Ch 96 -- Fer Hunts Something Amazing

　　I was starting to worry as the sun set with no sign of Fer but then he suddenly returned, noisily bursting through the tree branches and startling me.

　　 --Thump-- Fer casually dropped a big lizard that he was carrying in his mouth onto the ground in front of me.

　　"I was delayed." Fer not-apologised for his tardiness in a very Fer-like manner.

　　"...Uh Fer, what's with this big lizard thing?" I asked nervously, dreading the answer. It looked a bit like a Komodo dragon lizard I had seen on TV but bigger, from the tip of its snout to the end of its tail it must have been at least five metres long.

　　"I caught a sniff of something special and followed my nose." Fer said in a satisfied tone. "I came across something that would put up a fight against me at last."

　　That's not what I asked, Fer, just what is this big lizard thing?

　　"That flock of Wyverns got my hopes up but they turned out to be a disappointment." Fer shrugged. "However after I tracked down this Earth Dragon, I finally got a little exercise."

　　...Fer, what did you just say? I wondered if my hearing was getting worse.

　　"Uh, Fer, what did you say?"

　　"Is your hearing getting worse? I said, because that flock of Wyverns were a disappointment I went off and got some real exercise with this Earth Dragon here."

　　"...A-, an Earth Dragon?" I stuttered.

　　"Yep. That's it. That's an Earth Dragon." Fer nudged the big lizard with his snout. "Right there."

　　I used Appraisal on the giant Komodo Dragon lizard thing lying on the ground.

　　[ Earth Dragon]

　　That's all, there were no other stats because, well, Fer had killed it. Ummm...

　　"What, what did you...?" I stumbled to a halt, my brain locking up as I tried to deal with what Fer had just done.

　　"What? What did I do what?" Fer looked confused, as if he naturally hunted dragons every day, no biggie and why was I surprised?

　　"What?" I repeated myself. "An Earth Dragon, why did you hunt it?"

　　"Why not?" Fer shrugged. "Dragon meat tastes delicious, I told you before. Isn't that a good reason to hunt it?"

　　I thought hurriedly, trying to explain to a confused Fer. "No no no, it's great that the meat is delicious, that's not a problem." I waved my hands. "If the Adventurer's Guild couldn't purchase the Chimaera and Orthros you hunted earlier then do you think they could buy the materials from an Earth Dragon?"