Kujonin Chapter 63

Velsa, with a mask and gloves on, poured the hot water in the pot into a bottle .
“Like I said, what are the stones in this pot!?”
She dribbled some of the hot liquid on the back of my hand .
“Hot-!”
It’s hot, but nothing seems to have happened .
“What!?”
“Like I thought . It doesn’t work on Naoki . ”
“Oi . Don’t put poison on people . ”
“It’s not exactly poison though, but well, isn’t it fine if it doesn’t work? Now I just need to experiment with how much we’d need before it starts to be effective . Will you go make a bath of it in the desert and get in?”
“What are you saying!?”
“Anyway, come over here . ”
Velsa called me over to the magic circle that had locust hoppers in it .
Even though the locust hoppers tried to run from her, Velsa easily caught one .
She poured the hot water from the bottle onto the locust hopper, and with some kind of shattering sound, a red smoke like ectoplasm came out of the locust hopper’s mouth .
The locust hopper was destroyed .
“Oi oi! Isn’t this a seriously bad drug!?”
My employee has developed something unspeakable!
And also, why doesn’t it work on me!?
Have I gone off the path from being human?
As for why that would be …, well there is one thing I can think of .
And that’s why wearing panties on your head is…
“Here, look . ”
Velsa showed me, who had furrowed brows and a serious thinking face, the same type of stone that was in the hot water .
“Try touching it . ”
I tried touching the stone .
By the way, Velsa was using gloves, but I have bare hands .

Well, whatever .

Punyu–

What the h.e.l.l is this~!?
It had the feeling of a hard gummy .
It feels very nice to rub .
“And what’s this?”
“It’s a succulent plant . I call it mana drain plant . This morning, Ayl and the others found it at the site of the desert’s flash flood while they were in the middle of their morning training . Right now I had them go get more . ”
“So mana drain means…”
“That’s right, this succulent absorbs magic power . No matter how small a monster, they will have a small magic stone within their body . And because of that, mandrain plants can be said to be dangerous to small monsters . Monsters that have had all their magic power sucked up from the magic stone in their bodies will die, after all . ”
“So in other words, this dead locust hopper had too much magic power sucked out when you put the mandrain plant’s brew on it so the magic stone in its body broke; what was the red smoke that came out just then?”
“Oh yeah . That smoke was the magic stone turning back into magic and dispersing into the atmosphere . ”
“Okay, I understand . And so why did you put it on me?!!!”
Almost exploding with rage, I glared at Velsa .
“It might be a lethal does for the locust hoppers, but nothing would happen if it’s Naoki, right?”
“Even if nothing happens…”
“When your level is high and you have a lot of magic power, it seems to be mostly ineffective . Just now, Ayl was also fine, but Seth and Merumo said, “My head hurts,” and it seems to have caused magic power insufficiency . Most likely I as well should avoid touching it too often to avoid developing magic power insufficiency . ”
“Then this…”
“That’s right! This is an insecticide for locust hoppers that only Naoki and Ayl can use . ”
“Hm? Hang on a second, Velsa! Just now you wanted me to enter a bath for experiments; you mean you wanted me to get in a bath of this mandrain plant brew!?”
“Yup!”
Velsa replied, full of smiles .
“Don’t ‘Yup!’ me! Just what’s fun about giving me magic power insufficiency!?”
“I want to investigate how much magic power Naoki can store away, so … owowowowow, don’t grind your knuckles in my temples~ … A, Ayl and the others are back . ”
Ayl and the others have returned from picking mandrain plants, so for now, we’ll have lunch .

Everyone’s impressions of the Foreman’s sandwiches were positive, and they had the impression that it was “Gourmet!”
While we ate, I told them what I had done in town, and what we’ll do from now on .

While we ate, I told them what I had done in town, and what we’ll do from now on .
“Then the adventurers and priests are coming?”
“That’s right . ”
I replied to Ayl’s question .
“It seems stomach cringing, but is everything okay?”
“Or like, the Head of the Blacks Family, isn’t that the most important person in this country after the king…”
“Huh!? Really?”
“I don’t know all that much since I’m from the bordering country, but I know of the Blacks Family, you know . ”
Ruginia is an alliance so there are a number of countries, and each king seems to be similar to a prefectural governor . Among them, the Blacks Family seems to be something like an a.s.sistant governor; I finally found out now .
“Riddle-san is an important person, huh?”
“President, you weren’t rude were you!?”
“E~ I didn’t know, so it can’t be helped . ”
I had him prepare meals and make all sorts of preparations, though .
“I might need to break off ties with my parents …”
Velsa slapped the shoulder of Merumo, who was feeling down .
“No problems . In the worst case, Naoki will make them understand with brute force, after all . ”
And why must I become that kind of violent person?
“It’s fine . If you destroy enough towns, the other side will come to an understanding . ”
“Definitely . ”
Velsa and Ayl have come to an agreement, but I don’t get it .
“I’m not going to destroy towns or whatever!”
“ “ E!? You wont?” “
Ayl and Velsa look surprised .
Just what were you expecting? For crying out loud .
Ignoring the two people being ridiculous, I continued talking .
“From now on, it’s probably fine since Riddle-san is kind . Anyway, have you guys figured out why the ma.s.sive swarm happens?”
“Hahahaha – … I have a hypothesis . ”
Velsa said, holding up one finger .
Was she trying to deceive us just now with the laugh?
“And your hypothesis?”

Was she trying to deceive us just now with the laugh?
“And your hypothesis?”
Once again, Velsa called me over to the magic circle with the captured locust hoppers within and began the experiment .
Within the magic circle, there were round, withered tumbleweeds that are often seen in western movies rolling around .
“These are air plants, plants without roots that are everywhere in the desert . When rain falls, locust hoppers take refuge in places like this . ”
So saying, Velsa made an artificial rain fall with a watering can .
The locust hoppers entered the s.p.a.ces in the plant called the air plant .
“When they do so, the locust hoppers are crammed within the air plant . How do you think it feels to be crowded like this? For example, you’ve gone to a restaurant you like, but its packed so you hit the customers next to you when you try to eat; what do you think?”
“I’ll get irritated?”
“Right . The locust hoppers also feel stress . While feeling stress, they copulate and … here, take a look at this one . ”
The belly of the locust hopper Velsa pointed at was abnormally larger than the others .
“This is…”
“The eggs have gotten bigger . Furthermore, the parents are close to confusion, so wouldn’t this also have an effect, I thought . They’re not don incubating so I’m not definite though . If the rain continues on like this, I thought, wouldn’t we see more individuals like this? It’s a desert so it doesn’t rain much .  And so, once every few years is when there’s a large outbreak, see?”
It seems that Velsa’s story is likely, if I think about it .
However, something’s bothering me .
“Hm? The mandrain plant you just showed me, they grow in riverbeds of places that produce flash floods, right?”
“That’s right . ”
“Look at this . ”
I unfurled the copy of the map of the desert that I had requested from Riddle-san .
The places rivers would sometimes appear in the desert were also drawn in, which was marked to cross near the gra.s.slands .
“These occasional rivers are where the mandrain plants grow; so won’t the locust hoppers avoid these places? More like, they can’t come near, right?”
So I was thinking that the mandrain plants also play a role in stopping the locust hoppers . If that’s the case, picking them would be bad,,,
“I thought about that as well, but I was thinking that if there was a lot of rain, the mandrain plants would also be washed out . ”
“We found the mandrain plants growing at the bottom of dried up rivers . At first we thought they were rocks . ”
Ayl said .
“In other words, normally they can’t get near the riverbeds, but in a flash flood, the mandrain gra.s.s is flooded and they’re able to cross . With all these coincidences aligning, won’t the locust hoppers swarm and cause a lot of damage, is what I was thinking . ”
“I see . I think that hypothesis seems to be correct . ”
“It’s still not proven, so I can’t say too much, though . ”
“No, you did well as expected . Velsa . ”
“There’s no problem with praising me more . ”
Velsa said, while being embarra.s.sed .
“No, you did well as expected . Velsa . ”
“There’s no problem with praising me more . ”
Velsa said, while being embarra.s.sed .
Alright!
I tossed Velsa up to the sky, lifting her up and saying, “Our monster scholar is number one!”

“Ah-, I thought I was going to die . ”
Velsa said, while stomping on the ground .
I looked at my employees who were attacking me lightly .
“Did Seth and Merumo also get stronger?”
Seth and Merumo also look like they’ve become able to handle their weapons .
I was able to inadvertently catch a glimpse of the newcomers’ growth .
“Please don’t toss someone up ever again!”
“It’s bad for my heart . ”

We had an after lunch nap, then boiled the mandrain plants and made insecticide .
Because I didn’t sleep last night, I slept longer than my employees .
When I asked why they didn’t wake me up,
“Because there’s no one who could stop you if you tossed someone up if you were half asleep . ”
Seth replied .

Around sunset, rain clouds began to cover the sky .
There’s still no sign of the adventurers or priests coming .
It really does seem that they won’t get here within a day .

“The fight will be after the rain . ”
I muttered, and when I went to go sleep, “You still want to sleep,” was Ayl’s reb.u.t.tal .

Velsa, with a mask and gloves on, poured the hot water in the pot into a bottle “Like I said, what are the stones in this pot!?”. She dribbled some of the hot liquid on the back of my hand “Hot-!”. It’s hot, but nothing seems to have happened “What!?”. “Like I thought . It doesn’t work on Naoki . ”. “Oi . Don’t put poison on people . ”. “It’s not exactly poison though, but well, isn’t it fine if it doesn’t work? Now I just need to experiment with how much we’d need before it starts to be effective . Will you go make a bath of it in the desert and get in?”. “What are you saying!?”. “Anyway, come over here . ”. Velsa called me over to the magic circle that had locust hoppers in it Even though the locust hoppers tried to run from her, Velsa easily caught one She poured the hot water from the bottle onto the locust hopper, and with some kind of shattering sound, a red smoke like ectoplasm came out of the locust hopper’s mouth The locust hopper was destroyed “Oi oi! Isn’t this a seriously bad drug!?”. My employee has developed something unspeakable!. And also, why doesn’t it work on me!?. Have I gone off the path from being human?. As for why that would be …, well there is one thing I can think of And that’s why wearing panties on your head is…. “Here, look . ”. Velsa showed me, who had furrowed brows and a serious thinking face, the same type of stone that was in the hot water “Try touching it . ”. I tried touching the stone By the way, Velsa was using gloves, but I have bare hands Well, whatever

Punyu–.

What the h.e.l.l is this~!?. It had the feeling of a hard gummy It feels very nice to rub “And what’s this?”. “It’s a succulent plant . I call it mana drain plant . This morning, Ayl and the others found it at the site of the desert’s flash flood while they were in the middle of their morning training . Right now I had them go get more . ”. “So mana drain means…”. “That’s right, this succulent absorbs magic power . No matter how small a monster, they will have a small magic stone within their body . And because of that, mandrain plants can be said to be dangerous to small monsters . Monsters that have had all their magic power sucked up from the magic stone in their bodies will die, after all . ”. “So in other words, this dead locust hopper had too much magic power sucked out when you put the mandrain plant’s brew on it so the magic stone in its body broke; what was the red smoke that came out just then?”. “Oh yeah . That smoke was the magic stone turning back into magic and dispersing into the atmosphere . ”. “Okay, I understand . And so why did you put it on me?!!!”. Almost exploding with rage, I glared at Velsa “It might be a lethal does for the locust hoppers, but nothing would happen if it’s Naoki, right?”. “Even if nothing happens…”. “When your level is high and you have a lot of magic power, it seems to be mostly ineffective . Just now, Ayl was also fine, but Seth and Merumo said, “My head hurts,” and it seems to have caused magic power insufficiency . Most likely I as well should avoid touching it too often to avoid developing magic power insufficiency . ”. “Then this…”. “That’s right! This is an insecticide for locust hoppers that only Naoki and Ayl can use . ”. “Hm? Hang on a second, Velsa! Just now you wanted me to enter a bath for experiments; you mean you wanted me to get in a bath of this mandrain plant brew!?”. “Yup!”. Velsa replied, full of smiles “Don’t ‘Yup!’ me! Just what’s fun about giving me magic power insufficiency!?”. “I want to investigate how much magic power Naoki can store away, so … owowowowow, don’t grind your knuckles in my temples~ … A, Ayl and the others are back . ”. Ayl and the others have returned from picking mandrain plants, so for now, we’ll have lunch

Everyone’s impressions of the Foreman’s sandwiches were positive, and they had the impression that it was “Gourmet!”. While we ate, I told them what I had done in town, and what we’ll do from now on “Then the adventurers and priests are coming?”. “That’s right . ”. I replied to Ayl’s question “It seems stomach cringing, but is everything okay?”. “Or like, the Head of the Blacks Family, isn’t that the most important person in this country after the king…”. “Huh!? Really?”. “I don’t know all that much since I’m from the bordering country, but I know of the Blacks Family, you know . ”. Ruginia is an alliance so there are a number of countries, and each king seems to be similar to a prefectural governor . Among them, the Blacks Family seems to be something like an a.s.sistant governor; I finally found out now “Riddle-san is an important person, huh?”. “President, you weren’t rude were you!?”. “E~ I didn’t know, so it can’t be helped . ”. I had him prepare meals and make all sorts of preparations, though “I might need to break off ties with my parents …”. Velsa slapped the shoulder of Merumo, who was feeling down “No problems . In the worst case, Naoki will make them understand with brute force, after all . ”. And why must I become that kind of violent person?. “It’s fine . If you destroy enough towns, the other side will come to an understanding . ”. “Definitely . ”. Velsa and Ayl have come to an agreement, but I don’t get it “I’m not going to destroy towns or whatever!”. “ “ E!? You wont?” “. Ayl and Velsa look surprised Just what were you expecting? For crying out loud Ignoring the two people being ridiculous, I continued talking “From now on, it’s probably fine since Riddle-san is kind . Anyway, have you guys figured out why the ma.s.sive swarm happens?”. “Hahahaha – … I have a hypothesis . ”. Velsa said, holding up one finger Was she trying to deceive us just now with the laugh?. “And your hypothesis?”. Once again, Velsa called me over to the magic circle with the captured locust hoppers within and began the experiment Within the magic circle, there were round, withered tumbleweeds that are often seen in western movies rolling around “These are air plants, plants without roots that are everywhere in the desert . When rain falls, locust hoppers take refuge in places like this . ”. So saying, Velsa made an artificial rain fall with a watering can The locust hoppers entered the s.p.a.ces in the plant called the air plant “When they do so, the locust hoppers are crammed within the air plant . How do you think it feels to be crowded like this? For example, you’ve gone to a restaurant you like, but its packed so you hit the customers next to you when you try to eat; what do you think?”. “I’ll get irritated?”. “Right . The locust hoppers also feel stress . While feeling stress, they copulate and … here, take a look at this one . ”. The belly of the locust hopper Velsa pointed at was abnormally larger than the others “This is…”. “The eggs have gotten bigger . Furthermore, the parents are close to confusion, so wouldn’t this also have an effect, I thought . They’re not don incubating so I’m not definite though . If the rain continues on like this, I thought, wouldn’t we see more individuals like this? It’s a desert so it doesn’t rain much .  And so, once every few years is when there’s a large outbreak, see?”. It seems that Velsa’s story is likely, if I think about it However, something’s bothering me “Hm? The mandrain plant you just showed me, they grow in riverbeds of places that produce flash floods, right?”. “That’s right . ”. “Look at this . ”. I unfurled the copy of the map of the desert that I had requested from Riddle-san The places rivers would sometimes appear in the desert were also drawn in, which was marked to cross near the gra.s.slands “These occasional rivers are where the mandrain plants grow; so won’t the locust hoppers avoid these places? More like, they can’t come near, right?”. So I was thinking that the mandrain plants also play a role in stopping the locust hoppers . If that’s the case, picking them would be bad,,,. “I thought about that as well, but I was thinking that if there was a lot of rain, the mandrain plants would also be washed out . ”. “We found the mandrain plants growing at the bottom of dried up rivers . At first we thought they were rocks . ”. Ayl said “In other words, normally they can’t get near the riverbeds, but in a flash flood, the mandrain gra.s.s is flooded and they’re able to cross . With all these coincidences aligning, won’t the locust hoppers swarm and cause a lot of damage, is what I was thinking . ”. “I see . I think that hypothesis seems to be correct . ”. “It’s still not proven, so I can’t say too much, though . ”. “No, you did well as expected . Velsa . ”. “There’s no problem with praising me more . ”. Velsa said, while being embarra.s.sed Alright!. I tossed Velsa up to the sky, lifting her up and saying, “Our monster scholar is number one!”.

“Ah-, I thought I was going to die . ”. Velsa said, while stomping on the ground I looked at my employees who were attacking me lightly “Did Seth and Merumo also get stronger?”. Seth and Merumo also look like they’ve become able to handle their weapons I was able to inadvertently catch a glimpse of the newcomers’ growth “Please don’t toss someone up ever again!”. “It’s bad for my heart . ”.

We had an after lunch nap, then boiled the mandrain plants and made insecticide Because I didn’t sleep last night, I slept longer than my employees When I asked why they didn’t wake me up,. “Because there’s no one who could stop you if you tossed someone up if you were half asleep . ”. Seth replied

Around sunset, rain clouds began to cover the sky There’s still no sign of the adventurers or priests coming It really does seem that they won’t get here within a day

“The fight will be after the rain . ”. I muttered, and when I went to go sleep, “You still want to sleep,” was Ayl’s reb.u.t.tal