ALSAR ( Part 01)

Chapter 77 : Information Gathering

Chapter 77 : Information Gathering

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"Ren-dono! Your buff magic is so amazing!"

"Is that so? But I'm glad I can be helpful."

Melchior-san, who had been exchanging blows with the other guards, came to me while wiping his sweat. As soon as he was standing right in front of me, Melchior-san excitedly began to talk about my buff magic. Seemed like he was very pleased with it.

"Hey~ It's better if you can receive buff magic from Ren-chan, right?~"

"Yeah! Christian-dono is very strong too! As expected from A-rank! Even though you didn't receive any buff magic, I still couldn't land a single blow on you. I'd love to steal some of everyone's moves on this journey."

Still holding onto his twin swords, Chris-san stood beside Melchior-san and spoke to him. This time, Melchior-san's excitement was apparent while he replied to Chris-san. He was breathing very heavily. Just where did the calm knight demeanor disappear to...?

But I really admired his determination to improve himself when he said he wanted to steal some of our moves. I was only just watching from the sidelines but I could see that the three of them were indeed very amazing. They could easily defeat the other guards while being outnumbered in one against three fights.

I think the guard's moves weren't bad at all. The difference in level between A-rank adventurers and them was just too vast... I wonder if I was already at the right level to take a promotion test...?

"I know it's a little late to say this now but isn't it hard to keep calling me Christian?~ You can just call me Chris if you want?~"

"Oh, you can call me Sig too."

"I don't mind if you call me Fer as well."

"Then you guys can call me Mel."

While I was busy contemplating the promotion test, the four of them were getting more friendly with each other and began to talk in a more relaxed manner. I went along with the flow and introduced myself to the rest of the guards.

It turned out the first two guys to have mock battles were brothers. Their names were Tad-san and Timothy-san. They were 23 and 22 years old, almost the same size and every mock battle always ended up in a draw. That was why everyone was so shocked to see Tad-san's overwhelming victory in the earlier mock battle after receiving the buff.

The other members were also quite young, some were in the first half of their twenties, some were in the middle of their thirties. They said the more veteran members were with Francesca-san's father and so they weren't available here.

"Sigurd-sama, why don't you come for a tea with me if you need to take a break?"

Assuming Sig-san was finally taking a break because they were chatting with the guards, Francesca-san, who had been sitting on a table set that she had brought, approached Sig–san. Chris-san and the others were still standing near Sig-san but seemed like she had only eyes for Sig-san.

In the first place, I guess Francesca-san had already planned to only have tea with Sig-san since there were only two chairs there.

"No, I'm good. I'm going home soon. Ah, right. You don't need to prepare food for us the four for this quest."

Sig-san only spared Francesca-san a single glance before he outright rejected her advances. Sig-san also informed her about our meal arrangement as an afterthought.

Well, we had arrived here at 14.00 and now the time was 16.00. We had to go home soon.

"Huh?! Why? Our chef's food is really delicious, you know? Sigurd-sama likes meat, right? Our chef will do their best to cook the best meal for you so let's eat together?"