Chapter 39

The next morning, I woke up early.

The ceiling was different.

I remembered that I had stayed at the village chiefs house.

As I got up, I heard a sound coming from the room next door.

The elder had apparently already woken up.

Good morning.

Did I wake you up?

That wasnt the case.

In that case, Im making breakfast, though it will be a simple affair, so please wait a moment.

I s.p.a.ced out while waiting, until breakfast was served.

There was bread, vegetables, andsunny-side up eggs?

Please have some, it would be great if it suits your tastes.

Umm, whats this?

I pointed to the fried eggs.

These are clucker eggs. Kais father went into the forest first thing this morning, saying that he wanted to let Yuna-san eat it.

Umm, thank you very much for that.

After I thanked him, I used a knife to slice the loaf of bread, sandwiched the vegetables and eggs in between, and ate it.

Delicious.

Im happy that you think so. Kais father will also be happy to hear that.

Since I was nearly done with breakfast, I decided that I might as well follow up and try asking about the eggs.

Can clucker eggs be obtained in this village?

Thats right. There are cluckers in the forest, so if you go first thing in the morning, you can obtain some freshly laid ones.

What kind of birds are they?

Normal birds make their nests high up in the trees, but since they arent able to fly very high, they make their nests in thickets of gra.s.s on the ground instead. Other than that, cluckers can run away very quickly.

Chicken?

Since they were caught just this morning, I think I still have some cluckers and eggs left. Do you want to bring them home?

Is it okay?

Of course! You are our villages benefactor. Its not something that we arent able to afford, so we dont mind at all.

Eggs and pseudo-chicken get!

After I finished having breakfast, I started preparing to head back.

Are you returning today?

Yes, because its also necessary to report to the guild.

When I left the village chiefs house, Kai came over to me.

Big sis, are you going back?

Its because the Guild Master and the group of adventurers are both heading here, not to mention that if I dont submit a report, itll become troublesome.

Before I started to return to town, I received about ten eggs and three cluckers from Kais father.

This subjugation might be the one that Im the happiest about.

Its a bit far, but lets come again.

As the villagers all expressed their grat.i.tude, I departed from the village.

I summoned Swaying Bear and we started running in the direction of the town.

Around noon, while we were running towards town, a person appeared in front of me, coming closer.

By any chance, was it the Guild Master?

Swaying Bear slowed down its speed.

Is it Yuna?

The Guild Master noticed me and pulled up his horse.

What are you doing here? Dont tell me, the village was annihilated?

If its about the Black Viper, I already defeated it.

haa, my bad, could you say that again?

I already defeated the Black Viper.

Thats a joke, right?

It was a pain, so I took the Black Viper out from the Bear Box.

The Black Viper, which exceeded 10 meters in length, appeared in front of the Guild Master.

Did you really defeat this alone? Theres no wounds on the body though.

I drove fire magic into its mouth and burned it to death, to avoid damaging its body.

From inside its mouth, to do that so easily

He gazed at the Black Viper.

Was he going to check inside of its mouth?

Certainly, you did well to attack it from inside. Normally, youd be crushed by its jaws, so you wouldnt be able to reach all the way inside.

I didnt want to tell him that the mini-flame bears were the ones who walked deep inside of its body.

For now, I understand. If theres no point in going to the village, Ill return to town.

Swaying Bear and the horse began running.

Sorry but, compared to your summoned beast, my horse cant run that fast. Can you keep pace with me? I want to hear what happened.

I explained what occurred at the village to the Guild Master.

You, dont do such an absurd thing!

After taking frequent breaks, we finally returned to town.

Along the way, we ran into a guild staff member who was on his way out.

Guild Master!

Whats wrong?

What about Guild Master, why are you here? What about the Black Viper you went to defeat?

If its the Black Viper, this girl defeated it by herself.

Defeated it alone, you say

The guild staff member gave me a once over.

So then, why are you over here?

Yes, One-Eyed Rush, who we were supposed to ask to take on the Black Viper subjugation request, was injured and just came back. As a result, I was searching for other adventurers, but there arent any others who can defeat the Black Viper. For the time being, I left the search to Helen and was on my way to let you know that the adventurers would be behind schedule, but

The guild staff member looked in my direction again.

Hey, why are you looking at me?

I understand. For now, lets go back to town, you as well.

Our party that was now composed of three people moved towards the town.

From leaving the village to returning to town took us around two days.

There was no reason to rush, so to relieve the burden on the horses, we slowed down our pace.

We had just entered the guild like that when we were discovered by Helen.

At that moment, she burst into tears.

Yuna-san, Guild Masterwhy are you herecould it be

Helen, its all right.

Eh?

The Black Viper was defeated.

Really? Thank goodness. I couldnt get a hold of any adventurers higher than rank C, so I was in quite a bind. As expected of the Guild Master.

It wasnt me who defeated it. Yuna did it by herself.

Haaa

I felt the same way, but its the truth.

Yuna-san, youre really amazing.

So then, Yuna, its already late today. Sorry, but could you come by tomorrow? The report for this incident has to be written down, and theres also the matter about the Black Vipers materials.

What time?

The earlier the better, but you must also be tired, right? Ill let you decide the time.

Understood.

I postponed the visit to the adventurers guild until later.