12 12. In the Adventurers Guild.txt (2/2)

'How's Roy doing with Tanya these days?

What is it, all of a sudden: ......

Val's blatant change of subject upset the young man at the window who was called Roy.

It was rumored in some quarters that he and Tanya were one of the young female adventurers based in the imperial capital, and that she was secretly dating Roy.

'If you want to keep it a secret, it was a bad idea to go to the cake shop with her.

Oh, God, he's been watching us.

Roy realizes that there's no point in hiding it, and he slumps his shoulders dejectedly.

He taps him gently on the shoulder.

The blue uniforms provided to the guild staff seem to be made of a rather fine fabric, Val judges by the touch.

'Hi. Please keep it a secret. Please.''

Raising his face vigorously, Roy gave him a desperate look and asked him for help.

'I don't mind, but why?　As I recall, guild officials and adventurers were not forbidden to associate with each other.

Val twists her head.

Rather, young and attractive female staff members are even beginning to establish a pattern of marrying promising adventurers.

For women, it's a chance to get to know men who have the potential to make a lot of money, and for men, it's a chance to meet women with beautiful, solid jobs.

When the current emperor learned of this, he dotted his eyes, ”Honestly, I didn't expect this turn of events one bit,” which is one of the things Val wants to take to his grave without telling anyone.

'I didn't want to be teased. Especially to the men.'

Roy strikes out in pain.

'Yeah. 'Tanya's a lovely thing,'

Val agreed.

In a word, it would be jealousy.

'Tanya is a small, pretty cat beastie and is quite popular with young men.

'That's right. I think Tanya is the cutest thing in the world, but that's why everyone is so winded.'

Roy said shyly, and Val had some idea why she was so winded about him.

'Good luck to you,'

I told him shortly and walked out of the guild.

'Oh, hey, Mr. Val?'

The formalities were done, so it shouldn't be a problem to leave, but Roy tries to stop her with a ”not talking enough” look on his face.

The young man doesn't realize it's because her boasting is annoying, and he'll probably repeat the same thing until someone points it out to him eventually.

Val thought about that and prayed to the goddess of love for Tanya.