Morning at the inn, the owners’ daughter started coming to wake me up when the breakfast is ready. She’s cute too. She’s around a high schooler’s age, her hair is tied in a pony tail and works a lot while having a smiling face. It’s something that has improved my waking up. To eat breakfast I head to the dining hall but it’s already pretty crowded. Because it’s delicious and cheap, not only those staying but also a lot of adventurers from outside come to eat. However, they are all male. They eat too, but quite a lot of bastards come for the daughter here.
Of course she’s cute, I was staying here in the first place. I tried to order, but I really lost control of myself then. She left after graciously taking my order; in every direction bloodthirsty looks came flying. The guys seated on the next table conspicuously started to grab their weapons. I almost leaked. This bullying suddenly ceased the moment the order arrived. Like it’s enough of this threatening. Afterwards, they seemed to lower their guards once I started ordering through the proprietress and ignored the daughter. This inn’s food is cheap and delicious. I’ve looked at other inns in the neighborhood, but every one was fairly expensive compared to this one or having the same price, they’d be in slightly unsanitary conditions. Since I’m reluctant to part with the inn I liked, I ordered through the inn lady that day.
My daily routine is observing the adventurers that stare at the daughter. These fellow adventurers are violent, watching behind the scenes their conflict from the beginning is amusing. They keep each other at bay, at present, probably not one adventurer has effectively approached the daughter. Therefore, it seems they’re excessively vigilant of new customers like me. At first glance I seem to be the same age as the daughter. That alone looked like somewhat of an advantage. Although I have no interest in participating in this war whatsoever.
After eating breakfast, thinking of today’s plans while relaxing, the inn lady talked to me.
“Masaru-chan, you’re taking it slow today, huh?”
The other adventurers seeming to have been taking a break suddenly leave, except for several people. There are lower class adventurers that gather in cheap hotels. If you don’t work seriously, you can’t even afford to stay in this inn.
“Yesterday I got some good earnings, so I thought it would be good to rest today.”
Because of the orcs and wild rabbits hunt I have a pocket full of money. There’s no need to force myself to work.
“Besides look! I became E rank.”
Saying that I show my card.
“You already raised your rank, wonderful!”
The inn lady like a parent thinks of me as a child.
“Even though I look like this, I’m pretty strong.”
I diligently practiced in the beginner’s training. My Stamina and Fencing skills rose remarkably, I could win against the other fellow trainees two-on-one. I was at ease against 5 orcs.
“Really? But I’ve been told that being freshly ranked up is dangerous, so please be careful.”
I obediently answer “yes”. There’s no need to tell me since I don’t have the intention to behave dangerously.
“Ohhh, the Wild Rabbit has ranked up?”
Looks like the conversation with the proprietress was overheard. It was said by an adventurer that stayed behind in the dining hall.
“Well, yes.”
Naturally everybody staying here knows the rumour about me. They readily call me Wild Rabbit, Wild Rabbit without even knowing my name.
“You’re solo, aren’t you? We could let you join our party, you know?”
An awfully… condescending attitude. While thinking how to refuse, another person came.
“What? Are you searching for a party, Wild Rabbit? Then join ours. Our ranks are higher than these other guys.”
“You have no more than one D rank! If you like come try here.”
“With these guys, no matter how many lives you have they won’t be enough. If you want to join one, join ours.”
“What did you say?!”
“No, well…”
Disregarding me, it seems they’re starting a quarrel. Their appearance is scary on top of behaving very rude, these guys are really unpleasant.
“Just stop it there! You’re troubling Masaru-chan.”
“No well, we ain’t forcing him to join, right?”
“Yeah.”
However, thanks to the proprietress, the adventurers were dispersed.
“I’m sorry, thanks for the help.”
“That was problematic, eh? But those guys aren’t so bad.”
“Is that so?”
“Despite their looks, because they act careful, they rarely come out injured.”
But then that’s no good. If it can be done safely the better, but I wish to get more experience and I’m worried I won’t be able to act freely.
“I have just become an adventurer, right? I feel it’s better I think about it slowly.”
“That’s right. There’s no need to hurry.”
Yeah. It’s best I take it slowly. I’ve only been here for two weeks.
“It’s about time I go out. I’ll return for dinner.”
“Take care.”
If I stay here any longer, I might get involved with those guys again. Although, I don’t have a place in particular to go, so naturally let’s head to the Adventurer’s Guild.
Arriving at the guild, I go review the requests posted at the hall. Escorting, gathering raw materials, harvesting medicinal plants. There’s also recruitment for part time work at construction sites and restaurants. In relation to subjugation request, a list for demons are stuck together, usually all you have to do is hunt them to get a reward. As expected there doesn’t seem to be any good requests. The reward for escorts is good, but the binding period is long. The price of raw materials and medicinal plants are all over the place, but despite the rewards being high there are set limitations by rank. The rewards that a second to last E rank can receive are shabby, to begin with I haven’t seen what all those raw materials are and also I have no idea where to find them. Applying for a part time job is out of the question. The reward from hunting wild rabbits is by far better.
“Isn’t it the Wild Rabbit? Are you looking for a request?
“Yes, well.”
Someone besides me talked. The adventurer knows me, but he’s someone I don’t recognize. I stealthily erased my presence so I shouldn’t be noticed, but as expected I can’t hide from someone right besides me.