v2c16 (2/2)
A man held both his hands up, showing me that he was unarmed.
Additionally, behind that man, two people—one man and one woman came out.
They didn’t seem to be hostile.
The man standing at the back had a disappointed expression, but that might just be how his face originally looks.
“Sorry, sorry for startling you. We hid ourselves and came closer because we heard the garugaru howling. We didn’t mean to surprise you.”
The blonde-haired cat-eared popular-looking man that spoke the first time lightly said his apologies.
It’s easy to see from the cat ears that he’s from the beast race.
Two short swords were equipped at his waist.
“Nah, I’m sorry too. I inadvertently pointed my a.s.sault rifle—my magic device.”
“You’re an adventurer right? I’ve never seen your face though, are you a newbie?”
“Ye, yes. I just registered today.”
The woman standing behind peeked at my face with great interest.
Her silver hair was cut short, her chest was covered with leather armor but her navel was left exposed. She had brown skin. She was wearing a pair of low-rise trousers.
She was holding a bow, and was carrying arrows on her back.
Her golden eyes had vertical pupils. She looked like she was human, but it seems she was of the demon race.
“Uwaa! Really, a newbie!? Yet you insta-killed these garugaru. We met a guy who easily surpa.s.s us again. And he’s still a kid, too. What a huge shock, Akent!”
“Being an adventurer has nothing to do with age.”
“Ahahaha, that’s certainly true!”
The man standing at the back rejected the blonde beastman’s words.
The man called Akent had short-cut hair, a muscular body, and also an 180cm tall stature.
The deep cuts carved on his face were silent proof of his experience.
His weapon was a crude longsword that he carries on his back.
From the looks of him, he seems to be a human like me.
He turned his back and returned towards the forest again.
“Oy! Where are you going!”
“…… getting back to the job.”
“I’m sorry, Akent is not good with people. It’s not that he’s angry at you or anything. Well, sorry for interrupting you. Good luck on your quest.”
“No, I don’t mind. You guys do your best too.”
“Wait, you two don’t leave me behind!”
Cat-ears went after Akent, the brown-skinned oneesan followed up with a wink and went after them.
I bowed my head like a newbie adventurer toward these senpais.
It seems that normally several people would handle a single quest just like them.
Since I’ll soon be going to the town near the magic school where Snow is, I’ll soon be able to go on quests together with her.
Though it’s only when she’s not busy.
“But in her case, if I called her out she’d skip cla.s.s and go with me anyway……”
Other than that, I was worried that she’d be easily tricked by other people as her idiot kid transformation went on.
This world is a dangerous place, so it won’t be good unless I tell her to be careful.
“Well, never mind about things past. Whatever happens I’m going to be gathering experience as long as I’m here”
Though something unexpected happened, my first fight went with no problem at all.
If the monsters are at this level, I can bring them down easily.
“Well, then I should keep on exterminating monsters before the sun sets.”
Putting the AK-47 back, I once again continued walking.
After that, I continued walking along the forest.
I had good luck, and encountered groups of 4-5 garugaru one after the other.
Of course, I drew them in until the last moment and annihilated them.
Once I had 30 tails, I went back towards town.
I arrived back in town before the sun had completely set.
Bathed in the evening sun, I stopped by at an Adventurers’ Guild Exchange Center under the west gate.
The area around the exchange center was packed in the afternoon, it felt just like a marketplace.
Large quant.i.ties of scales put inside wooden boxes, rainbow-colored mushrooms, huge horns that felt like steel—and so on, was lined up in large amounts.
The monster parts being exchanged can be turned into fine items. For that reason even merchants had gathered, br.i.m.m.i.n.g with energy.
Because I was small in size, I can get to the counter without a problem.
I called out to the old man at the counter.
“‘Scuse me, I’d like to have garugaru tails a.s.sessed. The amount is 31 tails.”
“Hou!? 31 tails is it? All by yourself?”
“Yes, I got lucky and met several groups one after the other.”
I handed over the leather bag carrying the garugaru tails to the middle-aged human man minding the counter.
The man continued,
“Please show me your adventurer tag”
“why?”
“I have to temporarily record your transaction information on the tag. If you confirm that information at the Adventurers’ Guild, it will be used to grade you for a level increase.”
I see, I see.
I said my thanks and took out the tag hanging from my neck.
The man took out the tails from the bag and counted.
He confirmed the number twice, and put 31 tails × 1 silver coin = 3 gold coins + 1 silver coin.
Then, he recorded the information on the tag with a magic feather pen.
Then I confirmed the amount of money and put it in my leather wallet, then received back my tag.
“Speaking of which, what kind of item are these tails going to become?”
“Garugaru tails are flexible and strong, if I had to explain, there are lots of things it can be used for. Also, it can become high-cla.s.s dusters. The length of these tails, the softness of the fur, the size, either way it would be fine, right?”
Now that you mention it, it can certainly be used as dusters.
Though I don’t think common people will get their hands on one, since he said it was a high cla.s.s item and therefore expensive.
I left the Adventurers’ Guild Exchange Center and went back to the inn, I temporarily put all my stuff aside and had a meal at the bar next door.
Then, I quickly slipped into bed.
I was tired after my first quest.
I can make my report at the Adventurers’ Guild tomorrow, right.
I closed my eyes, and fell into a deep sleep immediately.
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