The Saintess 4

On the next day, the saintess was eaten by Rin a second time.

[This ones, like Kehma too, its endless, food.]

Keep on eating as much as you want~

Come to think of it, maybe the saintess doesnt have a holy attribute? Rin said she tasted delicious I doubt it, but is she something like a black-hearted bitch? Or maybe food with the holy attribute just tastes a bit tingly?

Well, I decided to spin the 1000 DP gacha every time the saintess dies from here on.

Yep, the 1000 DP gacha.

Even though gacha is the reason Im here in the first place, I havent been using it at all.

I prefer relative reliability, so Im pretty bad at leaving things to luck. We havent had extra income to waste so far so I havent really felt like possibly wasting money on gacha spins.

But now were getting twenty-five gold a day from the saintess inn fees. With Rins DP and the saintess DP added on to that, weve been making a killing recently. Its been like a never ending comedy. We have enough surplus now to use even 1000 DP every day.

I mean, that saintess is loaded, isnt she. Even with that, she was only flexible enough to offer three hundred gold coins? Stingy. Thats twelve days of inn fees. Arent you going to go past that here soon?

So, lets see what comes out of the 1000 DP gacha.

As a classic example of a MISS, a scrub brush appeared Isnt this like, 5 DP? The heck. Rather, stuff other than monsters can come out too? Didnt know.

A miss? Kehma is super unlucky~. Do it again, go for it, its fine! Wheres your passion, your fighting spirit!? Gugugu, uooh! Do iiit!

I dont get what youre trying to say at all.

Even though Rokukos only ever spun it twice, shes trying to teach me how youre supposed to go about gacha She does have amazing luck though, what with getting another worlds person and a phoenix her two tries.

Yep, lets have Rokuko do it tomorrow.

A knock came from the door, it was Ichika.

Goshujin-sama~. Saintess-sama wants an audience~. Whatll ya do?

So the saintess came again Haah, what a troublesome person I have to meet. Shes probably here to report about seeing the commissions target. I guess her not coming here right after seeing it yesterday was to make sure?

Unfortunate, Rokuko. Saintess-sama is here. Please head into the master room.

Whatre you saying, Kehma. Even though were together right now, youd choose that saintess over me? Is she more important? Mou [1]

She said that like she was pouting, but shes smiling anyways. Is it because I gave her the ring? Shes been hanging around me more often recently. I dont really remember when it started though.

Youre obviously more important. Ill introduce you to the saintess. In the tiny chance that you get attacked though, Id die. Literally.

I know~! Fufu

And now I feel like someone just said, Huh? Did I just hear something that sounded like a lovers quarrel? Did I just feel Haku-sans blood lust?

My remark was simply about the relation between a dungeon master and a dungeon core, it was a simply fact.

Seeing Rokuko off as she left for the master room in a good mood, I went to the parlor.

Ichika hadnt waited at all and brought Saintess Alka there. She was there with the Wozuma Village sub-chief who was fully devoted to blending into the background as ever.

Now then, do you have business here today?

Yes. I have found the commissions target demon.

The saintess said so with a smile on her face as she sat on the sofa facing me.

So, will you be accepting the commission?

I dont mind doing that, but there is a condition Pass the dungeon cores destruction rights to me.

I cannot talk about that. Please, come back after obtaining the emperors permission.

What? It is alright if Village Chief-san simply nods. You can have second-class land and three hundred gold coins simply by nodding you know? That is all, doesnt that sound simple?

I shall refuse.

An ordinary greedy and idiotic village chief would easily nod, but for me, its something more like, Ill give you money if you agree to let me kill you. Theres absolutely no way I would give permission to that.

I just thought of this now, but theres the possibility that magical restrictions exist. I cant say that something like instant death magic that can destroy the dungeon core as soon as I give the go-ahead exists or not. This is a world where magic exists after all.

Yep, Im not exhausted at all. I cant be half-asleep here. I want to go home!is what I want to say.

However, that is something that cannot be exterminated without me.

Hoh? What makes you say that?

Because it is a fact. That is a wicked, dark existence.

And now Saintess-sama is speaking like a chuuni.

But assuming shes right, that means theres nothing it cant eat huh Is she bluffing? Or maybe theres something else at play?

However, it would take some time before I could eradicate it so please decide before then.

Thats why Im saying I refuse. You can just go back if you cant accept the commission normally you know?

No, Im saying, without me that demon cant be exterminated.

No, no.

No, no, no.

After that, I ignored her propagating the Light Gods Decree, turning down her demands for the right to destroy the dungeon core.

She didnt accept the commission in the end.

Even though we were in a stalemate lasting till dinner time, she even tried solving it by brazenly repeating that she was growing hungry over and over.

Moreover, even though it wound up with us being in a deadlock till dinner time, she kept shamelessly saying, Im getting somewhat hungry, here are there.

Did she fall head over heels in love with our inns meals, the heck is this saintess? Go on and head back to eat. I get it already, you can go back and eat so go on and do it!

This food called bubuzuke is delicious. Mmm, its turned into a feast. Village Chief-sama is indeed good at negotiations, Ill negotiate with the kingdom to present you with better terms. Ah, another serving please. [2]

No, this will be billed to you as an extra fee onto your inn fees, so dont worry about. Also, there isnt another serving.

Of course, in this world offering bubuzuke doesnt mean hurry up and return, so it turned into a situation where we ate together normally. Hero Wataru would also probably be happy to eat it, so its probably just wouldnt work in this world

Footnotes:

Mou is just used as a pout here. Im open to any suggestions to anglicize it, though I personally prefer keeping things like that.

Bubuzuke where to start? Simply put, it is rice with green tea poured over it with a few toppings. In Kyoto, it is instead known a bubuzuke. If a native to Kyoto asks a guest if they would like some of this dish, it means that person has overstayed their welcome and is a way of asking them to leave.