To Another World... with Land Mines! Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 3] by Itsuki Mizuho

Author:Itsuki Mizuho
Language: eng
Format: epub

We visited the guild that evening to report the outcome of our quest.

“We discovered some monsters—commonly known as sewage slimes—at this place that we marked here on the map,” I said. “The slimes are probably the cause of the bad odor in the water. At least, we didn’t find anything that seemed abnormal.”

The receptionist lady nodded. “Mm, there shouldn’t be sewage slimes in a place like that. Very well. Your party has successfully completed your assigned quest. Good work. I felt certain we could count on high-rank adventures like yourselves, and I’m glad that I was right. Few other adventurers would have been able to produce results like these.”

After praising us extravagantly, the lady handed over the reward without any complaints. She must have been aware that an investigation quest was different from a hunt quest in which the objective was to resolve the issue rather than just discover it.

“The only reason we were able to do so was thanks to Touya,” I said. “Most people wouldn’t have been able to discover the cause of the bad smell. By the way, are there a lot of people with grudges against the issuer of this quest?”

Now that we’d discovered the source of the odor, it was clear that someone had caused this problem deliberately. That being the case, even if we had decided to slay the clear slimes, the stream would probably have ended up polluted again, which wasn’t exactly good news for the receptionist lady as a big fan of Gardim Brewings’ ale.

Wearing a grave expression, she sighed and lowered her voice. “Well, I’m not sure if that’s the right way to put it, but I have some idea of the cause. Don’t share this information with anyone, however.”

According to the receptionist, other breweries frequently targeted Gardim Brewings. Gardim Brewings was suffering at the moment due to its business model, but it was a long-established brewery and had maintained its reputation for brewing high-quality ale. The other breweries wanted to obtain a monopoly on the use of the spring, which currently belonged to Gardim Brewings. Gardim Brewings had a lot of potential for renewed success in the future, and anyone who acquired it stood to reap a huge profit. It was like a ripe fruit, and many people in the ale-brewing business were eagerly awaiting its downfall.

“So there are a decent number of people who want to hasten that downfall...”

“I see. I take it that’s the reason the culprit didn’t pollute the spring too badly?” Natsuki asked.

The receptionist laughed awkwardly. “Mm, that’s very likely the case. All they need to do is to ensure that Gardim Brewings fails to brew ale for one season.”

Hmm. In a predicament like that, I feel like most people would ignore the bad smell, especially since it’s hard to notice anyway, and just work hard on brewing ale, but I suppose an artisan who takes pride in his work can’t accept those conditions. Pride is pointless if it leads to trouble for your customers and forces you to shut down, however.

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