Chapter 144.5
Chapter SS3: Young Lit’s Adventure ‘The First Step’
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Translator: Tseirp
A 9-year-old girl ran across the town of Logavia, escaping from the castle .
Her beautiful blonde hair was tied neatly into a ponytail behind her head using a red bandana .
She had well-shaped eyebrows on her round forehead .
Her sky-blue pupils shone from the sense of freedom walking on her own outside and her lips parted into an innocent smile, showing her white teeth .
Although she would eventually be called Hero Lit, Lislet was still a small girl at the moment .
At around this age she seemed to had already completely turned into a tomboy princess .
Lislet was heading toward the place she longed for .
It was Logavia’s Adventurer’s Guild .
As a building that dated back to the establishment of the Principality of Logavia, its timeworn wooden doors gave off an air .
Probably many heroes walked through that very door to set off for adventures and achieve feats spoken of in legends .
And today, a future hero takes her first step!
That was the monologue that happened in her head as Lislet pushed the guild door enthusiastically with a grin .
But the door was a lot heavier than Lislet imagined so it did not open with a bang but creaked open slowly instead .
“What’s this?”
The adventurers inside the guild looked at Lislet .
Lislet made a triumphant pose .
“A kid huh . ”
A nearby adventurer commented and seemed to have instantly lost interest .
He once again returned to chatting rowdily with his fellow adventurers .
“Gununuuu . ”
She pouted and glared at the adventurers but at 9-year-old, glaring only made Lislet seem funny .
Lislet gave up and calmed herself before walked toward the lady seating at the reception desk .
“Oneesan!”
“Yes young lady, what’s the matter?”
The receptionist lady said with a smile .
“I’m here to become an adventurer!”
“You wish to register as an adventurer? You’re such a brave young lady!”
The receptionist lady said as she … handed her a small blackboard and chalk near her feet instead of the documents placed next to her hand meant for adventurer registrations .
“Here young lady, please write your name, your specialty, what you dislike doing, your favourite food and what you dislike eating, and your ambition . ”
There was nothing written on the blackboard other than a border drawn with chalk .
Lislet found it a little strange but she wrote down her answers honestly as she was told .
“Na … name . ”
“Hn, what’s the matter?”
“No, it’s nothing!”
She stopped writing after writing the first word for her name .
Even though she was young, Lislet thought that it was bad to write down her real name .
She thought for a moment before writing a name other than Lislet .
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“Well done … you name is … Lit-chan!”
The receptionist lady unintentionally giggled when she saw the name written on the blackboard .
“A cute name fitting for a girl aiming to become an adventurer . Right, I’ll give Lit-chan this . ”
The receptionist lady gave her a wooden medal .
Carved on the medal was a shield, the symbol of the Adventurer’s Guild .
And below that shield was Lit’s name written in ink .
“From today onward, Lit-chan is recognized as a children-rank adventurer belonging to Logavia’s Adventurer’s Guild!”
Lislet’s expression brightened .
“I am an adventurer too now!”
“That’s right! From today, you are Adventurer Lit!”
“Yay~!”
“But . ”
As Lislet celebrated, the receptionist lady told her with a serious look .
“Adventurers have all kinds of promises that they must uphold . ”
“Yes! I will uphold the promises!”
That wasn’t very convincing coming from Lislet who escaped from the castle but thankfully not many people knew her true identity .
The receptionist lady explained in a practiced tone to Lislet about not approaching dangerous places on her own .
“And most importantly, hold pride in being an adventurer . ”
“Pride?”
“Yes . Pride that you will become a splendid and proper adventurer . To not steer down the path of becoming a bad adventurer . For example, you shouldn’t tease your other friends by boasting that you are an adventurer . ”
“Of course! I plan to become a model for all adventurers!”
“Fufu, so reliable . Actually children-rank adventurers do not receive adventurer requests here but somewhere else . ”
“All right . Thank you, Onee-san!”
“You’re welcome . Good luck, Adventurer Lit-chan . ”
A few of the surrounding adventurers congratulated her for becoming Adventurer Lit .
“Thank you! I will become a splendid adventurer!”
Lislet ran toward the place she was told to go to as though she could not contain her excitement .
“Good work too, Saffy-chan . ”
An adventurer commented to the receptionist lady .
“You actually gave the child your handmade medal . Didn’t you make that on your free day? And that blackboard and chalk were your personal items as well . ”
“It’s just something I made for fun . Furthermore, that child might actually become an adventurer and may even be called a hero someday . I might even be mentioned in the beginning of her memoire … wouldn’t that be great?”
The receptionist lady said as she touched her leg that was missing from below the knee .
“Furthermore, if I could give just a little bit of strength to a future hero, my past adventures … might not be a complete waste . ”
“A former adventurer such as Saffy-chan mediating the requests for us is already a great help to us too . ”
“This is the place . ”
Lislet arrived at a regular home at the outskirts of town .
There was no sign and it was a common 2 room with dining and kitchen home layout seen in Logavia .
Lislet knocked on the door while feeling slightly nervous .
“Coming~”
A soothing voice came from inside the house along with approaching footsteps .
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“Yes yes, I wonder who is it?”
A well-dressed old man appeared after opening the door .
His white hair was neatly combed and his shirt was ironed straight .
The eyes behind his dark-green glasses seemed kindly .
“Er, erm, I heard that there is adventure to be had here . ”
While a little nervous, Lislet showed the medal she received .
“A new adventurer-san? Welcome, this is Logavia Adventurer’s Guild’s children-rank branch . I am Sembold, the guild leader for this branch . ”
Sembold smiled and extended his hand .
Lislet returned the smile and shook the old man’s hand in a good mood .
“I am Li-Lit! Nice to meet you, Sembold-san!”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you too, adventurer Lit . Yup, that’s a lovely smile . ”
Sembold led Lislet into the room .
Lit sat on the chair while Sembold placed milk and cookies in front of Lit .
“Here . ”
“Thank you!”
It may not be as delicate as the palace cooking Lislet always ate but it had a homely feel that made it delicious .
“You’re a well-behaved child . ”
Sembold commented as he looked at Lislet’s actions .
Although his eyes were kindly, they were sharp in analyzing the opponent .
Lislet unconsciously stopped eating .
Sembold laughed .
“And your intuition is sharp . Yup, you have a great future, child . ”
Under Sembold’s urging, Lislet continued eating .
Although it was a short exchange, Lit was a little excited .
(He feels exactly like how I imagine an adventurer to be!)
After eating, Lislet and Sembold moved over to the board hanging at the wall at the end of the room .
There were all kinds of papers attached on the board .
“You may accept requests here . ”
Lislet read the papers stuck on the wall while feeling a sense of excitement .
“Erm, escorting and delivering letters, purchasing vegetables, guarding walks, eliminating garden weeds …”
The rewards were only a couple of common copper coins .
It seemed that adults who love children gather here and put in request for little helpers .
They probably thought of letting children who yearn to become adventurers experience how it feels .
Sembold, the Adventurer’s Guild staff and Safi provided this children playground together .
Lislet pointed at one of the notice .
“I want to try doing this vegetable purchase request!”
Lislet said with a lively voice .
As a princess, Lislet had naturally never purchased vegetables from the town’s greengrocer .
A shop lined with colorful vegetables .
The fragrance of vegetables and earth .
The voice of the shopkeeper selling his wares and housewives trying to find good vegetables .
She found that very exciting and attractive .
Sembold smiled faintly and handed a hand-drawn map of the town to Lislet .
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“This is a request from Karin who lives here . You should be able to make it if you set off now but she will set off to purchase it herself once it reaches evening . So it is best if you head there immediately . ”
“Understood! I will go there now!”
Lislet was about to run off energetically but she stopped before leaving and turned back .
“Thank you Sembold-san! I’ll be in your care!”
“Yup, be careful Lit . Have a good adventure . ”
The young Lislet turned around and ran off .
Sunset . At Sembold’s home .
After leisurely listening to Lislet’s report on her adventure (errand) while enjoying a cup of tea, Sembold sat in his armchair to smoke his pipe .
There was still a cup on the table as Lislet had returned home just moments ago .
In order to not smoke in front of children, Sembold only enjoyed his pipe after sunset .
He heard a knock .
“Hn, is it Lit-chan? Did she forget something?”
Sembold placed his pipe on the table and moved to the entrance .
Then, he opened the door .
He suffered a strong strike to his head and his vision turned black .
“Ah … ga …”
Sembold fell to the floor after receiving a blow to the head from a lead-filled club .
“As rumored, this seems like a home of a rich person . ”
Two men entered the home .
One held the bat that struck Sembold while the other held a sharp short sword without a sheath .
“Uh, gu …”
“Hey now, you didn’t kill him?”
The man holding the short sword smiled thinly .
“What? Kill? The punishment will be harsher if we are caught . ”
“Hey now, our punishment won’t change no matter what we do to one or two more people . Just how many people do you think we’ve killed until now . ”
“Hehe, that’s true . ”
The two were thieves .
Furthermore, they intentionally aimed for homes with elderly and children . Low-life thieves that were despised by even their fellow thieves .
Sembold tried to stand but he had no strength in his arms and legs .
He could only watch the thief raise the club up in slow motion to deal the final blow .
However, the club did not swing down .
“Gugya . ”
Air leaked from the mouth of the thief .
“Whwhat!?”
The other thief who was searching for valuables deeper in the house raised a bewildered voice, failing to understand the situation for a moment .
The thief’s body collapsed .
A single blow to a vital point such as the back of the head has enough force to knock an adult man out .
“Sembold-san!”
Lislet rushed over .
The young girl glared at the thief and readied the club in her hand .
“Ru-run, Lit …”
Even while collapsed, Sembold worried for Lislet with a weak voice .
When Lislet heard that voice, a strange emotion welled up in her heart, a mix of intense anger and calmness .
She had already decided to not run and thoughts of ways to defeat the thief formed in Lislet’s brain .
“Th-this brat! You’ll pay for what you did!”
The thief threatened as he charged at her .
Lislet swung her club which has superior reach in order to prevent the thief from closing in .
But the thief was a scum who had killed many people .
His divine protection level may not be high but his combat experience was vastly different compared to Lislet .
The thief knocked away the club that Lislet swung and screamed in an intimidating manner as he swung his left fist down onto Lislet .
“You’re just a girl! Just one battle cry is enough to stop you in your tracks!”
The thief did not hesitate even though he was about to punch a girl .
But Lislet was not afraid .
“Now! Earth Spirit-san!”
The club in Lislet’s hand wriggled .
The club she used as a weapon was an embodiment of the Earth Spirit .
Unlike the other thief she rendered unconscious with a strike from behind, Lislet knew that she could not fight on equal grounds with the sword-wielding thief even with an Earth Spirit in club form .
So she relied on the counterattack timing .
The Earth Spirit wrapped around the thief’s neck before his fist could hit her .
“Gah!?”
The thief’s red face from anger quickly turned reddish black as he couldn’t breathe .
Subsequently, arms emerged from the Earth Spirit .
“Hiiii …”
Fear showed on the face of the thief as he tried desperately to tear the Earth Spirit off .
Then, the Earth Spirit rained punches onto the thief’s face .
“Gya! Stop! Help! Help!!”
Lislet’s divine protection level was one .
The Earth Spirit she could summon was the weakest of all spirits .
The spirit’s strength was similar to an ordinary adult male .
It was a weak spirit that has no special ability other than changing its shape to a certain extent but can’t even be used as a weapon .
But punches with the strength of an adult rained onto the man’s face endlessly .
The Earth Spirit pounded the thief mercilessly, reflecting Lislet’s anger .
At the moment, Lislet could only maintain the summon for a minute .
But the thief could no longer move after the Earth Spirit disappeared .
“Sembold-san, are you all right!?”
Lislet rushed over to Sembold’s side .
“Water Spirit, please lend me your strength!”
Sembold felt the pain in his head go away little by little .
However, the strength was only at the level of a novice adventurer .
Her strength was many levels lower than the thieves .
She won against the thieves not by using strength but by bravery .
(That is the greatest character required in a hero . )
When Lislet looked at Sembold’s injury, tears formed in her eyes as though she was the one that was injured .
Sembold was astonished that this kind young girl could defeat two thieves filled with ill intent .
Having seen many adventurers as a former staff member of the Adventurer’s Guild, Sembold felt that he caught a glimpse of Lislet’s future .