I woke up happily in front of the inn today.
At first, there were some who tried to steal me, but these days it became peaceful. That brown haired twin tail princes stopped pestering me, plus she’s been properly buying the items now. Her favorite is orange juice so I’ve been thinking of adding more fruit juices in the machine.
Usually, around this time, the grandpa and grandma couple plus the youth would be here but today a new customer was here…… He’s been staring at me for a while without moving a bit.
My height as a vending machine is around 180 cm but this bear in front of me is bigger. If I really called him a bear he does really look like a bear.
Black furred bear is wearing a long coat with a hood on. I’m not kidding, he is literally a bear. I think if things like this walk around the town, there will be a huge ruckus but n.o.body seems to care, only glancing at him for a second, No one seems to be surprised.
So in this world A Bear man is a norm. I guess there is even a humanoid frog so what can I say, right…..?
“Aree, guild master what are you doing here?”
A loud and energetic voice came out of the inn, she is Ramis as always. Just now she called the bear guild master, Even though he looks like a thug he must be someone high in position. If you say so he does seem to have intelligence, maybe and maybe not.
“Fumu, It’s just Ramis”
How very deep. With the help of his body and his voice he have a huge amount of presence. Just with a single voice he feels like a boss who can be relied on.
“It’s really rare for you hunter guild’s guild master to be all the way here”
“Fumu. Today I came to make a request to the magic tool with a will”
Eh, Me? Hunter’s guild master should be a person with an important position. What kind of request does this important man want to make?
“So you came for Hakkon. Then let’s go inside and have a talk! Hakkon I will carry you ok. Yoishotto”
I’ve got used to being carried like this. It feels as if I’m being looked after by an adult, A guy like me who can’t even move by himself, I feel though the presence of her in my life is getting bigger and bigger.
I’ve been placed on a chair in a place with round table, and the bear guild master sat right on the opposite side of me. When he sat he made a Dotton! d.a.m.n he must be heavy
Ramis is sitting right next to me.
“Your super strength is really useful for us hunters, why not come back”
“I’m having fun while working in an inn and even if I go back being a hunter no one will team up with me….”
“Fumu, I don’t think that’s true, You can come back anytime you want ok”
“Thank you, guild master”
I thought Ramis was a bad hunter but I guess Guildmaster opinion toward her is really high. If she teams up with someone who has high compatibility with her power, then she can make use of her talent.
“What I wanted to talk about is in near future there will be a subjugation squad formed to subjugate frog-man’s territory. And I want you, Hakkon to partic.i.p.ate in it ”
Such an unexpected request. Is he expecting me to be a combatant?
“Eh, Hakkon can’t fight you know?”
“I know. I want him to provide foods and drinks while traveling. We also provide enough food but we never know what might happen in a fight like this. A warm food you can eat right away is really good for boosting the morale of a hunter. Of course, people who want to buy it will have to pay for it. I will pay extra money to you as a fee. What do you think ”
I think this request is not bad. The Frog-man is slightly afraid of me so they probably won’t attack me. Plus with so many hunters, my income will just grow.
But how do they plan on moving me? Maybe they might use a carriage for me.
“What do you think Hakkon. You want to take the request”[Ramis]
“Welcome”[Yes]
I answered instantly. If I’m going to live in here it’s not bad having a good relations.h.i.+p a guild master. Maybe with this, I can become more famous and get a more regular customer. I will let them remember my items taste and let them get addicted to it.
“So Hakkon want to go. Then I will also partic.i.p.ate”
It’s nice seeing her raise her hand appeal to us but I don’t want Ramis to do any dangerous job. I believe it’s better for her life if she kept on working in an inn rather than being a hunter.
“So Ramis also going to partic.i.p.ate. Then I want yo to team up with Hakkon and be in charge of food and drinks transportation and distribution. ”
“Haai. Entrust Hakkon to me!”
So she is going to be with me, then there shouldn’t be too much danger. And if I had to I can use Barrier and protect her. I guess it’s alright for her to partic.i.p.ate.
And even if we don’t partic.i.p.ate someday Frog-man might attack the settlement leading it into destruction, at that time I’m sure Ramis won’t be in a safe position.
The conversation finished so Bear Guildmaster went out. The day of subjugation unit leaving is in 3 days so I gotta prepare. I should increase food items. I should start thinking about what people might like.
The day of subjugation came
I was already placed in a basket(Shoiko) [It looks like this: were around 30 hunters male and female around me, left a small number of people so that they can keep protecting the town, but most of the hunter will partic.i.p.ate in the plan.
Life and death of the settlement are important but the magic teleportation circle is far too important to be lost. It is a teleportation which can be used to directly transfer from surface to this dungeon floor.
Many people from upper floor utilize it also. On each floor, there is a floor master who if you defeat, the magic teleportation circle will appear in front of the hunter, and if you ride on that you can go to next floor.
Even if you didn’t defeat the floor master you still can use the teleportation magic-circle in the entrance of the dungeon, so you can go to any floor which the floor master was defeated.
The deeper you go the stronger the enemy becomes, but some floor has a low rate of a strong monster appearing so it’s easier to earn in that floor. And one of that floor is Clear Stream, lakesh.o.r.e floor, Karios was bragging about it before.
But there is nothing scarier than numbers, In the breeding season of the humanoid frogs they breed tons of babies and the time when all of them becomes an adult is right before the winter, and this is why it becomes dangerous around this time, Munami told me this.
“The season came again this year”
“Let’s not think too much about the danger. At least let’s earn tons of money.”
The pair of what looks to be the veteran with a warrior style talking to each other. They looked really reliable. This happens every year at this time so, many hunters come and it’s a good time to earn for merchants, as I heard.
“We, We should definitely go. We shouldn’t work too hard”
“Unn. We can aim for the left over and still earn enough money”
The newbies who were looking rather nervous is also partic.i.p.ating.
I’m sure it will be fine with so many people but there is a part I’m worrying about, compared to last year frog-man is being more active and violent.
In case of emergency, I want to escape while protecting Ramis but……. I really want to buy that transformation function.
“Hakkon, are you feeling uncomfortable or anything?”
“Welcome”[yes] [he means yes I’m not feeling uncomfrotable]
She’s worrying about me and sometimes talks to me, it is also a way for her to release her anxious feeling. Ramis looks a bit pale.
I forgot what do they call a unit for carrying foods and items, my friend who is a military mania said something like that before. Was it Logistics unit. I guess I can just call them Transportation squadron. This squadron doesn’t really have to partic.i.p.ate in the battle, luggage are being carried by a boar with a horn in its head——We are going to act together with the boar carriage.
Guildmaster seems to understand the importance of supply so they put 6 guard hunters with us.
“Don’t be too anxious. We have at least a middle-cla.s.s ability. It’s easy for us to defeat Frog man.”
A guy wearing a long hat with pointy front, with a wild look on him, talked to us. He looks like a cowboy from a western film, but he is equipped with a sword rather than a gun in is a waist.
He is the leader of the guard team here, he looks like a person with lots of experience. I’ve never seen him before so he must have come from outside to partic.i.p.ate in the event.
“Hai, I will be in your care!”
She bowed really deeply so I nearly hit the man. The man who was really close to being hit jumped backward.
“Uotto, This one’s the famous box with a will. You were being rumored in the settlement”
“This boy is a Hakkon. If you insert the money you can buy anything on the display, and if you press the b.u.t.ton after inserting the money, the item will come out”
Ramis is getting better at explaining me now. At first, not many people knew how I work so she worked really hard to explain to the people. After my use spread to most of the people, she placed a board with how I work, the citizens who saw it, gingerly tried using me. It’s kind of nostalgic when I think about it.
“Hoo, such a convenient thing. While exploring and fighting we can get food and drinks easily. The bad point about it is that it is kinda big, but if you hire someone like you to carry around then it must have a high income.”
It’s good that you are admiring me but I saw a flash of darkness in your gaze. That look seems to be similar to the people who tried to steal me but failed. I should be cautious around this guy.
“Ah, just now you thought you wanted Hakkon. You can’t do that, he is my best friend”
Ramis got a really sharp sense maybe an ability to read people’s mind is really talented power. But with her kind nature, she doesn’t use it to the fullest of its ability.
“Uoh, you got me. He is Hakkon right, if he was with me it would be really convenient. Oh well as a token of grat.i.tude of meeting together I might as well as buy something. I don’t need water… I think I choose this one with a drawing of Romawa.”
[TL: Romawa is not j.a.panese, it’s a random name given by the author for a lemon in the other world]
“That one is a cold type. I think it will be better to choose warmer one which is red”
“Oh, is that so. Thanks”
The man chose lemon tea. He is a bit shady but he is a customer. I have to provide him with the item.
I thank him for saying “Thank you please come by again” after he got the drink.
“Hee, he really talks. He is quite amazing. I’ve never seen a container like this before. How does it work”
“Unnto ne, I don’t really know. Ah, if you drink the container will disappear, so you don’t have to worry about trash”
“For real. How about the taste…..Kuhaaa, delicious. It’s warm also, amazing. If we put this in an urban area then we can earn heck a lot of money. How does the restocking of the item works? ”
This man’s question is really on point. He might just be curious but I think in his mind he must be calculating the profit. He looks to have sharp senses toward earning money.
“Soregane, I never restocked Hakkon before. Till now he sold more than hundreds, isn’t it mysterious”
“Hmm, this box is getting more interesting. Oi, Firumina you were listening right, come here for a bit ”
“What is is Kerioiru leader. And you are being loud ”
A person who appeared from the call was a girl with a blue wavy perm hair. Her eyes look a bit sharp, making her look fierce. She got a great face and I feel it’s a bit of a waste.
She is wearing a blue robe and holding a wand made of wood. She definitely looks like a magician. And the one who uses the water-type.
“You are really knowledgeable on the ancient treasures. Can’t you know anything about this Hakkon ”
“I’ve been trying to see through him, and I don’t feel any magic, it looks just like a chunk of iron”
No, well I’m a vending machine that’s why.
“But you see the items coming out without needing to restock meaning he must be using some sort of different dimension to keep it in there.”
“Normally yes, but if he has a Divine gift than mana won’t appear. Oh well a chunk of iron won’t be able to use divine gift”
Ah, unn, I actually can use the divine gift. I see so it’s true that vending machine which can use divine gift is weird…. I knew it. I should not use a barrier for a while and just keep it as an emergency weapon.
“He is a not-standard existence. I don’t really get it, but thank you for cooperating with us. Nice to meet you Hakkon”
“Thank you”
He feels kind of shady and all but I have to thank him for buying the item. I should watch out for Ramis since she seem to be easily tricked.