Chapter 228
「Rei-kun! ……Phew, I’m glad . You’re okay . 」
Rei arrived back at Gilm after deciding on the distribution of the Icebirds and escorting the two remaining carriages back .
The guards, including Ranga, came out as if waiting for them and greeted them with a surprised smile .
「Has the request from the guild been settled?」
Rei asked as he gave his guild card over to Ranga .
「Ahh, it is being handled of course . As it was an emergency, you were also permitted to fly directly out of the city with Set . Because an application was submitted by the guild, you don’t need to worry about any penalty of flying straight out of the city . 」
Ranga replied as he checked Rei’s guild card before returning it .
At the end of his line of sight was the Necklace of Subservient Monster that was hanging on Set’s neck, that would normally be handed over when leaving the city .
「That aside . A flock of Icebirds . Does this happen often?」
「No, no . There have been quite a few sightings of Icebirds, but it is rare for them to form such a large flock . 」
「……In that case, this is a rare occurrence?」
「Probably . 」
As Rei and Ranga conversed with each other, the merchants, escorting adventurers, Milein, and other adventurers who were sent to support them proceeded to enter the city . Meanwhile, one of the portly merchants called out to Milein, who was looking over at Set .
「Pardon me, who on earth was that person? Looking at his face, he only looks like a child mage apprentice in his mid teens . But, he had a Griffon, a high ranking monster, following him . He also showed overwhelming combat strength, and even magic . ……I can’t believe it . 」
The other merchants and escorting adventurers listened in at the merchant’s voice .
Child adventurers weren’t uncommon and neither were monster tamers, mages and warriors . However, it was unusual for an adventurer to be all of them, and it would have been strange if there had been no interest .
Milein knew that, and even if she mislead them, Rei was pretty famous in Gilm . If they just asked shopkeepers around Gilm, they would be able to easily gather some information .
Milein quickly thought about it in her mind before turning a hand to the merchant .
An information fee . It was clear what she was asking for .
As a merchant, he understood the importance of information and handed over a silver coin to Milein without hesitating .
Milein had been thinking that the merchant would only give her some copper coins, so was quite amazed at the amount of money the merchant had given her . However, she spoke into the merchant’s ear without revealing her surprise . To the merchant, to get information on a adventurer of that strength, it wouldn’t have been a loss for him to give a gold coin, let alone a silver coin .
「His name is Rei . The Griffon is Set-cha……no, Set . It’s been only half a year since he arrived at Gilm, but right now he’s the most well known adventurer in Gilm . He holds the record for the fastest rank up time from registration to rank D . ……Oh, that’s not right . After finishing his request with Baslero, he’ll be rank C . Well, it is true that Gilm’s adventurers are historically one of the fastest to rank up . Any how, he defeated a rank B Orc King while he was in rank G . 」
「……That’s a lie right?」
The merchant asked Milein involuntarily as if he couldn’t believe it .
However, it wasn’t unreasonable . If you had any common sense, you wouldn’t believe that a rank G adventurer would have beaten a rank B monster . It was such a feat .
「Oh, I know . I’m sure the rumors are exaggerated . Rumors often have a life of their own . 」
Milein shook her head silently at words of the merchant .
「Some might be rumors, but there is no doubt about the Orc King . That’s because he killed it in front of me . 」
「……That is……」
「Well, as I said before, I can guarantee his combat strength . Right now, he’s in rank D, but other adventurers have said he can probably fight evenly with rank A adventurers . In fact, I’ve never seen the limits of Rei’s combat strength . It……」
At that moment, at the back of Milein’s mind was the number of special abilities that Set displayed, that a Griffon shouldn’t normally have, during the battle with the Orcs .
But, of course, she didn’t speak about that . After all, a magic seed made from the spell 『Seed of Contract』 had been placed inside all of the members of Scorching Wind, including Milein .
「No, never mind . As you saw in the battle, he has a lot of magic items . It seems he had a hobby of collecting magic items for himself . ……You could make some money there, couldn’t you?」
Milein grumbled a few complaints . In recent times, Set had had a crazy influence on Milein resulting in her grumbling as she was short on money, let alone money to buy magic items .
「Magic items? I see . I should be able to do something about it then……」
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The merchant nodded as he muttered something about magic items to himself .
Milein continued to speak to the merchant .
「Besides that, he also collects magic stones . But, strangely, he collects two of each type . I asked him about it and he had that one is for ornamental purposes while the other is for conservation . 」
「……Magic stones? No, it’s not that weird to have a hobby of collecting magic stones . 」
「Aside from that, he also seems to be familiar with cooking . The udon noodles that were popularised in the city some time ago were also thought up by him . 」
「Udon, is it?」
「Yes . Well, they sell it at food stalls, so if you’re interested, try it . The Satisfied Stomach is the restaurant whose owner Rei had taught directly, so if you want to eat it properly, you might want to go to the Satisfied Stomach . 」
「Haa……still, to be the adventurer with the fastest rise in ranking and to have real skill . And yet to also be knowledgeable in other things . What kind of superhuman is that Rei?」
Rather than being impressed……the merchant seemed to be more amazed as he turned to look towards Rei, who was talking with Ranga .
「He seems to have been brought up by an eccentric magician since birth . Because his training was completed or something, he was thrown out to become an adventurer or something . 」
「Really……there are such people as well . ……I was glad to be able to some beneficial information . Thank you . I’d like to thank you for this later . 」
Giving a bow, the merchant sat back into the carriage with his companions and entered Gilm .
Although Milein thought to herself that she might have said a bit too much as she saw the merchant leave, she headed over to Ecryll when she was called over .
「Young master!」
When Rei and Baslero entered the guild, a shout echoed out .
「Ashie!?」
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Baslero instantly realised who the voice belonged to, but before he could react, his small body was hugged by Ashie, preventing him from moving .
「Young master, outside the city……what do you think you were doing, going to fight monsters! And sneaking there on a wagon! How do you think I felt when I came to pick you up and heard about that……」
As she hugged Baslero tightly, her face was filled with tears .
「Wai-Wai-Wait a moment! Why does Ashie know about it!?」
The 10 year old finally escaped before he suffocated inbetween the two moderately size hills and asked Ashie with a shout .
The shout gathered the gazes of those who were drinking at the bar, but they immediately looked away once they saw the girl wearing a maid uniform and the 10 year old boy . The reason for that was because they also saw Rei, Milein and the other adventurers from the rescue team standing nearby .
「You didn’t come back at the usual time, so I went over to pick you up . But the reception said that there weren’t any kids around . 」
「Yes, but you wouldn’t normally consider that I would sneak into a wagon right? I could have just stopped by somewhere on the way back right?」
「I don’t think young master would do such a thing when Rei-san had gone to help the people attacked by monsters!」
Ashie said that with absolute conviction and Baslero unconsciously stepped back at that power .
「And my maid’s intuition told me that young master had sneaked into a wagon . 」
「No, at least make it a woman’s intuition . 」
Milein, who was listening to their conversation, abruptly interrupted them .
At the sudden retort, Ashie looked around in a panic .
Up until now, she had been too preoccupied with making sure that Baslero was safe, she couldn’t help it .
「Ah, that……pardon me . My name is Ashie, a maid who serves Baron Cisne . This time, the young master has troubled you……」
「Oh, that’s fine . The only one hurt by Baslero’s actions was Rei . And even then, Rei didn’t seem to be too injured . 」
Of course, Milein had seen Rei’s Dragon Robe blocking the ice arrows from the Icebird . However, she had no intention of mentioning that . After all, Rei was an extraordinary person . Since she knew that he was collecting magic items, it wasn’t surprising that the robe he was wearing was a magic item .
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「Rei-san!? Are your injuries okay!? Healing magic……」
「No, there’s no issue since I’m not really hurt . As Milein said, I’m not injured . Rather, it would be best to bring Baslero back to the mansion . Today was the first time he’s seen dead monsters and humans . It would be better for Baslero to take it slow and rest today . I’ll head over to the mansion tomorrow . 」
Seeing Rei say that with a straight face, Ashie judged that he really wasn’t injured and immediately placed the short wand she used for healing magic back at her waist .
「Is that so . ……Then in that case, pardon me and the young master . Thank you for protecting him . 」
Ashie gave a deep bow of thanks and Baslero gave a bow to follow .
「Again, no need to worry aobut it . If you asked me if this was part of the combat instruction, I’m not entirely sure . ……It might have been a little early for Baslero to experience this . 」
「Such a thing! I think it was a good thing for me to see it with my own eyes . It’s not teacher’s fault……」
Baslero responded in a panic, but Rei just put his hand on Baslero’s head to tell him not to worry .
「Any how, you might not realise it, but you’re tired . Go back to the mansion and rest . 」
「Yes . ……Then, we will be waiting tomorrow . 」
Giving a deep bow, the two of them left with Ashie holding tightly onto Baslero’s hand .
「When you look at them like that, I can only see her as a good sister . 」
「I see that as well . More importantly though, Kenny is calling you . It’s about this urgent request . 」
At Milein’s words, Rei, who had been watching Ashie and Baslero leave, turned to look towards the reception counter . Over there, he could see Kenny beckoning him over . Considering that the other adventurers with Milein were deflected over to Lenora if they went over, she was doing it quite skillfully .
The other adventurers didn’t find it as amusing that they were being ignored . However, they didn’t show it as Kenny was a popular receptionist and the one she was calling over was Rei . The ones that just wanted to head over to a bar or brothel early quickly finished their procedures and ignored what was going on .
「Look, go on, go on . Your beloved Kenny is waiting for you . 」
「It’s not like I’m in love with her . Though it’s true she’s taken care of a lot of things for me……」
At that moment, a certain General Princess passed through Rei’s mind, but he dealt with post-processing of the request with Kenny without expressing it . In the end, the reward was only 5 silver coins, not really matching the effort required for the request . But in the first place, Rei wasn’t really that troubled for money and was happy enough getting his hands on two Icebird magic stones, a new type of monster .