Hatsuko's pov

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As soon as I left the house, I decided to head straight to the guild.

[ Hey, Hatsuko where are we going? ] ( Akemi )

[ I wanted to know that as well... ] ( Hina )

Beside me were walking Akemi and Hina.

They were as annoying as always.

Maybe I should have told them to stay at the apartment.

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Before I left the house, both of them were insisting on coming with me as well.

I didn't know the exact reason why but...

[ Do as you want... ] ( Hatsuko )

Was what I said to them.

Shiro was in my hood as well.

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After walking for some time I stopped.

[ Where are we? ] ( Akemi )

She asked while looking around.

[ This is the guild? Are we doing any quests? ] ( Hina )

[ The guild? ] ( Akemi )

Akemi also lacks knowledge about humans lives.

From our way to the guild, Akemi kept asking questions about things that were around.

[ You don't know what that is either?... ] ( Hina )

Hina looked at Akemi with a puzzled look on her face.

I'm sure she wanted to say something to her, but she held back.

I didn't know about guilds either when I first came here.

[ Hatsuko, what are we doing here? ] ( Hina )

She asked me, but I decided to ignore her.

[ You can at least respond to me... ] ( Hina )

She let out a sigh as she said that.

[ Is he always like this? ] ( Akemi )

[ Yeah... ] ( Hina )

After entering the building the first thing I noticed was...

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[ What do you mean you don't know!!?? ] ( Kenji )

[ Calm d-down s-sir we will find it!! ] ( Lena )

[ You should have had it!!! ] ( Kenji )

[ I'm s-sorry! ] ( Lena )

[ Useless!! ] ( Kenji )

Kenji was yelling at the receptionist for some reason.

All of the other hunters didn't even bother turning around to look at what was happening.

Are they used to this or are they just scared?

[ He is here s-sir! ] ( Lena )

The receptionist pointed her finger towards me the moment she noticed me.

[ Oh? ] ( Kenji )

Kenji turned around and looked at me.

[ Oh! Hatsuko, I was looking for you! ] ( Kenji )

He came towards me as he said that out loud.

Some of the hunters turned around and looked at us.

They started murmuring...

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His expression changed the moment he saw me.

As Kenji was coming towards me he had a smile on his face.

Does he act aggressively towards everyone else?

He was like that to me as well when we first met, but then he changed when he invited me to Ichika's birthday.

[ You were looking for me? ] ( Hatsuko )

I asked him.

He had a cheerful smile on his face.

[ You know about that quest I asked you for? ] ( Kenji )

The personal quest about training his daughter?

I think he mentioned that he was going to contact me.

[ Yes? ] ( Hatsuko )

[ I was going to ask the guild about your phone number but they didn't seem to have it. ] ( Kenji )

They don't have it because I never gave it to them in the first place.

I left my phone back in my room at Sakuru school's dorm.

[ So you were going to ask me about the quest? ] ( Hatsuko )

I asked him.

[ Ah, yes, I was wondering if you could start now! ] ( Kenji )

For today I had no important plans so going for this quest might be the right choice.

I also have thought about a way to train her.

[ Yes I don't have any plans for today! ] ( Hatsuko )

[ Great then we can start right away!! ] ( Kenji )

He happily said.

[ Also those...are they also coming? ] ( Kenji )

He looked at Akemi and Hina who were quietly waiting for me, behind my back.

[ Yeah. ] ( Hatsuko )

[ That's great then! ] ( Kenji )

He said with a relieved voice.

After we got out of the guild, Kenji called someone.

He told us to wait at the entrance of the guild.

[ What are we doing now? ] ( Akemi )

She asked as we all were waiting there.

[ We are waiting for someone! ] ( Hatsuko )

I responded to her question.

[ Is it a girl? ] ( Hina )

Why is she asking about the gender of that person?

Sometimes this girl becomes an idiot.

[ Yes she is! ] ( Hatsuko )

[ Is that so... ] ( Hina )

She looked down as she heard my answer.

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After 30 minutes of wait, a black car came.

Ichika came out from the back seat.

[ What took you so long? ] ( Kenji )

[ I was preparing myself you know! This is my first time someone else besides my father will help me train! ] ( Ichika )

[ Is that so?... ] ( Kenji )

Ichika approached our group as they finished talking.

Her father stayed behind. It seemed like he was talking to the driver of the car.

Akemi was on my left side and Hina was on my right one.

[ Oh, Hatsuko! ] ( Ichika )

She came towards me in hurry the moment she saw me.

[ I never thought you would become my trainer!! ] ( Ichika )

Didn't her father inform her about me helping her train?

[ And those are?... ] ( Ichika )

She looked at the girls who were at my sides.

[ I'm Hina. ] ( Hina )

[ You may call me Akemi! ] ( Akemi )

Both of them introduced themselves to Ichika.

[ Oh, my name is Ichika! You may know it but Hatsuko will be helping me improve my abilities! ] ( Ichika )

She happily said to them.

[ By the way... What's your relationship with Hatsuko? ] ( Ichika )

She looked at them with a puzzled look.

Both of them were quiet for a bit.

[ My relationship with Hatsuko... ] ( Akemi )

Akemi thought started talking to herself.

[ He is my master? ] ( Akemi )

She said without a care.

[ [ HUH?! ] ] ( Ichika/Hina )

Both of them were surprised and shocked at the same time.

I stared at Akemi in a sign of making her stop.

[ I mean h-he is my friend! ] ( Akemi )

She stuttered a bit as she tried to change what she said.

[ D-don't scare us like that... ] ( Ichika )

[ I was surprised as well! ] ( Hina )

I noticed Kenji coming this way as well.

[ So do you have any place where the training will take place? We can borrow the guild's training ground if needed! ] ( Kenji )

hm... I have thought about that as well!

[ I was thinking of doing it outside of the city! In the forest! ] ( Hatsuko )

I said to all of them with a calm voice.

[ The forest? ] ( Kenji )

Everyone else except Akemi was looking at me with a shocked look!