CHAPTER – 9 SMOOTH SAILING?

　It has been 4 days since I accepted the request.

The escort request was such that monsters appeared occasionally, but there were no particular incidents, and we had come to the point where we would arrive at Etale in a few hours.
It’s been a smooth sail.

「Jirei!　Let’s play 『toranpu』!」(TN: “toranpu” is the Japanese way to say cards, specifically Western-style playing cards.)

　During the break, when I was falling asleep, a large gorilla-like man with a huge scar on his face- Wed invited me to play with 『toranpu』.(TN: Mr.
Gorilla-man’s name is “Wed” in English.
To me it seems a bit… off, I guess.
Shiroao Toraneko-sensei wrote it as “ウェッド” and it’s romaji is pronounced as “Ueddo.” I may or may not change his name later, so if you have any suggestions please tell me!)

　Other adventurers who were playing together also said,「Let’s play it together!」「If you lose, it’s a punishment game!」

Jirei:「I don’t want to, I lose every time I play……You guys are crazy.
I’ll never do it.」

　When I glared, one of the adventurers whistled while saying, 「Ehh, what the hell do you mean? 」.
They cheat anyways.

…I’ve been strangely nostalgic ever since I gave out some of that high-class candy.
Wed has a sweet tooth, so every time I go to give some out he appears..…Well, it’s good since I have a lot.

Actually, isn’t this odd?

　This is an escort request for Royalty…….
the client Fina is having tea gracefully without paying attention to anything.There is no sense of urgency.
In that space there was a feeling of warmth.

　However, there was one person in that  heartwarming space who emitted a depressed atmosphere.

Jirei:「Hey, Today’s sweet is called 『Purin』, do you not like it?　If you don’t want it, I’ll give it to someone else.」

　I still try to talk to Cain- the blonde man- who was sitting and watching people training.
But the result for is――

「…………」

　There was no island to attach to, and I stood up silently and left.
My soul had left my body, but is that okay? (TN: “there was no island” means that he’s reaching for nothing, he’s not getting a response.
He feels dejected over that, so he’s being dramatic and basically saying that it’s killing him, lol)

　Every day since that day, I have been trying to talk to him and get his impressions on the sweets, but there is no sign of them speaking to me.
I want to know because I think that the opinion of a Noble would be valuable…….

「Were you talking to him again?　You should just leave that high-handed bastard alone.」

　A man with a gorilla-like face- Wed, mutters so in a surprised manner.
He seems to be thinking about something.

Jirei:「Well, I’m sorry.」(TN: he’s trying to be sarcastic I think? That, or he’s just pouting)

I was just trying to give him a good impression. 

Wed:「……Isn’t it useless?　He thinks he’s special just because his parents are great.
He seems to be talented for his age…….
it doesn’t make sense to become a B-class with your parents’ connections.The roots are rotting.」

　Wade scoffed at Cain.
How much more are you going to say?　And why are you looking at me? I only think about myself.
(TN: Basically what’s happening here is that Wed is complaining about the Nobles using their power corruptly, and he wants Jirei to agree.
Jirei just doesn’t care and wants to stay out of it.)

「Master-!　That!　That 『Purin』 is really yummy!？　Is there any more!？」

While I was talking to Wed, Letty, who had finished eating Purin, ran up to me.
I ate the Purin silently.
Letty looked desperate.

　After that, I walked for 3 hours to Etal without incident.

　A few minutes away from Etal, we came to the place that completed the escort request.

「–!　―- Oh!！」

　At that time, I was enveloped in a sense of relief that it (the request) will end soon, and while voice their regrets, I heard an impatient voice coming from the distance.

「Hah…… hah…… Wah, that was hard!　Etal is…… Etal is!！」

　It was an adventurer who appeared, he was the one who rode ahead as our scout.
Sweat was beading up on his forehead, and while his face was pale, he continued trying to say something.

「Calm down please…… What happened?」

Fina calmed the confused and incoherent adventurer, asking what had happened.

　The scout adventurer’s voice shook as if he was frightened by something, and spat out the words.

「It’s a demon……a demon is in the city, it’s taking it over!」