Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4 – Adventurers＊
The entrance to the village was connected to a road that branched off a long highway that led all the way to the Royal Capital Luru had often caught sight of Rusty saying things like “One day I’ to leave down this road on an adventure!” whilst looking at this road
Fros, Rusty had always been like this, and his admiration towards adventurers was beyond description in soht Luru
Luru had wondered rossed with adventurers, but it was probably that children in the village had little stimulus and too much free time, or so Luru concluded
In the past when Luru had been in the war, he longed for a peace where you could gaze at the grass in ablown in the wind, but on the other hand, those who continued to live in such peace ed for war or adventure instead
Even Luru had found these past few years of spacing out just a little boring
It wasn’t i been born without soe all his life, nor his longing towards adventurers
“…They’re here!”
While Luru, Rusty, Mii and Yuuri were vacantly waiting at the entrance to the village, they sao figures from the other side of the road
With the exception of ers, ale like this
In particular, considering that nobody had said they were coures were the adventurers that Rusty had heard about
Like that, the faces of the apparent adventurers finally came clearly into view
They were a group of two
One was a brawny, bold-looking reatsword on his back
His face was more wild than handsome, and wore an expression you couldn’t feel any darkness from at all
The other was a woman
Having said that though, fro ears of hers and her exquisite beauty, it was clear that she wasn’t a human
Of the species that God had brought into this world froest lifespan; the ancient race{elves}
She possessed their characteristics
The two of thelance you could tell that they didn’t do nor a few eccentricities
From Luru’s perspective, he could feel that the two of theree of skill
The quality and quantity of the mana they were clad in, and their skill with itpeople like them ‘real’ adventurers
Even without being able to see through their real ability, the two of theazed at the two of the
Even Mii and Yuuri’s eyes see people have co rare
Normally the two of them would have looked at Rusty’s dream with less passionate eyes, but today alone was different
I wonder if one day the two of them will be influenced by Rusty and aim to become adventurers as well, Luru suddenly wondered
Not just a few young people left the village
There was also the fact that the village alone wouldn’t be able to support a large nu for the city, andthey’d become adventurers like Rusty, or the apprentices of some merchant somewhere
Although the village wasn’t declining because of this, those left behind felt an indescribable loneliness
Even if one day, they themselves would also leave
While he was thinking about such things, the two adventurers finally arrived before their eyes
Looking at them from up close, they didn’t really seem to be the violent type, so Luru felt a little relieved that they didn’t seem they would suddenly treat Rusty and the others as a nuisance and hit the
“What? You brats here to receive us?”
Just as they arrived at the village, having caught eye of Luru and his friends, the swords his chin in confusion
The elven woman smacked the swordsman’s arm and spoke,
“As if Sending kids to receive adventurers is dangerous, so nobody would do it They’re probably here to sightsee… Isn’t that right?”
The elven woman tilted her head as she asked Rusty
Though he was bewildered at suddenly being spoken to, perhaps thinking that it wouldn’t be good to lie, he frankly muttered in a feeble voice,
“Y-, yes… That’s right”
“Seeee? It was just like I said! In villages like this, there are quite a few kids ant to becoht?”
“Yes… One day I’ll become a real adventurer!”
said Rusty as he raised his hand above him
Perhaps feeling so from that, the swordsman patted Rusty’s head
“Hahaha I see, I see Well, I’unna say that it’s impossible The road to adventurers is open to everyone, after all… Just, if you’re not saying it as a joke, but are seriously aiotta train Adventurers who aren’t skilled are just gunna die, yanno”
“Yes!”
“Good answer… Alright! Since you have some promise, how ’bout I tell you some stories ofaround Mind showing me to the inn?”
“With pleasure!”
See it off in that odd manner, the two of thee
Luru watched theo
Mii and Yuuri sighed and muttered,
“It’d be nice if you didn’t fire Rusty up too much…”[Mii]
“I wonder if boys stay the saet…”[Yuuri]
before chasing after the other two
Hearing this, the elven wo her mouth to Luru’s ear,
“…Their relationshi+p seems a little complicated, huh? Those kids, I mean”
“Mle’ isn’t it?”
Absento
See, the elven woman went ‘mhm’ as she nodded, and then tilted her head in confusion
“Mn…? Huh, then what about you?”
It seemed that she found it odd that Luru wasn’t involved in the love triangle
Luru thought about how to appropriately express his position, and then spoke,
“I’uess”
“…You’re a strange one, aren’t you? You probably can’t tell since you’ve only been in this village, but those till grow up to be quite cute before you know it, you know? If you et married etc]”
To the woive to a little seven year old [the advice is sha], Luru made a fairly ironic smile that you wouldn’t find on a child, and replied,
“These kind of things are more fun to watch, you know”
The elven worimaced at his words
Then, shaking her head,
“I retract my previous comments You’ve quite the nasty hobbies, haven’t you”
Well, I can’t exactly deny that, thought Luru, and decided to end their idle chat for now as he changed the subject
“Hahah, well anyway, even if you are an adventurer, you must be tired, correct? Shall I escort you to the inn?”
“Eh, yeah Right Please do We were attacked by quite a few monsters on the way here, so I am pretty tired…”
It seemed that the woman really was tired, as she made a weary expression
She’d best rest up early today, thought Luru, and he politely guided the elven woman to the inn
Luru hadn’t thought at the time that his concern would be wasted
“Oi, bring me some alcohol!”
“Me too!”
That night, the bar connected to the only inn in the village was doing good business
Each day this bar would be lively with drinking village men, but today was even
And it was little wonder that the heart of that noisiness was the adventurer pair