Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 9 Borrowing
The old dragon man was muttering to himself, but when he noticed the suspicious looks from Kevin and Lin Lin, he suddenly started jumping up and down.

"What are you looking at?! I've been a blacksmith for so many years, and every weapon I forge is inspected repeatedly before delivery. There will be absolutely no quality issues! Do you think I would be perfunctory about a job like this that involves the safety of hunters?!"

Lin Lin laughed dryly and shook his head. Kevin also laughed and pulled Lin Lin over:
"We definitely trust you! It's just that this kid is too impatient and doesn't want to wait any longer."

Lin Lin rolled his eyes secretly. Damn it, they bullied me because I didn’t know Hunter language. It seems that in addition to Hunter training, I have to solve the language problem as soon as possible!

The old dragon man snorted, accepting the statement, then stretched out his hand and began to ask for money.

"Sincere offer: 3800z, including 3300z for the bone armor, 250z for the crafting of the Jieyun suit, and 250z for the materials."

When playing games before, unless he suddenly found that he did not have enough money when crafting equipment, Lin Lin generally did not pay attention to the crafting cost and had no idea of its value. Now he knows that the cost of crafting weapons is so much higher than that of armor.

Kevin looked at Lin Lin's expression and thought that he felt bad for spending so much money, so he slapped him on the back again.

"Hahaha, kid, don't worry about it. This little bit of money is nothing. I can earn much more than this from just a random commission!"

After handing the money to the old man in the processing house to count it, Kevin happily led Lin Lin to the upper part of the village, obviously in a good mood.

Seeing how touched this kid is, there shouldn't be any problem with taking him in as a disciple. Hehe... I'll stay for a while longer, teach him well, and then bring him back to Dondoruma and show him off in front of those old guys. What's wrong with being a single guy? Single guys can have successors too!

After following Kevin for a few minutes and reaching the last step of the stairs in front of him, Lin Lin's eyes suddenly lit up.

In front of us is a rather spacious square. Orange maple leaves dance in the wind. Some of them fall into the hot spring stone pool on the right and drift down with the water flow, while more of them fall to the ground, adding a touch of warmth to the village.

Further ahead, next to a stone staircase leading to the gathering hall on the top of the mountain, on a wooden bench covered with crimson satin, a dragon woman in a violet robe and a grass-green ribbon was smiling gently. She reached out to catch a red leaf that had fallen in the wind, and watched it being carried by the breeze towards a hunter and an unknown villager who were walking towards the front.

Huh? Are there still people in the village that she doesn't know?

The dragon woman looked at the young man in the Jieyun costume with doubt, then turned to the hunter who was leading the young man.

"Hey~ Mr. Kevin, you look well. Are you enjoying your vacation in Jieyun Village?"

Kevin was not as carefree towards this dragon woman as he was towards the processing shop owner. He scratched his head and smiled:
"Thank you for your concern, Ms. Village Chief. Jieyun Village is truly a very peaceful village. If I weren't a hunter, I would really like to live here permanently!"

Upon hearing this, the village headwoman chuckled softly, "That's great! I'm honored that you can give Jieyun Village such praise!"

"I wonder who this person is...?"

"This is... uh..." Kevin was suddenly stuck. He realized that he didn't even know the other person's name, but he was already planning to take him in as his apprentice.

"Lin Lin." Lin Lin pointed at himself and spoke helplessly. He didn't know how to pronounce his name in Hunter language, so he had to use the original pronunciation.

"Kirin?!"

Kevin's expression changed, as if he was reminded of some legend, and he looked a little shocked.

"It's not Qilin, it's... never mind."

Lin Lin gave up explaining because he suddenly discovered that in Hunter's language, Qilin was pronounced the same as his own name.

Kevin was a resilient hunter after all, so his shock only lasted a short while before he quickly put it aside and continued on with his previous topic. "Anyway, I met him alone in the stream and brought him back. I'm hoping the village headwoman can help settle him down. He's staying in the village for now."

The village head glanced at Lin Lin in surprise. No wonder his hair was so messy. His long-untended beard made his once handsome face look a little slovenly. It turned out that he had been alone in the wild...

"No problem, we're all human, so of course we'll help when there's trouble. Welcome to Jieyun Village~"

The village chief spoke in that unique gentle tone and bowed to Lin Lin.

Lin Lin opened his mouth, his desire to learn hunter language becoming more and more urgent.

Kevin scratched his head and added:
"Oh, by the way, he doesn't seem to speak Common..."

"Eh?!"

……

After coordination and communication with the village chief, a temporary residence was finally chosen for Lin Lin, the Iwata family, who owned a large farm that needed to be managed.

That's right, it was the Iwata family who called themselves the "Ghost Gatekeepers" that he met when he just entered the village. He didn't know whether it was out of the kindness of the other parents, or the guilt brought about by Iwata Hiroichi's previous interrogation of a "mute".

Of course, he was not allowed to eat, drink and live for free. In return, he needed to work as a farm hand to pay for his accommodation and food expenses.

Before parting, Kevin patted Lin Lin on the shoulder again and said earnestly:

"I've been staying in a hunter's cabin near the top of the mountain lately, and I'm quite free. You can always come and learn from me, your senior. Once your shield and axe are forged, I'll be happy to teach you a few moves."

"Keep going! Pass the assessment soon and become a hunter. Then you won't have to live under someone else's roof and can rent a hunter's hut provided by the guild!"

After saying that, Kevin turned and left, leaving Lin Lin with a dashing back.

"We only met once, yet they're willing to help so much. The people of the Monster Hunter world are truly kind and honest. It's so touching..."

"The debt of gratitude is so great, how can I repay it?"

With thoughts surging in his mind, Lin Lin followed Iwata back to his mansion and soaked himself in the misty hot spring water. The fatigue accumulated from living in the wild for a long time was completely released at this moment. In just a few breaths, Lin Lin fell into a warm and moist dream.

Iwata's mother, a middle-aged woman named Kaoru, came in with a plate, wanting the guest to taste Jieyun's specialty food, the hot spring eggs. Seeing this, she had no choice but to put the plate on the warm ground next to Lin Lin, then quietly retreated, closed the door, and then whispered to the man next to her.

"This kid doesn't look even older than Iwata, and he looks very tired. He must have suffered a lot in the wild."

The man, Iwata Hiroichi's father, Iwata Yukihira, also lowered his voice when he heard this.

"In that case, let's not disturb him for now and let the child have a good rest."

　I don't know how Qilin is pronounced in Hunter language. The pronunciation here is the same as Linlin, which is purely a personal setting.

　　PS: The Ghost Gatekeeper does exist in the game, but he has nothing to do with his parents' farm. This is also a private setting by the author.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)