Chapter 42 – What’s New

In fact, goblins are green monsters that are smaller than children. As described in the novel, they are really weak creatures. People were afraid when they first appeared on this land 10 years ago.

Strictly speaking, it is at the level of awareness of a stray cat or mutt in the neighborhood.

“Has there been a natural dungeon recently? I haven’t heard of anyone seeing it around here yet.”

I don’t know much about the ecosystem, but most of these goblins die as soon as they set foot on this land at the same time as the dungeon is created.

I wouldn’t know if it was a huge dungeon that was created in a big city where hunter activity was active. Natural dungeons that were created in the countryside like this are small in size and scale.

Even if the population increases, the entrance to the dungeon, which is different from their lifeline, disappears when it is not enough, so they are naturally weeded out.

In addition, even if the dragon survives for a few days, since the main occurrence is somewhere in the mountains, it naturally has to enter into a competition for survival with the inhabitants of the ecosystem.

While running away from a territorial battle with a passing wild boar, they were killed by humans or trampled by elk and disappeared.

In a sense, they are a family that disappears in the blink of an eye like the Neungi mushroom mentioned above.

“But if the owner who governed this area died like this, it would be a different story.”

To be honest, from a goblin point of view, the most terrifying thing is wild boars, but recently, the number of wild boars around here is slowly decreasing, so sooner or later, the survivors from somewhere will try to expand their territory.

Of course, no one is afraid of goblins around here.

Even if you just have one big dog on the farm, the goblins are terrified and can’t even come close to the farmhouse.

[But then you don’t have to go out looking for it! Anyway, those who pop out due to the instability of the gate will die soon!]

“Right. But isn’t that why I’m looking for something like this because it’s useful?”

[… Is there a place to use goblins?]

The SD character, confused by how relaxed I was, tilted his head, then started to growl again and take a warning stance.

“Well, that’s right.”

As expected, three or four green dwarfs were wiping dirt off the boar meat they had brought along by the stream below.

“There are no burrows nearby where they can live. When the time comes when only the bones remain after tearing at that wild boar, it will come down to our nearby farm on its own.”

[… ]

I must have checked their habitat. At that time, when I started to descend stealthily without being noticed, the message, which had been silent until now, suddenly opened a screen window in front of my eyes when a farm was peeping through the dense trees.

[A new quest has arrived!]

“?”

What is this again
It was a message in a very businesslike tone, not always flirtatious like the previous tutorials and guides.

When I gently put my finger on the screen window, the interface in the form of a letter unfolded in front of my eyes.

[You! You are not responsible for the future of the livestock industry in this country today, but you are making a small contribution to the food culture of modern people! If you could save the future of someone living in another world with your pigs, what would you do?]

“… Still, the future is at stake, so wouldn’t it be possible to save it normally?”

Anyway, if you compare pigs and people, it’s okay.
As soon as I finished my answer, a new message window popped up.

[If so, please prove it! Even though you are an evil person who trains female female pigs as female pigs, in fact you are a human being who knows the preciousness of life in your heart!]

In the first place, there seems to be something wrong with telling the person selling pigs that life is precious, but I tilted my head at the message [Number of pigs to be shipped 0 [↑/↓]] Immediately popped up in front of my eyes.

“… What’s this?”

[As you can see, the number of pigs to be shipped to another world is decided! The more pigs the breeder sends, the more lives we can save!]

“Hmm… Even though… “

I am also a person who works for money, but to send my money line to someone in another world for free? Of course, if there is someone who has collapsed in front of me after not eating for several days, I would be happy to open my wallet, but I am not a great person to give away my property.

However, the message window that noticed my psychological state immediately sent me an additional message.

[No matter how hard it may be, there would be no conscience in asking them to give it out for free for those who have never seen it! So special! There is also a compensation for this per the number of mats shipped!]

If there is a reward, it’s a different story again!
As soon as I waited for the message with a little excitement, a message related to compensation immediately appeared in front of my eyes.

[Reward 1: 150% of the current market price of shipped pigs and free feed! Reward 2: ?]

This time it was my turn to doubt my eyes.

To be honest, it is true that I was attracted to the compensation offer of free feed, but since there was no clear figure on how much it was given, what immediately caught my attention was the message that I would buy it at a price 50% higher than the current market price.

“And… “

I didn’t think my fingers would fall off the button that increased the number of pigs to be shipped as if it were attached to a magnet.

[Whoops, you’re happy! I’m so happy I’m speechless! Like this snob! He said he didn’t give money even though his life was at stake, so he hesitated, but this time he said he would give money, and he seemed to like it!]

It’s okay to be a snob. To be honest, from a business point of view, selling at a high price is enough. I wonder if someone will be stabbed by their conscience just because someone curses at them!

After determining the number of pigs to be shipped, press the OK button, and a final confirmation pops up [Do you want to ship? [YES/NO]] Message.

The moment I tried to press YES as if possessed by this. Suddenly, anxiety began to creep in. I’m in a position to sell it, but should I say that the generous compensation is suspicious?

“Besides, if I was supposed to ship this week, but there are suddenly fewer pigs in the pen, they won’t look at me strangely either.”

[Don’t worry about that! I will erase the memories of this farm from all the memories of those who were planning to come here through a ‘slight’ change in perception on my side, so there is no need to worry about ‘the sow being caught’ as the breeder worries. That’s it! In addition, since the feed company plans to complete the same process, the breeder said that if he gave permission, the only thing left to do was to sit on the cushion… Ugh… Is it still suspicious?]

Wouldn’t it be a lie if I said I wasn’t suspicious? Honestly, there’s no reason why you would do this to a swineherd like me.

No matter how first you say it, if you carelessly put your hands on the seemingly delicious-looking flesh, you will be in big trouble in the future.

My father once said Nothing is free in this world, and anyone who tries to give something away must be suspicious.

Should I believe
It doesn’t seem coercive, so it’s okay to do it or not to do it.

“What if I refuse this?”

[It is not a compulsory quest, so there is no problem if you decline it. All you have to do is solve other quests while adapting to the usual life where the sow intervenes in your daily life… ]

“Is it okay?”

[… If I dare to post my personal opinion, I recommend that the zookeeper agree to it.]

I never imagined in my wildest dreams that an option that would decide my life would suddenly appear in the process of discovering and tracking goblin footprints while climbing a mountain path. But is it because I already made the choice to train Eleonora once?

“… Yes, I would have stepped on it anyway. It’s too funny to pull her off now.”

At first, I thought that I was involved in it, but I was able to find myself enjoying it while spending a changed daily life for the past few days.

In just a few days, he completely melted into the new daily life of teaching Eleonora along with farm work.

That day, the moment I grabbed the doorknob of the pig house, I would have already said goodbye to my ordinary life in the past, so why did I do this all of a sudden?

“… Let me ask you one thing.”

[… ]

“What is your purpose? Why are you doing this?”

As if to answer my question, a woman with pink hair, armor reminiscent of a Valkyrie from Norse mythology, and wings on her back appeared before my eyes.

She was a woman she had never seen before, but for some reason, a woman with a very familiar face nodded her head and shouted.

“[I can’t tell you about him yet, but everything I do exists for the zookeeper. I can say this much.]”

Suspicious. But it’s not suspicious.

It’s so suspicious, but why is it that she’s not the cute figure I’ve been fooling around with, but is it because I’m influenced by an unknown aura that makes me want to kneel down just by looking at her? It was a contradictory feeling, very suspicious but not suspicious, all the doubts she had built up against her so far melted away.

“After… Okay, let’s see how far we’ve come this far.”

20, no more, no less, to the message asking if they would send 20, yes, and finally, when they gave their final approval, a large beam of light suddenly began to shine down on Eleonora’s pigpen.

Is it like a UFO sucking something in a movie?
Unlike the bright sun floating in the sky, the holy white cluster of light hit the pig house for several tens of seconds before disappearing.

At the same time, a new screen window appeared before my eyes.

[Quest Success! In the future, ‘shipment’ will be added to the Awakener’s interface! The rewards for the pigs you shipped are currently being deposited, so please check it quickly!]

“Oh”

At the same time as the deposit message that arrived with the ringing alarm sound of the cell phone, all contacts and records that had been dealing with this farm were disappearing one by one from my cell phone.

It was complicated and I was very sorry to my father because I had cut off the connections that had been going on since my father, but as if there was no time for that, messages began to appear in front of my eyes again.

[Someone in another world is confused by the zookeeper-sama’s gift!]

[Someone in another world is thanking the zookeeper for his grace!]

[Reward 2: ‘Someone from another world’ window has been added to the interface!]

What else is this?