New adventure begins

I couldn't believe my eyes. I was holding a large wooden spoon. It was shaped like a spoon, but it had a flashy jewel set in the handle. It was semi-transparent, and its shape seemed to waver. Was it some kind of magically formed, unstable weapon? What was it?

[Vassal Weapon has been detected]

[Binding the Vassal weapon to the host]

[Vassal weapon has been successfully bound].

[Job/class changed from "Victim from Another World" to "Spoon Hero"].

I put my other hand on the handle of the spoon and it turned into a classic wooden spoon, the kind you use in a big kettle. "What on earth is going on?"

"I get it now. I get it." I realised what was happening when I saw the system log. As a hero summoned to this world, I too had received my special weapon.

It wasn't a classic weapon like a spear, sword or bow, but it was a perfect match for my unique skill. They complement each other perfectly.

[All the bonuses you get from food will be increased by an additional 20%].

There was an icon in the status menu that looked like a spoon, and when I clicked it, it showed a tree of talents, but none of them were available. No wonder I'm only level 1.

After exploring the interface for a while, I discovered that the more I cook with rare, epic and unique ingredients, the more my vassal weapon improves.

That's enough for now. We are slowly approaching the border.

//Since the main genre is slice of life, MC won't focus on upgrading and improving his weapon like Naofumi in the canon. His familiars (contracted magical beasts) are one of the most powerful creatures in the world.

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We'd come far enough to say that Zeltoble was right in front of our eyes.

From here, we could see the fort on the country's border. The soldiers inside seemed to be coming out in force.

'Haahhhh~ It really did come down to this, huh?' I looked over at Hati, who was following behind us slowly, and sighed.

"It seems like there's a lot of soldiers coming out, doesn't it..."

"Hati is with us, after all. I'll go on ahead and explain the situation." Having said that, Werner ran towards the fort ahead of us.

'Sorry for the trouble,' I apologized in my heart.

Reaching the fortress, we found Werner and the border guard soldiers lined up, waiting for us.

"I am Edgar Wollgård, captain of the Kingdom of Zeltoble's fourth knight brigade. I've heard the situation from Werner, here. Is it true that you have formed a contract with A-rank beast ?" The guard captain that seemed to have the highest title there (he even had a last name, so he might have been a noble), asked me with such a tense air about him that I thought I could see it.

'This is because Hati's here, isn't it...' I thought, 'the other guards still have their weapons in hand so they can react to anything, too...'

'I guess even a rotten legendary beast is still legendary, or something,' I mused.

"Yes, I've formed a contract with this A-rank beast." When I said that, the guards all let out an, "Ooohhhh!"

"I see. But still, it's a dangerous, a beast, will it really not harm this country or its citizens?" For a person entrusted with guarding the border, I guess that concern would have been pretty appropriate.

"I am confident," I said.

"I see. If you've tamed that A-rank wolf to this degree, it seems like the worst won't come to happen." The captain said, looking slightly relieved.

"Captain, I'm pretty sure that worst will never happen. We were there when Hajime formed his contract with Hati, and we also traveled together the rest of the way here. In all that time, Hati hasn't flown off the handle once."

"It's just as our leader says. Hati went and hunted monsters at Hajime's instruction, too. I was super surprised!"

'Rita, I was surprised, too. When I told him to go and get his own meat, I had meant that he should take responsibility for the cost of his own food, so I sent him hunting. I didn't have him hunt for my own profit, so please don't get that wrong, okay?'

"Hoohh, so you've really got a firm control over him."

'Wait a minute, captain, what do you mean by, "Hoohh?" You know you look like you're planning something bad by putting your hand to your chin like that? Please stop, I don't want any trouble.'

Well after this and that, we somehow managed to get permission to cross the border and so had made it safely into the kingdom of Zeltoble.

By the way, since I didn't have a guild card, I was made to pay a tax of 5 silver coins(25€). There was also a tax to let Hati in too, so that added an extra 2 silver coins (10€) onto the fee. The fact that Hati cost money too kinda hurt me in my wallet. 'I need to hurry up and get into the Merchant's guild.'

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Entering the kingdom of Zeltoble, our first destination was the border town, Falliéres.

"I'm so relieved I managed to get in. Thanks, everyone." In the first place, it would have been impossible to travel alone in this world full of monsters, so I was really thankful to everyone from Iron Will. And with Hati's situation, I wouldn't have been able to get into the country without their help, either.

"Not at all, we were all able to experience something good, too. We even got to see the legendary beast, Fenrir, and even talk to him too."

"As our leader says, I'll be bragging to everyone about this!"

"I'll be bragging about this too, same as Vincent~. Like, 'Hey, I got to meet a Fenrir from those fairy tales,' you know?"

"Fufufu, Rita, you're such a child. But it's true, this is something one would want to brag about."

"To see a Fenrir in our lifetimes... this might just dry up all our luck as adventurers." I guess Hati's existence was just that impactful to everyone else.

"But, Hajime's life is probably gonna get real busy from here on out."

'Werner, what do you mean by, 'busy?''

"Because there's no way they haven't already told the margrave that rules this area and probably even the king that a person with the ability to tame an A-class beast has been let into the country". 'Ghh, that would happen, wouldn't it?'

"Not to mention that captain, he was obviously plotting ways to get you to serve the country after seeing the relationship between you and Hati."

'THE CAPTAAAIINNN!! He really was up to no good.'

"Even if you tell me that, I don't plan on staying in this country forever anyway, so when that time comes, I'll just have to think about it while consulting with Hati."

"Hahaha, that's right. As long as this great Hati is with you, they won't be able to do anything reckless."

I was relying solely on Hati, but there was no way around it. Even I'd like to go around and see the world, since I'd already been summoned here anyways. I'd started to feel like it would be nice to use this trip to travel the world while I profited with my Online Supermarket. Traveling in another world seemed like it'd be full of adventure, after all.

"By not staying in this country, you mean you plan to travel?"

I nodded at Werner's question. "I've started feeling like I should go see the world, you know?"

"I see. If that's the case, you should register at the Adventurer's guild, Hajime." 'Eh? The Adventurer's guild?' I thought, 'I don't want to become an adventurer, though.'

"The Adventurer's guild, you say? Personally, I planned to join the Merchant's guild... I can cook, so I was planning to travel and set up stalls at towns I stop at to earn money, or sell commodities wholesale because I have some connections."

"Is that so? But still..." Werner looked at Hati while making a thoughtful face.

"Hajime, you're planning on having Hati hunt for his own food from now on, aren't you?" I nodded — of course that was the case.

"If so, how are you planning on butchering what he hunts?" 'Ah, that's right.' "Also, taking the rockbird into consideration, what Hati hunts will probably all be high-ranking monsters. If so, then having the Adventurer's guild buy off their other useable parts would be perfect, you see."

'Certainly. If they'll buy that stuff then having them do it would only help my travels from now on. But being an adventurer... hmmmm...'

"You look like you're really having trouble with this, Hajime, but why not just register at both?" That was said by Vincent, who was eavesdropping on the conversation between Werner and I.

"I could do that, but would that be okay?"

"Well, there's not a lot of them, but there are people that are registered to both guilds."

"Ahh, is that so? If that's the case I'll go for both, then."

Thus, I decided to register at both guilds.