89 ニアミス
シェリルは試着室で次の服に着替えている。アキラは椅子に座って待っている。そこにどことなく顔色の悪いカシェアが戻ってきた。
カシェアはシェリルを待つべきかと考えたが、支払う
カシェアが意を決してアキラに話しかける。
「お客様、少々御相談したいことが御座います」
カシェアから事情を聞き終えたアキラが、少し考えてから答える。
「分かりました。元々の100万オーラムとは別に、150万オーラム追加で払います」
追加で150万オーラム払うことに対して、アキラから大きな反応は見られなかった。カシェアはそのことに驚きながらも、何とか表情に出さずに済ませた。しかし内心の動揺がそこで言質は取ったとして話を終わらせずに、承諾の確認を取らせる。
まりました。直ちに仕立て直しを始めるよう指示を出させていただきます」
カシェアはすぐにセレンの所に戻ろうとして、その前に気になったことをアキラに尋ねる。
「......お客様の装備の整備のようなものとおっしゃいましたが、お客様のその服の値段など伺っても
アキラはシェリルの服の仕立て直しを、装備の整備のようなものと言った。ではそのアキラの装備はどの程度の価格なのか。それでアキラの財力の程度をある程度把握することができるだろう。
「これですか? 他の装備といろいろ合わせて買ったので、この強化服単体の値段を聞いても、目安にはならないと思いますよ?」
「服も他の服との組合せや、靴やアクセサリーに小物などいろいろ合わせて買うことも多々御座います。余り違いはないものかと。総額ではお幾らに?」
「それなら8000万オーラムです」
「......やはりハンターの装備は結構な値段になるのですね。では、仕立て直しを始めるように伝えて参ります」
セレンの作業場まで戻ってきたカシェアがすぐにセレンに指示を出す。
「セレン。相手の了解を取ってきたわ。追加で150万オーラム払うって。仕立て直しを始めて」
「分かった。どうやって言い包めたの?」
セレンはカシェアが最終的に相手の了承を取ってくるとしても、その説得にかなりの時間が掛かると考えていた。しかしカシェアはすぐに戻ってきた上に、しっかり全額分の支払いの了承を取ってきた。自分の姉はそこまで
に150万オーラム出せる専門家って見込まれたんだから、しっかり仕事をしなさい」
セレンは愛想の欠ける表情で、しかし職人としての自負と決意がこもった真剣な表情で仕事を始めた。
く時間が過ぎた。シェリルは様々な服を試着しているが、今のところ購入した服はない。シェリルにもいろいろ考えはあるのだろうが、一番の要因はシェリルが試着した服を見るアキラの反応が非常に薄いことだろう。
アキラとシェリルの近くにいたカシェアも遅まきながらそれに気付いた。カシェアが一計を案じてアキラに話しかける。
でしょう。お連れ様もお喜びになるかと」
アキラが選んだ服ならばシェリルも購入意欲が湧くはずだ。カシェアはそう考えてアキラに提案してみた。
「そう言われてもな......」
自分のファッションセンスに全く自信のないアキラは乗り気にはなれなかった。しかしその話を聞いたシェリルが食いついてくる。
「アキラに服を選んでいただけるんですか?」
シェリルが期待に満ちた目でアキラを見ている。アキラはシェリルの目から非常に断りにくい迫力のようなものを感じた。しかしアキラには自分が選んでも良い結果になるとはとても思えなかった。
困っているアキラを見てアルファが笑いながら助け船を出す。
『何なら私が選びましょうか? この店の商品がどの程度の代物かは、実際に見てみないと分からないけど』
『この店を選んだのは私だしね。その選択がアキラの不運を上回ったかどうか試してみましょう』
『そういえばそんなことを言ったな。じゃあ、頼んだ』
アキラは服の選択をアルファに丸投げすることにした。期待に満ちた目で自分を見ているシェリルに話す。
「じゃあ選んでみるから、少し待っていてくれ」
む。実際に選ぶのはアキラではないのだが、それを知らないシェリルは非常に喜んでいた。
アキラが店内の商品を
『一応全部見て回ったけど、良い服はなかったのか?』
『いいえ。しっかりコーディネートするために、一度店内の商品を全部把握しただけよ。私が選んだものを教えるから、アキラはそれを運んでちょうだい』
アキラはアルファの指示に従って、店内から衣服一式を靴も含めて一通り選び終え、
シェリルはすぐに試着室で試着中の服を脱ぎ、アキラが選んだ、正確にはアルファが選んだ服に着替える。
着替え終えたシェリルが試着室から出てくる。そして照れながらアキラに尋ねる。
「ど、どうでしょうか?」
カシェアがお世辞抜きの本心で答える。
「とても良くお似合いで御座います」
カシェアは心の中で軽くアキラに賞賛の言葉を贈る。アキラの選んだ商品がこの店では手頃な値段の商品であること以外は、カシェアには何の不満もない。
『まあ、今までのよりは良いと思う』
『そう言われてもな。やっぱりアルファの言った通り、俺はアルファの格好にいろいろ慣れてしまってるんだろうな。正直、今のアルファの服装の方が好みだしな』
アルファの服装はアキラへの好感を稼ぐために、アキラの好みにいろいろ合わせてあるので、当然の結果とも言える。その上で、アルファの服はどれも一流品なのだ。既製服のシェリルと比べるのは酷だろう。
アルファが苦笑い気味の
みを浮かべて話す。
シェリルがアキラの感想を待っている。一応アキラが選んだことになっているので、少し考えて答える。
「とても気に入りました」
アキラは待ち時間の間に次回のヒガラカ住宅街遺跡の遺物収集についてのこともシェリルと話を済ませた。
大きな条件の変更は次のようなものだ。収集した遺物は全てアキラの物とした上で、その遺物をシェリル達が売った利益の半分をシェリル達が受け取る。販売方法等はシェリル達に一任する。なお、前回の遺物も同様の扱いをすることになった。
アキラは念のためシェリルに確認する。
「提案している俺が言うのも何だが、前回いろいろあったけど、良いのか?」
シェリル達はモンスターの群れに襲われたり、同行していたハンターに襲われたりと、いろいろ散々な目に遭ったはずなのだ。それにも
「はい。私達も有り難い話ですし、それにその、また何かあったら、前の時と同じように助けていただけるんですよね?」
そう言うシェリルの表情には、僅かに照れが含まれていた。シェリルの脳裏には、危険を顧みずに自分を格好良く助けているアキラの姿が浮かんでいた。その光景自体は事実とほぼ相違のないものなのだが、シェリルの主観がたっぷり含まれた注釈が加わっていた。
アキラは前回のことを失態と捉えている。そのため表情を真剣なものに変えてしっかりと答える。
「ああ。依頼として引き受けた以上、前回以上にしっかりやるつもりだ」
シェリルはそれを自覚している。
「それなら全く問題ありません。私からお願いしたいぐらいです」
「そうか? それなら良いんだけど......」
その後もアキラはシェリルと雑談を続けていたが、ふと何かを忘れているような感覚を覚えてアルファに尋ねる。
『アルファ。俺は何かやることを忘れてたりしていないか?』
『忘れていること? 別にないと思うわ。シェリルとの遺物収集の話は済ませたし、特に次の予定も決まっていないわ。急いで準備をしなければいけないことも思いつかないけど』
にでも言うのなら、前にしておいた荒野に出かける準備の内容が賞金首がいない時にしたものだから、今荒野に出るのなら準備をし直した方が良いってことぐらいかしら。でも当面は外に出る予定もないでしょう?』
『......それはそれで気になるな』
思い出そうとしたこととは確実に別件なのだが、アキラはそれが気になってしまった。何らかの事情ですぐに荒野に出る必要がでるかもしれない。何しろ運は悪い方なのだ。
「手伝えそうなことなら、私もお手伝いしますよ?」
「いや、1人で大丈夫だ。弾薬の補充作業とかだから、強化服を着ている俺一人でやった方が早い」
「そうですか。分かりました。何かあれば連絡します」
シェリルが一人でアキラの帰りを待っている。一人になったことで少しだけ冷静さを取り戻して、今まで気持ちが高揚気味だったことに気付いた。
シェリルは意図的に深く呼吸をして落ち着きと冷静さを取り戻そうする。そのシェリルの視界に、鏡に映った自分の姿が入る。シェリルは鏡の前で軽くポーズを付けて立つと、
シェリルもそのつもりで鏡の前に立ったのだが、それはいつの間にかアキラに選んでもらった服を着ている自分の姿を見て楽しむ行為に変わっていた。鏡の中でニヤニヤしている自分の表情を見て我に返り、シェリルは慌てて表情を戻した。
落ち着きを取り戻したシェリルが椅子に座って今後のことを思案する。主な内容は手に入れた遺物の売却方法だ。アキラのためにも可能な限り高値で売らなければならない。シェリルは真剣に思案を続けていた。
カシェアの店に新しい客が入ってくる。カシェアがすぐに接客に向かう。
新しい客は3人だ。軽装備のハンターの少年が1人。私服の少女が2人。カシェアは彼らの格好を見て、お客様だと認識した。少なくとも穏便にお引き取り願う人物ではない。カシェアが新しいお客様に愛想良く
「御来店ありがとう御座います。本日はどのような御用向きでしょうか?」
カシェアに話しかけられて、店の雰囲気に飲まれて緊張気味だった少女がビクッとする。もう一人の少女が代わりに答える。
少女達が店の中に入っていく。疲れ気味の少年がその後に続いた。少年がぼやく。
「なあ、そろそろ休憩にしないか? 第一、さっきから見てばっかりで全然買ってないだろう。俺が荷物持ちとしている意味があるのか?」
少年のぼやきを聞いて、少女が少し機嫌を損ねた。少女も新しい服を買うつもりなのは間違いないが、予算に限りがあるので吟味が必要なのだ。そして少女にとってその服は、少年に見せる
「良いから黙って早く来なさい。あの件の借りで今日一日付き合う約束でしょう?」
それを正直に少年に告げるのは少女も恥ずかしいので、少女は照れ隠しを兼ねて少年への口調を強くした。
少年は少女のそんな気持ちには全く気付かずに、少女の後を追う。
「分かってるって。でもユミナ、俺は
アイリはあっさりそう答えた。ユミナが笑って言う。
「カツヤ、聞いたでしょ? へばってないで、とっとと来なさい」
「分かったよ。......荒野に行くわけじゃないし、もっと軽い装備にするんだった」
普段着に近いユミナ達を守るためにもある程度の装備は必要だろうと、カツヤはそこそこ重量のある装備を身に着けていた。もっと軽い装備にするべきだったと後悔したが手遅れだ。
テーブルの別の椅子に先客がいたので、カツヤが一声かける。
「ああ、ここ良いか?」
シェリルが一向に動こうとしないカツヤに声をかける。
「......お掛けにならないのですか?」
我に返ったカツヤは、慌てながらそう言って急いで椅子に座った。
シェリルはカツヤから視線を外し、今後のことについての思案に戻る。しかしカツヤからの強い視線を感じ続けて、それ以上の思案を中断した。
シェリルはカツヤから何か話題を振ってくれば、適当に相手をするつもりだった。しかしカツヤはシェリルを見続けるだけで、一向に話しかけようとはしてこない。
仕方がないのでシェリルは自分からカツヤに話しかけることに決めた。カツヤの格好から相手がハンターだと判断して、アキラが戻ってくるまでの暇つぶしを兼ねて、この店に訪れることができる実力者の情報を得ることにした。
「今日は御友人とお買い物ですか?」
「......えっ? あ、ああ。そ、そうなんだ」
急にシェリルに話しかけられたカツヤが慌てて答えた。実はカツヤは、シェリルに話しかけるための話題を考えている途中だった。不意を突かれた形になったカツヤの頭から、考え中だった話題の内容が吹き飛んだ。
「この辺りにはよくお越しになるのですか?」
「お、お越しに? いや、よくっていうか、ユミナ達に付き合っていろんな店を
ユミナとアイリは店内の服を見て回っていた。
ユミナが棚から良さそうな服を手に取り、デザイン等を確認して悪くないと思い、値札を確認して棚に戻す。そして商品の感想を端的に口に出す。
ここは下位区画の商品としては高級品を扱う店である。相応の品は、相応に高い。ユミナに購入できない価格ではないが、買うには度胸のいる金額だ。
日頃ハンター稼業を頑張っている自分への御褒美にはちょうど良いかもしれない。ユミナはそう考えたが、実際に購入して、実際に着てみて、カツヤに見せて、似合わない等と言われれば、きっと自分は
な失言でアキラと殺し合う手前まで事態を悪化させ、ユミナとアイリに大いに迷惑をかけた。カツヤはその償いとして、今日一日ユミナ達に付き合うことになっているのだ。
一緒に服を選んでいたアイリがユミナに簡潔に言う。
「カツヤは?」
アイリは表情が豊かな方ではない。しかし今回は明確に不満が伝わる表情でユミナに答える。
「ナンパしてた」
「......は?」
Ch 89
Sheryl was changing into her next dress inside a changing room as Akira was just waiting while sitting on a chair. That was when Kashua approached him with a slightly pale face.
She thought that it might be better to wait for Sheryl, but since it should be no problem as long as the one paying was okay with it, she decided to go straight to Akira. Since it would only get harder the more she waited, it was better to just go ahead and out with it. After all, the more she waits, the readjustment will take more time to finish.
Kashua made her resolve and spoke to Akira.
"Excuse me, there's something I need to ask."
After listening to her explanation, Akira did not take too long to make a decision.
"Alright. I'll pay that extra 1,500,000 Aurum above the initial 1,000,000 Aurum."
He did not show much reaction when he said that he would pay the extra 1,500,000 Aurum. Although Kashua was surprised by it, she was barely able to maintain her usual expression. But since it did catch her by surprise, she inadvertently asked for a confirmation.
"With pleasure, please let me excuse myself to tell Celen to start readjusting the dress."
Kashua was about to head back to Celen, but she remembered something and asked Akira.
"...Excuse me, you did say that it's something like your equipment, may I ask you how much you spent on your equipment? Although we handle a different kind of clothing, I couldn't help but wonder."
Akira did say that fixing Sheryl's dress was something like making maintenance for his equipment. So Kashua thought that she should be able to gauge how much Akira was willing to spend this time from asking how much he spent on his own equipment.
"This? Well, I bought this suit as a combo with some of the other stuff too. So I don't think you can use it as a reference, you know?"
"People buy accessories and shoes to fit their dress, so I believe it's not that much different. So if I may, I want to know how much you paid in total."
"In that case, it was 80,000,000 Aurum."
"...As I thought, Hunters' equipment does cost way more than usual apparel. Well then, please let me excuse myself to tell Celen to start her work."
When she went back to Celen, she quickly told her to get started with the readjustment.
"Celen, I got confirmation. He said he'll pay the extra 1,500,000 Aurum. So you can start your work."
"Okay, by the way, how did you convince him to pay more?"
Celen thought that even if Kashua was able to get a confirmation in the end, it would at least take her some time to convince Akira. But not only was she back way sooner than Celen thought, she even got Akira's affirmation. Celen knew that Kashua was not that skillful, so she wondered what kind of technique she used.
"Don't be stupid and do your job. We did boast that we're a shop which specializes in readjusting clothing and that we're worth paying 1,500,000 Aurum, so I expect nothing less than perfect."
Then Celen started her work with a big smile and a serious face that showed her pride in her own skill.
As time passed by, Sheryl had tried a lot of clothes, but she had not decided to buy anything yet. She must have her reasons as to why she did that, but the biggest reason might be because none of them incited any particular reaction from Akira.
Kashua, who was always standing near Akira and Sheryl, slowly noticed that too. Thus she made a suggestion to Akira.
"Yes. I believe she'll be happy too if you do that."
Kashua thought that if it was something that Akira picked, Sheryl would definitely want to buy it.
"Well, even if you tell me so..."
Since Akira had no confidence in his fashion sense at all, he did not think it was a good idea. But Sheryl, who heard that, seemed to be interested in that idea.
"Eh, Akira will pick my clothing for me?"
Sheryl looked at Akira with eyes full of hope, which made it hard for him to refuse her. But to be honest, Akira did not think he could pick anything good.
Looking at the troubled Akira, Alpha just giggled and offered help.
"Should I do it for you then? Although, I can't say for sure if I'll do a good job since I'm not really knowledgeable with all the clothes in this shop."
"I'm the one who chose this shop after all. So, let's see if my choice can defeat your bad luck or not."
"Now that you mention it, I did say something like that too."
Akira decided to completely rely on Alpha to pick Sheryl's clothing. He then looked back at Sheryl who was staring at him with hopeful eyes.
"Well, I'll go and pick something, just wait here for a bit."
Sheryl smiled happily at him. Although, in reality, Akira was not the one who was picking clothing for her, she had no way of knowing that. She was so happy since she thought that Akira would do that for her.
Akira browsed through all the articles in that shop. Even though from outside it looked as if he was only randomly glancing through the clothes in the displays and racks, it was enough for Alpha to scan all the clothes there. But of course, Kashua who did not know that looked a bit surprised by how Akira was behaving.
"You didn't find anything good?"
"Nope. That was only to check all the clothes in this shop so that I can make a good combination. I'll tell you which one to pick, so carry them when I tell you, okay?"
Akira followed Alpha's instruction as he went and picked a set of clothing complete with the shoes before he returned to Sheryl and handed them over to her.
Sheryl then went back to the changing room to try the clothing that Akira, or to be more precise, Alpha, picked for her.
After she finished changing, she stepped out from the changing room and bashfully asked for Akira's opinion.
"H-how do I look?"
Kashua could not help but to give genuine praise.
"It looks really good on you."
Kashua also gave Akira a compliment inside her heart. Other than the fact that all of those clothes that Akira picked were relatively cheap articles in that shop, she had no complaints at all. But also because of that, it was hard for her to recommend something more expensive right after that.
"Well, I think it's better than all the other clothing until now."
"Even if you tell me so. Just like you said, I might have gotten used to this kind of thing because of the clothes that you usually use. And also, to be honest, I like your current clothes more."
In order to increase her likeability, Alpha's appearance was actually adjusted to Akira's preference, so it was not surprising at all. Not to mention, all of Alpha's clothes were high-class clothes. Thus, it was rather unfair to compare that to Sheryl's clothes.
Alpha just smiled bitterly as she said to him.
"What are you even talking about?"
Sheryl was still waiting for Akira's opinion. Since Akira was the one who picked it for her, he carefully chose his words.
"I like it quite a lot."
While they were waiting, Akira also finished discussing about the things related to their next expedition to Higaraka residence ruin.
One of the big changes was related to the ownership of the relics. All of the gathered relics would be owned by Akira; Sheryl and her gang would then sell them and get 50% of the profit from the sales. As for how to sell them, it was all up to Sheryl and her gang. It also applied to the relics that they had gathered last time.
Just to be sure, Akira then asked Sheryl again.
"Well, it might be strange to ask you this since I'm the one who came up with it, but a lot of things happened last time, so like, are you really okay with that?"
Sheryl and her gang had gone through a lot of stuff the previous time they went out to the wasteland. Not only did they get attacked by a swarm of monsters, one of the Hunters that were together with them also attacked them. But even so, Sheryl accepted his offer with a straight face and that made Akira a bit worried.
"Yes, it's a good offer for us too. Moreover, if anything happens, you would save us again just like last time, right?"
Sheryl was bashful when she said that. Rather than remembering the dangerous experiences that she had gone through, her mind was filled with how cool Akira was when he saved her. Although the scene that she remembered was not that far from what actually happened, it was still a bit exaggerated by Sheryl's own imagination.
Akira thought that the last expedition was a failure, that was why he made a serious expression as he said to Sheryl.
"Yeah. Since I took in the request, I'll do better next time."
Sheryl looked immensely content. It sounded as if Akira was serious about protecting her, but of course, she herself knew that it was a bit of overstatement from her side.
"In that case, there should be no problem. Actually, I was thinking of making this request to you, but I was unsure whether you would agree to it."
"Is that so? Well, I'm okay if you're fine with it..."
Sheryl and Akira then continued talking to each other to kill time. But suddenly, Akira felt like he had forgotten about something. So he asked Alpha for confirmation.
"Alpha, am I forgetting something?"
"Forgetting something? I don't think you're forgetting anything though. You've talked with Sheryl about that offer and I don't think you have any fixed plan after this. And it's not like there's anything that you need to immediately prepare for."
"If I have to say something, you had only prepared yourself to go out to the wasteland assuming that there are no bounty monsters. So if you have any plans to go out to the wasteland any time soon, you'll have to readjust your supply in case if you accidentally come across one of the bounty monsters. But you have no plans to go out any time soon, right?"
"...Ah, that's it!"
Although that was not what Akira was looking for, since Alpha mentioned it, it piqued his interest. He might have to go out to the wasteland soon because of some kind of reason. After all, Akira knew well about his own bad luck.
"If it's something that I can help with, I would like to help too."
"No, I'm okay with going alone. I'm going to buy ammo and stuff, so it's faster if I go alone since I have this augmented suit."
"I see, alright then. I'll contact you if anything happens."
After Akira left her alone, she started to regain her calm as she realized that she was a bit too excited until now.
She took a deep breath to calm herself. By pure coincidence, she saw a mirror in front of her. She stared at her own reflection on that mirror, then stood up and took a pose in front of it. She could not help but start smiling again when she did that.
Although Sheryl stood in front of that mirror for that sake at first, it slowly shifted to her enjoying the dress that Akira had chosen for her. When she looked at herself smiling in front of that mirror, she quickly snapped back and returned her expression to normal in panic.
Now that she had calmed down, Sheryl went back to her chair and started thinking about her plans for the future, to be more precise, how to sell the relics. She had to get as much money as possible out of those relics for Akira's sake too. Thus she seriously thought about what she should do to sell those relics.
Kashua noticed another group of customers entering into her shop, and she quickly welcomed them.
Her new customers were a group of 3. A lightly armed young Hunter boy and two girls. Kashua scanned their outer looks and recognized them as customers. Or at least, there was no need to kick them out from her shop. She then welcomed them with a big smile.
"Thank you very much for coming to our shop, how can we help you today?"
When Kashua spoke to them, one of the girls who was overwhelmed by the impression given by her shop twitched in surprise, so the other girl decided to step up and replied to Kashua.
Those girls then walked into the shop, while the boy followed behind. He looked really tired as he mumbled.
"Say, can we take a rest for a bit? And like, we've been looking around for a while and you girls haven't even bought a thing, you know? Is there really a need for me to be here to carry your stuff?"
It was obvious that the girls' mood soured. It was true that they planned to buy new clothing, but since they were on a limited budget, they had to carefully choose their clothes. Moreover, both of them planned to show their new clothing to that boy. The reason why they had not bought anything was because that boy gave nothing but a dull reaction every time they showed the clothes that they picked.
"Just shut up and follow us. You promised us to accompany us for the whole day today, remember?"
Since it was rather embarrassing if they had to be honest with him, the girl hid her embarrassment by scolding that boy.
That boy did not notice the girls' real feelings at all as he dragged his legs behind them.
"I know, I know. But Yumina, putting me aside, I think Airi is getting tired too, you know?"
Airi quickly interjected. Yumina smiled and replied.
"There, you heard her right, Katsuya? So stop complaining and come here."
"Okay okay... I should've brought lighter equipment since it's not like we're going to the wasteland, huh?"
In order to protect Yumina and Airi who were only wearing normal clothes, Katsuya thought that he should bring some weapons and decided to carry pretty heavy equipment with him. It was too late for him to regret that.
He noticed that someone else was sitting on a different chair near that table. So he asked for permission.
"Uhmm, is it okay if I sit here?"
Sheryl tilted her head since Katsuya was frozen still.
"...Uhmmm, are you not going to take a seat?"
Katsuya quickly snapped back to reality as he flusteredly took a seat.
Sheryl then looked away from Katsuya and returned back thinking about her plan. But she could feel Katsuya staring at her, so she decided to stop there.
If Katsuya said something, Sheryl would normally reply to him. But he was only staring at her without saying anything.
Thus, she decided to say something first thinking that it could not be helped. Looking at his equipment, it was easy to notice that Katsuya was a Hunter. While also killing time until Akira returned, she decided to extract any info that she could from a Hunter who had enough resources to visit that shop.
"Are you here with your friends today?"
"...Eh? Ah, yes, I am."
Katsuya was only able to flusteredly reply when Sheryl suddenly spoke to him. He was actually in the middle of thinking of any subject that he could use to strike a conversation with her. But since Sheryl caught him completely off guard, everything that was inside his mind suddenly vanished.
"Do you come here often?"
"H-here? W-well, I was actually accompanying Yumina and Airi looking for clothes and we somehow ended up in this shop. Shops around these areas look expensive, so I don't really come here a lot, but like, ah, that Yumina and Airi, I wonder if they have enough money? Wait, they haven't bought anything yet, so I guess it's fine, huh?"
While on the other hand, Yumina and Airi were going around the shop, browsing the clothes.
Yumina took a cloth from a rack that interested her, she then checked the design and thought that it was pretty good. But after checking the price tag, she returned it back to the rack and inadvertently said.
That shop was selling high-class clothes by the lower district's standard. And of course, high-quality clothes would cost a lot of money. It was not like Yumina could not pay for those clothes, but she needed extra courage to use that much money.
It might be a good reward for a Hunter who worked hard every single day. Yumina thought so, but if she bought it, used it, showed it to Katsuya, and Katsuya thought that it did not look good on her, there was no mistaking that she would get depressed.
Katsuya had made a mistake the other day that caused him to almost fight against Akira, and of course, Yumina and Airi were also roped into that incident. As an apology, Katsuya promised that he would accompany them for the whole day today.
Airi, who was with Yumina, then said.
"Where's Katsuya?"
Airi was an expressionless girl. But that one time, she looked obviously grumpy as she answered Yumina's question.
"Hitting on a girl!"
"...Hah?"
Rebuild World (WN)
リビルドワールド
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/rebuild-world/
Action Adventure Drama Harem Mecha Mystery Sci-fi Seinen
Abandoned Children Adapted to Manga Adventurers Alternate World Anti-social Protagonist Apocalypse Artificial Intelligence Beautiful Female Lead Cautious Protagonist Child Protagonist Dense Protagonist Determined Protagonist Distrustful Protagonist Futuristic Setting Gangs Gunfighters Harsh Training Lack of Common Sense Male Protagonist Manipulative Characters Monsters Near-Death Experience Older Love Interests Poor Protagonist Poor to Rich Ruthless Protagonist Shota Sudden Strength Gain Survival Twisted Personality Unlucky Protagonist Weak to Strong
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