Chapter 42 - Encounter With Senior Disciple (1/2)
—Raust—
Seeing a man who put his hand on my shoulder and made a friendly declaration suddenly appeared, Narsena wide-eyed in surprise.
「……Onii-san?」
And then, along with those words, Narsena sent me a gaze that spoke clearly of what she was thinking about.
“I want an explanation of what’s happening.”
…Alas, I also wanted an explanation.
I didn’t have any male acquaintance with that voice based on my memory, needless to say, I didn’t have another companion beside Narsena.
In other words, I also had no clue.
Thinking normally, this man might be lying, but I couldn’t figure out his motive; why he lied in this situation, and in the first place, why he suddenly appeared.
Considering the current situation, this man who was trying to pull me away from Nancy might be on our side.
But then it would just mean an extra member in our party, Nancy and the other guild’s staffs wouldn’t give up with this.
That means, if he wants to help us, claiming to be our comrade is useless.
That was why, I looked back, wondering why I suddenly got called out by him.
「——Gh!」
…That was when I noticed the abnormality of the man that spoke to me.
The man had a quite burly body and a well-featured appearance.
Many adventurers with vanguard roles had a strong body, but this man had a body one size larger than that which would surely catch everyone’s eyes.
Even so, that was a trivial matter to me.
……What robed my attention was the intimidating feeling that came from the man.
That intimidating feeling reminded me of the world-class warrior who trained me, Ronaldo-san.
And I knew the intimidating feeling that came from this man had the same quality as the one the Ronaldo-san in my memory exuded.
「G-Guild’s agent……」
「………Huh?」
…Nancy’s remark was what returned my mind which had stopped working for a while, back.
Guild’s agent, they were the best out of the first-class adventurers and said to be the closest to the world-class adventurers.
Unlike exclusive adventurers, guild’s agents could be certified even without a party, and their treatment was incomparable to what exclusive adventurers got.
The general perception was guild’s agents were at a higher caste compared to exclusive adventurers.
I’m surprised an adventurer like him is in Labyrinth city’s guild.
But at the same time, I’m convinced, him being a guild’s agent would explain his strength.
「You’re a guild’s agent, your movement would be hindered if you become an exclusive adventurer.」
While I was surprised by the sudden development, I understood the man was trying to help me.
A guild’s agent was said to have the authority on the level of branch guild’s head.
Of course, in the Labyrinth city which had authority independent from the guild’s headquarter, they couldn’t use that authority.
Still, for a guild’s staff like Nancy, the fact they couldn’t talk back was the same.
Using his position, the man was glaring at Nancy and the other guild’s staffs to apply pressure on them.
“Don’t get involved with me anymore from hereon.”
「B-But, I am……」
But even after receiving the warning, Nancy still spoke.
It looked like she hadn’t given up on me yet, she opened her mouth.
「Is there any complaint?」
「Kh! N-No……」
However, her complaint was blocked with that one remark.
His voice contained his irritation, and Nancy who received that looked pale.
I realized that she could no longer talk back to the man.
…And, there was no other guild’s staff trying to speak to me after seeing Nancy.
Some people were sending a regrettable glance this way, but nobody was trying to meddle with us now that I was under the protection of this man.
「Well then, should we go?」
The man asked for our confirmation with a smile.
「Umm…」
Doubt could be seen on Narsena’s face.
There was no way Narsena didn’t realize she was being helped by the man.
Even so, she still couldn’t hide her doubt for the man who suddenly appeared.
「Narsena, let’s just follow him quietly for now.」
「Y-Yes.」
However, I stopped Narsena.
Now is not the time to listen to his purpose.
And so, as prompted by the man, we left the guild……
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「I have nothing to say, you must be confused I suddenly claimed to be your companion, sorry.」
The man who was a guild’s agent bowed his head and apologized once we reached a place out of public eyes after we left the guild.
「N-No no! Don’t worry about it!」
「That’s right!」
Seeing the man’s completely unimaginable behavior, Narsena and I were flustered.
We were desperately trying to tell him we didn’t mind.
To be honest, I had a little doubt about the guild’s agent that helped us.