There Was No More Firewood

But they probably wouldn't believe me if I said that.

So I thought I would tell them a different reason.

"You'll know when you try it out. And it's not as if you are going to leave the window open. If it is just temporary ventilation, then the room should return to normal temperature quickly. …And surely that's better than dropping dead all of a sudden?"

It was true.

If the walls of the house were heated, then the room shouldn't take too long to warm up again after being ventilated.

Well, it didn't change the fact that there wasn't enough firewood. But I intended to bring a lot of it to the guild later.

At first, there was no reason for me to go to these lengths for this town… But now I had a reason to protect it.

It was because they made some very good food.

And that's all the reason I needed.

…In any case, it looked like I should hurry up and prepare some proper firewood.

Both to stop these carbon monoxide poisonings and for better firewood for cooking.

"That's right, I was in the middle of accepting a quest. Since things seem to be settled here, can I return to the guild?"

"O-of course! Thank you so much!"

And so I returned to the guild.

"Thank you so much for treating them so quickly…! …By the way, what magic did you use?"

The receptionist asked me on the way back to the guild.

I was pretty sure it was just ordinary magic.

But I didn't know what kind of healing magic was considered normal. But it seemed like the most basic one, considering the name.

"I used 'High Heal' and 'Cure Poison.' …Is that not the usual way you would treat people?"

"I have never heard of either of those spells…"

She didn't know either of them…?

All of my magic was from books that looked horribly old… Maybe it was because of their age that I didn't have any spells that were well-known.

'h.e.l.lfire of Death' was very powerful but hard to control. And so it was not something you would want to use often.

Surely the world must be filled with a lot more convenient magic now.

Something like 'Cure Poison' was just confusing. Since you had to be able to tell if they were poisoned or just ill.

So if there was magic that healed all ailments and also recovered your energy, then something like Cure Poison would become obsolete.

"I have heard of 'Middle Heal.' Perhaps you mean that?"

"I think it might be a more advanced version of that."

"Something above Middle Heal!? And you can use it!? But hardly anyone can use Middle Heal…"

…Is that right?

Those books must have been amazing then.

Maybe I should return to the building and sell those books. I could make a fortune.

But then again, while it was a ruin, they might still be owned by someone. I couldn't just sell them without permission.

"…Well, I haven't really studied magic. So I don't know any details."

"You haven't studied magic but you can use recovery magic?"

"Yeah. I just read some books."

The guild came into view as we talked.

There was s.p.a.ce next to the building where you could store firewood.

Of course, in spite of there being ample s.p.a.ce, there was not a lot of firewood being stored there.

Just a few bundles.

Yes, it was an empty s.p.a.ce.

"So, I'd like to make a report regarding the firewood gathering quest."

I said as I returned to the subject at hand.

At the end of the day, the town needed more firewood.

This talk of magic could wait.

"Uhh… Do you mean the firewood that is being stored with legendary magic? How much of it do you have?"

"I don't know about 'legendary,' but yes, the slimes are storing it. I think there must be three days' worth."

After all, I had used Slime Storage and Ultra Combat Art to acquire a lot of it.

I hadn't weighed it or anything, but I estimated it to be about 15 tons.

Of course, the slimes had already dried it all out.

"Three days…would that be 50 kg then?"

"…What? I thought a day's worth was 5 tons?"

"But surely you didn't mean to say 3 days' worth for the entire town!?"

Oh, she thought I was talking about one house.

If you didn't understand Slime Storage, you would probably make such an a.s.sumption.

…Well, even I didn't know what the limits of Slime Storage were.

It had yet to reach full capacity.

"Yeah. I don't know the exact amount, but it should be enough. …But it's too much to take out indoors, so can I do it here?"

"Oh…uh, very well! Just wait one moment! I will bring someone who can determine the amount!"

And with that, the receptionist ran back into the guild…and came back out a few minutes later.

The person she brought…

"Oh, it's you again. So, how much firewood do you have?"

It was Mister Udoka.

He had been cutting wood not long ago, so he must have just returned.