28 – There are no empty seats (1)
I couldn’t stay at the inn any longer.
Even if the truth was, there was no such truth.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they literally destroyed the inn.
Fighting, even if it could be, made a room into a mess.
No matter how good-natured the owner was, he couldn’t forgive him.
In the end, I was able to apologize to the owner and leave the inn only after all the money bags were robbed.
I lost my place to sleep today, and there was no money.
I was in danger of sitting on the street like a homeless person.
“I need to collect money first.”
I had to find a way to save the dispatch.
Fortunately, there are several ways.
“How about asking for a request? Or you can work as a clerk at an inn.”
Kyla advised me by my side.
Although the situation was not good, he kept his composure.
Erina, on the other hand, was still trembling with anxiety.
“Erina.”
“Ah, yes…?!”
While I opened my eyes, Erina was far away.
At the sound of her voice, she immediately closed her gap.
But unlike her before, her steps were noticeably slower.
I glanced at my face from time to time. It is an act of observing.
“Sorry, sorry. I’ve been thinking about it for a while…”
Erina has been silent since before, as if she had gone crazy.
She barely followed me with a depressed expression.
She seemed to feel guilty for what she had done wrong.
I felt a little sorry for her visibly withdrawn appearance.
“I have to go on a quest today. Can you do it?”
Erina’s eyes changed immediately.
With her serious expression on her face, she put her hand on his sword.
“Yes. It’s okay right now.”
“Yes. I will believe you.”
“Yes…!”
They looked at each other with a stern voice.
Fortunately, she got rid of her thoughts and returned to her former self-confidence.
“Let’s go to the inn first. And let’s find a quest that we can finish today.”
She approached her and patted her on the back with her smile.
Her pale face turned red and flushed.
“Seohyun. Passers-by say there is an inn over there.”
Suddenly, Kyla carefully placed her hand on the back of my hand.
And she carefully intervened between me and Erina.
The distance was closer than before. I took it as a sign of getting closer to me.
“Yes. Let’s get a room and unpack, even if it’s traumatic.”
Erina on the left. Kyla on the right. He is my most reliable colleague.
If there were only two people, I wouldn’t worry about the future.
Erina secretly held out her hand to me.
He held her hand as before. The smile she had always shown returned.
“I… Me too,”
“Huh? What?”
“No…”
Concentrating on Erina, Kyla couldn’t hear what she was saying.
She was fiddling with her fingers with a fidgety look.
Did she ever want to hold her hand?
When she held out her hand, she showed a look of surprise.
It was still an interesting reaction.
He gave strength to her clasped hands.
I felt the warmth of the hands connected to the two of them.
“Now we are colleagues.”
“I know.”
“I know.”
The two answered at the same time.
Even though Erina didn’t like her, she didn’t show it.
Kyla was still smiling.
He showed a bright smile to see if he felt good just by being by my side.
It could be said that this was the development of a long family.
“I hope you are doing well. Never fight.”
“I see.”
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“Yes…”
At my words, Erina nodded her head with a bitter expression.
Contrary to the answer, it was clear that he did not agree.
But for now, I decided to move on to this level.
“Then let’s go. You have to be busy today.”
She hastily moved her steps.
I had a lot of work to do before the sun went down.
The new inn was found quickly.
She was able to get a room, although it cost a little more than before.
I didn’t have any money, so of course all the expenses were taken care of as an external account.
It was possible because she promised to pay it back tomorrow.
But there was one problem.
“It’s only a single room.”
There are three people, but one bed.
Actually, this was the only room I could borrow.
I asked for at least a double room, but the owner shook his head.
Today is a hard day to sleep here.
It was fortunate that the bed was large, but it was too small for three people to sleep.
Kyla said this to reassure me.
“I’m fine. I’ll ask the innkeeper if it’s okay to sleep in the stable or in the warehouse.”
Erina said with a smile as if she liked it.
“The bed is too big anyway, so we can sleep together. I don’t care.”
Kyla’s expression quickly hardened at the words she naturally suggested sleeping with her.
Then she suddenly came up to me and whispered.
“I don’t care either. If Seohyun allows you to sleep with me, I can sleep with patience even if it is narrow.”
I had the illusion of sparks bouncing in the air.
Clearly, the two were smiling, but the atmosphere around them froze.
The tension flowed as if they were standing on a single wooden bridge, and the two did not take their eyes off each other.
Of course I couldn’t leave it alone.
I spoke out in front of the two of them.
“I will sleep on the floor. You two are sleeping in bed.”
As expected, the two were startled and waved their hands.
He shook his head left and right as if it was never enough.
“No! I’d rather sleep on the floor!”
“I will go down to the floor. Seohyun asks you to sleep on the bed.”
I accepted the two people’s invitations, choosing the right words.
Naturally, opinions were sorted out and it was concluded that I took the bed.
If anyone else listens, they will criticize how you can put two women to sleep on the floor.
Of course I knew that.
I didn’t want to be a garbage man.
But everything was there for a reason.
‘Anyway, Erina will go to bed as she pleases.’
There hasn’t been a single day that hasn’t happened so far.
Erina was always by my side when I woke up in the morning.
The same goes for Kyle. She could never sleep outside.
If I did it wrong, my identity could be revealed.
Even if I had to sleep on the floor, I had to let them into the room.
So I chose the best way I could.
‘I have to make some money to get a new room.’
I was able to realize how painful it is to live in a crippled life.
This time, I promised that the quest would be successful.
After a small argument, I unpacked my things in the room and went out immediately.
I didn’t have much time and I had a lot of work to do.
Now that we have unpacked our luggage at the inn, it is time to head to the request office.
It has not been long since the sun has risen yet.
From early morning to late night. I had to find a quest that could be completed as quickly as possible.
“If you fail this quest again, you will become a debtor.”
The quest to subdue Arachne failed.
Because of Kyla and the hordes of monsters that followed, I couldn’t pick up the loot.
Thanks to the guild, I asked the guild for compensation equal to the remuneration in return for failing the quest.
I’m in a situation where I don’t have any money and I’m completely stuck.
This time, I could never fail the quest.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make it work somehow.”
Even though it wasn’t what he intended.
Kyla, however, seemed to feel a sense of responsibility.
Erina also looked at me with a sad expression.
The will to never repeat the mistakes of the past was revealed.
“Let’s go to the quest office. This time, you must succeed in the quest.”
“Leave it to me. I will never make a mistake.”
After leaving the inn. We headed straight to the office.
Fortunately, the request office was not far from the inn.
In addition to the request office, there are also equipment and general stores. All restaurants were nearby.
The room was small, but there was a reason why the inn was expensive.
As expected, there were many people at the requesting office.
The commissioning station, which has been crowded since morning, was always full of many adventurers.
There was no reason for all three of them to enter the crowded request center.
He stopped at the entrance of the request station and said.
“I’m waiting here for now. I’ll just get the quest and come out.”
Your order is something I have to do alone.
There was no reason to gather in crowded places.
Suddenly, I could sense a strange air current between the two of them.
We had a fight a while ago.
No matter how reconciled, it will be awkward for the two of us.
I looked at him for a moment and then looked at Erina.
“Kyla is waiting for you. Erina, follow me.”
“Yes!”
Kyla’s shoulders slumped at my words.
Her face was covered with a robe, but her disappointment was evident.
On the contrary, Erina’s color changed in an instant.
She came straight up to me and put her arms next to her.
It was dangerous to take Kyla to a crowded place.
It’s just the reason. Even though it was a trivial matter, the two of them flirted with my words.
Seeing this, I was confused as to whether I should like it or not.
“Let’s go.”
Kyla, however, waited outside without showing any expression.
Erina immediately stood next to me and folded her arms.
There were a lot of people inside the commissioning station.
The further it went to the center, the more people gathered with no space to step.
“Erina. Don’t miss it and follow me.”
“Yes…!”
The power was transmitted to her hands as she crossed her arms.
She tightened her arms so painfully that she would never let them go.
He squeezed between the people and approached the center.
There were four huge bulletin boards at the place we just arrived at.
From the left, the request was divided into low, intermediate, advanced, and expeditionary.
‘We need to find a request that can be completed as soon as possible.’
It is divided into low, intermediate, and advanced according to the difficulty level.
Of course, the higher the level of difficulty, the greater the difference in pay and fewer requests.
The other one is an expedition quest. There was a quest from somewhere other than the capital.
It was inevitably a request that took a long time, so it was not suitable for now.
Among them, I approached the intermediate quest board.
I quickly glanced at several requests.
“Erina. How about that?”
The orc’s face was drawn on the request letter I pointed to.
A quest to subdue a group of elite soldiers among Orcs.
For other parties, it may take two days, but for us, this baby is different.
“That’s easy enough.”
“How long will it take?”
Erina thought about my question for a moment, and then she smiled softly.
“It can be done in four hours.”
“It takes four hours to dispose of the orcs?”
“No. The total time from leaving the quest to returning is four hours.”
If other people hear it, they may snort.
You will think it’s blatant pretentiousness.
But it was never a voice that came out of pride.
I already knew Erina’s power, so I believed her words.
The maintenance was also reasonable. This will save you from worrying about money for a couple of days.
I removed the request form on the bulletin board. I went to her reception desk with Erina hanging from her shoulder.
“Hello. Are you here… To take a quest…?”
The receptionist who was waiting at first bowed his head politely.
But when he looked at my face, he suddenly frowned.
“Would you like to receive an intermediate order?”
An unexpectedly blunt tone came out.
It was as if an attitude that looked down on us was revealed.
If you look closely, it was the receptionist who received the last Arachne quest.
“Are there any problems?”
“As far as I know, I heard that the last quest also failed.”
It seems that your face has already been remembered among the receptionists.
Not a very good sign.
“Nevertheless, I’m worried about trying the intermediate quest again.”
He was speaking respectfully, but his words had thorns.
But I tried to ignore it and ask for an order. However, the request was returned.
“Sorry, but we cannot accept the request due to the internal circumstances of the requesting agency.”
“What?”
“Instead, it is possible to accept low-level quests, so please understand.”
He was saying everything he had to say with a smile on his face.
Looking at it, it’s ridiculous.
Even so, it failed only once.
It was hard to even see it as a failure.
But the receptionist still looked at him with disbelief.
“Okay, just accept the order. I take responsibility.”
There was no failure in this quest anyway.
If you return after completing the quest in one day, your mouth will be shut.
After a bit of coercion, the receptionist accepted the request.
It goes without saying that the receptionist’s face was distorted in the meantime.
“If you can’t, please cancel within today.”
This is a very thoughtful warning.
But I had no intention of canceling the quest.
Instead, he smiled and responded.
“Don’t worry. I’ll finish it today and come back.”
After saying those words, I turned around from the reception desk.
Who would have thought that receiving a request would be so difficult?
While having a subtle fight with the receptionist, Erina was surprisingly still.
During her reception at her
, She gently pushed her behind her, with her concern that she might run into her receptionist.
But she was Erina and she was just watching.
“Erina. It’s okay…”
“It’s okay. It’s nothing at all. I held up even while you were insulted…! I thought I wanted to cut off my throat right away, but I stayed there for you…”
My eyes were empty. The expressionless gaze, lost focus, was like a ghost from a horror movie.
All of a sudden, the arms that were hanging on me were released. Instead, his hand was on the long sword. It was only then that I could recognize the cold living.
“That’s right. Good job.”
“I swore I’d be patient for you. I never want to keep my words to you… But,”
Sureung, a knife came up from the sheath. It wasn’t completely pulled out, but the rough blue blade protruded through the gap.
“If the receptionist had hurt you, I wouldn’t have stood still.”
The receptionist is not cheap, but it was fortunate that he was a person with a concept.
If Erina had stepped forward first, she would not have survived.
If you pulled out a sword at the commissioning station, not anywhere else, you could have been expelled from the capital forever.
Even so, Erina persevered. Previously, she would have rushed to the receptionist right away and complained, but in the end, nothing happened.
“I’ve been patient. Please continue to do so.”
Stroked her hair as a sign of consolation
Her hard face softened a little.
The faint smile returned and the cheeks flushed red.
“Yes. I will be patient in the future.”
She had previously thought that Erina was like a puppy.
But now she was not a dog, but a beast like a lion or a tiger.
A beast that only listens to me. I don’t know if I should call it loyal or one-sided.
After that, we came out of the request office, with nothing to see.
Another beast was waiting for me outside the door.
“Kyla.”
“Yes.”
“Thirty orc elites in the forest. Is it possible within today?”
Kyla said with a small smile.
She looked more confident than anyone else.
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“I can annihilate them all by this evening.”
I was quite excited.
Actually, if it were an orc elite, it was not an easy opponent to look at.
But I didn’t think she was conceited.
“Okay.”
Finally, the time has come to make a proper quest.
Ain’t no bloody way, it’s face slapping😭