Chapter 41 - Adventurer Guild (1/2)

—Raust—

It was the early morning of the next day of the party with the city folks.

Narsena and I stayed up late yesterday, so we went to the adventurer guild while feeling sleepy.

「It had been a long time since we could go to the city, I wish we could take it a bit more slowly…」

On the way to the guild, Narsena stood still and suddenly leaked that remark.

Narsena who said this, from times to times, would look back to the city in reluctance.

I also shared that sentiment.

Returning to the city after a long time, it might be only for a short while, but we have not been able to do so for the last two days after we defeated the mutated hydra.

The guild seemed to worry about the hydra that was mutated in a short period of time, and so we were detained in the guild and asked for information about the hydra.

As a result, we were exhausted in just two days.

To be honest, I wanted to just rest in the inn today.

「…Sorry, if possible I want us that take that request.」

「No no, please don’t worry! I also agree that we should receive that request.」

……However, for us, despite being exhausted, we couldn’t take the option to rest.

The cause was the request that was posted recently.

It might be groundless, but Narsena and I felt that request was dangerous.

That was why, in order to increase the certainty of success, Narsena and I decided to take the request on our own.

…After all, we understood how terrible it would be if worst came to worst.

I was determined to solve the problem before it came to that point.

That way, we could live our daily life without worry.

「…No, that’s not the only problem.」

However, at that moment, I remembered a certain concerning remark.

「The guild……」

That remark was something concerning the adventurer guild.

I murmured that as the words Marry-san said while she was drunk last night came to my mind.

……The words that mention that the guild was raising the price of materials as if the guild was trying to drive them away.

It was an unthinkable remark.

Normally, the guild and the city that handle the material was inseparable, aside from some degree of fraud, it was impossible to do something that would drive the city folks away.

The city was selling equipment to strengthen adventurers and then selling the material purchased from the adventurer that had become stronger.

And the city developed with the material obtained from the guild.

That was the relationship between the city and the guild. If there were no people in the city, the number of adventurers would decrease and the guild would suffer greatly.

Considering that, Marry-san’s remark was unbelievable and should be considered drunken nonsense.

…Even so, I had my doubt toward the guild.

Marry-san’s face when she said that was serious.

I didn’t think it was a lie considering her expression.

And even without that, I couldn’t trust the guild.

I was reminded of Hanzam, the guild staff’s attitude when I explained about the mutated hydra yesterday.

While I was talking, Hanzam was listening eagerly to me.

He looked so serious that the image I had for the guild staffs was about to change.

But while listening to me, Hanzam was always calm.

No surprise nor relief.

……It was as if the hydra mutation was just a trivial matter.

I had a bad feeling when I saw his attitude.

And then, while incomparable, the request was also concerning.

「…Not much I can do, huh?」

However, all concerns about the guild were just in my mind.

Understanding that, I let out a sigh.

No matter how suspicious, I couldn’t do anything as long as the worst was just in my imagination.

After all, I didn’t even consider what the guild might be thinking.

Considering nothing I could do about this now, I decided to focus on the more pressing matter, the request.

Yesterday, I was unable to take the request because of various disturbance, but now was early morning.