Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

Aina spoke.

"Why? Are you afraid that I will meet your Saint? Actually, I have never met the new Saint of your temple. Since I have the opportunity to meet the Saint, I naturally have to greet her."

"What do you mean……"

Ina questioned.

"That's exactly what I meant..."

Elena answered indifferently, not paying any attention to Aina's gaze.

The two looked at each other, and finally Ina led the way, while Elena followed behind.

After all, the other party wanted to see her own saint, and she couldn't stop him.

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After passing through several corridors, Ina came to the door of a room, which was a room used to provide rest for customers with physical disabilities.

dong dong——

She knocked on the door twice...

And there was a sound coming from inside.

"Please come in."

Following the sound and opening the door, Aina saw Kato Megumi and several adventurers sitting on the bed. After all, although the breath of the blood-refining grass was poisonous, the toxicity was not strong and could be dispelled at will.

Seeing someone coming in, the man in the lead nodded, then said embarrassedly to Kato Megumi.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Your Majesty. We had no idea that the smell of that thing could be poisonous. We fainted in your hotel. We are really sorry."

The man bowed deeply, and his teammates behind him also bowed and apologized.

"I'm so sorry!"

In response, Kato Megumi smiled gently.

"It's okay, but you have to be careful in the future... Being an adventurer is a tough job, so you have to be careful no matter what mission you take... At least you have to understand it clearly beforehand and then make plans."

"I understand, Saint..." the leading man responded solemnly, and then he asked carefully, "But I'm curious, how did you know that we picked the blood refining grass?"

"Ah, we are just curious. If you don't want to answer, that's fine..."

Kato Megumi looked at his waist gently and pointed with her finger.

The man also subconsciously looked down, and found a tiny, barely noticeable red petal the size of a quarter of a fingernail on his belt, which happened to be the petal of the Blood Refining Grass.

The man blushed subconsciously.

"I see. Your observation skills are really outstanding..."

Looking at Aina who had just entered the room, perhaps because it was too embarrassing to stay here, or perhaps because his body had recovered, the man did not stay long. He said goodbye in a hurry and left with his companions.

"Since you are feeling better, we won't bother you anymore."

As he spoke, the man bowed and hurried away with his companions.

"You idiot, that's the Saint! How can you say goodbye so easily? We haven't had a good communication with the Saint yet."

Hearing the faint reprimand coming from outside the door, Kato Megumi smiled lightly, then looked at Aina.

"You're here, Ina."

"Your Majesty, I am glad you are here. It seems the matter has been resolved."

"Who is this……"

Kato Megumi looked at Elena behind Ina. Although she had heard of Elena's name, she had never met her formally, so she asked this question.

"This……"

Before Aina could explain, Elena took the first step and began to introduce herself.

"Hello, Your Majesty, I am Elena, the priestess of the Water Temple."

"Hello, Priest Elena."

Kato Megumi greeted Elena with a smile, and didn't seem to react to the other person's name.

Elena was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, did you not react when you heard my name?"

"Hmm? What's your reaction? It's a nice name... I guess the parents who named you love you very much... This name sounds very gentle..."

"..."

"Saint, you are so interesting... This is the first time I've heard someone think my name is gentle..."

After the two got to know each other, they had a polite conversation. Finally, seeing the increasingly dissatisfied look of Elena beside her, Elena decided to quit and quickly said goodbye and left.

"May the water god bless you..."

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After the other party left, Ina spoke.

"Your Majesty! That's Elena. This woman has bad intentions. Why are you saying so much to her?"

"Hmm? Really?" Kato Hui's smile gradually faded. "This is not the most important thing. The important thing is that someone attacked us."

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 172 Asking for Leave

As the title says, I have requested a day off on October 1st.

I don’t know what to say. I don’t even know whether I write well or poorly when I’m just playing alone. I feel helpless.

Well, it’s all because the author has a small imagination and can’t adjust the plot, so the ups and downs come one after another.

A chapter has to be 100 words before it can be published, so I just randomly put together 100 words, so there’s no need to wait for today’s update.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 173 Chapter : The hotel fraud incident

"Take action?" Aina was startled at first, then she thought of something, "Hasn't the matter just now been resolved? Those few people who fainted were just their problem."

As soon as Aina said this, she saw Kato Hui looking at her helplessly.

"Although the blood-refining grass is poisonous, its toxicity is not that strong. It takes a large amount of this stuff to make people faint. There must not be much blood-refining grass in the outer areas. Most of it grows in the inner area of ​​the forest. How do you think a group of newcomers who don't even know the habits of blood-refining grass can run into the inner area of ​​the forest?"

"And he didn't fall into a coma earlier or later, but fell into a coma while eating at our restaurant. Do you think this is a big coincidence?"

"Then your words and responses just now..."

Aina looked at the saint hesitantly, and saw her nod slightly.

"Of course I lied to them..."

Kato Megumi put her finger on her lips and curled her eyes.

"Of course, it can't be said to be a lie. They did faint because of the toxicity of the blood refining grass. This is a fact... I just didn't say that it was because of something else that accelerated their toxicity."

"You mean... there's something wrong with our food?"

Ina widened her eyes and asked Kato Megumi for advice. As she expected, Kato Megumi nodded.

"Hmm... I just sensed that there were some weak toxins in some of the food, and it happened that this toxin repelled the blood refining grass, which triggered the toxicity and caused that group of people to fall into a coma. However, whether it is the toxin or the toxicity of the blood refining grass, they are actually relatively weak, so they were able to wake up so quickly."

"Your Majesty...should we..."

"I know what you want to say... Don't worry, the toxins are very weak. As long as you don't eat them continuously and accumulate in your body, they will be excreted by the body in a short time. It's not a big deal."

"Besides..." Kato Hui blinked, "If you remove the food now, it will not only alert the enemy, but everything I have done and said before will be in vain..."

"Besides, there is no such thing as a thousand-mile defense against thieves. If there is a first time, there will be a second time. No matter how we guard against it, we can't prevent it. It's better not to alert the snake and wait and see who is the troublemaker."

Come to think of it, if she hadn't merged with the divine nature, she wouldn't have been able to identify the toxins in the food with her mental power... It seems that the person who did this was self-aware. He only knew that the restaurant was run by a temple, and he didn't use the kind of toxins that can be easily detected. Instead, he made some weak toxins that are not easy to be found by people, hoping that they would accumulate and lurk in the bodies of those regular diners over time, and by the time the problem arises.

It was like a blow to the head. Even if the temple wanted to deny it, it couldn't...

If the problem occurred just because of an occasional meal, people would not believe it; but if the problems occurred among people who dine here regularly, then the evidence is conclusive and irrefutable.

"Since there is a problem with the food, then it is easy to find the problem. Either there is a problem with the ingredients, or there is a problem with the processing or transportation process. I will need you to check it quietly later, Aina..."

In response to Kato Megumi's instructions, Aina also knew the seriousness of the matter and responded seriously.

"I understand, Your Majesty..."

"But... who has a grudge against us?" Aina pondered. "Do you think it could be Elena? After all, something went wrong when she came today. Could it be that she used some tricks to poison us without us noticing?"

"Um... Elena..." Kato Megumi tilted her head, "I don't think it's her..."

"Why? I think it's very possible. She has always been targeting the temple. She has always been dissatisfied with our temple and wants to return to the capital by destroying our temple..."

"You know, since the Pope has reached a consensus with other temples, it is impossible for temples to expel each other by force. Only when a branch temple can no longer survive will it give up completely."

At this point, Aina sighed in distress.

"Any temple would be so happy to meet a stupid and incompetent branch chief like me," Aina then looked at Kato Megumi, "Maybe it's because you've come and they suddenly have hope. Aina is unwilling to accept this, so she resorted to this desperate measure."

Looking at Ina's firm tone, which showed solid evidence, Kato Megumi didn't know what to say.

She felt that this possibility was not high. Although there was a saying that one should not judge a person by appearance, most people could roughly judge what kind of person another person was by observing his appearance, temperament and tone of voice.

After her conversation with Elena just now, she felt that although the other party had opinions about the temple, she did not give the impression that she would do anything to achieve her goal.

Besides, the other party had always used normal business channels and its own means to deal with the former branch of the Earth Mother Goddess. It can be seen that the other party looked down on those unscrupulous methods; there was no reason for the other party to give up their principles when she came.

Moreover, if the other party really used such means, the Earth Mother Goddess's branch temple would have ceased to exist long ago.

After all... what Aina said was right. It was rare to meet someone like her who, for various reasons, had to take over a branch temple but lacked the ability and experience.

Given the two options of establishing friendly relations and targeting, most people would probably choose targeting without hesitation...

After all, a piece of cake is only so big, and the other party has no ability, so who would want to share it with another person?

Thinking of this... Kato Megumi's eyes looked at Ina more and more subtle, making her feel uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like that? What's wrong?"

Aina asked doubtfully.

"No, it's nothing... Go and secretly check what the problem is. I hope it's not a human problem..."

Ina was stunned, and obviously she had thought of something.

"Your Majesty, it shouldn't happen... I trust them very much."

After discussing the next steps, Aina turned and left.

She now needs to find out what the problem is... After all, this is a big matter and cannot be delayed.

In the hotel lobby, diners were also informed that there would be a 7% discount on their meals.

According to the hotel, since this inexplicable coma has disturbed the diners, in order to compensate them, all meal bills will be discounted by 30%.

This surprise, which was like finding money while walking on the street, caused the guests to discuss it for a while and were delighted, which made them more accepting of the restaurant.

Seeing the attitude of many people praising her, Kato Megumi sighed. If things continued like this, the news would be beneficial to the hotel's praise, instead of dwelling on the so-called fainting, which would turn into rumors.

Although there will be some troubles afterwards, these troubles are not necessarily bad for the hotel. On the contrary, they can downplay the seriousness of the incident.

As expected, just as Kato Megumi guessed, Ina did not catch the person behind the scenes. She only discovered that some of the ingredients had been tampered with, but she has not yet found out who actually did it.

Kato Megumi guessed that there were two reasons. One reason was that the other party thought he had been exposed, so he acted cautiously and did not dare to show up. The other reason was that the other party thought he had not been exposed, and that some of the ingredients had already been poisoned, so they only needed to wait for the accumulation of regular diners to cause trouble in the restaurant, and there was no need to take any further action.

Of course, Kato Megumi had other guesses, but no matter what the situation was, after discovering that nothing happened at the hotel after a period of time, the other party was very likely to strike again, so they had to be on guard.

So she told Ina to wait and see.

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On the other hand, the trouble that Kato Megumi had predicted really came to her. Because the rookie team had fainted in the hotel, all the diners got free meals with discounts. In the next few days, those scheming and small-time freeloaders seemed to have discovered some new world. They started to make trouble in the hotel one after another, showing off their superb acting skills.

Some people were spurting blood while eating, and the blood was spilled all over the table. No one knew where the blood came from and it was quite fresh. However, it could not escape Klina's sharp eyes. She immediately identified that he was using animal blood. And when he pretended to be unconscious, his blood was still moving under his eyelids.