“Oh.”
[Hm?]
Herb gathering. The reward was also good.
The details were to go to the entrance of the forest and gather some herbs.
It’s troublesome to gather herbs so the person put up a request in the guild to get someone to accompany them. The client really is whimsical.
Well I don’t really mind that so I checked the client.
“…………”
[What happened? Why did you stop talking suddenly?]
Client Aya Fuyou.
It’s name I definitely know. I closed the memo book.
“……the client was Aya.”
[……..pfft.]
Don’t laugh goddamnit!
For some reason, it seems Aya knows that I’m in the city. She must have learnt that from Miss Francesca.
Since I never explicitly told her to not say anything, she must have talked about me as I was their fellow [God Slayer].
Well, I don’t really mind that and neither do I find this way of looking for me through request bad either.
“But seriously, she really has a piece missing somewhere.”
What would she have done if I had not noticed this request?
She should have simply put up a request to find me by name. Well, that’ll be troublesome for me in its own way though. I don’t want to stand out after all.
[Seriously, she really resembles you a lot.]
“……I’m not that careless/absentminded.”
Probably. I whispered lightly.
I think heard Ermenhilde sighing but let’s act as if I didn’t hear that.
Aya. Fuyou Aya.
One of the God Slayers that travelled with me.
Called by some exaggerated name like Grand Magus, she the Hole Digging Magician no.1. No.2 is Miss Francesca……..I think.
Pitfalls are convenient so please popularize it.
“She really is giving a pretty big reward. It’s almost double the normal.”
[That’s how much she wants to do a job with you, right?]
For some reason, Ermenhilde said in an amazed voice.
Did I do something bad? I don’t remember doing or saying something like that though.
While unsatisfied, I tore out the memo and put it in my pocket.
The details were to gather herbs. The reward was 10 copper coins. It’s an amount which is double of that of the market price.
I ended up sighing at that.
“As usual, she doesn’t have any idea about market prices either……..”
She’d buy expensive things at their given rates and never tries to bargain. Well, from a merchant’s point of view that’s a good thing.
A normal herb gathering quest would give about 5 copper coins. She should have at least put it at 7 copper coins or something.
Someone else could have taken it before I even saw that, you know.
[Things like market prices, Renji doesn’t know them either.]
“There’s no such thing.”
[Are those the words of the man that sold a Mithril Sword dirt cheap?………..]
“I was having money troubles back then so that was fine.Yup.”
[….haah.]
In the first place, I have no use for a Mithril sword. It’s a waste of resources.
My skill with the sword is only slightly above the normal soldier. It could be a bit higher or lower than that though.
“Rather than that, it’s Aya’s request. Aya’s.”
[That’s right, it’s Aya’s request. Aya’s.]
It was a complete fed up voice. I’m used to hearing it but it still hurt me a bit.
“What should I do?”
[You won’t accept it?]
“No, I’ll accept..”
It seems she has been appearing many times after the classes were over so there might be many requests prepared that I might pick up I think. How cute. Though, I’ll die if I wasn’t the actual objective for this though. Out of sheer embarrassment.
I think, at least.
“But, will the reward increase if I wait till tomorrow again?”
[…….let alone being dropped inside a hole, nobody will complain even if you get burned to death or have lightning fall on you.]
Will I really have to face that?
It seems Ermenhilde really was worried about that so I felt a chill up my spine.
True, Aya has a low boiling point. She’s always getting angry at Souichi, or rather, hitting him.
It’s one thing if its just skinship between childhood friends but if you add magic into that, it’s a completely different thing. She really can make lightning fall on someone.
When all the men had tried to peek during the bath, one really fell upon us. It’s was a miracle that we weren’t burned to death as well. I alone was also especially lectured by Utano-san as well though.
It sure is troublesome to be an adult. I think. Don’t peek if there’s a woman’s bath. It’s a savage different world we’re living in, I think it’s fine to act without restraint sometimes. It helps clear your heart and mind, I think.
[You’re thinking about weird things again aren’t you?]
“……are you an esper?”
I sighed.
“Well, let’s put Aya’s request on hold for now.”
I want to see how far the reward will increase. Well, not that I’d actually take the reward from her in the first place.