Chapter 267: He’s Making Mooneyes again!
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Given that the thawing had apparently finished, we went over to the harbor to get our share on the next day. The place was thriving with people.
The fishermen and guild’s dismantlers were working all together on cutting the moray apart. Merchants from foreign countries were surrounding them while talking excitedly. The guildmaster was running about, handing out instructions all over the place.
“…The fishermen said they’re going to purchase these. The liver got a buyer too…oh, we’ll also give you the odd bits, so you can sell them at the guild. Please cut the meat in chunks as big as possible… Watch out! The mucus is a pain to deal with…”
“Hah.”
When I snorted, everyone immediately stared at me, causing me to get somewhat overpowered.
“So you came, boy?”
“I’m not a boy, but yes, I came. …Hmm, speaking of the mucus, it’s highly nutritional. It’s also an ingredient for skin care. So I’ll process it.”
As soon as I snapped my finger, the slime was changed into fine granules. As soon as it turned into grain, I had it accumulate.
“We’ll take this back as well. Give us the clean parts of the upper part, okay? ――This is full of components for beautiful skin. It’s also good for the health of elderly. I also think it’d be smart for adventurers and people, who got trouble with their skin, to put one spoon of this into a soup or something like that everyday, and drink it like that. By the way, it stinks of fish.”
Everyone was taken aback. Meanwhile Sword laughed soundlessly.
“I told you, didn’t I? Indra has more ability than S-Rank adventurers.”
“That’s not quite so, I think. I have my own weak points, too. For example, I can’t use the magic of Ms. 【Bloody Witch】.”
Changing my mind that I should store things myself, I took out an appropriate container and started to briskly put the grains in there while saying, “I’ll use these for a collagen soup of seafood. Oh, please give us small bones, too. Those are great for soup stock.”
“You plan to eat those!? We turn them into weapons, you know!?”
The guildmaster was surprised, but I was startled about them using the bones to make weapons out of them.
“You use them for weapons…? Somehow, that sounds like fairly smelly weapons? Demonic beasts dislike fish smell, right? Won’t they run away?”
“It’s okay since we process them properly. Anyway, you’d be fine with bone scraps that can’t be used as weapons, right?”
I nodded. Rather, it’s hard to cook bones if they’re too big.
A staff member, who had been processing the intestines, suddenly cried out.
“…Oh, it’s already dead. That’s great. I got a shock there for a second…”
Once I took a peek, I saw something like a super-huge worm being dead.
“…Must have been a parasite. What about its nutritional value and taste?”
“I never ate it, but its skin is used for armor. It’s quite flexible and strong against impacts. It’s also waterproof. Given that you can’t damage it easily, it’s used as an inner material too. Especially for helmets.”
“Oh! I see, I see!”
That sounds like a natural urethane foam. Moreover, it comes with waterproofing.
“We’ll take that back as well then.”
I’m going to process it into a seat for Bronko! It’s about time for me to make my own Bronko.
“What you gonna use it for?” Sword asked.
“I want to use it for Bronko’s seat. If we drive it for a long time, our butts hurt…”
…not.
“Well, not quite, but since it’s such a rare opportunity, I want to make a pleasant seat. All the more so if I can also make it waterproof. Driving during rainy days…”
…is nothing we do.
“Well, it’s not like we do that, but people sweat naturally and it’s always better to have waterproof seating anyway. I want to make my own Bronko.”
When I announced so, Sword pulled a dubious look.
“…Isn’t it just fine if you ride behind me?”
“I want to drive by myself. But, as my legs are too short, I must make a special Bronko for myself. I’ve obtained superhuman physical abilities, so I was planning to make a Bronko that can drive off-road, or in other words, a locust-shaped Bronko that can tackle the ups and downs of cliffs…”
Sword started to spasm. No, I guess he’s fidgeting.
…Don’t tell me, he’s not craving to get one as well, is he?
“Sword, you said that you hate locust-shaped Bronkos, didn’t you?”
When I asked just in case, Sword violently shook his head, “I never said ‘nythin’ like that, ‘kay? Rather, my Bronko can’t handle cliffs?”
I nodded, “It’s got that cool shape as it’s limited to roads. The cowl would get in the way for driving across cliffs, or rather, it’d end up full of scratches and dents, so you should give it a rest. Mine will use a carapace, so I plan to include an automatic restoration function.”
Sword crouched down due to my explanation.
“…So it had a reason why you fussed over usin’ insect shapes. I’ve fully grasped it now.”
No, I’m not really fussing about it, okay? It’s just by chance, you know? If you talk about off-road bikes, they’re kind of like locusts, but it’s not that I plan to make it into a locust or anything like that.
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Sword ended up slumping down. Wait, does he want to drive across cliffs that much?
“Baahh… Okay, let me turn it into multi-use then. I think it should work if I build it so that the seat and handle can be adjusted.”
Kind of like a bicycle. Well, it’s just similar since a bicycle has no engine after all.
His face jerked upwards and he pounced on me for a hug.
“Your really a great girl! A truly and utterly wonderful person!”
…He wants to ride it to such an extent?
But, seriously? Don’t you already have Bronko? Seeing how you’re always shifting your interest whenever there’s a new toy around, you’re such a cheater!
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Sword immediately perceived that I was grumpy about it, and started to make up excuses.
“No, I’m gonna dote on Bronko as well, ‘kay?”
“Before you talk about Bronko, what about Char?”
“I’ve been drivin’ him, haven’t I!?” Sword shouted at once.
I fixedly glared at him, “I’m going to prattle to Ryoku on you. That you immediately started making mooneyes when you heard that I was planning to build my very own Bronko.”
Sword became super panicky and stopped me.
“Stop, please stop. For real.”
Bloody hell…you don’t make any mooneyes on women whatsoever, and yet you keep ogling and cheating whenever it’s about new toys! You’re such a lost case in various ways!
When I pursed my lips, Sword also pursed his while continuing his excuses.
“I mean, driving up n’ down on cliffs with Bronko sounds crazy fun…! I wouldn’t particularly mind using my own Bronko if it’s possible, you know? But, that’s not an option you told me, so I have no other choice, do I? I’ll be forced to borrow your Bronko as a last resort!”
Just what is that guy yapping about? There’s not a single instance where he has no other choice to be found there.
With his loooong legs, he can easily scale cliffs, can’t he?
I sighed, “…Oh well, whatever. In the other world we had “Downhill” races, which were contests to see who would drive down a cliff fastest, and “Enduros” where you drove along bad roads while also going “Downhill.” Since I have now obtained the physical abilities allowing me to perform these, I wanted to try them out.
Bronko isn’t quite suited for that. That one’s more for endlessly driving along a road like a falling star.”
Bronko can jump and so on, though. After all, the roads in this world are bad by law, and it’s normal for rocks and similar to lie around, so you’d like to avoid stuff like that by being able to jump in the worst case.
As a matter of fact, it’s not that easy for Bronko to get damaged as he’s covered by a thin magic element barrier. I’ve also equipped him with the ability to automatically repair a certain extent of damage, but you still wouldn’t want to damage him too much.
“Drivin’ is fine with that. But, I wanna try drivin’ across those bad roads. I mean, even you’ve made Bronko into a locust because you wanna try it out, right?”
Bahh, if he puts it like that…
After sighing, I gave in, “I got it, I got it, I just have to build a new kid for driving across forests and cliffs, right? By the way, this was something done as leisure activity in the other world. It’s not like you usually drove such bikes out of necessity, but rather something you’d do to spend some fun time with your friends.”
“I know! Let us drive together then, ‘kay?”
Sword’s excitement peaked once again. And I also started to think that it might be a bit of fun.
Normally, you’d race by doing time challenges, but for some reason I felt like I’d lose such a race. After all, I even lost at the gun shooting which I excelled in!
“Alright, now you only need to properly 『explain』 it to your Ryoku in the name of 『Persuasion』. If your Ryoku gives his permission, I’ll make it.”
“Eh?”
In the direction of my finger…the Ryokus were closely scrutinizing Sword while sitting on a beam near the ceiling of the warehouse.
Their look was just as usual, but for some reason it was pretty clear that they were full of scorn.
As I thought, my kids are truly lovely!
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