Chapter 32
Stalker
Translator : PolterGlast
The next morning.
I was able to refresh
myself by eating out yesterday and went to pick up Ginia in a good mood, but...
seeing the person talking with Ginia in front of the tavern, my spirits dropped
instantly.
"Hey, why are you
here again today?"
"I want you to
let me in your party! I promise I'll be useful! In exchange, I want you to
train me! That's the favor I came to ask!"
In front of the tavern
was the woman in black.
It seems she didn't
come to pick a fight today, but to make an equally outlandish request to join
our party.
Considering her past
actions, I would absolutely never let her in the party, and besides, I'm not
having any trouble with a two-person party with just Ginia.
"Absolutely not.
It's unreasonable to ask to join my party after attacking me for such a
ridiculous reason."
"Please! You
might not know this, but I'm good enough that I get invitations from all sorts
of adventurer parties! You'll definitely regret it if you turn me down
here!"
"Then you should
just join another party. I won't regret it, so please go to another
party."
"Mmm... No, I've
decided to join this party! Ginia, you try to convince him too!"
"Huh? Don't
suddenly bring me into this... Graham-san is the leader of this party. I think
you'll just have to give up, Aoi-chan."
"And here I
thought we'd become friends, you heartless person! Fine! I'll just follow you
on my own!"
"Go away. You
can't just follow us on your own."
The woman in black,
who Ginia had called Aoi, completely ignored my words and stuck close to
Ginia's back.
I couldn't hide my
surprise that they had apparently gotten on a first-name basis in the time
before I arrived.
"Alright. I'll
accept your challenge again today, so once the match is over, you have to go
away."
"I'm done with fighting!
I already know I can't win!"
"What is with
you? Then what do I have to do to get you to go away?"
"I told you, I
want to join your party! I'm useful, you know?"
"Haaah, this is
hopeless. Let’s just treat you like you’re not here."
"I feel like that's
going to be a pain in its own way..."
I can't waste any more
time on this, so I decided to just ignore her and head to the Adventurer's
Guild.
It's extremely
annoying, but if I just keep ignoring her while we're on a quest, she should
have no choice but to leave at some point.
With that in mind, we
arrived at the Adventurer's Guild, but... there was an unusual number of
adventurers.
This time of morning
is usually empty, but today there are as many people as there are during the
quest report rush hour.
"There are a lot
of people. When there was a problem, the number of people went down. Is it just
a coincidence that it's crowded today?"
"I wonder? It
looks like there's a lot of coming and going, so I feel like some kind of
trouble might be brewing."
"Fufufu. There's
no doubt an emergency quest has been issued! Judging by this crowd, it reeks of
a pretty dangerous quest!"
Aoi suddenly cut into
our conversation.
It seems she's been an
adventurer longer than us, and she's acting like she knows a lot.
I had decided to
ignore her, so I held back the urge to ask a question, but... Ginia, who is
incapable of ignoring people, started talking with Aoi as if nothing was wrong.
"When you say
emergency quest, is it like the one for the [Unbearable God Cult] the other
day?"
"Exactly! The
[Unbearable God Cult] was a recent quest, and I can't remember a time when
emergency quests were issued this close together!"
"Graham-san, what
should we do? Should we ignore it and take a normal quest?"
"Let's decide
after we see the details of the quest. It's questionable whether we can even
accept the emergency quest in the first place."
"Any adventurer
E-rank or above can take an emergency quest! As the name implies, it's an
urgent quest, so they can't be picky about who takes it!"
It's really annoying,
but Aoi's information is nothing but useful for us, who were rookies until
yesterday.
I can feel my resolve
to ignore her, which I had just made a moment ago, already starting to waver.
"Then we can take
it too! It's an emergency quest, after all. Maybe we should accept it?"
"Good idea! I can
take it with you, so I agree with Ginia! ...But, the fact that it's urgent also
means it's that much more dangerous! The super strong geezer will probably be
fine, but you might be in danger, Ginia!"
"It's Graham, not
geezer. And even if it is a dangerous quest, I will protect Ginia no matter
what. Well, I haven't decided if we'll take the quest yet."
"Yes! If it's a
quest that you've judged we can handle, Graham-san, then I can accept it
without any worries!"
Ginia said that with a
huge smile on her face.
I can tell she trusts
me completely, and considering Ginia has her whole life ahead of her, I must
never betray that trust.
For now, let's check
the details of the quest and then carefully decide whether to accept this
emergency quest.
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