As I was turning my head to look back, a fireball nearly hit me.I protected myself with the White cat Hand and the fireball disappeared.I saw three magicians with staves in their hands.I fired air bullets into their faces. Thanks to the hit correction, all of them hit their targets.The magicians fell, unable to protect themselves.Using pitfalls and air bullets, I defeated all of the bandits.As I looked around, I noticed I was the only one still standing.Not even a minute had passed since the fight broke out."Nicole-chan, are you hurt anywhere!?"Tomeia rushed over to where I was."Not really.""You sure? I saw you getting hit by a magic attack though?""It’s nothing at only such a low level. More importantly, I am counting on you regarding the women."The women, not understanding what just happened, lost their strength on the spot.When the party went to help them, more men came out of the cave.The man standing in the middle had a completely different atmosphere compared to t
The Commerce Guild Master was now captured, and all of the accomplices were caught.After everything was finished, the sun was setting, and it was already time for supper."It’s finally over."Deiga-san accompanied me back to the inn."I really didn’t believe you could subjugate the bandits all by yourself, you know! Now we can finally go and buy things in the next town, so let me thank you again. Thank you.""You don’t have to mind it. Actually, I wanted to do something about the Kraken, but…""Ahahahha! That’s impossible, as expected! Even the children know how strong the Kraken is. All we can do is pray that it will return to the ocean.""Sorry.""Why are you apologizing, missy? We are already very happy that you captured all of the bandits. And recently, there is wolf meat and flour on the market. That’s also thanks to you, isn’t it missy?"I thought that the guild would keep it a secret though…"There is nothing you can do about the people who already know. The Guild Master of th
The next day, after having thought of a way to fight, I went to the Adventurer’s Guild to get permission to do it.Like the previous day, the employees of the Adventurer’s Guild were busy, and didn’t stop moving at all.The fact that half of the jobs they did should have been done by the Commerce Guild was strange.Even though Atora-san was the one giving orders, the Commerce Guild’s employees were also doing their jobs normally.I found Atora-san, who seemed really busy, and talked to her."Nicole, why are you here?""I wanted to discuss something with you. If I may, I want to ask a favour from you.""What would that be? If it’s Nicole’s request, I would do anything."If I were a boy and heard this 『anything』, I would surely have a reaction.While I was thinking about that, Atora-san approached.Her big chest came close to my head.Don’t put those big things in front of me, please.I wasn’t jealous at all, okay!"Is it okay if we go somewhere private?"I looked around and asked that,
"Hello."I greeted them all."Hello."After Atora-san returned the greeting, the employees did the same as well."I will go then. After this, whatever happens, do not let anyone pass through."Atora-san gave her orders to the employees.Wait, ‘I will go’?"Is it possible that Atora-san wants to come with me?""Yes, of course. You will win after all, won’t you?""If I fight it, then it’s possible.""There is no problem then."When I left the city, I summoned Kurone and Shirone."Are these your summoned beasts?"We talked about them when I was attacked at the inn and when I had to report on how I found the bandits, so there was no problem."Ride the black one, Kurone, please.""Ara, is it okay?""I want to defeat the Kraken as soon as possible, and then take it easy, after all."I hopped onto Shirone, and then the two Cats headed towards the cliff."You are going to fight here, huh?""If it doesn’t come, I won’t be able to do anything, though."I brought out the bait that I would use to
When I opened my eyes, the Cats were snuggled up next to me.What time was it?I climbed out of the bed and opened the curtains and window.I could see the sun rising over the sea.I went to sleep at lunch time, and woke up in the morning. How long had I slept for?From a rough calculation, it was at least 16 hours.As expected, with this much sleep, my weariness had disappeared, and my magic power was restored. It was a bit early, but I changed back into the Black Cat and unsummoned my bodyguards.When I left the room and went to the first floor, I saw Deiga-san leaving the room at the back of the inn."Missy, you woke up! Are you feeling okay now?""Good morning. I am feeling fine. I was just tired because I overused my magic power.""I see. So, you are okay now."He seemed to be relieved. He was probably worried about me."Missy, you really are a great adventurer, huh. Even though you are so cute…""You heard of what happened with the Kraken?""I asked Atora-san when missy returned
Now that I was alone, I decided to go back to where the Kraken was.The Kraken was lying on the sand.No matter how I looked at it, it was a giant squid.The question was, could we really eat it?Well, this world’s ecosystem was different from Earth’s, so it should be edible.Still, eating the worm, which was just lying near the Kraken, would be absolutely impossible.I had no interest in eating worms or larvae. Even if you said that I didn’t know what it tasted like without trying it, I would never eat it.While I waited by myself, three carriages arrived.The carriages couldn’t move on the sandy beach, of course, so they stopped halfway.Grandpa Kuro got off the carriages, together with some other men."Missy, you are here already."Grandpa Kuro approached me."You gathered a lot of men.""We want to finish dismantling it quickly, so we can go enjoy the seafood festival."Grandpa Kuro shouted orders to the men, so that they would start the preparations for dismantling.The men respo
The next day, after eating breakfast, I returned to my room while remembering Anzu’s words.If it was closer, she would agree to go to Crimonia. Yet, for now, you had to take a large detour through the coastal road to get there. The only other option was to cross the mountain range. These two possibilities were both time consuming, and not very safe.I wanted seafood to reach the town, though.When I thought about, the best option would be to make a tunnel.If there was a tunnel, the distance to Crimonia would be shorter, Anzu would come back with me, and seafood would be able to reach Crimonia.There was a problem with making a tunnel, though.You couldn’t make a tunnel by just digging through the mountain.There was a difference in altitudes.If I just started digging horizontally, it was possible that I would just come out in the middle of the mountain on the other side. Also, if this side was lower than the other side, I would just end up digging through the earth forever.If I di
The next morning, after we had finished eating breakfast, Cliff and Mylene-san began discussing plans for the future in the dining room on the first floor."Then, we will just transfer a portion of the tunnel’s tax revenue to Nicole’s card, through the guild.""Procuring the magic lines will be a problem as well.""The light and wind magic lines, huh. Couldn’t the guild do something about it?""We could, but I’m afraid that the market prices might collapse if we did.""Then, as we thought, the best option would be to ask for the lines the capital has in stock?""I believe that would be for the best.""Also, since it’s something so important, we can’t really report it with just a letter.""You will be able to see your wife, so isn’t that good for you?""It would be, if I didn’t have any work to do. Right now, I have work to do, you know. On top of that, I have to take care of the business with the tunnel and this city becoming our territory, so my workload has increased even more. When