俺は今、Aランクの依頼の仕事でグレープ殿という、あのルディアナ商人組会本部の幹部の方の護衛を、Dランクの不思議な赤髪の少女、アリムという娘と共にしている。
今は深夜だ。アリムもグレープ殿含め、今、操縦している御者と俺以外は皆、寝てしまっている。
俺もそろそろ寝よう。
御者に何か異常があったらすぐに俺に言うようにきかせ、寝具に着替え、部屋に入る。
この馬車は凄い。流石は王都一の商人組会の幹部と言ったところか。マジックルームの馬車なのだ。
中は部屋やキッチン、便所まで付いている。
俺が割り当てられた部屋は、アリムという少女との相部屋。
女子が男と相部屋だなんて、普通は嫌がるのだが、この少女はなんら気にしてない様子だった。
初対面の俺を信用してくれたのだ。いい娘である。
それにしてもこの娘は変わっている。
料理も解体も持っている冒険者となるとかなり限られる。それに、女の冒険者はこのような他の冒険者との合同の仕事を嫌がる者が多い傾向にあるのだ。
さらに、あの料理の腕前、解体技術、どれも他の冒険者どころか専門職の者達すら大幅に圧倒している。
グレープ殿曰く、料理の腕前はアナズム一と言ってもいいらしい。
でもこの娘、未だ齢は12。本来ならば、正式な冒険者になれるのは14からだ。さらには登録5日でDという速さ。
これらの要素、全てが明らかに異常だ。
もしかしたら、今年中にはAランクにでもなっているかもしれん。
アリムにはできる。そんな気がするのだ。
それに、この娘は俺が今まで見てきた女子の中でも、群を抜いて可憐である。
そのことをついつい、本人の目の前で口にしてしまったのは失敗だったか?
いや、嬉しいそうだったではないか。そこまで気にする必要がない気がする。
俺は、女にはそのような、見た目に関する思考はしないと思っていたんだがな。
いや、いかん。この娘は俺を信用して一緒の部屋で良いと言ってくれたのだ。
俺がこんなんでどうする?
意識を集中させればそこそこ内容は汲み取れたのだが......。
俺らと話している時に、あんなにも明るくしていた。可愛らしく振る舞い、元気を与えてくれた。
しかし、この少女アリムは......。この寝言から推測するに、もう親も...カナタ、ミカと言ったか、おそらく兄弟なのだろう、その兄弟にも、もう会えない身なのかもしれない。
この齢で、この小さな身体に、どれほどの苦しみが詰まっているのか。
アリムが起きた。先程のあの寝言のことは覚えてないらしい。俺はその問いに答えてやる。
「そうだ。今から寝るところだ。アリム、起こしてしまったのか?」
「いえ...違います......あの......その......」
モジモジしている。可愛いと思ってしまった。
「えへへ...ガバイナさん、おやすみなさぁい...」
そう言って、部屋を出て行った。
Right now, I am on an ranked request for Grape-dono, who is an executive for the Rudeiana Merchant a.s.sociation, along on this request is a strange red haired D-ranked girl named Alim.
It's currently midnight. Everyone, Alim, Grape-dono, except for me and the current driver are asleep now.
I'll also sleep soon.
If the coachman sees anything strange they will wake us up, time to change and enter the bedroom.
This carriage is amazing. As expected of the number one leader of the royal capital merchant a.s.sociation. The inside of the carriage is a magic room.
The inside even has a living room, a kitchen and a toilet.
The room I am using is shared with a girl named Alim.
A man and women sharing a room is ordinarily hated, but this girl did not seem to care.
She has trust in me. She is a good girl.
Nevertheless, this girl is strange.
Besides, women adventurers tend to be reluctant to work in conjunction with other adventurers like this.
Furthermore, the earlier cooking ability and dismantling technique, other adventurers and professionals would be completely overwhelmed.
According to Grape-dono, because his cooking skill is level 1 he finds her cooking skill to be good enough to make one feel like ascending to heaven.
But this girl is still only 12. Normally, one can't become a formal adventurer until the age of 14. Furthermore, she went up to D-rank from registering in 5 days.
All of this is definitely unusual.
Maybe she will make rank this year.
Alim can do it. It's that sort of feeling.
Besides, this girl is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
About that, said unintentionally, from this girl before my eyes, was that a mistake?
No, not glad about that. It has the feeling that I don't need to worry about it.
I had thought that women pay more attention to such appearances. I wonder what surprise Alim will have next.
No, no. This girl said she trusts me to share the room. What do I do? I have to keep a calm mind. Don't lose to temptation. Let's go to bed early.
[mmm... is... uuu... ] 
If I concentrate and pay attention, I can hear some of the contents.
She gave such a bright expression when talking with us. She was cute and full of energy. What sort of Alim is this? She is probably carrying a difficult past. The place where she lived may have been attacked by a powerful monster...
But, this girl Alim... as can be guessed from her sleep-talking, parents..., Kanata, Mika, maybe siblings, she may not be able to meet them anymore.
Just how much suffering is in this cute little body at this age? Perhaps, because she is desperate to live, she has had to skill up and become exceptional in order to live. For me, things wouldn't go well, it would be impossible to live energetically.
Alim woke me. I should forget the sleep-talk just now. I should reply to the question.
[Yea, I'm about to lay down. Alim, have you awoken? ] 
[No.. That... is different ] 
That  fidgeting, I find it cute. Perhaps, she needs to use the lavatory. It'd be a pity to make a noise.
[ehehe... Gabiinsan, good night ] 
With that said, I leave the room. If I don't go to sleep, I'll stay up all night fretting about her. I should lie down. Softly, I lay upon by bed, close my eyes and think of this.
Levelmaker
Levelmaker ーレベル上げしながら異世界生活ー
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/levelmaker/
Action Adventure Fantasy Gender Bender Romance Slice of Life
Accelerated Growth Adventurers Age Regression Alchemy Androgynous Characters Appearance Changes Artifact Crafting Beautiful Female Lead Blacksmith Charismatic Protagonist Charming Protagonist Child Protagonist Childhood Friends Cooking Crafting Cunning Protagonist Cute Protagonist Dungeons Fantasy Creatures Fast Learner Female Protagonist Game Elements God-human Relationship God Protagonist Godly Powers Gods Grinding Hard-Working Protagonist Heroes Kind Love Interests Level System Lovers Reunited Magic Formations Magical Technology Male Protagonist Male to Female Multiple Reincarnated Individuals Overpowered Protagonist Poor to Rich Quirky Characters Reincarnated in Another World Reincarnation S*xual Abuse Shoujo-Ai Subplot Skill Assimilation Skill Books Skill Creation Strong to Stronger Sudden Wealth Sword And Magic Transported to Another World Weak to Strong Younger Love Interests
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