Act 2: Chapter 45: Half-Elf Girl And Transferee(Side: Pomera)

Act 2: Chapter 45: Half-Elf Girl And Transferee(Side: Pomera)

「W-We’ve been waiting for you, Kotone-dono!」

Gannet walked over to welcome her the moment he saw Kotone’s figure appear from behind the door.

After her gaze wandered around the conference room, her gaze returned to Gannet.

「The meeting hasn’t started?」

「We decided to wait for a while longer for you to come, Kotone-dono. Did you have some business to attend to before coming?」

「No, I just overslept a little bit. I’m not an early riser.」

「I see. The meeting did go on till late at night yesterday and you’ve had to wake up early today too. My apologies for our carelessness. And thank you very much for being willing to participate in the migration.」

Gannet skillfully handled the situation with a smile with Kotone, as if his flustered appearance from a while ago was a blatant lie.

「... That person is really skilful at switching his attitude.」

Even Pomera couldn’t help but admire him.

Rosemonde was glaring toward Gannet while muttering,「Old fox」 under her breath.

Kotone was walking toward the empty seat but then she suddenly stopped midway and looked at Pomera.

Pomera flinched the moment her line of sight met Kotone.

Just like that, Kotone changed the direction she walked, and went toward Pomera’s direction instead.

「G-Good day... uhm, Kotone-san. Uhm, do you have some sort of business with Pomera?」

「Where’s the man who sat beside you yesterday?」

Kotone came closer and asked Pomera.

「U... Uhm... he said that he has something to do right now.」

「... I see. Do you know where he came from?」

「N-No, Pomera never heard about that from Kanata-san... Uhm... Kanata-san rarely talks about himself...」

「Do you know his family name?」

「I-I don’t think I can tell you about it...」

Kotone’s eyebrows formed a frown upon hearing Pomera’s remark.

It created an intimidating air unique to Kotone.

「It shouldn’t be something to worry about, right? Or else, is there some sort of secret behind it?」

Gannet stood in the middle of the conference room as he announced the start of the meeting.

Pomera was suddenly hit by bad premonition the moment she heard that.

「E-Eh...? That’s... strange?」

Pomera was looking around the conference room with a listless look on her face.

And finally, she noticed a certain someone that should be here was nowhere to be seen.

The blonde-haired A-rank adventurer, Alfred.

She had completely forgotten about him since she was too nervous before the start of the meeting.

The reason for her worry was because Kanata himself warned her to be careful of Alfred.

Alfred was a coward and a vengeful person.

She came to understand that fact during her duel against him.

He even went as far as threatening her before the meeting last night.

Pomera believed that if it was Alfred, he would stoop as low as ambushing her during the migration. And the fact that he didn’t come made her even more anxious.

Without his appearance in this place, Alfred’s actions became completely unpredictable.

「What are you worrying about, Half-Elf lass?」

「Uhm, I don’t seem to see Alfred... He participated in last night’s meeting though.」

Rosemonde laughed scornfully upon hearing Pomera’s remark.

「That idiot has long since escaped from this city.」

「E–」

Pomera’s eyes opened wide the moment she heard Rosemonde’s snicker.

「E-Eh, b-but... did he actually... say that?」

「That guy’s face turned ghastly pale after last night’s meeting and then he caught his female comrade’s arm and ran. There’s no mistake about it. I mean, he even screamed, “I’m not ready to die yet” so loudly. It doesn’t seem to be acting coming from such a prideful fella. Maybe he got scared sh*tless the moment he heard mention of the demon king. 」

「Eh...」

「He’s the kind of lowlife who loves to walk under the limelight to become the centre of attention. His strength aside, his personality will be a great hindrance to him. To be honest, I’m glad that he left.」

「... I-I see... Thank you for telling me about this.」

Though it wasn’t within her expectation, Pomera was free of one of her worries now at least.