Re:Monster Day 221 - 230

DAY 221

Currently, the store in the Royal Capital will do just fine even if I'm not here, the Female Samurai is able to manage the store on my behalf. If some unexpected problem beyond her abilities to solve happens, it is always possible to contact me through the ear cuffs.
Since Solitude make up the work force there, they should be able to cope to a certain extend. Thus, there isn't any actual need for me to remain in the Royal Capital.
That is my single journey, and it became clear that for the sake of our future, we need to expand our operation range beyond Sternbild Kingdom.
There are several reasons for this, but the major one is due to the fact the kingdom only has a handful of [Age of the Gods] dungeons, and the highest level amongst the bunch is only [Divine Spirit]. 
For the sake of increasing our combat potential, I will not act alone this time. For the sake of conquering high level dungeons, I'm bringing along Kanami-chan and the other [8 Demonic Generals]. Among the [Age of the Gods] dungeons, there are [Divine Spirit] class, [God] class, and the highest: [Great God] class dungeons. Apparently, there are only 5 of them in the world, and just thinking about it gets me all pumped up.
ED: [Age of the Gods] Dungeon is the exact same rank as [Demigod] rank dungeons. As established in an earlier day in the 190s...but this version sounds alot more right hmm. ~Miraclegrass
But in order to enter [God] and [Great God] class dungeons, we'll need to go beyond this country.
Of course we can simply enjoy the [Divine Spirit] class dungeons, but we'll conquer them in no time since there simply isn't enough.
Thus I decided to conquer the [Age of the Gods] dungeons beyond the Sternbild Kingdom. While I was thinking that we should start with a [Divine Spirit] dungeon instead of a [God] class, they wanted the latter. I thought: "Isn't challenging a [God] class dungeon a little too early for them?" But apparently, the fact that I was able to conquer a  [Divine Spirit] alone egged Minokichi-kun and company to immediately start with the [God] class, I personally would like to try it, so I guess it's decided.
Moreover, if, during the conquest, we realize that It's simply too hard, we can simply change the dungeon, that's the gist of things.
Fortunately, In the early levels of a [God] class dungeon, there shouldn't be that much of a difference in difficulty compared to the upper floors of a [Divine Spirit] class dungeon, so surviving shouldn't be a problem.
Although we have decided on challenging a [God] class dungeon, but where exactly is still unclear.
We have some choices, but the most likely amongst the candidates would be the demonic empire.
On the borders between the Demonic Empire and the Holy Kingdom,  there is an [Age of Gods] dungeon known as the [Furemusu Blaze Dragon Mountains]. As a result, even if the relations between the countries is poor, a large scale war is nearly impossible, limiting everything to small skirmishes and secret wars. Well, leave us out of it.
ED Note: The original text called it 'フレムス炎竜山', roughly translating to Flames blazing dragon mountain. But since it's Katakana, it could be something else with a similar sound, thus I kept it as Furemusu. Anyone got a cooler name (Original russian name "Fleymus" also works in this context)? Btw, Russian saids it's the Holy Empire, but the Google translation called it "St. Kingdom of Demibeasts",and then the bottom saids holy kingdom again,  what the heck...  
[Furemusu blaze dragon mountains] is fundamentally differnet from the previous dungeons we've been to, where you go into undeground basements. This is classified as a Natural barrier type, one that has never been conquered before, until now that is.
To briefly explain what a Natural Barrier type dungeon is, they are seperated into two area: areas inside the [Border zone], and areas outside the [Border Zone]. Areas inside the [Border zone] is where the actual dungeon is.
Natural Barrier type dungeons are usually places like great forests, expansive valleys and whatnots, but in this case amongst the Natural Barrier types, [Furemusu Blaze Dragon Mountains] is a volcanic type, known for their high difficulties.
The dungeon boss makes its nest at the center of the volcane, and the whole place is filled with toxic fumes, countless lava flows, and even plants that adapted to the harsh environment such as a forest with flaming trees, housing monsters.
Flame type and death type monsters lurk in every corner of this sorching earth. Traps such as lava-spots are formed by the treacherous terrain and is used to impede conquerors and cheaters alike.
Furthermore, there isn't a single person throughout history who has managed to conquer this dungeon, ruled by a high-level [Wisdom Dragon].
ED Note: I'm changing [wisdom of the serpent carrier / Dragon] to [Wisdom Dragon], much less of a mouth full. Feel free to change it to something else or simply revert it.
On top of that, no one has even managed to kill all the field bosses, and successfully reach the center of the crater to slay the dungeon boss, let alone conquering it. This resulted in the declining number of challengers due to the fact there isn't enough credible information.
Thanks to this however, challengers from both the Demonic Empire and the Holy Kingdom tend to choose this dungeon over other [God] class Natural Barrier type dungeons.
There are numerous examples in the past such as a hopeless group of adventurers and fearless truth-seekers, eager to challenge the dungeon until they found something from the demonic empire and the Holy Kingdom. Apparently, 6 [legendary heroes], whose strength rival the hundreds, and even the thousands, were sent there along with a large number of subordinates.
Individually and together, the group exibited overwhelming strength during the conquering processes. Everyone here had experience  conquering [Divine Spirit] class dungeons, and even other [God] class dungeons.
And yet all 6 [Legendary Heroes] were never heard of again.
No one knew exactly what happened, since no one has ever returned alive from the boss battle.
All they heard from the foot of the mountains were the sounds of battle, and there were even eye-witnesses of a [Wisdom Dragon] flying in the sky. A few days later, when the sounds of battle had died down, the boss was still alive. They lost.
ED Note: From what I gathered, it seems like a group of adventurers saw the hero army from a distance, but didn't actually participated in the fight.
Personally, I wouldn't mind eating a [Legendary Hero], who are considerably strong, well let's leave that for later.
If the [Legendary Heroes] failed, the reason was probably because the dungeon boss is not a drake, but an actual dragon.
If this had been a kind of underground dungeon, this area would be a closed space to an extent. But since it's a natural type Dungeon, the boss could fly freely in the sky it has to be a dragon (excepting water dragons). All [Wisdom Dragons] share the characteristic of being highly intellectual and possessing immeasurable magic powers, allowing them to bombard enemies below with magic spells so strong humans could never possibly hope to attain them.
On top of having a huge body lined with durable carbide-like scales, and bombarding attacks from the skies, countermeasures are limited. It's no wonder even [Legendary Heroes] would face difficulties when challenging them.
Moreover, even if it is [God] class, [legendary heroes] would hold out for a while, but their comrades very likely died from a single strike without actually doing anything.
I silently prayed for the [Legendary Heroes] that not having enough skills were driven into the ground. I wonder what they were to the taste, I was tormented by the thought.
Incidentally, the main purpose of our conquest will be rare minerals, as well as extracted from the monsters, materials. Because we can easily bailout halfway.
Of course we had other choices, but [Furemusu Blaze Dragon Mountains], for various reasons seemed the best choice. So if we're gonna go somewhere, this place would be the most idea.
However, amongst the eight of the demons, two complained: "Ah, isn't it hot there? the heat is a little too much for me, but a banquet of sweaty men fighting...but...hm......"
ED Note: Irofu-chan's reply has been updated...oh dear...
"But I'm only gonna end up being a burden for you all..." That's not a very positive thing to say about our expedition, it seems I'll have to movitate them one way or another.
The demons who lacked zeal (Irofu-chan and Dodome-chan, who is now Kugime-chan), think it's better for us to leave them here. but the verification of the 8 demon general's formation on the battlefield is one of the goals of our trip, so this time, I've gotta take them with me no matter what.
Of course I can order them with force, but I understand the reason behind their lack of movitation.
Belonging to the undead species, Irofu-chan is very weak to fire damage. As for Kugime-chan, she isn't very suited to battles in the open field. I wasn't even sure would she be any help.
Both have their own reasons, so I'll try to convince them gently.
But I'll do all of this tomorrow.
Today will be a day of practice, so Minokichi-kun and I will have a sparr.
ED Note: The original text saids dogfight, but I'm pretty sure Minokichi doesn't know how to fly, unless he's a desendent of the legendary Moon-Jumping Cow. Bad reference I know.
In order not to damage our surrounding we will not use weapons. But even without them, with outstanding physical abilities and martial arts mastery taught by me, Minokichi-kun had enormous power prowess.
His fists were fast and heavy, to the point that it seemed he might have broken a few bones, he was even aiming at my vital organs.
Parrying all his attacks, I applied force to break Minokichi-kun's stance. But as he was starting to fall, He used his incredible physical abilities to rebuild his stance.
If it was the old Minokichi-kun, he would have definitely fallen to the ground. It seems like this level of attack wouldn't be enough for Minokichi-kun anymore.
Feeling his rapid growth, I naturally started to laugh, and we had a more committed spar without holding back.
Since there are enemies with whom you can't pull your punches, this level of training is welcoming.

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DAY 222

After a morning workout session, I began persuading the 2 Demonesses to go underground with me, but they weren't very happy with the idea. Well, I suspected from the beginning even if I did try to persuade them, they aren't going to be motivated. However, that doesn't mean I intend to give up so easily. But I've got to persuade them somehow before we head out of the kingdom towards our destination.
Putting that aside, now that I've finish my work of the day, I think I'll enjoy some lunch. The said work is to publicly announce the fact that we opened a massage parlor.
For the sake of quick advertisement, we invited Tomboy Princess, the person with the highest status as our customer. But since the Tomboy Princess herself own isn't enough, we also invited several guests ourselves, and asked her to invite a few more maids to take care of her belongings as well as several guests of her own choice  .
I chose her not because I was lazy, but rather to strengthen relations with the people of her faction.
Thus, we also extended our invitations to the first queen.
Looking slightly more cheerful than usual, she looked much younger than her actual age, but also retaining her adult charm through her dress.
Just behind her are the Dark Hero and four maids, two of them are familiar faces.
ED note: Probs the two maids looking at the queen licking Aporou knife during their first meeting...urgh..

Well, if you put the Tomboy Princess in charge of selecting additional guests, it's almost guaranteed that she'll choose them. Anticipating that, I wasn't surprised, and recently, I've beginning to get used to the first queen's habits (since it's someone else's interest, we can only give up). 
Arriving on the skeleton spiders specially reserved to pick up our guests, there is the first queen and the Tomboy Princess, who had a profound smile on her face. Most likely, she stuck a deal with the  first queen for some sort of benefit in exchange for being on the invitation list. 

And looking at the wry smile from the Boy Knight, I was almost certain of this fact.

I have a feeling that starting from last time the Tomboy Princess has ceased to conceal her character.
Oh well, she looks much cuter with a bright, happy smile than having one hidden with darkness anyway.
Back to business. We've asked our guest to sample our oil massages as well as our stone bed massages.
ED Note:I'm aware the russian translation saids bedrock, but he's referring to a stone bed, and not actual bedrock,
During the bedrock massages, guests are asked to wear special clothing, before they lay down on the sheets laid over the stone bed.
After 30 minutes under infrared light, and from the sheets warming their bodies, they all looked very happy due to experiencing something new.
Relieve their body of accumulated fatigue, wide happy smiles appeared on their faces.
Just like that, we grasped their hearts, making them our regulars.
After that, in order for our guests to stay hydrated, we sold drinks made from a mixure of salt, spring, and juice procured from the dungeons. They are a very popular commodity.
I'll have to think about new flavours in the future. To avoid any trouble during massages, only comrades with the same sex as the guest will perform the massaging.
The oil we used is made by Dorian-san via blending honey that she collected in the great forest, a precious material that can instantly provide a variety of positive effects.
This oil has the effect such as promoting skin health and rejuvenation. But the most wonderful effect this oil provides is improving metabolism, allowing you to burn extra calories.
The effects are apparent after using it once, and there aren't any side effects present unlike certian magic drugs out there.
Not only is it comfortable and pleasant, but it's also a safe, all-natural massage. After telling our guest about the effect, it's impressive how their eyes lit up immediately.
As expected from Dorian-san's race, to not only possess superior ability to seduce the opposite sex, but also her dexterity in the field of cosmetology is very surprising.
This oil is like a drug, increase the number of clients come back because of its abilities, I am extremely grateful to her.
This time, I will have to pick up the perfect souvenir for her.
After the procedure was over, I asked for their feedback, they are all very happy.
Everyone said they want to come back again, this influx of visitors is good, this project will also be successful, too.
This time, all the guests are likely to become our regular client, this is something we got to cherish.
In addition, those who participated aren't limited to the noble ladies. We also allowed the maids to participate. So they, too, can help us spread the word. Butlers and maids, receieve a higher salary, compared to commoners, so they can come to us to relieve fatigue after a full day of work.
Thus, we successfully completed the trial session, and guests are sent home the same way they arrived.
But after we sent home the invited guests, 8 people stayed with us for dinner: Tomboy Princess, Boy Knight, the first queen, the hero of darkness, as well as 4 maids.
Seeing that she was going to cook for the queen as well as the Hero of darkness, the maid who helped around the house had a happy smile was in high spirits while she was cooking. I, who also helped with the cooking can't say the same though.


ED Note:  Officially confirmed, it was the maid smiling since she was serving dishes to the Hero of Darkness and her country's queen.


And during dinner, the newborn Opushii would occasionally smile and pout her cheeks. The queen also often touched her jewel-like skin.
Her mother Redhead, whose face had a happy smile since the new-born Opushii is talking to the queen, and moved by the hero of darkness. Both being mothers, the queen and Redhead formed a friendship. Even though it is a little late to reflect upon the relation between the Tomboy Princess and I, this spectacle of three individuals with completely different social status is quite a stunning sight. If it were somewhere else someone talking to the queen like that would have gotten them executed for blasphemy. But nobody really cares about behaviours, and as a result, Tomboy Princess and company returned home late at night.
The bone spiders wading through the snow at night while illuminating the streets looked like messengers of hell, seeking their prey.

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DAY 223

Eventually, we have officially decided to challenge [Fleymus Blaze Dragon Mountain].
According to my research, not only is this place the most profitable, it's also relatively close.
In addition, if something ever happens in the Holy Kingdom in the future, having a base in the demoniac kingdom is always a good idea.
However, we are still facing some problems.
Here's the list, from the relatively easy to solve ones, to the more annoying ones:
One of these problems is Kugime-chan's response : " I do not want to go because I will only become a hindrance". For the sake of resolving this issue, I will act today.
Clearly gently persuading her isn't going to work. It's not because it's inconvenient, it's simply too time consuming, so I decided might as well use the time to persuade her to strengthen her instead.
Thus, cold morning, when the snow is slowly falling from the top, we went to a trained court in the mansion.
Thus, on this cold morning, when the snow is falling slowly from the sky, we've now training in the center of the mansion's training grounds
Kugime chan is equipped with her Bio-Weapon, a bamboo umbrella, as well as a magic item in the form of a fan [High performer of the Night gales], made of black silver and Jade.
ED Note:The fan's name is "夜風の太夫". While 夜風 is Night winds,の is kinda like ('s), 太 夫 is a high ranking performer in Noh Theatre, a popular thetrical style in Japan characterized by its use of masks. There is no direct english translation for 太夫. Btw, I can always change it to "Yokaze no Tayū" which is how it would sound in Japanese. 

As for me, I'm only armed with two trees, cut to form two poles 2-meters in length.
Both of us are protected by our Bio-Armor (in my case it's only from waist up, so I worn my poncho).
Armor aside, the difference in attack power between two poles and living weapons and magic items combined is simply too overwhelming.
Not only can't I use them as defense since they're too fragile, if I tried to attack her head on, they'll simply break as well since they can't withstand the impact.
Well, it's good to give her a bit of a handicap. and even with the overwhelming difference in weapons, the 9 eyes on Kugime Chan's face are now wide open, all of them showing fear and anxiety.
Even if I have weapons podovlyayusche weaker, and I will only use my body, with a handicap of this level, I think the problem will not be. Because without offering effort, driving 2 sticks exclusively through the fingers and wrists, I took a step to meet Kugime-chan. Well, even with this level of handicap, it's not that much of a problem. Effortlessly, I swung the two poles with my wrist and fingers while taking a step towards Kugime-chan.
But, every time I take a step forward, Kugime-chan takes two steps backwards. When I take two steps, she takes 6. The distance between is only increasing.
Accurately calculating my attack range at the last moment, she deftly avoided my attacks with a very small margin, just barely out of range.
I tried to observe how she would respond when I used a feint, and she immediately picked it up. However, it's probably the result of her gut feeling rather than observation, since she used some unnecessary movement.
So this time, I didn't use a feint, but an actual attack.
knocking a pebble on the , aiming at her anxious face Kugime-chan, this movement was seen with both eyes, causing her again avoided.
Using my wooden pole, I stiked a pebble laying on the ground, and aimed it towards the serious face of Kugime-chan. She even percieved the pebble, and avoided it. 


Apparently becoming [9 demon divine eye (kugimeki) Subspieces], it maximizes her ability to collect and process information. She can analyze my behaviors. She even has a special ability where she can read my movements before I even began moving. If I moved at a constant speed, it's impossible for me to reach her.
I can do something similar, but Kugime-chan is far more faster and accurate than I am. While this is all true, her superiority only lies within this domain. Her combat ability is still quite low as expected. Amongst the demons, her physical capability are quite weak and frail.
Thus, she is unable to utilize her precognition abilities to their fullest potential.
If I became a little more serious, by the time she predicted my actions, her body wouldn't be able to keep up with my speed.
Even when I pulled my punches, the shock of the impact from my pole hitting her traveled throughout her body, knocked the her out of her lungs, and she began rolling on the ground, writhing in pain.
After doing this several more times, she finally stopped. But she was still unable to get on her feet.
In order to numb the pain, she curled up into a fetal position and trembled. To fall into this state from a single strike, it's no wonder she didn't have the motivation to go into the dungeon.
Kugime-chan had a strong sense of responsibility, that's why she was worried she would become a burden to others.
But from my point of view, her low combat abilities aren't a problem at all. If there's a problem with your defense, we'll simply need to help you get better. Since Seiji-kun is coming along, and he has the abilities to defend and heal himself and his comrades, we would be able to recover.
Even if she isn't directly involved in the fight, Kugime-chan can still collect information from her surrounding with very high accuracy. She can be a biological radar for sensing enemies and traps.
That's why, to me her fear of being a burden is only groundless fear.
Since her role isn't to directly fight, her combat abilities will be sufficient if she can defend herself for just a few seconds.
And she cleared this condition.
All she needs to do is try it once, and her anxiety will dissipate.
Although, we'll need to work on her lack of confidence and emotional control. Because of her fear of going into a [God] class dungeon, I tried to convince Kugime-chan gently at first. Since that didn't work, I'll carried out training which she reluctantly joined. I'm going to pound some self-confidence and readiness into her, even forcibly if I have to.
"All is well, all is well, even if one or two hands to break, we quickly recovered, even if the bodies explode, we can quickly do something." "All is well, all is well. Even if one or two of your arms is broken, or one of your organs ruptured, my [Blood elixir] will be able to patch you up."
ED Note:The original text didn't say blood elixir in particular (just elixir), but what other kind of elixir would Aporou have to mend this kind of injury? Are you even trying to calm her down Aporou? that's just gonna scare her even more!
"Therefore calm down, and let us continue training until the anxiety has passed."
After that Kugime-chan had a look of despair on her face, as if her spirit had left her.
ED Note:What did I tell you... Anyway, the Google translate says consciousness, But there are a lot of words in Japanese that could have similar meanings when translated to english, but different concepts in Japanese, in this case soul or mentality, So I chose spirit instead. That made more sense. Someone give me the raw please.

The training continued for about half a day.
after rolling several hundred times on the ground, breaking bones and rupturing organs we finally successfully completed the training.
We will be continuing until tomorrow, even though Kugime-chan had a look of disappointment on her face. Since I got to beat her into shape.
She shouldn't be so perturbed from just this. Kugime-chan continued on while completely covered with blood, breaking half of her bones, and receiving countless wounds while under the influence of high-speed healing, nothing scary really.
If she was motivated from the start, we wouldn't have to go through this. I'm keeping that though inside.


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DAY 224

As a result of yesterday's training, Kugime-chan looked like a zombie. But there is a major improvement.
I asked Minokichi-kun to attack her with his battle axe. But not only did she react much faster than before, she also managed to dodge the attacks unscathed.
Enraged, Minokichi-kun began to attack seriously. But all his attempted were completely read, and he didn't manage to land a single hit.
Of course if Minokichi-kun fought with all his abilities and with the intent of killing her, the result would have been quite different. But as a result of yesterday's hellish training, Kugime-chan, with a broken smile on her face, had her defense significantly strengthened.
Unless she's required to attack, she'll be fine in the dungeon with this level of self-defense.
If she still had doubts about taking part in the dungeon conquering, that would have been a problem. However, when we asked her about it, she had a 180 turn in her mindset, and was quite determined.
Then I breathed a sign of relief.
This is a good sign: "Please spare me from training with the two of you" and she begged earnestly.
Minokichi-kun, who was standing nearby, was looking very pleased.
Oh well, that's one problem down.
Now that we solved Kugime-chan's problem, lets move on to the next one.
This next problem has to do with Irofu-chan. Similar to Kugime-chan, I already gave up on using gentle persuasion and decided to use force instead. Today I'll be confronting her on the training grounds.
Except, she's not her usual self.
While looking at me with a vulgar expression while drooling, she had a look full of desire, and eyes that reflected insanity.
But that's all good, since she radiated madness due the power of [God of Corrosion's Divine Protection], manifesting in a physical form. It turned the snow around Irofu-chan into some sort of strange purple substance.
Some sort of purple, decaying liquid dripped from the tip of the spear on her right hand onto the floor, releasing some sort of blackish purple gas as soon as it touched the snow on the ground. The gas moved as if it had a will of its own, forming an illusion of the [God of Corrosion] behind Irofu-chan, with a book on one hand and a brush on the other.
The reason she is in this abnormal state is because in order to get Irofu-chan motivated, I made a bet that if she wins, I'll do one thing she tells me to do, of course as long as its within my abilities.

ED Note: It's more like me rambling, but anyone who read her sidestory can probably guess what she's thinking. Here's a hint: BL. Those who didn't, It's in the comment section.
To quickly persuade the lazy, uncommitted Irokuso-chan, I had to use this as bait.
ED Note:Ok, this one's serious. The Google translation saids "Norarikurari" and "Sumaseyo", which is written in Japanese as　のらりくらりandすませよ respectively. The former meant "lazy or non-committed, and the latter meant "To end, to be finished".

Frankly, I though that was careless of me.
ED Note:I know the Google translation said thoughtless, but it's like the issue with the word spirit/consciousness in day 223.
It's the first time I saw her in this state, and it looks quite dangerous.
I can feel the danger simply by confronting her.
What's even worse is the apparition of the God of Corrosion behind her. I don't know if it has a will of its own, but what I do know is that it had began to scatter it's blackish purple gas, and anything that touches the said gas will rot without fail.
Even the snow and the ground itself began to corrode, it's easy to imagine living organisms rotting alive if they touch that gas.

If you only take combat abilities into consideration I'm the superior one. However, I'm currently mentally overwhelmed. I began to regret fighting her, and just thinking about what she's going to wish for if she wins is a tormenting thought.


ED Note: More of me rambling. Pepare your anus Aporou.


In the end, I won.
But the battle was a close one. In combat, I surpassed her, but her persistence is overwhelming. Even after I broke both her arms and legs, she started to inch towards me like a caterpillar. Even I would be scared at this sight.
I tried giving her a concussion, but she still didn't stop moving, just like a zombie.
At the end, I wasn't wounded, but the mental shock I received was so devastating it could very well end up as a trauma. Today, I swore an oath to NEVER make a bet with Irofu-chan ever again.
Even though there were some unexpected twists and turns in the process, I have successfully convinced the two demonesses in the end. I may have used force, but it worked.
Thus, in a few days, after dealing with some minor problems, we'll be leaving the capital.
So let's start preparing immediately for our departure.


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DAY 225

There was a raging blizzard this morning.
Ice and snow flew alongside the strong winds, and the ground was buried under snowdrifts as high as me.
The sun was covered behind thick black clouds, and this continued throughout the entire day.
Since the weather was quite harsh its best you stay indoors unless you're deliberately trying to train under such conditions. Solitude members are in their growth spurts, and they need some rest once in a while.
So after a bit of indoor training in one of the rooms, we proceeded to study.

Independent thinking is very important.

During times of emergency, if someone is more informative in a certain field, they may be able to present solutions that even I haven't though of.

In addition to reading, writing and calculating, knowledge on first aid is mandatory to those who place themselves in combat situations like me.

For «Solitude» members who don't appear to recieve any form of proper education before, this will also help in the future.

Well, the fact that they're still working for Parabellum doesn't change. The first step to distinguish talent is through studying, and might be helpful in allocating suitable jobs they might like.

Above all, if only their muscle grows, but not their brain, this would make managing the organization cumbersome.

I need people who are able to organize and manage, a pawn that can think with his head will lessen the load on my shoulders.

While encourging them to study, I used my free time for things like cooking and sewing. It was quite a relaxing day.

Looking at the kids studying on snowy days, it rubbed off me and even I spent a little time playing.

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DAY 226

Unlike yesterday's weather, it was very sunny today. Only snow was left of yesterday's blizzard, and sunlight reflected off this slivery white world.
Puffs of white smoke rose from the chimneys of the castle town's houses, and the streets buzzed with life. The morning air was chilly but also pleasant, and I heard laughter when I was training outside .
Looking skyward where the sound originated, there they are. Forged of ice and snow: [Snow Fairies], they were 15 centimeters, danced deftly with wings of ice.
Their dance was beautiful, and scales of ice fell wherever they flapped their wings. Their wings also reflected sunlight, glowing in the colors of the rainbow.
Admiring this scenary, it's likely an instinctive fascination. 
Snow faries make seasonal appearances in the Sternbild Kingdom, and they are a type of monster that combines cuteness and viciousness


ED Note:The cuteness description was a guess. The google translation gave me someone rediculous, and the russian translation omitted it altogether.


Despite their size, their appearance is that of a very beautiful women or a girl in a pretty dress. But those trying to capture them to sell off as a decoration, would recieve an unexpected retaliation.
Specifically, they use their freezing ability to take full advantage of their environment. Even though they're small in size, they are always surrounded by friends, so their fighting ability should be reasonably high.
Even so, since they usually leave you alone if you don't bother them, they are often ignored, or admired at the sight of their dance.
In my case, since I've seen it now, I was wondering what would it taste like if it did had any taste. My first attempt at catching them was by using thread from my fingertips to snare 10 of them. If I made a net with my fingers and manipulate it, it's possible to catch all of them at once. However, the thread will quickly freeze, resulting in a sphere of ice, before shattering in the next moment.
the shattered threat sprikled onto the ice on the floor.
Hmm, it seems like their freezing abilitiy was stronger than I initially thought, and their physical capabilities have also been understimated.


ED Note: The google translate said Ryoryoku, which is "膂力". It means muscle strength.


While we're on the topic, it's no suprise they would be angry at you for attempting to catch them. The emotion of the 10 fairies that I tried to catch turned from meek smiles to a look of pure rage.
Forming Ice rapieres in their hands, they generated countless large spikes larger than myself, with their tips all facing me.


ED Note: When I looked up "突剣", what I got was a image of a weapon with an uncanny resemblence to a rapiere. After reading the raw, turns out the original word was 氷杭, which also means picket and stake. So spike works.


Emitting killing intent, they flew at me with an unimpressive formation, reminisenting of a Black Wolf's hunting pattern.
Impressed by their power, this time I used the more resilient, stronger golden thread. The snow fairies tried to disperse in a hurry, but they were all caugh in the end. 
The captured fairies were struggled to freeze the golden thread, but even if it was frozen, the golden threats weren't going to shatter.
Becoming a ball of ice, I caught the falling ball in the air, smashed it with my silver arm, and retrieved its content. After binding all the fairies inside with my golden thread, I killed them by snapping their neck since they were screaming in a high-pitched voice. I tried to eat one and began biting into it.


ED Note: Left out Pokiri and Bakri since I can't determine what they are without the original raw. he saids he killed them by folding the Pokiri and neck, and tried to eat one "in Bakai and Bite"...couldn't guess what it was



Even though it was the meat of a humanoid, it resembled insects more. It was something that reminded me of the caterpillars from the forest.
A rich, creamy taste that was very unique and delicious. It's also a seasonal taste, it's not bad.
Hurrying around collecting as many as I can in the day time, I enjoyed some sake with Minokich-kun
The compatibility of snow fairies and dungeon liquour was pretty good, it was a pity there wasn't enough snow fairies.
That's a complaint I had, but drinking liquor at noon is the best, and today is a good day.
We are two more days from our departure date.
Since the opening of the massage parlour is tomorrow, we'll depart after witnessing its grand opening.
I wounder what kind of formidable foes would I encounter after leaving the country, and would there be anymore new kinds of food that I haven't eaten like the snow fairies today. Only time will tell, and excitement towards various anticipations swelled up in my chest.


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DAY 227

Today is another sunny day, a memorable day that marks the start of our massage business.
It seems news about the store had been spread previously, probably by the guest who advertised it after actually experiencing it firsthand.
There were ladies and their daughters who came here riding on their own carriages or on skeleton spiders a while later after its opening. The number exceeded what we anticipated, and there was a fairly long waiting time.
Due to the long waiting time, dissatisfaction began to form. In order to distract our guests from the long waiting time, we offered them boxes of sweets made from the honey and fruits gathered in the forest. That worked surprisingly well.
Tasting snacks with a unique sweetness unlike anything they ever tasted before, and they killed time through chatting with acquaintances.
This was a pretty good start, overall I'm pretty satisfied with today's sales. They were far beyond anything I could imagine, and if this continues on in the future, it's going to be quite the profit.
The magnificent effects of the oil had quite the amount of ladies and daughters hoping to buy some. But due to the amount we have been unable to meet demands if they were sold, we had to politely decline. Instead, we did recommend them to come by more regularly.
Actually, why not mass-produce inferior variations of the oil, and sell a small amount of them in the market? Even though I'm already thinking about it now, I might consider doing that in the future.
In the evening the Tomboy Princess dropped by, and we had a banquet. The Tomboy Princess brought with her large amounts of alcohol, but not just any alcohol. These were painstakingly made by professional brewmasters, and none of them had any strange aftertastes.
ED Note: Google translate says different, but once again, welcome to the Japanese languages's multiple-concept corner.
I was thrilled when going through the barrels one by one, tasting each and every one of them.This was a fun of a different kind, and I choose the tastiest one amongst them to joy.
The masterpieces of Master Brewers finished with pride, and now ever more successful when held in high regard throughout our celebration


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DAY 228

Today we are leaving the Sternbild Kingdom.
The members traveling this time are only the 8 Demon Generals and I, thus 9 members.
As for Redhead, she's taking care of Opushii who has recently learn to crawl. She's still not in the condition to travel with us, and we also explained the fact that the cold here is much more bearable than there.
Auro, Argento, and Oniwaka also wanted to come along, but the location we were heading towards could be dangerous. Since we're not sure about the layout of this dungeon, if something goes wrong they would only be a burden.
Especially in the Atarakua Demon Empire where we do not have a base.
We can't guarantee their safety there, worst case scenario where they would be taken hostage and then killed in the process is possible.
That's why this time they'll be left here. This safety hazard also applies similarly to other members as well.
In any case, it's possible to contact through ear cuffs, so it'll work out somehow. We also have allies like the Tomboy Princess, so there aren't that many concerns.
Afterwards, we depart from the Sternbild Kingdom.
In addition to those staying behind, we're also seen off by Tomboy Princess, Boy Knight, the First Queen and the Dark Hero at the gates. Some waved goodbye or shake hands with sad faces, others asked for souvenirs. Their reactions are completely different from one another. After loading our belongings, we started to ride the skeleton centipede.
After traveling a certain distance, making sure nobody was around, we got off the [Skeleton Centipede]. That's because the journey this time is going to be much longer than our previous ones. Normally, it would take horse carriages months to travel the same distance, even on a normal [Skeleton Centipede] it will still take quite some time. 
But since we don't want to waste time, we transferred to a special, unique skeleton centipede.
This was the first skeleton centipede we ever made. But after modifying it with magic over time, it became nearly three times as large as a normal skeleton centipede. It's much larger than the road, I guess both description would be easy to imagine.
In order to distinguish between them, I decided to call it [Great Skeleton Centipede].
To travel comfortably over long distances inside [Great Skeleton Centipede], the interior is equipped with various features to make life easy.
Not only does it have separate beds, it also has a kitchen, a refrigerator, washing machines, even a toilet and a bathroom. Even when compared to a typical house, this is a much more comfortable environment.
The [Great Skeleton Centipede] is like a huge camper van. If I want it to, it can even be turned into an auto-pilot, automatic mobile fortress.
Thus, we continued our journey in the [Great Skeleton Centipede]. Since we can not only cook our food, wash our clothes, bath ourselves and go to the toilet inside the [Great Skeleton Centipede], there is no need to stop from time to time.
We could spend our time studying and playing games during the day, and even when we're all sleeping during the night it will still continue to travel towards our destination.
Not only that, but it travels in a straight line towards our destination, traversing over obstacles and terrain.
But since we would be traveling through forests and valleys where monsters run wild, we had worries that the carriage might be attacked during our travels, but this didn't even happen once.
I wondered is it because the monsters were overwhelmed by it's sheer size, incredible speed, but the fact that its strange outer appearance is concealed with [Hide] is probably the cause.
Thus, we would probably arrive much earlier than expected.


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DAY 229

Today, we continued to proceed towards our destination the entire day. This is good, very good.
If you want to go fast, even if it's a short distance, it's best you proceed the entire journey without rest.
In our case, we haven't stopped even once since the beginning.
It's difficult to spar daily under such situations. Due to our bodysize, we are in a rather tight space to do so.
Thus, we decided to remodel the roof of the [Great skeleton centipede] especially for this purpose
While it's not possible to have a spar with the other members up here, muscle training exercises are still possible to a certain degree.
After trying to exercise here, this place was surprisingly pleasant.
The wintery cold air cooling down your heated body after a training session feels great. The surrounding scenery continues onward every moment, a good reminder that we're on a journey. During our training session, we came upon grasslands with uneven elevation. But the [Great Skeleton Centipede] was able to push forward all the same.
Snow got blasted off to the left and right from the explosive momentum, yet the [Great Skeleton Centipede] didn't lose any momentum.


ED Note:Someone please help me check the last paragraph. I think I nailed the meaning, but I may have worded it incorrectly. russian translation said the Great Skeleton Centipeded left a trail in its wake, but I interpreted the google translation as what you see above.


Fallen snow glistened by reflecting the bright sun.
When passing by the shores of the ice-covered lake, I saw a beautiful women wearing a silvery blue robe at the center of it. It was a [Nymph], or at least that's what it looked like.
Even a quick glance at her from a distance would have been sufficient to pass her for a beauty. Any closer and you would have involuntary be fasinated. getting too close to her and you would have been killed by her drying you up.



ED Note:For the first part of the previous paragraph, the russian translation made more sense, since the google one skipped straight from a quick glance at her in a picture to closing the distance between her. Once again, I'll need the raw to determine this.


She also seemed to notice someone was looking at her, but by the time that happened, I was long gone.
After that I noticed figures made of snow: a [Snow golem] and flocks of [Snow eaters]
Snow eaters are a kind of earthworm type monster with a blue crystaline body 50 centimeter in length and feeds off the mana stored inside the bodies of snow golems.
They don't hunt anything else other than snow golems, but in order to protect themselves while they feed on the snow golem, they would spread gas in a few meter radius around the snow golem.When this happens, you need to be extra careful.
The freezing gas is very similar to liquid nitrogen, and usually, you would only notice its presence when you made contact with it. Apparently, there are unfortunate cases where someone had been frozen alive after being directly exposed to the gas. But since [Snow eaters] are extremely vulnerable to fire, as long as you take proper caution, they're not that much of a threat.
While realizing that there are many more interesting things in this world, we continued to proceed to our destination.


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DAY 230

By noon, we arrived at the city closest to the [Furemusu Blaze Dragon Mountain] within the Atarakua Demon Empire, on a hill overlooking the [Labyrinth City] beneath us, Radha Lo Dara.
To be honest, we arrived so quickly it confused even me.
There were mountains, rivers, and even country borders on the way. But even if we did progress in a straight line and ignored all these, it's still quite early.
Not to mention the undead tirelessly striding all this distance, I'm actually rather surprised by the results generated by their capabilities.
We also decided to collect some information before actually challenging the dungeon, thus we decided to spend a few days in the [Labyrinth City] Radha Lo Dara.
After that, we returned the [Great Skeleton Centipede] to the glove box, and arrived the city using an average [Skeleton Centipede].
Before entering the [Labyrinth City] Radha Lo Dara, we must go through special procedures, similar to back in the Sternbild Kingdom. There was a long queue at the gate.
Non-human races make up the majority of the population in the Atarakua Demon Empire It's a very different scene from the Sternbild Kingdom where the majority of the citizens were humans.
So even we [the demons] will not particularly stand out in here.
Due to the big differences, Minokichi-kun, with his bright appearance, looked around tirelessly and curiously with interest. Anyone who isn't familiar to him would mistaken his interest for predatory behavior, looking for prey.
Well, in addition to that, we also have a strangely shaped cart that doesn't require beast-type monsters to pull.
But what really stood that was that fact we have all these beauties in our group such as Kanami-chan and Burasato-san. Even if they are from a different race, they still have an alluring presence.
Well, okay, I'm used to being the center of attention.
Ignoring the people's stares, we paid at the gates with previously prepared Demonic Empire currency, and we're in.
Even a quick glance  was enough to the difference in comparison with the kingdom. There were small houses, like a dog kennel all in a row. There were even houses so big that even a troll can live comfortably inside. The magnitude of house sizes are drastic.
The building materials used in those houses are majorly wood and brick, but there were also a variety of other things.
There are also many stores here selling unfamilar cuisines not found within the kingdom. Appatizing smells wafted from here and there.
Eager to explore all these interesting things, we quickly found a luxurious inn and checked-in. There aren't any major differences between the check-in processes here and in the kingdom, and we had some free time after placing down our baggages.
Minokichi-Kun and Asue-chan instantly left, they probably went on a date, and left the vicinity happily holding hands. Although the main activity would probably be to satisfy their gluttony. Burasato-san and Supesei-san also went for a walk together. Inquiring their objectives, it seems they're going out to buy demonic magic swords and rare grimoires.
Seiji-kun, Kugime-chan and Irofu-chan  the three of them left as a trio. They decided to wander around the area. There are fellows here and there envious of Seiji-kun since he has a flower in each hand, but since Irofu-chan is there, everything will be fine.



ED Note: You can probably guess, but holding a flower in each hand is a Japanese idiom where a guy is dating two beauties.


Even when she isn't in her awakened state, Irofu-chan s combat capabilities are still very high. Rather than being worried about Seiji -kun being attacked, I'm more worried about those jealousy driven attackers who will end up being attacked by Irofu-chan.
Kanami-chan and I decided to head to the bar together. This is for the sake of collecting information. We're also drinking some sake, but it's not because of our desires, yes, it's all for the sake of collecting information. Don't confuse us as solely enjoying sake.


ED Note:Sake in this case is referring to Japanese wine.


Seeing the seven demons off, I want to head out now as well, but I still have some things to do. 
First, I made a cut in my right wrist, then I tossed out several clones out of the window, metamorphosing their appearance to give them flight ablities, and they scatter about to serve their respective purposes.
Then, to make up for the blood loss from my right wrist, Kanami-chan and I immediately decided to drink some labyrinth liquor and went to a bar. We went to a decent bar to order a drink, and we found out that there were a lot of strong drinks amonst the local bars.
However, they all have a warning label about being highly flammable, and if it comes in contact with fire, it erupts into a blazing inferno.


ED Note:After reading the raw, to this day I have no idea how did google translation come up with salmons. The "Fire water misinterpretation is explained in day 232 btw, and this should be more or less accurate.

I tried ordering every drink on the menu, they were all delicious. But because it appears there are equivalent or even better drinks than this found within [Furemusu Blaze Dragon Mountain], such as drops, I had my morale boosted and let out a yell.
Today we all ate dinner together, in order to exchange the information gathered today. We have gathered a lot of information, I'll spend some time tomorrow to arrange the information and gather the tools nessesary according to the information.
Thinking about tomorrow's plans, I climbed into the warm bed.
[History of the legendary brave [Shining Path of the Brave Fighting] [supporting characters] [Witch of Mystic Flame] [Merciful Maiden]]
which [awakened character / main character] Ace Sven Sigurd Avenger has encountered.
[The fate of [Witch of Mystic Flame] and [Merciful Maiden] falls under the power of [Yatendouji]]
[[Witch of Mystic Flame] confirmed to be in awakened sate]
[[Merciful Maiden] confirmed to be in awakened state]
[Decision to release special abilities for both belongs to [Yatendouji]]
[Would you release them right now?]
"Well No"
This is ...
Well for starters I chose "No", and went to sleep.



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Source from :

http://re-monster.wikia.com/wiki/Day_221-230