Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 669 A Little Girl Who Dreams of Leaving Her Familia (Bonus Chapter for Readers Who Voted Monthly Tickets This Month)

If an ordinary adventurer encounters a situation where they are being chased by a large swarm of killer ants, they can take advantage of the killer ants' habit of caring for their injured companions and escape by injuring the killer ants. This is considered a fairly useful piece of knowledge about dungeon monsters.

Broly followed behind the two, watching Bell lead the way while Lily Luca provided support with crossbow bolts from behind.

The maze had five or six levels, and although it was a bit slow, they still managed to get through. Broly didn't make a move the whole time. After reaching the fourth level, their speed increased.

When they left the dungeon, Broly checked the Crystal Palace panel; it had taken them a little over an hour to get up there.

Bibel spent about the same amount of time traveling alone, mainly because of the extra time spent going down, but he carried back twice as many magic stones and dropped items.

Overall, it was relatively safe for the two of them to travel together, and their efficiency in transporting supplies was decent, except...

Broly looked at the slightly out-of-breath little girl and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Lilyluca, are you alright?"

"It's alright, I just need to rest for a bit."

Because she needs to participate in combat, her stamina is consumed relatively quickly. Of course, more importantly, even with the reduced weight of her backpack, she is now carrying more than she used to carry when she went down dungeons with other adventurers as a support worker.

"Then you may not have much time to rest."

Bell said something and then headed towards the Tower of Babel next door. He met with the staff at the money exchange window, rented a private room, and unloaded the magic stones and loot from his backpack. After clearing out the items from the supporter's backpack, the boy looked ready to continue his work in the dungeon.

Lily Luca: "..."

Suddenly I understood how the boy managed to get that set of gear.

After the guild staff took stock, the items she brought up this time were estimated to be worth around 200,000 Fali.

One percent is more than 20,000. If you can do this job ten times a day, your daily wage would be more than 200,000. There is potential for making money, but it depends a lot on the physical strength of the person providing the support. It is a physically demanding and arduous job.

"Miss Erd, would you like a bottle of stamina recovery potion from Azure Pharmacy?"

Seeing that she was still a little out of breath, Bell took out a bottle of stamina recovery potion from his waist bag, handed it to her, and asked her what was wrong.

"Wait, you even brought your own stamina recovery potion?"

Lily Luca couldn't help but complain.

"Yeah, without this, I can only make two trips at most before I collapse."

Bell answered as a matter of course.

[This potion isn't even a basic one, but a mid-grade one. A bottle should cost around three thousand Faris on the market. The cost of just restoring stamina is three thousand...]

Lily Luca took the stamina recovery potion and was somewhat taken aback when she discovered it was a mid-grade product. However, after careful calculation, it seemed that even using this thing wouldn't be a loss, as long as Broly next to her was willing to share 10% of the spoils she carried up.

"Do you want to continue working with us?"

When the little girl looked at him again, Broly asked her a question.

"Yes, of course we'll do it."

Lily Luca nodded, saying that as long as she could make money, she didn't mind the hardship and fatigue.

The little girl drank the stamina-restoring potion and then followed the others down into the dungeon with an empty bag on her back.

When they came up again, Broly didn't come up with them.

I made four round trips in one afternoon.

Broly arrived just before dusk.

Four trips, eight fully loaded backpacks, totaling a profit of 165 million falies.

Next comes the exciting moment of profit sharing.

"One-tenth is 165,000, but we forgot to calculate the spoils on your and Bell's backs separately."

How about this, I'll add another 35,000, making it 200,000 fali, and then each of you will take 100,000 fali, how about that?"

Broly thought for a moment and then said.

“Brother, Broly, you are my own brother, and I have no objection to your distribution.”

Lily Luca's already red face turned even redder as she excitedly declared.

"I have no objection either."

Bell also made a statement.

"Miss Lily Luca, would you like payment by guild check or cash?"

"Huh, is there such an option?"

"Of course."

"I remember that guilds charge a service fee for signing contracts, right?"

"Ah."

"Then, can you give me cash?"

5% of 10 Fali is 5000, which is not something a little girl like that would be generous with.

"Row."

Broly picked up the two bulging money bags and handed them to the two men respectively.

Trembling hands and an excited heart transformed into a blissful smile on the face of the little girl as she received the heavy money bag.

After finally getting her hands on the real Fari, Lily Luca's stereotype of adventurers being all jerks began to change.

At least, the adventurer (boy) in front of us who doesn't withhold wages at all and even adds extra money to pay them is definitely not one of those scoundrel adventurers; he's a really good person.

"Also, Miss Lily Luca, now that you've joined my team today, would you like to have a meal together?"

Upon hearing this, Lily Luca immediately became wary.

"You don't mean you want me to treat you to dinner, do you?"

She asked cautiously, temporarily retracting her initial assessment of the boy.

"How could that be? I initiated this dinner party, so of course I'm paying."

Upon hearing that Broly was treating, she then reiterated her assessment that the boy was a very kind person.

"Okay, I'd be happy to (get a free meal)."

The little girl revealed a shy and adorable smile.

The restaurant was still on the fourth floor of the Tower of Babel.

The waiters here are all familiar with Broly, a regular customer.

"Welcome, Miss Lily Luca! Cheers!"

Three large glasses filled with juice clinked together and were then taken back by each other and gulped down the juice.

"Ha~"

After a tiring afternoon, the feeling of drinking sweet, chilled fruit juice is simply delightful.

"From now on, we'll be close partners. Let's talk about each other's backgrounds. I'll go first. I'm a Saiyan from a distant place (Star Vampa). I'm currently the captain of the Hestia Familia. My name is Broly, I'm 15 years old, and my dream is to meet my destined partner (the one the Crystal Palace has acknowledged as my target) in this world."

Broly introduced himself.

Bell: "???"

Did they have this step before?

However, the naive boy didn't think much of it and replied directly, preventing Broly's words from falling to the ground.

“I was born in a village in the south, far from Orario. My name is Bell Crani, and I am also a member of the Hestia Familia.”

I'm 14 years old this year, and besides wanting to become a heroic adventurer, my dream is also to meet my destined one in Orario.

After the boy finished speaking, he and Broly looked towards the little girl in the opposite seat.

Do you reveal your personal information to others?

The little girl hesitated for a moment, but when she touched the bulging money pouch beside her, she made her decision.

“I am Lilyluka Erde, a child born in Orario, a member of the Soma Familia.”

"Eh, the Soma Familia?!"

The white-haired boy exclaimed in surprise.

"You seem to be wondering why I am a member of the Soma Familia. That's because my parents were adventurers of the Soma Familia, so I belonged to the Soma Familia from birth."

Lily Luca offered an explanation.

“He’s 15 years old, the same age as Brother Broly, but a year older than you, Mr. Crannie.”

"Uh, does that mean I have to call you Sister Erd?" The white-haired boy scratched his head.

"Ha, no need for that. Just keep calling me Erd, or Lily is fine too."

The little girl took two more sips of juice. She was able to earn 100,000 Fali today thanks to the young man across from her who introduced her to the job. Besides introducing the job, the young man had also taken care of her by traveling with her, protecting her as she came up, and giving her stamina-restoring potions.

"Miss Lily, is there anything you want to achieve?"

Broly asked the question, emphasizing the importance of understanding someone's preferences before attempting to win them over.

"I do have dreams..."

"What is it?"

I want to escape that damned quagmire of the Soma Familia...

"I want to earn more money so I can live a better life."

The little girl expressed her innermost thoughts in another language.

Leaving the Soma Familia requires a significant amount of money...

As the waiter brought the food, Broly asked while eating, "Besides money, what else does Miss Lily like?"

"I don't have any hobbies. Right now, just making money to support myself is enough to keep me busy every day."

"Of course, if you're willing to hire me in the future, I think my life will get better."

The little girl answered and began to eat the food in front of her.

“Miss Erd, you’ve been a supporter for a while now, and I feel that your packing skills are much better than mine.”

Bell said that the girl helped him pack his bag once in the afternoon, and that bag was much heavier than what he could pack himself.

"Yes, it's been a while. I started going down into the dungeon when I was six years old, and it's been nine years now."

Lily Luca answered.

"Wow, you're going down to the dungeon as a support character so early? That's amazing!"

Bell exclaimed in surprise.

"Is it impressive? No, it's just a matter of life's pressures. My parents died in the dungeon when I was three years old, leaving me alone. I was taken to the dungeon by other members of my clan to work as a supporter."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your sad story."

Bell quickly apologized, he hadn't expected it to be like this.

"It's alright, it's all in the past."

The three ate and drank, chatting as they went. When Broly heard that someone had withheld the little girl's pay yesterday, he was quite angry and cursed the person as a bastard, promising to stand up for the girl if he ever saw that guy again.

"Then thank you so much, Brother Broly."

Lily Luca responded to the boy with a smile.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, she descended the Tower of Babel with them, arranged to meet again the next day, and then waved goodbye to the two of them.

Today is an exceptionally happy day for Lily Luca.

Although he didn't get revenge on the bastard who withheld his salary yesterday, he did earn 100,000 falies.

Although the process was tiring, I gained a long-term, well-paid support job.

"Your mark and scars belong to me, and my mark and scars still belong to me..."

Lily Luca didn't go straight home. Instead, she turned into an empty alley and used her transformation magic to become a person of another race.

Then, he went to a gem shop, exchanged the money he had earned that day for gems, and then went to the earth elf's vault to put the gems into his own private treasury.

After hanging the key back around his neck and leaving the Earth Spirit's vault for a distance, he dispelled the transformation spell in a deserted alley before heading towards the Soma Familia's territory.

It was a place she didn't really want to go back to; the clan was full of drunkards, but it was the only place she, with nowhere else to go, could return to.
As soon as she got close, she could hear the drunkards' noise. Lily Luca tried to keep her presence to herself, pushed open the door and quietly walked in, heading towards her dilapidated room.

However, the little girl didn't want to attract attention, but someone called out to her. It was a burly raccoon man: "Erd, why are you acting so suspiciously?"

Upon hearing the voice, the little girl trembled. Not daring to ignore him, she walked over and cautiously asked, "Mr. Kanu, what are your orders?"

"I didn't give any instructions, but I heard that you were cheated out of some money by a rogue adventurer yesterday, right?"

"Envankovo ​​Kanu asked with a smile."

"Yes."

Lily Luca nodded gently.

“This won’t do, Erd. You were bullied outside, and you came back without even saying a word. We’re all comrades from the same clan.”

Lily Luca bit her lip and remained silent.

"How about this, I'll take charge for you and help you collect the debt, what do you think?"

"That would be perfect."

"However, since I'm helping you, Erd, you can't just leave without doing anything in return, can you?"

“Mr. Kanu, I am willing to give you all the money that guy withheld from me as a thank you fee.”

The little girl answered quickly.

"Oh, Erd, Erd, when did you become so cunning? You're actually giving me something that rightfully belongs to me as a thank-you fee. Do you think that's reasonable?"

“Then, I’m willing to pay Mr. Kanu an additional thank-you fee…”

The little girl reluctantly pulled out her not-so-bulging money pouch, but just as she was about to take money out, the pouch was snatched away by the burly raccoon man next to her.

“Ah, Mr. Kanu, you…”

"This little bit of money is barely enough to be considered a thank you fee for me taking care of things for you."

"But I also need to eat."

"Take this half of the breadstick I ate. You're so small, eat it sparingly, it'll last you a few days."

Before the little girl could say anything more, the burly raccoon man squinted at her with a dangerous look in his eyes. She seemed frightened and quickly shut her mouth. With a sense of humiliation, she bent down to pick up the breadstick that had been thrown on the ground, and without saying another word, went back to her dilapidated room.

Behind them, the drunkards made a ruckus, completely oblivious to the bullying of the weak by the strong among their own clan members.

This is Lilyluka Erd's daily life. As a child, she was exploited as free labor, and all she received were the fists of alcoholics and leftovers.

Even now that she's grown up, she's still being exploited by those bastards for the money she worked so hard to earn. All that talk about helping her collect debts is a lie. The debts she collects will only end up as alcohol in the hands of those drunkards. Not only that, they'll also extort a thank-you fee from her.

If you don't give it to them, you'll get a beating, and those guys will beat you black and blue.

"Fortunately, I'll be able to leave soon."

Lying on the dilapidated bed without even a mattress, Lily Luca took out her vault key and glanced at it, her mind filled with longing for her future life after leaving the Soma Familia.

Unbeknownst to the little girl, the group of drunkards outside were talking about her.

“Mr. Kanu, don’t you think that Erd has been taking us less and less seriously these past two years?”

A human drunkard poured wine for the raccoon man and said...

"It's nothing. That kid is growing up, it's normal for him to be a little rebellious."

Kanu waved his hand dismissively.

“Rebellion is one thing, doing side jobs is another. I heard that in the last two years, Erd has been secretly taking on quite a few support jobs that can get him to the 10th floor of the maze, thanks to his affordable hiring prices.”

Another werewolf clansman took a sip of wine and casually mentioned it.

Upon hearing this, the raccoon stopped drinking and remained silent for a while before saying, "When children grow up and become rebellious, it is partly due to the lack of discipline from us elders."

It seems we should also pay more attention to that kid, Erd, and see if she's hiding any secret stash of money that we don't know about.

Ideally, she wouldn't have any, but if she does, she needs to understand that money should be kept by an adult.

The tanuki-man's words drew agreement from the two people beside him. The other drunkards of the Soma Familia remained silent and dared not object, because the dwarf Eid was the target of Envankov Kanu's exploitation.

Upstairs, a god passing by in the corridor heard the tanuki-man's conversation downstairs, but showed no intention of intervening, even though Liliruka Erd was a child from his former familia whom he had raised, and he had even bestowed divine favor upon the child so that she could survive more easily within the familia.

but……

Ever since she also drank the "divine wine" and fell into its slumber, in the eyes of the god Soma, she was no different from the group of her followers who had disappointed her; they were all just slaves to wine, whose only purpose was to provide funds for his winemaking business.

The god of wine was deeply disappointed with his kin. Ever since he saw the girl he had raised become obsessed with divine wine nine years ago, he had neglected his kin and devoted himself to brewing better wine.

The god Soma returned to his room and slammed the door shut, completely isolating himself from the noise of the drunken clans outside.

　Although I don't know if I'll get over a thousand monthly votes this month, I'll still add an extra chapter. I've updated with 10,000 words today, and I feel like I'm floating on air...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)