Some of the words in the chant can be vaguely read but they"re most pretty random c.r.a.p so not translating. Next chapter 3-6 hours.
Year 7445, Month 5, Day 4
Miduchi and I went together to "Missuri" and at the entrance the leader of {Black.Topaz}, Reddo.Anderson was waiting.
"Anderson-san, I"ve finished making preparations. I want to get to it right away but how is the situation?"
"Thank you for coming all this way, Greed-kun. We just finished tying up Vikkusu now. He"s rolling around in the room like a caterpillar."
Sis Anderson looked at me with eyes filled with expectation. It should take about an hour but I think it"ll probably be fine. By the way the voice of someone cursing in a loud voice is echoing through the inn. It"s probably Barukemi.
"Is that so, that"s helpful. And also, I"ll say it once again but it"s possible it could fail and I don"t take responsibility no matter what happens even if it succeeds. That"s fine right?"
Just in case, I give one more warning. Since I practiced using a cursed ring and not a sword, I really don"t know what will happen. If they start saying something afterwards I"ll be troubled.
"Yeah, of course. Something like a {Retributed.Item} doesn"t matter at all. If Vikkusu returns to normal then something like {Magic.Items} we still have plenty of chances to find more."
Well I"m sure that"s the case. That Vikkusu, the Dog-people named Vikkensu.Barukemi who uses a battle mace is one of the most skilled in {Black.Topaz} after all. After hearing Anderson"s reply I nod to Miduchi and then we walked through the entrance of "Missuri".
We were lead to Barukemi"s room and the other members of {Black.Topaz} were watching over Barukemi as he was tied up with some rope and left rolling around. He"s cursing at his allies. The content is "return my sword" and "at least untie the rope". When Miduchi and I showed our faces brought my Anderson the other members all left the room. Since I told them it was a spell, they"re making sure not to watch I"m sure.
After the members of {Black.Topaz} that were holding his body down left Barukemi started twisting his body trying to reach the bed where the sword was placed. There was a serious light in his eyes as if he was trying to save his precious family from a crisis.
"If you need anything just ask. Just as you can see the sword has been left on the bed."
"It"s fine, we"ve already prepared everything we need over here."
"..Got it. Then I"m going outside to wait as well. When you"re done please call us."
"Yes. I think it"ll take at least 1 hour to finish. It might be a bit longer."
"N.."
After Anderson gave a short reply she looked at Barukemi for a short period but soon after turned around with her deep pink long hair in a ponytail swinging as she left the room and closed the door.
"Now then, shall we do this."
"Is there anything you need help with?"
Miduchi asked.
"Yeah, while I"m using the magic make sure this guy doesn"t move away from my hands. If you place the sword on his side I think it"ll be fine but just in case."
"Nn, got it."
After hearing Miduchi"s response, I picked up the cursed sword on the bed and seeing that Barukemi started cursing at me in an angry fit so I crouched down and placed it right in front of his face.
"Barukemi-san, you like this right? I can"t untie the ropes but use it as a pillow or whatever as you please."
"A, Ah. Sorry about that. This is my partner. If I don"t have it I can"t seem to calm down.."
While making an ecstatic expression Barukemi said that while rubbing his cheek against the sword and calmed down.
Just as I heard he can talk normally.
I went around behind that Barukemi and made sure I could grab the nape of his neck. Seems like there"s no problem. But, it probably would be best to grab his ears. It seems the easiest to grab his tail but I felt like he would dislike that so I decided against that. In reality touching the sword would be the best but unlike the ring in the fairy village the curse is charm after all.
If I touch the sword then Barukemi would probably get agitated.
"Then shall we start. Take it out."
Miduchi took out several gla.s.s bottles from the pouch on her waist. The contents are some spices and other gra.s.ses we had prepared ahead of time. Of course the spell {Remove.Curse} doesn"t need anything like that. But, even if the spell succeeds it"ll probably remain in Barukemi"s memory. It"s something like insurance I prepared to cover it up just in case.
I take a pinch of nutmeg powder in my fingers and start chanting the incantation(smile) "jugemujugemugokonosurikire" while touching various places on Barukemi"s body. This time I started tearing up the roots of gra.s.s while saying "kaijarisuigyonosuigyoumatsuunraimatsu". Then I start rubbing the sap that came out of the root ends on Barukemi"s face while he was confused while saying "fuuraimatsukuunerutokoronisumutokoro". Suddenly Barukemi got displeased. Well it"s only obvious though.
Well, it can"t be helped paying any mind to him so I continue the ceremony. I tear up some leaves and throw them around his body while saying "yabukarakojinokabukoujipaipopaipopaiponoshuringan". After "shuringannogurindai" is dipping some leaves in water and spices before pinching one of his ears. Though I say that, just lightly so it wouldn"t hurt.
"Barukemi-san. I"m going to use magic. It"s magic that will test your bond with that sword. If you can endure this then I"d be willing to offer my opinion to Anderson-san on that sword. How about it?"
"Ah? I don"t know if its magic or something else but there"s no way to cut the bond between me and this fellow. However, I"m grateful you"d be willing to put in a good word for me...Would you try doing it."
Nn then I guess I"ll get started....
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In the end the spell {Remove.Curse} took over one hour. After all there were some differences between a sword and a ring. In the end I said "gurindainoponpokopinoponpokonanochokyumeinochosukesan" before gathering all of the leaves and roots I scattered around.
Since the spell was long since over I already finished Identifying Barukemi. I confirmed his condition magnificently returned to 【Status：Normal(Bad Circulation)】. I took the sword out from under Barukemi"s face as he we still tied up and laying on his side but I was able to take it without any particular problem. I guess the circulation is bad because I was pinching his ear the entire time he was laying there.
I nod to Miduchi and throw the sword on to the bed before taking my knife out and cutting the ropes used to tie Barukemi up. During that time Barukemi was just s.p.a.cing out and whispering something in a low voice. Yeah, since he still has all of his memories I"m sure he"s quite confused. Just an hour ago he was saying something like "No matter what the bond between this sword and I can"t be cut."
Miduchi opened the door to the room and Anderson came inside. The other members of {Black.Topaz} are peeking in from the doorway.
"Barukemi..Greed-kun, is he already fine?"
Anderson said in worried voice.
"Yeah, I think he"s already fine. Right now he just seems to be confused. I think all of his attachment to the sword should be gone already?"
I said while looking at Barukemi who"s still dazing out and whispering something.
"Barukemi-san...Barukemi-san!"
I wave my hand in front of his eyes and call out to him, shake his shoulders. Suddenly Barukemi came to his senses and the light returned to his eyes.
"A, Ah. I"m fine...However, why did I for that sword..Ah, so embarra.s.sing.."
Barukemi"s face turned bright red as he felt ashamed. I guess the fact that he"s gone bright red is because his circulation has returned as well. It would probably best to leave things at that.
"Anderson-san. Here"s the sword."
Miduchi picked up the scabbard of the sword I threw on the bed and handed it to Anderson.
"Thanks..{Status Open}."
After receiving the sword Anderson confirmed the status and in addition started concentrating while holding it. She"s probably using the void magic {Detect.Magic}. It"s alright. There"s no problem with the sword. Though if you put it in your sword belt and hold it in your hand I think you"ll be cursed again.
With everyone keeping an eye on things for a few minutes, Anderson finished the spell and put the sword back on the bed while saying, "There"s still mana remaining in it so the sword seems fine as well."
""oo!!""
"Thank goodness..."
"That idiot Vikkusu.."
And just like that, all of the members of {Black.Topaz} who were watching over from the doorway took breaths of relief. Even though I already figured it would fine, I was relieved that there wasn"t any particular problem myself.
"Vikkusu! How long are you going to keep dazing out, get a hang of yourself!"
"A, u, Reddo-sama! I"m very sorry! I"m already fine. I don"t have that strange feeling anymore."
"Does your body feel strange anywhere? I see. Then that"s fine."
After Anderson finished checking if Barukemi didn"t have any other problems after the sword, she turned around to us and lowered her head once again.
"Greed-kun. Thank you. It seems like there"s no problem with the sword and there doesn"t seem to be anything strange with Vikkusu either. We were really saved. I appreciate it."
"No, you"re welcome."
Yeah, well having the grat.i.tude of {Black.Topaz} is somewhat useful, so it"s fine. I was able to get some practice using the spell {Remove.Curse} on a sword as well. It"s also important I was able to show it in front of Miduchi.
"Vikkusu, you really can"t sleep with your feet facing the {Slaughterers} anymore."
"They healed our injuries once before as well."
"We"re really saved thanks to you."
"No, really thanks."
The other members of {Black.Topaz} each offered me words of grat.i.tude as well.
"Kaku, put away the sword. This sort of sword, there"s nothing but harm holding on to it. It seems it would be best to just sell it off right away."
"However, Reddo-sama, it"s a {Magical.Sword}. It might have some sort of amazing power.."
"It"s fine. If we try testing it out we might end up giving birth to the next Vikkusu, it"s fine as long as we can make a bit of money off of it."
"I see..Since it"s a {Retributed.Item}, I guess that"s true."
It doesn"t have any particular ability other than charm. Since the Endurance is reasonably high it"s decent on that end but in terms of Ability a normal infantry-use short-sword would still be better. Though if you make use of the charm curse from the {Cursed.Item} then it"s not like you wouldn"t be able to sell it for a price high but after that you would need to flee to another country, in that case it would be the wisest to just sell it at whatever price you can get or break it.
"Well then, we"ll take our leave here.."
Miduchi and I were trying to take our leave.
"Ah, Greed-kun, tomorrow night, I guess, come to "Dorureon" at 6 pm and give my name. I"ll talk about all the information as compensation at that time. Would that time be convenient for you?"
"Yeah, there"s no problem. I understand. Then I"ll see tomorrow night."
I said that before we left "Missuri".
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After returning to Boil Manor and putting away all our props it had already become a good time so we went to eat dinner. Was it "Pegizu" today? Rather than a restaurant that place is closer to a slightly chaotic bar. When we arrived at "Pegizu" everyone else was already seated at tables outside eating their meals.
"Sorry about that~ we ended up a bit late."
"No, we just arrived a short while ago as well."
Toris taps the bench beside him while saying. Just like that I sat down to the left of Toris and after ordering some beer and cooked beans from the Cat-people brat who came out, I started reporting in whisper.
"I was able to safely complete the request from {Black.Topaz}. With this I should have sold a favor to them as well. Tomorrow night, I think I"ll be able to get a bit more detailed information on {Sun.Ray} at Dorureon."
"Today I kept an eye on that one inn but there was no one coming in or out."
Zulu reported as well. That one inn is the inn that the Rindobel couple of {Sun.Ray} uses. A bit of distance from there is a reasonably large bar where you can keep lookout on the entrance of their inn. I have my three slaves taking shifts observing from there. It seems that when members of {Sun.Ray} discuss things they often go to the inn the Rindobel couple use or at least that"s what I heard from Viruhaima of {Verdure.Brotherhood} the other day.
"I heard some rumors when I was eating lunch with Toris yesterday. It seems like they were talking about us. Some adventurer looking pair that I don"t know was talking about Ral and Miduchi-san."
Bel said while tilting her beer mug.
"Yeah, I just heard something similar at "Saroku" at lunch. It seems it"s become quite the rumor."
"Somehow it feels like Al-san got the short end of the stick.."
Toris said that apologetically. So those rumors were also about how I"m not properly managing the party..It can"t be helped right.
"Well, that was something I already predicted. I don"t pay any mind to all of it. Well it"s still just started. I"m sure {Sun.Ray} wouldn"t move so easily either. It"s necessary to be ready for things to drag out a bit. Rather than that, what about Basutoral?"
"Yeah, though it"s just the contents I tried testing it out a bit. Since I brought it along should we try grilling it?"
When Basutoral said that Ralpha and Gwine raised some cheers.
"Oh~ that sounds good. Let me try eating it."
The waiter brat brought out the food we ordered. It see Miduchi ordered a beer as well. It seems that the food Miduchi asked for takes a bit of work. He only brought out my cooked beans. Basutoral took out the lump of minced meat that he had wrapped in a bag and started negotiating something with the brat. Because of how monotone he was the other day he was removed from the plan. I already told him during the day that he doesn"t have to do anything so just focus on making the contents of the sausages. However, for him to come up with a prototype in just half a day. I wonder what"s going on with the recipe?
Basutoral stood up and went together with the brat further into the restaurant.
I guess it"s only natural. I look at the blonde hair watching Basutoral and knowing she"s looking forward to taste testing, admired this fellows attachment to food.
Shortly after the bacon fry Miduchi ordered came out. Miduchi and Gwine were explaining the deliciousness of sausages to Zenom and when everyone started to get restless hearing that, Basutoral finally came back out. On top of the place was something like sizzling minced pork and on the side there was something long and narrow wrapped in a cloth.
It seems he didn"t grill all of them but formed a portion of them into the shape of sausages and boiled them still wrapped in the cloth.
When we ate the one that was grilled it was salty. Since both spices and seasonings were used, the taste itself wasn"t too bad. It"s probably just a mistake in the mixture. But, the one that was boiled seems to have had just the right amount of salt content removed as the flavor was decent.
"After all if it"s not packed into intestines then it"s vague."
The woman with her long hair dyed blonde said arrogantly. However, all of us reincarnated people including Basutoral and I were nodding. That snap texture is really where it needs to be~ And it"s probably because he used the stomach meat from a pig but there"s not much fat and the color is bad as well. Adding to that it"s crumbling as well. It"s not like there"s something like mixed spices and salts already made. There"s no particular need for food coloring but it really could use some phosphates as a binding agent.
"I"m sorry, I tried cutting it down as small as I could to around 2 mm but it ended up crumbling apart.."
Basutoral said while disheartened but since there"s no meat grinder it seems he just cut it up and diced it with a knife. It"s not unreasonable that he can"t make proper minced meat.
"Is that so!? Isn"t this delicious!"
Giberuti is praising it without restraint. If you were to ask if it"s good or bad then it"s not bad. It might be good to let Giberuti join in the making of the sausages later as well. Incidentally, it seems Zenom, Zulu, and Angela were somewhat pleased with them as well. It"s badly made but it"s probably their first time eating something like minced meat.
"Wai..Wait, that"s my.."
It seems Ralpha stole a portion of the boiled meat stick that Miduchi was going to eat from the side.
Even though you"re complaining you"re still eating it I see.
"Heeee~ it"s because you"re so carelessly eating something like bacon. If you aren"t going to eat then I"ll take it."
Take it? you"ve already swallowed it down...
So today these two are going to fight over food...
Author"s Note: Three paragraph sausage recipe~ (Translator: googling sausage is your friend.)