Chapter 224 – Joint Quests and Containment (4)

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Unlike usual, the inside of the guild was quite complicated. Adventurers crowded in front of the large status board installed earlier.

Some were putting their heads together and grunting, and some were holding pens and writing or drawing something hard. The window, which often had blanks, was returning to pool today.

Be diligent in the morning. If I hadn’t been beholden to Ariel’s mansion, I would have had to live like this, right?

I don’t really want to live a hard life. But seeing other people live so hard, for some reason I…

“Pillar West…”

“Yes?” “I know.”

“…”

When I shot him, Yuri quickly made a fuss. Shit. I have good eyesight.

“There are a lot of people, so wait here for a while. I will contact you and come back.”

“Ah yes. Bye.”

I stood at the window and waited in line for a few minutes.

“Oh, Eugene! Welcome!”

“Oh, hello.”

The beautiful green-haired receptionist I met again after a few days.

I was well aware that she subtly rips off adventurers by using the striking combination of a tight white shirt that emphasizes her breasts and black underwear that is slightly see-through as a weapon.

Today was even more unconventional.

Her hair was loosely tied back, and a few strands of her hair were sticking out at the nape of her neck. Her shirt is rolled up to her elbows, and a few front buttons are undone, revealing her breastbone to her.

I was choking on that breastbone. Ooh, my kids don’t wear these…

Rize opened her mouth first.

“Ah, if you’re here to form a clan, you might have to wait a bit longer. Really sorry.”

“Yes?”

Rize let out a sigh and explained.

“Didn’t the Distortion happen in the dungeon not too long ago? So, there is a lot of information that needs to be updated. That’s why forming a new clan is a bit of a priority… Ah, I-I’m not saying that. That’s the guild’s policy!”

Rize was unusually flustered. Mmm. I haven’t seen her that much, but I don’t think she’s the type to mess around like that.

If you look closely, you can see that the dark circles have come down a bit. Are you doing something like an all-nighter? I can’t help but work overtime in this world…

“No. It’s not like that, but there’s a place I want to contact.”

“Are you in touch?”

When he briefly explained the joint quest, Rize’s eyes twinkled.

“Wow. It’s amazing that you’re already making connections. What? Did you say that before? Did I know this?”

It seems that your mind is going back and forth because you are tired. It’s unfortunate. Somehow recovery sex and massage came to my mind, but I shook my head.

“Please as soon as possible.”

“Oh, look at my mind. Is that all you need? If you are leaving today, please let me know now. If possible, it would be easier for Eugene to deal with it all at once…”

“Oh, no. I’m just thinking about tuning today. It looks like we will be leaving after tomorrow.”

“Yes. I know. Can I tell you that you are in the guild lobby? I will contact you right away, so please wait for me when you return.”

Rize took out an away sign from under the desk and hung it up, then jumped up and walked somewhere.

“…!!!”

I couldn’t take my eyes off Rize’s back her. The hem of the shirt her sticking out of the tight miniskirt of her. And slippers, not heels.

The appearance of an impoverished office worker full of life. But that’s not the problem.

The problem was Rize’s stockings in her.

Rize’s stockings were torn.

The stockings that came out, the white skin that could be seen through those slightly open stockings! I’m really going crazy. I think I’m going crazy! Fortunately, I didn’t seem to notice!

It is truly the epitome of a decadent office worker. Damn it, my Juji, calm down!

“If the business is over, can you move away?”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

I shook my head and went back to the kids…

…

“Mr. Eugene. This way.”

As the tables lined up, Lenny saw me and shook her hand.

It seemed that he was only following my back her. Yuri was staring at the pamphlets of her training center spread out in front of him, and Ariel was keeping her eyes closed as if she were meditating.

“Are you a little late?”

“There are a lot of people waiting. They say they have a lot of work to update information.”

“But. Those people will suffer too. It doesn’t matter because we’re beginners, but those people don’t have to redraw the map they used before.”

Yuri pointed the tip of her chin to the adventurers gathered in front of a large map.

Change the terrain

Suffering would be a fairly modest expression. I often get lost even with the change of day and night, but to think that the landmarks change at all.

“I have to redraw the map. Just thinking about it makes me sick.”

“Well, even if we change every time, there is no need to worry. I have an absolute defense in my head.”

“Awakener ability?”

“Yes.”

“It’s petty… “

Yuri pursed her lips. Yeah, honestly, the Awoken are cheaty in a lot of ways. Yuri crossed her legs and tapped his toes on her, then she suddenly leaned over to me.

“Brother, then can’t you teach me this?”

“What?”

“This.”

Yuri held out her pamphlet her to me. It’s something I’ve seen before, an advertising leaflet about archer skills and a training center.

“Your brother is an Awakener. Didn’t I say before that the Awoken could easily acquire all kinds of abilities? Magic or something Can’t you learn a little and teach me?”

Yuri began to humiliate her as she snorted.

“I went before, but I made a fuss and couldn’t go back before. However, other conditions are not good and it seems like I am wasting money. Huh? Yes?”

“Well…”

Of course, I can also learn archer-related skills.

「Enhance Arrows – Beginner」, 「Enhance Elements – Basic」

Things like this. However,

“Even if you ask me to teach you…”

Because it feels like pressing a shortcut key in my head. I can’t tell you anything I want to tell you.

“Probably not.”

“What? Why?”

“So… What should I say about this… “

I eagerly explained the feeling of pressing the hotkey, but Yuri seemed to have no idea.

“…Unconsciously, instinctively. To put it a bit harshly, it’s similar to how to walk or how to breathe. But that’s not something you can learn by teaching. Is it not?”

“Chit… “

Yuri pursed her lips in disappointment.

“Well. Hmmmm.”

Ariel opened her eyes and cleared her throat. Then she cleared her voice as if she had something to say and took turns looking at us.

“Ugh. Hmm. Maybe I can help.”

“Yes?”

“Hmm.”

Ariel clears her throat again. There was no expression on her face of her, but to my eyes, she seemed to be trying to hide her embarrassment of her.

“As you may already know, all the mana I have is flowing into Niel. But she wasn’t like that from the beginning. It’s not like she’s been like that since Ninielle was born.”

“Therefore?”

Yuri’s urging her was slightly sharp, but Ariel didn’t lose her pace.

“At one point, there was still a small amount of mana left that I could use, and I studied how to use that little mana as efficiently as possible. Like this.”

Ariel took out a small wooden stick … What looked like a wand from within her and gestured to her. Then, at the tip of the wand, fire the size of a small lighter and ice the size of a fingernail alternately formed. Ariel put them all away, and then she stuck the wand into the table.

“!”

The end of the wand was blunt, but it cut through the table like a sharp blade. Yuri saw the figure and opened her mouth.

“This is the only thing you can do with a handful of mana. But I think it will help rather than that. It is not difficult to pass on. If that’s all right, that is.”

“…”

Aha. I guess I know a little bit. It’s an expression of apology for the sudden rash earlier, isn’t it?

Yuri looked at the wand and asked stupidly.

“Uh, then… Do I have to pay?”

“There is no need for that. I’m already indebted to various things, so I can’t accept that kind of thing.”

Ariel responded immediately. Just looking at this attitude, I don’t know who is asking whom. It must have been quite embarrassing.

I tapped Yuri’s leg to draw attention and nodded her head. Then Yuri’s face brightened.

“What, then, am I going to become a wizard’s apprentice? Should I use honorifics…?”

“You don’t have to. It’s not such a grand technique. Calling me a wizard in the first place is a bit of a misnomer. It’s because the amount of mana itself is so low. Anyway, within the limit of mana, I will teach what I can pass on.”

“Wow…”

Lenny gave a small exclamation, then whispered to me.

“I don’t know, but I’ve heard somewhere that studying magic is a great thing. So willing…”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

Is that why Yuri is so out of her mind? Well, it’s a fact that I forgot because I learned it so easily at the point shop, but I had the knowledge that the locals put in great effort to learn anything.

“Uh…Um…Huck! What else?!”

I stabbed the side of the hovering glass once.

“Come on, follow me. Thank you.”

“Thanks… Who knows you’re a kid?!”

“You’re welcome.”

“Ouch! Hey! Your hands are hot! Don’t hit me for real! Kyaek!”

…

There’s such a small, pitiful commotion going on. Yuri giggled, and Ariel closed her eyes as if meditating again. Lenny tilted her head.

“Ah, hey, Ariel-san, but… “

“Something?”

“Well, didn’t you say you couldn’t use magic before? That’s why such a big bomb.”

“Ah. Being amplified by this person, the total amount of mana increased. Thanks to that, I was able to use these minor tricks. Besides, it was cumulative.”

“Already… Cumulative?”

“Yes. It is cumulative I look forward to the future.”

Twinkle.

Everyone’s eyes are shining brightly. Mmm. I don’t know why, but I feel like I’m getting goosebumps all over my body.

“Oh, hello.”

“Welcome!”

I jumped up at the sound of a small greeting behind my back and turned around. Okay. It’s just the right timing.