Chapter 213 - A Busy Day (2/2)

Northwest…the troops were in the north. And the west was mainly a district for Adventurers. That’s where the guild was. In other words, it was a place where both could be managed. Northwest.

I sat down in a chair and nodded to myself while checking the map. Daniela was staring at her bracelet.

“Pretty unusual for you to have to wear any accessories, Daniela.”

“True. I do not like dangling things very much.”

She had no rings on her ears or fingers. Perhaps Daniela hated such things… This was a painful blow to me, as I had been secretly planning to have some wind dragon scales and fangs turned into matching necklaces for us…

“Hmm? Did you want to get me something?”

“Huh!? No…I mean… Uhahaha…”

“Ah, I did not think you were the type.”

“Is that an insult? When am I not thinking about you, Daniela?”

“Hehe. I was not serious. I know you do.”

She said playfully.

“I am not fond of accessories, but I would be happy with anything you wanted to give me. And so I shall look forward to it.”

“Uh…right. Some day.”

This was embarrassing. I turned away and scratched my jaw as if it actually itched.

Sometime later, we arrived at the Adventurer’s guild. There was no procedure necessary when going to the north district from the west. It was the same in the south and east. The exceptions were the nobles district and when visiting the imperial castle further on. In other words, places that had nothing to do with us. Perhaps we would have gone if it was an actual tourist attraction, but this place was actually inhabited by the upper class and the emperor. They would have us executed if we went in uninvited.

Probably.

The guild was very busy. We made our way through crowds of Adventurers from all over the empire. We finally reached the counter.

“Oh, sorry.”

“It’s fine.”

No one seemed to care if you accidentally bumped into them here. I guess they were better trained.

“Wait.”

But Daniela called for the man to stop. I turned around to see what was happening. She looked angry. But why?

“Return what you just stole from Asagi. Do it quickly and this can end without further trouble.”

“Daniela…?”

Stole? I didn’t have anything that could be…hmm? Hmm!?”

“Ah, my wallet!”

I kept a small leather pouch with a few silvers and golds to shop with, in my pocket. It was gone.

“Asagi. I am not impressed at your lack of caution here.”

“I really did mess up.”“What? Why are you accusing me?”

The Adventurer said innocently and then glared at me. Perhaps it was arrogant of me, but up until that point, I was willing to let it slide as a lesson I needed to learn. Mainly, because it was such a small sum… But his attitude irked me.

And so I activated Eyes of the God Wolf. It wasn’t just an ability that let you see things far away. I could see things that were close by as well. For instance, the bulge in his back pocket.

“It’s in your back pocket.”

“Tsk…!”

He must have sensed danger then because he turned around and ran. Yes, I could see the outline of my wallet on his ass.

I had made that wallet myself. It was some folded leather stitched together with a needle and some thread. They didn’t use any paper money here, so the wallet got quite fat. Still, I had designed it using Jack of all Trades, Master of None, which resulted in a design that made it fold nicely. I did not think there were any other wallets like it in this world.

“You owe me one.”

“Sorry.”

And with that, Daniela pointed a finger at the Adventurer.

“Blast Bullet.”

“Woah–!?”

It was original magic by Daniela. It was based on my own Icicle Bullet. And it went straight into the back of the thief. The bullet was like a miniature storm and knocked him right off of his feet.

“Hey, guild worker. We got a thief.”

“Ye-yes!”

Daniela sighed as she spun around and called to a random person behind the counter. Several others were called and they promptly apprehended the fallen Adventurer. After that, my wallet was returned to me.

Damn it. This was not a good start. I thought people would start leaving me alone… As the hero protagonist, it was Matsumoto who was supposed to attract this kind of attention. I don’t get it.