Chapter 96: 96
Checking the Sewers
While eating my breakfast, I asked Milka,
“What are Shia, Luchila and Serulis doing?”
“Miss Shia and Sister Serulis said they were going to the Adventurers Guild!”
“I see . And Luchila?”
“Luchila is taking a walk with Lord Gerberga in the garden . ”
“Of course . Walking is important . ”
And then I wondered . It would be good to give Luchila and Milka an education .
It would be best if I could do it myself, but I was too busy .
And so I should hire a private teacher . But I didn’t know anyone .
I would have to ask Goran to introduce me to one later .
When breakfast was finished and everything had been cleaned up, I decided to go out .
“Milka, I’ll be out for a while . ”
“Yes, sir! Will you be here for lunch?”
“Hmm? Oh, I’ll eat out . But I’ll be back for dinner . ”
“Got it!”
As I headed for the door, Grulf came bounding after me .
“Groof-groof!”
“Are you coming too?”
“Groof . ”
As he seemed to really want to come, I decided to take Grulf with me .
Luchila and Lord Gerberga were in the garden .
“Good morning . ”
“Good morning, Mister Locke!”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Lord Gerberga clucked happily .
“I’m going out . So take care of Lord Gerberga . ”
“Understood!”
“Cluck . ”
“If the mansion is attacked, you should use the secret passage to go to Eric . ”
“I know!”
The mansion was protected with defense magic .
That being said, it was never absolute .
There now existed items that allowed monsters to break through the divine barrier .
So you could never be too careful .
“I wonder if it would be possible to…make a barrier that nullifies items that nullifies the divine barrier…”
“I doubt it . ”
Luchila answered seriously .
Luchila was an Illusionist . He was also a Sorcerer . And a pretty good one at that .
“I suppose so . ”
“Yes . But I will try to think of a way too . ”
“Thank you . ”
So saying, I left the mansion .
“Groof-groof . ”
Grulf barked happily .
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“Are you really that happy to have come with me, Grulf?”
“Grr?”
“We’ll be going back to the sewers today . ”
“Grr!!!”
Grulf shuddered .
Perhaps he was traumatized after nearly drowning .
“If you want, you can stay at the mansion with Luchila and Milka . ”
“Grr!”
Grulf’s tail pointed straight up . He was not scared of any sewers .
That’s what he was saying .
“I see . Well, don’t push yourself too hard . ”
“Grr . ”
I decided to make an appearance at the guild first .
I wanted to check the quest board .
As I looked, Grulf started to rub against my body .
Grulf was very big, and so he drew a lot of attention .
Perhaps all the stares he was getting was making him nervous .
“I see that there are demon rat quests up…”
There were always demon rat quests . They came from the city .
In fact, you didn’t even need to accept these quests to do them .
You just hunted demon rats and brought in the magic stones and then you could collect your reward .
On the other hand, I didn’t see any goblin requests .
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“At least it’s peaceful . ”
I decided to look for Ario and Josh . But I didn’t find them .
Either they had already accepted a quest and left or they would come later .
Or maybe this was their day off .
Ario and Josh had killed many rats with us yesterday .
It was probably better that they took time to rest .
“Alright, let’s go . Grulf . ”
“Groof . ”
And so Grulf and I headed for the sewers .
When we got to the entrance, it was even quieter than yesterday .
“Grulf . Do you sense any rats?”
“Grr?”
It looked like he didn’t know .
“We have to check and see if they aren’t multiplying again . ”
“Groof . ”
There had not been much time between Milka coming to the mansion and the sudden increase in demon rats .
If they were still increasing at that pace, it was possible there were several hundred here already .
And that was more than we could afford to ignore .
It was possible that they would start attacking citizens .
“I’m depending on your nose, Grulf . ”
“Grr!”
Grulf was ready . He started to sniff around enthusiastically .
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“Groof!”
“Over there?”
Grulf began to run and so I followed him .
We found two demon rats which I quickly dispatched .
“I guess I should put the bodies in my bag…”
But how would I deal with the bodies?
I couldn’t burn them in the garden anymore .
“I guess I could bring them to the guild, since it is only a few . ”
It would not be enough for them to consider raising my rank .
After that, I continued to search the sewers with Grulf, but we only found about ten rats .
That was normal . So they had not multiplied much at all . That was a relief .
“Well, let’s go then . ”
“Groof-groof!”
When we exited the sewer together, the sun was its highest point .
“Ah, it’s lunch time . We should go and have something to eat . ”
“Groof!”
“Anything you want to eat?”
“Grrr?”
Grulf pondered on this question .
“Well, let’s start walking towards the food stalls for now . ”
“Groof . ”
“Let me know if you see something you want to eat . ”
“Groof!”
Grulf wagged his tail vigorously .