Chapter 116 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 117

Ch 117 — The Guild Master Is An Imposing Elf

By noon the next day the Dungeon City of Doran had finally come into view .

“As they said back in Claire, it’s a really large city . ” I muttered, taking in the sight of its impressive walls .

“Umu . ” Fer agreed, slowing down at last . “Anyway, it looks like it will take us some time to get in . ” Following Fer’s gaze I could make out a long row of people standing in front of the gate on this side of the city .

“Ah, you’re right, there are lots of people waiting to enter . ” A big city like this there were bound to be lots of visitors, Adventurers and merchants and the like . It couldn’t be helped, we’d have to queue up and wait our turn to get in .

“Wouldn’t it be faster to just fly over the wall?” Dora-chan suggested . “Well, Fer could easily jump over carrying you and Sui . ” I looked up at the high walls, the very very high walls surrounding the city and shook my head . Nope . No jumping, not that high .

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“No, no, we’d be caught by the city guards doing that and I am not in a hurry anyway so let’s wait here together . ”

“Nuu, it’s annoying but it can’t be helped . ” Fer muttered . He was obviously impatient to get into Doran’s dungeon .

“Let’s join the end of the queue over there . ” I pointed and Fer set off again . As Fer got closer I heard a voice shouting “A monster’s coming! A Great Wolf?” and people who looked like Adventurers started brandishing heir weapons . More cries, “A baby Dragon too! Look out!” as they caught sight of Dora-chan flying along beside us . Some people dressed like mages held up their staffs and started murmuring enchantments . This was getting bad .

“It’s okay folks, both of these guys are my contracted monsters!” I shouted loudly so everyone could hear me . Fer and Dora-chan stopped, obviously not threatening the people nearby and this convinced them that they had submitted to me . The Adventurers put down their weapons and the mages lowered their staffs . . . but it was clear they were still suspicious and wary . After all Fer was, at least, a giant Wolf-type monster and Dora-chan, although small was obviously a Dragon even if they thought he was a baby . If they were worried about a Dragon this small I wondered just how troublesome a fully-grown Dragon could be . Fer, who seemed invincible to me, had said a few times that some older Dragons could give him what he called “a decent fight” .

We joined the end of the queue waiting to get into Doran and stood quietly . There wasn’t really anything I could say to the people staring at us so I just kept my mouth shut . The uncomfortable silence lasted only for a short time though as I soon heard a voice calling my name . What?

“Mukouda-saaaan!” Someone was running towards us while loudly shouting my name . Who was it? It was a man, by the pitch of the voice but I didn’t know anyone in Doran, this was my first visit ever . . .

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“Mukouda, I’ve been waiting for you to come for sooo long now~” The voice grew louder . Who was he?

I said “Who is Mukouda?” with a puzzled expression on my face because everyone was watching me . I wished whoever it was wouldn’t shout my name so loudly .

“Mukouda-saaaan!” Please don’t call out someone’s name like that! I’m not here!

“Ha ha, Mukouda! I knew at once it was you when I saw your contracted monsters! I’ve been waiting a long time to meet you!” The running man stopped in front of me, excited and gasping for breath .

. . . . . . Who was this? He was handsome and well-built with long hair, obviously in the prime of life . As I studied him closely I noticed his long ears tapered to a point . Was he an Elf? I’d never seen an Elf before . . .