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Chapter 83 - The Adventurer's Guild

Despite this, the one who had caused it all, Yuri, asked this with a straight face. It wasn’t sarcasm or a jab, he was being completely serious. Yuri's firm conviction, or misconception, that "my skills are at the bottom tier" was alive and well.

"...Well... not easily, but..."

If the Greed Wolves’ legs were crippled and their coordination broken, it would indeed be possible to defeat them one by one... provided there were five people. While the five adventurers wore slightly sullen expressions, their employer Adon had judged that they could have repelled the wolves on their own and had no doubts about "Lucky Footsteps" receiving the reward and points. In fact, it was Adon who had proposed this distribution. To not take what you could get would go against his pride as a merchant.

Leaving aside the inner conflict of "Lucky Footsteps," it was Adon and Kudol’s recommendation that led to the sale of the Greed Wolf materials this time. Yuri himself had been planning to use them for his own consumption as usual, but he had been advised that if he was going to stay in the merchant city of Laurenzen, it would be better to have some cash on hand, even if lodging and food were covered by staying at Adon’s mansion. Perhaps due to his reclusive life since his reincarnation, Yuri hadn’t thought that far ahead, but upon hearing it, he agreed it was a valid point and came to the Adventurer’s Guild to sell them. That was the sequence of events up to this point.

"Adon-san, Kudol-san, thank you very much for your help."

Yuri, who was not registered as an adventurer, and had no intention of doing so, was not originally qualified to sell materials to the Adventurer’s Guild. Kudol had acted as an intermediary, and Adon had pushed the matter, making the sale possible. Of course, the fact that the materials were too valuable to overlook also played a large part.

"Don’t worry about it. It’s the least we could do."

"That’s right. We owe you for your help, Yuri-kun."

Yuri, who didn’t think he had done anything special, merely swatting away a fly that had come too close, looked a little puzzled, but he decided to accept their goodwill graciously.

"But... monster materials sell for quite a high price, don’t they?"

He had heard that the pelts alone would fetch over fifty silver coins per head, but since they were almost flawless, they were bought for seventy silver coins each. What’s more, the prices for the parts other than the pelts were also high.

"I didn’t know the hind leg muscles sold for so much with the tendons attached..."

"Yeah. It’s a tough material, so it’s used for things like bowstrings... but apparently, it can’t be processed unless it’s fresh. Most of the time, it degrades before it can be brought back, so it’s always in short supply. This time, because you had a magic bag, Yuri, we were able to bring it back before it spoiled."

"I didn’t know that."

"What did you usually do with them, Yuri-kun?"

"Oh, the tendons? They’re a little tough, but they’re delicious if you simmer them for a long time."

"...I see..."

"...They’re delicious..."

"...You could sell them for a gold coin... and he eats them..."

"Um... well, where I live, food is more important than gold coins, so..."

They could understand that. They could, but... they couldn't help but feel a little complicated about it.

"...That’s a luxurious meal..."

"...Indeed..."