When I arrived at the guild, the sun was already setting, the crowded guild had become considerably quiet.
I looked around quickly, but Aisha-san seems to be absent.
If I were to insert my card at the exclusive counter, I think she will definitely come out though…….
At this time, I think she’s already changed shifts.
In the middle of her break, coming out specially for me, would make me feel guilty.
I’ll give my report for the request tomorrow, maybe I’ll go back for today.
As I thought that, a voice called out for me from behind.
「……Hey, kid」
Hm? Who? A person I’ve never met.
Because he’s wearing expensive-looking equipment, he must surely be a strong person.
「Good evening! How may I help you?」
「The name’s Lyle…… I’m sorry but could you please come with me?」
What is this, somehow this person…… gives me scary vibe.
LV : 22
Gender : Male
Occupation : Adventurer (C Rank)
【Skill】
Blame (TLN: wat. 指弾 literally finger bullet)
Uwa, he’s a really amazing person! He has 【Grappling・Extreme】, and even his own level is 22…….
But, even so I don’t know this person after all.
Somehow, he has a smile on his face, but his eyes are not smiling.
I wonder what he needs with a newbie adventurer like me?
「……Umm, I wonder what you need me for. I’m sorry but this is our first time meeting, right?」(TLN: How do you even polite English >_>)
He probably knows I’m being vigilant.
Considerably softening his attitude, he showed me a smile and said 「I won’t do anything bad」.
However, I noticed.
The fact that his eyes were absolutely not smiling even though he was.
What should I do……. But he hasn’t done anything to me…… if I reject him, he might pick a fight in the future and it will become troublesome.
I am very curious about his eyes, but if worse comes to worst I can run away, so for the time being I’ll try going with him…….
「……After this, I have things to do, so I don’t have much time though……」
「It’s okay, this will finish “quickly”, so just follow me」
Perhaps he was satisfied that I will follow him, saying that, he exited the guild.
I have a bad premonition about this, for the time being I wholeheartedly want to avoid troublesome things after this, and chased after him.
Since I’ll be troubled if it’s like that time with Hyold, I secretly casted self-enhancement Skills on myself.
After that…… as a precaution, I’ll steal all his skills.
While I stealthily did various things, the scene around me quickly became deserted.
「Excuse me, until where are we going?」
Even though I asked a question, he did not reply and we walked in silence.
As I expected…… there’s something wrong with this.
So that I’m not careless, I put myself on guard while walking, finally we seemed to have arrived at our destination as he stopped his feet.
Looking around, the place was completely deserted, there was an abandoned-liked building in front of me.
「Sorry for bringing you all the way here. About what I needed…… I want you to die here」
As expected it was like that…….
「Can you please tell me the reason? I’ve asked this in the guild before this, but we have never met before right?」
Why must I be killed by a person I have never met before.
Of course, I will resist him with all my strength, but before that I would like to hear his reason.
「Is there a need to explain to a person who’s going to die after this?」
It’s no use, he’s unapproachable.
While picking up my steel dagger, even so maybe he can’t avoid while in a conversation, I started speaking.
「Guild members are prohibited from killing each others right? If this gets out, even you won’t get away with this, right!? Please stop this!」
It seems that my frantic persuasion also had not reached him.
As proof, he gripped both his hands tightly, took a stance, and readied for battle.
It’s because he has【Grappling・Extreme】, so this is probably is battle posture.
It can’t be helped, though my opponent is of a higher rank, I’ve already plundered his Skills.
Naturally, he doesn’t know that I am in possession of a lot of Skills.
If I take him by surprise, I’ll somehow manage, I think.
「I’ll show you a little mercy, I’ll take the first hit, come」
I wonder how long this calmness will continue? I’ll resist him with everything I got!
The self-enhancements I had casted beforehand are 【Body Enhancement・Small】【Leg Enhancement・Small】【Strong Arm】【Iron Wall】【Support Magic・Gradual Restoration Small (Stamina)】, these five.
On top of that I supplemented them with 【Presence Erase・Moderate】 and 【Swift Feet (Small)】.
The skill Presence Erase is a Skill which dilutes one’s presence.
If used in a place without anyone looking, it will be difficult for opponents to notice, it is an excellent skill which can make one disappear from the opponent’s view for but a moment even if one is within sight.
In other words, if I use it in this situation…… yes, I can get close to him before he can respond.
I, who then rushed into him, swung my dagger straight towards him with all my strength as if to cut him up.
「Guaaaaaaaaaa!」
I then immediately backstepped to where I was.
Probably he thought that I was gone for a moment, and only thought that his chest was suddenly torn directly.
「Y, you fucker!!! What did you do!!!!!」
While holding down the wound on his chest with his arm, he shouted towards me.
「What, you say, since you said you’d let me have the first strike, I attacked. I can’t possibly let myself be killed after all……」
I think he was careless.
I feel that the wound I gave him, seemed to be quite deep.
I don’t know what kind of leather it is, but his armour was severed, the sensation of cutting up flesh remaind in my hand.
I wouldn’t say that it’s a fatal wound, but if it’s left alone it won’t be safe and he’ll receive damage, I think.
「What do you think, will you pull back?」
「Don’t fuck arouuuuuuund!!!!! As if I’d lose to something like a F Raaaaaank!!!!」
With an expression full of rage, he thrust towards me.
……Probably if 【Grappling・Extreme】 was still in his hands, his strike would still be a threat to me even though he’s injured.
However, the him now is injured, and on top of that he has…… no Skills.
The fist which he packed all of his strength into sadly had no power.
Probably because of his serious wound, his balance was greatly disrupted.
And as a result, naturally…… probably exerted with all his strength, that fist…… missed.
I flung my dagger at that chance, and using 【Grappling・Extreme】 which I plundered from him and 【Strong Arm】 I swung my fist towards his solar plexus with all my strength.
A loud sound of destruction which sounded like something was smashed resounded around us.
Lyle spat out a large amount of blood, fainted and collapsed on that spot.
Repelling a ruffian, as I let out a sigh of relief, I felt a pain from my right fist.
「Ow」
Looking at my fist, it was smashed and bloody, there were parts where my bone had protruded.
Flustered, I casted 【Magic・Small Recovery】,but once wasn’t enough, and after repeating that a few times, the wound seems to have somehow closed.
Without a knuckle guard, my fist received a abnormal destructive power from 【Strong Arm】+【Grappling・Extreme】.
With that even a fist will be crushed.
Anyhow, I wonder if I’ve somehow got through this predicament with this?
Tracing back the time a little.
Dumbfounded by Lyle, his former comrades who had decided on a party dissolution went straight towards the guild after separating.
「Looking at that, it seems like he’ll immediately move. If we don’t quickly dissolve it we’ll be in big trouble」
「That, shitty idiotic bastard!」
Yes, it’s already late since it has happened, thinking that, they naturally quicken their steps.
It seems like she had just finished her work, and was returning to the backyard.
「Aisha-san! Wait!」
The members called for Aisha to halt in a loud voice.
Noticing that voice, Aisha looked over her shoulder and stopped her feet.
The other receptionist ladies, in order to not become a hindrance, moved towards the exclusive counter.
Seeing that, the members walked up to Aisha’s side.
「Thank goodness Aisha-san is here. Hear us out, Lyle that bastard wants to kill your exclusive newbie!」
「……What do you mean by that!?」
「That’s because he’s under the impression that it was the newbie’s fault that you aren’t his exclusive. Because of that he lost his temper at the bar and picked a fight with the surrounding adventurers……, as a result, he was beaten up, and said that if it wasn’t for the newbie he wouldn’t be injured……」
Aisha recalled Lyle’s situation from the other day, and understood.
However, killing someone…… is too much of a hasty thought.
Because of Lyle’s previous appearance and conduct, she couldn’t picture that at all.
「We also despeartely stopped him! ……but, that bastard, he didn’t listen to us at all. Sorry for getting you involved in this but we’ve come to dissolve the party」
「Understood, to process the dissolution please head over to the regular counter, I will report this matter to the guild leader!」
If what he said was true, then Myne is in danger.
Lyle is a remarkable adventurer who will undoubtedly rise to a B rank.
Such a person seriously wanting to kill a newbie, as if we’d let that happen.
There is a need to discuss this with the guild leader, and to urgently restrict Lyle.
For the sake of restraining Lyle, naturally there is a need to prepare an adventurer who has the ability to suppress him.
For that, this case needs the approval of the guild leader.
There is a way to protect Myne, but right now he is not in the town, since he is completing the request Aisha had personally recommended him.
Unable to hide her impatience, Aisha burst into the guild leader’s office.
When Lyle’s party members have went back after finishing the procedure for dissolution…….
The guild leader who received the report from Aisha, along with Aisha, Myne’s exclusive receptionist lady, urgently summoned three adventurers and talked with them.
Among those three was Keith, the C Rank adventurer who Myne encountered previously inside a carriage.
Telling the three the situation, they were ordered to capture Lyle in the form of a designated request.
「Sorry for suddenly calling you over, it’s because this is something I can’t overlook」
「Yeah, I understand. However, that bastard Lyle huh……, I can’t think of him like that」
Keith saying that is not unjustifiable.
That adventurer Lyle has never been viewed as a problem when it comes to his behavior until now, and he has been evaluated as a man of character within the guild.
「Well, that guy was charmed by Aisha jou-chan after all……, he’s someone with a grudge of love」 (TLN: I refuse to tl it as Miss Aisha-chan. That just makes it sound unnatural.)
The one who said that and shrugged his shoulders is an adventurer with a height of about 140cm.
A dwarf named David. (TLN: David in Japanese though ダビデ)
A C rank adventurer, though like Lyle, he is a remarkable adventurer said to soon become a B rank.
「Even if it’s love, it’s not like you’ll become lovers with just becoming exclusive?」
Flood who listened to David answered. (TLN: Suggestions? フラッド)
Flood is a cat-person with scouting as his forte.
Aisha who listened to the two’s conversation had her expression turn cloudy, but she silently watched them.
「Well, that’s the case, so go capture that bastard Lyle at once and bring him here」
The guild leader who clapped while saying that ended the conversation, and the three adventurers immediately started their action.
「What!! That bastard Lyle brought that newbie out!?」
Keith・David・Flood, about five minutes after these three stormed out of the guild.
Hearing the report from Mil, my coworker, guild leader said in a loud voice.
「This is bad, Aisha, that bastard…… he already fucking brought Myne out」
Guild leader told me in a unusually flustered voice.
「Mil!? Which direction did they go!?」
I asked with a voice driven to a corner, and Mil, understanding the seriousness of the situation, immediately told us the direction where they were headed.
Hearing Mil’s answer, I immediately took out the bow and quiver I had used before from my locker.
「Guild leader, I’ll be heading out!」
Even though I have retired, I was a B rank adventurer.
If only I wasn’t careless, I would be able to capture Lyle.
「It’ll be dangerous by yourself, I’ll also be going」
Guild leader also took out his two-handed sword and while carrying it on his back, he answered me.
We sprinted with all our might and blended into the night.
After about 20 minutes of running, the guild leader and I suddenly heard the sound of something being smashed reverberate nearby.
『Dogya!』
The direction it came from only had an abandoned building if I remember correctly, a place where practically no one goes.
Such a sound is too unnatural.
Myne-kun and Lyle are definitely there.
Because it sounds like a blow, thinking about Lyle’s battle style, it might be the sound of Myne getting done in. (Izzy: Sorry to break it to you but…)
Although we were in a hurry, guild leader and I looked at each other and nodded, we changed our route towards the direction of the sound.
And when we finally arrived at our destination which was a dead end the scene that entered my eyes…….
At Myne-kun’s feet was a collapsed…… Lyle.
「Myne-kun!」
I unintentionally shouted, he looked over here and showed a little shocked expression, and was immediately relieved as he sat down.
In the middle of the silence, suddenly resounded a voice.
As I looked at the direction of the voice, for some reason Aisha-san was standing.
Furthermore, she was even wearing armour? I wonder why…….
Even though this place doesn’t look like a lot of people come. (TLN: rip english)
As I thought of such things, my body suddenly lost its strength, I collapsed sitting down.
Ah, I see.
That battle just now, I had steeled myself more than I had expected.
I probably felt relived looking at an acquaintance’s face.
At any rate, I wonder if this issue is settled?
「Are you alright!? Myne-kun!!」
Aisha-san plunged straight towards me.
Though I caught her as if I was embracing her, the shock was unexpectedly strong and I unintentionally collapsed. (Izzy: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )
「I, I’m alright…… rather than that, why are you here Aisha-san?」
While sensing a fragance peculiar to women from Aisha-san’s body, I threw a question I had been thinking from earlier.
「I’ve heard from Lyle-san’s party members. He wanted to kill Myne-kun due to an unjustified resentment……」(TLN: I really need to make my English sound more natural =/)
Ah, I see! Worrying about me, she even gotten her armour ready and came to such a place!
Name : Aisha・Laurel
Race : Hume
Age : 26 years
Occupation : Adventurer’s guild’s receptionist lady
【Skill】
Archery・Holy Lv3 (TLN: I just realised that 聖 had a lot of meanings, and picked holy because of half-baked knowledge. It’s not like it’s a holy type or anything but rather a skill grade, like extreme (refer ch.1) Would saint or master be better here?)
Woah, what is with this strength…….
She’s completely stronger than Lyle!?
Rather than that, isn’ she the strongest out of the people I’ve seen up until now!?
Thinking I was dumbfounded by the impact, Aisha-san asked me in a suspicious voice.
「……What’s wrong? Myne-kun」
Not good, I have to concentrate.
「N, nothing! Leaving that aside, thank you very much, rather than that, isn’t a beautiful person like Aisha-san coming to such a place alone dangerous!」
Panicking, as I said that, a 「Ahem!」 came from behind Aisha-san.
Ehh? Even guild leader is here!? I completely didn’t notice him!
「Sorry for disturbing your happy talk…… but I’m also here you know?」
As I hurriedly apologised to the guild leader, he said 「It’s a joke」 while grinning broadly.
「Well, it’s okay. Even though I also came here, there’s no one who here who can do anything to Aisha. You don’t have to worry about that matter」
I was told that Aisha-san was a former adventurer! And a “B rank” at that!!!
About two years ago, the party she was in had dissolved, so guild leader called out to her since he had nothing to lose, it seems that she quickly took up being a receptionist.
I see, that’s where she got that strength. I understand.
「……By the way, did you do this?」
Guild leader’s face immediately turned grave, he turned his sight towards Lyle who was lying down, collapsed on the floor.
「Yes, it was me」
As I said that, both guild leader and Aisha-san’s showed a surprised expression, and stared fixedly at the collapsed Lyle.
「Sorry but I can’t believe this…… You who had just came of age defeated this guy who is top class even within the C Rank is just……」
Ah, damn!!
Isn’t this bad?
Even though my skills is a secret…… what should I do?
「Myne-kun, you’ve just came of age, right? What kind of skills were you bestowed with? I know that asking about someone else’s skills is an unwritten rule but…… an F rank defeating a C rank is way to abnormal」
What to do, it’s true that my skill is abnormal.
Even I myself know that, but I wonder if it’s alright telling someone else.
While I don’t have a backer, there will only be downsides is my Skills were to be spread.
Even this time’s case, if Lyle were to know about my Skills, I will definitely be unable to win this quickly.
Rather, I might even be killed due to the difference in experience.
As expected, I can’t……. I definitely cannot talk about this.
It can’t be helped if I were to be fired from the guild because the guild leader gets mad at me for not telling him.
As I had thought at first, I’ll become a hunter and spend my time hunting orcs and sheep.
It’ll be enough to live, after all.
「……That, I’m sorry but I cannot say」
As I said that, the guild leader’s temple twitched. (Izzy: wat.)
「I see…… I didn’t put it correctly. This is an order as the guild leader. As the person who is in charge of this organisation, I have judged that there is a need for me to know your Skills. Of course, it will definitely not leak out」
「……Even so, I cannot say」
To the our exchange Aisha-san was in suspense while listening, but I know she gulped when I rejected the guild leader’s orders.
「……I see, then there’s no other way, I’ll remove you from the adventurer’s guild. Since I can’t possibly leave a person who can’t listen to the orders of the head of an organisation」 (Izzy: Nuuuuuuuuuuuu)
While he said that, he asked for my response.
There’s no helping it, it’s already decided.
Though I am regretful since Aisha-san treated me well…….
I didn’t avert my sight from the guild leader, on the contrary I looked at him while I stood up.
「Though our time was short, thank you very much」
As I said that I bowed deeply towards the two of them.
「……Are you serious? Once a registered adventurer has been removed, no matter the reason there will be no way they can register for a second time, you know」
Probably even the guild leader did not expect my answer.
It seems like he’s agitated, especially asking are you serious?
As I looked at Aisha-san, she was making quite a complicated expression.
While thinking beauties are still beauties no matter what kind of expression they make, huh, as i was thinking that this place is unsuitable, Aisha-san opened her mouth.
「Guild leader, though it’s not that I can’t understand why you said that, but isn’t that a little tyrannical? In the first place, it isn’t necessary for Skills of guild members to be reported」
Even guild leader backed off a little at Aisha-san’s angry look.
「No, as the guild leader I judged that there is a need for this as an exception. It can’t be helped if he rejected that」
I wonder if Aisha-san’s angry look on the contrary calmed the leader down?
The agitation I felt just now wasn’t felt in his words now.
「It’s okay, Aisha-san. ……Even though the time I spent with Aisha-san was short, I thank you for really taking good care of me」
As I said that, stared at me with her eyes opened wide.
「Are you okay with that!? Even though you told me that you will work hard since you entered the guild after so much trouble!」
Ah, she’s talking to me so earnestly.
Aisha-san is really a good person huh…… Even though it was a short time, it’s really good that such a wonderful person being in charge of me.
「Even though I’m not okay with it, there’s not helping it. Rules are important after all……」
Hearing that, she casted her eyes downwards.
Guild leader probably also felt awkward, he checked the collapsed Lyle’s condition.
「Aisha, sorry but heal this guy. If this goes on he’ll die」
Interrupting our conversation, furthermore saying to treat Lyle, Aisha-san became noticeably displeased.
「Isn’t he just reaping what he sowed?」
「That’s true, but we aren’t a murder group. Of course, he will receive his judgement according to the rules later we can’t let someone die knowing that he will die if left alone.」
Saying that, Aisha-san reluctantly used the recovery Skill on Lyle.
「……Hey, Myne-kun. Since I know Aisha’s Skill I could instruct her like this. Thanks to that, I’m able to save a life. Won’t you change your mind even so?」
Guild leader is probably worrying about the one-sided exchange, and asked me once more.
「I thank you for the concern, but no matter what I cannot answer you」
Hearing my reply, guild leader was evidently disappointed.
I’m sorry, but I cannot yield to this.
「……Uu, I…… where’s that shitty brat?」
Receiving Aisha-san’s healing, he regained consciousness.
Lyle stood up and started shouting.
「Lyle, you of course know what you’re guilty of, right?」
He’s probably containing his outburst with my case.
Unconsciously, while scattering bloodthirst as thick as wetting one’s pants, guild leader moved in front of Lyle. (Izzy: ew?)
「Haah? Who do you think you’re…… Eh!? Guild leader!!?」
He probably did not know who the other party was.
He reflexively started cursing, but when he knew that it was the guild leader his attitude noticeably changed.
「Even though just recently Hyold received his punishment, what are you fucking doing? You’ve naturally prepared yourself right?」
「What preparation I didn’t even do anything wrong right!? It’s all that brat’s fault! You’d know if you asked my party members!」
「I came here after asking those “former” party members」
Hearing that sentence, Lyle seemed to have recalled something as he suddenly became quiet.
Thus, within that delicate mood, we went straight back to the adventurer’s guild.
Right now, Aisha-san and I are together in the guild leader’s office.
I was told that there was a need for guild leader to hand down punishment to Lyle so I will wait here.
The talk about dealing with me will probably be held here.
Aisha-san who is waiting with me had a rigid expression like she was brooding over something.
「Thanks for waiting」
While saying that the guild leader entered.
Glancing at me and Aisha-san, the guild leader sat down on a chair opposite us.
「Now then, …… firstly, we’ll deal with Lyle, but……」
In the end, Lyle paid 8 platinum coins as penalty for breach of contract and was expelled from the guild.
The penalty for contract breach seems to be determined by the rules, and it seems that 8 platinum coins is the second highest amount.
It seems that if something like this time’s case was done against a civilian, it will become 10 platinum coins.
Also, if it’s against the same person after being expelled from the guild (in this case it’s me), if the same problem happens, it will be capital punishment in the capital as a lesson.
Half of the penalty for contract breach will be handed over to the victim.
By the way, because the previous time, Hyold’s two arms were cut off instead of the contract breach fee, because of money for sick treatment by the guild, the amount is reduced.
To make up for the amount of money, it seems that Aisha-san became my exclusive.
「This is this time’s breach of contract fee, please take it」
Saying that, guild leader handed me 4 platinum coins.
Even though the money should be deposited in my guild card, but after this my guild registration will be deleted.
Naturally, since my card will be confiscated, I obediently put them in my Storage Bag.
Seeing me put the money inside my Storage Bag, he probably know what I was thinking.
Aisha-san showed a sad face, and guild leader’s face had a little scowl.
「Now then, next is you…… you’re not going to reconsider, right?」
「Yes, thank you for taking care of me」
「I see…… Aisha, I’ll be entrusting his expulsion process to you」
As I handed over my guild card to Aisha-san, she hesitated for a moment before receiving it.
「Ah, that’s right. The request Aisha-san has accepted, the slime oil you’ve obtained, can you hand it over here?」
As he said that, guild leader said it’s okay here, instead of Aisha-san.
Hearing that, I took out “all” of the slime oil I had put inside my Storage Bag.
By the way this slime oil. Though it is dropped when slimes are defeated, it is dropped inside a transparent bottle-like container. (Izzy: Isn’t this convenience a little too absurd)
Because there is no lid, when taking it out, a hole will be made in this container before extracting it.
And there are 1269 of those transparent containers.
The floor of the office was completely covered by slime oil.
「T, this……」
The wake-like atmosphere seemed to have completely turned into astonishment at the excessive amount, turning into a shocked-like delicate atmosphere.
「T, this was obtained in just today!?」
Aisha-san asked me.
「Yes! I’ll also take the medicinal plants out okay!」
I then took out the medicinal plants.
There was also a massive quantity even though I only brought about half of the large amount of medicinal herbs growing en masse. (TLN: Why do I keep changing between medicinal herbs and medicinal plants orz)
Aisha-san became confused, and called for the other personnel to carry out the containers and medicinal plants.
The total was 17 gold coins, 12 silver coins and 2 copper coins.
Breaking them down, the medicinal plants were 1618 tufts (TLN: or stalks?). Since the amount was incomprehensible, 2 tufts were given as freebies and was seemed like it was calculated as 1620 tufts.
Good thing I did as Aisha-san said! The total amount was 16 silver coins and 2 copper coins!!
31 bodies of goblins was 27 silver coins, it seems that there wasn’t any fractions.
The slime oil though, seems to be 1 silver coin each.
With that said, the amount was 16 gold coins and 69 silver coins.
Receiving a total 20 gold coins from Aisha-san for this time’s request and the money deposited in my card, I once again stored them away.
「……Sorry, Myne-kun…… in truth your rank would have been raised but……」
「No, it’s okay. I’ve said this before but rules are important, guild leader’s judgment was correct」
Finishing all the work, I bowed deeply towards Aisha-san and guild leader, and left the adventurer’s guild.
Like this, enrolled for only two days, the curtain fell on my life as an adventurer. (Izzy: Nuuuuuuuuu)
Izzy: Great way to celebrate Valentine’s, eh? :’)