CH 77

“A Young Lady Attack.”

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

“A Young Lady Attack.”

……Four days had passed since then. What, too abrupt? That’s not my fault.

What I had been doing during that time was, needless to say, a dungeon challenge. Of course, that wasn’t the only thing I was doing. I was also trying to understand the topography of ORARGRAND in my spare time.

Currently, the dungeon challenge had progressed to the ninth level, and today I was resuming the challenge from the transfer portal, one of several safety zones on the ninth level.

Hopefully, I might be able to take on the boss to get to the tenth level by the end of the day. I couldn’t help but smile at the thought that I might finally be able to make it to the double-digit level.

However, there was still a long way to go, and only one-tenth of the way to the top had been completed. Moreover, if I was not careful, there was a possibility that the deepest level of the Orargrand would be deeper than the 100th level, so I could not rely on this one-tenth of the way.

The usual procedure was to deposit the materials to the Adventurers’ Guild the day before, have them assessed by the guild, and receive the money in the morning of the following day. Recently, as the levels had been getting deeper, the strength of the monsters had been increasing, and the amount of money for each material had been rising as well.

However, the amount of gold was not as high as medium gold coins or large gold coins and was at best in the medium silver coin class. However, it was clear that a large percentage of the money was being paid in medium and large gold coins because of the large amount available per piece.

“Now, how far along am I today?”

From memories of my previous life, I went through the entrance of the Adventurer’s Guild with a feeling of excitement, as if it were payday. My sense of money was based on that of Japan in my previous life, so I was just as common as the average person in this world. However, the cost of living in Japan in my previous life was high even when viewed from a global perspective, so I guess I can’t rely on that.

While thinking about such unimportant things, I headed for the usual reception counter, where I found a bit of a commotion going on. There was a group of people in full plate armor, and the atmosphere was a bit mysterious.

“I told you so! I want you to find a certain adventurer!”

“Haa, even if you say so, without information about what they look like, there is no way for us to find them…….”

“Mu–”

Apparently, at the center of the group was a young woman dressed in a noble dress, and she looked like she could be called a girl with no problem at all. She was probably the daughter of some noble family, and from what I could hear, she was looking for someone.

As I didn’t want to get involved with her, I was about to head for the counter to receive the previous day’s transaction money, when she suddenly looked back at me.

We didn’t make eye contact, but I could tell from the atmosphere that she was surprised by something. No way…

“Aah–! I finally found you!”

When she shouted that, she was coming toward me, albeit with a slow, graceful step. Stop, stop, don’t come…

“It has been a long time. Thank you for your help at the time.”

“….”

My first thought was, “Who is this girl?” She was a girl in her early teens with long red hair and eyes as red as her hair. She was a B, close to a C. I was surprised that she was so young, but I could see that she had a modest fullness, as she was at the age where she was beginning to develop her feminine charms.

She began to give me some additional explanations, as if she could sense the mood I was in, wondering what she was talking about.

“The other day, on the way to Orargrand, we were attacked by bandits and it looked like we were going to die, but thanks to you, we were saved.”

“Ah, that time.”

When she said that much, I finally remembered who she was. On the way to Orargrand from Rendark, there was a group of people who looked like nobles who were being attacked by bandits. When I secretly saved them, there was someone who used some kind of ability to talk to me.

Perhaps that other person was her, but to me, it was a trivial, insignificant event that had been forgotten in a corner of my memory until now.

It was understandable that I didn’t recognize her. I had heard her voice, but I had never seen her. I guessed that she probably had telepathic or similar skills, and I was about to use Analyze to see her status, but then I was interrupted.

“You! What is that attitude you have towards the young lady!”

Suddenly, a female knight, about two or three years older than the young lady who spoke to me, shouted angrily. She wasn’t wearing full plate armor, but rather a type of armor that protects only the vital parts of her body. She also had a large chest. Probably F-size.

She had long blonde hair and blue eyes, a look that one would expect from a pretty girl, but she was a beautiful woman with a noble and elegant atmosphere.

The sudden anger in her voice made my eyes widen somewhat, but I wasn’t very good at this type of thing, so I would like to ask her to leave it as it is, if possible. With that in mind, I responded to her words.

“What is the matter with you, a servant opening your mouth without your master’s permission? Are you still a knight in the service of a noble family?”

“Guh…”

“And you don’t even identify yourself to someone you’ve never met before, and then you just accuse me of doing so in a brusque manner. It’s extremely unbecoming. This is why knights are called rude people who don’t know how to be polite.”

“Guhh… Let me just say this……”

“Stop it. He’s right.”

When I rebuked the woman knight for her words and actions, she turned to her master and bowed her head. The young lady then began to introduce herself.

“It is a pleasure to meet you for the first time. My name is Fahren Rosenberg, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Rosenberg. Please forgive my family’s knight for having behaved so outrageously.”

“I’m Rolando. I’m an adventurer. I don’t mind, but a servant’s blunder can turn out to be a lack of supervision on their master’s part, so you’d better hold the reins of your servant a little tighter.”

“You son of a–”

“Kukkoro, I told you to stop. Or are you just not listening to me?”

“I-I’m so sorry.”

Fahren quieted down the female knight who was agitated by my advice. Her atmosphere was somewhat threatening, and I could sense that she was determined not to let the situation go unanswered. I was inwardly impressed that the daughter of a ducal family possessed the appropriate dignity.

While I was thinking about this, a female knight came up to me and looked down at me with a critical gaze. Since I was younger than her, from the side it looked as if an adult woman was bullying a child.

“My name is Kukko Laurier, commander, and vice-commander of the 2nd Corps of the 2nd Knights of the House of Rosenberg.”

“Hmmm, I see. Kukko Laurier. So it’s Kukkoro.”

“I don’t recall giving you permission to call me that.”

She looked at me with a murderous look in her eyes as she said that. Come on, I’m a 12-year-old kid, you know? If you give me a look like that, I’d normally faint and fall.

I started to feel a little annoyed with Kukkoro, who did not attempt to hide her hostility toward me, but I refuted her argument.

“I’m free to call you what I want to call you. I don’t need your permission. I’m a busy man. If you don’t have anything else to do with me, I’ll take my leave now.”

“P-please wait! It would be a disgrace to the nobility if I didn’t show my gratitude for your help. Therefore–”

“Then let’s do this. Do whatever I tell you to do, just one thing. I’ll take that as a reward. How’s that sound?”

When I suggested this, Fahren rolled her eyes. It seemed that my suggestion came out of the blue, and she seemed surprised.

“My lady, do not listen to him. No doubt he will demand some very nasty things from you.”

“Kukkoro, shut up”

“Don’t call me by that name!!”

“I understand. If it’s something I can do, I’ll do whatever I can!”

“Y-young lady!?”

……Hohoho. Did you just say anything, young lady? Even though I am only 12 years old, that is not a good thing to say or do. It’s not very nice. If this were a grown man, there would be only one thing he would demand. What is that? I don’t have to ask…do I?

However, I wasn’t an adult yet, and my body didn’t react to such things yet, so it doesn’t mean anything when I demanded it. What I’m demanding of her this time is simple. What is it……

I moved my face up to her ear and whispered to her ear. Suddenly, neither Fahren nor Cuccolo could respond, and they were left to my mercy.

“Then don’t ever get involved with me again. I never helped you and you never helped me. Pretend it never happened in the first place.”

“T-that’s…….”

Fahren was puzzled by my proposal. Since she said she would do anything, it was hard to say she couldn’t do it, and my proposal was something she could do.

Without waiting for her reply, I headed for the reception counter. She was unable to hold me back because she had been told not to get involved again. After receiving the money for yesterday’s materials at the reception counter, I was about to leave the Adventurers’ Guild when someone grabbed me by the shoulders and stopped me.

“Wait, you…”

“What is it Kukkoro-san–? I told you I was busy, didn’t I?”

“You, fight me!!”

“Huh?”

There was still a lot of trouble ahead.