Let’s Hunt Goblins
Shia and the others finished their bath and then retired to their rooms for the night .
Luchila and Lord Gerberga also went to their room .
And so I asked Goran,
“Have you received any information relating to the vampire investigation?”
“No, nothing important…”
“I see . I guess it’s still too early . ”
It was practically starting from today .
They would not discover much in so short a time .
“What about the Rank party that was sent to the place with the head of the dark god?”
“They have sent in a few reports…but nothing noteworthy has come yet . ”
“I see . ”
I had already searched the place . It might not be easy to find anything else .
After talking with Goran, I took a bath with Grulf and then we went to bed .
Grulf liked taking baths in spite of being a wolf . It was a very good thing .
When I woke up the next morning, Goran, Serulis, Shia and Nia were already gone .
They all had work to do .
Luchila was reading a magic book and studying .
It was necessary to study in order to grow as a sorcerer .
“Milka . I’ll be leaving the house again today . ”
“Will you be home for lunch?”
“I think I will eat outside . But I should be back before dinner . ”
“Understood . ”
And so I decided to go to the Adventurers Guild with Grulf .
Grulf wagged his tail and followed me .
“You haven’t been able to run in awhile, have you?”
“Grr?”
“I’ll try to find a quest that will take us outside of the city . ”
“Groof!”
Grulf was large, but still young . He needed a lot of exercise .
I wanted to let him run to his heart’s content outside of the city .
“But don’t exhaust yourself either . ”
“Groof!”
Grulf wagged his tail happily .
We entered the Adventurers Guild and looked at the quest board .
“Ah, goblin hunting . And it’s close by . ”
“Grr?”
Grulf sat with a serious expression .
“Goblin hunting is not the most interesting, but it can be bad if no one else does it . ”
And since it was close by, we could be home by dinner .
I took the request and headed to the counter .
“Ah, Mister Locke . ”
Just then, Shia, Nia and Serulis came out from the back .
“Did you get registered, Nia?”
“Yes, I did . ”
You could register alone if you were over fifteen, but not if you were eight .
Of course, she needed a guardian . That made the process a little more complicated .
But now that it was all finished, Nia looked a little nervous .
Serulis patted her gently on the head .
Shia looked at the paper I was holding in my hand .
“Mister Locke, which quest are you accepting?”
“Goblin hunting . Why don’t you all come with us?”
The guild could be very annoying if you tried to do a quest alone .
But it couldn’t be helped, since I was an F-Ranker .
“Oh, are you sure?”
“Of course . ”
“Then we would be glad to!”
“Thank you, Mister Locke . ”
“Thank you!”
Shia, Serulis and Nia bowed .
“No, thank you . ”
“Groof . ”
As we were now a party of four, I was able to accept the quest smoothly .
The four of us plus one wolf left the city and headed for the place that the goblins were supposed to appear .
A merchant who had been traveling near the main road had been attacked by them .
The merchant had managed to escape and come to the guild for help .
Goblin hunting near the main roads was the responsibility of the state, and so the quests did not pay much .
“Groof-grroooof!”
Grulf was so happy to be outside, that he started to run excitedly .
“Grulf, calm down or you’ll get tired . ”
“Groof-groof!”
We weren’t far from where the goblins usually appeared . We would arrive before midday .
Still, that was enough time for him to get exhausted .
While Grulf was full of excitement, Nia looked very nervous .
Perhaps she didn’t realize it, but she was constantly touching the sheath of her sword .
“How long have you had combat training, Nia?”
“Uh, half a day everyday . I train in tournament style matches . ”
“From what age?”
“As far back as I can remember…”
Shia said with a laugh,
“We start at the age of three in my tribe . ”
“From three . So that means Nia has trained for five years . ”
“Yes . ”
“Well, while you shouldn’t let your guard down, you don’t have to be so nervous . ”
“Yes, I will do my best!”
She was putting too much pressure on herself already . However, all Adventurers were like that in the beginning .
As we walked, Shia would occasionally stop .
Then she would take out a map and have Nia find our current location .
She was teaching her the very basics . That was a good thing .
“Nia . Where are we now on this map?”
“Here . ”
“Why do you think that?”
She wanted to know honestly what her sister knew and what she didn’t .
Shia was a good teacher .
When we got close to the place where the goblins would appear, Shia started to teach her about scouting .
She would look at the footprints and make guesses about their number and type .
Serulis and Nia listened as they watched from behind .
Grulf was also behind her, and his tongue was sticking out as he breathed heavily .
“Grulf, are you tired already?”
“Grrr . ”
“Grulf . Drink some water . ”
I took out some water from my magic bag and put it in a bowl in front of Grulf .
He drank it happily as I patted him on the back .
“Grulf . You never know what might happen on an adventure . So you have to be careful not to waste all of your energy . ”
“Groof . ”
Perhaps it was because he had not gotten enough exercise recently .
I would have to make sure from now on that he had long walks every day .