Part 1
A contagious troublesome nature.
As if there’s such a thing!
After being accused for nothing, the next day, we headed to the prosperous Shepherd Karnan Kingdom next.
Just in case, I went back to Earlshyde once at night to check if there was any information of devils invading.
But there’s nothing for now.
Even so, it’s a pain going back and forth every single night
Should I somehow make a wireless communication device?
「Shin…… You, are you thinking about enigmatic things again?」
「Not at all. More than that, Karnan Kingdom is famous for it’s fabric, right?」[TL: I’ve translated this incorrectly before, should have been fabric instead of textiles.] (Welp, textiles is also correct. Looks like I’ve confused it as tiles.)
「Yep, that’s right. Especially cloth made from demonized sheep is very popular. Is there something wrong with it?」
「Nah, this mantle you see, though it has heat adjustment and optical camouflage, I didn’t given it heal.」
「Heal?…… Ah, is it related to the case in Swedes Kingdom?……」
That’s right. If the mantle can grant that, it will protect it’s wearer. But it is for that reason, that we cannot give its granted benefits to someone else.
If this mantle will be given the same 『auto heal』 like the uniforms such as the combat uniforms, Sicily would have not suffered so much healing people in Swedes Kingdom. [TL: I guess he’s talking about Sicily healing the injured people.]
Because all the humans in this world have magic power, magic tools can still be activated even if you can’t use magic. Just like how Elly is using the mantle.
Then Sicily wouldn’t have to feel sorry for not being able to treat a severely injured patient, since they can be cured just by activating the mantle granted with 『auto heal』.
If it was just a uniform, we could take out the blazer, however it’s a combat uniform…… Sicily had to refrain from there.
「I’d like to give a new grant to the mantle. But the mantle is full of characters, so I thought I could grant healing to the lining or padding, but I guess not.」
「Why not buy a new one?」
「It would be good if I can use demonized spider silk to make the cloth. Or it won’t be as good as the mantle or the lining. I have a hard time finding a cloth that can handle as many characters as the mantle.」
「Is that so.」
「That’s why after arriving at Karnan Kingdom, I would like to look for materials for clothing that can be used in the new mantle, but is that okay?」
「That’s fine, isn’t it? Karnan Kingdom is famous for it’s fabric, but they also have diverse fashion. That’s why I also want to look around here and there.」
「I, I see……」
Girls shopping…… Is there such a heart breaking phrase in this world? [TL: Guys usually suffer from this lol.]
When I said that, I’m talking about the feeling of exhaustion one gets when accompanying someone shopping……
「Sorry, but can we borrow Sicily, Olivia, and Elly? We’d like to go around only with the girls this time.」
That’s great news! Only the women will go!
「That may be good. I was worried for Sicily when I’m going to look for the fabric. It looks like it’s going to be more fun shopping with the other girls. Is that okay with you Sicily?」
「It’s okay. Shopping with everyone will be fun.」
Sicily not sensing my inner delight, said it’s fine.
「Mei-chan?」
「I will also go with the older sisters!」
「I’ll ask you to take care of Mei. I said it yesterday, but it’s easy for us to get involved in trouble because of Shin. Brace yourselves.」
『Understood!』
…… That harmonized neatly……
While being immersed in hopelessness whether this perspective could be overturned, we crossed the border to Karnan Kingdom.
「Wah! It’s sheep-san (desu)! There are too many of them (desu)!」
Crossing the border on foot, we once again flew to the sky, in a vast land full of grass, we saw a flock of sheep.
「It’s my first seeing from this viewpoint but…… it’s amazing, right?」
「Ah, a shepherd.」
Looks like Rin discovered a macho shepherd. She’s been saying that sicne yesterday.
「Indeed he got a great body! He looks strong!」
「I think he’s actually strong. A demonized sheep is more or less classified as medium size demon. Unless you can defeat it, you can’t become a shepherd.」
「Seriously? They’re like soldiers.」
「Hey…… is that….」
While I was preoccupied by Thor’s explanation of Karnan Kingdom’s shepherd that became as strong as a soldier, Maria noticed something.
And when I turn my attention to that direction……
「……. It’s at the moment we talk about the shepherd. As expected, isn’t it Shin’s characteristic to invite trouble?」
「No! There are others beside me now!」
Just as we were talking about gaining the qualifications to become a shepherd…… a sheep just turned into a demon.
This is not my fault, alright!?
Putting that aside, there’s a demon, is it better if we subjugate it?
Or should we wait until the shepherd comes?
「Anyway, let’s wait for now. If there’s no shepherd in the vicinity, we’ll subjugate it.」
「All right.」
I cancelled the floating magic, then everyone came down to the ground.
And when trying to see if there was any shepherd nearby……
「Do oraaaaaaa!!」
A man who was a lump of muscle jumped out from a nearby bush with and brandished a huge axe.
Eh what was that again? The weapon with spear and axe together.
Hm, hmm……
「Halcyon!」 [T/N: LOL]
「It’s halberd.」
「……」
Uoo! So embarrassing! And I yelled that out very loudly!
While blushing for mistaking the man’s weapon, the man cut off the neck of the demonized sheep and killed it.
He was a man with a muscular body, held a halberd instead of a staff. Truly, this man wearing a robe was different from a normal magician.
Yep, no doubt. That is definitely a shepherd.
「Oh! Are you guys travelers? Are you alright?」
「Ah, yeah. We’re alright.」
「Even though it’s dangerous. Why are you guys in a place like this?」
「That’s not it, we saw a sheep turning into a demon, so we thought it’d be bad if there was no shepherd and no one subdued it.」
「Oi oi, that’s reckless. I can see you’ve just recently turned into adults, right? It’s still too early for you to hunt demons.」
「That’s not the case for us. Look.」
Just a short while ago, my enemy search magic sensed a sheep on the verge of turning into a demon, and it just now became a demon.
So I cast a wind blade magic towards it.
The demonized sheep’s neck was cut off in an instant, and fell down on the spot.
「See? We’re good, right?」
Seeing that scene, shepherd-san was struck dumb……
「Ahahahaha!」
And he suddenly burst into laughter.
「What’s with this lad! Aren’t you strong! And you are a magician!?」
「Oh, yeah, well.」
Shepherd-san seemed to be having fun and was striking my back.
What great power! My back hurts!
「I see, I see, but sorry, no matter how much you wanted to bring down the demonized sheep……」
「Ahh, it’s okay. We did not hunt the sheep because we wanted to.」
「My bad. You’re not supposed to handle a demonized shepherd, unless your a 『nationally recognized shepherd』 with qualifications like us.
「Eh, ehh……」
A shepherd has a national qualification!? Is there such qualification in Karnan Kingdom!
「A, anyway we can’t just leave the demon, so you don’t have to worry about it.」
「Is that so? My bad. Are you guys going to head to the Kingdom after this?」
「Yes, why?」
「Then, if you’re there, I recommend you to 『Shepherd’s Clothing Store』. You guys have clothes and equipment for travelers after all.」
「Ehh, is that so? Thank you.」
「What, it’s nothing to be thankful for. You can secure a demonized sheep without effort. It should be me who is thanking you.」
「Ahaha, then it’s about time for us to go.」
「Ou, I am Garan, if opportunity presents it, let’s meet again!」
「I am Shin, and if fate allows it, it shall happen.」
Saying so, I shook hands with Garan-san, and left the place.
Nevertheless, I got some good information. Shepherd Clothing Store, ne. Let’s go there when we reach the Karnan Kingdom.
「At any rate, that was an amazing body!」
「Yeah, he took it down with one blow, maybe a shepherd is stronger than a normal soldier in this country.」
「I’m talking about a nationally recognized shepherd, perhaps Karnan Kingdoms’ shepherds might be elites.」
From the knowledge of my previous life, a shepherd’s social status seems low, but it might be different in this country.
After finishing the encounter with the national shepherd of Karnan Kingdom, we finally reached Karnan Kingdom.
After having a similar exchange to the time in the Dam Kingdom entrance gate, we got an inn in the same way……
「Amazing! It’s so fluffy (desu)!」
「This is amazing, isn’t it? Even when compared to what I use in the house, the quantity of the wool is much more?」
Like last time, we got a two big rooms for eight people, and when we gathered in one of them, Mei-chan dived into the bed, said so, while Elly who saw the amount of wool used on the bed, muttered so.
There’s more wool on the bed here than used by the royal family and the duke. Indeed the number of sheep is many times larger than the human population.
「Come to think of it…… Shin-kun’s house does not use any wool on your bed, right?」
「What’s this Sicily. You’ve already got to know Shin’s bedding in his house?」
「Eh? Ah! That’s not it! It’s grandmother! It’s when grandmother offered me to go to her room!」
「What the, and here I was sure you already knew the comfort of Shin’s bedding in his house.」
「Mo, mou! Maria!」
Sicily and Maria are playing around, but grandma’s room?
「What were you doing in grandma’s room?」
「Grandmother, it seems she hurt her back slightly when training, so she asked for treatment.」
「Grandma…….」
You’re already old, so please take care of your health.
「So I lied down on the bed and treated it……. And at that time, I noticed that the mattress was different. What is that? Grandmother also said she does not know.」
「Ah, that. I found that material on a low-repulsive tree skin in the forest. I gathered them and laid it on the bed.」
Cork was also the skin of the tree, but apart from that, there was a softer, low-repulsive skin to peel from the tree. I longed for a low-repulsion bed in my previous life, so I made the mattress first.
「Low-repulsion? Can you sleep in that?」
「It’s amazing. I tried lying down because I was asked to give it a try but…… I almost felt asleep.」
「Really?」
「What can I say….. It felt like my body was floating…… or being wrapped.」
「Tha, that much?」
「By the way, the bedding on top was really light, but why is it so light?」
「Eh? Even though Shin-kun’s house is rich……」
There’s a reason on why Alice made such a doubt.
This world’s bedding is mainly made of wool: the more it is, the more luxurious it is.
Because it’s amount was amazingly low, Elly and Mei-chan were surprised.
Then, when the quantity is larger, the bedding becomes heavy. Light bedding is generally cheap in this world.
「Ah, that’s because my bedding is not using wool.」
「I heard that a while ago…… then what are you using?」
「Feather」
「Bird’s feather…….」
Everyone is looking at me with dubious face.
In this world, the effectiveness of feathers are still not yet known.
「Well, you should try it someday. You’d be surprised.」
「Is that so? Well, I think Sicily will soon experience it.」
「Maria!」
Leaving the bedding situation of my house aside, we moved towards our true purpose in this country.
The female team went to shop, and I decided to go to the Shephard’s Clothing Store as told by the shepherd, Garan-san.
Everyone’s mantle including Gus’s had already been kept by me.
Since I wanted to process it immediately.
「Walford-kun, is it alright to come with you?」 [T/N: Was going to put “cum” in there, but that might make you rage so I refrained from doing it lol ? ]
When I was leaving the inn, I was called out by Mark.
「That’s alright. Are you also searching for materials, Mark?」
「There’s that, but I’m interested in what material you would choose and what kind of processing is done for it.」
As expected of the only son of the workshop, he seemed to be very interested in my manufacturing methods.
「And I’m the only one left, so can I also join?」
「Suits yourself. Then, shall we three go?」
In the end, it was divided into a male team and female team.
After asking a person in the inn for directions, we quickly found the Shepherd Clothing Store.
I was told that this clothing store is quite famous in Karnan Kingdom.
There’s not many fashionable clothes, but there’s clothing necessary for travel, and all the clothes use sheep’s wool. Also, as the owner is a national shepherd, the clothes are in an abundant stock.
It’s great that I was informed of a good store. The store has exactly what I want.
While on my way to Shepherd Clothing Store, I window-shopped the other stores.
「As expected of Karnan Kingdom. There are a lot of clothing stores and fabric stores.」
「The shop we saw earlier is a specialty store for men, isn’t it? There were several clothes I wanted while having a quick look.」
「Then shall we go back? I also found some nice clothes.」
「Good, then shall we?」
In this way, we made a brief side trip while aiming for the shop.
And the store we arrived at…… [T/N: It’s their real destination, the Shepherd]
「It’s huge!」
「This is amazing, isn’t it…….」
「It’s four story building, isn’t it.」
I’m sorry to say this, but it’s bigger than the workshop in Mark’s house. The site area and also the number of floors.
We immediately set foot into the Shepherd Clothing Store.
「Welcome.」
The store’s interior, compared to the store we’ve gone to earlier, it was different and overflowing with luxury. The clerk-san also give off a refined aura.
Anyway, because the store is vast, finding the things we’re looking for will be hard. I should ask clerk-san to guide us.
「Um, excuse me.」
「Yes, how may I help you?」
I told her my purpose for coming to this store and asked if there’s any fabric that fit the requirements.
「Will the material be used for the lining of the mantle or padding?……」
「Ah, this is the mantle.」
「I’ll take a look at it.」
I gave my mantle to clerk-san to let her look at it, and let her take care of it.
「This is…… it’s very excellent material……」
「By the way, I granted it with eight characters.」
「E, eight characters in a mantle!」
Because we’ll use the mantle, toughness is a top priority. There are not many that can grant a large number of characters.
「Since you’re already using an excellent lining….. then I’ll only have to increase the padding, but summer is hot, is it not?」
「Ah, you don’t have to worry about that.」
Because that mantle, is an effective air conditioner.
「I understand. However, there’s only wool of a demonized sheep that can grant magic……」
「That’s fine. Can you process this many pieces?」
I took out everyone’s mantle which added up to 13 including Elly and Mei-chan’s.
「Thi, this many?」
「It’s a total of fourteen, right? Can you do it?」
「I don’t mind….. if that’s the case then the price……」
「I’ll give them a discount.」
「O, owner!」
「Owner?」
When the store clerk tried to total the materials and processing costs for the clothing, someone from behind spoke.
Ara? It’s similar to what I heard a while ago……
「Ah, as expected, it’s Garan-san.」
「Ou, I see you came right away. I welcome you, Shin」
「You’re an acquaintance of the owner? 」
「Ou! This Shin is amazing. He killed a demonized sheep with a simple magic shot.」
「Ma, magic shot!? Are you such a high-ranking magician?」
「High-ranking you say….. is it not just a sheep at most?」
「Uhahaha! You’re such a guy after all. It seems like you’re unsatisfied with the rank of demonized sheep.」
「Taking a demonized sheep so lightly…..」
Eh? It’s just a sheep, isn’t it? Even if it’s classified as a medium size, it’s not like it’s a wild boar or a wolf.
While I was thinking about it, I was pulled on the sleeve by Mark.
「In Walford-kun’s case, it might be just a demon sheep at most, but…… generally, a medium sized demon is an object of considerable threat.」
「Well…… because recently we’re taking on targets like a tiger or a lion, my sense is also getting slightly strange……」
「Ou, what’s wrong?」
「No, it’s nothing!」
「That’s so, I guess if such a high-ranking magician were to have an equipment manufactured at my place, our store’s prestige will also go up. Besides, you’ve also hunted the sheep.」
Your shop eh.
「So, the national shepherd that owns the shop is Garan-san.」
「I thanked you for having hunted the sheep, it may be little, but I thought of reducing the price and introducing you to a store.」
And so you introduced your own shop? I was lucky.
Chapter 54 (1/2) end.
Part 2
「I’ll thank you for that then. I am saved since there’s a lot of options.」
「Ou, then the material and processing costs…… how about this much?」
「O, owner! That’s mostly just the production cost! And there’s also the processing costs…..」*
Clerk-san made a fuss and shut off Garan-san.
「You just be silent. Then, how about this?」
The clerk-san who a while ago was running wild became exhausted.
Ar, are you okay?
「Thi, this is my request……. but are you sure? Won’t you barely have any profit?」
「Profit is not only earned by money. If it’s Shin and the others, you’ll become a magician whose name will soon become known. If we process Shin and the rests’ equipment, when you become famous….. we will earn a huge amount of income.」
Garan-san said so while grinning and laughing.
Cool, Garan-san is super cool.
「I understand. Then please do that. We will do our best in order to meet Garan-san’s expectation.」
「Ou yo! Do your best!」
While laughing with a gahaha, he took care of the processing of our equipment.
According to Clerk-san’s words, the manufacturing will be done by tomorrow, so we decided to pick it up before we depart.
That’s good….. Clerk-san, you survived, didn’t you……
「Iyaa, I was lucky. I was prepared for a bigger expense.」
「Even so….. Isn’t it a good thing? It is cheaper this way……」
Mark questioned. I certainly have never heard of such things either in this world.
「Isn’t it fine? Instead of a billboard, it’s cheaper this way. There is merit to both sides, if later we can raise our name and reputation, that would be good.」
「No, I think we have plenty enough of fame even as of now.」
In that case, wouldn’t it be better to put an enterprise logo?
….. Won’t that become something like a uniform then. Let’s just think about this later. Besides, the mantle itself was bought from a store at the royal capital of Earlshyde.
For the time being, we were done with our goal in this country, so went to shop clothes that we would usually wear as we went returning.
Since I’m not thinking of granting magic for casual wear, I’m just choosing casually.
I still had a good amount of money left, so I went and looked around at the diverse genres of clothes.
「How was it? Will they be able to manufacture the lining?」
While we were browsing the clothes, Gus and the rest who finished with the talks joined us.
It seems that the state of the meeting was roughly the same as Dam Kingdom. Since there’s nothing special to note, three men were added and we went around the shops again, ate lunch at a stall, and also finished buying souvenirs. After we finished, we returned to the inn.
「Fuu…… Shopping is fun but it’s really tiring.」
「Indeed. Even I didn’t think shopping was this tiring……」
「Can you please also except me from shopping with the girls?」
Mark and Tony also agree…… Gus is unlikely to come with it as they’re in a standpoint where it’s impossible to do something like shopping with the fiancee, the two of them it seems.
I have been to shopping several times with Sicily in Claude’s town.
…… I’ll just say that girls’ shopping is the same anywhere you go.
「By the way, when will we pick up the mantle?」
「Tomorrow. I’m going to get it before we leave. I’ll be borrowing the store’s workshop to grant it magic.」
「Understood.」
「I’m back (desu)!」
It seems the women came back while we were talking about tomorrow’s schedule.
Because everyone can use dimensional storage, they were empty handed, but who knows just how many clothes are packed in that dimensional storage.
「Haa…… that was fun. It was my first time going around so many stores.」
「Let’s go again sometime Elly!」
「We have an escort, so there’s no need to worry.」
「Fufu, that’s right, isn’t it? Let’s go again sometime.」
「I also want to go (desu)!」
「Don’t worry Mei, we’ll also bring you.」
「I did it(hooray)!」
…… The women sure are lively……
We had other errands, so the time we went shopping with the women was short, but even still, it was quite exhausted…..
「…… Let’s stop the topic about shopping. I can’t bear it if I asked to accompany them even if it is Sicily.」
「A, Augusto-sama.」
「What’s wrong, Elly?」
「Augusto-sama, have you done any shopping today?」
Wah! The other side brought up the topic…..?
「Ah, yeah….. after the talks, we joined up with Shin and the others and went around several stores……」
「Is that so…… Hey, Augusto-sama?」
「Wh, what?」
「Next time…… why don’t the two of us browse through some stores.」
「I, I guess……」
Ah, Gus’s face is twitching……
「Um, Shin-kun?」
「Eh? O, ohh. What’s wrong?」
Are you also inviting me to go shopping?
「Um here…… I came across with it while shopping. I thought it would suit Shin-kun.」
Saying so, Sicily took out a black jacket from her dimensional storage.
「Shin-kun, you wear black jackets frequently, so I thought you’d like it.」
「Sicily……」
Oh shit, I’m so happy.
「Is it okay to try it?」
「Yes! Please!」
And so, putting on the jacket, it’s the perfect size.
「Un, It’s cool. I like it. Thanks Sicily.」
「No, I’m glad you like it.」
Said Sicily smiling.
I’m glad I also bought something for her……
「Sicily, I also have something to give you.」
「Eh?」
Saying so, I took out a scarf from my dimensional storage.
「I thought it would suit Sicily…… how about it?」
「Waa…… Thank you very much!」
Sicily immediately spread the scarf and put it on her shoulders.
「Thank you, Shin-kun, I’m so happy with it.」
「I’m glad you like it.」
「Shin-kun……」
「Sicily……」
「Hey! This is the cafeteria! It’s a public place!」
I came to my senses from Maria’s tsukkomi.
Uo! That was dangerous!
We had been given a cold glare from the other customers who saw our exchange.
「Mou! It’s embarrassing to be seen like this here!」
Sorry about that, Maria. I was ecstatic from the unexpected gift.
「Au…… au…..」
Sicily’s senses won’t return for a while.
Siciliy, can you eat your meal like this?
「By the way, there was no particular trouble for us today, how about Elly and the others?」
「Yes, because it was a group of eight people, there were no men calling out.」
「Fumu…… It doesn’t look like we’ll end without trouble as it is…… Everyone should not let down their guard till the end.」
『Yes!』
Damn! It’s only natural to face it if there’s trouble! It’s painful not being able to say anything!
「Au….. au……」
And there’s no support from Sicily!
The next day, after being overwhelmed repeatedly, I went to Shepherd Clothing Store to pick up the mantle before we depart for the next country.
「Ou! Good Morning!」
「Good morning. We were able to manufacture the mantles.」
「Thank you. I’m sorry, but can I borrow your workshop?」
「Workshop….. is it?」
「Yeah, I would like to grant magic to it at once.」
Clerk-san had a dubious face when I told her, but this time she had her eyes wide open.
「Are you granting it by yourself?」
「Unbelievable, though you can use magic that much, can you also grant magic?」
「Well, yeah.」
「Hoo.」
Just leave the admiration Garan-san, I borrowed the workshop for the sake of granting auto-heal and ended up granting all 14 mantles.
「Oh, are you finished already?」
「Yes, thank you for that. Then we’re leaving with this.」
「Ou yo, come again anytime…..」
「It, it’s bad Garan-san!」
Just after bidding farewell, a young shepherd-san jumped in with a pale expression.
「What? What’s wrong!」
「Sh, a sheep…..」
「What’s wrong with the sheep?」
「A sheep is…… a large number of them suddenly turned into demons!」
「Wh, what did you say!」
Where’s the end of this……
「Well there it is, trouble……」
「Now that it came to this…… that false mockery is becoming more and more credible.」
「That’s not my fault!」
It’s not, right? Please say that it’s so!
「My bad, Shin, trouble just came up. I have to go.」
「Ah, we will also go.」
「Eh? No, I appreciate it but…… are you okay with that?」
「Yeah, and if you participate in here, we should be able to make a name for ourselves, right?」
After saying so, Garan-san burst into a laughter after momentarily having a dumbfounded face.
「Gahahaha! You’re certainly different! Then can I ask you for your help?」
「Certainly! Leave it to me.」
「Wait! Wait just a moment Garan-san! What are you thinking!?」
「Hn? Ahh it’s alright, Shin and them are strong.」
「It’s not just one or two you know!? What can these children do!?」
Although Garan said that with confidence, we just barely surpass the adult age.
「Are you doubting us that much?」
「Eh….. Ah, no….. That’s not what I meant……」
「Even without worrying, I have already seen Shin and the other’s ability with my own eyes. It’s perfect as a war potential. Rather, I’m more concerned of us being a hindrance.」
「Ga, Garan-san a hindrance?」
「Oops! We don’t have time to be talking and standing around, then Shin, shall we go?」
「I understand. Then….. Mei-chan and Elly will inspect the wall. Gus, are you going with me?」
「Fumu…… Do you have any explanation for the people that work for the Kingdom coming after? Okay, we shall escort them.」
「Onii-sama being an escort, something is strange.」
「Right…… It’s usually the opposite.」
「Hey, let’s go.」
「Wa! Please wait!」
「Well then everyone, later.」
「Ou. Well then, shall we go?」
「Yes!」
「Why are you so carefree…… we’re not going out to play……」
The young shepherd-san who came, muttered so, but it’s just a sheep, right? I don’t feel any tension as our members can now hunt calamity-class demons.
Since saying it again is bothersome, I went outside the castle wall without saying another word.
Aside from Garan-san, there were many shepherd-sans scattered around.
「Oh, you came Garan.」
「Much appreciated! Thanks Garan-san!」
「Many thanks!」
Ohh, a shepherd with an extremely burly body faced Garan-san and simultaneously lowered his head.
The only ones who lowered their head were the ones who were unreserved towards Garan-san.
Even so, a group of muscled men with halberds in hand and wearing robes…… this alone made it a terrible sight.
And everyone seemed to have the same halberd.
Don’t tell me that’s the proof of being a national shepherd……
「By the way, what’s with the youngsters?」
An unreserved person with Garan-san asked while a lot of glaring eyes were directed my way.
Scary!
「Stop glaring, Barack. This is Shin, as for the current matter, he said that he’ll help, so I brought him along. Ah, just informing you, this guy is a high ranking magician. So there’s no need to question whether he can fight.」
「If you say so, I will not press anymore, but….. Why the extra help?」
Well, that’s a natural question. Demonized sheep are handled only by a national shepherd after all. Except for soldiers, there’s no merit in subjugating it.
「Well I got treated fairly by Garan-san. This is a repayment.」
「Fu, fuhahaha! So its repayment? I see.」
Oh? Thanks to that exchange, I’m no longer being stared at.
「They’re here! It’s a flock of demonized sheep!」
While talking to Barack-san who seemed to be a friend of Garan-san, someone cried out.
Oh, that’s amazing. Are they all demonized sheep? Im estimating there are one hundred…… No, there are two hundred of them.
「Don’t falter everyone! Rather, just think of it as making money!」
To the shout of Garan-san, the expressions of the shepherd-sans changed.
Everyone was watching the flock of sheep with a ferocious smile.
Like I said, they are scary!
「Shin, sorry, but can you avoid fire magic that leaves damage on the wool?」
「If there’s a few scratches?」
「Because it is used to produce yarn, there’s no problem if there are scratches present.」
「You guys heard that right? You can use anything besides fire magic.」
『Yes!』
A response lacking in tension was uttered by my teammates.
During this time, the flock of shepherds drew near.
All right then, which one should I start at first.
While contemplating fiercely, I fired magic towards the ground.
Before the eyes of the flock of sheep, a pointed pile protruded from the ground.
『Meeeee!!!』
A dozen demons who were running at the vanguard were skewered and multiple sheeps’ cries of woe was heard.
The shepherd-sans were dumbfounded by this scene……
「The succeeding ones are coming over! Prepare in advance!」
To this voice, the shepherd-sans finally came to their senses, to respond to the sheep coming from behind to subjugate them in succession.
Oh, that’s amazing. A group of muscled men wielding halberds and hunting a sheep.
We too, are subduing them in succession with wind blade and water blade magic.
And so just like that, the flock of sheep was subjugated.
Well, they are sheep after all.
It’s not proverb, but it’s not like they’re led by a wolf.
Nevertheless, soldiers also joined in subjugating, but…… the shepherds are overwhelmingly strong.
Are shepherds, as expected, the strongest people in this country?
While thinking about that…….
「Unbelievable! I never thought it was to this extent!」
「Really…… weren’t almost all of them subjugated by those youngsters?」
「Um….. ju, just before I was rude……」
The shepherd-sans have gathered.
「Well, it’s just a sheep.」
「That’s amazing to say but….. what do you kids usually hunt for?」
「Haha, well, isn’t that good?」
「With this much power, I’d believe you even if you said you were hunting demonized tigers and lions or something of that level.」
「That would be expected.」
「Totally.」
『Gahahaha!』
Ah, as expected, we’re being recognized as such. Please say no more.
When I was talking to the shepherd-sans, Gus and the others arrived.
Now then, there shouldn’t be anything else, can we finally depart?
「You save us this time, I am Barack. Barack Crook.」(T/N: Their last names are somehow related to sheep, lol.)
「Ah, I’m Shin, Shin Walford.」
Barack-san requested a handshake, so while introducing myself, I accepted his.
Now that I think of it, I did not tell Garan-san my last name.
Because Garan-san only called out his first name, I was also suspended to just introduce my first name too.
「Walford? Isn’t that the same last name as that hero?」
「Hee, is he also famous in places other than Earlshyde?」
「Obviously. The sage, Merlin Walford’s heroic tale is widely read all over the world. I also yearned to be like him when I was a child.」
「Hee…… If grandpa heard this, he would definitely faint in agony……」
「Grandpa?」
「Ah, Merlin Walford is my grandpa.」
「Wha! Eh? Eh?」
「Are you done talking? If so, we will be leaving.」
「Ah, I understand. Well then, Garan-san, Barack-san, please excuse me.」
Ah, we could finally depart. Next would be the Kurt Kingdom, and come to think of it, I still have yet to hear this country’s exposition.
While thinking such a thing, we left Karnan Kingdom.
『Eeeeeeh!?』
I heard a loud cry from behind.
Chapter 54 (2/2) end.
Part 1
A contagious troublesome nature.
As if there’s such a thing!
After being accused for nothing, the next day, we headed to the prosperous Shepherd Karnan Kingdom next.
Just in case, I went back to Earlshyde once at night to check if there was any information of devils invading.
But there’s nothing for now.
Even so, it’s a pain going back and forth every single night
Should I somehow make a wireless communication device?
「Shin…… You, are you thinking about enigmatic things again?」
「Not at all. More than that, Karnan Kingdom is famous for it’s fabric, right?」[TL: I’ve translated this incorrectly before, should have been fabric instead of textiles.] (Welp, textiles is also correct. Looks like I’ve confused it as tiles.)
「Yep, that’s right. Especially cloth made from demonized sheep is very popular. Is there something wrong with it?」
「Nah, this mantle you see, though it has heat adjustment and optical camouflage, I didn’t given it heal.」
「Heal?…… Ah, is it related to the case in Swedes Kingdom?……」
That’s right. If the mantle can grant that, it will protect it’s wearer. But it is for that reason, that we cannot give its granted benefits to someone else.
If this mantle will be given the same 『auto heal』 like the uniforms such as the combat uniforms, Sicily would have not suffered so much healing people in Swedes Kingdom. [TL: I guess he’s talking about Sicily healing the injured people.]
Because all the humans in this world have magic power, magic tools can still be activated even if you can’t use magic. Just like how Elly is using the mantle.
Then Sicily wouldn’t have to feel sorry for not being able to treat a severely injured patient, since they can be cured just by activating the mantle granted with 『auto heal』.
If it was just a uniform, we could take out the blazer, however it’s a combat uniform…… Sicily had to refrain from there.
「I’d like to give a new grant to the mantle. But the mantle is full of characters, so I thought I could grant healing to the lining or padding, but I guess not.」
「Why not buy a new one?」
「It would be good if I can use demonized spider silk to make the cloth. Or it won’t be as good as the mantle or the lining. I have a hard time finding a cloth that can handle as many characters as the mantle.」
「Is that so.」
「That’s why after arriving at Karnan Kingdom, I would like to look for materials for clothing that can be used in the new mantle, but is that okay?」
「That’s fine, isn’t it? Karnan Kingdom is famous for it’s fabric, but they also have diverse fashion. That’s why I also want to look around here and there.」
「I, I see……」
Girls shopping…… Is there such a heart breaking phrase in this world? [TL: Guys usually suffer from this lol.]
When I said that, I’m talking about the feeling of exhaustion one gets when accompanying someone shopping……
「Sorry, but can we borrow Sicily, Olivia, and Elly? We’d like to go around only with the girls this time.」
That’s great news! Only the women will go!
「That may be good. I was worried for Sicily when I’m going to look for the fabric. It looks like it’s going to be more fun shopping with the other girls. Is that okay with you Sicily?」
「It’s okay. Shopping with everyone will be fun.」
Sicily not sensing my inner delight, said it’s fine.
「Mei-chan?」
「I will also go with the older sisters!」
「I’ll ask you to take care of Mei. I said it yesterday, but it’s easy for us to get involved in trouble because of Shin. Brace yourselves.」
『Understood!』
…… That harmonized neatly……
While being immersed in hopelessness whether this perspective could be overturned, we crossed the border to Karnan Kingdom.
「Wah! It’s sheep-san (desu)! There are too many of them (desu)!」
Crossing the border on foot, we once again flew to the sky, in a vast land full of grass, we saw a flock of sheep.
「It’s my first seeing from this viewpoint but…… it’s amazing, right?」
「Ah, a shepherd.」
Looks like Rin discovered a macho shepherd. She’s been saying that sicne yesterday.
「Indeed he got a great body! He looks strong!」
「I think he’s actually strong. A demonized sheep is more or less classified as medium size demon. Unless you can defeat it, you can’t become a shepherd.」
「Seriously? They’re like soldiers.」
「Hey…… is that….」
While I was preoccupied by Thor’s explanation of Karnan Kingdom’s shepherd that became as strong as a soldier, Maria noticed something.
And when I turn my attention to that direction……
「……. It’s at the moment we talk about the shepherd. As expected, isn’t it Shin’s characteristic to invite trouble?」
「No! There are others beside me now!」
Just as we were talking about gaining the qualifications to become a shepherd…… a sheep just turned into a demon.
This is not my fault, alright!?
Putting that aside, there’s a demon, is it better if we subjugate it?
Or should we wait until the shepherd comes?
「Anyway, let’s wait for now. If there’s no shepherd in the vicinity, we’ll subjugate it.」
「All right.」
I cancelled the floating magic, then everyone came down to the ground.
And when trying to see if there was any shepherd nearby……
「Do oraaaaaaa!!」
A man who was a lump of muscle jumped out from a nearby bush with and brandished a huge axe.
Eh what was that again? The weapon with spear and axe together.
Hm, hmm……
「Halcyon!」 [T/N: LOL]
「It’s halberd.」
「……」
Uoo! So embarrassing! And I yelled that out very loudly!
While blushing for mistaking the man’s weapon, the man cut off the neck of the demonized sheep and killed it.
He was a man with a muscular body, held a halberd instead of a staff. Truly, this man wearing a robe was different from a normal magician.
Yep, no doubt. That is definitely a shepherd.
「Oh! Are you guys travelers? Are you alright?」
「Ah, yeah. We’re alright.」
「Even though it’s dangerous. Why are you guys in a place like this?」
「That’s not it, we saw a sheep turning into a demon, so we thought it’d be bad if there was no shepherd and no one subdued it.」
「Oi oi, that’s reckless. I can see you’ve just recently turned into adults, right? It’s still too early for you to hunt demons.」
「That’s not the case for us. Look.」
Just a short while ago, my enemy search magic sensed a sheep on the verge of turning into a demon, and it just now became a demon.
So I cast a wind blade magic towards it.
The demonized sheep’s neck was cut off in an instant, and fell down on the spot.
「See? We’re good, right?」
Seeing that scene, shepherd-san was struck dumb……
「Ahahahaha!」
And he suddenly burst into laughter.
「What’s with this lad! Aren’t you strong! And you are a magician!?」
「Oh, yeah, well.」
Shepherd-san seemed to be having fun and was striking my back.
What great power! My back hurts!
「I see, I see, but sorry, no matter how much you wanted to bring down the demonized sheep……」
「Ahh, it’s okay. We did not hunt the sheep because we wanted to.」
「My bad. You’re not supposed to handle a demonized shepherd, unless your a 『nationally recognized shepherd』 with qualifications like us.
「Eh, ehh……」
A shepherd has a national qualification!? Is there such qualification in Karnan Kingdom!
「A, anyway we can’t just leave the demon, so you don’t have to worry about it.」
「Is that so? My bad. Are you guys going to head to the Kingdom after this?」
「Yes, why?」
「Then, if you’re there, I recommend you to 『Shepherd’s Clothing Store』. You guys have clothes and equipment for travelers after all.」
「Ehh, is that so? Thank you.」
「What, it’s nothing to be thankful for. You can secure a demonized sheep without effort. It should be me who is thanking you.」
「Ahaha, then it’s about time for us to go.」
「Ou, I am Garan, if opportunity presents it, let’s meet again!」
「I am Shin, and if fate allows it, it shall happen.」
Saying so, I shook hands with Garan-san, and left the place.
Nevertheless, I got some good information. Shepherd Clothing Store, ne. Let’s go there when we reach the Karnan Kingdom.
「At any rate, that was an amazing body!」
「Yeah, he took it down with one blow, maybe a shepherd is stronger than a normal soldier in this country.」
「I’m talking about a nationally recognized shepherd, perhaps Karnan Kingdoms’ shepherds might be elites.」
From the knowledge of my previous life, a shepherd’s social status seems low, but it might be different in this country.
After finishing the encounter with the national shepherd of Karnan Kingdom, we finally reached Karnan Kingdom.
After having a similar exchange to the time in the Dam Kingdom entrance gate, we got an inn in the same way……
「Amazing! It’s so fluffy (desu)!」
「This is amazing, isn’t it? Even when compared to what I use in the house, the quantity of the wool is much more?」
Like last time, we got a two big rooms for eight people, and when we gathered in one of them, Mei-chan dived into the bed, said so, while Elly who saw the amount of wool used on the bed, muttered so.
There’s more wool on the bed here than used by the royal family and the duke. Indeed the number of sheep is many times larger than the human population.
「Come to think of it…… Shin-kun’s house does not use any wool on your bed, right?」
「What’s this Sicily. You’ve already got to know Shin’s bedding in his house?」
「Eh? Ah! That’s not it! It’s grandmother! It’s when grandmother offered me to go to her room!」
「What the, and here I was sure you already knew the comfort of Shin’s bedding in his house.」
「Mo, mou! Maria!」
Sicily and Maria are playing around, but grandma’s room?
「What were you doing in grandma’s room?」
「Grandmother, it seems she hurt her back slightly when training, so she asked for treatment.」
「Grandma…….」
You’re already old, so please take care of your health.
「So I lied down on the bed and treated it……. And at that time, I noticed that the mattress was different. What is that? Grandmother also said she does not know.」
「Ah, that. I found that material on a low-repulsive tree skin in the forest. I gathered them and laid it on the bed.」
Cork was also the skin of the tree, but apart from that, there was a softer, low-repulsive skin to peel from the tree. I longed for a low-repulsion bed in my previous life, so I made the mattress first.
「Low-repulsion? Can you sleep in that?」
「It’s amazing. I tried lying down because I was asked to give it a try but…… I almost felt asleep.」
「Really?」
「What can I say….. It felt like my body was floating…… or being wrapped.」
「Tha, that much?」
「By the way, the bedding on top was really light, but why is it so light?」
「Eh? Even though Shin-kun’s house is rich……」
There’s a reason on why Alice made such a doubt.
This world’s bedding is mainly made of wool: the more it is, the more luxurious it is.
Because it’s amount was amazingly low, Elly and Mei-chan were surprised.
Then, when the quantity is larger, the bedding becomes heavy. Light bedding is generally cheap in this world.
「Ah, that’s because my bedding is not using wool.」
「I heard that a while ago…… then what are you using?」
「Feather」
「Bird’s feather…….」
Everyone is looking at me with dubious face.
In this world, the effectiveness of feathers are still not yet known.
「Well, you should try it someday. You’d be surprised.」
「Is that so? Well, I think Sicily will soon experience it.」
「Maria!」
Leaving the bedding situation of my house aside, we moved towards our true purpose in this country.
The female team went to shop, and I decided to go to the Shephard’s Clothing Store as told by the shepherd, Garan-san.
Everyone’s mantle including Gus’s had already been kept by me.
Since I wanted to process it immediately.
「Walford-kun, is it alright to come with you?」 [T/N: Was going to put “cum” in there, but that might make you rage so I refrained from doing it lol ? ]
When I was leaving the inn, I was called out by Mark.
「That’s alright. Are you also searching for materials, Mark?」
「There’s that, but I’m interested in what material you would choose and what kind of processing is done for it.」
As expected of the only son of the workshop, he seemed to be very interested in my manufacturing methods.
「And I’m the only one left, so can I also join?」
「Suits yourself. Then, shall we three go?」
In the end, it was divided into a male team and female team.
After asking a person in the inn for directions, we quickly found the Shepherd Clothing Store.
I was told that this clothing store is quite famous in Karnan Kingdom.
There’s not many fashionable clothes, but there’s clothing necessary for travel, and all the clothes use sheep’s wool. Also, as the owner is a national shepherd, the clothes are in an abundant stock.
It’s great that I was informed of a good store. The store has exactly what I want.
While on my way to Shepherd Clothing Store, I window-shopped the other stores.
「As expected of Karnan Kingdom. There are a lot of clothing stores and fabric stores.」
「The shop we saw earlier is a specialty store for men, isn’t it? There were several clothes I wanted while having a quick look.」
「Then shall we go back? I also found some nice clothes.」
「Good, then shall we?」
In this way, we made a brief side trip while aiming for the shop.
And the store we arrived at…… [T/N: It’s their real destination, the Shepherd]
「It’s huge!」
「This is amazing, isn’t it…….」
「It’s four story building, isn’t it.」
I’m sorry to say this, but it’s bigger than the workshop in Mark’s house. The site area and also the number of floors.
We immediately set foot into the Shepherd Clothing Store.
「Welcome.」
The store’s interior, compared to the store we’ve gone to earlier, it was different and overflowing with luxury. The clerk-san also give off a refined aura.
Anyway, because the store is vast, finding the things we’re looking for will be hard. I should ask clerk-san to guide us.
「Um, excuse me.」
「Yes, how may I help you?」
I told her my purpose for coming to this store and asked if there’s any fabric that fit the requirements.
「Will the material be used for the lining of the mantle or padding?……」
「Ah, this is the mantle.」
「I’ll take a look at it.」
I gave my mantle to clerk-san to let her look at it, and let her take care of it.
「This is…… it’s very excellent material……」
「By the way, I granted it with eight characters.」
「E, eight characters in a mantle!」
Because we’ll use the mantle, toughness is a top priority. There are not many that can grant a large number of characters.
「Since you’re already using an excellent lining….. then I’ll only have to increase the padding, but summer is hot, is it not?」
「Ah, you don’t have to worry about that.」
Because that mantle, is an effective air conditioner.
「I understand. However, there’s only wool of a demonized sheep that can grant magic……」
「That’s fine. Can you process this many pieces?」
I took out everyone’s mantle which added up to 13 including Elly and Mei-chan’s.
「Thi, this many?」
「It’s a total of fourteen, right? Can you do it?」
「I don’t mind….. if that’s the case then the price……」
「I’ll give them a discount.」
「O, owner!」
「Owner?」
When the store clerk tried to total the materials and processing costs for the clothing, someone from behind spoke.
Ara? It’s similar to what I heard a while ago……
「Ah, as expected, it’s Garan-san.」
「Ou, I see you came right away. I welcome you, Shin」
「You’re an acquaintance of the owner? 」
「Ou! This Shin is amazing. He killed a demonized sheep with a simple magic shot.」
「Ma, magic shot!? Are you such a high-ranking magician?」
「High-ranking you say….. is it not just a sheep at most?」
「Uhahaha! You’re such a guy after all. It seems like you’re unsatisfied with the rank of demonized sheep.」
「Taking a demonized sheep so lightly…..」
Eh? It’s just a sheep, isn’t it? Even if it’s classified as a medium size, it’s not like it’s a wild boar or a wolf.
While I was thinking about it, I was pulled on the sleeve by Mark.
「In Walford-kun’s case, it might be just a demon sheep at most, but…… generally, a medium sized demon is an object of considerable threat.」
「Well…… because recently we’re taking on targets like a tiger or a lion, my sense is also getting slightly strange……」
「Ou, what’s wrong?」
「No, it’s nothing!」
「That’s so, I guess if such a high-ranking magician were to have an equipment manufactured at my place, our store’s prestige will also go up. Besides, you’ve also hunted the sheep.」
Your shop eh.
「So, the national shepherd that owns the shop is Garan-san.」
「I thanked you for having hunted the sheep, it may be little, but I thought of reducing the price and introducing you to a store.」
And so you introduced your own shop? I was lucky.
Chapter 54 (1/2) end.
Part 2
「I’ll thank you for that then. I am saved since there’s a lot of options.」
「Ou, then the material and processing costs…… how about this much?」
「O, owner! That’s mostly just the production cost! And there’s also the processing costs…..」*
Clerk-san made a fuss and shut off Garan-san.
「You just be silent. Then, how about this?」
The clerk-san who a while ago was running wild became exhausted.
Ar, are you okay?
「Thi, this is my request……. but are you sure? Won’t you barely have any profit?」
「Profit is not only earned by money. If it’s Shin and the others, you’ll become a magician whose name will soon become known. If we process Shin and the rests’ equipment, when you become famous….. we will earn a huge amount of income.」
Garan-san said so while grinning and laughing.
Cool, Garan-san is super cool.
「I understand. Then please do that. We will do our best in order to meet Garan-san’s expectation.」
「Ou yo! Do your best!」
While laughing with a gahaha, he took care of the processing of our equipment.
According to Clerk-san’s words, the manufacturing will be done by tomorrow, so we decided to pick it up before we depart.
That’s good….. Clerk-san, you survived, didn’t you……
「Iyaa, I was lucky. I was prepared for a bigger expense.」
「Even so….. Isn’t it a good thing? It is cheaper this way……」
Mark questioned. I certainly have never heard of such things either in this world.
「Isn’t it fine? Instead of a billboard, it’s cheaper this way. There is merit to both sides, if later we can raise our name and reputation, that would be good.」
「No, I think we have plenty enough of fame even as of now.」
In that case, wouldn’t it be better to put an enterprise logo?
….. Won’t that become something like a uniform then. Let’s just think about this later. Besides, the mantle itself was bought from a store at the royal capital of Earlshyde.
For the time being, we were done with our goal in this country, so went to shop clothes that we would usually wear as we went returning.
Since I’m not thinking of granting magic for casual wear, I’m just choosing casually.
I still had a good amount of money left, so I went and looked around at the diverse genres of clothes.
「How was it? Will they be able to manufacture the lining?」
While we were browsing the clothes, Gus and the rest who finished with the talks joined us.
It seems that the state of the meeting was roughly the same as Dam Kingdom. Since there’s nothing special to note, three men were added and we went around the shops again, ate lunch at a stall, and also finished buying souvenirs. After we finished, we returned to the inn.
「Fuu…… Shopping is fun but it’s really tiring.」
「Indeed. Even I didn’t think shopping was this tiring……」
「Can you please also except me from shopping with the girls?」
Mark and Tony also agree…… Gus is unlikely to come with it as they’re in a standpoint where it’s impossible to do something like shopping with the fiancee, the two of them it seems.
I have been to shopping several times with Sicily in Claude’s town.
…… I’ll just say that girls’ shopping is the same anywhere you go.
「By the way, when will we pick up the mantle?」
「Tomorrow. I’m going to get it before we leave. I’ll be borrowing the store’s workshop to grant it magic.」
「Understood.」
「I’m back (desu)!」
It seems the women came back while we were talking about tomorrow’s schedule.
Because everyone can use dimensional storage, they were empty handed, but who knows just how many clothes are packed in that dimensional storage.
「Haa…… that was fun. It was my first time going around so many stores.」
「Let’s go again sometime Elly!」
「We have an escort, so there’s no need to worry.」
「Fufu, that’s right, isn’t it? Let’s go again sometime.」
「I also want to go (desu)!」
「Don’t worry Mei, we’ll also bring you.」
「I did it(hooray)!」
…… The women sure are lively……
We had other errands, so the time we went shopping with the women was short, but even still, it was quite exhausted…..
「…… Let’s stop the topic about shopping. I can’t bear it if I asked to accompany them even if it is Sicily.」
「A, Augusto-sama.」
「What’s wrong, Elly?」
「Augusto-sama, have you done any shopping today?」
Wah! The other side brought up the topic…..?
「Ah, yeah….. after the talks, we joined up with Shin and the others and went around several stores……」
「Is that so…… Hey, Augusto-sama?」
「Wh, what?」
「Next time…… why don’t the two of us browse through some stores.」
「I, I guess……」
Ah, Gus’s face is twitching……
「Um, Shin-kun?」
「Eh? O, ohh. What’s wrong?」
Are you also inviting me to go shopping?
「Um here…… I came across with it while shopping. I thought it would suit Shin-kun.」
Saying so, Sicily took out a black jacket from her dimensional storage.
「Shin-kun, you wear black jackets frequently, so I thought you’d like it.」
「Sicily……」
Oh shit, I’m so happy.
「Is it okay to try it?」
「Yes! Please!」
And so, putting on the jacket, it’s the perfect size.
「Un, It’s cool. I like it. Thanks Sicily.」
「No, I’m glad you like it.」
Said Sicily smiling.
I’m glad I also bought something for her……
「Sicily, I also have something to give you.」
「Eh?」
Saying so, I took out a scarf from my dimensional storage.
「I thought it would suit Sicily…… how about it?」
「Waa…… Thank you very much!」
Sicily immediately spread the scarf and put it on her shoulders.
「Thank you, Shin-kun, I’m so happy with it.」
「I’m glad you like it.」
「Shin-kun……」
「Sicily……」
「Hey! This is the cafeteria! It’s a public place!」
I came to my senses from Maria’s tsukkomi.
Uo! That was dangerous!
We had been given a cold glare from the other customers who saw our exchange.
「Mou! It’s embarrassing to be seen like this here!」
Sorry about that, Maria. I was ecstatic from the unexpected gift.
「Au…… au…..」
Sicily’s senses won’t return for a while.
Siciliy, can you eat your meal like this?
「By the way, there was no particular trouble for us today, how about Elly and the others?」
「Yes, because it was a group of eight people, there were no men calling out.」
「Fumu…… It doesn’t look like we’ll end without trouble as it is…… Everyone should not let down their guard till the end.」
『Yes!』
Damn! It’s only natural to face it if there’s trouble! It’s painful not being able to say anything!
「Au….. au……」
And there’s no support from Sicily!
The next day, after being overwhelmed repeatedly, I went to Shepherd Clothing Store to pick up the mantle before we depart for the next country.
「Ou! Good Morning!」
「Good morning. We were able to manufacture the mantles.」
「Thank you. I’m sorry, but can I borrow your workshop?」
「Workshop….. is it?」
「Yeah, I would like to grant magic to it at once.」
Clerk-san had a dubious face when I told her, but this time she had her eyes wide open.
「Are you granting it by yourself?」
「Unbelievable, though you can use magic that much, can you also grant magic?」
「Well, yeah.」
「Hoo.」
Just leave the admiration Garan-san, I borrowed the workshop for the sake of granting auto-heal and ended up granting all 14 mantles.
「Oh, are you finished already?」
「Yes, thank you for that. Then we’re leaving with this.」
「Ou yo, come again anytime…..」
「It, it’s bad Garan-san!」
Just after bidding farewell, a young shepherd-san jumped in with a pale expression.
「What? What’s wrong!」
「Sh, a sheep…..」
「What’s wrong with the sheep?」
「A sheep is…… a large number of them suddenly turned into demons!」
「Wh, what did you say!」
Where’s the end of this……
「Well there it is, trouble……」
「Now that it came to this…… that false mockery is becoming more and more credible.」
「That’s not my fault!」
It’s not, right? Please say that it’s so!
「My bad, Shin, trouble just came up. I have to go.」
「Ah, we will also go.」
「Eh? No, I appreciate it but…… are you okay with that?」
「Yeah, and if you participate in here, we should be able to make a name for ourselves, right?」
After saying so, Garan-san burst into a laughter after momentarily having a dumbfounded face.
「Gahahaha! You’re certainly different! Then can I ask you for your help?」
「Certainly! Leave it to me.」
「Wait! Wait just a moment Garan-san! What are you thinking!?」
「Hn? Ahh it’s alright, Shin and them are strong.」
「It’s not just one or two you know!? What can these children do!?」
Although Garan said that with confidence, we just barely surpass the adult age.
「Are you doubting us that much?」
「Eh….. Ah, no….. That’s not what I meant……」
「Even without worrying, I have already seen Shin and the other’s ability with my own eyes. It’s perfect as a war potential. Rather, I’m more concerned of us being a hindrance.」
「Ga, Garan-san a hindrance?」
「Oops! We don’t have time to be talking and standing around, then Shin, shall we go?」
「I understand. Then….. Mei-chan and Elly will inspect the wall. Gus, are you going with me?」
「Fumu…… Do you have any explanation for the people that work for the Kingdom coming after? Okay, we shall escort them.」
「Onii-sama being an escort, something is strange.」
「Right…… It’s usually the opposite.」
「Hey, let’s go.」
「Wa! Please wait!」
「Well then everyone, later.」
「Ou. Well then, shall we go?」
「Yes!」
「Why are you so carefree…… we’re not going out to play……」
The young shepherd-san who came, muttered so, but it’s just a sheep, right? I don’t feel any tension as our members can now hunt calamity-class demons.
Since saying it again is bothersome, I went outside the castle wall without saying another word.
Aside from Garan-san, there were many shepherd-sans scattered around.
「Oh, you came Garan.」
「Much appreciated! Thanks Garan-san!」
「Many thanks!」
Ohh, a shepherd with an extremely burly body faced Garan-san and simultaneously lowered his head.
The only ones who lowered their head were the ones who were unreserved towards Garan-san.
Even so, a group of muscled men with halberds in hand and wearing robes…… this alone made it a terrible sight.
And everyone seemed to have the same halberd.
Don’t tell me that’s the proof of being a national shepherd……
「By the way, what’s with the youngsters?」
An unreserved person with Garan-san asked while a lot of glaring eyes were directed my way.
Scary!
「Stop glaring, Barack. This is Shin, as for the current matter, he said that he’ll help, so I brought him along. Ah, just informing you, this guy is a high ranking magician. So there’s no need to question whether he can fight.」
「If you say so, I will not press anymore, but….. Why the extra help?」
Well, that’s a natural question. Demonized sheep are handled only by a national shepherd after all. Except for soldiers, there’s no merit in subjugating it.
「Well I got treated fairly by Garan-san. This is a repayment.」
「Fu, fuhahaha! So its repayment? I see.」
Oh? Thanks to that exchange, I’m no longer being stared at.
「They’re here! It’s a flock of demonized sheep!」
While talking to Barack-san who seemed to be a friend of Garan-san, someone cried out.
Oh, that’s amazing. Are they all demonized sheep? Im estimating there are one hundred…… No, there are two hundred of them.
「Don’t falter everyone! Rather, just think of it as making money!」
To the shout of Garan-san, the expressions of the shepherd-sans changed.
Everyone was watching the flock of sheep with a ferocious smile.
Like I said, they are scary!
「Shin, sorry, but can you avoid fire magic that leaves damage on the wool?」
「If there’s a few scratches?」
「Because it is used to produce yarn, there’s no problem if there are scratches present.」
「You guys heard that right? You can use anything besides fire magic.」
『Yes!』
A response lacking in tension was uttered by my teammates.
During this time, the flock of shepherds drew near.
All right then, which one should I start at first.
While contemplating fiercely, I fired magic towards the ground.
Before the eyes of the flock of sheep, a pointed pile protruded from the ground.
『Meeeee!!!』
A dozen demons who were running at the vanguard were skewered and multiple sheeps’ cries of woe was heard.
The shepherd-sans were dumbfounded by this scene……
「The succeeding ones are coming over! Prepare in advance!」
To this voice, the shepherd-sans finally came to their senses, to respond to the sheep coming from behind to subjugate them in succession.
Oh, that’s amazing. A group of muscled men wielding halberds and hunting a sheep.
We too, are subduing them in succession with wind blade and water blade magic.
And so just like that, the flock of sheep was subjugated.
Well, they are sheep after all.
It’s not proverb, but it’s not like they’re led by a wolf.
Nevertheless, soldiers also joined in subjugating, but…… the shepherds are overwhelmingly strong.
Are shepherds, as expected, the strongest people in this country?
While thinking about that…….
「Unbelievable! I never thought it was to this extent!」
「Really…… weren’t almost all of them subjugated by those youngsters?」
「Um….. ju, just before I was rude……」
The shepherd-sans have gathered.
「Well, it’s just a sheep.」
「That’s amazing to say but….. what do you kids usually hunt for?」
「Haha, well, isn’t that good?」
「With this much power, I’d believe you even if you said you were hunting demonized tigers and lions or something of that level.」
「That would be expected.」
「Totally.」
『Gahahaha!』
Ah, as expected, we’re being recognized as such. Please say no more.
When I was talking to the shepherd-sans, Gus and the others arrived.
Now then, there shouldn’t be anything else, can we finally depart?
「You save us this time, I am Barack. Barack Crook.」(T/N: Their last names are somehow related to sheep, lol.)
「Ah, I’m Shin, Shin Walford.」
Barack-san requested a handshake, so while introducing myself, I accepted his.
Now that I think of it, I did not tell Garan-san my last name.
Because Garan-san only called out his first name, I was also suspended to just introduce my first name too.
「Walford? Isn’t that the same last name as that hero?」
「Hee, is he also famous in places other than Earlshyde?」
「Obviously. The sage, Merlin Walford’s heroic tale is widely read all over the world. I also yearned to be like him when I was a child.」
「Hee…… If grandpa heard this, he would definitely faint in agony……」
「Grandpa?」
「Ah, Merlin Walford is my grandpa.」
「Wha! Eh? Eh?」
「Are you done talking? If so, we will be leaving.」
「Ah, I understand. Well then, Garan-san, Barack-san, please excuse me.」
Ah, we could finally depart. Next would be the Kurt Kingdom, and come to think of it, I still have yet to hear this country’s exposition.
While thinking such a thing, we left Karnan Kingdom.
『Eeeeeeh!?』
I heard a loud cry from behind.
Chapter 54 (2/2) end.
