Life in Another World With Narration

25 – The Warrior and the Saint

Cain was born in a slum, and was good at fighting from an early age.

When she was 7, she strengthened her body by transforming her magical energy, and by the time she was 13, she was able to use magic.

Although she had a genius talent for being an adventurer, he chose to use this talent elsewhere.

“When you say something nice, give me the safe key.”

Cain grabs the nobleman’s collar with one hand and lifts him up, grinning and threatening him.

Behind him, there were the corpses of the guards who guarded the mansion, and the nobleman, with a blue face, handed over the key to the safe.

Cain has become a constant nuisance in the back alleys of the kingdom’s capital, Pipnel.

After living in the slums his whole life, he chose to become the king of the shadows rather than become an adventurer and go out into the sun.

When they make eye contact, they steal money, and if there is a woman they like, they kidnap it.

If he is in a bad mood, he hits him, and if he needs money for entertainment, he robs a nobleman.

The royal guard tried to arrest Cain several times, but each time he killed the guard and ran away.

Eventually, a large bounty was placed on him and the Adventurer’s Guild came forward and arrested him, but he easily escaped from prison.

One day when I was living as a new criminal.

The leader of the royal knights came to Cain with five carefully selected gold-level adventurers.

No matter how good he was at fighting, Cain had no chance of winning if his opponent had this level of power.

Has he finally come to put an end to his life as the king of the back alleys?

Cain knew very well that he had done things that would be worthless even if he was summarily executed.

He thought that if he was going to die anyway, he should at least slit the heads of a knight commander or a gold adventurer or two and die together.

But then, a man dressed as a priest appeared among the knight commander and adventurers.

“Cain, you have been designated as a warrior.”

A hero? Are you saying he didn’t come to kill himself?

The knight commander right next to him was glaring at Cain murderously, clearly filled with hatred.

But the priest in front of me was saying that Cain had been designated as a ‘warrior’.

In that contradictory situation, Cain, who was about to draw his sword, hesitated.

“Bishop, are you really saying that this scumbag is a warrior? “This guy is a criminal with a bounty on him.”

The knight commander asked the bishop.

Rather than a question, it was a statement containing a strong wish that this scumbag should never become a hero.

“Revelation is absolute. This man is definitely a warrior. The one and only being who can save this world from the clutches of the devil. “No matter what kind of life he lives now, he has the destiny of a warrior.”

The knight commander’s face turned white at the bishop’s answer.

And Cain, who was watching the entire conversation, smiled until his mouth was split from ear to ear.

“Heh, that’s right? “I’m a hero?”

“Now, put an end to your dark life and accept the fate of a warrior according to revelation.”

The bishop spoke solemnly.

Cain was not at all interested in such things as the fate of the warrior or the revelation of the goddess.

But for Cain, being a warrior had a completely different meaning.

Indulgence.

Cain intended to use the fate of the warrior given to him as an absolution for the sins he had committed so far and for the sins he would commit in the future.

“Wow~ I never thought I would be a hero. I never dreamed. Right? “A knight commander.”

Cain approached the knight commander, who was frowning so arrogantly that blood vessels appeared in his eyes, and tapped his cheek with his palm.

I wanted to pull out my sword and decapitate this scum right now, but the knight commander had to grit his teeth and endure it.

It was the moment when the worst warrior in history was born, something that had never been seen before.

* * *

“Over there.”

“Yes.”

“That…… “I don’t mean to argue.”

“Yes, please tell me.”

“Uh…… “Why are you here?”

Qubel Adventurer Guild.

As usual, I visited the guild early in the morning to check on a request and was embarrassed.

At the counter, Mileia was standing dressed as a receptionist.

“This is a one-day receptionist experience. “Sometimes I wonder if something like this is good.”

“No, so why on earth…” ….”

“This is a prescription to broaden my narrowed horizons.”

Mileia spoke without changing her expression.

Although she was wearing a receptionist’s uniform, she did not remove the long sword attached to her waist from her body.

Furthermore, Meruru and Tina, who should have been at the other reception desk, were nowhere to be seen.

Currently, the only receptionist in this guild was Mileia.

“No, where have all the other receptionists gone?”

“It’s vacation.”

“… ….”

『Mileia saw Yunoa talking intimately with the guild receptionist a few times.

She thought that in order to keep Yunoa by her side, she must first get his attention.

So she negotiated with the guild leader and agreed to work as a daily receptionist for a day.』

No, but what if a gold adventurer becomes a receptionist?

Besides, you’re friends with Tina and Meruru, so you don’t really like receptionists, right?

I wonder what kind of guy the guild leader who gave permission for this is.

Thanks to this, the guild’s work was almost paralyzed.

The other adventurers could not ask her to do their work at her counter, so they just watched her.

“Oh… Should I skip the request today… hahahaha… ha ha ha.”

“For some reason, I don’t feel like working today… ….”

“I’ve only reported the request until today, but now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem like it’s that urgent…” ….”

No, if you report the request by today, it’s urgent.

Mileia’s overwhelming atmosphere at the counter greatly intimidated all the adventurers in the guild.

Even in her receptionist uniform, Milleia was Milleia.

The current counter is a place of judgment where adventurers will have to sacrifice their necks to see what happens.

It has become a hardcore reception area where even the slightest complaint can lead to the end of an adventurer’s life.

Looking at this atmosphere, I can understand why she wants someone who can give her direct words…….

“Ha…… Please register to receive the request here.”

I placed two of today’s bronze request forms that I removed from the bulletin board on the counter.

I can feel the astonished gaze of the adventurers watching from behind.

Oh really, it’s burdensome.

* * *

The next day.

“Haaa!”

Boo!

“Jeokjjji profit!”

Rat Man, a huge bipedal rat whose entire body is shriveled by a sword swung full of magical power, falls down with blood spraying out.

Bronze requests usually involve subduing low-level monsters that interfere with people’s lives.

For me, who is training my body without neglecting the conversion of magical energy every day, this kind of request was a piece of cake.

“Now there are two left…….”

The request is to hunt ten Ratmen breeding in the Kubel sewer.

As proof of subjugation, you must cut off and collect ten of their disgusting tails.

No matter how much you subdue Ratmen, they will periodically reproduce and appear somewhere.

So, along with slime, it was one of the main lines of action for bronze adventurers.

I was already in a good mood at the thought of hunting down the remaining ratmen and receiving compensation from the guild.

But on the other side of the sewer, a familiar silhouette appeared around the corner.

“Ah… ….”

As soon as I saw that, my body froze like ice.

Yesterday, it was Milleia who paralyzed guild work in the name of a one-day receptionist experience.

“Mr. Milleia?”

After finishing her daily job as a receptionist, she returned to her usual clothes and walked straight towards me with an expressionless expression.

She then quietly held out something to me.

It was Ratman’s tail.

One, two, three…… Countless rat men’s tails were tangled together in her hand.

“It’s a gift.”

It is the most hideous gift in the world.

“What are you doing now?”

“This is the end of the ratman extermination request. “It saves time.”

The request was to catch only ten.

Looking at the number of tails, it was enough to dry up the seeds of the Ratmen in this sewer.

I am so embarrassed that I can’t even speak properly anymore.

“No, I’m not requesting it? “Isn’t there going to be work there too?”

“Because it is rare for me to step forward.”

Well, the guild didn’t have many gold-level requests to begin with.

But that’s no reason to follow a bronze adventurer like me to a small request.

“Look, this is a business interruption in the first place.”

“… ….”

“How long on earth are you going to be like this near me? “It’s uncomfortable.”

I expressed my displeasure as firmly as possible.

“Yunoa, until you feel like coming with me.”

“What if it never happens?”

When I asked again, Milleia closed her eyes for a moment, then slowly opened them again and looked into my eyes.

What, what does it mean? It’s scary.

Although the narration hinted at her condition, she had no idea that she would be this persistent.

Furthermore, when I thought about Myleia’s cold and scary first impression, her current appearance was scary in a different way.

If it continues like this, I will be in trouble.

I want to live a normal adventurer life and grow step by step.

But I didn’t think this delicate situation would end just by refusing.

After her deliberation, I decided to try to negotiate with her.

I did not want her mileia to accompany her as she wished.

But wouldn’t it be possible to play the role of a simple advisor without having to accompany you?

─ Milleia needed an advisor who could clear her own clouded vision.

If the narration thinks back to what she said, what she wanted was her advice, not her colleagues.

It means that she doesn’t necessarily have to carry me around by her side.

“Mr. Mileia.”

“Yes.”

“What you need is my advice, not me, right? Therefore… ….”

“No, I need you now.”

“Eck.”

I was so surprised that I made a strange sound without realizing it.

Did I misinterpret the narration? Did I miss something?

Or some kind of change of heart…….

“Ah… Anyway, that’s not important. Just as Ms. Mileia needs her advisors, I also have things I want to do and my own life. “What Ms. Milleia is doing now is asking me to make her sacrifice.”

“… ….”

“I am a beginner adventurer who has only recently received Bronze, and the world I live in is different from Mr. Mileia. If I were to go around with Mr. Mileia now, people around me wouldn’t be so kind. Besides, I will also be deprived of the opportunity to grow.”

I desperately racked my brain and spoke to Mileia.

“If it’s the attention of those around you, I’ll make sure you don’t worry about it.”

No, I’m worried.

Moreover, I was scared because it seemed like she would somehow block the surroundings’ gaze (physical).

It was dangerous if she didn’t come up with a compromise somehow.

A way for both me and her to be satisfied to some degree.

“Mr. Mileia. “You said you wanted to keep me by her side as her advisor, right?”

“That’s right.”

“But it would be a big deal if I really hated you, right?”

“… ….”

I think I felt a chill for a moment.

“That… It means that I can’t stand this one-sided approach. “We need to take a step back and compromise.”

Millia nodded her head expressionlessly at my words.

“Let’s do it like this. I will be happy to be your advisor to Mr. Mileia. But I won’t be accompanying Mr. Mileia.

I have a life as an adventurer, and Mr. Mileia has a life as well.”

“… ….”

“We work hard in our own paths, but when Mr. Mileia needs advice, he comes to me.

At that time, I promise to give you sincere and honest advice.”

“But… ….”

“Please don’t make me hate Mr. Mileia.”

“… ….”

There was an uncomfortable silence for a while.

“…… All right.”

Finally breaking the long silence, Mileia managed to agree to my words.

“Oh, and one more thing.”

“Yes, I am listening.”

“Instead of giving advice at any time… ….”

Now that things have turned out this way for her, I also have something I want to ask her.

This is a favor I can ask because I know that Milleia has a strange crush on me.

I looked at Milleia and said.

“Please teach me swordsmanship.”

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