CH 59

“Well, Land.”

Up until now, the formal attitude that Gihren usually had disappeared, and he came over with his usual demeanor and put his arm around them.

“We gathered so many people to defeat the Dragon Zombie. Don’t you think it would be a shame to just let them go for free?”

Looking around, dozens of adventurers were looking at them with hopeful eyes.

“I see…”

“What do you mean?”

Milim seemed to be the only one who didn’t understand. Gihren added, like a follow-up attack:

“The Margrave family gave us a lot of budget. It’s the reward of defeating the Dragon Zombie, but instead of just taking the share for the two of youus who defeated it,” Gihren said, “Leave it for the banquet expenses.”

“I see. That’s great! Let’s celebrate grandly!”

“Its decided then.”

As soon as Gihren smiled, the guild was filled with cheers.

****

Milim was storing food in her cheek.

She was a little nervous when she we first arrived, but since then, she seemed to be having fun.

“At this rate, is it okay for a hero to deal with an old man like me?”

“What are you talking about?”

Milim seemed to be fine, so I went on with Gihren.

“It was fortunate that you found a party and formed it yourself. I’m grateful.”

“It was by chance.”

“Still.”

He laughed heartily and took a bite of meat and drank some sake.

He had an appetite to match his appearance.

“Thank you.”

That’s what he came to say.

“What do you mean? Although there’s something to be grateful for, I shouldn’t be the one receiving it…”

“You should have kept quiet about this and made it a treat from the guild.”

Normally, the amount of budget allocated by the Margrave for each adventurer wasn’t disclosed.

Furthermore, this use of money was not wrong, and no one, including himself, could be blamed for it.

“Geez… I guess I have to learn to be more suspicious of people.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you.”

The scar on Gihren’s face was caused by a former companion who betrayed him.

Even so, he has been taking care of adventurers and parties without giving up on them. That’s Gihren.

“Well, this isn’t just for you guys, anyway.”

Gihren said that, but this was clearly a performance to raise our stock.

As if to hide his embarrassment, Gihren spoke quickly.

“The negative image of vampires is more deeply rooted than you might think. There are still adventurers who have been alive since that time. Especially for non-human races.”

That is certainly true. There are even cases where former vampire hunters become the leaders of influential organizations.

However, in the case of this man, Gihren, there was no need to worry about that in any organization where he was in charge.

“Those who are worried about such things in this guild are probably not around thanks to you,” said Gihren as he saw the adventurers gathering and praising Milim as a hero.