<h4>Chapter 152: Yearned After Underworld Dragon</h4>
It seems that Kurtz and his team showed off their familiars at the academy, as there was a rush of studentsing to buy chocte eggs.
The number of students from the Royal Academy as well as the Adventurer Academy was muchrger than usual.
I guess an eye-catching product really has just that much customer-pulling power.
However, only 30 chocte eggs can be purchased per day.
Even if we sell only one chocte egg per person, only 30 people will be able to get their hands on one.
Because there are so many people wanting it, we decided on a sales method where we give out raffle tickets an hour after school and decide who can buy by drawing lots.
It takes a lot of time, but this is the only way we can ensure fairness to every student.
Nowadays, we even have to hire part-time workers just to sell chocte eggs.
Our plot ofnd isrge, so the lottery is held in the vacantnd next to the dagashi shop.
Otherwise, the shop wouldn’t be able to amodate all the people.
This setup is fine on sunny days, but it was disastrous on rainy days.
Everyone had to wear an adventurer’s mantle to take part.
Still, there’s no end to the customers whoe for the chocte eggs.
[31! Number 31!]
[Yay!]
Every time a lottery number is drawn today, there are cheers and sighs.
Those who win usually open their chocte egg on the spot.
Otherwise, they might be mugged by bullies or powerful students.
Once the chocte egg is opened, a bond is formed with their familiar.
Once the master-servant rtionship is established, the familiar can never be snatched.
As expected, no one has ever tried to snatch someone’s chocte egg in front of me.
No, there was someone who attempted once, but when I warned him, he immediately backed down.
They probably know that the son of the Viscount went through a painful experience because of me before.
What was that boy’s name again?
I can’t remember anymore……
The academy has a total of about 1000 students in both schools, so even if I could only sell 30 a day, the chocte eggs should be considerably spread out.
However, more and more adventurers areing here these days.
It seems like they had also fallen under the charm of the chocte eggs.
Perhaps, the cause……
Zushin! Zushin!
[I’m home, Yuusuke.]
Michelle, riding the Underworld Dragon Pluto, has returned.
Pluto has grown uppletely and is now the size of a warhorse.
His ck scales had hardened, and the horns on his head and his long fangs had grown magnificent.
ording to Michelle, he can easily defeat monsters that appear on the 3rd Underground Floor.
The adventurers look at Pluto with admiration.
They probably want to obtain a familiar themselves and have a powerful partner of their own.
However, that one is special.
He had only grown up that fast because Michelle had given it an insane level-boosting.
That’s impossible for ordinary people.
And yet, the adventurers never stopped dreaming.
[Wee back, wait, uwahh! Pluto, don’t lick my face! Bfuhaa!]
While his body has grownrger, Pluto is still very much at heart, and the fact that he still acts like a spoiled child around me is both troublesome and cute.
[Kuehh~~]
[I’m still at work. I’ll y with youter, so wait right there.]
I told him so, but he still tugged at my sleeve.
This is a signal that he wants a snack.
[Again? You really like fried chicken-vored potato fries huh, Pluto.]
Product name: Potato Fries: Fried Chicken vor
Description: Crispy fried potato snacks. Contains four pieces. Eating it continuously regenerates stamina.
Price: 40 rims
[Yuusuke, don’t feed him those too much before dinner.]
[Now, now, isn’t it fine?]
Michelle chided me, but I gave Pluto some potato fries.
[Kyuu!]
As he eats the snack with a loud crunch, Pluto rubs his neck with my cheek as a sign of appreciation.
It’s a cuteness that one wouldn’t expect from a dark dragon.
Well, this aspect of him was rather simr to Michelle.
It’s not just Pluto, as the other familiars were growing up as well.
Kurtz’ Hogan (Green Man) and Gort’s Hawk have grown up a size, while the face of Kikka’s Rufu (Sylphy) has grown a bit more mature.
Carmine’s Margarethe has also grown up a bit and has recently started to talk a lot.
It isn’t just saying greetings like “Good morning” and “Good night”, but short sentences like “The sky is beautiful” are also getting mixed in.
She doesn’t seem to be predicting the future yet, but maybe it’s just a matter of time.
[But then again, Suama sure hasn’t changed.]
I poked my finger at my familiar, Suama.
Suama just trembled without making any sounds.
[Well, it doesn’t really matter.]
At those words, Suama rubbed its body against my finger as well.
This part of it is cute.
It seems like it could properly understand my words.
It’s always on my shoulder, watching what I do (although it doesn’t have eyes).
[Here’s thest winning number of the day. 7! Number 7!]
Thest person received the chocte egg, and the students who didn’t win slowly left the area.
The winner was a student from the Royal Academy, who opened his chocte egg on the spot.
[Uwahh, I got a Hawk! It’s so cool. I’m in your care.]
It seems that what came out was a Hawk, just like Gort’s.
Familiars also have rarities and often ovep.
Michelle’s Pluto, for example, is quite high in rarity.
.
My Suama is apparently treated as a Secret Rare.
Meanwhile, Kurtz’ Hogan and Carmine’s Margarethe are also in the rare category.
Come to think of it, I wonder what kind of familiars Marco and Titti got? I’ll try to get them to show me tomorrow or so, when I go to deliver them some Amani Herbs.
The sun is already setting outside.
[Come on, it’s time to close up shop. We’ll have another 30 chocte eggs prepared tomorrow, so look forward to it.]
As I watched the children run off, I closed the shop door with Suama.
<Trantor’s Notes>
Potato Fries: Fried Chicken vor
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