Chapter 27 (1/2)

Guided by Milfa, Souta heads to the real estate agent.

When they head out of the adventurer guild, Airi follows Souta with her eyes, but she immediately returns to work because she's in the middle of dealing with another adventurer.

For the guild master secretary to accompany other people is unusual, and other staff and adventurers give curious looks.

Milfa’s secret fans watch with begrudging eyes.

Milfa herself leaves the guild without noticing those gazes.

After they leave the guild and walk for a couple of minutes, they stop in front of a certain building.

「Here it is」

『House of the Earth』 is written on the signboard.

A bell rings from the opened door.

Although the receptionist counter is empty, the person inside notices the sound and comes running out.

「S-Sorry, I'm organizing the doc.u.ments in the back … … I never thought that a customer would come.」

The person who comes out is a woman with green hair in a fluffy-looking hairstyle.

Despite her short stature, she's strong. The doc.u.ments that she had organized are piled up like a mountain in her hands, but she's carrying them easily.

「Give me a minute… … Please wait … …There.」

After she puts down the doc.u.ments in an empty s.p.a.ce, she moves to the reception desk. It’s the first time they see her face since entering.

「Isn’t it Milfa, what is it? You should have told me earlier. I won’t use honorifics since it'll put me at a disadvantage.」

「Geez Fuura, can’t you see I’m not the only one that came today? This is Souta-san. We came because of the matter of the house.」

Milfa introduces Souta while rebuking Fuura.

「Ara, that was rude of me. I am Fuura, the store manager of this House of the Earth, nice to meet you, Adventurer-san.」

「I’m Souta, nice to meet you too, Manager-san.」

Greets Souta while shaking the hand Fuura holds out.

「So, when you said the house, is it that mansion? Although that place isn't too s.p.a.cious, in it are magic tools in various places. I'd want to live there if I had the money.」

「Yeah, that mansion. Because Souta-san here is supposed to buy it, please do the procedure.」

Milfa speaks casually for a moment there, but she enters work mode again and uses honorifics for Fuura.

「Hee, so this is the person. You're still young, to buy that house… … Are you an A-rank or a promising B-rank maybe?」

Souta shakes his head.

「No, I’m D-rank.」

「Ha? D? Then … Maybe you're a young master from somewhere?」

Milfa shakes her head this time.

「I don’t know about his origin, but Souta-san is buying this house with his ability.」

She returns to an informal manner of speech again. Milfa's mannerism seems to relax when she speaks to Fuura.

「Well, it'll help me if you don’t pry. Leaving that aside, how about the procedure? I want to prepare furniture and everything else for living there, so I want to move quickly if possible.」

「Ahh, yeah yeah. I'm sorry for carelessly going with the mood. Procedure right, Milfa, give me the doc.u.ments I handed you the other day.」

Fuura points to the envelope that Milfa is holding.

「Yeah, please do. Also confirm the remaining 200 gold coins that’s entrusted to us … Here, please confirm this.」

Milfa pa.s.ses the doc.u.ment and takes out gold coins from the magic bag that's hanging from her shoulder to place them on the counter.

「The doc.u.ment is… Un, it’s fine. Now, please write Souta-san's name in this spot. I'll start checking the gold coins.」

Souta skims the contents and signs the doc.u.ment with the pen he received. That doc.u.ment is equivalent to the transfer agreement for that house.