The next morning, I do my usual work and eat breakfast.
When that"s over, I kill time by watching TV until it"s time, take Haku and Koku and go to the animal hospital.
I don"t forget to bring the mantis sickles on the car when I go.
I arrived at the hospital just before 9 o"clock, so I waited in the car to open it.
At the time it opens, I go inside and finish the acceptance.
I had to wait until they called me, I was called an went into the examination room and told him that Haku and Koku were injured and to examine them.
First of all, he palpates, then the result of an X-ray photograph.
"There is no particular anomaly."
He said.
"Is that so?"
It"s good that there is no problem with Haku and Koku.
"But, if you want to bring him, please come earlier."
"Ah, yes. Sorry."
"Really, isn"t it almost meaningless if you brought him after he has completely healed?"
"Yes?"
What did he just say?
"What is it, what"s that face?"
"……Did you just say completely healed?"
"Yeah, I said that."
"That-, But it was yesterday when he was injured?"
"What stupid things are you saying. As far as I have seen the place that has been injured, it should have pa.s.sed about one month at least. It can"t be an injury made yesterday."
One month has pa.s.sed since he was injured?
Eh, seriously?
"Excuse me."
So, excusing myself, I see the place where Haku was injured.
The place which was cut by the mantis was completely closed and there was a thin scar that couldn"t know if it"s not seen closely.
If you just look at it, you will certainly think it"s an injury from a very long time ago.
Actually, it was an injury made yesterday.
What I can understand from this is that not only did the physical ability goes up, but the natural healing ability has risen considerably too.
Well, since the wound itself wasn"t so terrible it might have been able to cure completely just after one night, but still, it can be said that it"s abnormal enough.
"Did you understand? No matter how you look at the scar, it isn"t the case it hasn"t pa.s.sed a lot of time."
"Yeah, that"s right. No matter how you look at it, this isn"t an injury that was made yesterday."
"Next time bring him sooner, okay? It seems there was no problem this time, but the next won"t be the case."
"Yes, understood."
"Then, that"s enough."
I took Haku and Koku and left.
When I put Haku and Koku in the car, I remembered when I was cut in the side by a rabbit.
By the way, the injury at that time was also cured immediately.
Doesn"t that mean that even if Pochi is injured, he will also heal quickly?
Because I don"t want to hurt him, I can"t verify it, but maybe it is.
That means that his life will be okay as long as he doesn"t get a severe injury.
Because I understood that, it was good to bring them here.
Since it turned out that there was nothing serious about Haku and Koku, I leave the hospital and decided to go shopping. On the way, I withdrew more money from the bank.
First, we headed to the shop that buys the monster"s materials to sell the mantis sickles.
"Welcome"
I go to the counter as usual and take out the mantis sickles.
"These, please."
When I hand over the mantis sickles, the manager has a different look in his eyes.
"Are these a mantis sickle!?"
"Yes, that"s right."
"Hou, that means that you killed a mantis."
"That"s so. But, to be honest, it was still early. I was lucky to be able to kill it this time."
"Is that so? Wait a moment as I appraise them."
The manager carefully looks at the sickles one by one.
Then, he finishes watching the sickles.
"Some sickles are scratched, there is no problem. A damaged one is 12,000 yen. And, the ones that aren"t damaged will be bought at a high price. What about 20,000 yen for one?"
I"m astonished by that price.
Since the rabbit ears are about 2,000 yen, the lowest price is about 6 times that and the highest is 10 times.
"Why is it so much?"
"Ah, the mantis sickle is sharper and more durable than the rabbit ear. It"s just right to use it to dismantle monsters. The rabbit ear isn"t suitable for dismantling."
I was convinced that the rabbit ear wasn"t suitable for dismantling.
The sharpness is good, but it"s quite fragile.
If it"s used roughly, it"ll easily be chipped or broken.
For that reason, rabbit ears have a strong disposable image.
Despite this, it"s said that the rabbit ear is for beginners because it"s perfect to learn how to handle weapons.
As mentioned earlier, it will break as soon as it used wrongly.
So, one has to be careful about how to handle it to not break it.
If that is done, skill will increase naturally.
When one hunt many preys without breaking the rabbit ear, the skill of handling weapons increase considerably.
In addition, you will be careful about the maintenance of the weapon that is about to be broken soon.
There is the thing that it"s necessary to buy other immediately if it breaks, but that also is a reason because it becomes hard financially even when the cheap weapon of rabbit ear breaks often.
Those who don"t worry are only the people who can afford it.
Then, the mantis sickle, I haven"t tried its sharpness, but it"s st.u.r.dy enough to be able to take hits from my Tsuruginata.
To dismantle monsters, sharpness is important, but durability is also important.
It"s because you can"t dismantle if it"ll be chipped or broken immediately.
In my case, I was dismantling it with the Tsuruginata, so I didn"t buy a knife for dismantling.
"I see, I can agree with that. Then, at that price, please."
"Okay, understood. There are 4 damaged and 12 are intact. In total it"s 288,000"
Seriously?
One can earn nearly 300,000 with only 16 sickles.
"Oh, that"s right. Next time, bring the mantis stomach."
"Stomach?"
"That"s right. It"s bought as a high-grade food. A Kg is at least 5,000. If the quality is good, it could be over 10,000"
A kg is 5,000? In some cases, it"s over 10,000?
Well, the size of the mantis stomach was considerable. It should be nearly 1m.
Then, the smallest should be over 5kg, and if it"s the biggest, shouldn"t be over 10 kg?
Considering the smallest of 5kg, it"s at least 25,000 at a time.
If a kg is 10,000, it would be 50,000.
And, maybe 2 or 3 could enter in the rucksack?
If I bring back 2 more by hand, would it be 5?
Then, the smallest ones would be 125,000 and if they"re the biggest……250,000!?
Together with the sickles, it will be over 500,000!!
However, it"s still early to fight them.
A little more, if I don"t get little more power, I just will have the tables turned on.
However, 500,000……
500,000 is a lot of money.
I think I want to challenge it.
Without knowing it, I wouldn"t do it without a problem.
I look reproachful at the manager.
"N? What?"
"……No, nothing"
"Is that so? Next time I expect a stomach"
"Yeah, I knew it"
That said, I leave the store.
288,000 yen, I obtained surprisingly a large sum of money.
Since I had withdrawn 1 million yen from the bank, put it together, it"s approximately 1.3 million yen.
With this, I can buy a better armor.
It"s a nice miscalculation.
Well, should I go to buy it immediately?
I head to the store to buy a new armor.
The store that sells weapons and armors is not far from here, so I arrived soon.
When I enter the store, there are as many different weapons and armors as usual.
It would be nice if there was something I was looking for in this, but it might be a little difficult.
I"m not worried about shields, but I didn"t know if there was a magical tool accessory.
In the net shop, all that kind of things were sold out.
Even if there is, it"s likely to be different from the target product.
There"s nothing I can do about it.
If there is, I can only think of it as a profit.
Thinking that I rummage inside the store.
TN: Some maybe know that this and the previous chapter are in the 2nd volume, but there is one more chapter to finish th 1st volume. So I"m thinking about uploading some images. On this note, if you can support the author buying his novels, please do it.
Spoiler: in the 2nd book there is a bonus about Pochi (there is a chapter about his ‘wife" and a picture diary)