The Branded Female Fencer

"Hey, Miranda, what am I gonna do?"

"What a sweet voice... but what shall I do, really?"

Alphilis came to the nearest guild to receive their rewards after leaving Zea, the abandoned capital. At the same time I wanted to hire a special human being known as' Wind Reading 'to enter the prairie, but there were already enough personnel to pay for it to be called everyone.

"I'm sorry, ladies. It's harvest time, so there are a lot of humans going into the prairie. They already have an appointment."

"Is there anyone left?

"I'm there, but... you're either crude or you're too good to pay. Do you still want to see me?

"Um, I'll think about it for a second"

"I'll do it."

Greet the Alliance Focal Point and return to your buddies Alphilis and Miranda. Most guilds have reception and dining halls and taverns. This is because it's easier to invite people.

"How'd it go?

"No, no one seems affordable anymore"

"You're in trouble... because in the prairie, I'm inhibited by strange forces, and I say sensors are useless,"

Nia braces herself and thinks about it, and Lisa poses for you. Fenna keeps an eye on what happens in a prayerful pose. Kazas watching the state of it.

"I'm a teacher. Why are you here?"

I also help Miranda stick to Kazas because the story doesn't work and the insect is not in a good place.

"No, he wants to see a little more because you guys are funny. Besides, I'm thinking of going to the prairie."

"You don't have to come."

"Wherever I go, I'm free."

Miranda stares at Kazas, but apparently it's Miranda who's making the difficulty, so it looks like she decided to turn to the other side and ignore Kazas. Hi, these two are incompatible.

Nia talks to the sighing Alphilis.

"By the way, Alfi, did you get paid?

"... just the advance."

"Again, well..."

Many of the rewards from the Alliance are paid in the form of advances and splits of successful rewards. Mercenaries may escape if the client does not pay the reward if only the success reward or if only the advance. Often made into instalments of advances and successful rewards to avoid problems on the part of clients and mercenaries, the ratio varies from request to request. Many requests were made in this format because they could also be equipped, prepared, etc. with advances.

So for this request, the ratio of advances to successful rewards was 1: 4. I mean, there's hardly any money in here for the Alphilis and the others. The same poverty persists.

"I think I'll do another request for service (maid) (part-time) ~"

"There's no time for that, Miranda. I heard that in the fall the climate in the prairie would be rough and rough, making it impossible for humans to even enter. If Lisa is standing on the prairie, I suggest she go now, forcefully."

"That said. It can be a magnet, and it's dangerous not to know where it's going."

"So do you have a good idea, Alfie"

"That's it - I don't have any money."

"I'll give you the money."

Everyone is surprised by Kazas' suggestion.

"Uh... why?

"Well, I'm not a man of war. That's why I told you to follow, so if you don't take responsibility for something other than combat, you won't be on par with all of us. Fortunately, he's quite a privileged person financially, so I think he can do anything for about two months."

"Uh... Scholar, I did a little review."

"Hi, Miranda."

Even though Miranda and Kazas call each other somewhat sarcastically, the atmosphere was softer than earlier.

"Well, now I don't care if it's financial."

But nothing has progressed on the guide's story to the prairie. Then a man called out from the next table.

"You guys... you want to go to the prairie..."

It's a man with cloth wrapped around his face and brown lens glasses. I have something like a cover wrapped around my mouth, and I can't see the expression at all. Next to the seat is my luggage and my cane. An uncomfortable outfit for travellers, but this was the common costume for the profession, which is said to be wind reading.

"Are you a wind reader?

"I don't know."

"Could you be free?

Alphilis rushes to ask a question, but the man shakes his neck to the side.

"No, unfortunately, I've booked one too... but see the ladies in trouble. I'm bored while I'm waiting for my client, and I don't have time for advice. The old man."

"I'm glad to hear that, but, uh"

"Zaza."

"What does Mr. Zaza teach you?

"Before that... is the lady there a seeker?

"Oh, yes!

Fenna is suddenly called to jump.

"You know that name very well."

"What, I have a long background as a mercenary, that's all. But the Seeker means you're going to the Seeker settlement on the north side of the prairie, right?

"Yes."

"I'm not saying anything bad, just stop it"

In reply to Fenna, Zaza shakes her neck sideways.

"Why not?

"The prairie is completely separate in the north and south. South is good. The wind is still easy to read and the demons are dear. But the north is extremely dangerous. The wind blows relentlessly to hunt creatures, and demons are so powerful that there is no more. Besides, the inside of the Seeker itself doesn't accept people. It's Othi who gets rid of me. I don't care how many lives I have."

"What do you mean, no matter how much life you have, it's not enough?

"... We are told that one in ten people can survive three days in the north even with our wind readings. As a wind read, it ranks above C. By the way, I got into the north by mistake when I was younger, but miraculously I succeeded in surviving for three weeks. I hope you're lucky at all. So when I returned to the guild, I was suddenly promoted to B-rank. That's all it is, going north and surviving. By the way, any demon in the north is fine, so if you can take it back, they say you'll be promoted to B-rank immediately."

"Not so..."

"So how did you survive?"

Lisa penetrates sharply.

"I told you, I was lucky... to be picked up by an aboriginal living in the north."

"Native people?"

"Oh, he was a decent person... but they were the ones with different functions than humans. Fight the demons of the north flat, and the art of wind reading was obviously considerably better than mine. My technique as a wind reader is what got me some of them. That's the only way to read the wind, and the top 20 people told me it was a strength to get in."

"Then hire them..."

"You can't. They have no contact with the outside world. I'm the exception."

"So what do we do?"

"I mean give it up this year... and I'll follow you next year, if you want. The northernmost."

That's what I'm gonna say. Take a seat, Zaza. Alphilis and the others dropped without words on the spot. You thought Zaza had done something wrong as well, like that gloomy way, and just before he left the guild, he stopped to pitch and looked back at the Alphilis and the others.

"If there's a way... you're a fairy."

"Fairy?"

"Oh, the fairies you see around here are mostly from the prairie. They'll understand the wind on the north side. But I see this one every 10 years... because it's a vigilant clan anyway. And I hate humans. It's unlikely."

"It's better than nothing. Thank you, Mr. Zaza!

You're a little surprised by Alphilis for being honest. Zaza stops the move, but quickly turns his back twirling and leaves the spot behind with his hands up.

"Go to the tool store and give me my name... maybe I can ask you something. He said he bought something interesting from a man back in the prairie. May the wind bless you..."

And after Zaza left, the Alphilis decided to follow his advice and visit the tool store.

"Huh - I don't know what to do..."

The owner of a tool shop where one sighs. He was having trouble reprocessing what he had purchased.

"I bought it unexpectedly because I said I would sell it cheap, but should I have suspected it more? I can't believe that's happening. Ha."

"I'm sorry."

It was Alphilis and the others who came to visit the tool shop. Tool shops couldn't shake off the heavy mood, and then came out on the table to slightly notice.

"Oh, there you are"

"I'm here with Zaza's introduction..."

"Zaza's? That's unusual, I can't believe that bigoted bastard introduced you to someone. Does that mean you want prairie-related products?

"Yeah, 'cause I heard you bought something rare from a prairie returnee"

"Well, you told him... well, that's rare to say. But do you really want to see it?

"... is it bad if you see it?

Alphilis looks surprised. Is it such a dangerous product?

"Not first, but I'll give you a break. Like me now."

"What do we do?

"If you don't look at it, it doesn't start, I think Lisa. That's a lot of hesitation and stuff right now, big woman. Toolstore, don't waste it, just bring it."

"You're a mouthless lady... very similar. Ah. Wait a minute."

My husband is urged by Lisa to go to the back.

"What does it look like?

"Come on? I don't think there are any other perfect beauties like Lisa."

"Don't say that often..."

Lisa flushes Nia's penetration. Soon I hear noisy voices from the back.

"Wow! This guy, fuck you!

"... what's that?

Toolstore brought something bigger than normal, like a birdcage. The entire area is surrounded by a thick cover and the contents are invisible. But guttangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatangatang

"Get it out! You tsuru pagai!!

"I'm not ripping it off! Damn, you still have a bad mouth!

"Um... what's that?

"The Hundred News is only at first sight. Well, you should see."

When the tool shop takes the cover, inside...

Continued