"Thank you for waiting,"
The middle-aged man who comes into the spacious living room gives him a smile.
Striding and then sitting on the couch in front of him, the middle-aged man introduced himself as a Duke.
The young man waiting for the Duke then introduces himself as the adventurer who is here to question about the details of the letter he found.
"Are you here to accept the request?"
A letter containing the grumbling of an old man who wrote it long ago to request the person who found the letter to protect his family, with reward guaranteed.
"Depending on the reward and the difficulty of the mission,"
Eventually, the adventurer is hired as a live-in bodyguard of the current heiress with the wage paid daily.
Not a bad trade, as long as the heiress isn't hard to handle.
That's right. He just jinxed himself.
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Alkimia ~the Chemistry of Love~
Nouvelles"Welcome to Alkimia, my personal library. Allow me to show you excerpts from the books I own. Do not hesitate to give recommendations, if you have any. I am a (self-proclaimed) collector, after all. Do enjoy your visit here, however brief it is. Com...