Kono Sekai ga Game da to, Ore dake ga Shitte Iru (WN)

rl I see often in the city who is speaking with a middle-aged employee at the other side of the counter.

“Father, you work here?” 

“That’s right.
It is an important job that protects this city indirectly.
Right now…there’s trouble with money, but I am sure it will be okay.
Father will work hard for the sake of our family, okay?!” 

They were having that nonsensical conversation as if saying the outside world is a harsh one. 

On top of that, for some reason, there’s a female guild staff member by the side who is carrying a child and saying: “I am sorry, the pay this month is going to be tight.
If I could get my salary, I would be able to provide for you”.

Moreover, there’s a young staff member and an elderly staff member talking about how important their job is for the country and the city. 

“…Really?! Then, it would be terrible if this guild were to be gone.” 

“Yeah.
That said, the country does provide supporting funds, so it wouldn’t go down with just anything.
But if they had to suddenly pay a total of 82,700,000E on that very same day, it might go under.” 

It was so incredibly barefaced that even someone as dense as me could tell…

In other words, it is that…

(These guys are trying to make me give up on the prize by attacking my conscience!!) (Souma)

And in this way, the stage switched from the plains to the guild, and the last and biggest fight of the Golden Stray Wild Slime Subjugation Contest began!! 

…Probably.

Chapter 58: The worst move

We are completely on the Away side inside the guild.

But why did it turn out like this? 

(Could it be that…) (Souma)

This is just conjecture, but because of the game system, the staff members can’t deny paying me the prize money. 

That’s because not paying you the prize money didn’t happen in the game.

Just like when Ina tried to put on 3 rings, there must be some kind of mental restriction in them, so if I were to demand payment, they wouldn’t be able to refuse me. 

The guild staff must understand this instinctively, and are taking this approach because of this. 

If they are done for once I say it, they just have to make it so that I don’t say it. 

There would be times when the player would forget about receiving the reward. 

It is a bit of an irregular scenario, but if we were to say ‘we don’t need the prize money’, they probably have the freedom to accept that. 

(That said, what should I do?) (Souma)

I obviously didn’t expect this situation. 

If this is simply them not wanting to pay a large sum of money, I could push it through, but I feel like they are actually on the brink here. 

If they can pay in the game, they should be able to here as well, is the kind of thinking I had until now, but I had no event in my game time where I got a monster outbreak of goldens that deals with an astronomical sum of money, so maybe it is simply that no one knows, but this is probably what happens when you hit around 99,999,999E.

Our total reward is 8,270,000E, and with the 1st place bonus, it is 10 times that which is 82,700,000E. 

It is pretty close to 99,999,999E.

If I were to push through here and the guild goes under, and I end up getting hate from that, it wouldn’t be fun. 

That said, giving up on as much as 80,000,000E is out of the question…

I fall into thought and…

“…Prize money, please.” 

She might have gotten bored, or maybe she saw that I was troubled here.
At some point in time, Ringo came forward and said this. 

(Ooh, that’s impressive, Ringo!) (Souma)

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In this case, not being able to read the room is the best. 

The guild’s atmosphere froze at those words, and the old man at the counter went…

“M-My ears have not been working well recently…” 

He was trying to resist here, but judging from the buckets of sweat, I doubt he is going to last long. 

In contrast, Ringo’s next action was excellent. 

Without even denouncing his clear attempt to escape, she simple went:

“…Are you going to break…your promise?” (Ringo)

She tilted her head and asked this. 

That’s rough. 

They brought children and babies on us here, but innocent words are at times the most powerful psychological attack. 

A sour mood spread around the guild, and the forehead of the old man finally began to sweat a waterfall. 

I feel like it is only a matter of time before the guild gives up. 

This is by no means me seeing the situation wrong, but the one who moved first was a person deep inside at the other side of the counter. 

“I would like to hear about it too, Guild Master-san.
Why are you not paying the money?” 

The one who smacked the hard-hearing old man was a girl who came here for a workplace tour. 

I was surprised about how the old man at the counter is the guildmaster, but seeing who that girl was was not on that level of surprise. 

(Now that I take a closer look, that’s Poison-tan!) (Souma)

Unknown name, unknown age, a poisonous girl with bottomless battle power; Poison-tan. 

I thought it was a girl I saw often in the city, but it was actually a girl I saw often in the city. 

But this girl that should only show herself walking around the city is for some reason here.

Is the middle aged staff member there really her father, and she simply came to meet him? 

I was curious about this, but I learned the answer soon after.

“That’s strange~.
Even though I came here to help out since you asked me to help, why is it that I am being made to help out in doing a bad thing~?” (Poison)

Hearing this, I nodded internally. 

She is like a bundle of presence and personality, but her appearance alone is that of a normal city child. 

She was probably scouted as an extra while she was walking around the city. 

(I feel bad…) (Souma)

Learning about the situation, I felt deep pity. 

This is of course not towards Poison-tan who was brought here with a half-assed excuse. 

I am pitying everyone from the Bounty Hunting Guild who were so hurried that they ended up getting the worst person they could.

“B-But if they were to take the prize money here, tomorrow, the guild would…” 

The old man that’s supposed to be the guildmaster refuted this as if he didn’t understand what was going on and…

(Aah, he spoke back.) (Souma)

I ended up facing the sky after seeing that.

That’s probably the worst choice you could take in this situation.

“Heeh, is that so?” (Poison)

As proof of this, see?

Poison-tan’s lips curved into a smile as if she were a hunter who had found her prey. 

Just what poison will she be spitting out here? 

My brain can’t even begin to imagine. 

The only thing I know here is that there’s no other choice for the guildmaster other than paying the prize money. 

“Sorry for the wait.
Here’s the 82,700,000E.” 

10 minutes later.

The guildmaster, who had his heart completely broken by Poison-tan, gave me a crystal with the prize money while out of breath. 

“Thank you very much.” (Souma)

Saying this, I receive the crystal and observe the guildmaster once more. 

There’s already no light in his eyes in less than 10 minutes as if he had aged in one go. 

Is that also because of the stress? 

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It felt like the already thin hair of the guildmaster was even thinner in presence than before. 

“Uhm…there’s something I would like to ask…” (Souma)

It is not like that’s the reason why, but I didn’t end the talk there and spoke to him.

His eyes devoid of light wearily look at me. 

“I suddenly got this high sum of money and am troubled about how to use it.
That’s why I was wondering if you could tell me.” (Souma)

There’s no reaction from the guildmaster even when I said that. 

This guy doesn’t get a hint. 

But if I say the next words, I am sure he will bite. 

“For example; lending the money to a place that will definitely pay me back.” (Souma)

His reaction was dramatic as expected. 

Light returned to the withered eyes of the guildmaster. 

“C-Could you possibly mean…” 

“Yeah, I was thinking of lending a bit of money to this guild.” (Souma)

The moment I said that, not only the guild master, the whole guild raised cheers. 

“T-Then, please do…” 

I answered the guildmaster, who looked like he was going to jump on me at any moment here, with a smile. 

“Now, please calm down.
For now, I will lend half of the prize money: 40,000,000E.
How’s that? I am fine with the interest being 10% every 10 days.” (Souma)

The guildmaster fainted.

“…I was just kidding there though.” (Souma)

The 10% every 10 days is actually an interest rate that is used in black-market loaning places. 

10% isn’t anything, is what you would think and would leave it be, and then, it will swell into 2 times the amount in 3 months with the magic of numbers.
It is of course illegal in Japan. 

In this case, if we go with the loan of 40,000,000E, the first interest would be of 4,000,000E. 

They have to return the equivalent of 4,000 lodging days every 10 days or the debt gets bigger and bigger, so you could say that’s excessive. 

Of course, I have no intention of doing such greedy business. 

Or more like, I don’t plan on making it big by lending money. 

This was simply a joke to loosen up the guildmaster. 

I was a bit shocked that he actually took it seriously. 

Well, after that, I spoke to both the guildmaster and Poison-tan, and lended the Bounty Hunting Guild 40,000,000E which both sides agreed on. 

They said that they just have to manage for a few days, and judging from their motivation, I would say they will be returning the money within 9 days. 

However, this won’t be them paying a prize money from the guild, but returning a personal debt, so I can’t expect the game system to assure me anything here, so there’s no knowing if I will actually get it back. 

Meaning that there’s the risk of them playing dumb or shirk the payment. 

Normally, I would be worried about it, but since Poison-tan is in the middle of this deal, I am not that worried. 

Since Poison-tan has served as witness of this deal, if the guild were to do something unsavory here, the guild master will have to bid farewell to his hair. 

Well, in the worst case, I don’t really mind not getting the remaining half. 

Even after splitting the 42,700,000E with Ringo, I am still left with 20,000,000E.

With that much, I can do pretty much everything that I wanted to do. 

Of course, having as much money as possible is nice and all, but with this much money in my hands, I should be a bit more broad-minded. 

For now, let’s forget about all that pain in the ass and just be happy about not needing to worry about money anymore. 

I thought of it like that, but it seems like this world of Nekomimi Neko doesn’t allow such peace. 

“You again, huh…” (Souma)

The one who appeared in front of us again was Mitsuki Hisame. 

“If this is about challenging me to a match, or a complaint about the subjugation contest of before…” (Souma)

I tried to get ahead of her and crush the possibilities, but Hisame shook her head. 

“It is not that.
There’s something I would like to request of you.” (Hisame)

“…Eh?” (Souma)

I changed my attitude towards her different tone from usual. 

She then proposed this expressionless and her cat ears standing while I was on guard. 

“I promise the best treatment that no other job would be able to match.
How about you come to my dojo and put your strength to use?” (Hisame)