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Boar Pelt
「Whaaaatt!!?? You encountered a wild boar inside the forest!?」
Andre - who had finished his guard duty and returned home - loudly shouted upon hearing the details of the mushroom hunting. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
That’s natural. It must be agitating for a father to hear his daughter and wife went through something dangerous when they went to gather mushrooms.
「But, we didn’t get injured thanks to Kureto-san」
「Un un. Kureto defeated it with his magic, like *zubaan*!」
「Is, is that so?」
However, Stella and Nina immediately calmed him down, so his agitation quickly subsided. I’m glad I had a preparatory meeting with Stella and Nina before we got back.
For Andre, who dotes on Stella and Nina, I knew it would be something upsetting to hear.
He is staring at Stella and Nina closely, and they both look embarrassed by that.
「Well, you will encounter animals and monsters if you enter the forest. Kureto, thank you for protecting Nina and Stella」
「No, please, that’s only a natural thing to do as a man. And I’m also an adventurer like this」
「Come to think of it, you’re right. I completely forgot about it」
Stella and Nina also ended up laughing along with him, not knowing whether he was joking or being serious.
Un, even I tend to forget it myself that I’m also an adventurer, more or less.
I will neglect my activity as an adventurer if I let my guard down, so let’s show myself at the guild when I return to the royal capital. Although even if I say that, I will mainly just do teleporting activities.
「By the way, Kureto. Did you leave the wild boar you defeated in the forest?」
「No, I store it with my magic, and I can take it out anytime」
「So let’s dismantle it. Boar meat is delicious, and you can process their pelt into various products」
「Got it」
「I’ll also help!」
「Nina will be sorting the mushrooms with me」
「Yeaaーah」
Nina was also about to come with us - brimming with curiosity - but Stella stopped her, and she decided to go back home.
Andre and I went around the back of the house while seeing that scene with a wry smile on our faces.
「Yosh, you can take it out around here」
I take out the wild boar from the subspace after being told by Andre to take it out.
Immediately after, the body and head of the wild boar rolled over on the ground with a thud *don*.
「……ahー, the head comes off completely」
「Sorry for the bad condition」
「No, that means you prioritized Nina and Stella. The blood draining process might have been imperfect, but other than that, there are no needless cuts, and it can be used in various ways」
Andre said and put a knife into the wild boar’s body. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I only thought of defeating it as my priority at that time so I didn’t think about what happened with it after. Thinking calmly, it’s amazing how adventurers fight monsters while making sure not to damage the materials as much as possible.
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After draining the blood and taking out the innards, the wild boar turned into a hunk of meat after its hide was removed.
「Can I have some of its meat and bones as payment for the dismantling?」
「Of course」
I only helped a little, and Andre was the one doing most of the dismantling work.
I couldn’t dismantle it by myself, so it’s only natural that I offered some of the materials as payment.
Andre cuts some meat, enough for his family to eat, and also takes some bones with him.
「What to do with the pelt?」
As I stored the remaining materials into my subspace, Andre asks about the pelt.
「What is this mostly used for?」
Even if you told me it is a wild boar’s pelt, I can’t immediately think of anything to use it for.
But as it is now, it is clearly unusable with how it is covered in dirt and oil.
「It is often processed to make cold-weather outfits and blankets. It can also be used to make a bag or wallet, some people also make it into a doormat」
I’ve already bought some cold-weather gear from the royal capital, and I have no interest in walking around while carrying a bag or wallet. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
If it were to be processed, it would either be a blanket or a doormat.
I’ve always longed for a doormat made of wild animal materials, so it might be a good idea to make it now.
「Right. I think I want to use it to make a doormat」
「Tanning leather to turn into a mat is a bit too much for me to handle. What about I ask an acquaintance who deals with leatherwork for you?」
In my case, I could just take it with me and have the people there make it for me, but if there is a craftsman who can process it in Howling village, and also Andre’s acquaintance, then I would like them to make it for me.
It will be easier to ask a craftsman who Andre trusts rather than asking someone I don’t know.
「Well then, could you please introduce me to that craftsman-san?」
「Sure. Okay then, let’s head there now, shall we?」
After informing Stella and Nina that we are going out, Andre and I decided to head for the home of that leatherworker.
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「This is the house of that leatherworker」
After passing the center of the village, we arrived at the west side of the village, where the number of houses had decreased.
「Oーi, are you here Greeve?」 (グリーブ)
Andre shouted as he knocked on the door, and then the wooden door swung open with a rattle.
The person who appeared was a young man wearing glasses with gray hair on his head.
I’ve been living in Howling village for half a year, but I have never met this young man before.
I wonder if he doesn’t go out much because he’s a leather craftsman? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Andre-san, do you have business with me?」
「Ou, let me introduce you. This person is the one living next to me, Kureto」
「I’m Kureto. Pleased to meet you」
「……hello. My name is Greeve」
I feel like he’s a little cold, but I think it’s just this person’s nature somehow.
「I want to ask you to process the wild boar pelt Kureto caught today」
「I see. This is not the place to talk, please come inside」
Prompted by Greeve, we enter inside, where various leather craft items are lined up.
Items such as wallets, key pouches, bags, slippers, and keychains are displayed inside, and at the back, there is a wide space for what appears to be a workshop where tools for processing leather were lined up.
It is filled with the unique smell of leather products as well as the faint, mysterious medicine-like smell.
It is a smell I am not used to smelling, but there was no unpleasantness at all.
「……this is amazing. It’s like the leather shop in the royal capital」
「I was just doing it as a hobby, but people started asking me to do it before I knew it」
The person himself is saying that in self-mockery, but I think it is amazing enough to turn that hobby into a job. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Greeve may not be the friendliest guy, but his skill is the real deal」
I feel like Andre’s words didn’t feel comforting at all, but looking at the items lined up here, I understood exactly what he meant.
「I would like to have boar pelt processed, but do you have any here?」
「We have some here」
Greeve observes it with a serious look on his face when I hand over the pelt.
「....there are no tears, and it’s completely clean. How would you like to process it?」
「I would like to have it into a doormat, would that be possible?」
「No problem. It will cost 3 silvers and take around 2 and a half weeks, is that okay with you?」
It doesn’t seem to be that expensive, but it takes longer than I thought.
「Soaking it in medicine and drying it takes a surprisingly long time」
Greeve said with a wry smile, as if he read my thoughts.
「I see. That’s fine then. I’ll give you half of the cost in advance」
「That’s helpful」
I give him half of the cost, 1 silver and 5 copper coins in advance.
I plan to give him the remaining half when the mat is finished in 2 weeks.
「Yosh, we finished ordering, let’s head back」
「I’m sorry. Could you please get back first? I want to see the leatherworks here」
I haven’t had that many opportunities to slowly see leatherworks, so I want to see it now that I have the chance.
「Hmm, is that so? Then I’ll head home first」
「Yes, thank you for introducing me here」
I decided to take my time seeing the leatherworks here after seeing Andre off. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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