Chapter 33 - Invitation (1/2)

—Raust—

「You’re taking your time, Narsena.」

「Ahaha…… Sorry, various things happened.」

As I stood in front of the guild, my cheek loosened seeing Narsena running out from the guild.

After she went back to the interior of the guild saying she had some business, I was worried because she didn’t come back, but it looked like it was fine.

Feeling relieved, I cracked open a little joke.

「It’s good it ended without incident. Actually, Sword of Lightning comes to the guild today. I was about to come back to the guild, thinking you’re involved with them.」

「Ehh!?」

「………Huh?」

…… However, even though I intended that to be a joke, Narsena somehow looked impatient.

And in response to her unexpected reaction, I let out a stupid sounding voice.

The next moment, my surprise turned into worry, but when I tried to ask…

「Is by any chance…」

「O-Onii-san! Let’s get going soon!」

Before I could finish my question, Narsena changed the topic in a hurry and walked ahead.

Her attitude was clearly suspicious.

That was why, I was about to ask Narsena again when I caught up with her…

「… Not long from now I guess?」

…… However, I muttered that as I felt multiple signs of people from behind me.

It seemed Narsena also noticed and stopped walking.

Certainly, I was bothered by the previous topic.

But, let’s put that matter for now and clean this up first.

Or so I judged in an instant, and then as if nothing happened, I started walking again and laugh toward Narsena.

「Let’s go, to the meadow.」

「Yes!」

Meadow, when the word came out, the signs of people behind us reacted slightly.

Noticing that, Narsena and I laughed.

「… Alright, that went well.」

「… Yes, they really annoying, aren’t they?」

As soon as we started walking, those signs also moved.

I and Narsena proceed to the meadow, pretending to not notice.

… Those people who stalked us didn’t aware that they were now being invited.

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After leaving the adventurer guild, on the way to the meadow, the signs behind us disappeared.

However, the moment we reached the meadow, those signs appeared again, now surrounding us.

「Hahaha! Good job for coming after us yourselves!」

The next moment, a large number of adventurers that had been targetting us for several days appeared, the leader-like man among them sneered at us.

His face seemed to showed a sadistic joy, maybe he imagined putting his hand on Narsena after lynching me and making me apologize.

And with that expression pasted on his face, he opened his mouth.

「If we kill you here, the guild will just think this is a dispute between adventurers and won’t interfere! In other words, we can take your— Gahhh!?」

「Just shut up!」

… But he couldn’t finish his sentence.

While being astonished, the knife I threw to that adventurer lodged into his thigh, forcing him to shut up.

「………Huh?」

「No, isn’t it strange? How can that thrown knife hit with this much distance!」

Disturbance spread among the adventurers currently here.

Seeing this spectacle, I, in turn, laughed, ridiculing them.

「Taking my head, is that what you want to say? No way you can do that. It would be the opposite in fact, the opposite.

——— I’m taking all of you down.」

「Kh!」

I said so to the other adventurers while revealing my killing intent.

Right, I made them come to meadow because I felt irritated by the stalking behavior of these adventurers.

That was why, I purposefully invited them to the meadow where nobody would care if adventurers fought with each other so they would take the initiative to strike.

Also, for them to not only want to harm me, but also Narsena, there was no way I would let them off for this.

「If we defeat you, there will be fewer people that would meddle with us. So, lose as miserable as you can.」

And so, I laughed at these adventurers that I would use as an example for others.

Fear permeated in the face of the adventurers when they heard my killing intent-filled words.

「Uooh!」

The next moment, the adventurers started running, aiming at me…

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「I see, so you approach me so I can’t use my throw.」

Seeing all the adventurers running toward me, I muttered so.

Apparently, those adventurers had judged my throw was dangerous and came close.

… Even so, their judgment was mistaken.