Friendly Reincarnator Chapter 37: The Last Day of Subjugating Monsters in the Sewers

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 The next morning, after breakfast, I went into the sewers in high spirits.

 

 I didn’t chase them away yesterday, and I didn’t place any carcasses for bait, so I didn’t hear any squealing.

 

 Huey and I proceeded with caution, and although we could see individuals around the trap we had set yesterday, there were fewer than yesterday.

 

 We ran for 500 meters again today, hitting every piece of stone and gravel we could find.

 

 I instructed Huey to take them in and use [Searchlight] to illuminate the depths of the sewers, and then used [Exploration].

 

 The response was not very good because of the intricate nature of the area, but within the search area, there was zero.

 

 

 Before noon, Huey’s absorption was finished, and there were 35 Big Rats and 30 Big Cockroaches. There were zero magic stones this time.

 

 

 I retrieved the subjugation proof of monsters and counted it in the Magic Bag.

 

 

 Tails of Big Rats: 118 parts

 Antennae of Big Cockroaches: 131 parts

 Antennae of King Cockroaches: 20 parts

 Magic Stone: 43 pieces

 

 

 Oh! So those are King Cockroaches?

 

 So, they weren’t Queens.

 

 

 When I went out of the sewage to the surface and asked the guard to lock the gate, I was asked about how many bodies I was able to subdue, so when I answered that I had 100 bodies, they were very surprised and thanked me profusely.

 

 I went to the guild as it was to report the completion of subjugation.

 

 

 At the guild, I told Sophia-san that I wish to turn over my harvest and asked her where I should put the subjugation proofs.

 

 I could see why she wouldn’t like to see the Big Cockroach’s antennae since there were so many of them.

 

 

 This time, the rewards for Big Rat and Big Cockroach are three silver coins each, but there is one silver coin added to the reward, so there are four silver coins per animal.

 

 If King Cockroach’s reward is the same, it would be 1,076 silver coins.

 

 If we were to convert some of it into gold coins, that would be 107 gold coins and 6 silver coins, so that’s a nice breath-taking amount.

 

 

 The counter overflowed the moment when I took out 118 Big Rat tails at the wide counter in the back. So, I was led to the dismantling area further back where I took out 131 Big Cockroach and 20 King Cockroaches antennae.

 

 When I let out the antennae of King Cockroach, a guild member said, “Oh, wow!” I replied, “Please verify them,” and returned to the guild to look at the quest board.

 

 

 It seems that even if you collect medicinal herbs or kill Rats, you still have to subdue cockroaches to escape G-rank.

 

Thinking about taking a bath, I wondered if I would collect medicinal herbs again. I thought. At the same time, I remembered about the large amount of stuff still in my [Infinite Storage].

 

 While I was thinking and looking at the quest board, Sophia-san came near me and asked me to come to the reception room.

 

 When I followed her into the reception room, I found a nice-looking middle man waiting for me, a dandy in an elegant gray suit, covering his muscley and toned body.

 

 Somehow, the way he appears above his neck is of someone elegant, but the area below his neck is harsh and very solid… The balance of his features is very weird and I inadvertently tilted my neck as soon as I entered the room.

 

 

 “Hi, I’m Seth, the Guild Master. Thank you for defeating so many monsters. I called you here to give you your reward and to let you know that you’ve been promoted.” (Seth)

 

 “Eh? A promotion?” (Louis)

 

 “Oh, yes. Let’s get the payment settled first. Take it. I’ve put them in gold and silver coins, so please check them.” (Seth)

 

 

 When I received the sack and checked inside, I found 111 gold coins and 6 silver coins.

 

 

 “Eh? Isn’t there a little too much?” (Louis)

 

 “The breakdown is 472 silver coins for the Big Rats, 524 for the Big Cockroaches, and 120 for the King Cockroaches, making a total of 1,116 silver coins. Some of those coins were in gold, so that amount is correct.” (Seth)

 

 “So the King Cockroach was six silver coins? I see.” (Louis)

 

 “Well, your calculation speed indicates that you have been properly educated, so you should have no problem being promoted. Give me your card.” (Seth)

 

 

 The Guild Master grinned as he said that.

 

 I handed over the card without saying anything and put the money in the Magic Bag.

 

 

 “Louis, King Cockroaches are the kind of monsters that takes a party of two or more F-ranked individuals to defeat, can you tell me how you did it for reference?” (Seth)

 

 

 I thought about it for a moment and then gave him an off-the-cuff answer.

 

 

 “I don’t know much about the ecology of King Cockroaches, but it had grown too big and wasn’t moving well in the sewers. I think we were able to defeat it because it was a slow-moving opponent.” (Louis)

 

 “I understand that you don’t want to tell other adventurers how to fight, but that number of kills by one person is a little bit much. I hope you could trust me a little and tell me.” (Seth)

 

 

 Oh, have you read me… that easily?

 

 

 “I’m a tamer and a Non-attribute magician. To put it simply, I hit every single one of them with rocks in my magic bag using my Non-attribute magic. The rest, as I said before, was due to me being able to hit them because they weren’t moving fast enough. The rocks have been properly collected, so the sewers will not be affected.” (Louis)

 

 “I see. That way of fighting can’t be used as a reference for other adventurers. But you thought that far ahead when you subdued them. Thank you. I appreciate it. Good luck as an F-rank adventurer from now on.” (Seth)

 

 

 While we were talking, Sophia-san brought me a card with an updated F-rank, so I accepted it and left the guild.

 

 

 For lunch, I decided to buy 30 meat skewers and put them in my Infinite Storage on my way to the East Forest.

 

 

 

 Just around noon, we found an open area and ate the meat skewers with Huey.

 

 Most of the meat skewers ended up in Huey’s stomach, but I felt that the skewers at the restaurant where we had bought them last time tasted better, so I asked Huey about it and he said, “These are good, too.”

 

 I guess Huey says everything is good as long as it’s meat, right?

 

 

 After we finished eating, we started work.

 

 I took out a bunch of blocks made of rock with the iron removed from the iron ore from the [Infinite Storage].

 

 First, I neatly laid out the bottom of the blocks and instructed Huey to stick them together with his quick-drying, heat-resistant mucus.

 

 Once the floor was in place, the blocks were stacked on top of each other to form a rectangular frame.

 

 Once the boat-like shape was completed, I instructed Huey again to layer it with mucus, and the rectangular bathtub was completed.

 

 The bathtub is large enough for me to stretch out in.

 

 

 Just to be safe, I made sure that the bathtub would not be visible from the road or the surrounding area.

 

 I summoned water above the bathtub-like vessel with Life Magic and keep the water raised above using [Psychokinesis].

 

 Then, I heat it up with the Life Magic [Fire].

 

 

 But it turns out that the temperature does not rise as fast as expected.

 

 I poured the slightly warmed water into the bathtub-shaped vessel and it was filled with warm water.

 

 I took 20 stones the size of bowling balls out of my magic bag, rinsed them once with [Water], and burned them over using the Life Magic [Fire].

 

 After about 10 minutes, I found that the stones were quite hot, so I telekinetically dropped them gently into the bathtub.

 

 After dropping about 10 stones, the water temperature in the bathtub was at the right level, so I took off my clothes and got in.

 

 

 I naturally let out an “Aaah…”

 

 

 Soaking in the bathtub, I remembered what I had just done and felt like crying a little.

 

 I asked Huey if he wanted to join me, but he seemed to have mistaken my voice for that of pain, so he refrained.

 

 In the end, I decided to enjoy the bath alone.

 

 

 Time passed slowly, and I prepared myself after enjoying the bath thoroughly.

 

 I thought it would be nice to take a bath at night while looking at the stars.

 

 I threw away the remaining bath water by turning the bathtub upside down and putting it into storage along with the heated stone that had cooled down.

 

 

 Clean and refreshed, I return to the town and sell the 250 Hirupo herbs I collected the other day at the guild for 5 gold coins and return to the inn.

 

 

 After finishing dinner at the inn, I go to my room to think about what I have done so far and what I will do in the future.

 

 Some questions have remained unanswered so far, but I’ll put them aside.

 

 As Thomas-san told me, it is not difficult to imagine that I am a bit clueless.

 

 

 In the future, I hope to become a full-fledged adventurer and settle down in a town or village where I can meet people I can get along with.

 

 By then, I need to improve my Blacksmithing and Alchemy skills.

 

 

 I sometimes feel that the development of culture and civilization in this world is different from that of my previous life, perhaps because of the mysterious power of magic.

 

 This is one of the reasons why I have become so clueless.

 

 No matter how much I think about what I don’t understand, there will still be no answer. Let’s not go into the mysteries of magic now before I fall into a maze of thoughts.

 

 

 Anyway, I will gain experience as an adventurer, learn magic, learn blacksmithing and alchemy, earn money, and acquire common sense by traveling around this world.

 

 That’s what I’ll do for the time being.

 

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