47 Traveller

「Who came?」

「I'm not too sure. All that he's said is that he's been traveling around various places」

　One day, I was teaching Kyle magic.

　My elder brother, Baito-nii, told me that a person had arrived at my base.

　Until now, there haven't been many visitors from outside in such a remote village as ours.

　Maybe because it's unusual, did Nii-san come all the way to tell me?

「No, that's not the reason. It's because the traveler said he heard about you and this village and said he came all the way here to see it for himself」

「Hmm, I wonder if this village has become a hot topic」

「Maybe because you defeated the wild boars. I think we should talk with him. I'll bring him in」

　With that said, Baito-nii jumps out of the front door.

　Even so, is me defeating some big boars really that much of a hot topic?

　I was a little nervous about what that stranger was coming to do and waited for the traveler to come.

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「It's great to see you for the first time~desu. It's great because I'm working hard on manufacturing while traveling~desu」(TLN: This traveler is using some Japanese phrase that when translated directly that says 'I'm sorry' at the beginning of every sentence. I replaced the 'I'm sorry' with an 'It's great to' because it makes more sense. Also, I added 'desu' because that is one of the only phrases in Japanese that I can think of which are used in almost every sentence of a designated character.... Here are the raws: 「お初にお目にかかるでござる.)

「... You are?」

「Ha ha ha. I'm sorry for the way I speak in rural areas~ desu」

「Maybe you're from the east?」

「Oh, I get that a lot~ desu. Yes, I was born east of this place, so I speak like this~ desu」

「... Is it an island country?」

「Ah? It's not an island country, but it is able to be seen on a map」

「Don't worry. Nice to meet you again, Ars~desu」

「I think we should get to the first question you asked. My name's Gran ~desu」

　Baito-nii brought a man who spoke differently than those from this area.

　Do some people in the east speak like this?

　What kind of place is it, I wonder?

「So why did Gran-san come here?」

「Hmm. Actually, I heard that the wild boars were subdued around these parts~ desu. I definitely wanted to see it with my own eyes」

「Hmm. It's okay. Well, I'm not into stuffing the dead boars as prizes, so I don't have their body with me ...」

「By the way, who subdued the wild boars? I'd love to see that person」

「Well, I did」

「What? A child like Ars? Excuse me, but I can't believe it~ desu」

「Well, I used a trap and it's not that big of a deal」

「Mmm, no ~ desu. I heard that wild boars are terribly ferocious and scary creatures from other villages」

　Well, listening to such a story may not be strange.

　In fact, the story would have been told everywhere in the villages near this northern forest.

　Once upon a time, several villages were created to turn the vast forests into fields.

　However, in the end, no village succeeded in cultivating.

　The development of the villages disappeared, or they became smaller than before and somehow held on against enemies like this village.

　The reason was the wild boars.

　To some extent, as the development progresses, we will always run into the big boar problem.

　Even though the trees was cut down and a field was created, the crops in that field were devastated by the wild boar.

　Furthermore, the characteristics of the large wild boar were a problem.

　After learning the taste of the crops in the field, the wild boar teaches its children and eats the food.

　But that was still managable.

　The problem is that they can sometimes remember the taste of humans.

　Wild boars are an omnivorous animal and they don't usually like it, but sometimes they eat meat.

　Of course, there is a possibility of eating humans.

　A wild boar that cuts through the forest and has nothing to eat eats the crops in the field.

　If that boar eats all of the crops, what else is left?

　Unfortunately, some villages were destroyed by wild boars that learned the taste of humans for some reason.

　Even in this village, the story is handed down from parents to children and grandchildren.

　Even if you stay in your house, if you are in a farmer's shoddy house, it will collapse due to the rush by the huge body of the boars.

　It is no exaggeration to say that the wild boar is synonymous with fear for humans living in a village near the northern forest.

「But in the end, it's just a big wild boar? Why did you bother to come and see it?」

「I didn't know that Ars fought against the wild boar ~desu. The wild boars use the magic of [Hardening], they're really tough to kill ~ desu」

「Oh, is that so? I didn't know about that at all. So that's why they're so difficult to attack」

「That's right. And the materials that can be taken from creatures that use magic like that are materials that make various things ~ desu」

「Materials?」

「That's right. Fangs that can be taken from a large boar. From those fangs, it is possible to make a weapon that is harder than other metals by feeding it magic power」

「I can't believe it」

「I'm serious. Because of that, I'm wandering around and searching for such special materials while making things ~ desu」

「Well, does Gran-san make weapons from the fangs of a wild boar?」

「That's right」

「Wow. If you make me some weapons from them I'll definitely thank you! I'll even provide the materials!」

　I was excited by an unexpected story.

　But are the fangs of the wild boars harder than metal?

　I'm glad I kept them properly without throwing them away.

　I thank him for this chance encounter, remembering that there is a large boar fang left in the corner of the warehouse.