Chapter 62 – Morning Meeting
After buying food for breakfast, they returned to the inn, where they were greeted by the innkeeper and her daughter.
Ralph had told them in advance that they didn’t need breakfast. Because he intended to eat while going to fetch Menew.
Menew gave the innkeeper some of the meat from the dungeon. The meat that resembled beef and mutton. The ones that you could eat without remorse.
She was overjoyed by this. However, this was a world without refrigerators or freezers.
Of course, there was magic to cool things off. But you would still have to eat a lot of the same meat every day.
“I cannot use all of this. Mia, go and share some of it with the owner of the dining hall.”
“If that’s the case, I still have more, so I will go with you. It’s quite heavy, after all.”
After hearing the innkeeper send her daughter on an errand, Menew offered to help.
Floor bosses were large creatures. And so he had a mountain of meat stocked up. There was the wyvern as well.
“I am part dwarf, so I can carry heavy things without a problem! Still, it won’t be as fresh if it takes too long. So I will accept your help.”
And so Menew told Ralph and Totto to eat without him, and then he left with Mia to the dining hall.
The wyvern meat got an especially good reception. Mia told him that they had shared the lizard meat like this before as well. Though, the owner had just eaten it himself instead of giving it to customers.
(So lizards taste good…?)
With his heart now set on it, Menew shared the meat with his favorite restaurant, and asked them to serve it for dinner. As he had given them a lot, they readily agreed.
Once he returned to the inn, he saw that not only were Ralph and Totto eating meat skewers, but so were Kanon and Wal.
“Uh, Mr. Wal can eat…”
In spite of drawing Wal himself, Menew was a little shocked to see it.
“My body is just made of magic energy. And so I must keep it strong through consuming food.”
He wasn’t sure how a sweet and spicy sauce would benefit a stuffed animal, but it was apparently different from storage.
Regardless, he was eating without making a mess.
“Welcome back, Mr. Menew.”
“You must be tired? You should rest after eating.”
Totto and Ralph made some space on the bed so that Menew could sit down.
And the three ate breakfast while talking about the previous night.
“I think…I experienced magic energy depletion.”
Menew declared as he ate a sandwich of thick meat and green vegetables. As Ralph knew his status, he could not help but looked surprised as he tore into a smoked chicken leg.
“You? Surely you’re mistaken?”
“Yes, I was shocked too. Well, perhaps making a contract and summoning a divine beast and dragon on the same day was a bad idea.”
“Of course it was, master. A normal person would have been drained completely.”
Mr. Wal said as he curled up on the bed.
Stan nibbled on the meat and chirped as if agreeing with him.
“Yesterday, I didn’t tell you how to cut off the path. As we stayed connected, I ended up feeling quite horrible as well. So it would be best to cut it off until it’s necessary.”
“Thank you for being so concerned with my well-being. Uh, anyway, I would like to know how to do it.”
Menew said as he finished off his sandwich and then reached for a meat skewer. Mr. Wal nodded without a hint of remorse.
“It’s simple. Just think about severing the connection in your head. And when you want it to, it will connect again. If you want it to, it will happen. And my thoughts will not reach you. We share the same magic energy now, and I am your servant.”
“Alright. …There. Is it severed?”
“Mmm, yes. Now I won’t have to feel your exhaustion.”
So it really was just self-defense. Menew chuckled as he ate the meat skewer.
After that, Menew lay on the bed and rested.
He could tell from his sluggish movements that he had not recovered yet.
When it came to magic energy depletion, there was no potion for recovery. Well, you could recover a very small amount with a healing potion. But that was also a medicinal drink. And so taking it too much could lead to addiction.
“Sorry, I’m going to sleep… You two can decide our plans for tomorrow… We’ll have dinner at the usual place…wyv…er…”
Menew muttered as he drifted off to sleep. Ralph and Totto covered him in a blanket and then sat down. Kanon and Stan were perched comfortably on their shoulders.
“I see… Well, there is no reason to stay here now.”
“Yes. My mother is protected… Are we going to the royal capital next?”
As they talked, Mr. Wal nodded his head.
“The land I lived in is far away. So you should go to the place that you want to go first.”
In that case, it probably was best to travel to the capital.
“Alright, then shall we prepare for the journey tomorrow?”
“Indeed. Have you finished with your medicine, Totto?”
“Yes, Mr. Ralph. I just have to sell the materials now.”
“Then we will go. We’ll make preparations and say our goodbyes.”
As they had stayed here for a long time, they had made a lot of friends. This was a place that Totto would return to one day.
And so the two humans and three animals left the room where Menew was sleeping.
The breakfast they bought had been eaten completely.
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