Nidome No Jinsei Wa Zettai, Shiawase Ni! ~Murabito Ni Tensei Shitan Dakedo, Kondo Wa Hitonami No Shiawase Ga Hoshii! Demo, Dekiru No?~ Prologue 4

“Unexpected Shock”

                Just a bit more!

                「h.e.l.lo~」

                After entering through the village gate, I walked at a steady pace and entered the second largest building.

                Incidentally, the largest building in the village is the orphanage and school within the church building, while the third is the village chief's.

                My house? It's a small house outside the village, do you have any complaints about it?

                「Oh? Estella, aren't you late. I was thinking that you would return sooner, you know?」

                Returning my greeting is Rinsan, the receptionist here for the adventurer guild. She is a nice 24 year-old lady that is good at taking care of others, 10 years older than me.

                From the reception counter, she smiles and waves to me.

                There are many sweet rumors coming about who she is doing it with, who she has a good relations.h.i.+p with, but, as to who is favorite, we still don't know.

                Furthermore, from whose house she came out from in the morning…

                Hm? This beautiful woman is still single, unimaginable, right?

                「Did you just think some rude thing?」

                「N-no, I wasn't thinking anything at all.」

                She's dangerous since she has a strange intuition.

                「Right, right, I brought the medicinal herbs, could you please appraise them?」

                「Then, let's put them in this case.」

                Rinsan pulled out a 30 centimeter tray from under the counter and told me to place the herbs on top.

                「Ok~ay, I'll leave it to you.」

                After carrying the tray with the herbs off to another location, she soon returned.

                「The evaluation will be done soon, so can you take out your guild card?」

                「Okay.」

                From the inside of my s.h.i.+rt, I pull out a 5 centimeter plate with the corners made of metal that hangs around my neck and showed it to Rinsan.

                As I was handing it over, I happened to catch it in the corner of my eye, but, it seems like it has become a bit covered with blood. I wonder if that was bad, Rinsan gives me a sharp glance.

                「Hey, this is blood, isn't it? Looking closer, there's also blood sticking to Estella's chest as well. Would you like to explain this to me?」

                I explained while the medicinal herb a.s.sessment came out, and since I wanted help from the adventurer's guild with the boar's retrieval, I honestly told Rinsan what happened.

                「…a wild boar, huh.」

                While Rinsan crossed her arms and was lost in thought, a man approached with the tray from earlier, coins replacing the herbs.

                「Rina, Estella, what's up? The a.s.sessment finished.」

                「Ah, Alphonse, good timing.」

                Putting the tray on the counter, Alphonse tilted his neck, wondering what was going on.

                Alphonse is an appraiser for the adventurer's guild. He is an intelligent looking man that examines collection requests with keen eyes.

                Of course, since he works at the adventurer's guild, he capable of fighting and is a knowledgeable veteran.

                「Speaking of the wild boar, today, a trio accepted that quest, right?」

                「I believe so…」

                Rinsan and Alphonse-san similarly crossed their arms for a moment.

                Then, breathing out a sigh, they came to a single conclusion.

                「It's no use thinking it over. I'll go see the wild boar that Estella supposedly defeated. When someone comes asking for an appraisal request, please accept them.」

                「Okay, I understand.」

                Hearing Alphonse-san's words, Rinsan reluctantly replied that it couldn't be helped.

                「Your request confirmation will be postponed. Please lead the way quickly.」

                Saying that, he wore a sword at his hip and a work bag over his shoulder and we depart from the adventurer's guild.

                I wonder if I'll have enough stamina, while hurrying.

                Afterward, we exchanged light greetings with Walton-san, the gatekeeper, then continue to where the wild boar is.

                Seeing the boar with a board with my name written on it, I felt like praising myself again.

                Beating such a big creature, good job me!

                But, when Alphonse-san of the guild saw the boar, his eyes opened wide with surprise. It seems like he's pinching his cheek to see if this is a dream or not.

                「Hey, Estella? Indeed a bunch of coincidences occurred, but, was it really you that defeated this?」

                「That's right. When it stopped, I stabbed it with this knife. Is there something wrong with that?」

                Pointing to the knife strapped to my back, I boastfully held my chest out.

                「You, sticking out your nonexistent chest doesn't give any s.e.xual appeal.」

                「H-how rude! I ma.s.sage them everyday to make them bigger… They'll grow with good feelings (whisper).」

                Faced with such a charming woman, Alphonse-san is saying such rude things.

                Really, this man has no delicacy.

                Though, wanting my chest to grow bigger is true.

                After all, mother's is quite big.

                …rather, this just sidetracked.

                During that time, Alphonse-san was carefully examining the boar that I defeated.

                Then, stabbing the knife deep into the boar's stomach, he brought out something from the boar's body.

                Of course, since it was dirty with blood, it was washed with water.

                「So, what is this?」

                Something like a pitch-black gla.s.s or gemstone came out, anyway, it's a weird ma.s.s.

                「This is a magic stone. This guy… wasn't a wild boar, it was a monster boar.」

                「Eh? Monster?」

                The magic from the wild boar was the evidence that it was indeed a magic beast.

                The heart completely surrounds the magic stone, causing the regular animal to gain abnormal strength, becoming a fearsome opponent… yeah.

                「The most probable cause of death is being stabbed in the head by a sharp object. Thanks to you cutting the neck, the blood could drain out, so it seems like today will be a feast.」

                Alphonse-san wiped his hands, then rubbed my head, while praising me.

                Though, it was a bit irritating to be treated like a child.

                Then, Alphonse-san put the monster boar into the magic bag that he brought and we headed back to the village.