Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero Chapter 24

Chapter 24
Chapter 24 – Home ①

MTL: uniquegasuki
Editor/ Proofreader: (not proofread)

After hearing the story Akari clearly frowns.
Anyone would be upset upon hearing about the person that had wronged them.
「Later, I’m sleepy.」 (Kurando)
Kurando gets off the rock. He picks up the numerous amount of luggage and the third block of meat that had been given to Yukis.h.i.+ro.
Yukis.h.i.+ro looks up at Kurando with a bitter facial expression.
「I’ll barbecue it for you later, alright? I’ve bought salt, you see.」 (Kurando)
Yukis.h.i.+ro’s groaned, but its bitter facial expression slightly wavers. Kurando and Akari walked to the cave.
Yukis.h.i.+ro doesn’t know about salt. In antic.i.p.ation, it decided to wait for the meat and the meaning behind Kurando’s words.

Kurando retrieved a wolf pelt and some sort of cotton blanket from his baggage. He spreads the wolf pelt on the ground; Kurando lays down on the pelt and covers himself with the blanket.
「……why has the “hunter” purchased his fur?」 (Akari)
Akari says this while being amazed.
「I don’t know how to skillfully skin and tan a pelt. As it was too troublesome, I gave up.」 (Kurando)
「Then what did you do while it was winter?」 (Akari)
「When I was alone, I either used fire spirits or covered myself with soil using earth spirits. And, after meeting Yukis.h.i.+ro it became fairly warmer.」 (Kurando)
Having heard Kurando say absurd things, Akari felt lightheaded.
「Ah, Yukis.h.i.+ro are you here? Come lay down.」 (Kurando)
No reply came for Yukis.h.i.+ro. Kurando is laying there on the ground.
He makes a loud yawn.
「……yawn, feel free to look for something suitable from among the baggage. Well, I’m unaware about female fas.h.i.+on so don’t expect too much.」 (Kurando)
After saying so, Kurando fell asleep.

By the time Kurando woke up it was almost dusk.
In the opposite corner of the room he saw Akari maintaining a fire made from fire spirits.
「Huh, have you finished going through the baggage?」 (Kurando)
「That isn’t it. I have no reason to rummage through another person’s belongings.」 (Akari)
Akari dispersed the fire spirits and moves towards Kurando.
「Ah, my bad. Sorry for the wait.」 (Kurando)
「No problem, I was just killing time anyways.」 (Akari)
Kurando moves the baggage over to the corner where the moss-green rucksack is always located. He leaves the fireplace.
And thus, Kurando realized something upon Akari saying “killing time”.
「Ah, sorry. My departure was so suddenly that I forgot to inform you. What did you have to eat?」 (Kurando)
「You’ve done me a great favor by sheltering me. Although while off the mountain I’m also a

hunter, Yukis.h.i.+ro-san had brought back various games for me to eat. I’m not familiar with this area so I’d been indulging in Yukis.h.i.+ro’s kindness.」 (Akari)
「Ahaha, don’t worry about. I had already accepted the reward and I’ve a promise to keep. So, there is no need to excuse yourself. Well, maybe, have you told this to Yukis.h.i.+ro?」 (Kurando)
「It is disappointing to say, but I haven’t. It delivers me meals, and watches over me despite being in morning. Above all…… it doesn’t want to get along with me.」 (Akari)
“Ah~sorry, let me explain.” Kurando stands up; the confused Akari also stood up.
「Ahem, onto other matters. This area is the toilet and the bathroom.」 (Kurando)
Kurando touches a spot in the middle of the pa.s.sageway; something like a door opens and a big hole is reveal.
Inside that room Kurando creates some fire spirits. Akari hears a “clunking sound”, and before her eyes an oblong bathtub appears. That sound came from the earth that was being compressed nearby.
「Eh!?」 (Akari)
Akari responded by being slightly surprised. Kurando continues.
「As for water spirit magic, the water will be made from the snow outside, okay. Afterwards, the water’s temperature can be adjust with fire spirit magic. And, the toilet is across from here…… I know it’s crudely made, right?」 (Kurando)
As if he was talking to himself Kurando goes over to where the toilet is and made another hole appear.
A j.a.panese style toilet bowl is located there. (T/N: janitor-san anyone)
However, the toilet hole is very deep as the bottom cannot be seen.
「At first it was a western style toilet, but Yukis.h.i.+ro prefers cleanliness. As that would be difficult to do with a western style toilet, it was then switched to a j.a.panese style toilet. After doing one’s business the toilet is washed with water spirit magic and then dried with wind spirit magic. And finally, to prevent odors earth spirit magic is used before covering the hole back up. I apologize if I’m being insensitive.」 (Kurando)
「I-it’s fine, but――」 (Akari)
「――I see, can you step away from there for a moment?」 (Kurando)
Akari approaches Kurando’s side; she shows an expression similar to a deceiving fox. Kurando places his hand on the wall near the toilet.
From where Kurando’s hand is touching the earth is being shaved away. The wall is made to takes the same shape as the entrance of the bathroom. And thus, the wall is being penetrated & burrowed into.
Bits and pieces of earth are being compressed and falls to the ground. The

The earth droppings are transferred to the toilet hole.
「Is this better?」 (Kurando)
「Umm, sorry for the trouble.」 (Akari)
Upon realizing Kurando’s intention Akari apologizes. If the bathroom and the toilet are connected various incidents might arise. To prevent such things from happening he separated the toilet and the bathtub. (T/N: it didn’t outright say it but I think he made another bathroom)

「Shall we move on?」 (Kurando)
Kurando exits the bathroom and then he places his hand on the wall in front of him.
Once again another hole opens up. This time Akari feels cold air.
Kurando creates light spirits in the room; the light spirits float around inside the room.
The spectacle takes Akari’s breath away.
「This place is the storage area where Yukis.h.i.+ro’s parent had left its game/prey.」 (Kurando)
There are magical beast of various sizes frozen in ice. The ice doesn’t appear to be melting because the room’s temperature is below freezing. Although the room is filled with persevered food, it looks like a museum housing fossils.
「……Rirobeechi (リロベーチ) [Ice Polar Bear], Gigapurooza (ギガプローザ) [Large Horned Mountain Sheep], Ragubarika (ラグバリカ) [Great Thunder Duck], Guakoba (グアコバ) [Dome-Head Boar], Barobas.h.i.+s.h.i.+ri (バロバシシリ) [Great Horn Monitor Lizard]. There are also plenty of others that I haven’t seen before.」 (Akari)
「I don’t know the names.」 (Kurando)
「It kept a collection of Serurobi (セルロビ) [3rd star] and Gabodorattsue (ガボドラッツェ) [4th star] rank magical beast. It is unfortunate that the Iruniiku (イルニーク) had died.」 (Akari)
「……will Zauru try to hunt an Iruniiku?」 (Kurando)
「That is probably impossible for him. And, that is mostly the same for any of his companions. I doubt Zauru could hunt one even if he had 10 other people. For example, to hunt an Iruniiku without Makus.h.i.+mu-san, all the party members except for the commanding officer needs to be at least a Serurobi (3rd star).」 (Akari)
「Isn’t Zauru suppose to be a Gabodorattsue (4th star)?」 (Kurando)
「It seems Zauru had hired excellent hunters to help raise his rank. Personally, I think he is at the level of a Beruchigaba (ベルチガバ) [6th star].」 (Akari)
「Hmm, would you be able to hunt Yukis.h.i.+ro?」 (Kurando)
「I don’t know because I’m not aware of Yukis.h.i.+ro-san present strength. But, an Iruniiku is an existence that Serurobi(s) [3rd star] must made carefully preparations before they can hunt it. I think that a average Iruniiku would be a very difficult magical beast to challenge solo. That particular Iruniiku is somewhat outside the average. Perhaps it won’t be long before it becomes an average size Iruniiku. There are no records of their largest recorded size.」 (Akari)
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size.」 (Akari)
Kurando takes interest in Akari’s explanation. Akari s.h.i.+vers.
「Ah, excuse me, but it is cold here.」 (Akari)
And thus, the light spirits lead the way to the exit. After they left the hole was shut.

「Over there is my workshop & laboratory area.」 (Kurando)
They return to the room where the fireplace is located. A hole is opened up across from where Yukis.h.i.+ro is sleeping.
「Please hurry inside so I can shut the opening. You see, Yukis.h.i.+ro hates the smell from there.」 (Kurando)
Akari did as she was informed and hurried inside.
Kurando closed the opening. The light spirits float to the ceiling.
「This is somewhat suspicious…… you’re not doing anything illegal, right?」 (Akari)
Kurando is looked upon by Akari’s scornful gaze.
Green & purple, blue fluid & fine powder inside clay jars. An unfinished magic pentagram, horns & fangs, thread, and bits of fur scattered about.
「W-well it was all for self-defense. Look over there, it is a target, it is a good place to practice archery and magic.」 (Kurando)
「……umm, that seems nice.」 (Akari)
The room is designed with enough depth to test projectiles.
「Huh, Janitor-san, you can use a bow?」 (Akari)
Akari looks around the room; she didn’t see a bow or arrows.
「I can’t make a bow & arrows so instead I use a boomerang together with magic.」 (Kurando)
Kurando picks up the “L” shaped boomerang that had been laid aside; he throws it.
The boomerang moves in a straight line and sticks into a clay doll; the clays doll’s head is pulverized.
「Is that an Aromeri (アロメリ) [three-edge hunting sword]?」 (Akari)
(T/N: I think the “Aromeri” is a boomerang, for some reason it’s called a 3-edge sword)
「Is that what its called; is it well know?」 (Kurando)
「Renown, huh? Well, long ago it was used by an ethnic group; however, now it is seen as a high-cla.s.s relic that any 6th star hunter should be able to somewhat use it. It’s not usually seen being used in colder regions.」 (Akari)
「Well, truthfully I don’t know the details.」 (Akari)
Kurando felt a sort of admiration towards Akari. That made her feel embarra.s.sed.
「At an academy, I studied this world basic knowledge and writing for half a year. Afterwards, I spent 1 year learning about being a hunter. To my surprise, I never thought I would enjoy working as a hunter.」 (Akari)
「Can you write in this world’s language?」 (Kurando)
「Yes. Janitor-san, aside from speaking this world’s language can you read it?」 (Akari)
「Ah, as I thought; all of the summoned people can automatically understand can automatically understand this words language, right?」 (Kurando)
「That’s right. The people of this world don’t possess such ability or magic. Although, they might be concealing such autonomous magic. But, this j.a.panese to English like translation is idiotic!」 (Akari)
「Is that so, by the way, is 1 year equal to 400 days?」 (Kurando)
「Eh, uh, was it? That sounds about right. It wasn’t written in the magic textbook. To be accurate it’s 406 days as there is no leap year. The days are counted as――」 (Akari)
「――growl」 (???)
A roar is heard. The rooms entrance suddenly opens.
Yukis.h.i.+ro wants to eat that bird from before.
「……lunchtime, huh?」 (Kurando)
「Yup.」 (Akari)
Akari thought, “the master of the home is, Yukis.h.i.+ro.”

Kurando takes his position at the fireplace. He seasons the Azure Eagle meat with the salt that he bought. The slices of meat are placed close to the fire spirits.
There is about a thumb length worth of oil poured into a pot made of earth. Salt and pepper are mixed with the meat before it is covered with flour. After the oil had become heated the meat was put into the pot.
The Azure Eagle’s bones, edible plants and water are added to a clay pot. The pot is covered with an air-tight lid. Kurando is making a stew. He raises the heat on the pot and cause the flames to turn blue.
「How may I help?」 (Akari)
「Oh, can you place the deep fried food on the plates.」 (Kurando)
Akari gets the clay plates and the wooden chopsticks.
The fire heating the pressure cooking pot weakens. Kurando makes a hole in the pot. The steam that comes out makes a high pitch noise.
After the steam is let out Kurando removes the pot’s lid. He removes the bones, lye, and the edible plants. Salt is added to the stew.
The stew is put into a bowl. Kurando pa.s.ses the brown bread he had bought to Akari. Akari finishes placing the deep fried food onto the plates.

「It has been a long time since I had a normal looking meal (human/people food).」 (Kurando)
Bird soup and deep fried meat along brown bread, Kurando approval this meal by nodding.
The well-done roasted meat is ferried over to Yukis.h.i.+ro. It eyes squint its eyes as it savors the food while it eats.
「Huh?」 (Kurando)
Akari has a surprised expression on her face.
「A surprising method of cooking. Leaving that aside, you used quite a few basic spirit magic; but how much maryoku did you use? It seems you used up a lot.」 (Akari)