Its already late night (Its 01:30 right now that Im posting this chapter. I started TLing at 11:00). As I said that I will get somewhat free time today for TLing the chapters, but looks like I wasnt able to as the Chapter 12 is even bigger than Chapter 10. So it will be in parts.Thats why you will have to wait some hours as I will sleep and then after waking up TL it. After all it is Sunday for me and btw most of the people who are in Europe or North & South America will get this chapter by night or evening. I guess (not much confident in time differences). Anyhow today only Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 Part 1.be happy.

Chapter 11 Raw Materials and Inn and Prospects and Secret Meeting

[ET: Tense is always changing.]

Some time after the attack from Goblins (from both sides). We both decided to continue investigating the Labyrinth.

After that, we met various types of monsters en route.

But they all were different from the ones in the forest or its surrounding areas. Just what I expect from a Dungeon.

For example,

Wolf. It was just like its name says.

Lizard. This one is a big skink lizard. Its over-all length is about 1-2 metre.

Rabbit. This one is a wild rabbit about the size of dog. By the way it is edible.

For some reason, these all are demons which dont give the monster like feeling. If you ignore their largeness and body color then they can be found on earth too.

Doesnt something likeerm, dragon appear here?

When I asked that to Elk, I was punched and yelled at You got a death wish? Idiot

No but everyone wants to see it once right? Fighting it isyou know.

Anyhow, after defeating those guys, we completed the established practice of Tearing Off in this world which is the same in hunting games too.

The fangs or fur for Wolf, skin for Lizard and like that the useful parts are teared off and then sold within the city.

or so Elk was saying.

And after we both grabbed some resources (I can call it that,right?), we both left the dungeon.

It was already Evening outside. Well, aint that fine?

After that,

When I asked Elk Isnt there any good inn? she replied that the inn she is staying at is good. Her inn is the ideal inn with Safety, Cheapness and Tasty Food.

And so, it ended up me heading there.

I thought if it is fine to let one unknown man live in the same inn in which she is living. But then I recalled the incident of the morning.

Even so, when I asked about it indirectly,

It will be good until you try to do something?

Fast Reply.

There are also girls like this who are frank or act manly.

Or else, am I being trusted? or am I being underestimated

Rather, the talk just went too smoothly!

I if object her words, wont I be thought as a man who can self-constrain himself?

Thatyep, it will definitely be hard to live on afterwards.

No well its a complete truth that I cant sef-constrain myself, but I want to avoid letting a girl Ive just met know about that fact.

And the inn has favorable terms so I really dont want her to reject me living there.

And so, I accepted her and let her guide me.

The inn Elk is living in is called Bermuda.

I thought What if I went in there and cant ever come back out for a momentanyhow, putting off the first impression I got from the name,

I enter the inn thinking that it would be good if its a comfortable place.

Welcome! To Bermuda where Once you enter you cant leave out!

We are welcomed by an excessively energetic girl.

Her age is maybe 2 years lower than mine? She has brown pony tail hair reaching her shoulders. Her face is childish and is fair-skinned. More than anything her smile is really bright for my eyes!

I ignore the welcoming lines which actually are the same as what I thought before entering.

By the way, Im Tanya, the self-proclaimed poster girl of this inn! Welcome Customers

Self-proclaimed h.e.l.l with it. But she really is girl full of spirit, to the extent that it will irritate most of the people.

I dont hate it, though

Ah, Yes Thank you. Er, is there any room vacant? I want to live here for some time.

Yes, with pleasure~!

Is this a bar or what. [ET: with pleasure is said mostly at bar or love hotels, thats why MC says as such.]

When I glance at my side, Elk is face palming with a worn-out expression.

The only flaw of this inn

I see, so this girl is always full of spirit.

From what I heard, looks like Tanya-chan who is also the daughter of the owner of this inn helps from being a poster girl to being a waitress in the dining hall.

She is good-looking and has cheerful personality, so she is popular among the customers, but looks like Elk is not good with noisy places.

Ah? Isnt it Elk-san. Eh, What, you brining a man here, is spring finally going to come for you?

Its not that, you dont need to pry to any further.

Aw, boring. I thought I will be getting the chance to choose the name of the future child.

Just how many steps forward are you thinking about, idiot! Stop speaking ridiculous jokes in front the person himself! Im sorry Minato, you dont need to pay attention to this girl at all!

Hmm, so he is called Minato? Is it beginning of a love story?

Im telling you its fricking different! Minato lets change this inn, kay? I know other good inns too!

Aww, dont say something so lonely, Onee-sama

Who is the Onee-sama you creep! Geez, its good that you are popular right now, but if you keep on serving them with this att.i.tude soon enough they will disappear?

It fine, Its fine. I only serve and tease Elk-san to this extent.

What the !!

Elk, your character is changing.

Im curious that why Elk became like this, but for now lets ignore it.

But well, if she is always being teased like this, its natural for her get fed up.

Incidentally, which is your room, Elk?

My room is in the inner part on the second floor.

Is that so, I see. Then Tanya-chan if you can do it then I want my room to be

Understood~, You want your room next to Elk-sans room,right?

On the first floor.

Well, I want to have the floor different at least. Its not like I would do something if it is the same floor.

Tanya-chan made a face saying Tsk but she does her work honestly because she quickly brought out necessary doc.u.ments.

Fill the name and number of days you want to stay here. The rest we will write. A-And if possible write the type of girl you prefer here.

I take back what I just said.

And from what I hear, there are not many rooms vacant on the first floorthe ones that are vacant are big sized rooms and medium-sized rooms.

The medium-sized rooms are about the size of a normal room in a j.a.panese-lodging. 50 copper coins for 1 night.

The big sized rooms are almost the size of a room in a high-cla.s.s hotel. 1 silver coin for 1 night.

Well from the currency values I heard from Elk, I have a lot of money with me. Ill go with the medium-sized room, it isnt like I desire a high-cla.s.s room.

In truth they also have small rooms around the size of small rooms in a business hotel. Its price if also pretty reasonable, 30 coppers for 1 night, by the way Elk is also living in this type of room.

But unfortunately, these rooms on both floors are full and only the other types of rooms are left. Cant be helped.

Incidentally, there is a common bath. The people living in small rooms have to give extra fees but the people living in big-sized and medium-sized rooms dont have to.

I pay the price for a medium-sized room on the first floor for 1 week. In total it is 3 silver coins and 50 copper coins.

I take the key for the room and when I glance at my behind, Elk was getting red due to the jokes by Tanya-chan. It seems like she will throw her anger towards me if I say anything, so ignore for now.

Elk spoke Good grief!. Thank you for your hard work.

A little later, Elk asked me to come to her room saying I have to talk about something. So, I lock the room which I just now took and head towards her room.

Though I lock it, its not like there is anything valuable inside the room.

Anyhow, every adventurer including me and Elk moves here and there with their personal belongingsor perhaps I should say, equipments. And those equipments mostly are of good quality.

So, there are most people who dont leave their equipments in the inn and keep on wearing it to prevent theft.

And above all I have gotten the Hypers.p.a.ce Backpack from mom. And if I have this I dont have to worry about my living s.p.a.ce.

It has limits, but still it has the capacity as that of a large storage room.

And should I say as expected? because Elk doesnt has much belonging inside her room. The only things there are things needed for daily life and things needed for adventurer work.

It somehow feels just too low thingswell, it cant be helped even if I think about it.

Elk puts away the bag filled with the raw materials brought from the labyrinth and gives me an eye signal saying Sit. I accept her offer. I sit on a chair while Elk sits on her bed.

Minato, the raw materials we brought is it alright to sell them at the guild tomorrow?

Eh? Ah, Yeah it alright. Is it something you can sell just by bringing it over there?

More or less. Though it takes time for investigating the origin of the raw materials, but these are of low-level so it will be over in some minutes. And, erm

?

Erm, the distribution of profits from selling it

Yeah, the money comes after selling the raw materials.

Well it will be good with 50-50, it is the basic,right?

Elk was also saying that, but right now her words seem evasive.

And keeps on murmuring to herself.

No, it will be good if I speak it out straightforwardly.

? What does that mean?

Elk takes a deep breath while Im trying to find the meaning of her words and

You see, Minato. I have some troubles going on and so I need money. And thats whycan you increase my share even if a little bit?

sincerely requests.

Ah, I see, this really is something that is hard to say.

Yeah, its fine with me.

Thats right, you wont increaseEH!? i-Is that fine!?

For what reason are you freaking out?

I thought she will happily accept my words, but what came back was an expression full of surprise.

N-No, but can you that easily

After all, Elk has taught me many things and you see, I dont have any need for money right now.

B-But is it fine? You were the one who killed most demons?

That much is nothing for me.

Surely, I did kill the most of the demons, but rather, I requested her to let me fight them.

After all, all the monsters(The animal types were more though) we met were full of spirit and came at us in large crowds.

And so, I fought against them to my hearts extent. There is no need to worry about it.

Argh, it was a let down.

I speak to Elk who doesnt seem like she is digesting my words at all.

Elk, you can take the whole profit for yourself?

No, T-That, I cant do it!?

Why? You need money, right?

She doesnt seem like she will tell me the reason for it, so I wont ask about it.

Just like I said before, its not like I have a need of money right now, so its completely fine with me even if Elk takes all the money.

To put it bluntly, I can earn that much every time. Only the prey is needed for it.

You really gonna give me all that? Arent you being too nice?

I dont know if Im being to nice, well, there is no reason to reject your request. Just think that Im doing it on a whim.

I-I see, Thank YouIts difficult for me to sayI already have a feeling of guilt from before (depress)

She shows a somewhat depressed face, but a little after shows a happy expression.

Taking all the money does feel awkward.

Anyhow, we talked for a little while and then made our way to eat meal together.

In this dining hall, only the breakfast is free. Well for the guests there are discounts.

And I have a lot of money in my purse, so I ate a lot of food.

When I asked that why the dinner isnt made in sets, though breakfast is. The reply that came was that adventurers in general like to eat and drink as much as they want in night and so the dinner in sets is not made.

And after eating, I bid farewell to Elk and return to my room.

Well anyhow my first day as an adventurer went smoothly. I lie on the bed which is the first bed I lay down on after leaving the home.

Well then,

For the first time I fought against demons different from the ones in the forest, honestly speaking

No, lets leave it.

Its not good to think about something that will lead to carelessness.

Even Elk said that only weak demons appear in that labyrinth. There will be many chances to fight against strong monsters from now on.

Though I dont know if Elk will be there with me at that time.

Well I cant do anything by thinking. Lets sleep.

I turn off the lights.

Im one of those people who cant sleep in a complete dark room. And so, I set the candle in the candle-stand.

And when I bring my palm near there.

The candle catches up the fire in an instant.

I didnt even had chance to use this today.

I mutter words to myself.

Today I didnt use this and only took care of demons with normal Taijutsu, butchances will come to use this which I used always in the forest.

I want to fight against those guys before my instincts become blunt. It might be imprudent, but Im itching to use my skills.

I close the curtains and close my eyes.

Ah, by the way, the share distribution ended up with being 8:2 of Elk and mine.

It feels like not much changed.

In late night,

Elk left the Bermuda inn and entered the small dark alley behind the inn.

In general, the so-called back alleys are dangerous places for a woman in night. The usual Elk always stays on her guard and doesnt leave the inn at night-time.

But, today she went inside the back alley.

And the one she is meeting is there.

She entered the back alley and after turning on some corners reaches a place with some light.

The men gathered there all had dangerous and grim expression. They all turn their line of sight towards Elk who just came in.

But, Elk knowing that they will not attack, starts walking while pretending to be calm.

One of the men from that suspicious group of men steps forwards towards Elk.

You know what to you have to say, Elk?

You guys got problem with the incident in morning?

Of course. Just what were you thinking by bringing that monsterthough no one is dead but everyone is injured and now cant move.

I cant do anything about that. Even I didnt knew that he would be so strongAnd furthermore, you guys were the ones who made this plan, it wouldve been fine if you used your minds?

What did you say b.i.t.c.h

Stop it, nothing good will happen if you argue here. And I now understand that its not only your responsibility this time. But casualties did appear and we all are right now angry. So stop from speaking in a provocative tone. For the sake of both of us.

Another man comes in and calms down the man who got worked up due to the argument.

He speaks in a soothing tone. He warns everyone and all shut their mouth.

When he sees that both parties have calmed down. He then faces towards Elk.

So what are you going to do? I will regard this time as bad luck but what about your older problems that are yet to be solved?

You gotten friendlier with that man,right? He has some good equipments, s.n.a.t.c.h a single weapon from him!

Its impossible. At a glance he does seem like someone who isnt thinking about anything, but he has ridiculous physical strength. If I make a blunder while doing that, I might be killed.

That is troublesome. But what are you gonna do, go for some other adventurer?

I reject. I really dont want to involve unrelated people in this.

You say that after doing it, huh, did you go blind by the money he has? I wont let you say that its wrong?

!

Lets say you dont do that. Then how are you going to make money? You wont make it with proper means, even you should know it, right?

I might be able to make it from those proper means. If I can get him to fight for me

Hmm, I see. In that case, well, good luck. Im telling you once again that I wont increase the deadline.

He steps near Elk and then whispers in her ears.

You know what happensif you dont make it?

Saying that the man turns back and leaves the place.

The other men follow after him.

There are those who are cursing Elk, some are clicking their tongues and those who dont have any intention to both are looking at her with l.u.s.tful eyes,

After they all disappear in the darkness after following the man at front,

Elk clenches her fist very tightly that blood starts flowing from it.