The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 5 Chapter 11 – One month later

The days passed and the girls’ training never ceased just as the people hustled about their daily lives. Until finally, a month passed. Countless researchers dropped by during the time, pestering us to no end about the slime research.

Fortunately, Director Paul was able to handle them. There were some pushy ones, sure. But Paul says they’re still way easier than his old superiors back at his old lab. I don’t know whether he enjoyed his time there or not, but he certainly learned a lot.

Oh, speaking of which, it’s actually been awhile since I last showed my face at the lab. But then again, I was never really one to show my face much because of my adventurer work. And they would just send me a letter whenever there’s a problem, so I guess it’s not really anything new. I would just end up drowned in proposals if I show my face anyway, so I guess it’s best that I keep my distance for now.

Recently, more and more people have been wanting to work at the lab. Apparently, they caught wind of our lab’s favorable accommodation from the employees when they ate together during their visit.

We were actually already expecting people to apply since we knew the slime research would inevitably lead to people getting laid off, and have already made preparations, but the turnout was much more than what we could’ve expected. Hiring is a delicate process. We can’t just carelessly hire people, we also have to watch out for corporate spies. Because of that, applicants have to work at the laundromat first, where they’re monitored for any unusual behavior. After which, they are then ran through some further background checks.

In the process, some people end up just working in the laundromat instead, being fully content there, and no longer pushing to apply for the lab. Regardless, the sudden influx of new workers resulted in us abruptly opening a new branch.

 

The girls’ training is going splendidly too. They’re getting better and better by the day.

Elia can now consistently use the advanced fire magic ‘Fire Storm’, and she’s also learned a plethora of other fire and ice spells. She’s particularly skilled at ‘Flame Carpet’. She’s also gotten much better at Magic Manipulation.

Miyabi also specializes at fire magic, but she’s also able to handle poison magic. She’s been training her advanced spells along with my originals for both, but it seems she’s more interested in poison than fire. Well, she is going to be a merchant, so I guess it’s not really surprising that she’d favor something more practical. If we have time, I’d like to teach her ‘Antidote’.

Kanan’s reactions have improved a lot. She’s now much better at dodging, and her attacks are a lot heavier compared to before. Sometimes when she has the time, she also teaches me how to make accessories.

Riera’s also doing well, Usually, she’s either sparring with Kanan against me or against the slimes. And I don’t mean with just one kind of weapon, but every kind from swords to spears, to staves, to daggers, and even hand-to-hand combat. Her improvement is really amazing. Especially when it comes to gauging distances and her defense. I guess having her fight against a gloop of slimes, and against my underhanded tricks really polished her defense. We should probably start some live combat soon… Well, I’ll talk to Sebasu about it.

As for Michelle, her growth’s the most varied of the lot. She’s been studying so many things after all, like Alchemy, for example.

Apparently, she’s had her suspicions about my identity as an Alchemist for a long time now, but just didn’t know how to bring it up due to the nature of the subject. So, when I made a passing remark about how I could use Alchemy, she jumped at me like a hungry shark.

I don’t know about other alchemists, but the only reason I keep quiet is to keep away from strange looks. So, when it comes to people who don’t mind or people I can trust, I don’t mind showing off one bit. Besides, Serge-san, Granny Gri, and the members of the Jamil family already know about it.

In any case, the point is Michelle ended up studying Alchemy, among other things… Not that there was much to teach or anything. Aside from the magic formation and its effects, the only other things I could teach were the chemical elements from my previous life, and the basic precautions one should take. Michelle had a lot of questions after the lesson, but I was able to fool her by saying, “What I’ve taught you are the basics of Alchemy. From here on out, you should look for the answers yourself.”

&nsbp;

Michelle also often converses with me regarding my original magic. In fact, even now…

“Picking up from last time, Ryouma, I think you’re needlessly overcomplicating your magic. For example, ‘Dig Tornado’ uses the elements: Earth, Wind, and Water. That’s three elements, you know? There’s not many people who could cast that. Considering what you’re trying to achieve with the spell, don’t you think just earth and wind is enough?” [Michelle]
“Water is needed to keep the dust under control when digging.” [Ryouma]
“If it’s just about managing the dust, then isn’t having another water magician use water magic to spread water enough?” [Michelle]
“It’s not enough, and if you combine the spell with ‘Hardening’–––“

‘Dig Tornado’ is one of the construction magic I used in the tunnels. When casted, it gives off the image of water and rain swirling together to shave boulders and rocks to create a valley. With the earth magic ‘Break Rock’ it’s a magic made specifically to dig. Things get quite dusty in the process, so the water element is needed to keep them down.

I’ve been coming up with new magic to accomplish my tasks more efficiently, and one of the spells I came up with was exactly this ‘Dig Tornado’. With this I can efficiently dig holes, and even shallow ones without dirtying myself. When you add ‘Hardening’ on top of all that, the walls of the dug hole can even be strengthened at the same time. As a result, it’s efficiency is no less than that of tunnel boring machines.

But because it’s a three-element spell, most magicians won’t be able to cast it. Which is why Michelle’s been wondering whether or not there’s a way to simplify it into a two-element spell.

It’s a difference in priorities. Well, we both understand where the other is coming from, so…

“Why don’t you two have some tea first?” [Elia]
“Ah, t-thank you.” [Michelle]
“Being eager is good and all, but it’s already afternoon, you know?” [Elia]
“I know. Anyway, as I was saying, Ryouma–––“ [Michelle]
“Sigh… I wonder if she really understands… Then again, it’s just as usual.” [Elia]

We tend to lose track of time when talking like this, so there’ve been times when we were scolded by Elia and the others. I wonder why she came this time? Was it just to bring the tea? Or is she perhaps trying to remind us not to forget lunch? Well, whatever.

As I was thinking to myself, I saw Elia off. Speaking of which, they just randomly helped me whenever I cooked before, but recently, they’ve put together a proper schedule for cooking duty.

After seeing Elia off and a short moment of pondering, I went back to my conversation with Michelle.


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49 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 5 Chapter 11 – One month later”

    1. I HATE HUMANS ... THEY ARE STUPID APES Avatar
      I HATE HUMANS … THEY ARE STUPID APES

      WELCOME BACK THAT WAS SO PUCKIGN LONG

      1. lygarx Avatar

        It will be longer once he finishes the volume and we have to wait for the Kai version of the novel to catch up. Unless he plans on translating the authors Kai version.

        1. I HATE HUMANS ... THEY ARE STUPID APES Avatar
          I HATE HUMANS … THEY ARE STUPID APES

          so went is the next chapter coming out..?

  1. GM_Rusaku Avatar

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  2. ZaX Avatar
    ZaX

    Magic theory crafting isn’t easy. Thanks for the chapter

    1. manpova Avatar
      manpova

      Thank you for the chapter

  3. pangjunmin Avatar

    Hey~ you’re back 😃 we missed you

  4. I HATE HUMANS ... THEY ARE STUPID APES Avatar
    I HATE HUMANS … THEY ARE STUPID APES

    MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE
    [LEASE AWESOME NOVEL
    THANK YOU

  5. pantser Avatar
    pantser

    Thank you for the chapter
    and welcome back

  6. themystogrigen Avatar
    themystogrigen

    Are you going to translate the revised version? Or is it not any different?

    Thanks for the chapter!

    1. gregluck Avatar

      Yes yes, which one are you going to translate ?

  7. mahiro9 Avatar
    mahiro9

    Thanks for the chapter and welcome back, we’ve been waiting for this! 😀

  8. Awe Avatar
    Awe

    Wrong title, it should be ” 2 months later”
    Just kidding
    Thx for the translation and welcome back

  9. blackcat137 Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter 🙂

  10. manpova Avatar
    manpova

    Thanks for the Chapter

  11. crywolf641 Avatar

    Author really did want to end this quickly and go to the new revised version huh.

  12. Whynn Avatar

    It’s alive, wb and thanks for the chapter. simplifying magics and growth progress, not bad.

  13. Jay of the Void Avatar

    I can see why the author decided to restart from scratch. He’s clearly been rambling a lot about random things during this arc and has no idea how to progress the story any further besides “and they lived happily ever after.” He simply didn’t create enough foundation to carry the story very far past the one real antagonist that was the Tamer Guild Master. Once that guy was out of the way the story progress just completely died.

    1. Catbag Avatar
      Catbag

      A slice of life is not bad once a while but gets really boring when stretched out. One of the possible story progression could be the demon lord fragments or whatever it was, having Ryouma go find them but that would be boring. The world is too peaceful so there’s not much issues for Ryouma to face against.

      Since the raws was restarted from scratch after volume 5 ch.38, just based on the new chapter titles not much has changed, yet? Just that the story progession is a lot faster.

    2. Someguy Avatar
      Someguy

      well the tamer guild master was one. . . but then the author keeps making things to progress the story and then solving it as soon as it showed up (case and point: the god fragment, cool plot point. . . solved right then and there basically)

      1. GuldTasken Avatar

        Well, this story was a slice of life sorta deal from the start. I don’t really see him truly not enjoying life. It was kinda carefree story. But yes, I guess starting from scratch can lead to better foundation but I doubt he will change anything significantly unless he adds some details before that to potentially pull in plot points regarding the one who controlled the Taming Master’s position.

    3. Jumbo Avatar
      Jumbo

      On the contrary, I’ve re read this and thus found quite a few expandable points… One really good one would be the god of earth. It was heavily foreshadowed that something was up with him… Maybe he becomes a demon and MC helps the gods get back at him or something… Maybe he could even become a god of slimes or something…

      1. RedHead Avatar
        RedHead

        Well it’s not that far fetched as you think, becouse in these types of novels, when the MC meets God/s frequently then there is a high posibility the MC becomes a God, plus the Gods did say he is more susceptible to their energy and stuff…

    4. Isaac Avatar
      Isaac

      I thought the whole god who was stealing peoples happiness was going to become something

  14. Daiz71 Avatar

    Thanks

  15. SpiralBaka Avatar

    thank you for the translation

  16. Zerokuem Avatar
    Zerokuem

    Thanks for the Chapter~!!!
    It’s been awhile~

  17. goblinrou Avatar

    Been a while and wow does the goblin kingdom ln art look pretty different from what i imagined. They look like warhammer characters lol

  18. GonZ555 Avatar

    Meatbun Delivery~
    Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)

    Waifus started to schedule their alone time with ryouma?

    1. Torablue Avatar

      Yes, that’s what I thought after reading this chapter…
      They’re dividing their time to be with him…
      And Elia was trying to remind Michelle that her shift is over, time to change…

  19. sfcipher Avatar

    Happy New Year, and thanks for the chapter.

  20. LK Avatar
    LK

    Thanks and glad to see you are back (^-^)

  21. hexwolfx Avatar

    hehehehhe good to see you back

  22. Silvier Avatar
    Silvier

    Chapter title is one month later. “Ha it would be funny if it had been a month since the last chapter.” Checks. It’s been exactly two months. “Huh.”

  23. AsianOtakuGuy Avatar

    Thought this was dropped

  24. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    Thanks for the chapter

  25. Adarin Avatar
    Adarin

    Thank youuuuu

  26. Puru.The.Great Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter

  27. Galen Musbach Avatar
    Galen Musbach

    In the Kai version there is no Matthew, so blending the story lines between the 2 versions is unlikely to work.

  28. Chaos in Neutrality Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter!

  29. moneng85 Avatar

    thanks~!

  30. Gin Hindew 110 Avatar

    It seems like everyone is waiting for the kai version to start, i just hope it turns into The Handyman Hired By The Gods with Ryouma going menial jobs for the higher ups

    Thanks for the chapter and thanks for coming back

  31. i taste bad Avatar
    i taste bad

    yeah it’s finally back ! thanks for the chapter (ps how about a meat-bun-slime ? )

    1. Isaac Avatar
      Isaac

      theres already one that comments 🙂

    2. Nefilium Avatar
      Nefilium

      If only… 🙁
      It’s been three weeks in like a day..
      I don’t NEED a chapter, I just wish he gave us an update.

  32. Sai Avatar
    Sai

    “This world doesn’t have enough magic. The people here rely on it way to much. That is why we must conscript people from your world to create magic taps.” [Some god]
    “Mmkay. Imma go create dozens of new spells that make mundane everyday tasks easier, kay?” [Ryouma]

  33. ironyisnotdead Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter

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