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Chapter 123 - Goats

 

 

 

"Oh, so this is a goat. It's got brown hair, right? I wish I could get a warm coat or something made of it."

 

"Hey, kid, be careful, it was pretty hard to get a live goat to the battlefield. Don't let it get away."

 

"I know, I know. I didn't realize that goats used magic like this. No one would want to keep it."

 

　It was some time after I had become interested in goats through my conversation with the old man.

 

　The old man seemed to have worked very hard and procured a goat for me.

 

　A merchant is a very formidable person.

 

　They came to Fontana's army, which was attacking the hill of Einrad, and sold various things to them.

 

　If you tell them what you want, they will collect it and bring it to you.

 

　Naturally, it was risky and expensive, but we managed to get the goat without any trouble.

 

　Goats in this world use magic.

 

　When I heard that, I wondered what kind of ferocious creatures they were.

 

　The image I had in my mind was of a black bipedal goat with horns, like a demon.

 

　However, when I saw the real thing, it wasn't such a disturbing thing at all.

 

　It looked like a very ordinary goat.

 

　It was no more than a meter long and had a pair of not-so-large goat horns on its head.

 

　It made eye contact with me and bleated "meh".

 

　No matter how I looked at it, it looked a lot like the goat I knew.

 

　Furthermore, the magic that the goat used was not terrifying.

 

　However, it was troublesome.

 

　This is because it is a magic that seems to be unsuitable for breeding.

 

　[Leap]

 

　The magic used by the goat was to use its mana while making a 'meh' and show its terrifying ability to jump.

 

　Surprisingly, the goat could leap several times its own height.

 

　This means that even if we tried to fence one in, it would easily escape.

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　It seems that goats have evolved to strengthen their legs in order to survive in a dangerous natural environment.

 

"It's amazing. It's jumping so fast it looks like a grasshopper. But it seems that there is a limit to how high they can jump. They don't seem to be able to jump more than 10 meters, as expected.

 

"...... Really. So, if they are enclosed in a wall, they can be left alone?"

 

"Oh, and look at that, old man. It seems to be eating the stems of the hatsuka. He's munching away, making a lot of noise."

 

"Then I guess we can grow something for the goat to eat in the field. Boy, I wonder if we can raise these goats in Barca."

 

"Okay, let's give it a try. If it goes well, we may be able to secure a steady supply of meat, since we have already failed in our attempt to domesticate the giant boars. I'd really like to make this one a success."

 

　I discussed with the old man while looking at the goat.

 

　I really want to increase the number of these goats in Barcania.

 

　I had failed with the big boar in the past, so I had high hopes for the domestication of this goat.

 

　Pigs are domesticated wild boars.

 

　I remembered this knowledge from my previous life, and I had once wondered if I could domesticate a giant boar.

 

　I even tried to kill the adult boars and keep the young ones.

 

　However, all of these attempts failed.

 

　After all, the big boar was too rambunctious.

 

　It would repeatedly lunge at people and objects, and it would eat anything and everything and try to devour whatever it liked.

 

　I thought it might work if I cut off his fangs while he was still a kid, but it didn't work out that way.

 

　But with this goat, it might work.

 

　The [Leap] spell is a bit troublesome, but the goat itself seems to be a timid creature, and I don't feel that it intends to attack me.

 

　Even if it jumps, if it can't get past the wall that can be built with [Wall Creation], so we probably don't need to worry about it running away.

 

　What was even more convenient was what the goat ate.

 

　The goat that the merchant had brought with him had eaten the stalks of the hatsuka.

 

　We humans and Valkyrie can eat hatsuka, but we don't eat the stems.

 

　The goat ate the stalks, but not the stems, only the clumps that grow in the ground.

 

　If the goats would eat the stalks, it would be a good thing because it would mean that the harvest from the field would be used more efficiently.

 

　For the time being, we will send some goats to Barcania to be raised on a trial basis.

 

　For the time being, the goal will be to milk the goats.

 

　After that, we'll see if the hair from the goats can be put to good use, and hopefully, it will eventually make its way to the dinner table as meat.

 

　Thus, I decided to send caged goats to Barcania, hoping that the goat raising would go well.

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