Translator: Cialaxis
Editor: Havion
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It has been a week since Caucasus evolved.
Since then, Caucasus has continued hunting everyday with vigour, which resulted in him bringing back a plethora of spoils from his battles.
Thanks to that, the contents of my storage magic are increasing rapidly.
As my storage magic is able to access the s.p.a.ce used by both my previous life as well as my current one, I should be able to manage it somehow…though if I wasn"t a reincarnator, my storage would be pressed for s.p.a.ce right about now.
While Caucasus was acting as he pleased in this manner, I was working hard in creating the ingredients required to make Beast Jelly.
This past week, I have been absorbed in collecting gelatin.
Although I have only been single-mindedly repeating the task of extracting gelatin from the wyvern"s carca.s.s……as I have finally gathered a decent amount, it should be about time to move on to real jelly making.
First, I"ll take everything that Caucasus has hunted this past week out of my storage magic, including the unused bits from the wyvern"s gelatin extraction.
Following that, I shall chant a spell.
[Oh Qilin, appear before me… form with me a trade of mutual benefits] (Varius)
Soon after… a bright light poured out from a point in the sky. A deer-shaped apparition sporting the face of a dragon, the tail of an ox, and hooves of a horse – in other words, the Qilin has appeared.
[Thy wish, awakening materials or flavourings[1], what be it?] (Qilin)
The Qilin"s voice resonated in my head, speaking directly to my mind.
I called it for the sake of gathering the raw materials for Beast Jelly after all, so my reply was obvious.
[The flavourings.] (Varius)
[Is that so. Then…the offerings thou hast prepared, hand it over.] (Qilin)
As the Qilin declared, a spot in s.p.a.ce distorted.
It"s all right to throw the offerings…in other words, the monsters" carca.s.s, into it.
I took the spoils from Caucasus"s battles that I had taken out earlier using storage magic, and threw them into the distortion one after the other.
Once that was done, the Qilin signalled me.
[Thy offerings, have certainly been received…In return, the items thou wishest for shall be placed here. Farewell] (Qilin)
The Qilin"s figure vanished.
In its place, two bottles appeared.
If I remember correctly… the one with the blue cap should be Beast Glutamic Acid, while the one with a red cap should be Beast Inosinic Acid.
At any rate, by mixing these into a monster"s meal, the seasoning that monsters would be addicted to will be completed.
……All right, now that all the required materials are present, time to make the jelly.
I placed the gelatin and the flavourings into hot water, and stirred the mixture until it is completely mixed before putting the fire out.
As a finishing touch, I casted freezing magic to solidify the jelly.
[…..It"s done!] (Varius)
I stored the solidified, completed product using storage magic and made a small guts pose.
With this, I have solved the pressing matter of Caucasus" food problems.
As I no longer have anything in particular to do, I took a nap while waiting for Caucasus" return.
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[Varius! There are 2 things you need to be informed of today!] (Caucasus)
Caucasus exclaimed excitedly the moment he returned.
I"m the one who wants to inform though…but well, guess I"ll listen to what he has to say first.
[What is it?] (Varius)
[First one, this book was dropped along the side of some road!]
Caucasus threw a slightly dirty book held between his horns over to me.
Yare yare[2]…I thought as I caught the book.
Caucasus doesn"t just hunt monsters, he sometimes brings back lost items such as this… although 8 or 9 times out of 10 it turns out to be just thrash.
Well, it"s rare that he would treat the things he handed over with such care, so I casted cleaning magic on it for the time being and to determine what kind of book it was.
[The First Choice, Non-negotiable…?][3] (Varius)
That was the t.i.tle of the book.
Curious as to the contents of the book, I flipped the pages.
Then…once I understood what the contents were, a smile naturally formed on my face.
[Caucasus, thank you! You were a big help this time.] (Varius)
The book that Caucasus brought back — [The First Choice, Non-negotiable] — contains 15 years" worth of Elite Academy"s past entrance exam questions.
With this in my possession, I will be able to efficiently study for the exam.
In other words, my chances of being accepted had dramatically increased.
Yosh, I"ll report this to Carmel-sama in the near future.
I made up my mind.
….Which reminds me, Caucasus had said that there were [two things I needed to be informed of].
What was the other one?
I faced Caucasus with that in mind…and what entered my eyes was a single fly-like monster resting on Caucasus" wings.
If I remember correctly, that is….
[As for the other matter, this me have made a partner!] (Caucasus)
……As I thought!
While I was thinking, the fly monster greeted me using telepathy.
[Yo. I am the king of flies, as well Caucasus-aniki"s pal…..Beelzebub! I"ll be in your care from now on, yeah?] (Belzebub)
[…Ah, yeah. Please take care of me too.] (Varius)
……That Caucasus, he partnered up with a Belzebub huh?
Although I had heard that, once in a blue moon, beetle-type monster would partner up with an insect-type monster[4]…to think that it would happen with my monster…
But well, I wholly welcome the addition of Beelzebub as a comrade.
As Belzebub is capable of inflicting status abnormalities upon enemy monsters as well as increasing Caucasus" defense, Caucasus" range of activities would increase.
There was no reason not to welcome it.
[Actually, I have some good news as well.] (Varius)
As I informed the both of them, I took the Beast Jelly out using storage magic.
[I made this today. It should be seasoned to match both your tastes. To celebrate Belzebub"s addition as well…please eat to your heart"s content!] (Varius)
Caucasus started off by stuffing his cheeks vigorously.
Seeing his actions, Belzebub who at first looked at the Beast Jelly as if it was something weird, decided to join in on the meal.
[This……This is! This food texture is truly the best!] (Belzebub)
[Awesome…..Caucasus"s master, to be able to make something this delicious…]
Looks like it was received favourably.
While feeling satisfied my tamed monsters" response, I began reading [The First Choice, Non-negotiable] while reminiscing on my past life"s entrance exam period.
Notes: [1]: Raw text was [旨味調味料] which means flavour enhancer which is basically MSG
[2]: The yare yare is important daze Jokes aside, though most of you may already know this, yare yare is a word with many meanings. One of which in this case kind of translates to “Geez”. might help.
[3]: The raw text, [第一志望は、譲れない] is actually the catchphrase/slogan for Sundai Preparatory School.
[4]: Fun fact, beetles are actually cla.s.sified as insects.