Chapter 3 – Part-Time Job for Body Cleaning in the Mage Tower #2

A request to dispose of monster corpses.
This is a request periodically given to the adventurer’s guild at Yoensu’s Mage’s Tower.
There is a unique manpower called the Corpse Disposal Team inside the Mage Tower, but it seems that the staff are often retiring, so they are borrowing help from outside.

I’ve been asked to dispose of corpses several times.
Should I say it’s a request I’d rather avoid because I have experience?

“Is that the only request I can receive? There are many other quests, such as subjugating monsters, escorting the guild, gathering herbs, etc. Why is it a request to dispose of corpses…”
“Actually, there is a monster subjugation request. There are many other requests that I can introduce you to. But it seems impossible for Luke-nim.”
“Why? Even after all this, I’ve been in the adventurer industry for two years. Are you ignoring me?”
“That’s not it, it’s a request assigned to the party—-.”

Oh
I was speechless at Wendy’s words.
In fact, most of the quests of the adventurers guild are party quests that require the number of people.
Solo quests rarely come to bronze-level adventurers like me.
In order to reduce the number of cases where an adventurer with low skills goes out alone and dies.

“As Luke-sama knows, it’s difficult for incubus to get a job in a party. Not only do female adventurers hate it, but male adventurers also feel uncomfortable with it. Most incubus don’t concentrate on requests and leak in other ways.”
“I-I’m not like that.”
“I know that Luke is trustworthy. But that’s what the perception of the race called Incubus is. You don’t know that whether or not you’re hired by an adventurer industry party is all based on perception, right?”
“…Yes.”

It’s like an online RPG game you enjoyed in your previous life.
Whether or not you get a job at the party has nothing to do with the adventurer’s actual ability. Only the perception of the adventurer’s race or profession determines everything.
For example, barbarians from the North Sea could easily get a job in any party.
The bravery of barbarians is known to all continental people.

But I am an incubus.
Because the only thing in the head is a race that has mating, the perception of adventurers is at the bottom.
I, Luke, naturally had no choice but to be culled from the adventurer’s party.

“I know. It’s hard for an incubus to get a job in a party. I’ll accept the request to dispose of the monster’s corpse.”

In the end, the only option given to me was to carry out the corpse disposal request.
Since there is no money in hand right now, I can’t wait until a suitable request comes out.
I don’t want to go hunting alone like yesterday and engage in a bloody chase with monsters.

Wendy held out her thick wooden shield to me as if she had been waiting.
A wooden shield engraved with the horn symbolizing the Galarhorn.

“If you show this wooden plaque to the guards, you will be able to enter and exit the Mage Tower. You can leave for the Mage Tower right away.”

A wooden shield is a mark used by the adventurer’s guild for identification purposes.
I took her wooden shield from Wendy and left the guild.

‘The road to the Magic Tower was definitely this way.’

Street in the early morning when the sun rises.
I walked down the street and left for the Mage Tower while tracing my memories.
My memory wasn’t that good, but at least I won’t get confused about the location of the mage tower.
The only building in this city that rises as tall as a skyscraper is the Magic Tower.
If you are confused about the direction for a moment, you just need to raise your head and look up at the sky.
If you look around, you can’t help but see the tower.

After a while, I arrived at the entrance of the Mage Tower.

“I received a request from the Adventurer’s Guild.”
“A request to dispose of the monster corpse? Then show me the wooden board.”

I showed the wooden shield to the old guard at the entrance and I was able to enter and exit the tower.

Before you start disposing of monster corpses, you must first change your clothes.
The monsters handled by the Mage’s Tower were as large as dinosaurs, and when you cut a corpse, bodily fluids splattered and the whole body became sticky. If you work without changing, you will have to throw away the clothes that are fine.

Of course you can’t.
How much trouble did you put into preparing the leather armor you’re wearing now?
It was a 2-silver armor purchased with the money I had saved for half a year.

I entered the locker room and carefully took off my armor and the clothes I was wearing underneath.
A basket in the locker room contained overalls designed for workers like me.
Should I say it’s similar to the ponchos worn by the Earth’s military?
It’s work clothes that don’t wash well and always smell disgusting.

“Ah, fuck… That smells like shit.”

I hurriedly changed into work clothes and moved to the basement of the Magic Tower.

Waste dump.
It is an area located under the mage tower.
A place where all sorts of trash from magic experiments are disposed of.

Everywhere I go, the landfill is the same, but the waste disposal site in the Magic Tower is especially disgusting.
It’s a place full of dead bodies of monsters that were used as experimental materials and then abandoned.
If you look at a corpse whose skin color turns blue or is deformed into a bizarre shape, your SAN value seems to drop.

“Hello. I received a request from the Adventurer’s Guild.”
“You’re an adventurer. Nice to meet you. I’m Thompson, the head of the task force. Is this your first time accepting this request?”
“No. I’ve done it a few times before. You don’t need to explain.”

Thompson, the head of the morgue, looked relieved after talking to me.

“It’s a relief that it’s not the first time. It’s very hard work for someone who is doing this for the first time. Both physically and mentally…”

Just looking at it, I can see that it doesn’t welcome the first move.
From the point of view of the foreman, it is worth it.
Most adventurers who take on a corpse disposal request for the first time turn into fugitive ninjas.
Like pretending to pee when it’s break time and quickly jumping out of the tower.

I shrugged my shoulders after receiving the work manager’s hospitality.

“What can I take care of today? Please let me know.”
“It’s a giant basilisk created as a mutant in the Mage’s Tower. It will be moved here soon, so prepare it. Don’t forget to wear gloves. The basilisk’s slime is poisonous.”

Drooling!!
As soon as the foreman finished talking, a long stretcher connected with dozens of carts came into the waste disposal site.
On top of the cart is a monster in the shape of a huge snake.

‘It’s fucking big… What kind of monster did you create in the Magic Tower?’

It was a fucking big basilisk, even if you only glanced at it.
I gulped as I gazed at the scaly body of the basilisk.

“Okay, let’s get started. The new adventurers can work in Group B.”
“What is Group B in charge of?”
“Intestine of a basilisk.”

No, to dispose of the intestines of a fucking monster.
Are you the foreman who ate the concept?
It’s a really disgusting part because it’s left undigested.
As soon as he took over the bowels of the monster corpse disposal job, it could be said that he ate all of his meals that day.
It’s because the appetite is all blown away because of what comes up inside.

‘Fucking bastard. Are you trying to fuck me on purpose?’

Even though I complained inwardly, I quietly obeyed.
I took the dismantling tool that I had been given in advance and began to dismember the basilisk.
If I can’t even take care of the corpse disposal request because of friction, my life will be really bleak.

The trick to the monster corpse disposal request was simple.
Keep the parts that can be money separately, and disassemble the rest into small pieces and dispose of them.
The intestines of the basilisk I was entrusted with didn’t come out of anything worth money.
Thanks to that, I was able to focus all my attention on shredding and cutting.

‘What the hell did you feed the lab animals for? The smell is nasty.’

I had to suffer from the stench that stung my nose.
You can get a daily wage, but what can you do?
It took approximately 7 hours to finish disposing of the basilisk corpse.

“Adventurer man, you are very good at handling dismantling tools.
“It’s done.”

I received a scout offer from the foreman, but I firmly refused.
I don’t want to rot for years in a waste dump like this.
It was the first compliment I received since I was born as an incubus, but I didn’t feel very happy.

Jjallang ㅡ.

After completing the quest, he received a total of 40 Cooper.
If you save it, you can use it for 3 days’ worth of living expenses.
After taking the money, I changed my clothes and left the magic tower.

I was hungry after the hard labor, but I didn’t really want to eat.
The scenery I saw from the waste disposal site was so great that my appetite was suppressed.
If you force food down your throat, you might vomit.
I rather chose to go to the inn and rest.
However, before returning to the inn, there was something that happened to stop my steps.

The voices of the murmuring people.
The middle of the main street was open, and I could see a middle-aged man walking down the street.
As if the king were marching, the townsfolk stood aside, trying not to hinder the man’s progress.

“Could that person be…?”
“That’s Gregory III.”

I was standing on the side of the road in a daze, and when I heard the voices of the citizens, I hurriedly moved to the outskirts of the road.
Gregory III.
I’ve heard of who the name stands for.

‘Is that the owner of the mage tower that I’ve only heard of through rumors…’

Mage Master Gregory.
He was a man who held a higher power than the lord who ruled Yoensu City.

“Wow.”

I looked at Gregory’s outfit and stuck out his tongue.
A middle-aged man with all the expensive jewelry on his body, and his skin is shiny enough to shine.
I think I could live by playing and eating like a rich man for a year just by taking off and selling one of the jewels on my body.

‘How much money do you make anyway?’

He is a human being who looks wealthy just from the outside.
Most of the mages I encountered in the Mage Tower were also pretty. Not only the owner of the mage tower, but all wizards must be living a rich life.
I was lost in useless thoughts as I watched the lord of the mage tower receding away.

It was a delusion about what would happen if I learned magic.
If you learn even the basic magic, the chances of getting rejected from parties will be much less. Adventurers who have learned magic are treated as nobles regardless of their race.
Maybe an S-class beauty adventurer in the province might offer to accompany you?
With a warm voice, I remembered the scene where female adventurers reached out to me.

– Mr. Luke, would you like to go on a raid with us? Hi-Hi.

– Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

Just imagining it is a blissful delusion.
I was lost in delusion for a while, then realized the reality and shed a bitter smile.
After all, the way to learn magic was far away for me.
I didn’t have the money to buy a magic book, and I didn’t have any connections with my magic master.
Besides, magic is the realm of talent.
It is said that the majority of people are unable to create even a small spark even if they dedicate their entire lives to practicing magic.
It is said that only one in a thousand people who are gifted with magical talent will appear.
There’s no way a loser incubus like me was born with such great talent.

Late afternoon, when it was already sunset.
I sighed and went back to the inn.

It was when I opened the door to the inn room with a tired body.
I suddenly felt a strange feeling as I looked around the room.
It feels like something has changed compared to when it came out.

I stood still and looked around, but at some point I realized something had changed.

“What?”

It is a book.
A blank book purchased from a mysterious old man.
The book made a difference.