Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Volume 14 [Parts 1 to 4] by Ren Eguchi

Author:Ren Eguchi
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: Crab for Dinner

“Huh? I-I’m sorry, could you run that by me again?” Orson said, his mouth agape.

We’d returned to town after finishing our quests, and went straight to the Adventurer’s guild to report our success. A receptionist had called the guildmaster down, I had informed him that we’d finished, and his jaw had dropped, which brings us back to the present moment.

“Like I said, we hunted down the mad berserker crab, the kelpie, and the black tyrant alligator,” I repeated.

“All three of them?”

“Yeah.”

“Really?”

“Yup.” Apparently, it was so hard for him to believe he felt the need to triple-check. “I have a feeling that showing you the bodies is going to be the quickest way of dealing with this, so if you wouldn’t mind getting the purchasing process started...?” I suggested.

That finally seemed to snap Orson back to reality. “Y-Yes, of course,” he said, then led us to a part of the guild I had grown very familiar with across its various branches: the storehouse.

“Okay, I’ll start with the mad berserker crab,” I said, then picked an empty section of the storehouse to dump the crab corpse onto. It tumbled out of my Item Box and landed on the floor with a heavy thud. Orson just stood there, mouth open, gazing up at the crab in a stunned silence. “So, umm, we were actually planning on having this one for dinner, so I’m just gonna take it home with me, if that’s okay,” I added.

“Huh? You’re going to eat it?!” Orson shouted, his eyes as wide as dinner plates.

Do people not eat crabs in this part of the world, or something? “Yeah, that’s the plan. They’re supposed to be really tasty boiled,” I said.

“No, but—wait, that’s not the issue!” said Orson. “You can’t just boil it! Mad berserker crab shells are an incredibly precious resource! Armor and shields crafted from them are highly sought after!”

According to Orson, mad berserker crab shells in the hands of a skilled craftsman could be turned into armor even sturdier than the shells were in their natural state. They made for high-class armor that fetched quite an extravagant price. The shells were lighter than most metals, but significantly sturdier than leather. In fact, it supposedly rivaled even magic iron in terms of its sturdiness. Armor or shields made from it were the sort of equipment that every high-ranking adventurer hoped to own someday. Orson desperately wanted to buy the crab off me, and did his best to convince me, but unfortunately, I had other ideas.

“Sorry, but tasty food is my party’s top priority.”

《Indeed. We will eat the crab, though I could not care less about what becomes of its shell once we are finished.》

《Well said! I’ve been told these beasts are delicious, and I’ve waited a long time to try it for myself.》

《Yeah, seriously! No way in hell am I gonna let some twerp like this guy snatch it out from under our noses!》

《Sui’s gonna eat the crabbie!》

The pressure that my gluttonous quartet were exuding was downright palpable.

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