When I went to the guild, a scene I wasn’t used to was taking place.
As usual , curious gazes from the adventurers were troublesome.
The request put by Souichi and others to take the demon to the capital won’t start after a week. Thinking that I’ll have to go through this everyday till then, I could only sigh.
From Ermenhilde’s point of view, it’s a happy thing that I’m the centre of attention but really, I don’t want this.
But those gazes were slightly less today. You’d think that they have finally become bored of me but today they were more curious about a very peculiar and rare request client it seems.
At the counter was a white girl.
Her long hair were kept in a ponytail, and her whole body was covered by a white mantle.
Her petite stature showed that she was definitely a girl, her height was a little higher than my abdomen at most. From behind I couldn’t see her expression but I could tell that her appearance must be good considering the amount of gazes fixed on her.
Adventurers——or rather, men were such creatures after all. Even I’d always prefer a cute girl.
And above all, the biggest reason for all the gazes was on her head. Animal ears like that of dog and a fluffy tail that could be seen from the hem of the mantle. Going by her tail, she is not a dog-type beastwoman but a wolf-type.
Beastmen weren’t really rare. You’d run into some every now and then inside the town. I don’t know why this girl is attracting so much attention but, well, I’m not concerned with it. I went and took a memo from one of the herb gathering request lists.
At that time, I didn’t forget to steal a glance of her looks as well. At that, the girl also looked up at me. It was sudden, so even I got slightly surprised.
“Need something?”(girl)
“No, I just found it rare to see a pure white beastwoman, that’s all.”
“I see. You are a pretty honest human.”
She’s an indifferent girl. That was my first impression.
Considering she sensed my gaze, she must have sharp senses. It’s not rare in beastmen though, so it wasn’t really surprising.
I turned towards the receptionist woman to find her making a troubled expression. Her usual smile also felt slightly cramped.
“Did something happen?”(renji)
“Well……..she has come with a request but the details are..”
Is there a problem with the details?
Becoming curious at that, I once again looked to my side.
“What request do you have?”
“To take me to the royal capital.”(girl)
Hearing that, I looked towards the receptionist again at which she shook her sideways.
Well it can’t be helped after all I guess. I also agreed mentally.
“It’ll be difficult so suddenly. No matter how much you hurry, it’ll take at least 7 days to get there.”
And that too by making the horse run as if its life depended on it. Even then, it probably won’t be able to run for days without rest so it would atleast take 10 days.
When I told her that, the receptionist also nodded in agreement.
But the white girl in front of me made a troubled expression.
“Can it not be done faster?”
“Not possible. It would be if there was a better method to travel other than horses but……there are none like that.”(renji)
I remembered the dragon used by the [Monster Tamer] girl. Unfortunately I don’t even know where she is right now.
If it was that dragon, we could reach capital in 2 days. Maybe even earlier. But its useless to tell that to this girl.
“fumu. I see.”
[She has some special circumstances it seems.]
If there weren’t any, she wouldn’t have come to the guild to put a request after all.
Also, don’t sound so happy when someone is in trouble. And, I hate trouble after all. I really want my partner to understand that.
“Are you in trouble?”(renji)
“Yeah, I am. Very much so.”(girl)
Supporting her well shaped chin with her fingers, she went into deep thinking. She must be planning out what to do next from hereon I guess.
The receptionists gaze focused on me. Her expression was pleading me to do something about this girl.
“Are you hungry?”(renji)
“Hm? True, I have eaten only dried meat for the past few days but….”(girl)
“Then about having a meal first. When you’re hungry, your brain won’t work well either right?”
“……mu. But you know, I’m really in a hurry.”
Saying that she seemed lightly irritated.
It must be an important request seeing she wants to stay at the counter even now. At the same time, she also seemed to be irritated due to hunger as well.
“I doubt it’d be different if you think after taking a meal you know? You won’t get an answer just by staying here.”
“Then, will I get one if I fill my belly?”
“Well, who knows. But, at least your brain would work better than when you’re hungry at least.”
The girl looked down while thinking.
I felt that receptionists gaze was urging me to try even harder.
“I see. You have a point.”(girl)