Chapter 93.1 (1/2)

Chapter 93.1

Chapter 93 – The Beginning of War

It was a sunny day around the middle of April1, I went to the adventurer guild to get a quest.

However, the air on the guild was different than normal. It is as noisy as usual, but a different kind of noise… And it’s busy, very busy. Besides, it seems that adventurers are in a bad mood as well.

In the tea room, instead of the usual relaxed air, people are seriously discussing with one another.

…… What happened?

For the time being, I decided to ask a receptionist before looking at the quests.

「Good morning. Things seem to be quite hectic, but what happened?」

At the receptionist’s desk, Airi-san also seemed to be pretty busy, but she looked to me and explained the situation.

「Ah, Fujino-sama … Good morning… Eeh, an emergency request came early this morning… The army of the Soutinsu2 country has been advancing towards the border…… All adventurers are to prepare for the departure. You can’t refuse unless you have special circ.u.mstances. Fujino-sama also needs to go. The king decided that we’ll be part of the defense line. The departure is in 3 days and it is a top priority request, all other quests have been suspended, so please see the details on the board.」

She seemed out of breath, but she still explained it in one go.

There have been rumors since a while back, but did it finally come…? It seems like there were already tensions with the surrounding countries due to monopoly of rare ores and summons of heroes. There were also rumors of them contracting mercenaries a while back. It might be the fault that there have only been small skirmishes on the recent times.