... live free!

After I left the orphanage I headed towards the market.

I went to the orphanage recently to replenish food, seasonings, etc., and came to the market to buy more because I have less reserves. Well, I was a little interested in what it's like because I've never been to the market at night...

Unlike when I went to the market for that kind of thing, when I went in the morning or during the day, there were fewer people selling vegetables, etc., and more stores were eating rice like stalls. And there were plenty of people with weapons who didn't see much in the morning or during the day.

Apparently there are a lot of adventurers around here who have finished their work, and if you look closely, they are eating and drinking at stalls and other stores. There seemed to be many food stores in the building facing the market, and many were stirring up alcohol while eating rice in the store and making noise.

Speaking of which, I used to shop and stuff at the market many times, but I didn't see what kind of store there was in the building facing the market. and walked the market with that in mind.

I bought less seasonings, dried meat, vegetables that were a little shriveled, and sugar that way. Though I could afford the nostalgia, the sugar was expensive and cost as much as five silver coins for 100 grams, but I wanted to make something because I haven't eaten anything sweet since I came to this world and bought about 500 grams. Well, I'm not thinking about what I'm going to make, but maybe I can't make something elaborate because I don't have something like an oven...

By the time I finished shopping like that, I had spent a total of three gold coins and five silver coins.... Have you bought a little too much? and a familiar voice sounded from the side streets of the boulevard as I walked to those with inns thinking about it.

"Please stop for a second!

"This voice, Mr. Elena?

I ran into the side roads of those who spoke with that in mind.

The side roads of those who spoke were about five metres wide and people walked quite a bit on fairly wide roads.

"(I wonder what happened to Mr. Elena when there are quite a few people passing by?

and there were men and women who seemed to be rubbing somehow when they were running thinking about it. It's a little dim and hard to see, but the woman's person was Mr. Elena. Are you going home because you're not wearing your guild uniform? and I wonder what kind of man is relative to Elena with that in mind? I thought so and looked like an adventurer because he had a weapon. The tall is likely to be about 180 cm high. and approached Mr. Elena with that in mind.

And as I approached, I heard the conversation between the two of them.

"Elena, be my girlfriend"

"I don't want to."

"Don't you have to say that? See?"

Apparently, the guy is trying to dictate Mr. Elena, but Mr. Elena doesn't like the guy, and he's slightly flattered.

"Look, I could be C-ranked, and I'm making more money than the rest of them, so you don't have to worry about the money. Come on?

That's what I said. The man reached out to Mr. Elena.

"Please don't!

That's what Mr. Elena said and slapped the hand of the man who approached her. The man, a little surprised by Mr. Elena's shout-out, confirmed the perimeter with a chirp, so I hid in the shade that was softly nearby. Just in case a man tries to do something to Mr. Elena, I'll do the quasi so he can put it in a stop.

Then the man had a suspicious grin when he finished checking around.

"There's no one around you, is there?

"Oh, what's that?"

Mr. Elena was checking his surroundings by moving only his gaze, saying so. And after completing the confirmation, Mr. Elena looked a little tense in the face.

"Well, here's the thing."

That's what the man said and grabbed Mr. Elena's arm. I breathed heavily into this, thinking I was going to exercise my strength.

"Soldier! A woman is being attacked on the road here! Come quickly!!" "Hey!?

Then the man heard the voice and let go of the hand that was grabbing Mr. Elena in momentum and escaped.

"Yikes!?

Meanwhile, Mr. Elena was about to fall off the balance of her body to a man, so she hurried out to Mr. Elena, but fell on the spot without a step.

"Are you all right? Can you stand?

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine"

That's what I say. I give Mr. Elena my hand.

"Oh, thank you"

That's what I said, and when I checked with Elena who stood up to see if she was injured, she was rubbing off her left hand, which was being grabbed by a man, and the blood was seeping out.

"... is that Mr. Lena?

That's what Elena asked me, so I nodded.

"Maybe even a shout earlier?

That's what they asked me, so I nodded again.

"Thank you, Mr. Lena. Very helpful."

"Never mind. You rubbed off your left hand more than that..."

"Huh? Never mind if this is about it. Rather, it was only thanks to Mr. Lena that this degree of injury was necessary. Thank you so much."

Elena thanked me and bowed her head. But I was a little sorry to think that Elena had been hurt because of my attempts to see how things were going a little bit more.

"Oh, thank you is fine. If it's true, I'm sorry that Elena might not have gotten hurt if I'd gone in there a little sooner."

That said I bowed my head to Mr. Elena.

"Raise your face, Mr. Lena"

I was told that by Elena, so Elena stroked my head gently when I looked up.

"You don't have to worry about that triviality, do you? I was helped by Mr. Lena, because that doesn't make any difference, does it?

"Yes, sir"

Having done the unfamiliar thing of being able to stroke my head while Elena thanked me, I was embarrassed and unable to think about anything and was left to be made Elena.

Then after a while I settled down a little bit, I said to Elena, "I'll walk you home" and I followed you to Elena's house.