Knight A
Under the information of the Adventurer's Guild, we were subjugating monsters.
Today, I headed out to subjugate the monsters as usual, but only after the monsters had been subdued.
"An adventurer who was passing by subdued it."
"Adventurer?"
"Yes. It's a party of four, one man and three women."
There were no longer any adventurers hunting monsters around the city.
The reason was that the useless mage adventurers were gone, and the others were gone along with them. We were subjugating monsters in place of that adventurer.
So, they might just be adventurers who just happened to be passing by.
We headed to the next village, but it had been subjugated in the same way.
"A passing adventurer killed it?"
"Yes"
Is it a coincidence?
The captain was silently thinking.
Then he asked the man.
"What kind of adventurer were they?"
"They were adventurers, one man and three women. After hearing about our trouble, they immediately went to subjugate the monsters. I tried to thank them, but they said they had to hurry and left the village."
The same thing happened in the previous village.
They were definitely the same adventurers.
One man and one woman had swords, and the other two women were mages.
"Also..."
"What else?"
"What else? The three women seemed to have feelings for the man."
The last piece one was an irrelevant information.
However, as a man, this was information that made me want to punch him.
If I ever see him somewhere, it was a good idea to embarrass him in front of the women.
Besides, they stole the monsters we should defeat, they didn't intend to do it for free.
After that, we headed out to subjugate monsters, but we didn't encounter any monsters.
Gatekeeper
The Adventurer's Guild master had asked me to take care of the adventurers. The Adventurers were careful when entering and exiting the town so that they were safe even if they returned at any time. The worst thing was when adventurers and knights collide. We worked with care both inside and outside the city.
As I stood at the entrance to the city, the knights came back from outside the city.
"What kind of adventurer are they!"
"How should I report this to the lord?"
The knights arrived, looking irritated.
"Just report it as it is."
"Captain, but..."
"Also, if a monster was subjugated near this town, there is a high possibility that it will come to the Adventurer's Guild in this town. After this, you should go to the Adventurer's Guild and check."
"Okay"
Apparently, they couldn't subjugate the monsters.
In other words, those adventurers were successful in advance.
It was looking good.
As I was laughing in my heart, one of the knights approached me.
"Hey, has an adventurer come to this town?"
"Don't you all know that there's no way any adventurers who know about this city will come? Even if they do, they'll only be escorting merchants. And even then, they'll leave right away."
"It's true."
That's a lie.
I'm not going to tell you the truth.
"If you have any doubts, why not ask the Adventurer's Guild? I think an adventurer who came to town without knowing anything would go to the Adventurer's Guild."
Even if they went to the adventurer's guild, they wouldn't be able to get any information.
Everyone hated the knights and the lord.
"If an adventurer comes, be sure to report it!"
The knight yelled and entered the city.
If those adventurers really saved this city, I would tell them lies as many times as I wanted.
Carla's perspective
Yuna, Guildmaster, and the others were working to retrieve Prim-chan's older sister. However, speaking of me, I was working as usual at the reception desk of the Adventurer's Guild.
Even if there were no adventurers to accept requests, that didn't mean the monsters had disappeared. There were people who asked for requests. My job was to respond to those requests and compile information about monsters seen by people who came from other cities for work or requests from nearby villages.
But once that was over, it was true that I had free time.
Today's work was over, and while I was relaxing, the knights came in.
Things were different than usual.
"Hey, the adventurer who subjugated monsters came here!?"
Suddenly, he came up to me and started yelling at me.
I wanted him to stay away from me because his breath stunk.
But when he said adventurers, is he talking about Blitz and the others?
Either way, I pretended I didn't know.
"They won't come to this lonely adventurer's guild. As you all know, they can't work here."
I answered a little sarcastically.
"It's true."
"Rather than that, please take out the monster."
"Not today."
Bad mood.
"What do you mean? Was our information wrong?"
Information on monsters was passed on to the Knights.
I was annoyed, but I didn't give out false information.
If I did that, the people who were in trouble would be those who were troubled by monsters.
"No, unknown adventurers subjugated the monster first."
It was Blitz and his party.
The Blitz's party were also given the same information as the knights.
"Then there is no demolition work today."
If Blitz and his party continued to subdue the monsters, there would be no tomorrow.
"I can't give you the magic stone."
Unless the monster was dismantled, the magic stone could not be handed over.
I couldn't help but laugh, but I tried not to show it on my face.
"If that adventurer ever comes here, please report it!"
The knight yelled, and as if to vent his frustration, he kicked a nearby chair and left.
"Hehe, it's been a while since I saw those regretful faces of the knights."
It looked like Blitz and his party were ahead of the curve and succeeded in subjugating the monsters.
I knew that he was capable, but even though it was supposed to be difficult to fight continuously, they were ahead of the knights in subjugating monsters.
Of course, it wasn't just Blitz who was strong, the other three women were also strong.
If you were going to follow that man, you would have to be strong enough to protect yourself and protect your back, or you wouldn't be able to stay with him.
It was cool to see him fight Guildmaster.
"Is there a good man out there somewhere?"
If this time was over safely, I would look for a man too.
For that to happen, I had to do something about Prim-chan's older sister.
If fairies disappeared from this town, there would be a future.
Guild Master
I never thought I would lose to a girl dressed like a bear.
What was that movement? She could easily avoid my attacks, and she wasn't afraid of my attacks either.
I could tell most things by looking into someone's eyes.
Afraid, sad, angry, or planning something. The eyes said as much as the mouth.
However, that little bear girl was different from all of them.
Normally, if I swung a sword around, she would be scared, and she would be confused to approach it.
But the young girl's eyes showed no fear or confusion.
Observation.
The way she was observing me, what kind of attack I was going to use, whether I was looking for my quirk, it seemed like she could see through everything.
The girl dodged my attacks. I was slow at first, but she dodged it so well that I got angry and tried to attack with all my strength, but I didn't hit.
What surprised me most was that she seemed to have given up on sword and began parrying it with a small knife.
The girl said, "Once you understand the flow of power, it's easy."
No, there's no way such a trick could be done easily. Especially if you just look at it.
It created the illusion that you were fighting a veteran adventurer who had fought many dangerous battles and overcame life-threatening situations.
A first-class adventurer must be able to detect danger, quickly identify the enemy's weaknesses, and fight.
A young girl who was not even old was demonstrating this.
This alone was amazing, but she also used magic.
I could understand why Blitz and his party were no match for this young lady.
That was why I understood why she came to town alone with that girl named Noir.
I didn't know where they came from, but this world was big.
That bear girl. If Yuna was here, the city might be saved.
Rosa's Perspective
We would return after defeating the monsters. Of course, it was impossible to fulfill all requests due to both number of people and time. That was why we had been fulfilling requests near the city.
That was because Carla-san told me that there was a tendency to subjugate monsters from nearby locations. That was why we predicted where the knights would stand and we subjugated the monsters in advance.
"It's been a while since I've been able to sleep in bed."
"I want to take a bath."
As we approached the entrance to the city, the gatekeeper ran up to us.
"Hey, don't approach the town carelessly. I'm sure there aren't any knights outside."
"Oh, we came while checking the surroundings, so it's okay."
Guildmaster told us to "try not to let the knights notice."
We were wearing hoods so that no one could tell we were adventurers from a distance.
"I'll keep the horse, so hurry up and get in."
We said thank you and went into town. I chose a road less traveled and headed towards the Adventurer's Guild.
Then, we entered the Adventurer's Guild through the back door.
We were told to enter the Adventurer's Guild through the back door because there was a possibility that we were being watched.
When I entered the Adventurer's Guild, a guild staff member silently guided me to Carla-san.
"Welcome back"
"We're back"
"What about the quest?"
"We've taken care of the monster subjugation in the surrounding area."
"Excellent."
We would report the monster subjugation.
"This much?"
"Compared to Yuna-chan, it's not a big deal."
"Who is that kid, really? Not only does she look like that, but she's also carrying a bear."
"We don't even know why she's dressed like that. I think she said she was under the blessing of bear."
"She likes bears"
Ran answered as if that was the only option.
Well, Yuna-chan is dressed as a bear and has a bear with her, Yuna-chan's house in Crimonia was also shaped like a bear, and the shop Yuna-chan owns is also full of bears.
What Ran said might not be wrong. That made more sense than saying it was a bear's blessing.
"Well, we've received quest together several times, and I've heard rumors."
In response to my words, Ran and Blitz continued.
"However, what I can say is that Yuna-chan is a very strong and kind girl, contrary to her appearance. However, she will be scary if you make her angry, so please be careful."
"……Yeah"
Whether it was a monster or a person, if you made Yuna-chan angry, she wouldn't go away for nothing.
However, she was a kind girl who lends a helping hand if someone was in trouble.
Author's Note
Next time, we will return to Yuna's perspective.
* Thank you to everyone who reports typos.
Please note that some kanji have been revised to match the book, so some may not have been revised.