Chapter 158 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 5 Chapter 9

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「Ara, Kain-kun. You’re together with Ys-chan today?」

A woman at the reception desk called out to Kain as they arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild.

The owner of that voice was Laura. She was the poster staff member of the Edius Branch which unified the Adventurer’s Guild’s St. Altlis Kingdom area.

The Adventurer’s Guild existed in every country, and Edius was originally the main office for it. However, having been struck by the current unstable situation, the main office moved to the Canal Kingdom together with the staff members that weren’t Human.

The current Edius Branch was managed by staff members that were all Human.

For the Adventurer’s Guild that touted freedom and equality, this situation was naturally unintentional.

「Ah, Laura-san. Hello.」

「Yes, hello. It’s good to see that you’re doing well today as well.」

Maybe because it was noon, the Guild that is usually a mess with Adventurers coming back was deserted. Even Laura, who he normally didn’t have much of a chance to talk to due to normally being really popular, was looking bored right now. For the male staff member who was alway free next to her, he was starting to doze off.

「Could it be that we came here with great timing?」

「That’s right. But, Kain-kun, it also feels like you always come here with great timing.」

Seeing Laura laugh with an *ahaha*, Kain replied with a forced smile.

Normally, this was where he would start with some frivolous talk but……as he felt a smirking presence from behind him, he just couldn’t get into his normal rhythm.

「Ara, how lonely. Even though I thought you would say something like “it’s because I came to see you, Laura-sanー” like you always do.」

「Geh, L, Laura-san!?」

「Ara. To say “geh”. How rude.」

With this exchange, he felt the presence of laughter being held in behind him.

Seeing as how Laura was displaying dejection with exaggerated gestures, it was clear that her earlier statement was intentional.

After breathing a large sigh, Kain raised a pathetic voice.

「Laura-saan. Please give me a break. I’m already being suspected of being a womanizer, you know?」

「Ara, I feel that that’s the truth though.」

Making a sidelong glance at Kain who had hung his head crestfallen, Ys stepped up to the counter.

「Might there be any simple requests?」

「Uーn. Then, want to try doing to medicinal herb searching?」

Laura pointed out to the written request documents posted up onto the wall.

After ignoring that, Ys placed her hands on the counter.

「Of course I don’t want that……is what I would like to say, but Kain, what might you think?」

「Eh? Me? Uーn, Ys, if you’re not into it, then wouldn’t something else be better?」

Seeing the two of them throwing the decision at each other, Laura took out a file that consolidated the written requests while making a wry smile.

「Well, let’s see. There are a good amount of subjugation requests in the Aledona Forest but. For Goblins……for Goblins……Also, for Goblins……and one for Goblins I suppose.」

「There’s nothing but Goblin requests.」

「That’s right. That’s just how urgent it is.」

Laura put down the written request file while making a wry smile.

In the Shutaia Continent, Goblins were known as Mazoku that anyone could typically encounter. They could create settlements anywhere, and they were savage due to their low intelligence. Moreover, they would increase in numbers right away.

One wouldn’t have a hard time if it was just against one of them, but once their numbers were large enough for them to form a settlement, they would become an enemy that shouldn’t be made light of.

Since they were easy to discover on plains, they would be destroyed relatively quickly. However, there were also many cases where their discovery was late when they start multiplying in forests and rocky areas, and they would increase into a number that can’t be handled by the time they’re found. And then, the extermination request would come in on the Adventurer’s Guild unexpectedly.

Of course, the extermination request would be sent to the country’s chivalric orders, but since the chivalric orders have other important duties, they can’t be dispatched all that often. That is why the problems that the chivalric orders don’t handle are settled by Adventurers.

「Well, it certainly would be troubling if they were to multiply in the Aledona Forest.」

「That’s right. The Canal Kingdom is an important place for trade after all……That being said, it looks like the state of that country has also been unstable recently though.」

For the St. Altlis Kingdom, whose relationship with the Jiol Forest Kingdom had become dicey, the importance of international trade with the Canal Kingdom, which also had Human merchants, was increased.

Of course, there were some among the St. Altlis Kingdom merchants that continued to do business with the Jiol Forest Kingdom as usual, but even so, the amount of goods circulating from there had drastically decreased when compared to before. Even the international trade with the Cylas Empire, it wasn’t at the same level as the Jiol Forest Kingdom, but it couldn’t avoid the effects of the situation.

The Canal Kingdom, which was currently the St. Altlis Kingdom’s greatest international trading partner, was the country that one would arrive at by passing through the highway that went through the Aledona Forest.

In other words, the fact that Goblins were multiplying in the Aledona Forest meant that they would become an obstacle for international trade with the Canal Kingdom.

「There are quite a number of people accepting the requests though. But even so, additional requests come right away……Honestly, it is really troubling.」