Although the person before had a small body, the other possessed an overwhelmingly huge physique. Enough to make one think of a huge rock. In a way, the body could be described as plump, but not because it was fat. First, the arms were as thick as tree trunks. In order to support the head, the neck was as thick as an average woman’s thighs, and the head resting on top of that neck was a square. The chin was wide as to better clench the teeth for power, the eyes for scanning the surroundings looked like the eyes belonging to a carnivore. The blond hair was cut short strictly for functionality.
The chest hidden behind her clothes was conspicuously bloated by muscles trained over and over. It was no longer the chest of a woman.
The female-only adamantium rank adventurer team— Blue Rose.
They were two of its members, magic caster Evileye and warrior Gagaran.
Climb headed in their direction. The person whom he needed to speak to nodded her head and shouted in a husky voice.
“Yo, cherry boy!”
Once more, the stares focused on Climb, but there were no sounds of jeering. As if they had suddenly lost their interest, they turned away instead, with something akin to sympathy filling their eyes.
There was a reason for the cold treatment from the other adventurers. They knew that even for orichalcum or mithril rank adventurers, showing discourtesy to Gagaran’s guest wasn’t courage, only reckless bravado.
Even while he was being made fun of, Climb calmly walked forward. Since Gagaran wouldn’t change her nickname for him no matter how often he asked, the most effective method was to pretend that he gave up and no longer cared.
“It has been a long time, Gagaran-sam—san, Evileye-sama.”
He approached the two and bowed his head.
“Yeah, long time no see. What, did you come here because you wanted to be embraced by me?”
While motioning with her chin to take a seat, Gagaran asked him with a beast-like grin across her face. But Climb shook his head with a blank expression.
This was also part of Gagaran’s usual banter. Although it was a greeting, it did not mean that she was joking. If Climb ever replied in the affirmative, even in jest, Gagaran would immediately drag him to a room on the 2nd floor with overwhelming strength, without any chance for retaliation.
Gagaran, who would openly proclaim that plucking a ‘fresh cherry’ was her hobby, was that type of person.
Different from Gagaran, Evileye stared directly in front of her and showed no sign of turning her face. You could not even tell which direction the eyes beneath the mask were pointing.
“No. I’m here because of a request from Aindra-sama.”
“Huh? From the leader?”
“Yes. I will deliver her message.『It seems we’ll have to move soon. I will explain the details when I return. Be ready for battle immediately.』”
“I got it. Hmm, you’re sure going through a lot of trouble for something so trivial.”
Climb remembered that he had something else to say to Gagaran who wore a wide grin.
“I had the fortune of being instructed in the sword by Stronoff-sama today. He praised the high vertical strike that you taught me in the past.”
He had learned that move from her in this inn’s backyard. Gagaran smiled brightly.
“Oh, that! Not bad at all. But…”
“Yes. I will not be satisfied and train harder.”
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