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Chapter 270 - Returning Home

"Then let’s do this. We’ll put this up for auction. And split the profits fifty-fifty."

I’ll ask Satsuki-san to buy it for me.

"No way. It’ll just get lowballed. Besides, you’d probably just buy it yourself secretly behind the scenes."

This bitch…!

"My friend… When the money runs out, so does the friendship."

I drew my sword from my hood.

"Hah! Bring it on. I’ll teach an amateur what a professional fight is like."

Claire also drew a knife.

"Professional, my foot. Don’t make me laugh, weakling. No one can defeat me."

Don’t underestimate me.

"Those who are overconfident are the first to die, kid."

Alright, time to kill her.

"W, wait, Eleanor-san, hold on. Why are you making that face like you’re about to kill someone?"

"Master, let’s calm down."

The two shorties tried to stop me.

"Listen, you two. Unfortunately, Claire was eaten by a Sand Dragon."

What a shame. We’ve lost a good person.

"Eleanor-san, calm down. You’ll lose your sales route for potions and Item Bags."

"That’s right. Let’s think about the long term rather than immediate satisfaction."

Immediate satisfaction sounds pretty good, though…

"Don’t you want to see me in action?"

"I don’t want to see an acquaintance’s head go flying!"

"Master, this is a time for a buyout. You should trade it for something appropriate."

The two shorties clung to my arms and waist, holding me back. Honestly, their strength was so weak I could have thrown them off at any time, but of course, I wouldn’t do that.

"Alright, Claire, I’ll give you this."

I sheathed my sword and took a potion out of my bag.

"A gray potion? Is that a Healing Potion Lv3? I won’t give it up."

"It’s not. Appraise it properly."

I handed her the potion. Claire took it and started staring at it intently.

"Hmm? What’s a Cure Potion? And it’s level 3."

The Cure Potion is the same color as the Healing Potion. Level 1 is blue, level 2 is purple, and level 3 is gray.

"That’s a potion that cures illnesses. If you drink a level 3, it can even cure cancer!"

"Huh? What’s that?"

"I said it’s a potion that can cure cancer."

"You never told me about that!?"

Because I haven’t.

"It’s an ultra-rare potion, the only one of its kind in the world. I’ll give it to you specially, so back off."

"A potion that cures cancer… Give me two."

"Why? You’re so greedy."

"One to sell, since it’s the only one in the world. The other for myself. I’m worried about Sidestream Smoke because of a certain idiot."

Norman Who Smokes While Showering, I guess? But wait, you smoke too, don’t you? You were smoking with Harry after you finished your ramen.

"Fine, I’ll give you one more."

I took another Cure Potion out of my bag and handed it to Claire.

"You definitely have more of these, don’t you. What was that about an ultra-rare potion, the only one of its kind in the world."

"There’s no way I could sell something like this."

It would turn the entire medical industry upside down.

"Well, that’s true… If this got out, who knows what people suffering from terminal illnesses would say."

They’d probably demand I hand it over since their lives are on the line. And they wouldn’t be able to pay. If I refused, I’d be treated like a monster and bashed all over the world on social media. That’s the kind of world we live in now.

"Nothing good would come of it."

"Probably not. I’d likely face unwarranted criticism. That’s why I’ll sell it at the underground auction."

Just the sound of "underground auction" is scary. What kind of things do they sell there?

"Do as you please. Anyway, I’m taking this. And don’t tell anyone."

"Yes, yes… I wonder if some rich old man or woman would pay a billion for it? No, it’s an auction, so maybe more…"

This woman is so easily blinded by money…

"We’ve collected everything we need, so let’s go home. I don’t want to get cursed by a Laughing Skull."

"You’re right. Let’s get out of here quickly."

We decided to leave and, wary of Laughing Skulls, quickly exited the cave. Then we walked to the Gate.

"Well, I’m heading back first. Make sure you give the map to the Guild Master at the Ikebukuro Guild."

"I know. Don’t let the secret of the Cure Potion slip. And when you put it up for that underground auction, make sure you say it was Dropped by a Slime."

Well, the moment Claire puts it out there, Eleanor-san will probably come to mind.

"So it’s a Slime again… Roger. No one will believe it, but I’ll stick to that story. See ya."

"Bye."

"Goodbye!"

Claire seemed to be in a hurry and quickly passed through the Gate.

"Alright, shall we go home too? We haven’t forgotten anything, have we?"

"We’re fine. It’s hot."

"I’m fine too. I want to take a shower and eat some ice cream."

Well, I guess we haven’t forgotten anything…

"Then, let’s go home."

We passed through the Gate and returned to the Ikebukuro Branch. I called for Arc on the phone, and he appeared right away.

"Welcome back. How was it?"

"Let’s talk when we get back. Lydia-chan wants to take a bath."

"That’s true. Alright, let’s go home."

Arc raised his hand, and in an instant, our view changed, and we were back in our living room. It was the same scene as always, a large TV showing a paused game screen, Kaede-chan hugging her knees on the sofa while playing on her phone, and Mia knitting something.

"Welcome back."

"Welcome home."

Mia and Kaede-chan looked up.

"We’re back. Mia, Lydia-chan wants to take a shower."

I said, sitting down on the sofa with Nanapon.

"Very well. Lydia-sama, this way please… Let’s leave the machine gun here."

Lydia-chan placed her machine gun on the sofa and left the living room with Mia.

"Arc, try holding that."

I pointed to the machine gun Lydia-chan had left behind.

"Like this?"

Arc picked up the machine gun.

"It suits you even less than it suits Lydia-chan."

He looks like a child.

"Hey, it suits me, don’t you think?"

Arc aimed the machine gun, but the barrel was pointing at me.

"Try shooting at my face."

"Huh? Isn’t that dangerous?"

"Just do it."

Arc pulled the trigger. A dry sound echoed, and a BB pellet flew out. The pellet was heading straight for my face, but I tilted my head with superhuman reflexes and dodged it.

"Amazing! How did you dodge that!?"

"Eleanor-san, that was amazing!"

The two shorties praised me.

"Well, when you get to my level, something like this is easy."

…My neck hurts. I bent it so suddenly it made a cracking sound…