Dinner at the Inn with Reefa.
What a smile it was to see Reefa, usually staying at the inn introduced in the castle, mouthing Mr. Merck's dishes as he rounded his eyes.
Lyla and I both finished dinner with tongue-in-cheek drums on the dish, and Reefa was roaring like something was bothering her as she looked around the inn, but what was that?
Eventually, I decided to meet her at the guild the next day, and she went back to her inn.
"-- Well, that's your first job as an adventurer today,"
Don't be so nervous, kite.
Yeah, I know.
The other day, wearing a shirt and a jacket in the trousers I bought, I raised a water bottle to a belt that was wrapped around my waist and fastened.
From the water bottle with the cap removed, the lime has a face and the belt is equipped with a knife.
When I was ready, wearing a shiv transformed into a hat, I put my bags on my bag and headed to the guild as Lyla advised.
When we arrived at the guild, there was already a Reefa figure there.
Have you stopped hiding your face anymore, you're not wearing the black coat you wore until yesterday, and you're equipped with a knife in black based clothes and a belt wrapped around your hips and legs.
She notices me, she comes running over here. [M]
"Oh dear. Kite, and Schiff and Lime."
"Yeah, good morning. Let's go inside."
"Right."
Go with her to the guild reception.
When you become an adventurer and take your first request, they have to talk to the receptionist first.
Trying to talk to the lady at the reception, she spoke to me from the other side.
"Oh, kite, it's you."
"Ah, Mr. Mai. Are you having a reception today?"
"Yeah, I am. Oh, speaking of which, I heard. Did you take the exam? So, is this your first assignment today?"
"That's how it is."
Nodding at Mai's words, she looks at me and Reefa and then rolls the paper all over her hand.
"Well, the first request to have it taken depends on the evaluation of the exam or something... because you guys seem to be strong and ok with the request to deal with demons... hmmm, this is it"
A piece of paper is offered before us.
There was a request, written next to it, 'Eliminating Kobold, which threatens the field'.
"When it comes to Kobold... Schiff, it's definitely a dog head demon, isn't it?"
"Hmm. Exactly."
"Kobold's not very strong, so maybe not bad at first."
You're just the right match for your first assignment.
Kobold also wants to see what it is because what he actually saw was an individual bitten to death by Orochi.
Me and Reefa react, Mai looks at the requisition she draws to hand.
"Well, is this a good request? If you need help, you can ask an experienced adventurer for help."
"Uh, Reefa, Schiff, what do we do? Why don't you ask him for support?"
"Yeah. I think it's okay. You can do it with me and kite."
"If it's about Kobold, there won't be any construction if you don't do it now. It's forbidden to be alarmed."
Then it's settled.
Our first mission as adventurers was to expel Kobold.
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The requested location is close to the forest, a short distance from the castle town.
It seems that Kobold is vandalizing the client's field, and it is clear that he asked the Alliance to eliminate it.
Reefa, who understands the geography of the kingdom better than I do, takes the lead and travels to his destination.
"Sif, how are demons born?"
"Hmm. There's a difference between individuals when they're born in an area full of magic vegetables, or when they reproduce purely and increase."
"Full of magic vegetables..."
"The ruins where Orochi was. It is easy to gather magic vegetables in places with such powerful demons, where nature and demons can occur. That's why me and Lime are talking about it."
You're taught a simple demon knowledge by the time you get to your destination, but demons are pretty strange creatures.
They call me Tamer. I need to know as much as I can about the demons.
Next time I was thinking about getting a lot taught in the guild, sometime the surrounding view had changed from something with buildings lined up to something like a field with tall grass and crop-like things thriving.
"According to the request, you're here."
"Here."
By analogy, as soon as we get through the countryside, we move to a countryside full of fields.
It's as idyllic a view of the countryside as the world I was in anymore.
The wheat-like crop is shaking loosely in the wind, and the river is flowing.
I go when I was little, I remember my father's home in the country, and I get blinded by the sights around me.
"Kite, there's got to be Kobold here."
"Mm-hmm. Oh."
Return to me in the voice of Schiff.
I hear Kobold is roughing up crops in the field, and the damage isn't normal, either.
When that goes on almost every day...... it's something I'm likely to find soon though.
I thought so, and Reefa slapped me on the shoulder as I looked around.
"Kite, there's something over there"
"Yeah?"
Looking in the direction Reefa pointed, something of the human form was rumbling around in a field a little further away.
If you stare, a monster of a furry body on a dog's head is eating up crops in the field.
"That's Kobold?"
"Yeah, yeah. Let's get rid of it."
Reefa pulls out the knife.
I also give my right hand to Lime, who is in the water bottle on my hips, and have him deform into a stick.
"You don't have to kill me, do you?"
"Yeah. I'm just gonna get rid of the request, so I'm just gonna give you a little sore eyes"
"All right, if that's what you mean... Schiff, please"
Schiff puts the magic of physical strengthening on my body.
"Kite, try not to be far from me when you fight"
"Hmm? Why?"
"Because with your magic I can fight calmly or I want to try it"
"... ok"
Having been sucked of magic by Schiff and confirmed that his body was gaining strength, I nodded at Reefa's words and attempted to storm Kobold, who was devouring his crop.
There are five Kobolds.
We're losing in numbers, but we can do it.
"First hand……!"
Reefa pulls three knives out of her belt and throws them at Kobold.
The knife strikes precisely directly at Kobold's feet and hands and frightens him.
"Humph!"
Wave the lime deformed into a stick there into a horizontal twist and slap it against Kobold's torso. First one.
"Kite, don't put too much effort into this! Hands off!"
"Oh!"
If you do it seriously, you'll kill it easily.
The only requirement for a request is to get rid of it.
I can thrust it into Kobold's torso, which is going to bite me once and for all. Defeat the second one.
"Oh man!"
"Ghan!?"
"" Grrrrrr! ""
Two Kobolds flying up to replace one slapped to the ground.
Pulling back the stick to deal with it immediately, Reefa with the knife jumped out of the side.
"... I can!"
As she shook the knife unmistakably, two painfully stuffy Kobolds rolled to the ground without being able to land.
From what I can see, the arms and torso were carved up with cuts with a knife, which seemed to have been cut many times in those moments.
Reefa, who lands on the ground as she raises the smoke, puts her hand on her chest and exhales a soothing breath. Now four. The other one...
"Kite, they're coming at you from behind!"
"Huh! Lime!!"
"Cu!"
deform the lime into the shape of a caged hand, turning his consciousness behind Schiff's voice.
Keep taking the bite from behind with your cage hands.
Lime's transformed cage hands won't let Kobold's fangs through, but the covetousness snaps.
"Gah, yah!!"
"Cu, cu -!?"
"Sorry, Lime. Hey, be patient, hey!!"
Leave it to the physical strengthening, swinging the eaten right arm and beating Kobold to the ground.
Honey, I give you a sad cry and ring to Kobold, bored with pain, like the rest of them tell you something.
Without relieving the alarm, set up a lime that was returned to the stick.
"Shiv, what are you saying?"
"Apparently, you're going to run away with punishment."
"... Outreach, that's too bad"
As Schiff put it, the Kobolds turned a frightening glance at us and dragged their feet off the scene.
All that was left was a vandalized field and the appearance of me and Reefa after the battle.
"Phew... you can go back, Lime"
"Cu!"
"Good day, you saved me this time."
Approaching the reefa with the knife in the belt, working the lime back to the water bottle and the sif of the head.
While short, from what I saw earlier in the fight, it didn't feel like you were losing me...
Reefa, are you okay?
"Yeah, I'm fine. I wasn't comfortable with the back of my chest right before, but earlier I was able to fight at my will"
"The magic of Kate seems to have calmed down the power of the monster well."
She looked at her palms like she was touched somewhere, then gripped her tightly like she was determined to do something.
"Whatever, now you're done."
"Yeah. As for the first line, that's not a good idea. Kobold would have punished him for this, and for the time being, he wouldn't be close to the field."
"At this rate, I'd like to get used to the work of the adventurer with more and more requests"
I need a man to do everything.
It's important to be strong on that, but you have to do a lot of work to earn the trust of your guild.
"Bye, Reefa. Shall I report the success of the request to the Alliance?"
"Yeah."
Now once, after a desolate field while making sure Kobold is gone.
Walking slowly down the path between the fields, Schiff transformed from a hat to a black cat and started walking a little further between Totetote and us in an upbeat mood.
"Hey Kite. I knew I'd made up my mind."
"What's wrong?"
Watching such a shiv smile, Reefa tells him in a hard voice.
She looks straight ahead and talks to me with a slightly nervous face.
"I'm moving to the inn you're looking after."
"... uh, why?"
"The rice is delicious, and more importantly, you. That's the only reason I'm going."
I guess it's already been decided. I can see considerable determination in words and expressions.
Then you have nothing to say to me.
Knowing her purpose, I wanted to help. [M]
"Before we do that, let's start with the reward! No, I don't know how much I'll get!"
You don't get that much, do you? We'll split the mountains together, so it'll be less. "
"You're lying..."
For now, let's do what we can.
All right, I'm going to take your request!