"Higaaaaaa!!!!

"Ha, that's a terrible scream. That's not how you can experience a man so much younger than yourself going this far into the back. Come up with a better voice."

"Idahyyyyyy!!! My eyes, my eyes aaaaaaa!!!

The village chief kept screaming, but his body couldn't even move one finger. Because my thumb is holding the back of the eye hole where my right eye was.

When humans suffer intense pain, their bodies become stiff and unable to move. Interpersonal martial arts have the technique of controlling movement by grasping the other person's ear, but the technique I taught my grandfather also has the method of controlling movement by hooking a finger to the eye hole.

In the figure of the village chief whose right eye was crushed, his daughter-in-law is incontinent and his daughter is hardened as petrified. The village chief gradually lost his temper to shout and his breath was constant.

I whisper in that ear.

"Don't think it'll just end with your right eye. My left eye is next. Then scrape your nose and ears. And I press all my teeth and pull out my folded tongue. I'm gonna make a scumbag like you look like you deserve it."

"Hi-ha, hi-ha, yu-ha, yu-ha, loosen up. No! Oh, if it's money, I'll pay you right away! Three hundred thousand fils, I'll pay you right away!

"Three hundred thousand? Don't make me laugh. Now, that's all you think you can do? If you want help, give me all the money in this house."

"Oh, shit! I can't! Give me a break about that!

"Then it's a negotiated decision."

Ring the bones of the empty hand and touch the village chief's left cheek. Slipped his thumb as it was, aiming at his left eye. It's no use closing your eyelids. Definitely crush your left eye.

"This is the last sight you'll ever see. Carve it firmly in your brain."

"Yes, no! Please, forgive me! The person who borrowed the money is the Gambino group (family)! If I'm late for repayment, they'll kill me!

"I don't know, I don't know"

You think I'd be scared if you gave me the name of a gangster? How stupid is that? Explorers are the weak who fear gangs like Yakuza.

Use your thumb to crush the village chief's left eye. - It was then.

"Wait!!!

The owner of the voice is the daughter of the village chief, who had just solidified. He stands in front of me, hoarding his tears in his big eyes, honking his back teeth with fear.

And I've offered you a leather bag in that hand.

"This is all our property! There are a total of 820,000 fils! No more copper coins! I'll give you this, please forgive your father!

Apparently, my daughter knew where the gold was hidden. He brought it before it was too late. But to the judgment of his daughter, the village chief shouts furiously.

"Idiot! Oh, my God, you did this to me! If I give you that money, I'm done for!

"But if I don't give you the money here, not only will your father's eyes be smashed, but you'll never be able to make a request to the Seeker again!? What if the Bandits or Mutants (Monsters) come out again!?

"Well, that's... but... ugh..."

I was impressed with my daughter's words. If you simply wanted to help your father, it was because it was an action to guide you through the future of the village.

Although not well cultured, Explorers (Seekers) have an obligation to share information. Projects that have been deceived or are about to be killed by the client, as in this case, must be notified to their peers so that there are no similar victims.

The Messengers are the owners of the Explorer-only Tavern. They also have a role in listing malicious clients and informing regulars and other taverns.

In other words, once that has spread, as the village chief's daughter says, no one will take on the request from the village of Mintz in the future. Even if the bandits and mutants (monsters) are harmed, they just have to wait for doom.

I don't know if the village chief's daughter knew about it. Perhaps he didn't have definitive information, but, as a matter of social common sense, he thought of the worst case that could happen.

In any case, her daughter gave an English break, trembling with fear, in order to protect the future of the village. I am only looking for Explorers (Explorers) and have good guts.

I release the village chief and when I receive the leather bag from my daughter, I check its contents.

"Indeed, there seems to be an eighty-two thousand fils. Really, is this everything?

"Ho, yes! I won't throw up lying!

"Right. Then let's believe that word. With this money, I'll forget about today. - Mayor, can you do that?

The village chief, who was holding on to his crushed right eye, nodded with his body of inadmissibility.

"Yes... I don't mind..."

"If you try to fool the Seeker again, be prepared then, okay? Even if it's none of my business, this time I'll take everything from you."

When I glanced at him with a killer in mind, the village chief nodded over and over as he leaked his piss.

"All right. - Alma, we're leaving."

Copy that.

A sad young voice stabbed him in the back as we tried to get out of the house.

"I can't believe the Seeker... I hate the Seeker!!!

"Explorers are surprisingly intelligent."

I laughed bitterly as I walked down the street at night when the moonlight lit up, mouthing like Alma found out next door.

"What, you don't like it anymore?

"I'm not disgusted. I understand that it's not just a job to take down the devil and get paid."

"That would have been nice. From my first job, I let him experience things that weren't even Rokuro. I'm sorry I didn't think enough of it."

"No need to apologize. More than that..."

Alma gets out in front of me and tilts her neck.

"Are you okay with Noel?

"I'm fine. It's a boring thing to lose as much as you think."

"Yes, but I thought it would be hard, no matter what the circumstances, to be disappointed by the girl I admired"

"If you're afraid to be disappointed, you'll live in a cage on a deserted island."

"You can't do it when it's hard, you can sweeten it on your sister, right? I'll hold you tight."

Alma opens her hands with a strangely colorful voice. I laughed at him with my nose.

"Even the cactus holds you tight, you worthless titty idiot"

"Also, I said waste milk idiot woman! That, stop!

"Then don't treat me like a kid."

"Mmm... that's hard...... It's bad that Noel looks cute."

"What kind of logic..."

Whatever happens when it's just the two of us, if we get the same attitude after a new buddy comes in, it involves a selling ticket as a leader. Under an unreliable leader, where the hell does anyone say they will risk their lives to fight?

I know him and it's still shallow sun, so I'm done joking, but if this state of affairs is going to continue, we're going to need to be very careful sooner or later.

But it's also true that you care. You should be honest with me about that.

"... well, thank you for worrying"

"Noel is a tundelle?

"Die."

"Cute. I want to cuddle you"

"If you touch me with one finger, the next distribution will be without the authority of the leader."

"That's outrageous!

We keep walking down the streets at night with such a light slap on each other.

I can't use the station carriage in time, so I have to walk back to Yudra. I'm confident in the stamina thanks to my daily workouts, but I get sick and tired of walking extensively down the streets on nights with bad prospects.

or so, camping and waiting for the morning is also a hassle. If that's the case, you should keep going for Yudra all night and take the first carriage to the Imperial City in the morning.

"Doesn't Alma end up being an assassin?

I hear you couldn't join the Assassin Order, except where you rank up your Function (Job). Alma is already talking about achieving rank up conditions, so you can always be an assassin (Assassin) if you have that will.

"Still to be determined. - Would you rather be an assassin?

"I don't know. It definitely improves your battle power, but it can also be combined with the incoming buddy's function (Job), and as far as I'm concerned, it would be more helpful for you to keep me on hold."

Assassin is the most attack-specific B-Rank Function (Job) among scouts ranked up. Very good as an avant-garde attacker.

However, the functional (job) population is more avant-garde, and if the rear guard is not consciously prioritized, it becomes a party full of avant-gardes when you realize it.

Because of this circumstance, it would be more convenient for me to become a rear guard attacker than an assassin of an avant-garde attacker (Assassin) if I were to consider the freedom of forming a previous party.

If you're a scout, Chaser and Banded are B-ranked rear guard attackers.

Of course, I still don't know what's ahead. There is a chance that the guard will be more. That is why the state of suspension was most preferred now.

"Okay. Then I will remain a scout for some time."

"Please. When the time comes to need it, we'll discuss it again. It's time for me to rank up."

"That's expectation. By the way, do you know how to tell the status of being able to rank up?

"I know. A tattoo shows up on a piece of your body, right?

"Yes. Like this"

Alma stuck her hands in the valley and scratched her big breasts. In the middle of the dewy chest, a dagger-shaped pattern emerges.

"When you can rank up, these prints appear. Mostly, talk about breasts and the back of your hands. But Noel wants me to get out on his ass. I think she's absolutely adorable."

"Give me a break..."

Tattoos show up on your ass, or you're dressed too badly. I'm sure whatever feat you accomplish, that fact will be burdensome. It's a story that hurts my stomach just to imagine.

"Noel."

"Yeah?"

With a slightly altered voice, Alma calls my name.

"There was a lot going on, but it was fun today"

"Really? I have no other feelings than tiredness."

"I've been training properly in the mountains for a long time, so it's not a bad idea to fight with someone. Especially since Noel's tactics were interesting."

"If you had something to gain, more importantly. That's why it was so good to get in. With gold, my heart gets wider. I know how you feel."

"No, I'm not talking about money..."

Alma frowned as troubled, then smiled.

"I'm beginning to understand Noel's character."

"Ha?... That's a stick from a stick. What's that supposed to mean?

"It means she's so cute. So..."

Alma dives into my nostalgia and smiles like a big wheel of flowers from below.

"I'll fight you with me forever."