(TL : EATSCBPHWLU) The Weird Brother Comes Along (Patreon)

--AN) Translated novel: Novel Name: Even a Trash Skill Can Be Pretty Handy When Leveled Up!. This is a ML and human editing, so there might be some mistakes.--

I left that crazy brother behind and made my way to the grassland I was aiming for.

This thicket is full of seeds for my meals. It's a blessed place where even the poorest can't starve as long as they come here.

As I found the spot I was looking for and cautiously approached...

"Hey, wait a sec! I still have something I want to ask!"

"Ah, idiot!"

The one who called out to me with a loud voice was that brother. His voice caused what I was targeting to react.

"Whizz, whizz, whizz."

Making a small slicing sound through the air, it flew towards the brother.

"What's this, it hurts, it hurts... What is this annoying thing?"

Reacting to the brother's shouting voice, more came flying.

"It hurts, I said! What the heck is this, really. Oh, oh no, my legs are starting to feel weak..."

Careless, careless, if left alone, that brother will become unable to move. I quietly circled around to the back and...

"Take this!"

I cut them down at the base with the knife I had.

"Ah, that hurts. What was that just now? Something flew at me suddenly, and while it wasn't terribly painful, it was annoyingly so. If it kept hitting, my body started to feel numb. Really, what was that?"

"Brother, you don't know anything. This is Shooting Beans. It's a plant-type monster that shoots bean grains at approaching enemies. The beans have a mild poison that numbs on contact. It reacts sensitively to sounds, so you shouldn't make noise when approaching."

Really, what a weird brother, even children know that... I thought he was crazy, but he's just lacking in knowledge.

These Shooting Beans mainly catch and eat mice and squirrels. It only causes a slight numbness to humans, but mice and squirrels become unable to move from the numbness. Then, it entangles them with its roots and sucks their nutrients. Sometimes, you can find dried-up mice and squirrels around.

For humans, it's just a nuisance if hit, but if someone like that brother gets hit defenselessly, they can become immobilized. I doubt it sucks nutrients from people, but you never know.

"Shooting Beans, is that soy? So it's literally bean shooting."

The brother muttered, picking up a bean grain with his bare hands, unaware if his fingertips would become numb and immobile for a while.

As expected, his fingertips seemed numb, and he dropped the beans.

"So, what are you doing in a place where such dangerous plants grow?"

"Me? I came to collect the larval stage of the Shooting Beans. Look, these can be sold at the market for a decent price. They taste good when boiled with salt."

Shooting Beans can't shoot beans until they mature. The immature beans in their pods taste good when boiled with salt, perfect for snacking with alcohol. They are not poisonous when immature.

"Oh, edamame, huh. Yeah, if boiled with salt, they are indeed tasty. But haven't you ever eaten them? Even though you collect them yourself?"

"Because all of these are for selling. I sell these to buy bread and meat. If I buy skewered meat from a stall, I can eat it right away. Why should I eat something that needs to be boiled in salt? It's hard enough for a kid living alone to start a fire."

Really, boiling in salt isn't that easy at all. Even starting a fire is a struggle for me.

"What are you talking about? If you have a lighter, lighting a fire is easy. Besides, isn't this another world? Don't you have fire magic or something like 'Fire'?"

"Lighter? Magic? What's that? Fire means lighting it with a flint, obviously. It's exhausting because it hardly ever lights."

Lighters and magic, I don't know what they are, but it would be convenient to have something that easily lights a fire. I don't know where this brother came from, but where he lived, they had such convenient things.

"Seriously? What a hardcore world. But wait, if it's such a backward world... maybe I can pull off a knowledge cheat like in a light novel."

The brother started muttering to himself again, so much mumbling... However, despite being saved, he can't even say "thank you." Calling people "you" and not knowing basic manners despite his age.