273. Aise with Purumbum




 The branch of "Tsubame's Grace" in the city of Tetramine.

 Various milk from Plumbum were brought in one after another.
 The store was extremely crowded with these purchases and adventurers.

''Yes, 20,000 piro of the purchase price.''

 One of the clerks handed the adventurer some money and accepted a weapon in exchange.

'What's that?'

 I asked Dale, the head of the Tetra Min Dungeon Association, who was standing beside me, looking at the scene in front of us together.

''The weapons that Lyota-sama prepared for us, we've decided to only rent them for a while. Since there are still a few of them, there are days when the owners won't go to the dungeon if we buy them back.
Oh, I see. You want to rent it out and then return it when you buy it.

 Dale nodded clearly.

'At first it was just a band-aid for the low weapon count, but since this works as a license as well, I'm thinking of going with it from now on.
I see.

 I nodded.
 'I'm glad it's working in the right direction.

'Feng, I've earned it again today.
Let's go get a drink.
'Oh! Let's go to a nice little place today.
Aye.

 A group of adventurers slipped past us and walked out of the store.
 The exchange was extremely economical.

'Oh ...... a scene that was so unimaginable not long ago ......'

 Dale was thrilled to hear that.

'Good for you,'
'Yes! In fact, we received some great stories yesterday.
Great story?
I've been approached by a bank that wants to open a branch in this town.
Yeah, that's great.

 I was frankly impressed.

 Among the many merchants, no one is as straightforwardly sensitive to the smell of money as the bank.
 The fact that it has its eye on this town is probably because it's convinced of TetraMin's further development.

 At the very least, there is no doubt that the flow of money will increase.

 That should be enough for now.

"Ryota-sama.
Yeah?
'Really! Thank you so much!

 Dale took my hand, squeezed it forcefully, and bowed his head over and over again.

 It wasn't exactly what Dale asked me to do, but I guess the tetramine is all right now.

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 Plumbum's room, which came via the transporter room.

'Oh, good to see you.

 As usual, Plumbum, who was writing something with his gaze down at hand, looked up and welcomed me with a smile.

'How did you know I was here?'
Of course.

 What is natural?
 In the beginning, I called out to them. When I called out to him, he looked up ...... a natural sight.
 I'm not going to be able to tell you what to do with it.
 I'm not sure if they are able to tell by the sound of your footsteps or not.

I'm sure you'll find that your presence will not be missed, even if the heavens and the earth are turned upside down.
Don't you think you're exaggerating a bit?
No, it's not!

 Plumbum insisted.

Just to feel your presence is enough to make me feel warm and fuzzy. How could I have missed such a sweet thing?
'Right. More importantly, ...... what are you drawing today?
Yes, you are an adventurer, aren't you?
Yeah.

 I nodded.

'I hear you've been to various dungeons and solved all sorts of difficult cases.
That's about right.
I write them down. I don't know of any other dungeons, so I mostly supplement them with my imagination.
Heh, let's see. ...... is a cartoon.
Oh, you call this a comic book?
'And he's good at it! I've never seen someone spend so much on their own.

 What Plumbumbum was writing was a raw manuscript that was as good as any professional cartoonist's.
 Not just one or two sheets, but quite a lot of raw manuscripts.
 A mountain of both quality and quantity, a mountain of manuscripts that could be turned into a manga once printed and bound.

'Oh, I'm just as good-looking as I am, aren't I?

 The me drawn in the manga was the same as the main character in the girl's manga.

I've told you many times, I'm just drawing you as I see you.
Oh, yeah? ...... This is ...... you?
Mm-hmm.

 Plumbum nodded slightly, his cheeks coloring.
 The heroine who had appeared in the manga was Prumbum herself.

 This one was drawn almost exactly as she was, without any adaptation.
 It's a good thing that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about it.

"Hoho ...... could this be ...... a story about Emily?
Hmm. I wrote down the story you told me.
I see.

 It was kind of funny.
 The manga is the story of how me and Emily met.

 It started with my transition to another world, which I said was apparently dropped from a slime, and the story of how I borrowed a bamboo spear from Emily and desperately earned money in dungeons to rent my first apartment.

 It was a rare experience where what I did became a comic book, and it was kind of fun.

Huh?

 The comics go as far as Emily asking me to come live with her and so on.
 The story ends here, this episode only tells Plumbum so far.

 And yet, there's the next page in the manuscript.

'What kind of--'
'Wow!'

 Prumbum yelled out and snatched the manuscript from my hand.

'W-what's the matter?'
It's nothing.
Really? So let's continue with that comic--
You can't do this.
What?
I can't do this.

 Plumbum stared at me with an incredibly scary look on his face.
 It reminds me of when we first met, a misanthropic, intruder-killing, man-crushing look.

"Oh, okay, okay,

 I backed off.
 There's no point in forcing it if he doesn't like it that much.
 You can't help but wonder what's going to happen when you're about to read a manga, but it's inevitable.

...... I can't show you this. If people find out that you are this kind of shameless woman, they will hate you. ......

 Prumbum was mumbling something to himself.

'What's wrong, are you okay?'
I'm fine! I could have told you more than that.
Yeah? Yeah, right.

 I sat down across from her.
 I stared straight at her, trying not to look at the manuscript.

'What are you going to tell me today?
'Well ......, in that order, the next step is where you'll meet Aulum.
Auldurm ...... is a spirit just like her.
Yeah.
How did you do that? You were supposed to tell me!

 Plumbumbum was crowding me.
 The sparkling eyes, the excited expression on her face.

 I couldn't imagine her looking so lively the first time I saw her.

I'm so happy for you. ......

 Dale had invited me to join him, and I was so glad I was here.

 I was satisfied and spent a moment with a happy, smiling Prunbhum.