Leon Greyrat: The Second Son - Mushoku Tensei OC

Chapter 33 - Great Demon Empress

— Leon Greyrat —

"Look, Leon! It's the ocean!" Eris shouted from over my shoulder. "Can we go!? Please?"

Before I could answer, both Aisha and Norn looked up at me. "Please~!"

...Really girls?

"Later," I shook my head at their antics. "We have to submit the quest completion, find a place for the night, and sell our lizard here before we do anything else."

"Aww~" they pouted in unison.

"Don't 'aww~' me! We'll be here until we find a boat to take us across the ocean, so you'll have lots of time to play," I said.

"I don't think that's wise, Leon," Ruijerd said. "There are many monsters in the oceans surrounding the continent."

Oh?

"Even here by the port?" I asked.

"Especially so," he nodded. "At least from what I can remember. The only reason the port city is here is that it's the closest point to the Millis Continent. Though... it sure has grown over the years."

Ah, he was doing his 'old man' voice again.

Now that I think about it, five hundred years ago the demons and humans were still in the midst of war, and only after did they reconcile enough to trade with each other, so this city was probably younger than him.

At least as a trading hub, that is.

"I see. Well, let's head to the guild first."

It didn't take long for me to find the guild building.

As usual, in a city filled with mud and stone houses, the wooden building stood out.

With the cut-off ears from the rogue Alpha Coyotes that were terrorizing a village over my shoulder and the quest slate in my hand, I then walked over to the receptionist with the other four following behind me, not caring about the change in atmosphere upon our entrance.

"Hah!? The fuck are these- Ow? What was that for?"

"Don't swear, you idiot! Do you not know who they are?"

A familiar exchange entered my ears.

"What... those newbies? What's wrong with them?"

"'Newbies'... ah, right, you've been out of town for the past few months, so I guess you didn't hear of them. Those three... or rather those five, are the 'Red Wolves', an A-rank party."

Despite our party officially being named the 'Fangs of the Red Wolf', it seemed that our name had been shortened with the passing of gossip.

I didn't really care, though.

They could call us whatever they wanted.

"A-rank?" the other gasped. "With only three fighters?"

"Yep. Those two little ones are the 'pups'. They don't have any fighting power, but rumour said that the one with the scarf has used attack magic before."

"Really? A halfling then?"

"Dunno. But anyway, the girl with red hair is 'Crimson Fang Eris'. She usually sticks to herself, but if you ever cross her, she'll punch you without a second thought. And people say no one has ever taken one without getting knocked out."

"Damn... so she has some fight in her, eh? And that tall one? He must be the leader, right?"

"Nope, but he isn't exactly a subordinate either. 'The Judge Ruijerd'... from what I've heard, he's one of those justice-loving types."