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13. Confrontation

"Shall we go hunting again today?

That's what I said, and when I walked out to leave the guild, Youre called me off.

"Um, Lena."

I looked back because I was called out.

"? What's wrong?

"Because of this, maybe it's a collection request? Think..."

"Well, then I don't mind, but I don't know anything about the herbs around here, so I might leave you to Youre, okay?

"It's gonna be okay."

"Then I'll leave you to Youre."

"Yeah. I'm just gonna pick it out."

Yua said so and went to the bulletin board on which the request was affixed. I noticed that the receptionist was slightly noisier when I waited in an uninterrupted position while Youre was choosing the request. Is something wrong? That's what I thought, and I heard a familiar voice walking towards the receptionist.

"Want to have lunch with me?

"I have a job to do."

"Well, even after work"

"I refuse to do that"

That's what the conversation sounded like. The man in front of me was dictating Mr. Elena again. What's this guy thinking when Mr. Elena's at work? He seems a little annoyed by the later people and stuff...... and watched the man in awe.

"Nice, a little bit."

"Excuse me."

"I'm a C-rank adventurer. What the fuck? Unlike adventurers around here, they make a lot of money, don't they?

"It doesn't matter. If you don't have business, change to the next person."

"Then take this."

"... Yes, sir."

That's what Elena was doing for the request.

"We have accepted this request. Be careful and come."

"Let's talk to me some more, shall we?

"There are other adventurers..."

"Isn't that nice?

That said, the man wanted to be involved with Mr. Elena, but I didn't think he would be in this state forever, and I made sure Yua wasn't around before approaching that counter and talking to him.

"Uncle, what are you doing?

"You said it was your uncle? What the fuck, you fucking kid!

So Ardin came this way about his uncle. Well, because I told you to provoke me... Then I immediately changed my mind and talked like a child thinking a little to rock this guy.

"Oh, that was my uncle earlier"

"You were hungry earlier..."

"Could it have been, uncle, approaching the receptionist?

"Ah? What's that?

"Could my uncle be the one who was attacking a woman in the alley before this?

"Ha!? Hey, what are you talking about? Elena was attacked. I don't know.

Then a man gave the name of the woman who was attacked. How do you know that when I'm not saying who? And in deep surprise, isn't this guy talking too much to the perky? I thought. Well, maybe just in a way, because I'm trying to mislead the people around me. And I thought that.

"... Huh? Is the woman attacked Mr. Elena? How do you know that?

"Well, that's because, uh, the witness told me."

Then the man stood on his chest, saying things like that, even as he wandered off. I think that attitude is like saying I'm lying...

"I also heard from someone I know who said there was no shadow nearby..."

"You just didn't realize who you knew."

Until then, I thought I'd tell you a little bit about the man here.

"But I heard someone I know bragged about something that just got C-ranked..."

That said, the man's complexion changed and he began to scratch a little sweat. Maybe I finally realized that someone I know might have been really watching the scene. Well, I don't know how many freshly C-ranked adventurers there are...

"Heh, heh, what's that acquaintance like?

Then the man came asking me how I was, but I leaned my neck as I pretended to be a kyotonous breeze.

"? You don't need to teach your uncle, do you?

"Hey, what?!? I'll find the man. Spit on that acquaintance and their information!

Then the man approached me as he said that to me with his face bright red.

"Even though Mr. Elena doesn't seem interested in you?

"You have nothing to do with hungry ghosts!!

So I've been trying to beat him up.

"Mr. Aldin!!

Then I heard Mr. Elena screaming, but I caught the foot of a man who was on the verge of losing his balance by making a critical attack on him.

"!? Ugh!

Then he hooked it up as well as funny and fell off his face to the ground and raised a weird voice. Is this guy really a C-rank adventurer? I wondered what he said that.

"You hungry bastard!!

That's what I said. I pulled out my sword when the man stood up. I heard someone breathing around watching us. And the man came swinging his sword, so when he avoided it, the next attack flew and crouched, and the man swung his sword up and down. The wild horses were also upset by that attack. "That's gonna kill you!" "You're fucked!" "Fuck that hungry guy." "Should I stop him?" "I deserve that hungry ghost," the story spread, as the man's movements came down toward my head without stopping, so I flew to the side, and kicking the part of the sword pattern that the man had with the spinning kick procedure, the sword slipped away from the man's hand and stabbed him on the floor of the guild.

"Become!"

Then the man looked at me more surprised but immediately tried to grab me.

"What are you doing"

The man's movement stopped when such a low voice sounded. Meanwhile, am I like a familiar voice? and someone familiar came out of the hedge thinking that.

"Mr. Zeros."

"Hmm? Miss? And... Aldine. What are you trying to do to your lady?

"Hey, it's nothing!?

When I said that, the man hurried away from me, but Mr. Zeros saw the sword and me stabbing him on the floor. Then I looked at Aldine's sheath and looked at Aldine like I was somehow convinced.

"Aldine, you come a little. And how many of you know about this situation?"

"" Yes, yes ""

"... Yes"

"Miss, are you hurt?

"It's okay."

"Well, let's just talk to this guy and the rest of them."

"Okay."

With that said, Mr. Zeros took Aldine, followed them around a few others and disappeared into the back of the guild. Well, I left the scene thinking Mr. Zeros wouldn't be doing anything bad.