Chapter 20 - I want to try this.

In the afternoon of the next day, when Shirou arrived at the hotel for work, he was pretty surprised by the sudden increase in the hotel.

Shirou put on an apron Nahida gave him and took a bucket to start cleaning the floor. He would first clean the reception. Shirou seemed to be enjoying himself.

And while he was cleaning, a man came down the stairs.

"Good afternoon." Shirou greeted the man, who just ignored him and walked past him. Then Nahida suddenly appeared.

"Wait a second." Before the door was closed by the man, Nahida held it. The man looked at Nahida in surprise and then clicked his tongue. He looked a little annoyed. Nahida just gave a smile.

"What was that all of a sudden?" Shirou asked. He hadn't even seen where Nahida had come from; he suddenly appeared as if teleported.

"I'm going out for a bit."

"Alright...." Shirou smiled bitterly at Nahida. He thought his boss was a very strange person.

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Nahida left his hotel and walked through the streets of Tempest toward Rimuru's house. He was carrying some things that Rimuru had asked him the night yesterday.

Rimuru suddenly appeared to ask for more games for his Nintendo Switch and some chocolates. They were simple requests.

During the morning, Nahida had gone out to buy everything, and now, during the afternoon, he wanted to give it to Rimuru. But he wasn't in Tempest just for that; he wanted to test something.

'System, open my status.' Nahida opened the system. The hotel's status didn't appear this time, but Nahida's Status. "So it wasn't the alcohol's fault."

Nahida had tried to open his Status while in Japan, but nothing happened. But now that he is in the world of Rimuru, a world with magic and monsters, there is his status.

[ Name ] - Nahida Yamato

[ Level ] - 1

[ Strength ] - 20

[ Agility ] -15

[ Endurance ] - 25

[ Magic ] - 125

It even had a level. Nahida's heart started racing, and he was completely distracted. Then, he collided with someone's back, someone giant.

"Geld?"

"Hm?" An Orc. He turned to look into Nahida's eyes. Nahida took a step back on instinct.

Nahida had not seen him before, so it was a pleasant surprise. His appearance was similar to that of a pig, and he was tall and fat. This monster could kill Nahida with ease.

Not only him, but most of the monsters there could kill him, which was extremely worrying. What if Nahida was suddenly treated as an enemy? Even if that was difficult, it was not impossible.

"Can I help you?" Geld asked.

"I'm going to Rimuru's house. I'm a friend of his and I'm here to deliver some things he asked for."

"I see." Geld smiled. His smile was a little strange to Nahida. Seeing that in real life was very different from seeing that in an anime. "But Rimuru-sama isn't home at the moment."

"He's not?"

Geld shook his head. "He left a little while ago together with Shion, but I don't know where they went."

"I see, it's a pity. But thank you for the information." Nahida thanked him, and Geld scratched his head. "Good work, Geld, see you later."

"See you later...?"

"Nahida, my name is Nahida."

"See you later, Nahida."

Then Geld walked away to continue his work. 'He is a friendly guy. '

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Since he had nothing to do, Nahida decided to enjoy the atmosphere of Tempest for a bit. He hadn't had the chance to do that before. He had even brought a little money.

Nahida also took the opportunity to pay for the 'wolf' he had bought before. The man was quite happy to see Nahida and offered other things.

However, there was nothing that interested Nahida.

"Hm, that smells good." Nahida approached a stall. There, they sold some meat skewers that were roasted right there. The smell was delicious, but Nahida was a little afraid to try it because he didn't know where the meat came from.

Which animal was it from? But even though he was wary, he decided to buy a skewer of meat to try.

The price was two bronze coins.

He took a bite of the meat and then devoured it all. The meat was very well seasoned and a little spicy. Moreover, the meat was tender and juicy. It was high-quality meat.

"It's delicious. I wonder what this meat is from." But Nahida didn't ask the vendor and moved on. Before he even realized it, Nahida had arrived near the city's main entrance.

He could see a carriage entering. It was a simple carriage, probably a merchant.

"This city does business with many merchants, which is a surprise. In the anime did merchants come to this town so often?" But that didn't matter to Nahida; what mattered was the outside.

He looked at the long paved road Rimuru's 'servants' had built. Nahida was shocked at the quality of the road; it was amazing that they could do something like that.

"..." Nahida took slow steps towards the exit of the city. Some guards were there, but they didn't mind Nahida even though they looked at him strangely. And after a few more steps, Nahida finally put his foot out of Tempest.

He was on the road and didn't enter the forest, but it was enough to make him quite nervous. Jura Forest was a pretty dangerous forest before Rimuru showed up in this place, so he knew he should be careful.

'Actually, even with Rimuru in this forest, there are still wild monsters around that might kill me.' But even so, Nahida wanted to kill a monster and level up.

He has a status so that he can go up a level.

'Should I ask Rimuru to help me with this? But would he help me kill monsters?' Rimuru is a monster; all the people next to him are monsters. Would he help Nahida kill monsters to level up?

Haaa~~

Nahida let out a sigh and turned to enter the city again. He walked slowly through the city until he reached his hotel door.

"I'm back." But when he opened the door, expecting to find Shirou, he saw two people he had met before. "Why are you here again?" It was Natsu and Lucy.

Nahida looked at the two of them; the tiredness had already hit him.

"What happened to this place? Isn't it amazing?" Natsu said, showing his teeth.

"I've done some changes. So, are you guys going to want a room? Or are you just here to eat again?" Nahida sat at the reception desk. Shirou wasn't there, which made Nahida a little annoyed.

He should have stayed there to serve the customers.

"We are just here to eat. We want to eat the same thing as before."

"Chicken?"

"That's right, that." Natsu threw money on the table, and Lucy grabbed his head.

"I'm sorry about him, he can be very rude sometimes."

"Don't worry, I know he's a good person. You can sit at one of the tables, I'll have the chef prepare your food."

"Come on, Lucy!" Natsu ran towards the table, and Lucy bowed her head in shame. She excused herself before going after Natsu.

Nahida let out a sigh and smiled. The two of them were fun characters.

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Image of Nahida