"You can go with me today, right?" Look, I already received a request from you, and Finn told me it was okay. "

"I don't know, just follow me." Fern, let's go. "

“Yeah, Sophie. Alfine's like that, but I think it's great to just exchange words. If you don't like it, I'll never listen to you."

"I see, I see." You like me, don't you? A fraternity is a fraternity. This is! Alfine is shy already ~ "

"Hah!? No! What are you talking about, Finn?!" Let's go! "

Show me the requisition form, push Sophie out of the adventurer's guild, and I'll leave the adventurer's guild.

Sophie's been haunting me for the past week.

Honestly, it's troublesome, and it's rough, but no matter how sinister Sophie treats her, she won't stop coming close with a naughty face.

If you were a normal person, you would leave outraged at my response, but Sophie doesn't even know how to handle it.

"I wonder if you really just want to be friends with me..."

When I went out of the king's city, thinking of Sophie, who had been talking to me from behind, I arrived at the suburban pond, which was my client today.

"We need to collect antipyretic herbs." Alfine, it's growing a little damp near the pond, so there it is. "

Sophie grabs my hand and runs out to where the medicinal herbs are growing.

"Hey, hey, I always say, but don't grab my hand on your own!"

"You're a good friend, aren't you?" If so, will you grab it from Alfine? "

No, no, no.

Right, that's why you're holding on to me.

Sophie sighed unawaresly.

"Alfine lost." Sophie-san doesn't seem to be offended at all. "

"Are you going to say that to Finn?"

"I've never seen anyone break even after Alfine showed me this much rejection." I can't do this if there's any harm in it... "

Finn also seemed to have reached the point of giving up on Sophie's Tuta, with a semi-laughing expression on his face.

"Alfine, I've picked a lot of them, so let's split them up." Come on, come on, it's faster with three people! "

Sophie, laughing with a smile, gives me the antipyretic herbs in her hands.

"You're a bad person..."

But with Finn, I don't need any more friends.

When I saw Sophie's face, the voices of the same age children from the orphanage echoed in my head.

Alfine-chan has black eyes and black hair, so she's not like us, right?

Even though you're a girl, it's weird that you like swords.

That girl doesn't talk, and she's got bad eyes, right?

The regenerated voice inadvertently makes your heart beat faster.

I forgot for a while, but I still can't trust anyone but Finn.

"I don't need it, I'll get it myself."

Don't look Sophie in the eye, look for the place where the medicinal herbs are growing.

Why are you doing this anymore?

Sophie-san, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.

I can't do anything that I can't.

Sophie would definitely think me a weirdo.

So if you don't like it, you should ignore it from the beginning and don't become a friend.

When I was searching for medicinal herbs inadvertently, I heard a scream from the grassy area in the back, so that my nasty feelings disappeared a little.

I bowed firmly, put my hand on my sword, and looked around me.

Adventurer group? I feel like I'm in trouble.

At the end of his gaze, he saw a pair of men and a pair of men arguing with six adventurers.

Even if you're new, you don't want us to pay for the place, so you think you can collect it here on your own?

"I don't know that story. You can't pay for a place! Let go of her hand!"

"If you can't pay for the place, you can ask him to pay for it with his body." Well, just a little patience. "

A man with a lowly smile hugs the body of a female adventurer holding her hand.

Stop it!

"Get your hands off me!"

"A newcomer like you is willing to contribute money for a medium-sized adventurer." When we were new, our seniors used us a lot.

Maybe they're raising money from the rookies, the middle-class adventurers.

Awful. Even though I don't have the strength to go up, I'm looking great for a newcomer because I've only been adventurous for a long time.

Listening to them makes me uncomfortable and makes me feel sick.

Alfine, private combat is strictly forbidden. In the meantime, I'll mediate. "

Finn was the one who stopped me when I pulled out my sword.

But you can't let him get away with it--

Don't use your sword in a fight, the nails are being stabbed, but they 're--

Finn pushed his sword back with a strong hand.

"The dean and the teachers told you not to use the sword for that kind of thing." I'll convince you to wait. "

Finn suddenly stood up and turned toward the middle-aged adventurers.

Those are the rumors. Finn, are you all right?

Sophie, who was next to me, was worried about Finn, who was ahead of her.

"Even if you say medium-sized, you can't attack with the arm of those people over there to properly capture Finn." That's why it's okay. "

”Hmm, I can't imagine it from my bumpy appearance, but it's amazing when I don't see it.”

Probably stronger next to me.

For now, even those in the Adventurer's Guild in the Royal Capital couldn't seem to be stronger than me.

Those mid-career adventurers won't spoil you.

I'm sorry. Private fights between adventurers are strictly forbidden, and charging for a place is illegal.

"Ahhn? Is this a brat sermon?"

"It's not like that!" The kid! "

"I don't know who it is, but it was helpful." Testify that they were acting illegally! "

"In the meantime, let's say that neither of you has done anything." That's the most peaceful thing to do. ”

Finn enters into an arbitration between a young adventurer and a mid-level adventurer.

Suddenly, the people who were there leapt.

"It's happened. This one and the other brunette have been earning money lately!" Take a little bit of pain and hold it hostage to raise money! Anyway, the woman should be nearby too! "

"Got it!"

As the young adventurer gave instructions to the men, she pulled out her sword and began to attack Finn.

As soon as I pulled out my sword, I called out to Finn.

"Finn! Self-defense! You'll forgive me for this!"

"It can't be helped. Drop your weapons." I'll do the same! "

"All right, I'll just drop the sword."

They told me not to use my sword in a fight, but they told me to use it to save my life.

Now it's time to do something to save Finn's life.

When Nikolai pulled out his dull blade, he rushed to the adventurers.

"Kids, I can't help it!"

"I can't hit it! Cum!" Komomako! "

"What are you doing!" Get rid of it! "

"Hey! I can't see the tip of the sword!"

"Neither women nor men are dirty!"

Too late, too late.

You can't predict our attack at all.

If I was to be called a medium adventurer with this kind of skill, I'd be able to be an adventurer in no time.

I dodged the sword and slammed the opponent's sword.

The young male adventurer was also a guru.

You attacked or tricked an adventurer who came in to help you, and then you rolled up the money. That sucks.

Finn and I stunned the men who had lost their weapons so they couldn't attack.

"Oh my God! You're not sloppy!" I can't believe you're treating me like this! "

The young female adventurer muttered to the men and tried to escape the scene by herself.

"I won't let you go." Now I can repay my buddies for the money they took from me. "

Haha!

Sophie's fist punched through the face of the young adventurer trying to escape.

Sophie quickly tied up a young female adventurer who had fainted after being punched in the face with her fist.

"Thank you. Alfine and Finn have helped us take down our retired foes." How many young adventurers have been pushed out of business by these guys? "

Sophie looked down at the female adventurer with a look of hatred, not the face she'd shown me before.

So, we're both guards?

"That's right, your appearance is very prominent, and you're not a young adventurer these days." I thought they were going to turn a blind eye to the time, so I was getting closer. Thanks to you, I was able to catch them. I've got the evidence, but I can't get to them alone, so I decided to ask for your help. ”

After all, there was something behind it.

That's right. There's no way a kid like me can have a normal friend.

I thought it was a strange story, so I felt refreshed.

But when I heard Sophie's words, I still felt pain in my heart.

I thought we might just be friends a little bit...

“Was it just to get their attention that Alfine was so flashy?”

"At first, that's all. But now I'm really in love with Alfine. And, as a friend, that's why! It's strong, it's cool, I know it's a sword, and it's a very respectable girl. So, I'm sorry I did this to you. But thank you so much. I couldn't have done it without Alfine.”

Sophie's words shone a light on her heart, which was sinking into a dark bottom.

I thought only Finn was watching me, but Sophie was watching herself.

When I thought about it, tears passed down my cheeks for no reason.

"I'm sorry, why are you crying!" I'm sorry, Alfine. Forgive me. I'll do anything! "

"I'm not crying!"

"I'm crying!"

"I'm not crying!"

"Alright! Let's go to dinner together next time!" Because I know a delicious place! Just the two of us. I'll give it to you. "

Desperately wiping away the tears that overflowed on their own, they pretended to be calm.

Now, it looks like I wanted to be friends with Sophie.

I didn't think so at all, though!

"Alfine, that's good." Sophie is inviting me to dinner. You two go alone. "

"No, Finn's with us."

"Um, Finn, you too? I want to go alone with Alfine. Well, it can't be helped, even three at first.”

"Then I'll have it for you." But it's only an apology for this incident! "

"Yes, yes, I understand. That's fine."

Sophie's steep face returns to her original Nikon Niko face.

Sophie-san, Alfine, the men are tied up.

Well then, let's go stick it out with the guards.

As a result, we pushed the guards out of the new adventurer, the middle-level adventurers who were taking money, and the adventurer's guild was not a private fight, so we got a notice from the gang and became a little celebrity.

By beating the middle-ranked adventurers together, the number of hunters was increased, which caused them to climb the ranks.

With this incident, Sophie and I became friends, and Searcher's girlfriend threw a party with her new companions, but when we were in town, we went to each other's lodgings, and we had a lot to talk about.

With all this information from Sophie, I've learned that Finn is surprisingly popular with the women of the city, and I'm going to be in trouble, but that's another story.