When we finally arrived at the adventures guild, my hands were shaking from carrying Megumin for so long, so I shook her off my back... We then approached Luna so we can get our eris. We gave her our adventurer's cards to confirm that we indeed killed those bastard toads.
Luna - "All right, everything's in order. I've confirmed that your team has finished the quest of defeating 5 giant frogs in 3 days. Good work."
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She then handed our cards back and we were ready to go, but since Aqua and Megumin were still covered in slime, Kazuma told them to wash, while I was looking at my adventurer's card.
I got some levels up but not by much.
Luna - "Well then, turning in 2 giant frogs, in addition to receiving the bounty for completing the quest, comes to a total of 100,000 eris without any fees. Please take this."
I could see the disappointment in Kazuma's eyes, but why? Isn't 100 000 eris like a lot? We stood there for like a minute looking at the eris we got. Then we found our table where we first met and sat down while we waited for Aqua and Megumin to wash. They washed surprisingly fast and sat down next to us. I noticed on my card that I got 4 points, but I won't spend them now, always safe for later. I then noticed a female knight walking to our table. She walked up to Kazuma and started talking.
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(???) - "... Excuse me, may I ask...?" She probably saw the recruitment poster we still have on the bulletin board.
Kazuma - "Is something the matter...?" He looked speechless when he saw her, he also blushed a bit.
Kazuma - "Ah, eh–what's the matter?" He asked again because she didn't respond.
(???) - "Um... The team that put up this recruitment notice was you, right? Are you still looking for people?" I knew it.
She then showed him a piece of paper.
Kazuma - "Oh–we're still hiring. Although I wouldn't recommend you joining..."
(???) - "Please pick me! Please let me join your party!" She hurriedly said with a bit of a sad face. Kazuma was going to decline her like he almost did Megumin. But she grabbed his hand.
Kazuma - "No, no, no, hold up. Our party has plenty of problems; the other three members are burdens and my job's the weakest. Because of that, my two companions were covered in slime... Ow! Ow! Ow!" Excuse me? Did he just say that I'm a burden? I'm one of the strongest in the group!
(???) - "I was right, those two covered in goo were your comrades! What happened, how'd they end up like that...!? I-I also...! Want to experience that...!"
(Y/N) / Kazuma - "Huh?!" What the heck? What'd she say?
(???) - "No, I phrased it wrongly. For the two young girls to experience that at such a tender age... as a knight, I can't stand by and watch. My job's the top-tier Crusader, so it should fit your recruitment criteria." Honestly, I don't care if she would join us, every new member is a higher chance for us to defeat the demon king, but Kazuma thought otherwise.
Kazuma - "Ara–I didn't finish. I don't recommend you join. One of our party members is useless, the second one is quite good but still weak and the other one can only cast one spell a day and I have the weakest job. That's the lame party this is, so I suggest you find another...?"
I'm weak? Look at yourself! But he probably said it only to discourage her from joining.
(???) - "That's perfect! To be honest, I'm confident in my strength and durability, but I'm not too agile with my hands... So I can't hit the enemy... So you don't need to treat me as having a top-tier job; I'll just charge ahead without a care, so abuse me like a shield."
Her face became close to Kazuma's one, they looked like they are about to kiss.
Kazuma - "No, how can I let a girl act like a shield? My party's super weak, so the attacks will hit you. The monsters might gang up on you in every fight!"
(???) - "That's the way I like it!" Wait, what the heck did she say again? What's wrong with her? You know what, I'm going to do some quest alone, I need that extra cash, plus I also want to explore the city.
(N/A) - "You know what guys? I'm going to explore the city a bit, we will meet tomorrow at lunch here." They all looked surprised as I walked out, while Kazuma looked at me with a mad face, again leaving everything on him. As soon as I walked out I looked at how much eris I got.
25 000.
I went to the nearest shop and bought myself a 'magical staff', it was a very small staff like a bigger size knife, I bought it because shooting 'lasers' from my hands isn't that effective, and it will give me a lot of additional damage. It was looking more modern than Megumins ones also, so I was happy with it. I did some weird poses with it and went back to look at some solo quest, luckily my party wasn't there.
Eh.
– Help me look for my pet white wolf.
Nope.
- My son's swordsmanship lesson *Requirement: Rune Knight or Sword Master.
Nope.
– Recruiting subject for magic practice * Requirement: High HP or strong magic resistance...
Still no.
– Cut down the evil trees corrupting the forest, bounty's dependent on the amount turned in.
Well, it's the best of what they got here, I'll take it! I then walked to the marked location, I found a small house and a grandma sitting on a chair.
Grandma - "Hello young boy..."
I then told her about the quest and she told me where the 'evil' trees are. Thanks to my new bough staff, my laser was stronger and could go through multiple trees at once. After about two hours of cutting, I was tired and went back to get my reward.
Grandma - "You did good, here take this." She then handed me around 75 000 eris, it wasn't a lot but afterall killing trees that don't move nor attack back? It was good enough. It was becoming dark so I started heading back to my hotel.
Just one turn and I'm at my hotel, but then I saw someone. Someone who looked too familiar to not remember. I sneakily started to follow them, and then under the light, I saw who it was...
