Chapter 21 (1/2)

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Important: ‘Lady Attendant’ has now been changed to ‘Maid’

The Story Of A Certain Adventurer (3)

“Nice to meet you, mayor. We came after undertaking the Feudal Lord’s request”

“Aa, welcome. Please, have a seat”

We who were let into the mayor’s residence, were able to meet the mayor. The mayor sends the maid off to get tea and took a seat in front of us. His face looks terribly exhausted. I suppose it can’t be helped. Monsters have appeared in the town that he has been entrusted to. I think he’ll be exhausted even if he doesn’t want to.

“Then the affair you came here for is, the matter regarding the monsters, is it?”

“Yes. On the matter of dead spirit type monsters becoming a frequent sight within this territory recently, we’ve undertaken the request from the Feudal Lord. Though we’ve been to the other places where monsters were seen, we weren’t able to find any specific clue so, we came here”

“Here, unlike the other villages, have actually fought with the monsters. We also want to ask about how it was like”

To the Lynk who speaks to the mayor unreservedly, Marie-san knocks his head. Well, it’s Lynk’s fault this time.

“That’s right. They were different from the monsters until now. They would recover no matter how much they are wounded”

“Haa? What’s that. Isn’t it invincible”

“Something like that, how did you defeat it?”

“It’s not like I’ve seen it personally but, it seems lopping off their head can defeat them. It’s just that because they are strong ordinarily, it seems even lopping off their head is difficult”

……It seems it’s going to be tougher than antic.i.p.ated. It might be better to talk to the Feudal Lord once about this matter.

After that, we spoke with the mayor for a while but, because what we heard is the same as what we heard from the villages and town, we decided to leave the mayor’s house.

We were talking about what to do from now on while walking on the streets when

“Pl, please wait!”

, we heard a voice calling out to us. When we turn back, the one who came was the maid who we also met in the mayor’s residence just now.

Her being out of breath would mean, that she probably ran all the way from the house. We wait for her to settle down.

“So, what’s wrong, for you to chase after us”

“Y, yes. The truth is, there’s something I want to tell you……it’s just that, if it’s here then the public gaze is……”

The maid looks around restlessly. I wonder if it’s something that would be bad for other people to hear. We look at each others’ faces and, decided to lead her to the inn. If it’s over there then there’s no need to be concern about the public gaze.

After that, we who have returned to the inn listen to the maid, Merlu-chan, who said she had something to tell us. She seems to be nervous being surrounded by us but, little by little, she starts talking.

“Th, the truth is I, when the monsters attacked this town, wasn’t in this town. I returned to the village nearby. To my parents’ home. After that, I returned because I heard that monsters have attacked the town but……everybody is somewhat strange”

“Strange? Who are you referring to?”

“The mayor and the others. When I talk to them, though everybody replies normally, they seem somewhat timid and nervous. It’s as though, they are afraid of something”

As though they are afraid of something……the matter of the monsters……doesn’t seem to be it.