Hero Of Harmony

Chapter 100: Grievances

Just as I was getting ready to leave the adventurer guild, or more like stand outside and wait for Yuki to return from cleaning the poop off her helmet, one of Ms. Monrue's men, the same one that punched the other adventurer from a few minutes ago, suddenly appeared before me with a snarl, blocking my path to the exit.

Sighing to myself as my heart warned me of the inevitable clash between the Firemania party, I still responded kindly, trying my best not to make unnecessary enemies.

"Um, can I help you, Sir?" Asked Alexander curiously as he looked down at the man; the sheer difference in size made Alexander a little imposing.

"I heard leader speaking to you, so where do you think you're going?" Replied the man aggressively as he stepped forward and glared at Alexander, who wasn't the least bit nervous, though he was slightly annoyed.

I wasn't even able to respond as Ms. Monrue walked up from behind and aggressively grabbed my shoulder, prompting me to turn around and give her a slight frown. Now, I wasn't the kind of person who was violent or easily angered, but I also wasn't about to let them treat me like a child or anything of the sort.

"Maybe you didn't hear me the first time; I told you to join my Party." Said Lucy as she breathed to calm herself before intently eyeing Alexander with an authoritative voice and a smile, which swiftly cracked.

Seeing her party request once more, I shook my head as I refused her request, though neither she nor her party seemed to take kindly to that; in fact, some of them even started directing their killing intent at me.

'Haa, I didn't even do anything to garner their anger.' Thought Alexander with a sigh of annoyance as he filled his body with mana, strengthening it, preparing just in case a fight happened.

"Did... Did I hear you correctly? Did you just refuse MY request? Lucy Monroe's request!?" Exclaimed Lucy in unbridled rage as she glared at Alexander while her five other party members slowly surrounded him from a distance.

"Yes." Replied Alexander with a deep frown as he activated [Heroes Gaze], giving him a full, three-sixty view of his surroundings, leaving him with no blind spots.

"Hehe, stupid kid; do you know what happened to the last person who dared to refuse our Leader's request?" Remarked a scrawny, short, greenish man with pointy ears and a large nose as he glared at Alexander with vicious eyes.

"We cut his tendons and left him to hang in the forest; his agonizing screams as he was eaten alive by beasts were music to my ears." Said another man with his top half of a human, while his bottom half was of a snake, eyeing Alexander with his vertical, slit-like pupils.

Although I didn't say I wasn't easily angered, his words were sickening to hear; what kind of psychotic person would ever do that to someone else? Not to mention, it was over something stupid like refusing a request.

"If you were trying to scare me into agreeing to Lucy's request, you've done the complete opposite; I would never associate myself with such demented beings like yourselves." Declared Alexander with a disgusted and angry expression as he glanced at the snake demi-human before eyeing Lucy.

"I will not be joining your party, Lucy; now, don't bother me again." Added Alexander as he glared at the furious Lucy before turning around and walking away, though in doing so, two people equipped their weapons and pointed them at him.

Seeing the scrawny, short, greenish man and what I presumed was a snake demi-human point their dagger and bow at me, I frowned, but I didn't stop walking. There is a strict rule that forbids fighting within adventurer guilds, and if you're caught doing so, you're temporarily banned from working as an Adventurer for six months; if you're caught doing so again, you're permanently banned from not only being an Adventurer but entering any establishments owned by the adventure guild.