Chapter 32
Once Again
Translator : PolterGlast
When I entered the
guild, I heard the sound of a heavy door and, in contrast, a light doorbell.
It was already past
1:00 PM.
The promising requests
posted in the morning had already disappeared due to the adventurers' scramble.
Perhaps because of
that, there were few people, and the adventurers seemed to have already gone
out on their respective adventures.
"Um..."
It had been a while
since I came to the guild, so I felt a little awkward.
Perhaps because they
thought I was suspicious, the sparsely scattered adventurers also kept a little
distance from me.
There was no one lined
up at the reception desk, where there were more than ten people lined up when I
came before.
When I walked over, I
saw the figure of Melissa-san, the receptionist, with a languid face.
"Haa..."
I had the image of her
being brisk during her duties, but now she seemed absent-minded and clearly not
motivated for her reception work.
She didn't even notice
me approaching.
"It's been a
while, Melissa-san."
"Eh? Oh, it's
Masaru-kun, huh... Masaru-kun!?"
She raised her face
once, then lowered it again, and then looked at me with great force.
I was also surprised
by her face with her eyes wide open.
"Yes, I'm
definitely Masaru..."
"You were safe!?
--Ugh, what a terrible smell... Anyway, I'm glad you're safe..."
Melissa-san responds
professionally as expected.
However, she seems to
have stopped breathing through her nose to shut out the smell, so her voice was
a little muffled.
...That's right, I
forgot.
I have a terrible
smell because I haven't washed off the dirt I got in the [Knight's Holy
Remains].
"Do I smell...?
(sniff sniff)"
I can't tell at all
even if I smell myself.
It seems that my nose
is completely broken.
I wonder if my messed
up sense of smell can be cured with recovery magic...?
"It smells
strong... but not too strong. It seems you've taken measures against the smell
properly."
"Yes, I did my
best."
Apparently,
Melissa-san misunderstood that I had wiped my body very carefully.
In other words, even
after I wipe my body properly in the dungeon and come here, there will still be
enough smell left to make Melissa-san, the receptionist, stop breathing through
her nose.
It's no wonder
everyone doesn't dive into the [Knight's Holy Remains].
If one keeps diving,
it's not a matter of not being popular with the opposite sex, but it feels like
it will hinder communication with others.
But I can't say that.
I'm going to conquer
that dungeon full of undead from now on.
But first, I need to
complete the request.
I stopped my hand as I
was about to take out the drawstring bag filled with fragments of the Skeleton
Soldier's core.
--Melissa-san, who was
sitting in front of me, had tears in her eyes.
"I'm really...
glad you came back... I was so worried. You haven't been heard from for more
than ten days since you took the request I recommended, and I couldn't help but
think about what might have happened."
"I'm... sorry for
the trouble."
I am so grateful that
there are people here in Alistella who are concerned about me.
I kind of felt like
crying a little bit too.
Maybe I've become weak
to people's kindness because I've been alone for so long.
I take a slow, deep
breath, once, twice... okay, I'm fine now.
I pull myself together
and activate the item box.
"Melissa-san,
this is..."
What I take out is a
pouch with a subtly Japanese feel, with a kaleidoscope-like pattern sewn on an
asagi-colored fabric.
Melissa-san, who
received it, muttered, "It's kind of stylish..." before undoing the
tied string.
...I wonder if this
looks stylish from the perspective of someone from another world.
"--Huh!?
Masaru-kun, could it be... have you been holed up in the [Knight's Holy
Remains] all this time!?"
"Yes, but... was
there something wrong?"
"It's not that
there's anything wrong... but for Masaru-kun, a beginner adventurer, to dive
into a dungeon for a long period of time is more than reckless, it's
barbaric."
"More than
reckless, it's barbaric, huh..."
"And this...
isn't mere Skeleton's, it's Skeleton Soldier's core fragment! I did say that
this would sell for a certain price, but..."
The request form given
to me by Melissa-san was a request for the delivery of Skeleton or Skeleton
Soldier cores.
Melissa-san was
completely angry because I was reckless in conquering the dungeon alone, and I
had been diving into the fifth floor for a long period of time.
I'm grateful that
she's worried about me.
So I can't tell her
what I'm going to do from now on.
After selling the
fragments of the Skeleton Soldier's core to get some money, I went to the
reference room on the second floor and took pictures of all the monster
encyclopedias on my smartphone.
I then headed off to
the [Knight's Holy Remains] again.
And I was called out
from behind as I was about to leave the guild.
"Masaru-kun...
come back safely next time too!"
"--Yes!"
I don't know when that
will be.
No matter what the
outcome is, I'll come to the guild again.
While running through
Grisnia like the wind, I swore so in my heart--.
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