Chapter 1-13 : Girls Going Shopping (part 1)
Just as I expected, my clothes were dry when we got to the town.
「Guys, before we go to the guild, we need to skin the monsters we killed.」(Shougo)
「Then, let’s go to the slaughterhouse. It’s in the north of the town. I’ll take you there.」(Alice)
「Alright. Let’s go.」(Shougo)
「Hold on! Slaughterhouse, you say? Ugh… That would be the last place I wanted to visit. I think I’ll wait at the guild.」(Kururu)
「I knew you would say that. Shougo, I’ll go with her.」(Leone)
「I think I’ll wait at the guild too.」(Gaul)
「Me too. I’m kinda tired.」(Shuu)
「Alright. Alice, Rin, let’s go.」(Shougo)
We decided to part ways for now.
Shougo, Rin, and I went to the slaughterhouse, while Gaul, Shuu, Leone, and Kururu would wait for us at the guild.
「Oh, Ojou-san, welcome.」(butcher)
「Uncle butcher, hello!」(Alice)
「What can I do for you today?」(butcher)
「I want to rent a place and tools, also, I need your help to skin some Erst Bears.」(Alice)
「Alright.」(butcher)
I took out the Erst Bear corpses from my【Storage】and put them on the floor. The butcher would take care of them.
Meanwhile, I approached the table and started skinning the Erst Wolves.
「Alice, I didn’t know you were good at skinning animals.」(Rin)
「Did you learn how to do it from that guy?」(Shougo)
「Yup. The butcher taught me.」(Alice)
「It looks like it takes a bit of courage to get used to it…」(Rin)
「If you learn the【Hunter】Skill, you have to do it all the time, right?」(Shougo)
「Of course. The corpses of the monsters you kill don’t disappear after all. So, you need to skin them yourself or you can pay the butcher to do it for you.」(Alice)
「I see… That’s kinda troublesome.」(Shougo)
While I was explaining, I realized that the two were standing a bit away from me.
「Hm? Why are you standing there?」(Alice)
「Ahaha… we don’t want to get in your way, so…」(Rin)
「Y, yeah…」(Shougo)
「I see.」(Alice)
I have to get this done quickly so as not to make them wait.
I sped up my working speed and finished the task quickly.
「Ojou-chan, it’s done.」(butcher)
「Thank you!」(Alice)
We finished our task almost at the same time.
After paying the fee to the butcher, I put the materials and the meat in my【Storage】, washed my hands, and went to the guild with Shougo and Rin to meet up with the rest of the party members.
Since Shougo was the one who accepted the quests, he would be the one to report it. I went to the reception with him because we had to submit the body parts of the target monsters as proof.
Meanwhile, Rin was waiting with the other four party members in the guild hall.
「Welcome. How can I help you?」(receptionist lady)
「I want to report the completion of quests.」(Shougo)
Saying that, Shougo took out the quest forms and handed them to the receptionist lady.
「Thank you. Can you show me the proof?」(receptionist lady)
I stepped forward and placed the ten Erst Wolf heads and five Erst Bear heads on the table along with the medical herbs for the quests.
By the way, all of the heads didn’t have teeth, ears, and eyeballs because they had been taken for crafting materials. They looked kinda scary.
「ーー!! …..」(receptionist lady)
「Oi, are you alright!?」(Shougo)
「Hm?」(Alice)
Suddenly, the receptionist fainted after she saw the heads on the table.
「Eeehh!? Receptionist onee-san, are you alright!?」(Alice)
I think she can’t stand this kind of grotesque thing just like Kururu. I feel a bit guilty…
Noticing there was something wrong, the other receptionists quickly approached our table and took the fainted receptionist lady to the back room.
I looked back and saw Kururu was clinging to Leone. Her face looked pale just like when she saw me kill monsters in the forest.
A while after, a male receptionist came and served us in the fainted receptionist lady’s place.
「Apologize for the commotion. I have confirmed the proof of the extermination. Thank you for your cooperation and… here’s your reward…」(male receptionist)
「Uhh… Thank you.」(Shougo)
After handing Shougo the reward, the male receptionist collected the heads and the herbs from the table and went to the back room.
Normally, monsters would drop fangs, claws, or ears before they disappear when they die, so players would bring them to the guild as proof to complete quests.
We are probably the first party that submit monster heads to the guild.
「Well… Let’s go back and join the others, shall we?」(Shougo)
「Y, Yeah…」(Alice)
We joined the rest of the members and divided the reward which was 7000G. Each of us got 1000G.
「Alright. Now, how do we divide the materials? You guys need anything?」(Shougo)
「I need some Erst Wolf fangs and claws to upgrade my weapon if you don’t mind.」(Gaul)
「I need fangs and claws too.」(Shuu)
「I want some fur. Kururu probably needs the same thing, right?」(Leone)
「Yeah. Spell casters need fur to upgrade our magic staffs after all.」(Kururu)
「So, I just have to hand the fangs and claws to Gaul and Shuu, and the fur to Leone and Kururu, right? Ah, by the way, I don’t need materials, so I’ll take the meat.」(Alice)
When I was about to take out the materials, Shougo stopped me.
「Wait, Alice. That won’t do.」(Shougo)
「Eh? Don’t worry, I will share the meat with others too.」(Alice)
「No, no. That’s not what I was trying to say. You said you didn’t need the materials, but, Alice, I think you should take your share too.」(Shougo)
「Yeah. If it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t be able to get so many materials. I think you deserve at least fifty percent of them. We can have the remaining fifty percent.」(Rin)
「Eh!? Fifty percent!? That’s too much!」(Alice)
「Is it, Shougo?」(Rin)
「Nope. Rin’s right. I think you deserve that much reward. What do you guys think?」(Shougo)
「I don’t mind, of course.」(Gaul)
「Me neither. Alice-san is today’s MVP after all!」(Shuu)
「I think Alice-chan deserve that much for her cuteness alone~ Fufu~」(Leone)
「I don’t mind either.」(Kururu)
「You hear them.」(Shougo)
「I see… Alright, I understand. Thank you, everyone.」(Alice)
Now that it has been decided, we started dividing the materials.
I got fifty percent and the other six members got fifty percent.
I still don’t think that I deserve this much reward. It’s just too much.
However, I won’t complain as long as everyone is fine with it.
「Thank you, Alice. You did great today!」(Rin)
Rin wasn’t able to pat my head when we were in the forest because I was covered in blood, but she finally did it.
Ahh~ I’ve been waiting for this~
Rin does know how to make me feel happy.
「A, Alice-chan, can I stroke your head too?」(Leone)
Seems like Leone really wants to pat me. I nodded at her.
「Un!」(Alice)
「Thank you! Aaahh~ Alice-chan’s hair is so smooth~」(Leone)
Rin had a huge chest, but when they were stroking my head, I noticed that Leone’s was huge too. I think they had similar chest sizes.
I then touched my own chest and… Sighed…
Seeing me sigh, Kururu, who had a small chest just like me, put her hand on my shoulder and nodded at me as if saying, “I know how you feel, comrade”.
「So, what are you guys going to do now? Shall we disband here?」(Shougo)
「No, Shougo, wait! I can’t leave Alice like this.」(Rin)
「What do you mean?」(Shougo)
「Look at her. She’s still wearing her standard equipment. It’s time for her to buy some new clothes, don’t you think?」(Rin)
「Eh?」(Alice)
I did plan to buy new equipment, but I didn’t say it would be today.
「I see.」(Shougo)
「That’s a good idea! Alice-chan has so many materials after all. Can I tag along~?」(Leone)
「I think I’ll go with you guys too.」(Kururu)
「Of course! Let’s go shopping together!」(Rin)
「Alright. Gaul, Shuu, and I will go hunt some monsters in the plain then. Let’s go, you two.」(Shougo)
「Ou!」(Gaul)
「Eeehh… But I want to go with the girls~」(Shuu)
「No. You go with us.」(Shougo)
Shougo grabbed Shuu’s collar and dragged him along.
Just like that, we, the girl team, parted with the boy team and headed to the shopping district in the center of the town.
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