Vol 2 Chapter 26 (1/2)
Day off
To adventurers, one of the i a break
Naturally, you can’t just go out and fight monsters every day
Si on odd jobs every day
Resting the body is important, but equipment also needs periodic maintenance
If you hold high-class equiph But such maintenance costs a bit of time
It’s troublesoh when it comes to it
For that sake, Zelphy-san ordered us to take breaks inin over our heads, she would stop us
If eren’t doing so essential, she would point it out And in advance, she would give an explanation of as needed
Thatthe people ehting skills in actual combat
Thinking it was better off if such people didn’t become advisors, I started to read a book in the resource room I had periodically started to commute to whenever it became a break day
But today, I wasn’t alone
“… What?”
With the only desk in the entire narrow resource room in between us, I faced Aria
Fro to keep some distance from me
But today, here she was, facing ht about how I should have delayed a bit, and came at a different time, I realized that we lived under fundamentally the same cycle, so my free time, and hers usually overlapped
“It’s nothing And wait, did you really read all that?”
Aria pointed at the mountain of books to ested she read
It was mainly about the roles of people in parties
In co I wanted to find out, so I randomly picked out some books to read, and repeated that cycle
“Of course I did I happen to like reading”
I like i myself in stories
And of all things, you can get by without thinking too hts From ten onwards, the time I could read was the time I could escape from reality
“And wait, why are you even reading one on agriculture? I doubt that’s one that was kept in the guild”
On Aria’s question, it wasn’t me, but the Second that answered
However, unlike with Noveh
『Based on the situation, you e’s farer in scale, that sort of request h And wait, you don’t even know so that simple!?』
Due to the growth of the city, such requests had stopped couild But still, the books alone were left in the reference room
I softened up the Second’s words, and transmitted them
“I’ll bet it was necessary in the past I uild had a tiht?”
In truth, the agricultural book I had on hand was slightly old But the Second, and the book-loving Third were full of interest in it, so they had h it for them to read
The cheerful Third Generation looked at it, as he signaled e
『Looking at this technological progress really makes me jealous If there was a method like this back then, then perhaps our tiy sure is ie』
Perhaps reading books was my hobby
But the ancestors were different
They wanted to see just how different their eras were froical advances
From that part of it, I see they really were feudal lords
“… Do you plan to stick your hands into far next?”
Keeping her eyes on her own book, Aria posed a question Since the time she became able to move, this was the first she ever started up a conversation with me
“No, I was just a little curious”
I’ve already read up on the applications of riculture
Using y topolished But there, there was a single unspoken rule
Never use nothing but le job, or so it was decided
It may sound like a needless rule, butmana consumption into account
To ic as their weapon, drying up their mana reserve was a matter of life or death
This sort of specialized ic was likely used by people who specialized in it
I thought the rule was decided based on that, but it seems there was another reason
(I guess there are sos you can’t learn just in books)
After actually going out and living life, I often felt that was the case But I still don’t think it’s a waste forbooks like this
In comparison, it didn’t seem that books were quite compatible with Aria
She es
It’s not that she can’t read, but perhaps that it doesn’t suit her personality
Her garirl for a noble Lady
“Do you hate reading?”
“I don’t hate it It’s just my weak point I was often made to read a lot in the past, but until recently, I didn’t have such time”
Father and daughter I heard that the father didn’t decently work, and lived a liquor-soaked lifestyle
In a family environment like that, Aria likely had her hardshi+ps
Even now, she has yet to bring up her past, but I could iine how such a conversation would turn out
To a girl like that, the First offered his syeneral, the only one who sympathized with her was the First Generation
『So you went through a lot, Aria-chan』
The second gave a cold response to his opinion
『I can syh a lot because of her father No, empathize』
I really can’t feel anything but coldness from the First and Second’s relationshi+p
When I carelessly asked just what had happened between them, the Second’s ee quantities, so I decided not to bring it up again
After that, a while of silence ensued
A while after our conversation had been cut off, I finished reading my book, so I placed it up on the mountainous stack of books
I had read all of the ones in the pile
Looking at its height, it’s about the right time for me to return home
“I’ to return, but what about you?”
In order to return theinal places, I stood, and took them in my hands
Aria hadn’t finished reading yet, so she took a quick glance ather head to one side
“I’o ahead Tell Novem that, um… I’ll be late”
I received herthe room
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The Guild was as busy as ever
Even if ere on break, there are still adventurers nor their work I left the reference room, and passed by the receptions desks on the second floor to see today’s lines
As always, only Hawkins’ was short
(He does his work neatly, and he’s a nice person, though)
Brown skin, and close-cropped red hair On top of that, his armor of muscle was clearly visible from over his shi+rt
His body was also large, and he looked out of the league of any of those standard adventurers out there
In truth, quite a number of veteran adventurers refer to the man as 『Boss』 out of endearment Or perhaps because they knew they couldn’t oppose him
From their behaviors, it was apparent that the newcomers were too scared to approach
Even when he handled people politely with a smile, the newcomers drifted away
In co as ever
Amen
Some of them were lured in by her looks, and others wanted to i to undertake
The Second gave a sigh of disappointment
『Why do they go through such pointless effort Froot a man or two』
I can’t really say anything due to eneral disinterest in love affairs, but with that appearance, she does probably have ato her
Frouess?
If you think about e if she were already taken
(No, the coe standard for that)
The noble age of e is said to be early, so I recalled that norenerally married later
I’ve even heard that through advances in healingBecause of that, the average age oflater and later, or so I read in a book
And so…
『Wait, is it too late for her if she’s not ot quite a few problems to her, that one』
On the Second’s harsh evaluation, the Seventh responded
『Isn’t that age nored』
Having come from an era more recent, the Seventh said there were no problems if the beautiful receptionist wasn’t married off yet
In truth, there was a gap of over one hundred years between the Second and Seventh
Their sense of values were quite different
Growing tired of absent at the desks, I started off towards the stairs
There, I saw a party of three ascending it
The ender party had two men with a sword and spear They were probably the front line
And they had a robed ood balance
Ah, I should throw in, ‘For a party of three, that is’
They had been ascending lined up alongside each other, so I pushed myself to one side
“Oh, sorry I was so caught up in the conversation, I didn’t notice”
Theat his waist was a little older than me
Looking at the hilt, I could tell the weapon ell-used, and his standing figure and walk hinted that his skills were also high
Si a spear seeth
“Be careful there If you keep flirting like that, you’ll run into and bother people Sorry there… wait…”
The man with the spear looked at my face, and seemed a little troubled
There, the woman with the staff shouted out
“You’re Lyle, aren’t you!? With that blue hair and eyes, there’s no mistake You’re 『Idiotic noble Son Lyle』, aren’t you!”