“Those guys. The woman was handing her reward to the man just now. Doesn’t the guild teach people that even if they’re in a relationship, it’s better not to do things like that—”
I tried to warn Satoria, but mid-sentence, she suddenly stood up and dashed over to the adventurer party. She then grabbed the arm of the large man with blond hair among them.
“Tager-san! What are you doing?!”
Because they were inside the guild, Satoria kept her voice down, but it still reached my ears.
“Are you seriously stealing Eve-san’s reward?!”
“Tch, what a pain. What’s your problem, Satoria? She said she was giving it to me, so I took it.”
The man named Tager replied, sounding thoroughly annoyed.
Satoria is a mid-level receptionist who has worked at this guild for a long time. Despite that, the attitude of the man named Tager was terrible.
Well, rough-tempered brutes were a common type among adventurers.
“Didn’t I talk to you before about you shouldn’t let things like this happen?””
“Who cares if I take a little bit. You’re fine with this too, aren’t you? Right?”
The person Tager was addressing was the woman in his party.
The woman was anxiously watching the exchange between Tager and Satoria.
“Y-Yes… Satoria-san, it’s fine…”
The woman’s hair was as white as snow. It wasn’t graying; it just seemed to be her natural hair color.
I wondered what country she was from. At the very least, I had never seen anyone like her before.
“Tager-san, we already talked about Eve-san. So why would you do something like this… Rewards are to be split equally. That was the rule when you formed the party, wasn’t it? Please return the reward.”
“Shut up, Satoria. Are you trying to give me orders?”
“Rules are rules.”
Satoria is strong-willed, and rarely cowered even when dealing with adventurers.
While that sort of personality seemed to make her popular, there were also many adventurers who disliked her for it.
As for myself, I wouldn’t go so far as to say I disliked her, but I did think she was a bit nagging.
“Tch! You nagging hag.”
Thinking the exact same thing as me (well, I didn’t think she was a hag), Tager spoke bitterly, pulled the coin pouch from his pocket, and shoved it at the woman.
At the same time, perhaps trying to vent his anger, he put force into it, attempting to shove the woman away.
As a result, the woman’s body swayed from the impact of being pushed hard on the shoulder. However, she didn’t fall over.
(…Hmm?)
“Hey, what do you think you’re doing!”
Just as I was feeling a slight sense of doubt about the scene that just played out, Satoria’s voice echoed throughout the guild.
The man’s face contorted in anger at her voice, while the woman cast her eyes downward, seemingly waiting for the storm to pass.
“You asked me to, so I let her into the party, but it’s not worth the hassle! She doesn’t report during combat, constantly acts on her own, lacks any teamwork, and is purely just weak. She’s far too useless. And on top of that, you want me to share the reward with her?! Give me a break! The other guys are saying it too. She’s completely useless… like total deadweight! I’m the one who doesn’t want a woman like that! You guys think so too, right?!”
Tager spread his arms wide, seeking agreement from the crowd.
Whether they shared his opinion or not, many looked away, laughed, or threw in jeers.
Seeing a situation where the group was effectively ganging up on the woman, Satoria raised her voice.
“Please stop this! Tager-san!”
“See, look at them, everyone’s saying it, right? Nobody wants a piece of trash like this!”
“Tager-san!!”
Even with Satoria’s pleas, Tager wouldn’t stop.
Perhaps feeling her own lack of power, Satoria lowered her brows and looked over at me pleadingly.
(Please do something! Endy-san!)
(Who cares? It’s normal for guild problems to be solved by the guild, isn’t it?)
When I purposely averted my gaze slightly, she glared at me, but I had absolutely no intention of going out of my way to interfere.
Though, well, I couldn’t deny that I didn’t like his methods.
Is he just a monkey who wants to feel good by looking at the reactions of those around him? I thought, scoffing as I looked at Tager.
“Hah? Did you just laugh, you bastard?”
It seemed he just happened to catch sight of that.
Tager noticed me, his face twisting in anger as he glared in my direction.
“Yeah, you looked like you were getting drunk on the atmosphere. It makes for a perfect side dish to some booze. If I knew this was going to happen, I would have brought some good liquor from town.”
“…You piece of shit.”
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I didn’t actually say the word ridiculous, but it seemed he got the message anyway.
His shoulders trembling with rage, Tager took a step forward to lay his hands on me.
In the middle of that, another man from his party, who had been staring closely at me, realized something and grabbed Tager firmly by the shoulder.
“H-Hey Tager… t-this guy is that… he’s a second-rank adventurer.”
“Hah? …Tch, this… no, whatever. What a killjoy. …We’re leaving. Hey woman, you’re fired.”
He seemed like he was going to say something mid-way, but stopped himself and walked out of the guild.
With the storm having passed, the commotion settled down, and the usual atmosphere returned to the guild.
The other adventurers who had agreed with Tager also went back to talking about requests and monsters.
Amidst all that, Satoria brought the woman—who had picked up the coin pouch that fell on the floor—over to the seat where I was.
“Thank you very much, Endy-san… But couldn’t you have helped a little bit sooner?”
“I didn’t really help her. I was just watching and he tried to pick a fight with me, that’s all. Anyway, like I said, guild problems should be solved by the guild. Though, if you’re paying a mediation fee, I’d take the job.”
“…You really make everything about money, don’t you.”
Ignoring Satoria’s deadpan stare, I turned my attention to the woman.
Pure white hair and refined facial features. On Earth, she would be considered an astonishing beauty, but the people in this world are generally highly attractive, so she doesn’t exactly stand out as unparalleled.
She was slightly tall, and her equipment consisted of lightweight armor. High probability that she’s a speed-type swordswoman.
After analyzing the woman’s equipment, I gestured to the seat across from me with my eyes.
“Well, have a seat.”
“…Okay.”
Giving a reply, the woman took her seat while stealing glances at me. Not out of caution, but a gaze filled with curiosity.
Seeing the woman sit down, Satoria also took a seat back where she had been sitting earlier.
“You, what’s your name?”
“I am called… Eve.”
“…And your family name?”
Because she only replied with her first name, I asked, but Satoria provided the answer.
“Eve-san has amnesia. She came to this town about a month ago.”
“Amnesia?”
“It’s true, because I confirmed it myself. Half a year ago, she apparently woke up collapsed in the Carnelia Territory, and it seems she has no memories from before that.”
“…That’s pretty far.”
The Carnelia Territory was located one entire territory past the town of Ester.
“After that, she took the soldier examination but failed. Then she became an adventurer… and things didn’t go very well, so she drifted all the way down here.”
“In just half a year? Hearing just that much makes her sound like a huge problem child.”
“You’re going too far, Endy-san.”
“No… it’s the truth, so…”
Satoria tried to chide me, but the woman named Eve seemed to accept that evaluation.
Muttering ‘That’s not true’ while looking at Eve with a pained expression, Satoria shifted her gaze back to me.
“The truth is, I was planning on leaving her to you, Endy-san, instead of Tager-san, but that happened right when you stopped showing your face around here.”
“Ah, that would be because of that. I was busy deciding on the layout for the classroom and picking out furniture for the house.”
That should have been right around the time I was having various discussions with Ittetsu-san and buying necessities for daily life.
“By the way, what’s the deal with that Tager guy?”
“He’s relatively a veteran in this guild. He’s currently a fourth-rank adventurer, but his strength is roughly upper-mid among the fourth-rankes.”
“Huh, so he’s quite strong for this town, where there are mostly novices and beginners. …And what about you?”
When I asked Eve, she looked at Satoria, then looked at me and opened her mouth.
“I just recently went up to sixth-rank.”
“So it’s a two-rank gap.”
“Umm… Who are…?”
Asked timidly by Eve, I realized I hadn’t actually introduced myself yet.
“Ah, sorry I’m late. I’m Endy Skygrass. I’m an adventurer, rank second-rank. Though honestly, my actual strength is only around the sub-second-rank level.”
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