62. Double reward




 The new three-story house we just rented, a new house that can survive the magic storm.
 That, the living room on the second floor.

 When I came back from Nifonium, I just came across Emily and Celeste eating breakfast.

'We're home. Are you two alone?
Eve really did go to tellurium. And I have a proposition for you.
'Yes, sir. When he came back, Yoda asked me what he was going to do with the slime tears, but I told him it had nothing to do with carrots, so he said he could do whatever he wanted.
Steady.

 I'm impressed with what I've seen so far.

'Looks like you've got something to show for it, Ryota.
Well.

 I explain to both Celeste, who is very perceptive, and Emily, who has an excited look on her face when she hears it.
 That I spent a night in Nihonium with the Tears of Slime, and that I was able to take out 37 zombies with my reflexes just by sleeping and getting a drop for that.

'Great--but subtle?'
'Yeah, it's subtle. It's definitely amazing, you can beat it and get the drop items without doing anything, but the efficiency is too subtle.
To begin with, that's something only Mr. Yoda could do.
Well, sleeping through the night in the middle of a pack of monsters and then looking all kelopy the next morning is a trick that only Mr. ...... Lyota could pull off.

 Celeste said.

'Even that Mr. Yoda is delicate, it might be better to deliver it honestly here.
That's what I thought. Interesting, but not essential. I'll cash this one in and keep it for next time if I can get it again.

 Then I asked them both for their opinions.
 Emily and Celeste both nodded their heads without objection. Eve, who wasn't here, wouldn't have a problem with it since it had nothing to do with carrots at all.

''Then let's go to Elsa's place after we eat.

 Apparently, the buyer's employees also have achievements and things like that, so I decided to make these slime tears her achievements for her familiar face.

 Suddenly I noticed that Celeste was thinking about it.

''What's wrong, Celeste?''
No, it just occurred to me.
Yeah?
'What do you think the rare monster haggler will drop?
'That bothers me, hmmm, it bothers me. Whatever I drop is going to change from the original one. I can't let these slime tears confirm that.
It's all right then.

 Emily smiled and took out a ring.

''It's ...... that's right slime broth's!
'Yes, sir. It's a drop of slime broth on the first floor of the Tellurium.

     ★

 After eating breakfast, we are on the outskirts of Ciclo.
 We come to an unpopulated area and make sure there's no sign of people around.

 I place my slime broth ring on the ground and keep my distance with both Emily and Celeste.

'It's exciting,'
Well, I wonder what we'll get.
'There will be another great one! Mr. Yoda's Drop S is the best in the world.

 I smile, a little embarrassed to be lifted so high.
 I load up my bullets to hide my embarrassment and get ready for battle.
 Hagremono is a slime broth, I remember when I took it down before.

 Even then, it was pretty weak, and I was able to shoot it out with a single normal bullet.
 I would be able to defeat it this time as well without any problems, but I prepared a whole range of special bullets, such as straitjacket and tracking bullets to one side, just in case.

 After a while, it hatched from a ring into a haglemono and became a slime broth.
 At about the same time, a normal bullet penetrated the slime broth.

 I pulled the trigger the moment it hatched and shot it out when it was fully hatched.
 The guy disappeared and poof, an item was dropped.

 I walked up to it and picked it up.
 I heard a voice in my brain.

'Double the drop--and the occasional HPMP recovery effect when you attack?
It's a good one!
There's another effect on top of the original one.
Do you have a recovery effect sometimes when you attack this attack?

 Emily and Celeste thought for a moment and replied.

'I've never heard of it,'
Double drop exists, but not that one.
I see.
That's what I'm talking about, Ryota-san. I'm wondering what new tears will be added to the slime.
Yeah, but no.

 He replied to Celeste's words with a bitter smile.
 Because the design of the ring that was dropped was completely different.
 The shape of the ring, and the stones on it.
 It's so different that even a layman could see it at a glance.

''If I do it with slime tears, I won't be able to deliver it.
Yeah.

 Celeste laughed, too, and looked disappointed.

'It's all right,'
What?
We can't be sure, but we can get to it.
How?

 Emily chuckled and pulled out a pouch - a pouch that had been dropped from the Slime Sultan's haggle - and showed it to me and the others.

     ☆

This is the rare monster in the seventh floor of the tellurium!

 Buyer.
 The place was bustling with activity today, with various adventurers bringing in their drop items, but then Elsa's loud voice rang out, and she quieted down and turned her attention to us.
 I laughed bitterly, and Emily and Celeste.

'Seven floors underground?'
You know, the Guts'
'Oh, I'm pretty sure that thing has a low drop rate, so they pull it to the end of the line every year.
You're a lucky guy.
'That one usually drops, but it's harder to collect than other rares because a lot of adventurers destroy themselves with it because of the effect, so it's harder to lose it every time it's lost.

 I can hear the adventurers.
 I somehow understood why they didn't gather even though they belonged to the seventh floor underground.

 On the other hand, Elsa blushed and hurriedly apologized when she realized that she had attracted attention.

''Oh, I'm sorry.''
'Don't worry about it. For that matter, you can still buy this, right?
'Yes! Thank you! Thanks to Mr. Sato, our store's credibility and rank will rise again.
'Is that what happens when you put it out for a harvest festival item?'
'Yes! And the rarer it is, the better. So I really appreciate it, Satou-san!
I'm glad I could help.
And will you be at the harvest festival, Sato-san?
Yeah, I'll get you out.

 I replied, aware of the pouch in my pocket.

 Along with the honor of the store, the adventurers are honored.
 At the harvest festival, during the festivities, they would haggle the items on display in the arena.
 They display both crops and monsters.

 It is the adventurer who must defeat the haggler. In particular, it is customary for adventurers to help with rare monster drops.

 Originally, the festival began as a way for adventurers to display the monsters and their drops, and to share with others how to defeat them.

 As Ciclo's town grew, so did its population.
 Nowadays, demonstrating how to defeat a rare monster at a harvest festival is an honorable thing for adventurers to do.

 It's a way to show that you can beat this monster, and it's a way to show off your power.
 Plus, people who want to pinpoint the item might ask for it afterwards, which is a good thing.

 That's what I said I would do.
 I used to avoid taking down haggles in front of people a while ago, but thanks to the pouch in my pocket, an item that makes it look like it's not going to drop, I don't have to worry about it anymore.

'Then please,'
I'm on it.
Well, then, here's your fee.

 Elsa held the wad of bills out on the table.
 An easy to understand, very easy to understand wad of bills.
 That's it - three stacked up.

 Probably a high price drop from the original, but the festival price was even higher.
 Not only did I get a confirmed drop of Slime's Tears Hagremoney, but I also got a reward of three million piro.

 I turned around and dodged a high-five with Emily and Celeste.