"Huh..."

"Have you been sighing a lot lately, Mr. Marine?"

One at the counter, Marine was sighing. The request order rush by the morning adventurer is over, and I would have liked to take a sigh of relief, but this is the case. The other receptionist, who was watching quite a bit, is laughing bitterly.

"You're gonna want to sigh... because -"

"As always, I'm full of heads about an adventurer named Nagare.

Voice dropped to marlene with cheek cane. Confirm the opponent as chilli.

Standing near Marine's shoulder was a young man by the name of Sigissa.

He is an Alliance official who has recently been assigned to Hamma's Adventurer Guild, and as with Marine, the main person is the receptionist.

The reception of Adventurers Guild does not mean that it is exclusively for women. Although the ratio tends to be more female, men may also stand on the counter.

In that case, it is often assumed that it is not the receptionist, but the male receptionist, receptionist, receptionist, etc. However, it seems that women adventurers may call you the receptionist with familiarity.

And Sigissa is also the type you call her by that, and she is usually rarely called by a woman adventurer by her name. To be clear, he was a very hot type to female adventurers.

Because he looks good. Red brown neat hair, bright white teeth. Pretty sturdy with a sweet face received by a woman and taller. It is also clean and popular not only with female adventurers but also with guild receptionists.

However, when it comes to marines, they don't seem that interested, rather they have a frivolous eye somewhere.

"Sometimes seniors think it's a good idea to have lunch with juniors, but how about it?

The reason for this was in this act. Sigissa strangely comes to invite Marine. Sounds good to me if you say you're familiar with me, but oddly light too, that doesn't seem pleasant to Marine.

Plus, he gets close to being a senior and a people-to-people, but it's not like he's a rookie official.

In any case, he was originally an Alliance employee in the city of Louis Bito on the Flana border, where he played an important role in his dealings with the free commercial city of Connelt.

Speaking of the Adventurer's Guild of Louis Bito, he is famous among the branches as a busy guild competing for Ni, with the exception of the headquarters of the King's Capital. The number of registered adventurers is also slightly more than double the number here in Hamma.

The movement of officials from branch to branch is by no means uncommon, but it is something that Marine could not wipe off his discomfort either when he purposefully moved out of such a place.

"Sorry, but I try not to go on a meal with the opposite sex at work as much as I can"

So, Marine lightly declines his lunch invitation. Attitude shows that there is no possibility of fine dust.

"Uh, but you went with that adventurer named Nagare, didn't you, Senior?

Nico and I ask him with a childish smile. Why did you sneer at it for a moment, but immediately glanced at the receptionist next door.

I'm sorry, and from that way I raise one hand, I'm pretty sure it came from her mouth.

At that moment, there is nothing else for this colleague to luxury for lunch! and determined marines. It's more luxurious lunch than usual, of course.

"Wouldn't it be better for receptionists and adventurers to have that kind of relationship if officials couldn't do it with each other?

"... what? What, are you threatening me?

Although Marine asks Sigissa with a sharp eye.

"Ha, no way. I'm sorry, seniors. Watching it makes me want to tease you. That's my bad habit. But you have a nice angry face, too, Senior."

From the surroundings, the yellow voice rises. The woman adventurer who was snooping at the flicker and Sigissa looks envious, too.

"No more teasing. More than that, look, work job!

In the end, Marine forced her to cut the flow and then immersed herself in work until lunch.

And, as planned, I take my colleague's receptionist out for lunch on the grounds that I let Sigissa slip my mouth. Another receptionist just followed me to that. You seem to pay for it yourself, of course.

"Huh - I'm happiest right now when I'm eating - I don't even have that siggyssa"

"Ugh, it's before the paycheck."

She is the receptionist of a colleague who sees a plate lined up in front of Marine and is slightly tearful.

"But lately you seem really upset. Because Nagare isn't here, after all?

"... I don't deny it. Not enough Nagare ingredients at all!"

"Yes, I finally assure you..."

"You'll find out. But it's sad that it hasn't been communicated to Nagare at all."

My sympathetic colleagues. Plus, the cheeks swell. Marine.

"It's okay, that kind of place seems nagare. Besides, it's okay anyway! More frustrating than that, because it's bigger about that siggyssa too!

Answer in a grumpy manner. The method of scratching up pale hair like the sea was medium, but the edge worked on the brow.

"You don't know where it is. You're a colored man nearby, more than a beautiful boy who went far away."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm jealous you admire me so much. He's nice to us, but he's gooey, especially against Marine."

"Besides, he can do his job, right? At first glance, it seems to be popular only with female adventurers, but it's actually usually highly regarded by male adventurers."

Plus, yeah, two people nodding at each other. I understand that, too, Marine. Usually, adventurers are tough for male receptionists.

That is also proof that there are still more men on the adventure, even though there have been more women than before.

Therefore, they have a strong desire to ask the receptionist if they will take the job or welcome them at the end of the job anyway.

That's why if the person you responded to was a man, it's still good if you obviously sigh or state your dislike, or so on, but it can often lead to troublesome things like getting confused or yelling and scattering out loud.

For this reason, the reception of men is also more likely to quit due to stress.

Especially when it comes to the Sigissa-like type. It's a guild of adventurers where the rough guys gather. Many boast from the neck to the bottom, such as arm pride, muscle pride, etc., but there are few types that are confident in the face overall.

Therefore, if you call me a colored man on top of a man's reception, you will be included. The adventurers were with each other, especially on this, for example, not acknowledging Nagare for a while, and a lot of people obsessed with him, as well as his jealousy of the appearance part.

But despite that, Sigissa melted into their circle lightly. Of course they were given something close to the cause at first, but after doing a good thing, it was probably a factor that gave them meaningful information regardless of gender, such as deriving the best job for them and telling them the hunting points, and was well received.

Now the fact that Sigissa is liked by receptionists and female adventurers also gives him the air that he can't help it.

That's all I hear, and I honestly don't think there's anything wrong with it - but the result is that Marine and Sigissa are even talking about having to convince me.

"Truth is, you guys are about to be flattered, and I'm coming. True. Anyway, I can't help but worry about that guy in a bad way. So don't be alarmed."

"Ha ha, I care too much if you marinate"

"That's right - and even if he tricks me somewhat..."

Po, to a colleague dyeing his cheeks, no, no, this was a marine shrugging his shoulders.

In the afternoon, Marine was called to the guild chief Haile to visit the guild chief's office.

"So! When will Nagare be back!

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! No, no, it's too sudden. And I'm not talking about it!

"I'm not talking about it, then why did you call me!

"Yeah, of course it's something else."

"... haha, grab it -"

"No, it looks like this. I, for once, am the guild leader..."

He is a tasty guild leader for his genuinely dismaying Marine appearance.

"So, let's get back to it, how's he doing?

"... Yep, sounds good enough. It's already popular from reception and adventurers even though it's still shallow to go on duty. Besides, both men and women have a brilliant grasp on their hearts."

"Yes, I knew it. But he's an important official, so take a good look."

"That, of course. By the way, it's the guild chief who's what's going on with the example adventurer disappearance?

"Yeah, you were registered as a slave gladiator at the Coliseum in Connelt, after all."

"... to Connelt, and then -"

"Yes, I'm sorry, but I can't get my hands or feet out of this one when I can cross the border. So we need to make sure we don't get more victims in the future."

Heil with a leftover look of nasty, but surely there's nothing I can do about all this.

"Anyway, we need to keep those victims out of this territory"

"Yes, of course you're right..."

Talk that far, Marine leaves the guild chief's office behind.

After that, I will do my afternoon work in silence. Sigissa invited me to dinner again, but refused on the grounds that I still had a little work to do, and after some overtime, Marine, who remained until the end, closed the guild and headed home.

"Hehe, that's Marine."

"Yes, but who, you?

"Anyone, right? I'll have you come over for a second. I'm gonna let you take me somewhere unpopular."

On the way home, it is Marine who is targeted by giants who say such things. Marine, who is also popular as a receptionist, often encounters things like this, but this is the first time anyone has ever said anything specific.

"Are you okay! Senior! Hey, you! Give me that hand!

"What's that hand?

"Yes, yes, yes! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Sorry! It was my fault - give me a break. Yeah, yeah!

Heh? And it was Sigissa who rounded her eyes, apparently, when she came to help Marine.

And such in his sight is the figure of a big man who is stunningly ambushed by marines, with his arms taken, and his joints determined.

"Uh, what's this?

"Something's been trying to attack me, so I seized it, what? Maybe this guy you know?

"No way! I thought my senior was in danger! So, but you're strong, right?

"I still know how to knife and defend myself."

And in the end, the man was taken to the stuffing room at the hands of a guard who had rushed in. Sigissa is impressed when she does it and making the man stare.

"You can make such a scary face, too."

"Huh? No, because you tried to hurt a senior. You'll look like this too."

"Huh, but you were fast enough. Run. The timing was good. If I hadn't been able to get rid of it, it would have been just before they took me away."

"Well, that must be fate, too."

It is Sigissa who returns such things with a stiffer smile than usual.

"... okay. I'll see you tomorrow."

And Marine broke up with Sigissa, and now it's time to go home.

It was a marine who opened the door and now called out - but the room was quiet.

"Oh well... speaking of blue no more -"

And one shrugs, falling into bed. Yes, there's no blue appearance in this room anymore.

It's just that there's a lonely space.

"I miss this. There's no nagare, there's no blue..."

Tears wet my pillow. But my stomach is hungry. Marine laughed bitterly that she was hungry even after all this had happened.

I had no choice, so it was easy to have dinner with bread - and I opened the window and looked at the sky. The starry sky was spreading.

"I wonder if Nagare is watching this planet..."

I whine about that. After you whine, don't be too maiden and you'll be embarrassed.

And remember, the blue thing.

Seeing the stars...

"Over there, I wonder if there's blue -"

And I shrugged, wiping my tears - and screamed even more.

"And say it! How long has Nagare been traveling? How long have you been training?

Marine screams sucked into the starry sky. Yes, Blue is in training for Elmar now.

"Oh, let's go see what happens next holiday though -"

In the end, Marine decided to go to the woods to see for herself how her brother was doing.