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Today as a Follower

Translator: yuNS

Chapter cover: iurcom/dShN9rO

Part 1

“It’s fine, Wiz, this islecture, and told me to pay for the losses incurred by the store …So, don’t hesitate!

“Aqua-saood intentions for this store! Even so…!”

This was a ic tool store located on a certain street in the city of Axel

Sweeping the ground in front of the store, Moi overheard the dreadful conversation

Stopping Moi hand that eeping, Moi turned with a doubtful look to inspect the situation The tho met Moi eyes turned their faces away

“Neh Wiz, this is the punishment I decided for myself I have fully reflected on what happened this tiood intentions, Iso much trouble This is the natural method of repentance So, there is no need to hesitate!”

“No, Aqua-sahly reflected, then Vanir-san will surely forgive you! I its to appear, that was just a small incident!”

As the discussion continued, Moi could no longer bear the two of thelimpses in Moi direction

“… Alright if you’re going to do soed Goddess who has been trying to garner syh underhandedwater poured on you isn’t really much”

Moi said to the Goddess who sat with her hands wrapped around her knees and the store oith a water bucket in her hand

–– Just a few days ago

Perhaps she had tooevery day to play around with our idiotic store owner

If ere toland which would surely rise in price overtiood investment

However as the two of theain produced its

In order to fill this hole, the brat that was this Goddess’ guardian thought of this sales strategy…

“Vanir-san, you’re terrible! Don’t you see Aqua-sa to this extent!? So, ould you allow such a terrible thing…! Although Kazu water isn’t irl you know!? Even so, this…!”

“Wiz, thank you for saying that Those feelings are already enough… Reh I may catch a cold from the water poured onto et me…”

“Aqua-samaaaa!”

Walking to the side of the tho continued their weird little drama, Moi picked up the bucket beside Wiz’s feet and emptied it over the Goddess’ head

“…Wait, what are you doing you brutish devil? Don’t you have any kindness in your heart!? Seeing this Goddess weeping with sorrow, shouldn’t you say ‘I will forget about the red digits this tiiveness?”

“Aqua-sa us with more kindness? Even the store has become wet”

To the Goddess who continued to act normally after water was poured over her head, Moi said

“… Alright, just finish creating your quota of iteo home already… Recently, the amount of time Moi spend with you has increased, and the indebted owner’s red digit producing ability has iestion to sell Goddess’ broth, this its”

“Wait, please don’t give the holy water I make such a tasty name Use names like ‘Aqua-sama’s holy water’ and sell it like that”

“Ah, Aqua-sama, is the temperature of the water fine? If the water is too cold, please say so I will add hot water immediately”

While just touching the water would purify it, the Goddess had a bodily aptitude that would convert water that she touched for long periods of time into holy water

‘Use that power to create holy water with special effects to undead ested by the brat that was this Goddess’ guardian

Although the et, but…

“Today is hot, sothe water colder is fine Wiz, please add water If you can, use the water fresh froood Pour it all on my head!”

“Understood, I will iet the water from the well!”

The Goddess in high spirits, whom Moi wanted to say ‘what happened to your little drama just now’ to, continued to splish-splash around in the bucket Moi no longer had any interest to stay in the store, and left her alone

“I’ll leave the store in your care Moi is going to the usual place”

Said Moi to Wiz as draater

–– Moving towards the adventurer’s guild

Recently a new business – a consultation center, was opened in a corner of the building

The nu today

There were already people waiting for Moi at the corner of the guild

“I have so to consult with you, it has already been three days and my pet neriod still hasn’t returned…!”

“It is stuck in your neighbor’s eave and can’t o help it immediately”

“I’ve coe the water purification facility of this town So ‘I’ll help you purify this water!’ and then tries to jump into the pool…”

“As that is an evil existence, I reco chili pepper around the pool to ward it off”

“This is just so I want to consult about, but the ojou-sama from our house has forer with each passing day The retainers are all extremely worried”

“She was like that to begin with, I reco her”

“I’ve co all kinds of probleivequests!’ and I feel troubled…”

“… Being a receptionist is also quite difficult, isn’t it?”

There are quite a lot of customers today

Although there were occasionally weird requests, if the roup’s holy water production was added, then red numbers should be avoided this month

As I was pleasingly counting the uild suddenly turned silent

Looking around to figure out what had occurred, Moi found that that everyone’s eyes were focused on the guild entrance

Originally, the adventurers of this town seldo

In this town that housed a lot of peculiar people, the people were already immune to most events, but…

“Is this the adventurer’s guild…!?”

The figure muttered to herself as she walked in Dressed in a coirl who appeared to be around 12 to 13 years old

While the girl was dressed in such a way, she did not hide the golden hair and blue eyes that indicated her noble heritage She curiously and restlessly uild

“Iri… No, Alice-sauards, please do not wander around too ood public safety, we do not understand everything here Especially because Alice-sama is this cute, you could be kidnapped by someone Please be careful”

Another girl said as she followed inside She was another golden-haired blue-eyed lady

She was dressed in a white suit designed for males, with a short shose shortness e of a pretty woman in male clothes

Lastly, there was a short-breathed lady that seeic user Her plain attire indicated her common sense

“The two of you, please stop drawing such attention, this is the place where that person lives In the event that Alice-sa him home with us”

…If the three intended to not draw attention, it was already too late Moi had the feeling that it would be troublesome to be associated with them

The adventurers seeazes

“However Rain, I heard that the adventurer’s guild was a rowdy and crude place, but everyone is silent… Frouild, they would become involved with some unlawful adventurers, and one would have to repel them to resolve a ‘template’, but it does not seem like the ‘template’ will occur…”

TL Note: Template is a peculiar term that Claire uses for an ‘event of destiny’ or ‘fated encounter’

Said the girl that inspected the interior of the guild with a troubled expression All the adventurers tried to avoid her gaze

After briefly pausing, the girl tugged on the lady-in-white’s sleeve

“Although I don’t understand what this ‘te to the people eird names, it is an important event Claire, please perform the ‘template’ ritual”

“Understood, Alice-sama, I will use my authority to threaten the adventurers over there Once they approach Alice-sama, I shall repel them”

“Please wait you te just said that we should avoid drawing attention, so what are you doing now! Please don’t forget the gazes in this direction!”

Finally coment that they did not want to be involved with them, everyone silently returned to where they were

The girl named Alice suddenly shouted

“Claire, Rain! Look at that person!”

Their line of sight, for soned to where Moi was seated…

…Although Moi was able to deter about

Moi hoped that they would give Moi a break…

“Please calm down, Alice-sama, shall we still perform the ‘template’!?… Hm, is that the masked man!? However, the invader from that time had a better physique…”

“Alice-sama, please don’t point at people, it is unladylike! …However, it is true that the mask certainly looks the same…”

The three of them discussed Moi’s appearance from afar

Then, the lady whoan to move directly towards Moi

“A-Alice-sama!? O please you cannot, do not approach that man with the shady mask!”

As the two followers hurriedly chased after her, the girl called Alice stood in front of Moi

“Good afternoon, Masked Man I ahter of the capital’s Chirimen store owner, Alice”

TL Note: Chiri kimonos

Part 2

In the guild which returned to its usual rowdiness

“Please do not, Alice-sama! To ask this suspicious man to lead us around town…!”

“I-I agree, Alice-sa about this person Please choose someone who is more appropriate!”

What has happened here?

After the lady named Alice introduced herself, these ladies, whoan to ask unreasonable things of Moi

“…Oi, to show this behavior towards so in manners First, you must introduce yourself Even this child was able to, therefore it should be expected of you two to do the same Moi name is Vanir, Moi will be in your care”

“I will also be in your care… Actually instead…! My name is Claire This is Rain You are Vanir-dono, correct? Please excuse Alice-sa you, she was just curious about your o!”

“Ah, Alice-sao request them instead!”

The two co her away

“No, this person is fine! You called yourself Vanir-san, right? Actually, for you ears this fashi+onable mask, I have a special request”

“Hou? To be able to understand the fashi+on of thislady Do please state your request”

Through Moi sight, Moi deter Alice

“You brute, to direct such a manner of speech towards Alice-sama! You should know your place!”

“Claire, those words cannot be said as of right now! I mentioned many times that those lines seem like villainous threats!?”

Moi, as curious about Claire’s words, unwittingly saw through the backgrounds of the three…

…All Moi was left as regret It would have been better had Moi not done anything at all

If Moi were to meddle in the affairs of people of such status, the store owner and Moi et by However, the store – in both material and societal aspects, would surely disappear

Fro two, the more mature lady, Rain, said

“Uuild to find Alice-sama a follower for a day They must have the ‘Hachibei’ job and must also be an excellent mood-maker…”

TL Note: A recurring character in the period dra/wiki/Mito_Kōmon

Moi has never heard of the job ‘Hachibei’, but in any case, Moi – as often cited as a classy gentleman by the married ladies nearby, would be unable to fulfill the role of a mood-maker

“H here in this place, Moi is not an adventurer If you have a request, it would be better to ask someone else”

However, in response towith Claire, turned to face Moi

“Fronificent Hachibei! It’s alright, the role of an Eight Samurai is to erous line of work! I ask of you, for just today, please be my Hachibei…!”

As she gazed in hope towards Moi, Alice proceeded to join her hands in a pose of prayer

This pose would easily sway any male who possessed traits of a lolicon, but Moi was different from a certain brat who seemed to attract trouble wherever he was

Surely, if Moi were to accept this request, then the likelihood of being involved in some troublesome event…

“The reward can be paid in advance! Although I don’t understand the fine details, I have brought some money from my family treasury-”

“Please do absolutely call me Hachibei!”

Before she could finish, Moi had already taken the heavy bag that was brought forth

Part 3

At the main street of the town of Axel

“Unbelievable!? To think that Alice-sama, of all people, would take money from the treasury on her own accord…”

Claire, who paced several steps behind Alice, continued tirelessly to say such lines

“Even I want to be able to spend my own money Also, I did not take it offather’s shoulders, I asked for a bit of allowance, and father said that I could take what I want from the treasury…”

Claire continued to lecture Alice, who had casually handed Moi a considerable amount as a reward

However, the contents of said lecture…

“That respected person is truly unbelievable, to think he would pamper Alice-sama this much…! If you wanted an allowance so much, you should have just asked me! Compared to Alice-sama’s father, I would pa else you may want, please call on me at any time!”

TL Illustration: iurcom/rMSFNEo

“Claire, no matter what I request from you, you will take it too far every tiether, hasn’t your behavior been rather strange?”

I-In any case, this reeked of sinfulness

As the two continued this conversation, Rain spoke to Moi in a hushed tone

“Ah, Vanir-dono… About the reward that Alice-saiven you, ue of the outside world… If it is possible, I would like you to take the reward based on the standard…”

“Hmm, super refused”

“Ah, Ah… I will be yelled at by the finance ement…”

As Moi carelessly responded to the teary-eyed Rain, Alice, who had been walking in front of Moi, explained the details of the request

“Alright Listen in, Hachibei Froainst all that is unjust! I heard that the town is under the oppression of a tyrannical ruler, that the public order of the town has been worsening day by day, and that the citizens are suffering froh taxes That tyrant shall now receive divine retribution! To help thehardshi+p is our work! The Hachibei shall oversee and praise our work, and to get the audience worked up!”

Towards Alice’s confident speech, Moi was speechless

That tyrannical ruler couldn’t be…

“U about, is it the man named Alderp? About that, irrefutable evidence of his cri As of now, the area is governed by Dustiness-sama and the new policies have improved the welfare of the people…”

“Ehhh!?”

In response to Rain’s words, Alice let out a surprised cry

Hht to hell the other day

Alice begun to shake where she stood

“N-No way… Then, what did I come to this town for…? I had planned to do as Onii-saracefully expose the crimes of the tyrant… Then, I would reveal my true identity to everyone Then Onii-sama would hear of this and rush to meet me, that was the plan…!”

TL Note: A character fro/wiki/E5BEB3E5B79DE58589E59C80

“So it was that kind of scheme, Alice-sama! You cannot, Alice-sama, I will not allow you to meet that man I told you that many countless times already!”

“So that’s hen you said you wanted to ‘correct the unjust’, you did not choose towns close to the royal capital, but instead chose this place!”

Even as she was lectured by Claire and Rain, Alice did not retreat one step

“I-, I, even if it’s only just a little, I want to be praised by Onii-sama! All I wanted was for him to say ‘You’ve worked hard’! I don’t doubt what Onii-sa, but based on his personality, he will forget about me completely after a while! If other females make a move, he would be led by the atmosphere and…!”

“It is better for that man to be led away! You’ve been affected by thatsimilar to his, Alice-sama!”

“Please, if I may say, do not shout in the street, Alice-sama You will really be discovered by that person!”

It seeed from behind Moi

“Hrmm…, about the ‘Goroukou-dono’ and ‘Hachibei’’ you have been talking about, what are they? Moi have been curious for a while now”

“That ‘Goroukou-dono’ is one of the great politicians that Onii-sama knows about! He hid his identity and roaht to correct the unjust! Goroukou-dono did not participate in battle In his stead, his two royal guards, ‘Sukesen’ and ‘Kakusen’ would fight, and after eh that method, Goroukou-dono would display his influence on the e theto sos, he play the role of ‘the fool’ in order to do so”

“In short, this man called Goroukou handed off the harsh work to his subordinates, and then after the battle, he would bask in the glory of their efforts Isn’t this man just an exploitative tyrant?”

“N-No, you’re mistaken! The Goroukou-dono that I heard about frohteous person!”

Due to what see ‘Goroukou’, Alice strongly refused Moi statement

“By the way, since you called yourself ‘granddaughter of the Chiri what kind of products a Chirimen store sells”

“…A Chirimen store is a Chirimen store … Neh, Claire, Rain What is a Chirimen store?”

TL note: Store is pronounced as ‘donya’ When separated ‘don’ stands for bohile ‘ya’ stands for house’ (specialized store) Eg Katsudonya specializes in pork bowls

“In any case, a Chiriht?”

“What do you suppose the Chirimen in a Chirimen bowl is? I’ve never eaten it before…”

In response to Moi question, the three people began to silently discuss ast one another

Vigorously turning to face Moi, Alice changed the topic of discussion

“Anyway, if there’s no tyrannical ruler here, then it can’t be helped For the sake of announcing my true identity, weevil in this town Ideally, the target would be someone who plans to abuse their power to oppress the masses, but we don’t have the freedom to choose! After we capture and punish some convenient evil person, I will announce o!”

“A-Alice-sama… your method and plan is already exposed…”

“Ah… that disciplined and understanding Alice-saative influence of that man…! But, this selfish Alice-sama is not bad either…!”

Rain and Claire released a long sigh

Moi master-for-a-day happily walked ahead

–– The town of beginners, Axel

With its title, the toas faood public security

As should be expected of its title, there are police in this town, and it would be unthinkable for any idiot to commit crimes at the peak of noon

“Hachibei, is there anyone who is perfor like that?”

Having roa not discovered any incidents, Alice inquired with a troubled expression

“The public security of this town is very good, and while there are some weird people here, there are no truly evil people…”

As Moi continued to walk alongside Alice, the tho trailed behind us began to discuss

“Hey Rain, the people of this town seeentle with a mask not particularly rare in this area?”

“That can’t be right… perhaps the people are already used to this…?”

Ignoring the tho said disrespectful things about Moi, as known as thecuriosity at the stores we passed

“Hachibei, what store is that? These children are carrying so into that store…”

“That is Axel’s fa it to that store to sell for some spare money”

“What is a Neriod?”

“A mysterious creature that creates a drink that fizzles From what Moi have heard, the creature prefers dark areas, and has various species”

After hearing Moi explanation, the tho followed behind us began to discuss noisily

“Rain, is what he said actually true? Fro as that man”

“His state Neriod are correct If that explanation was not enough, Neriod also make a ‘Nyaa’ sound when captured”

To think that they would not know about Neriod It seemed that not only Alice, but even the lady named Claire as well, had lived life sheltered from the outside world

The two, lacking the basic knowledge of cohters of nobility

On the other hand, the lady named Rain seemed rather down-to-earth, and had an abundance of coe However, as a result, she seeone many hardshi+ps

As Alice looked at the stores around us, she displayed a growing curiosity

“Hachibei, that is!? What is that store selling?”

“That is a store that sells ic tools, Moi recoic tools store, which is ic tools for sale”

Having overheard the discussion between Alice and Moi from a short distance away, Claire approached and asked

“Vanir-dono, that, what is that store over there? The sign says that it is a fruit store, but why are there so es?”

“That is for selling auard just a little, they will spray juice at your eyes In this season alone, there have been a countless a been struck by juice”

As Moi explained with a tone of ‘How could you not know this?’, Alice’s curiosity seemed to deepen

“There are really amanatsu that are that vicious? It sees about this world that I don’t know… Soize Actually, when Onii-sama said that there are cats that spit fire and can fly, I called him a liar…”

“That kind of thing can’t possibly exist There is no doubt that that man tried to fool you”

“Uuuuuuuuu-!”

Covering her face that turned red with eroan Moi decided to continue our search through the town

Part 4

Frohly, but no special incidents occurred

While we had co feht the person and handed him to the police The peace in Axel was only further confirmed

“–– What should we do? We’ve oals… The only incident we’ve resolved was that strange incident where that slanty-eyed gold-haired outlaw said ‘This is just picking up girls! Boss, please explain to these people!’ as he was taken away There just aren’t any big crimes that would make it appropriate for me to announce my identity…”

Despite her outlandish mood earlier, Alice lost her spirit

Anyhow, it seemed that her time in this toas limited

Moi heard that for the sake of this one outing, she had greatly increased her efforts in her daily studies

That was how much she wanted to meet her brother in this town

Though Moi was surprised that there was so in this town

“…Uive up on the ‘correct the unjust’ activity that that person told you about, and instead just plainly go there to play? Surely that person, even if you did not ‘correct the unjust’, would be very happy to see you”

“What!? Rain, what stupid things are you saying!? I wholly object, if you let that o there to play at this time, then that man that spoils Alice-sama… will definitely try to make her somehow stay at his house!”

“…I see Evidently, as bodyguards, we must also stay at that person’s home However, since it is that person’s houard Alice-sama at all times It certainly is a situation we should avoid”

“… To closely guard Alice-saether… Uo there no matter what, the time the rules…”

The conversation occurred between the two

“…Please stop If It is about Onii-sama, then surely he will have already performed ain, I want to show him evidence of my hard work that is worthy of his praise I want to be like the ideal politician Goroukou-dono that Onii-sama told me about That is why…”

Having said that, Alice’s shoulders dropped and continued to walk dejectedly Moi decided to say the only think that Moi could think of

“If that is the case, then Moi have good news for you Actually, the wanted crie incident in the capital, the silver-haired thieving group, have hidden themselves in this town If we search for them…”

“N- NoNoNoNo, we really cannot do that! Err, I have been allowed to go outside for today only So, I don’t think we can capture that kind of faure in a day’s time!”

For soestion

“No, please wait, Alice-saain I’m very curious as to why there are powerful thieves like them are hidden in this city”

“I-, I ahtly curious…”

Hh Alice rejected Moi for some reason, the other two seemed to entertain the idea

A while ago, the adventurer’s guild requested Moi to foretell the whereabouts of the thieves, however, due to a blinding light that obstructed Moi eye, Moi gave up on the request

It has been a long time since that incident Given the circumstances, why not try to foretell the true form of the thieves one more time?

“If we look from the perspective of their results, those thieves had actually saved us! So, I don’t think we should…!”

When Alice was trying to explain herself

The ground started to shake, and the sound of an explosion can be heard in the distance

“W-What happened!? It can’t be, this kind of re’s army!?”

“The explosion sound just now! Alice-saivethis enjoyable moment, but before we clarify this incident, please do not move…!”

“For just a ic power froic casted by someone…”

In contrast the three who responded tensely, the passersby acted as though this incident was a natural occurrence

Alice inquired the cos

“Hachibei, despite the explosion sound just now, the people of this town do not seem to be distressed What happened just now? Do you know anything about it?

“Ah, that is just the natural scenery of this town That explosion sound occurs once a day It is like how every town has their specialty products What happened just now is similar to that”

Surely, that was the sound of a certain Criic

“Scenery… So in small town, you will occasionally hear explosion sounds”

“Although we do not know much about the everyday lives of the masses, fro new I have learnedthe capital”

“The two of you, please do not si weird about this town!”

Only Rain alone seemed to protest what Moi said

“Rain-dono, you are the only one who is agitated by that in this town If you continue like this, you will draw bad gazes, so please consider what just happened with a bit more common sense”

“Me!? I’m the weird one here!? I’m the one that stands out!? I stand out st us with the least common sense!?”

Though Rain see down as she followed our steps As we continued to walk down the street ––

“You, what kind have education have you had!? Before you is the one who used to e the town’s finances, the duke Aurip!”

At this tiood voice

One of the duke’s followers pointed to an obese man to indicate his identity

Seated in a palanquin was a uards, caused an oppressive atmosphere

If Moi were to guess, the incident seemed to involve a woman

“Though you say that, it can’t be helped, you just aren’t my type…”

Said the woman with a contorted expression She was a feuild