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Chapter 120: Just Who on Earth Are You?

Martina carried a gigantic dragon claw and strode at the head of the group, brimming with excitement.

The gate guards whispered among themselves while staring at the claw.

Dimas stared at the claw in a daze for a moment, then turned back to Reiner and asked in disbelief, “Did you really kill that red dragon?”

Reiner did not want to hog all the credit, so he pointed at Elyanna beside him and said, “Strictly speaking, this elf killed it; I only played a supporting role.”

Elyanna dreamed of becoming an adventurer who traveled far and wide, so building up her reputation mattered greatly to her.

Dimas examined her carefully and nodded in approval, “So it was Miss Elf…”

After speaking, he pulled out a pouch of coins and handed it to Reiner, saying, “This is the payment for the investigation request; although the red dragon’s bounty has not yet been posted, since you killed it, the reward should go to you.”

Dimas fished out another pouch.

He opened it, peeked inside, and his expression turned slightly awkward.

There was no doubt that he did not have enough money on him.

“Give me a moment.” Dimas turned and shouted up to a knight on the wall, “Adney, do you have any money on you? Lend me some.”

“This is all I have.”

Dimas caught the pouch Adney tossed down, counted the coins, and then kept borrowing from the other knights.

Reiner walked over and asked, “Roughly how much is the bounty?”

“A monster like this is worth at least 100 gold coins; I will have it gathered in no time.”

Reiner fell into thought and then had a new idea.

“Dimas, could you sell me that vacant lot behind my house? I want to tinker with a little business of my own.”

Reiner planned to buy this house as well the next day.

Since he wanted to develop an escort service for trade caravans, he obviously needed a relay station where people could rest.

Otherwise, the beast-eared girls would travel for more than 10 hard days and still have no place to stay once they reached Melod, which was far too harsh.

As the self-proclaimed chairman of the Beast-Eared Girls Protection Association, Reiner absolutely could not allow that to happen.

Dimas thought for a moment and replied, “Borrowing or renting is no problem, but I cannot decide on an outright sale; I will have to ask my father, yet given your good name here and all you have done, I doubt he will refuse.”

“Then there is no rush with the money; if the lord is unwilling to sell, just pay me later.”

Dimas nodded. “Fine.”

Seeing that the conversation had ended, Reiner decisively bid him farewell, “I will head home first; it’s been a long day and I want to rest county.”

“What do you intend to do with the dragon claw and the corpse? They are worth a fortune too,” Dimas asked.

“Hold on, I’ll ask her; after all, she was the one who killed the dragon.”

Dimas just shrugged indifferently.

In Elvish, Reiner asked Elyanna, “What should we do with it, sell it or keep it ourselves…?”

“If you trust him, then sell it.”

“Isn’t this stuff incredibly rare? Wouldn’t it be wasteful if I just kept it?”

Strictly speaking, Reiner had been in this world for over a year and had heard of dragons only a handful of times, so the parts ought to be extremely rare.

At the very least, they were treasures you could not buy even with money.

“Dragon meat can be used as medicine, yet it probably does nothing for you,” Elyanna said, scratching her blue hair with her staff, “Dragons are rare but not once-in-a-century rare; we elves run into them fairly often, and if you ever need any, I can buy it for you.”

“I’ll follow your lead.” Reiner nodded.

To establish himself here he would surely need Dimas’s help in the future, so letting him handle the claw counted as selling a favor.

“The elf took the red dragon’s corpse; I only have this claw left, so could you handle it for me? I trust you.”

“Help you? You mean turn it into gold coins? Honestly, that is letting me pick up a bargain.”

Reiner shrugged as well. “No worries, just deal with it.”

He yawned and added, “I’ll be off then, see you another day.”

Dimas nodded, and the two said goodbye.

After returning home, Reiner dropped onto a stool and went limp.

Martina, however, was still bursting with energy.

The girl had run all the way back carrying a claw that weighed several hundred pounds without so much as panting…

“My weapon, little elf, where is my weapon?” Martina shouted.

Elyanna looked at her in confusion.

Reiner sighed, “You asked again; you’ve asked countless times on the way back, and forging a weapon takes time, so don’t ask for at least half a month; when it is delivered, I’ll let you know.”

Martina pouted and punched Reiner.

“Go take a bath first; I want to rest for a while.”

“Got it!” Martina removed her armor as she headed toward the room.

Elyanna yawned, bumped Reiner on purpose, and tottered back to her room, “Same here… call me at dinner.”

Seeing Daisy bring over a cup of hot water, Reiner asked, “Are those demi-human slaves all right?”

While he was away, Daisy had been in charge of looking after them.

“They are fine; today was simply too peaceful, and they are a bit unaccustomed to that.”

“In a while they will start working, so let them enjoy this period of leisure.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Nora walked over to Reiner and gently leaned against him.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Nora pressed her face against Reiner’s; it was her way of showing affection.

This little cat never stated what she wanted outright and only used body language.

This gesture meant she wanted to be close to Reiner.

When their relationship had just begun, Reiner had needed to eavesdrop on her inner voice to understand her.

But now, even without hearing her thoughts, he could read her intent from a single action.

“I know, it’s rare for you to take the initiative.” Reiner rubbed her fluffy cat ears.

“Mm…”

Nora’s cheeks flushed slightly; she suddenly bit Reiner several times, leaving neat rows of teeth marks on his arm, “I won’t disturb your rest; I’ll tidy up the room a bit.”

Nora walked back to the room in high spirits.

Reiner had barely closed his eyes when a thought reached him, (They must have that kind of relationship; most Catfolk are aloof, so if she likes him that much, it probably isn’t forced…)

He sat up with a start and looked at the two white foxes sitting in the corner.

Peggy was staring straight at him.

Neve was curled up in her arms, resting.

“Share a bed tonight; I will buy a quilt for your sister tomorrow. I am tired and would like to rest.”

Peggy nodded, then slowly asked, “Just who exactly are you, sir?”

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