Chapter 17 – The Stagnant Water Was Starving.

“So why is the receptionist sitting at our table?”

Lucia was seen crossing her arms and looking the receptionist up and down.

‘Oh, no matter how I look at it, I see a lack of awareness of myself.’

Her actions emphasize the two unusually large body parts, drawing attention from within the guild that was already directed towards them.

“It’s crazy.”

“Look at how white your skin is.”

“Even the receptionist?”

“But isn’t that guy Nimaka?”

“Why is Nimaka with such beauties…”

In addition to Lucia, Asta and a beautiful woman like a receptionist were sitting at the same table with him, so jealous eyes naturally fell on him.

“It’s because of the request.”

“Huh? It’s a request? But if it were a request, the receptionist would have been at the counter like usual.”

Lucia looked at the receptionist with a suspicious expression at his words, but the circumstances were different.

“He said it was his request this time.”

“The receptionist directly?”

As she looked at her in surprise at her surprising revelation, the receptionist nodded. The first time Tiaran heard of her request was when Lucia had some business to attend to the guild, so she and Asta took their seats at the guild.

“Mr. Tiaran! You are here!”

As Tiaran and Asta were lying on the table waiting for a simple snack to be served, they heard a voice calling out to them.

“Miss? Why aren’t you dressed as a receptionist?”

A woman approaches with a welcoming expression, her vibrant brown eyes and her hair flowing with a similar luster. She was beautiful and beautiful, but with her innocent aura, she was a popular receptionist among adventurers.

“Chi, I told you it was a vacation last time, right? Did you just forget?”

“Was it like that?”

“I did.”

As he was thinking about doing so, Asta poked his side.

“What is your relationship with this person?”

“She’s a receptionist.”

“Hmm.”

Even though Asta responded casually to the way she was looking at him with a somewhat wary expression, he did not take his eyes off the receptionist.

“Does the receptionist usually inform adventurers of his vacation?”

“I don’t know either, right?”

When she heard that, she found it strange. Since there are more than one adventurer who flirts with the receptionist, it would naturally end with him quietly going on vacation.

“Oh my, I got caught.”

Even though she was discovered, she spoke calmly, playfully sticking out her tongue.

“Actually, I waited until today because I wanted Mr. Tiaran to accept this request.”

“A request? If it’s a request, isn’t it normal to post it on the bulletin board?”

Normally, any request could be completed by anyone as long as they had the minimum level, so it had to be posted on the guild’s bulletin board.

“What if it’s a nomination request from Mr. Tiaran?”

“Then I understand. You yourself… Could you, Miss?”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

Tiaran never thought that the receptionist herself would nominate him and request him.

“That’s what happened.”

“If it was your nomination request, didn’t I have to come?”

After hearing Tiaran’s explanation, Lucia spoke with a pouting expression about what she was so displeased with earlier.

“You can’t do that! Aren’t we a party? A newcomer might find something strange!”

“Yes, Lucia knows this well.”

“… Hmph! Chi, nothing comes out of praising!”

This time, Asta also joined him, and Lucia spoke in a pretensely calm tone, but could not hide the corners of her mouth that turned up.

”’I’m excited.”’

Of course, everyone there noticed that, but no one spoke up. Lucia immediately looked at the contents of the request form handed to her by the receptionist with a serious expression.

“Monsters are behaving strangely in the forest near Arunel in the east? What do you mean by strange behavior?”

Because her request form only said it was abnormal behavior and didn’t contain any details, she looked at the receptionist with suspicion.

“I was going to explain that myself.”

“But Arunel is probably a small village quite far away from this territory. Why are you requesting it?”

But Lucia’s suspicions did not last long.

“Arunel Village is my hometown.”

“If it were my hometown…”

The receptionist said she was working at the guild as usual. She says that some time ago she started receiving letters saying that disturbing things were happening in her hometown.

Wild animals that would have been quietly occupying their places suddenly come down to the village and run wild, and sometimes even monsters come into the village as if they are being chased by something, resulting in a situation where the guards are overflowing with injuries.

“So I decided to make the request on his behalf. I was worried about my hometown.”

Therefore, she needed someone who could solve her village’s problems and at the same time escort her to her hometown, so she tried to ask Tia Ran directly.

“The request fee was made by adding my own money to the money sent by the village.”

“That’s why the request fee was so high.”

The total request fee was 4 gold, 5 silver, and 50 copper. Considering that most people couldn’t even see gold coins, it seemed like the village had squeezed out quite a lot of money.

“What do you think?”

Lucia looked at her amount quietly, and then she asked Tia Ran.

“Huh? Me?”

“If it’s this type of request, wouldn’t you know best?”

“Yes, but.”

Because newbies were newbies. She, like Lucia, looked back on the details of her request and nodded.

“Well, if wild animals and monsters are acting strangely by running away, at least a B-class monster has appeared.”

“Class B? But we…”

“Have you forgotten that I am Gold level? I can fight while protecting our newbies, so don’t worry.”

If Lucia and Asta were really weak newbies, I would have considered them more, but their stats were strangely high, so gaining experience was more important.

“If you include the escort fee, then it’s reasonable.”

Even if A-level monsters appeared, the level of difficulty was suitable even for a Gold-level adventurer. Since he was also a party member from the past, he was well-versed in dealing with such things, so there was no problem.

“Okay. Then when would be a good time to leave?”

“Tomorrow morning would be a good time. Wouldn’t we newbies have had quite a bit of rest so far?”

“Is it okay to say I took a break from that?”

Lucia and Asta looked at him with expressions that had a lot to say, but he was confident. Isn’t it natural that risking your life and fighting is more difficult than safe training?

“Miss, let’s meet at the east gate at 6 a.M. Tomorrow morning.”

“Tiaran, really, Raina.”

“Hmm?”

“Please call me Raina.”

Now that I think about it, she’s only called me receptionist or lady, but she’s never called me by my first name. Although she had no intention of knowing.

“Of course.”

She asked me to call her, but since there was nothing she couldn’t do, she didn’t think it was a big deal and left the guild with her group.

“Are we really not in a relationship?”

“That’s right. You. What’s your relationship with that receptionist?”

For some reason, Lucia and Asta began to question him with pointed eyes, but Tiaran was truly mortified.

“No, that girl. He has a boyfriend.”

“Considering that, the way he was looking at you was unusual?”

“That’s right.”

However, as I was thinking about how to talk about the doubts that still persisted, the ring on the ring finger of her left hand came to mind. It doesn’t seem like she ever told him she was getting married, but isn’t it clear that she’s wearing a ring like that?

“Even if you say that, it’s true. Didn’t you see that she was wearing a ring on her left hand?”

“Oh my? Are you still in front?”

When they met Raina as she came out of the guild, their eyes automatically turned to her left ring finger.

“It’s real.”

“It’s true.”

They could clearly see her ring.

“What do you mean?”

“Miss, no, Raina, there was talk that you were wearing a ring.”

“Ah!”

When Raina heard his words, she seemed embarrassed and spoke as if she was making an excuse, hiding her left hand with her ring behind her.

“I’m sorry. I forgot to tell you that I was getting married.”

“No, there’s no need to apologize.”

Aren’t they just receptionists and adventurers?

“… That’s right. That’s right.”

After hearing his story, Reina lowered her head and mumbled something, then raised her head and looked at him as if she had decided something.

“Then, Tiaran! See you tomorrow!”

“Are you coming?”

I’m waving my hand like that and waving my hand in front of her as she runs to somewhere. Asta puffed out his cheeks and poked his waist.

“Is Tiaran someone who likes adultery?”

“Have you read too many novels? Then you’ll have to train without even having time to read novels!”

“Hey, stop suddenly leading to training.”

When they were about to go back to their dorm to prepare for tomorrow, Lucia said.

“Wait a minute. I have some quick purchases to make, so please go in first.”

“When it comes to adventure items, I have quite a few in stock, right?”

“Well, it’s not like that! It’s just something I need personally!”

For some reason, Tiaran shook her head as she watched her blush and decide to go in separately.

“I reject it. I’ll go with you.”

“I’m going too.”

“Even Asta!? It’s really no big deal!”

‘I still don’t notice your gaze.’

Lucia tried to appeal that it was okay, but she declined several times, but Tiaran, who knew that she was a newbie, couldn’t leave her alone.