Tondemo Skill - 577 - Farewell, Royal Capital~ (Patreon)

Eguchi: It’s a little short. The Royal Capital arc is finally coming to an (end). The Royal Capital arc ended up being long because there were too many things I wanted to include, hopefully, I can do things in moderation next time.

We stayed for a few more days in the Royal Capital.

As promised (or threatened), Fer and Grandpa Gon had a pile of sliced bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The next day, I gave them normal food for lunch and dinner after they started crying during their bread and bread breakfast. I have already bought souvenirs for everyone in Carelina and am determined to enjoy my last days at the Royal Capital.

Also…

“Ahh~~ finally, we’re finally going back to Carelina…” Willem-san muttered, exhaustion plain on his face.

We were on a grassy field just outside the entrance to the Royal Capital. The people seeing us off are Bram the Guild Master as well as members of the [Iron Will] party.

“Thank you for your hard work,” I said politely to Bram-san, who squinted suspiciously at me.

“No, I should be the one to say this to you,” he said.

“No, no, that’s not true,” in fact, I’d say that aside from me, everyone else had worked very hard.

“Well, well, we can at least the job of dismantling the Leviathan had been successfully completed,” said Werner-san placatingly.

“Right, right? It was an emergency call, but we got a lot out of it, yeah?” said Rita-san with a big grin on her face.

The others nodded.

That’s right, no matter what, the ‘Leviathan Dismantling Project’ had to be the biggest project in the history of the Royal Capital Adventurer’s Guild. Having an opportunity to participate in this project warmed the hearts of everyone from [Iron Will].

“I agree~ thanks to this project, I upgraded my weapons,” said Vincent-san with a happy smile.

After that project, the [Iron Will] planned to take the opportunity to upgrade all their gear to match their new B Rank. It was for this reason that they plan to stay at the Royal Capital for just a while longer.

“There are a lot of good things here at the Royal Capital,” said Ramon-san. “I look forward to exploring them.”

“There might even be some bargains, too,” said Franca-san.

“And, um, after that?” I asked.

“We have plans to visit the meat dungeon, so we’ll be taking missions that will take us that way.”

“Mukouda-san made it sound really fun, so we have no choice but to pay a visit. Right, Leader?” said Rita-san cheerfully.

During the celebration of [Iron Will]’s promotion, I told them about the Meat Dungeon Festival when talking about Rosendal. It was a little far away, so the plan to take missions that will bring them there is actually a good idea.

“It would take us a bit of time, so it will be a good idea to start soon,” said Ramon-san.

“Hope to see you there!” said Vincent-san.

“Yes, let’s meet there!” I said, not only them, but I also made a promise to everyone at the orphanage.

Not to mention, I wanted to stock up on offal. So, no matter what, I must visit Rosendal one of these days.

“I look forward to meeting with you again! And eating delicious food too!”

“Same!”

Werner-san sighed, “Vincent, Rita… you two…”

“The, let’s look forward to eating the locally sourced meat!” I said, we’ll be meeting at the Meat Dungeon City, after all.

“Hey, enough chat. Let’s go, I want to have a good rest at home,” said Willem-san.

“The Leviathan alone was enough to make anyone lose their heads, but with you… it’s just one thing after another with no rest in between…” Willem-san glared at me.

Haha, I guess he’s talking about the Dragon Turtle and the Dinosaurs from the <Adventure of Hayden> book.

“That all happened because of Fer and the others,” I said, not willing to be blamed for this.

“What are you saying? Aren’t you the master?”

Ah, he looked angry. Well, technically, he was right about me being the master, however, these guys are too reckless, and there was really nothing I could do about it. For now, I found that my strongest weapon against them is ‘Sliced Bread’ so, I think I can control them a little from now on.

“Hahh… fine, whatever. Let’s just go home. I want to go back as soon as possible. There’s work to do, and then there’s that Dragon Turtle…”

“Umu, I appreciate it. Yesterday and yesterday’s meal was terrible, I look forward to eating some delicious meat,” said Fer.

“That’s right, I want to eat some delicious meat too,” said Grandpa Gon.

“”Heh, the bread punishment is all your own fault…””

“”Hm? Sui don’t understand… but Sui wants meat too~~””

They have been keeping quiet for a bit after being punished, but now that the topic of ‘meat’ had been brought up, they were quick to make their demands known. Seriously, where did those dead fish eyes from before go?

Looks like the bread punishment was just a little too effective.

Still, I’m grateful to have discovered their ‘weakness’ though.

“Oi, what is it?” asked Willem-san, he was looking at Fer and Grandpa Gon a little apprehensively.

“Nothing much,” I said with a smile. “Don’t worry about it.”

That’s right, these two were just suffering from their own hubris.

For some reason, Willem-san did not look reassured at all. He nodded slowly, “I- I see… um, so, when are we leaving?”

“About now, I think? Grandpa Gon, let’s leave for Carelina now, please.”

“Umu,” said Grandpa Gon before transforming into his original huge, travel-worthy size. I should take the opportunity to say that I have already given proper notice to the Royal Capital Adventurer’s Guild about our travelling via GG Airways, so we’re good to go.”

“S-somehow I had forgotten how we’re supposed to travel back,” Willem-san’s face twitched as he stared up at a ginormous Grandpa Gon.

“What are you talking about? Isn’t it obvious?” I asked. Did he block the memory from sheer trauma or something? “Didn’t you say you want to travel back to Carelina quickly?”

“Th-that’s right…”

“In that case, please get on board the dragon, Willem-san~”

“F-fine, hey! You don’t have to push me!”

“Please get on quickly,”

Willem-san was obviously reluctant, but he still managed to get on board eventually. I scrambled up behind the rest of my familiars and waved back at the people on the ground. “Goodbye, everyone! See you again soon!”

“See you!”

“Let’s meet at the meat dungeon!”

“Till we meet again!”

“See ya!”

After a final round of goodbyes, I patted Grandpa Gon and said, “Let’s go.”

“Umu, I shall take off now.”

Then, with a thunderous flap of his wings, Grandpa Gon’s huge body left the ground. I waved at the people on the ground, and they waved back. Grandpa Gon kept rising to the air.

“Hiiiii!!!”

Ah, Willem-san had tucked his head into his knees and was screaming in fear…

Well, air travel is something that not everyone could get used to quickly. However, he’s the fastest transport in existence, so your suffering shall be brief. We will reach Carelina within the day, most likely by evening at most.

Farewell, Royal Capital.

Onwards to Carelina!

[Gumihou: Haha, is this the real reason why Willem-san had been giving Mukouda such a hard time?]