Chapter 62 - v2c23 The Town’s Adventurers (1/2)

—Marnell— (One of the adventurers that prostrated to Raust)

「For the next three weeks, bring middle-layer material free of charge to satisfy the demand of the townfolks.」

It was the memory of what Raust-san told us while we were prostrated.

It was still clear in my memory.

After all, the condition was too light considering what we had done to Raust-san until now.

…And that was when I first felt guilty about Raust-san.

Until now, even when I apologized to Raust-san, what I felt was fear and not guilt.

Those who are weak deserve to be oppressed.

Everyone lives just for himself.

That was my common sense as someone who lived in this Labyrinth City since I was born as an orphan.

Using that common sense, I shouldn’t have been able to complain even if I was killed by Raust-san.

Because in Labyrinth City, the strong did as they please, and we have used that to abuse Raust-san.

Now that the position reversed, there was no way I could complain if Raust-san decided to return in kind.

But Raust-san was behaving as if he didn’t care about that.

It was then I realized that he was a special kind of being compared to us.

As a Labyrinth City orphan like us, no, while in a much worse environment than us, he became an adventurer completely different than us.

I felt a somewhat strange feeling in front of this being, and then I made a decision in my heart.

I have to make up for what I have done to this person.

To be honest, I didn’t like the people in this town.

They were weak people who couldn’t fight.

Doing something for those people who were beneath me was not something I was willing to do.

Even so, for Raust-san, I decided to forget that feeling and obey.

With that determination, I decided to bring the materials to the town.

But at that time I didn’t know.

Even though I tried to repay Raust-san, I ended up getting something I couldn’t return.

Also, every day I spent in the town would become something irreplaceable in my mind………

「…Old man, err, please take care of me.」

In the early morning, Louis, the leader of the boys who asked us to teach them the sword, called me while swinging the sword in the vacant lot near the town.

Seeing him calling me out timidly without his usual cheekiness, I was almost laughing.

Perhaps he was thinking that he might be inconveniencing me by learning the sword from me.

Even though me agreeing in the first place meant that I didn’t care about being inconvenienced.

「Who’s an old man! Call me Marnell, I told you so, you damn brat!」

However, I hid my inner thought and said so bluntly.

While pretending to be as usual.

「Wha-! Shut up! You’re an old man, so I call you old man!」

Responding to my words, Louis was taken aback for a moment and then shouted at me.

By that time, he was already back to his usual self, I was about to laugh.

Right, keep it that way.

You kids don’t need to weirdly fuss about others.

Even without doing that, we had already been helped enough by Louis and the others.

「Cheeky brat. Well, enough of that. Today is our first day, so for now, let’s start from practice swings.」

As I hid that feeling inside my chest, I pretended to be angry from Louis’ words and started the training.

Separately, I was thinking about what kind of conversations my peers who were teaching other children about the sword would be having right now.

It was another peaceful day for Labyrinth City’s town.

After finishing the training with Louis and the others and having breakfast at their house, I met with the others that also selling material to this town in a cafe.

The woman from the cafe put a cup of fruit juice in front of us as we had now become a regular.

「Here’s for you. Thank you for everything you have done.」

After I thanked her for the fruit juice, I carried the cup to my mouth and took a sip.

「…Delicious.」