h.e.l.lo everyone,

I'm back. :D

I'm sorry for the delay.

Now, I have recovered and will continue the translation.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter.

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Translator: LN&WN Warrior

Editor: Starfinder

It was past noon when he left the dungeon while holding carapaces of the House Centipedes and the Centipede.

The evening sun settled slowly to the other side of the field

, dyeing everything red.

Even the transparent air looks somewhat reddened.

"Wow...... it looks nice."

Karen pa.s.sionately watched the scene.

But, Haruki was unimpressed.

If you look at the same scenery every day, you will not be impressed that much anymore.

He might have been impressed if there were sake and snacks here.

Impression also depended on the environment.

......But, such a thing didn't matter.

Haruki turned his attention to a small prefab located in a corner of a field.

"What is that?"

When he came back from “Chikho”, there was no such prefab.

‘Perhaps it was brought while I was in the dungeon.'

The prefab's type is often seen in construction sites.

It is just a subst.i.tute used to withstand wind and rain, and not a comfortable place.

'Who the heck did bring such thing to this place?'

Harumi felt curious and quietly approached it.

He looked at the signboard on its entrance.

"Mitsubis.h.i.+ Weapon Dealer and Material Purchase Station - K Town Branch"

'It is a branch shop of Mitsubis.h.i.+.'

'I'm sure they would build it someday, but it never came to my mind that they would open the shop within a week since the dungeon's appearance.'

'In the normal case, they would do a preliminary investigation about the condition of demands and supplies before opened up the store after the marketing.'

'Otherwise, their store, especially in a remote place like this, would collapse soon due to lack of profit.'

'But, regardless of the reason, it is very appreciated for them to open both, an arms dealer and a material purchase station in this town.'

Without thinking too long, Haruki brought the carapaces of House Centipedes and Centipede to the store.

‘The shop interior feels like a wake.' (TLN: Wake (or otsuya) is a social gathering a.s.sociated with death, usually held before a funeral.)

'No, it seems like a wake ceremony's venue,' though Haruki.

There were only a counter and a chair in the shop.

On the chair, there was a woman who hummed like she was in sorrow.

"La la la la laa laa la la laa."

The red-haired woman with swollen eyes was the armor dealer's clerk in Sapporo.

"Welcome, please look around as you please, even though we have nothing to see in this shop."

He knew she had a beautiful face. But it had no expression...... and she called him while muttering.

'What do you mean to see?'

As Haruki's face twitched, he said.

"......You worked at a shop in Sapporo, right?"

She turned her dead eyes to Haruki.

Then,

"Uwa haa ha haaa! Why, why should I come to this place?" (TLN: The first part is crying SFX.)

She suddenly started to beat the counter while crying some huge tears.

'This is bad.'

'This is extremely bad.'

'I should retreat immediately.'

He turned around while thinking like that.

"Please wait, there is a girl crying in front of you, so please wait!!"

*Grasp!* His shoulder was caught.

He felt a ferocious aura from his back.

Her eyes were like those of a drunken person.

‘She is really influenced by sake.'

"For them to throw me into this kind of place when I have struggled with all my might for the company and did various things for customers, don't you think it's cruel!? You think so too, right!? Right!?"

"Uwa, haa......." (TLN: Crying SFX)

"My performance has improved compared to the previous year. Even though I really did my best! Just because I bought materials without permission in the Material Purchase Station, isn't it too cruel!"

"I see. So, you are demoted."

"No!! I don't want to remember that word!!"

Apparently, he hit the mark.

*Uwaa ha haaa* She started to brawl again.

Her tears completely drenched his back.

"......Haa."

Haruki took a sigh and turned back.

"Can you purchase them?"

"I can! Of course, I can! Even though I was thrown away to this remote place, I still have the ability to do it!!"

'Why does she pick a fight with me?'

Somewhat troubled, Haruki gave up and hand them over.

"I'm a customer, right?"

"Ah, yes, yes. Welcome. So, should I purchase them?"

Like a tap that was closed, her tears suddenly stopped flowing.

'This woman…….'

'She doesn't even pretend to be friendly like last time.......'

However, Haruki was also using a rough tone from the beginning as he knew her true nature.

"House Centipedes' material and...... wow, is this a Centipede's? Wait a moment."

Because now there was a work in front of her, she moved swiftly and not sloppy like before.

She took a disposable glove from counter's drawer and wore it.

She put materials on the counter and examined their minute details using a magnifying gla.s.s.

*Nod nod* "There are 96 House Centipedes, and because there is no scratch, it will be 1,000 yen per carapace."

"Oh......"

‘It is worth to aim at their heads so as not to scratch their carapace as much as possible.'

"As for the Centipede's, do you truly want to sell it?"

"......Is there a problem?"

"The armor made by using Centipede's carapace is better than your current armor."

Because it was her words, he guessed it was better to handle it that way.'

However, Haruki shook his head.

"I choose to sell it."

"Why?"

"I just barely survived that battle."

'I'm sure I will not be able to master the equipment as it won't approve of me.' (TLN: Equipment made by using monsters' material can choose its master. You can't equip it if you don't have enough power.)

'If I want to use Centipede's carapace armor, I have to raise my level further.'

"Well, then I'll leave two carapaces and then buy the rest."

"Huh?"

"You better keep them. You might not able to make the equipment because there are some cases that materials can't be obtained in the future."

"I see."

He accepted her proposal.

'She showed how excellent she is by naturally giving the right proposal like that.'

'As for why she came to this kind of place.......'

'It was probably because of her ability.'

'Without thinking of the opponent's pride or territory, she can bluntly step in to do the right thing.'

'No matter how much you stand on the side of justice, you will be confused if you can't stand your opponent.'

'Therefore, the company that just got information about the newly appeared dungeon politely sent her.'

'She must have been told that "well, you are an excellent employee, so, I'm sure you can work in a remote area, right?".'

'......Well, it is possible.'

'To be honest, she just reaped what she sowed.'

'However, the store of a big company in adventure business usually doesn't like an area with unpredictable sales.'

'So, let's accept and use her misery with grat.i.tude this time.'

"8 Centipede's carapaces are 40,000 yen. If combined with House Centipedes', the total is 138,000 yen. Is it okay?" (Akane)

"Ah, please set the distribution to 50:50 this time." (Haruki)

"Roger that." (Akane)

"Wait a minute." (Karen)

When everything was decided, Karen who had been quiet all of a sudden interrupted them.

"Karabos.h.i.+-san should take more than me!"

"It was Karen who killed those House Centipedes this time, and I was only there as the coach."

"I can hunt those House Centipedes thanks to Karabos.h.i.+-san, I couldn't fight them by myself."

'Ah, this is troublesome,' thought Haruki.

'Even though this is a party, it should be fine for her to silently receive 50% of it regardless of the excess portion.'

Of course, he could understand Karen's words.

'If you don't do it precisely, it will cause problems in the future.......'

'However, it was troublesome.'

"So, how do you want to settle it? The setting sun is too hot, could you make it fast?" (Akane)

The red-haired clerk fanned her face with her hand.

'Shut your mouth.......'

'She became really rude.'

'But, she looks more natural than when she pretends to be friendly, and it's good because she seems interesting.'

Haruki leaked a bitter smile to the clerk's too unreserved att.i.tude.

"Please accept half of today's earning, and I'll listen to Karen's story instead. Is that okay?"

"…………okay."

It seemed that she immediately knew what Haruki meant as "story."

As her face became tense, her jaw opened slightly.

When they came to an agreement, 69,000 yen was transferred into Haruki's IC-card.

"I want you to appraise something, is it okay?"

"There are a simple appraisal and detailed appraisal, which one will you choose?"

"......What is the difference?"

Haruki tilted his head.

Of course, Haruki understood the difference between simple and detailed.

What he would like to know was the extent to which each appraisal could be done, the price, etc.

In fact, the clerk knew that.

She raised her beautiful black eyes to the upper right and said.