Chapter 357 – 357Th Episode – Consultation Request!
“Finally! Finally, you’ve come, Rent!”
“Yes, Mr. Kelban. I’m sorry. I’ve been busy lately helping my new party member, Tikia, with her promotion.”
“It’s alright! It’s totally alright, Rent! So, what kind of monster did you bring today?”
“It’s a minotaur today.”
“I see, a minotaur! Then hurry! Hurry and bring it out!”
Yes.
I immediately took out a large number of minotaur corpses from my inventory, along with the axes they were carrying.
“Ooooh! As expected, the monsters Rent brings are all high in quantity and quality!”
“Still, there might be some badly damaged corpses this time.”
“Hehehehe! Don’t worry about that! The original job of dismantling is to separate useful materials from damaged corpses!”
“Oh, right, Mr. Kelban. I have a favor to ask.”
“A favor? Tell me what it is.”
“You know that minotaur stamina booster you gave me last time?”
“Oh, yes. How was it when you tried it?”
“…It was so effective that I went berserk.”
“Hehehehe! Was it that good? That’s great!”
Mr. Kelban seems to think that my going berserk was not a big deal.
He probably thinks it was just me shaking my hips excitedly.
But I didn’t bother to correct his misunderstanding.
“I gave that stamina booster to my fath… ahem, my father when I went home this time. So, could you give me another one this time? Oh, of course, I’ll pay the full price.”
“Hehehe! That’s a great act of filial piety! Then I’ll ask my acquaintance to make another one! I’ll deduct the cost from the reward I give you.”
“Yes, thank you.”
With this, I secured the stamina booster for Dave.
Let’s make another request.
“Oh, and could you dismantle some minotaur meat separately for me?”
“Minotaur meat? Not orc meat?”
“Yes. I’m curious how different minotaur meat is from regular beef.”
Mr. Kelban immediately nodded at my request.
“I understand. How much meat do you need?”
“About one minotaur’s worth is enough. This is just for my curiosity.”
“Such curiosity is very important for an adventurer! Then I’ll give you the stamina booster and fresh meat tomorrow.”
“Thank you, Mr. Kelban.”
“Thank you? I’m the one who should be thankful! Hehehehe! Today is going to be a very enjoyable day…”
Mr. Kelban is sending very passionate gazes towards the minotaur corpses.
There’s no point in me being here any longer, I’ll just be in Mr. Kelban’s way.
“Then I’ll be going now, Mr. Kelban.”
“Alright, take care, Rent.”
I immediately went outside and closed the warehouse door.
And then.
“Yeehoohoooooo!!! Today, I’m going to give you all lots of loveeeeeee!!!”
I heard Mr. Kelban’s lively shout from behind.
It seems like he’s been pent up in many ways because I haven’t brought him corpses properly for a few days.
After finishing my business with Mr. Kelban, I returned to the Adventurer’s Guild.
Elsie, Noah, Tikia, and Ninya, who were waiting for me, were sitting in the same spot, waiting for me.
I went to the place where everyone was sitting.
“I’m back.”
Noah smiled and waved her hand slightly at me.
“Welcome back, Rent. It seems like Mr. Kelban really likes you? His shouts could be heard all the way here.”
“Yeah, he really liked it.”
“U-um, Rent…”
“Yes? What is it, Elsie?”
“While Rent was meeting with Mr. Kelban… Melissa came to our table. And so…”
Elsie is strangely hesitant to speak.
“What happened?”
“Well…”
Elsie glanced at Tikia.
Tikia had a somewhat awkward expression.
Huh?
What on earth happened?
“Pfft.”
At that moment, Ninya, who had briefly burst into laughter, said to me.
“Rent~ Pfft, Lenny was a bit cold at lunch, wasn’t she?”
“Ah, yes.”
I couldn’t really guess why that was.
In fact, I was about to ask Ninya about it when I returned from the warehouse.
Ninya continued to speak.
“Well, you see~ while Rent was inviting Lenny to dinner and going to the dungeon, Melissa told Lenny.”
“…? Told her what?”
“That Rent~ is going on a date with Tikia tomorrow. I think Lenny is sulking after hearing that? It seems like she thought she was invited to dinner to be seduced today, but she heard that you’re going on a date with Tikia tomorrow.”
“Ah.”
Does that mean… that Lenny is jealous?
Was her cold attitude just now because she was sulking out of jealousy because I’m going on a date with Tikia tomorrow?
If that’s the case… I’m a little happy that Lenny seems to have feelings for me to the point of being jealous.
And it’s a bit sad because that means Ninya is ultimately angry at me.
“Melissa was worried that she might have said something unnecessary after seeing Lenny’s sulking attitude. Melissa meant to tell Lenny that she didn’t have to worry about being seduced by Rent today… Hehe, it seems like Lenny likes Rent more than Melissa expected?”
Ninya looked very happy.
It’s like the face of a mischievous friend who is amused when a close friend is sulking or reacting differently than usual because of love.
“Hey, Rent~.”
“Yes.”
“What are you going to do? Are you going to leave Lenny sulking like that? Go talk to her~.”
“Yes…”
At Ninya’s words, I walked to the reception desk.
“Um… Lenny…”
When I tried to talk to Lenny, she gave me a very… business-like smile and said to me.
“Rent, I could hear all the conversations you were having with the others. I’m not particularly sulking. I hope you can rest assured that you will keep your promise regarding the consultation request.
If you don’t have anything else to say, please go back. I have documents to process right now, and more importantly, other adventurers also have things to do at the reception desk.”
“…Yes.”
I immediately returned to the table and said to Ninya.
“She’s very angry. She’s scary.”
Especially the way she spoke in a rapid-fire manner with that business-like smile, which was different from her usual self, was scary.
“Oh my, did she get caught off guard by hearing our conversation? How cute♪”
Ninya might think it’s cute, but I’m scared.
At that moment, Tikia grabbed Elsie’s nun’s habit and said.
“I know that expression. There was a female teacher in my school days who always had a smile on her face, but when the idiots kept getting on her nerves, she had the same kind of atmosphere.”
Even the genius Tikia thinks that Lenny is very angry right now.
Oh, what should I do…
“Rent, in this kind of situation, it’s better to wait than to keep forcing a conversation.”
“Wait?”
“Yeah♪ After all, Lenny said she’d have dinner with Rent, right? So, you should wait until then. After all, you’ll have no choice but to talk to each other when dinner comes.”
“Is that the only way?”
“I think that’s the best option right now. Who knows?”
Ninya said, looking at Lenny.
“Maybe Lenny will have cooled down a bit while waiting?”
At that moment, Melissa walked towards us.
Melissa said with a very awkward expression.
“S-sorry, Rent. I think I said something unnecessary. I meant to tell Lenny that she didn’t have to worry about Rent being aggressive today, but…”
“No, it’s okay.”
Let’s think about it the other way around.
It’s better that Melissa told her in advance.
If I had brought up the fact that I was going on a date with Tikia tomorrow while having dinner with Lenny, I might have seen Lenny’s expression turn cold in real-time.
If I think about it as Melissa preventing that situation in advance and creating time for Lenny to calm down until dinner time… Melissa did something beneficial for me.
“Melissa, give me an apple juice.”
“Okay, I got it.”
After taking my order, Melissa immediately went to the bar.
I sat back down and thought.
Even if I have no choice but to wait until dinner time with Lenny, it would be better to stay at the Adventurer’s Guild today until Lenny finishes work rather than going straight back to the Fox’s Rest.
“I’m… going to stay at the Adventurer’s Guild, what are you all going to do from now on?”
Tikia was the first to answer.
“I’m going to spar with Noah today… Noah, is that okay with you?”
“Yeah, I’m fine with it. Sparring with Ninya… it hurts a bit, but my skills definitely improve.”
Following Noah, Tikia said.
“…I’ll stay at the Adventurer’s Guild too. I’m curious to see how Ninya and Noah spar.”
“I-I’ll stay here too. If Noah gets hurt while sparring with Ninya… I need to heal him.”
In the end, everyone decided to stay at the Adventurer’s Guild.
Normally, while everyone would go to the training grounds, I would sit here and wait for customers for the muscle carriage, but… today, my goal is to wait until Lenny finishes work.
Hmm… Even if I, the cause of the annoyance, keep sitting here, it might scratch the heart of Lenny, who is angry right now.
Then, would it be better for me to watch their sparring at the training grounds until Lenny’s quitting time?
That’s when it happened.
“Rent, you were here.”
A male voice was heard right behind me.
When I turned around, it was Jason.
Jason, an A-rank adventurer dressed like an assassin wrapped in cloth.
Thinking about what he just said, it seemed like Jason was looking for me.
“Mr. Jason, what’s the matter?”
“I have a request for you, Rent.”
“A request?”
Jason nodded and said.
“Rent, I want you to spar with me.”
At Jason’s words, everyone in the Adventurer’s Guild widened their eyes or focused their attention on us.
Jason, an A-rank adventurer, is requesting a spar with me, an S-rank adventurer.
That would definitely be a very interesting topic for other adventurers.
“A spar?”
“Yes. I saw you and Ninya of the Thunder Spear sparring before, and I wanted to spar with you once. Along with the desire to spar with you, who is purely strong…
I want to see what kind of change will happen within me through sparring with you. So, I would appreciate it if you would spar with me.”
“Okay, then let’s spar.”
I immediately accepted Jason’s request.
It’s not like anything bad will happen if I spar with Jason, and Jason is an adventurer who overcame the disaster together with me.
If Jason can gain something from sparring with me, then it would be a happy thing for me.
“Thank you. Then let’s go to the training grounds right away.”
Jason started walking towards the training grounds.
Before I started walking, I looked at Noah and Ninya and said.
“I’m sorry, Noah, Ninya. It seems like Jason and I will be using the training grounds first.”
Noah immediately shook her head from side to side and said.
“What are you sorry for! Rather, we can see Rent sparring with Jason of the Swift Speed! Come on, come on, Rent, let’s go to the training grounds quickly!”
Noah pushed my back excitedly.
“Hehe, Rent and Jason of the Swift Speed… I wonder how much of a match Jason of the Swift Speed will be for Rent? Come on, Rent. Let’s go♪”
Ninya pushed my back along with Noah, with a very happy expression.
I was pushed by the two for a while, then I walked to the training grounds on my own.
And it wasn’t just me and my lovely lovers who headed to the training grounds.
Most of the adventurers in the Adventurer’s Guild followed us into the training grounds.
In the center of the training grounds, Jason and I were standing, and the other adventurers were watching us from the hallway of the training grounds.
From there, I could hear the murmuring of various adventurers, as well as the conversation of my lovely lovers.
“Noah, who is that Jason? person?”
“Ah, Tikia doesn’t know him. That person is Jason of the Swift Speed, an A-rank adventurer from Pladan. He’s someone who fought on the front lines with Rent when the dungeon flooded.”
“What? Then he knows Rent’s skills well, right? But he’s still going to spar?”
“Jason said it at the beginning, right? That he purely wants to spar with Rent, who is strong. It seems like he’s curious about how much he can do against Rent, who is very strong right now.”
“Rent.”
Jason called my name in front of me, so I turned my attention to Jason.
“Yes, Mr. Jason.”
“First of all, thank you for making time to spar. Then let’s begin.”
“Yes.”
Jason quickly took out a pair of curved daggers in both hands.
“I’m going.”
Thud!
And Jason kicked off the ground and charged towards me as if he was being shot.
