In front of me, a white fluffy tail was swaying.
Mururu was sitting on a chair without the cloak she had been wearing so her healthy legs, her butt covered with short-pants like trousers and the tail coming out from it was really tempting to the eyes.
In front of Mururu was the guild’s reception counter. She must be worried about whether the request we put up will get accepted or not.
“You should calm down a bit.”(renji)
“It’s difficult.”
[She’s like a little kid.]
Really. I agreed with Ermenhilde.
I put up the request in my name but it’ll probably be just me, Mururu and Faylona who’d go to the capital. Miss Francesca is a student after all and I can’t make a noble’s daughter hurry towards the capital anyways.
We were few but since this concerned the Spirit God, we needed to hurry.
At least that’s what Faylona decided. Right now, he’s out shopping with Miss Francesca to prepare for the journey.
We tried putting up a request at the guild hoping to get a magician to join us but well, I doubt anyone would come forward.
No matter how well spread my name was, there won’t be anyone who’d take part in an escort to the capital for almost free. At times like these, practical things like money are more important tha something like the title of a Godslayer or Hero.
There’s a limit to how much money both me and Faylona have and also, even if it was the request of the Spirit God, one wouldn’t be ready to spend all his savings for Mururu who was just an acquaintance. Even after this request was completed the fact that Mururu was penniless wouldn’t change. Since there was no reward, it’ll only create problems for her own livelihood later on.
“I hope we can get some comrades.”
“Well, yeah.”
Saying that, I flicked Ermenhilde with my finger.
It flew in the air raising a dry sound and when I caught it—–it was Tails. I figured as much.
From that sound, Mururu turned towards me. Her wolf ears were twitching which looked really amusing.
“What are you doing?”(mururu)
“Test of luck.”
“I see. I hope you get a good result.”
And then, she smiled like an innocent child. In a sense different from Ermenhilde, I once again felt that she really was a child. After showing me that smile, she once again turned towards the counter.
Her white tail pushed up her cloak and revealed her beautiful legs hidden beneath it.
Giving a sigh, I turned my gaze towards the memos of the accumulated requests of subjugation quests. I was only looking at them to pass time but I thought maybe I should accept one seeing that my wallet was getting empty. Also, I want to know how skilled Mururu is in battle. For a beastwoman who travelled alone, she should be pretty skilled.
This world is pretty convenient only at such times. You can earn quite a lot just by hunting monsters. A stronger the monster, the bigger the reward as well. And that doesn’t take a lot of time either.
“Well, don’t have too much expectations though.”
“But I want to.”
I guess this is the first time she’s travelling like this. After I treated her to a meal, she has been looking around everywhere curiously. Everything’s new to her here after all. I can tell from observing her.
Beastmen—–Werewolves like Mururu, there are others with characteristics of tiger, bear, or rabbit as well. They were not one single species like Humans. They were a community made of a diverse types of species.
The biggest difference between Beastmen and demi humans or humans was that they didn’t utilise money. They depend on bartering instead. That’s why this girl neither panicked nor got angry even after having her money stolen. Even now, she thinks that someone would definitely help her.
This is why even though there is trading between Elves or Dwarves and humans, there’s not much interaction with beastmen. The flow of money was important to the society after all. Profit from every transaction would further enrich the country and that would in turn make the lives of the people better.
True, bartering and trust in your neighbours was also important but that alone won’t develop the society.
That’s why, unlike with the demi-humans, there was not much interaction with Beastmen. The Beastmen really come out of their world, in a way they were self sufficient. There were some who’d come out due to their curiosity towards the outside world or due to some job like Mururu, but they were the minority.
——or that’s how I saw it, to be exact. Well, my opinion has also changed quite a lot in the previous year as well. There were a quite a few Beastmen in the Magic City. I can see them sometimes while walking around the district. Going by the trend, there might be others at the other cities and the capital as well.
I guess the world also changed. While I had retired into the rural countryside.
[How carefree. I’m more worried about what she has to deliver to Yuuko you know.]
Well that’s true, I guess.