and stretch again, too.

To be exact, it was me and Toya who slept, and Meatier, otherwise I sat down and drank tea.

"Huh, well, good luck!

"Work hard!

For good reason, the risen Toya heads to the pond, and Meetia follows.

Nothing, Meatier doesn't have to do anything, but pin her ears and pretend her tail. What, but when I look at her full of motivation, I don't even dare to stop.

I'll get rid of the rug quickly with Hulka and go after Toya.

And as we all go around the pond, we look for the problem… there is nothing to see and understand.

No grass grows about a meter from the banks of the pond, and the pond is like a rock bed, and the aquatic plants are not even sandy.

There's no sign of any garbage falling, and there's naturally no such thing as a dead creature floating around.

"If the spring water itself eliminates the possibility of a problem, then the only stream that's flowing in is the one that's flowing in."

"It was beautiful water when I saw it too..."

That said, if there is no cause for it, it will be close to your luck, so I will go to the creek again and try to draw water.

"Toya, what do you say?

"... Ah, it stinks pretty bad. Maybe that's why."

"It stinks!

This time it didn't even have to be in his mouth, and Toya just put her nose close to the water she drew and answered immediately.

Meatier also imitates Toya and raises her voice.

I'll try the same... I don't know.

"Do you know that clearly?

I would also ask Mary, another beast man, but Mary nodded as soon as she took the water again.

"Right. Keep your nose close to the water and you'll see."

"Maybe if you're an animal man, you'll find out soon enough, this. Wouldn't it have been over if my client hadn't bothered to send a request to the guild, or even an animal man I knew?

"Maybe, but what if there's no beast man I know?

"Well, pay for some part-time work and get the right beast man - oh, shit, is that us?"

"That's what's gonna happen, isn't it? Besides, when you come here to get some water, it's like you're bringing an escort, so you're never gonna be safe."

When we came, he didn't get attacked by anything in particular, but he sometimes encountered dangerous animals.

If so, I guess it's still not wrong to make a request to the adventurer.

"Is the odor caused upstream of the creek, in the mountains"

This creek crosses the outer edge of a volcanic bowl and flows from above the mountain.

There's nothing special about it within sight, so we sometimes sniff the smell of water and go back down the creek.

And over the outer edge into the mountains, a few hundred meters or so through the woods.

You found something, Toya stopped.

"This is where it happened."

"Here?"

Look where Toya pointed, we twist our necks.

I feel like I saw it, it's a normal creek......

"Oh. The smell is toughest. Wait a minute."

Toya, who said so, took out the shovel and dug out the river bottom of the creek.

It was the coarse sand of grains that accumulated at the bottom of the creek, and as I saw it, the holes were raised.

And eventually, I saw that.

"Oh, it's sewage slime!!

It was Meetia who looked at it and raised her voice.

A few gray to black, cloudy colored slimes?

I'm not sure if it's decent, but it was buried there.

"Sewage slime? Could it pollute the water? its slime."

"No, you don't. On the contrary, it should have served to clean the water. The official name is... Toya, what was it?

"Me?... Oh well. Uh,“ Clear Slime. "

Natsuki must have asked me. [Appraisal] Toya, who looked into it, speaks the name of the slime.

[Appraisal] skills that work even if you don't remember clearly, they are still useful.

Of course, Natsuki is even more amazing at drawing memories quickly without skills.

"It looks like sludge, but it's clear..."

"I'll clean the dirty water."

"But this is the cause, isn't it? It smells subtle."

Exactly in this condition, I can smell a slight odor.

I guess the water in that pond was contaminated because of this mixed smell.

"I guess so. Ultimately, as its name suggests, it should be beautiful, but because it occurs in dirt, it takes in garbage and dirt..."

"This is artificial, isn't it?"

"It's a slime that doesn't occur in a beautiful place. Here, we need to bring it from somewhere."

"I guess the purpose is to contaminate that pond...... it's subtle"

"Really. Normally, you don't realize, that much contamination"

I'm not throwing anything into the pond, I'm not throwing trash around here, I'm just gonna bury the clear slime.

Will this degree of contamination make enough difference to know that it will be ale?

I don't think you'll ever know it's me... but I'm not sure what the purpose is.

If it means harassment, this is how they're asking us to investigate, so I guess it did work, but what a halfway point.

"If you crusade this, the request is complete -"

"Stop! That's no good!

Hulka hastily stopped Toya, who tried to throw the clear slime he had taken out on the shovel into its heel.

"Huh? Why?

"Our job is to investigate the causes. It's not a solution."

"No, well, yes..."

Why don't you just shoot him? Harka tells Toya with a look like that, like she's in a little trouble.

"Sure, if you shoot him, it might solve the problem temporarily, but this is, obviously, weird, right? I usually have slimes that aren't supposed to be here. Besides, try to hide it."

"Well, you obviously have some purpose"

"Right? Then there's no point in killing this slime here. They might do it again."

"... oh, I see. If you want to investigate a lot, should this stay the same?"

"Unless you had a dangerous demon, but with this slime, you wouldn't have a problem leaving it, would you? Preservation of the crime scene is important for criminal investigations."

"Sure."

Toya, who nodded as he was convinced, sanded appropriately and buried him again when he put the clear slime back in the hole that was on the shovel.

I don't have to wonder if I can survive in this state, but I guess there's no problem because I've lived before.

Slime, is a strange ecology.

"So let's just mark this place on the map and go home"

"Right. As a request, that's not a problem."

The request itself is completed safely, as there are many parts that are a little refreshing and later the client thinks.

A picnic in the natural woods, complete with a refresher mood.

Mary and Meatier feel a little brighter and better too.

We had a light foothold and went back to pinning.

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"That's why there was a so-called" sewage slime ”in this place. If the smell of water is a problem, this will be the cause."

The day after we returned from the pond, we were visiting the Alliance for a report.

Yesterday was a relaxing relationship, and the return time to the inn was slow, so the report was sent ahead to today.

"Sewage slime...... that's certainly strange. Got it. The request is accepted as complete. Thank you."

He properly understood that the "investigation” and “resolution/crusade” were different, and the receptionist paid the request fee without complaining in particular.

"Sure. Received."

However, he has a sinister face because the cause has been found to be man-made.

If it is a natural phenomenon, it is a story that needs to be eliminated, but when it becomes artificial, there is a possibility that the same thing will be done once and for all.

That would be an unwelcome development for the receptionist, who seems to be turning the brewery down because it could turn out to be more difficult to understand next time.

Especially since natural phenomena are natural phenomena and cannot be solved, it seems difficult to say which is better.

"- This client, any grudges?

"Resentment, it's a little different... it's off the record, isn't it?

The receptionist told me in a low voice that other companies in the industry are after the brewery in question.

It's a bad brewery in terms of money flow, but the fact that its name value, and the pond monopoly of examples, is acknowledged, is very significant.

If it can fit well under the umbrella, and if it can be run by decent managers, it is certain to make a huge profit.

Now, really, how many people are waiting under a tree to ripen and fall?

"I see, is that what keeps you from contaminating fatally"

"It's likely. If you fail this semester, it will be decisive."

The receptionist also smiles in trouble at the slightly dazed Hulka.

In such a critical situation, it seems like a good thing to encourage liquor brewing, ignoring the pollution that ordinary people wouldn't notice, but I guess it's the craftsmen who can't do that.

From me, I don't think that crushing the brewery makes any sense...

Of course, I don't know what I'm saying, but what about annoying your surroundings with your obsession?

"Is that what you want to do, make ale?"

"Some parts of that focus have made“ pinning ales, "so as far as I'm concerned..."

"Attention...... you must be awesome when you mesh, but if you stop meshing, hell's one?

"Japanese company, that's pretty good."

Naturally the high quality is good, but even if the quality is slightly poor, it can be sold if it is cheap.

There are a lot of things like that out there.

Ale, no matter how tasty it is, if it is only a very partial part of it that can be felt, it can also be described as excessive quality.

"I don't think you can do jamming... uh-huh, good luck, that's all I can say."

If this is Aela's shop or someone you know like Ganz or Sleepy Bear, I've tried everything I could, but it's someone I've never met, and I'm not really interested from us, Yale.

Aren't we going to be? To be honest.

I don't know, but I smelled blue and said, "I can't tolerate injustice! Definitely crush it!!" I'm not even going to say anything like that.

It's not our job to do that.

"Ha... right? In the meantime, it was helpful this time. Thank you."

Dropped off by a receptionist thanking him with a complicated grin, and we're behind the Adventurer Guild.

It's bad for Yale's fans, but it's a bit hard to stick your neck in something that you know does less.