Chapter 28: Performance

After I took out all the orcs’ magic stones and put them into my body, I returned to Normans with Rosemas, who was completely enamored with Lucius.

There was no need to cover the elf’s ears or anything, and Rosemas, wearing the robe that Lucius had taken off, went straight to the Adventurer’s Guild with us.

“… What is it?

How can it be so frozen-”

“Hey.

You might not be an adventurer.”

“Really?

But it still looks dangerous…”

“Elf?

If you’re an elf… by any chance?”

The gazes of those who had been strangely looking at me because I was wearing a robe turned to Rosemas’ ears.

The ears were definitely more pointy than those of other elves, and Rosemas began to look around as if she wasn’t used to the gazes of those around her.

‘Lucius.’

I winked at Lucius, and Lucius naturally stood behind Rosemas, blocking the gaze of the others.

The height difference isn’t that big.

Rosemas is taller than me in this body, so her gaze can reach Lucius’s collarbone.

“Th-thank you, Lucius.”

“Please call me Arthur.”

“Ah, Arthur…”

The perfect height for a kiss when you raise your toes.

Rosemas seems to have fallen for Lucius already, so if you could find a place for the two of them to talk separately soon, they’d be thrilled.

“Hehehe.”

Maybe a half-elf would be born in about 10 months.

Lucius might be interested in that, but as long as Lucius isn’t a eunuch or a sodomite, having fun with the flowers next to him would be a great help to his relationships with his comrades.

“For a healthy pure love harem.”

They say that the thing that a warrior party has to be most wary of is the opposite s*x, but I’ve also solved many women fighting over one man.

“If you just listen to me, you’ll start baking bread in your sleep.”

Lucius should be truly grateful.

I was the one who entered a female-only warrior party alone, bewitched all the women, and turned them into warriors of the Demon King’s army.

“Let’s gather more companions, Lucius.

In the future, through more adventures, more women will occupy Lucius’ side.

In order to do that, we must become higher-ranked adventurers and go on adventures that build up more achievements.

For now.

I’m going to report my achievements soon, so please tell me what I’ve planned in advance.

Okay?”

“Understood, Witch!”

Although the tone felt strange, I didn’t really care, so I ignored Rosemas.

Step, step.

I headed to the guild reception desk with brisk steps.

The receptionist standing inside frowned for a moment as soon as she saw me, but soon changed her expression and smiled.

“Welcome.

Why are you back after two days?

If you’re giving up on the request…”

“I rescued a missing elf.”

“Already?”

“Yes.

Here.”

I introduced Rosemas to Hora Morgen, a member of the Normans Adventurers’ Guild.

Rosemas, who had been timid, changed her expression as soon as she saw Morgen.

Even though she was an elf, she began to notice.

Rosemas, who stood next to Lucius, grabbed Lucius’ waist with her hand, and Lucius left Rosemas alone.

“You should’ve grabbed her shoulder, you punk!”

It was a natural timing for skinship, but you’re going to stay still?

You fool-”

….Sigh.

Oh, no.

Lucius was a master.

He noticed the gaze of the receptionist and deliberately acted calmly.

“You’re actually a good player.

He left Rosemas’s vixen behavior alone and appealed to Morgen, pretending to be troubled by Rosemas’s actions.

The two women glared at each other and fought.

If that was an instinctive action, then he was a player with incredible talent.

“Mr. Morgen.

This is Rosemas.

I saved her from being dragged away by orcs in the forest.”

That was a lie.

It’s true that she was captured, but she wasn’t dragged away.

We saved her when she was already captured and could never escape.

“How did you save her?”

“So…”

-Master.

Isn’t this place dangerous?

-We should look for more.

Shh.

There’s something up ahead.

-Gyaak.

Save me.

-Chwilk.

We caught an elf.

Chwik.

-Let’s offer it to the boss.

Chwik-Master.

-Go, Lucius!

Cut it!

-Haaah!

Are you okay, Elf-sama!

-Ah, you saved me..!!

-Chwik, let’s, let’s run away!

-Let’s run away before the orcs chase after us!

Hurry up!

“That’s what happened.”

It’s completely different from the previous situation, but I made up a situation by appropriately adapting the situation that I had when I was traveling as a warrior party.

“We saved Lady Rosemas and ran away right away.

Fortunately, the orcs didn’t chase us until we returned to the village.”

“Oh my.

That must have been dangerous…”

“It was fortunate that there were only three orcs around.

We quickly dealt with them and escaped.”

“Indeed…”

Morgen began to write something on paper with a quill.

“Did Lucius take care of the orcs?”

“Two. I used fire magic on one.”

“I see… Where did you catch them?”

“I’m not sure about that. We were running so fast.

We encountered them near a lake while following a stream in the northern forest.”

“Hmm…”

It doesn’t really matter whether you believe it or not. Lucius is a swordsman who can deal with two orcs with an iron sword.

I, the magician Bell, am a magician who can assist Lucius.

“This will help me during the promotion examination later, right?”

They are definitely stronger than E-class. In order to hide the holy sword and conceal our power, we needed a decent track record.

Since we’ve sliced the orcs with the holy sword, we have to make the slaughtered orcs think that we have nothing to do with them.

Even if we see that the orcs have been slaughtered later, we just have to be the ones who saved the elves as we passed by.

But we can’t just look like we’re incompetent and got lucky. But I have pride.

If I were to ask her to hunt slimes or goblins for a recommendation, my pride wouldn’t be able to stand up.

“First, Rosemas, would you like to tell the receptionist what you said to her now?”

“Yes…”

Rosemas stepped forward in front of Hora, hesitating,

“I’m sorry…”

This wasn’t something she had said in advance, but something she should have done based on common sense.

“I apologize for unintentionally causing trouble to the Adventurer’s Guild.”

It might have hurt her pride a little, but at least it was true that she had caused trouble to the Adventurer’s Guild by being caught by the orcs due to her own mistake.

“It’s okay. I’m glad you’re safe. I’ll contact the search party separately.”

Rosemas was registered as a D-class adventurer.

Since she had gone missing, the search party had been searching the village and the forest for Rosemas for the past few days.

The search party is moving as a search party, and they’ve posted it on the bulletin board for regular adventurers to look for.

The commission we received was a kind of wanted notice for missing persons, not a commission for a specific person, but a notice to let more people find the missing person.

If we hadn’t found them, we would have probably searched for another two weeks and given up. And then only bones would have been found.

“I’m really sorry.”

“It’s really okay! This is what the Adventurer’s Guild does. Then, Mr. Bell, would you like to give us your adventurer’s cards?”

“Here.”

“First…I’ll report that you two have completed the commission for ‘searching for missing elves.”

Morgen took out one of the commissions under the reception desk and stamped it with a large seal. Mana began to flow out of the seal, and soon it began to infuse our adventurer’s badges that he handed her.

Saaaaah. The engraving on the back rose a level from below.

“Mr. Morgen, does that mean our performance is now going up?”

“Yes. It’s still E-rank… You should add at least four more, but it’s a huge achievement to have saved someone on your first try. It’ll be a big help in the next promotion examination.”

“Four…”

A subtly large number.

“Lucius. Can you do more?”

“Of course, Master.”

If you steadily solve each request from now on, you will be able to aim for higher places.

“Have confidence. You are strong enough.”

And of course….

“We’re in trouble!! A large-scale orc settlement has been discovered in the north!!”

“!!!”

The adventurers turned pale in an instant. While everyone became serious, only I remained calm.

“Should I be shaking too?”

“All the orcs, including the Highlord Orc Captain, were annihilated! This should be at least a B-class mission!!”

“…”

With the power of the Holy Sword, a B-class mission should be no problem.

“Master.”

“It was dangerous, it was dangerous.”

Two E-class adventurers solved a B-class mission? Isn’t this a situation that would easily attract attention?

“It must have been really dangerous. Right, Lucius?”

“Yes.”

“From now on…”

I winked at Lucius.

“… Even without that, I’ll keep trying until I can do the same thing once. Got it?”

I whispered quietly to Lucius so no one else could hear.

The Fall of the Holy Sword Village.

All humans died, and none survived.

No, there was only one.

“Daughter.”

The head of the Odron Counts, Feisa Odron, felt fear at the sight of his daughter holding the sword.

“You are definitely my daughter.

But”

“Father”

“_You are too talented.”

Count Odron felt fear at his daughter’s skills.

How long had it been since she held the sword?

A week?

Ten days?

In less than that time, she showed tremendous growth.

“I was also called a prodigy since I was young.

But you have far surpassed my talent.

Look”

Count Odron pointed to the sword held by his daughter, Droniel.

“Who would awaken their Aura in such a short time?”

“…That is not important.”

Droniel swung her sword with a cold face.

“I will train in swordsmanship and definitely go help “him”.

So, father, please help me”

“_Haa, you”

“Father.”

Droniel confidently swung her sword at the scarecrow.

“If I connect with him, it will be a great help to the Odron Counts.”

“.. Help?…

That its owner will become a member of our family.”

“Yes.

So…”

Crunch.

The scarecrow’s head flew off with Droniel’s horizontal slash of the sword.

“Please make me strong so I can stand next to him.”

“.. So, it’s too fast right now and I don’t know what to do.

I’ll think about it.”

Count Odron left.

Droniel sat down for a moment, stroking her sword while holding her sword alone in the training grounds, and laughed.

“Lucius..”

Droniel.

“Lucius.

Lucius…

Lu, Kius…

Hehe…

my…

Lucius.”

She just kept repeating one word and fiddling with her sword.