Volume 2 - CH 146

“I am really sorry for what she said earlier. My name is Rose, a member of the S rank party Thunder Bow. And that is Yurie.” (Previously translated as Thunderbolt, sorry)

Rose introduced herself with an apology, bowing her head deeply.

With that, Rose introduced Yurie again, who was completely pale with her hand on her cheek where she had been slapped.

I wonder if the slap was such a shock to her.

However, I think she deserved it, so I decided not to take any strange follow-up action and introduced myself in the same way as Rose.

“We are the members of the F-ranked party Reitei. The Oni over there is Uchikage, the black one is Reizen and this one is Alena.”

“……F……?”

“We just recently started it.”

These are facts, but they don’t seem to believe me by any means.

Well, …… I know that even myself obviously did not look like a F-rank adventurer.

Since we are well-equipped, I think we are dressed in a way that we would not be embarrassed to go out anywhere, and we are obviously full of skills that are not typical of an F-rank newbie.

“So? I’ve been asking you this for a while now, but what the hell was that all about?”

“Well, …… Ouren-san, wasn’t it? I was wondering if you might have, by any chance, defeated the Red Boar that was appearing in this area?”

“Yeah, If you would like to find out more about that, I’ve got some in the hot pots, skins, and fangs.”

“Ahh …… as I thought”

When I got to that point, Rose put her head in her hands and thought about it as if she were in trouble.

I mean, it’s true that I beat the Red Boar, but why would that situation cause Rose and the others to get into trouble?

“……Ah”

“What’s wrong Uchikage?”

“No… Rose-dono. Could it be… that you received a request to subdue the Red Boar?”

“… It should be like that…”

I didn’t know what they were trying to tell us, but thanks to Uchikage’s realization of it, I understood why these two had approached me.

Apparently, Yurie and Rose had come here as S-rank adventurers to defeat the Red Boar, an S-rank class monster.

This forest where the Red Boar appeared was very dangerous.

They found us camped out in such a place and came here to give us some advice, but when they were wondering how to talk to us without alarming us, Yurie found the Red Boar’s skin and fangs and confronted us.

However, since we were the ones who defeated it, Rose and the others would not be able to complete the request.

The condition for completing the request was to deliver some materials from the Red Boar, but without them, the request would not be considered completed no matter how it was done.

In other words, …… we have unintentionally interfered with their request.

“I don’t know that… My bad….”

“No, no, no! We’re really sorry we have to throw up our hands too! And …… it’s partly because we were too late ………”

“Uchiakage, what happens in a situation like this?”

“Yes, In this case, the party that hunts the Red Boar can decide what to do. Even if they received the request, it would not matter if they were not able to defeat the Red Boar.”

Well, that’s a fair and reasonable rule.

What happens to the party that fails to fulfill the request is that the monster has been defeated as a result, so there is no problem if they go to the Adventurers’ Guild and give an explanation, according to the guide.

If the party did not bring the materials, but came back with a report, they would not be charged a penalty fee.

However, in the guide case, they will not receive any compensation because they just went on an expedition and came back.

“I see. Then, I’ll give you the fangs.”

“Eeeh?!”

I tried to hold Red Boar’s magnificent fangs in both hands and hand them to her, but Rose waved her hands in the air and stubbornly refused to accept them.

” You can’ t, you can’ t! I cannot just take materials hunted by another party to fulfill a request!”

“Hmm, I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m not sure how I feel about this. As for me, I’d rather leave it with someone who’s reasonable to redeem it for cash.”

If we bring something like this to the guild again, we are sure to get in trouble.

I think we are skilled enough to handle it, but I’m concerned about Alena.

We may have been able to get away with it last time with her hidden skills, but I don’t think it will work in the future.

From a safety standpoint, it would be better to give the fangs to Rose and Yurie, who are S-rank adventurers, and have them redeem them for cash.

Of course, I’ll get the money back for the exchange. That’s a reasonable reward for accomplishing a request.

“Uchikage. I’m the one who hunted this guy, so I can do what I want with it, right?”

“I suppose so. But it’s not very often that you get to help other adventurers accomplish their requests, is it?”

“No problem, since I’m here. There you go.”

At any rate, I forced the fangs on Rose.

If I tell her that the skin was torn to shreds when I attacked it, so I threw it away, she’ll let it pass.

Well, in my case, it’s been cut in half!

“Ueeeeeh! Is- is it okay?”

“In exchange, you’ll pay us back exactly for the tusks you exchanged for cash, okay? You’ll be our middleman, so don’t worry about it. We just want the money for travel.”

“Uuu …… that’ll help us a lot …….”

With that, she stored the fangs in the bag she wore around her waist.

I’m sure that’s the same magic tool bag as I have.

The big fangs went into the bag easily,……, but it was still very weird to witness.

That armor of mine can fit in there as well, I knew there was a fair amounts of room to store stuff in it, I didn’t think even those big fangs would go in there. ……

Another world is terrifying.

“Gurururu…”

“…Reizen? What’s wrong?”

“It’s not fair! That woman attacked Aniki! Are you sure we can trust her?”

That’s a valid opinion.

As far as I’m concerned, Yurie is not a good negotiator because she gets emotional without listening to what is being said and proceeds with one-sided negotiations.

I was not injured by her attack. That was also thanks to Reizen, but it was impossible for me to talk if I kept worrying about that.

However, the most important thing to remember is that if Rose had not been a sensible person, I would not have taken such an attitude, but Rose slapped Yurie and scolded her……, it doesn’t matter now.

Besides, I’ve made a connection with the first S-rank adventurer. It would be better not to take that for granted here.

But Reizen doesn’t seem to be convinced.

“Well, I don’t want to cause a fight and make unnecessary conflict, and if we fight, they’ll definitely lose, so just leave it at that.”

“Gununununu…”

“The hell you’re sayin gonna lose?”

The first to react to the word “lose” was Yurie.

She stared at me with a blue vein on her forehead.

Probably Yurie hates to lose.

Even Rose seemed to be a little displeased by my comment earlier.

She may look mature, but as an S-rank adventurer, she probably has her pride, and when you actually see her, she doesn’t seem very strong.

They might be able to beat me, but they would not be able to beat Reizen no matter how hard they tried.

I don’t even want to lose if I face him .

“There’s no way I could lose to this guy! I’m an S rank, you know!”

“Wanna try me? Ha! A puny attack like yours won’t even scratch me! That axe is just a scrap!”

“What do you mean by ‘scrap’? Moreover, I haven’t attacked you!”

“The attack you unleashed was indirectly directed at me! You shrimp head!”

“HHAA?! The F-ck you say, ugly bastard!”

“”Wanna Go!?””

Hmmm.

Though it’s not wrong, it’s a hard understanding answer for someone who doesn’t know his skills, but it’s an accurate opinion for Reizen, so I’ll keep my mouth shut.

I’ve never seen Reizen lose his temper like that before.

What should I do? This relationship between the two of them is dangerous.

I’d like to keep them apart as much as possible, but I’m not sure what to do. ……

“Sigh. …… Rose, my apologies.”

“No, …… Yurie is just that kind of girl.”

Rose seemed to have already given up on her attempts to calm Yurie down.

We both sighed deeply and decided to watch the situation with blank stares.

“The F-ck! I will show you what I can do if you insist so much!”

“Go ahead, b-tch! I’ll take it easy on you and let you get ten free shots!”

“What did you say? Don’t you dare underestimate me!!”

“I’m not trying to insult you, I’m just looking down on you!”

“You F-cker……!!!”

Yurie picked up her battle axe and slashed at Reizen.