Hunting Duty

Here, lift this up.

Yes.

Allen was helping the Head Chef to dismantle the White Deer in the garden.

He had brought the White Deer home with him which caused a scene in the hall. But this was ordered by Thomas, the second son of Baron Granvelle, in the presence of everyone at dinner. So, no one could blame Allen.

Yesterday, we dismantled it until late at night, but due to its enormous size, we reached our limit when we removed its internal organs and stripped off its fur. Today we would have to do more dismantling. The work wasnt completed yet.

Allen was strong, so the Head Chef asked the Butler to let him help dismantle the White Deer today instead of taking care of Cecile. His tone was like, Im borrowing him, but that was his way of asking for help.

Head Chef also suggested me something. You should be a chef, not the Ladys manservant. Shall I tell Sebas?

The Head Chef called down his superior, the Butler.

Thank you, sir. But Lady Cecile has been very good to me.

I refused politely. The Head Chef asked me if its true that the young lady treats me well.

I dont like being Ceciles manservant, but I also dont want to be a Chef. As Ceciles servant, I can go all over town for errands, and Cecile has a lot of lessons. It gives me a lot of free time. Thats why Im helping to dismantle the White Deer now.

Youre a fast learner.

The Head Chef was impressed.

(Thats probably because of my intelligence.)

As a waiter, Ive to remember a lot of things. Its been happening since I was in the Kurena Village but as my level increased, it became more and more obvious. I can remember everything as if the time when I was Kenichi in my previous life was a lie. Its not that my personality has changed or anything, but I can remember everything and my body moves naturally.

I dont feel like Ive gotten smarter. I cant think of anything that I couldnt think of before, and I dont think Ive become a genius with increased intelligence.

(It would have been better to have all status A than to have S in Intelligence. And White Deer was really heavy yesterday, too.)

Summoners have an extremely high Intelligence ability value of S, but their Attack ability is subtle at C.

For Allen, who throws projectiles and fights with a sword, he would rather have all statuses A than have his attack become C because of a reaction or adjustment to his Intelligence.

Even as I think about this, my hand holding the blade was not still. The dismantling proceeded quickly.

After helping with the dismantling until late at night and returning to the building, I was told by the Butler to come to the Butlers office when I finished serving.

I feel like Ive been summoned a lot lately. Since I was told to come, I headed for the Butlers office after serving.

Knock, knock.

Excuse me. This is Allen.

Come in.

It was quite late. I enter the Butlers room. As usual, he asked me to sit on the sofa.

Im sorry for making you work so late on your day off yesterday.

(Hmm? He apologized.)

I dont know why he apologized, so I said it was no problem. The hunt for White Deer last night was done on my day off, and the dismantling that took so long was done to get the magic stone.

What can I do for you today, sir? I asked.

Hmm, let me start with this.

He put a pouch on the table between the sofas.

Whats this?

100 Silver Coins.

What? White Deers reward is 100 silver coins?

The edible part of each White Deer seemed to weigh about 500 kilograms. It didnt cost 100 Silver Coins. It cost less than that.

And by the way, thats including this months salary.

Allen gets paid at the end of every month. Since Allens salary was 50 silver coins per month, Allen thought that this time White Deers reward was 50 silver coins.

Huh.

I replied, almost a sigh.

Allen. Youre smart, but youre also quite honest. Heres your paycheck from this month.

What?

Your work is very good. And your attitude is diligent. But this amount is not for that reason.

The Butler told him that the salary for a manservant is 100 silver coins a month for a normal servant. Even because of Allens good work performance, it does not mean that his salary will be 100 silver coins.

Well, does that mean I have another job worth 50 Silver Coins?

Yes, Im thinking of having you work as a hunting guard.

Hunting guard?

The Butler wanted me to take on a new job.

Yes, Allen. You like to hunt, dont you?

Yes.

I answered immediately.

What is a Hunting Guard?

The Butler explained to Allen about the job of a Hunting Guard.

There are several of them in large noble families such as the Counts, but there have never been any in the Baron of Granvelle.

The job of the hunting guard is as follows:

-Hunt down magical beasts and get their meat.

-If there are people outside the city who are in trouble with magical beasts, help them.

Whoa!

I shouted with joy when I heard that much. I understood that it was the noblemans version of a hunter (adventurer). He said that it was part of his job to help people who were in trouble with magical beasts when they were hunting.

This is something that other servants have asked me to do.

What?

The Butler made a difficult face as he talked about his difficulties.

For the past few days, most of the servants have been asking the Butler to let Allen hunt more. It was obvious that Allen was a good hunter even before he hunted White Deer. He would catch five horned rabbits every time he had a day off. As a result, the servants food situation had improved a bit.

If this was done with a little more frequency, there would be more meat to be eaten at the Barons house. I heard that the servants have been requesting the Butler for this.

The Butler was strongly told that it would be better for the Granvelle family if he was used for hunting rather than being used for taking care of Cecile. So he had discussed this matter with Cecile for the past few days.

Thats how it is. I didnt think that you would really hunt for White Deer. Well, to tell you the truth, the Granvelle family has its own financial situation.

He thought that it would be more profitable to increase his monthly salary by 50 coins than to continue to buy the magical beast from Allen. White Deer would have cost a gold coin. But they couldnt afford that. Since they couldnt afford it, they planned to have a frugal New Years party.

I understand. Ill take the hunting duty for 50 silver coins. Can I start from tomorrow then?

(No, if thats the case, theres no need to increase the pay. Ill hunt a few magical beasts for food, and the rest of the time Ill enjoy my goblin hunting life. )

(Whoo-hoo!)

I have a feeling that a fun hunt is about to begin. With a smile on my face, I took over the hunting duty, expecting to start my daily hunting life tomorrow.

Well, wait a minute. I said you were going to do the hunting duty as well.

What?

Of course, youll have to take care of Miss Cecile. Youll be on hunting duty one day a week.

Huh?

He told me that I had to take care of Cecile like before.

I used to go hunting once every six days on my days off. Now, I can go hunting twice every six days. Once as a Hunting Guard and the other on my day off.

What? You dont like it? You can pretend this conversation never happened then.

What? Thats not a bad idea. Of course, Ill accept

Dont be so discouraged. If you do your job well, you might be able to become a Valet. Its a shame that youre only going to be on hunting duty.

For some reason, the word Valet which Allen would become if promoted appeared. Im sure he knows from my actions so far that I dont want to be a Valet. What a sly man.

Ugh.

Whats wrong? Dont you want to take over the hunting duty one day a week?

Yes sir. Thank you for thinking so much about my work.

In this way, Allen became Ceciles servant, waiter, and Hunting Guard at Baron Granvelles. He had been at the mansion for two months, and the days he went hunting has now been raised to two days a week.

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