An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29 (29歳独身中堅冒険者の日常)

I hope it hatches soon.

Hajime bought me this egg, and the guy said it was lucky...

I bet there's something amazing growing inside!

All right! Off we go, dragon!

Looking after an animal sounds like a lot of work. Let's just eat it.

How could you even suggest that?! Absolutely not!

This egg is lucky! And it's going to hatch an incredible dragon!

I'm sure of it!

Yeah, if you say so.

Dragon...

My dragon...

H-Hajime! It's all tiny!

What is it?

Breakfast?

No! Is food the only thing on your mind, Hajime?!

That's rich, coming from you.

AN ADVENTURER'S DAILY GRIND AT AGE 29

WHAT'S HATCHING

Good morning!

It's adorable!

It sure is. I take it your egg hatched.

It did indeed!

Say hello to Dragon!

Is that... its name?

It's pretty obviously a sparrowflier.

SPARROWFLIER VS. RIRUI A LARGE BIRD THAT NESTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. OFTEN HEARD CHIRPING IN THE MORNING.

Well...

It's cute, so who cares?

If you say so.

Still, women really love cute animals, huh?

HE WAS ACTUALLY HOPING TO GET TO PET IT

Come to think of it, I had a pet once too.

I'm surprised you had the time to care for one.

What kind of animal was it?

A dragon! It was a dragon, right, Hajime?!

I found this dog who'd made himself at home in the slums.

Smart little fella, too.

Whenever I had spare time, I'd teach him all kinds of tricks.

But one time, the rain kept falling and didn't stop...

Which meant no work, and for me, no food for two or three days.

He saved my life!

Hajime...

Don't take your eyes off your birdie, Rirui!

Now, what's on the menu today?

Try hard to be helpful, Dragon!

That's called a slime. They react to sound, so stay quiet, okay?

H-Hey! I said to be quiet, Dragon!

Seriously, shush!

U-Um, Hajime...

This, uh...

With how loud this thing chirps, I guess it's a bad match for slimes.

Y-Yeah! I guess you're right.

Thank goodness. He's not mad.

Hajime must think Dragon is cute too!

He's seeing how tender the meat is!

That's why he took his gloves off!

Dragon! You watch the room while we're gone.

Be good, understand?

Take this!

Hyah!

Gimme those eyeballs!

Dragon has trouble fighting slimes, so Rirui will have to work twice as hard!

RIRUI IS NOW LEVEL 3!

We're back home, Dragon!

What the hell?!

U-Uh, Hajime...

The damn poultry took a dump in my bed!

Hajime, its name is Dragon, not "Poultry."

Oh, yeah, is that right?! Fan-freaking-tastic!

Come on, Dragon! You can do it!

Aw! Dragon, you're not supposed to fall down!

I'm not sure Dragon can handle this kind of thing...

But if it's not useful, Hajime's gonna eat it!

Maybe he did that at one point, but he's a proper adventurer now!

He'd never do something like that, right, Hajime?

Come on! You can do it, Dragon!

The trick is stability!

There you go! Now move forward!

I really hope he doesn't ask me to cook the little guy...

Rirui, time for work.

Understood!

I'm patrolling the village perimeter today.

What is it? Something up?

It's nothing!

Hey.

Good luck today!

Dragon, today you're going to follow Rirui's example and learn how to work!

I'll help out too, so let's do our best.

C'mon! Quit pooping all the time!

Your life is at stake, Dragon!

"Dragon," huh?

Great. More crap.

Wait...

I think this came from a rabbit bear.

They're not supposed to be on this mountain.

And if it builds a den here, that'll spell trouble.

Okay, Rirui, we're gonna track it down.

Try to stay close and...

It feels weird without her.

So, we fold it once like this, then again like so.

And that's how you do it.

I see! Okay, let's do it, Dragon!

Yes, just like that! Nicely done!

Very good, Dragon!

Hey!

Dragon! What are you doing?!

It's fine! We just need to wash it again.

A rabbit bear, you say?

Yeah, but I couldn't track it down.

They breed quickly and attack people...

I hope we can deal with this before they spread too much.

Gotta wonder why it's come around these parts, though.

We've had so many cold days,

there's probably not as much to eat in the mountains.

So it made the trek for food?

Mr. Shinonome.

Can the guild officially hire you to track down and exterminate this rabbit bear?

AN ADVENTURER'S DAILY GRIND AT AGE 29

AN ADVENTURER'S DAILY GRIND AT AGE 29