Chapter 68

Chapter 68~Amelia’s Request~

Two people and one animal could be spotted walking along the red leaf covered road . Given how many leaves were on the ground, it looked as if they were walking on top of a red carpet, though the animal wasn’t walking but instead riding on top of someone’s shoulder .

「…well? How far do you plan on following me?」

Kurou said this without looking at Amelia who decided to walk next to him .

「Until you agree . 」

Amelia answered while staring straight ahead .

Kurou scornfully laughed .

「Give up . I don’t plan on taking a disciple or teaching others my techniques . In the first place, these techniques are not so simple that a princess can just learn them if she wants to . 」

However, Amelia was stubborn and unlike what her reserved appearance might imply, she wasn’t planning on backing down .

Yoru shook his tail .

「I need to have more resolve than that . It’s obvious that I would have to put in at least this level of effort in order to catch up to Akira . 」

Kurou shook his head and hastened his pace .

Regardless, Amelia continued to follow him .

After walking for a while, Kurou finally caved in and looked over at Yoru .

「…what should I do so that this girl will give up, monster . 」

Yoru laughed scornfully just as Kurou did before and answered .

『Give up . Miss Amelia’s stubbornness and her gluttony are the two things that are unrivalled in this world . 』

At those words, Kurou finally stopped walking .

「A long time ago, I too took in disciples just like everybody else and taught them my techniques . Unfortunately, they all, without exception, lost their minds and left . 」

So?, Amelia tilted her head in confusion .

「I am strong . I’m a silver ranked adventurer, though I may be weaker than you who were selected to be the representative of the beastmen . 」

TN: Amelia should be a silver ranked adventurer, but here, the author mistakenly put her as a gold rank .

She indifferently said that as if she was grumbling about it .

Kurou stared at her side profile .

「That’s obvious, isn’t it . It has nothing to do with which race you were born as . The strong will be victorious . 」

The wind picked up, and Amelia’s white hair and the red leaves danced in the wind .

Yoru just looked on at this magical scene .

The command from his master Akira was to stay with Amelia .

From the very beginning, he had no intentions of interfering .

「Those who are weak also have a chance to turn things around . They fight in order to seize that chance . Akira seized it with his own hands . Now, it is my turn to do so . 」

She tightly clenched her hands .

「I want to learn your…no, the first generation’s hero’s techniques . 」

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「…maa, that’s it . 」

After Mile explained the rules for how one should behave within the guild, he looked at Akira .

The explanation was truly a formality . It even included common sense things like properly apologizing when you’re in the wrong and the prohibition of leaving the restaurant without paying your bill .

I figured now was a good time to bring up the biggest question on my mind .

「There is a system in place for duels, huh . 」

With a slightly troubled look on Mile’s face, he laughed .

「Yes . the number of duels increase every year, and now, it is a form of entertainment for the many hot-blooded citizens . 」

I’ve heard that beastmen were overwhelmingly more hot-blooded than other races, so maa, I was also in approval of the duel system .

Of course, there was no such thing as a duel system in the human and elven Adventurer Guilds .

The Adventurer Guild even has organized gambling around duels .

Seems like it’s becoming quite popular as a spectator event .

「For example, just the other day, a human who wasn’t registered with the Adventurer Guild and a yellow-ranked party got into a fight on the main street . That human was the guildmaster’s guest, so they shouldn’t have picked a fight with him! Not only did they lose miserably, but their qualifications were revoked and they were expelled from town while still under the effects of the young man’s magic . 」

Oya, that sounds familiar .

Was that fellow some assassin who used that as a pretense to demonstrate his abilities?

「Come to think of it, that guest of the guildmaster looked almost exactly like you… . 」

Mile looked at me, and stiffened .

「Are you alright? Your face is pale . 」

The scene of Mile pointing at me while opening and closing his mouth was extremely amusing .

「Oi, why are you pointing at an adventurer . 」

Another adventurer came out from behind Mile who was frozen .

That person, looked at me and tilted his head as if recalling something .

「If I remember correctly, you are… . 」

I too had some recognition of him .

Before I even started trying to recall it, the other person had answered .

「You’re the assassin-kun who crushed the yellow ranked party . 」

When I heard that, I snapped my fingers .

「Aah, you’re the guild member who Linga pushed the cleaning up onto . 」

Nn?, the we looked at each other .

Mile watched the two people and was trembling, trying not to laugh .

「Maa, well, I’m Yamato . Nice to meet you . 」

Ahem, he cleared his throat and held out his right hand .

I gripped that hand firmly .

Something about this guy reminded me of Kyousuke .

「I’m Oda Akira . I should be the one saying that . Please take care of me . 」