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It was a young girl who opened the door of the Adventurers’ Guild and entered.
The young girl looked around the Adventurers’ Guild and spotted the reception counter and approached it.
Leila, who was at the reception desk, saw that the reception counter was too high for the young girl to reach, so she went outside the counter, crouched down, and made eye contact with the young girl and asked
Leila [Welcome, my lovely guest. Welcome to the Adventurers’ Guild. How may I help you today?]
Little girl [Defeat the bad bandits that are attacking our village !]
Leila [Erm are you saying that you want to send a request to the adventurers to defeat them?]
Little girl [My sister said that if I go to the Adventurer’s Guild in town and ask them, they will take out the bad guys.]
Leila [Umm, sorry, it costs money to ask adventurers to do a job for you…….]
But the little girl held out a small drawstring. Leila took it and looked inside and found a few copper coins.
Little girl [I will give you all my savings ! So, defeat the bandit and save my sister !]
Leila looks troubled. No adventurer would accept a request to defeat a bandit for a few copper coins.
If it is true that the village is being attacked by bandits, it is basically a matter for the lords to deal with.
In the case of a tough bandit gang, a bounty may be offered, and adventurers may be willing to exterminate the bandits for the bounty.
Of course, there is a profit to be made for adventurers if they exterminate bandits. They can make money by selling them as criminal slaves, and sometimes the bounty hunter is among the bandits.
But basically, adventurers are dealing with monsters, not humans. The guards who protect the security of the city are accustomed to dealing with humans, but adventurers’ job is to deal with demons and magical beasts of low intelligence. For adventurers who specialize in monsters, dealing with cunning humans is a high-risk job.
There are bounty hunters who target bounty hunters, but they are not called adventurers because they are specialized in special skills for dealing with humans.
At any rate, Leila took the young girl to the reception room to ask her about the details of the situation, and at the same time, she sent a messenger to the guard station to ask someone to send someone to the guard station.
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Catherine and Ryu had just returned from the training camp, so they decided to ask the little girl about the situation together.
The girl’s name was Sera. Sera’s village seems to be a small village called Gobo, north of Mimru.
Recently, bandits have been attacking the village and taking away the village’s money and crops.
Then, the bandits saw Sera’s sister, a girl named Marine, and demanded that she give up Marine.
Sera seems to have walked all the way from her village to Mimru by herself, with a single-minded determination to save her sister. She seems to be very strong for her age, but even so, it was lucky that a five-year-old girl was walking alone on the road through the forest and was not attacked by demons along the way.
Then, a person from the guard came. To my surprise, it was Golan who showed up.
Golan had been appointed captain of the entire security force after he had exposed corruption in the first security force. They were surprised that Golan had come all this way.
Golan [Well, I came to greet the newly appointed master of the Adventurers’ Guild.]
I see.
Golan [I haven’t thanked Ryu properly either, thank you very much for your help.]
Ryu [No need to thank me. More importantly……]
Ryu explains to Golan what he heard from the girl. The security force would then be dispatched to the town, and all would be well. The lord of that town is said to be a bit stingy, but he is also said to have some consideration for the residents, so he will not abandon them.
However, Golan unexpectedly took on a stern expression.
Golan [That’s…..a little difficult.]
Catherine [Why?”
Golan [That village is indeed located close to Mimru, but…..it is not Mimru territory. It’s territory that is already ruled by a neighboring noble. The security mobilization should be done by the neighboring lords, and if we in Mimru go out there, there is a high possibility of problems. He’s a rather territorial lord…]
Catherine [Then we could contact the lords of the town and ask them to send out their troops……]
Golan [That will be difficult. Viscount Gitto, the lord of that town, is not a man of good reputation. Rumor has it that he doesn’t care much for his people.]
Leila [You don’t think he’ll send out guards for Gobo’s village?]
Goran [Probably. Gobo’s village is a cold village in the mountains with not much industry. I have heard that he is the kind of person who would not send soldiers to a village that is not worth defending.]
Sera [Can’t you get rid of them, the bad guys?]
Ryu [……Golan, there is no problem for adventurers to exterminate bandits on request, right? With guards hired by the lord, there would be a problem, but for adventurers hired by the village to go there, it doesn’t matter if they are residents of Mimru, does it?]
Golan [Well, I guess you’re right.]
Leila [But it costs money to hire adventurers.]
Sera [I have money, so please !]
Sera holds out a drawstring that contains only a few copper coins.
Leila [Sorry, it’s the least I can do to ask an adventurer for someone. [I’ll take that request !] ]
Ryu interrupted.
Catherine [Adventurers work for profit, wasn’t it you who said that? Isn’t it against the purpose to accept a request that is not at all profitable?]
Ryu [I only said that it is wrong for the guild to force adventurers to do ‘it’. If adventurers are willing to do something, isn’t it the guild’s mission to support them? Besides, I think taking on this kind of work is good for the image of the Adventurers’ Guild.]
Catherine […… I see. But, can you handle it by yourself? …If it’s you, I’m sure you can.]
Catherine couldn’t even touch Ryu earlier. Indeed, for Ryu, a group of bandits might be fine.
Catherine instructed Leila to process it as a request. She said that the bandits would be coming tonight to pick up Sera’s sister. They must hurry.
Golan [I’ll lend you the guard’s horse !]
But Ryu says he doesn’t need them. As Ryu joins hands with Sera, a magic circle appears at their feet and they disappear.
Golan [….Teleportation?!]
Golan was exclaiming for a while because he did not know about Ryu’s transference magic.
In fact, Catherine wanted to go with him to see how Ryu fought, but he left her before she could say anything.
But Catherine did not give up. The bandits were supposed to arrive at night, and if she rode her horse now, she would make it in plenty of time. Catherine borrowed a horse from the guards and rode off toward the village.
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