護衛依頼と受付嬢
さて、あの後リーシェちゃんも交えてミニエラを出る話をして、全員に承諾を貰った所で、僕達は行動を開始した。
レイラちゃんはどうやらグランディールまでの道案内には使えないようで、方向音痴なのは相変わらずらしい。故に役立たずの烙印を押させてもらった。付いてくるのに何の役にも立たないとは情けない。
リーシェちゃんは魔族を見たことがないのか、白髪赤眼はまだいいとしても瘴気を自身の回りに浮遊させているレイラちゃんを見ても、多少不思議に思う位で何も言ってこなかった。気が付いていないのか、それとも気付いたうえで僕を信じてくれているのかは分からない。
でもまぁ、それはどちらでもいいとして、レイラちゃんを外へ出すにはちょっと瘴気が邪魔臭いので、学ランを少し貸してあげる代わりに引っ込めて貰った。昼間はある程度理性的だし、そういうことも出来るみたいだ。
とはいえ、彼女は仲間というよりは傍に置いておく方が安全なストーカーみたいなものだから、フィニアちゃん達みたいな扱いはしないけど、便利な点は使わせてもらおう。なにせ彼女は魔族でありながら、一応Cランクの冒険者だ。そのネームバリューは利用しないと。
え? 酷い? こっちは命を常時狙われてる様なものなんだから良いじゃないか。いやいや、確かに好意を受けておきながら金を貢がせる奴みたいだけどさ、時と場合によるだろ? 僕の立場になったら分かるよ。
「すーはー......きつね君の匂い......♡ うふふ、うふふふ......最高......♪」
「......」
こんなのが隣に居るんだぜ? 下手したらこの先ずっと付き纏ってくるんだぜ? 好感度マイナス振り切ってる奴が、自分の匂い嗅いで発情顔で笑ってんだぜ? 想像してみて欲しい、同僚とかクラスメイトに一人はいそうな、煩い奴とかウザい奴で。
「きつねさん......本当にこの女連れてくの?」
「我慢だフィニアちゃん......僕も嫌だ」
リーシェちゃんやルルちゃんですら引いているんだ、あのCランク冒険者のレイラ・ヴァーミリオンを。強い奴って皆こんな感じなのかな......だとしたら勇者とかもあんまり良い性格してないんじゃないのかな。
例えば勇者の名前を利用してハーレム作ったり、強さを振りかざして暴君になったり、とか。うわ、途端に会いたくなくなってきた。
まぁそんなことを考えながら、僕達はギルドへ向かっているところだ。
グランディール王国へ行く為に、僕達が使う手段は『護衛依頼』を使うこと。Eランク以上の冒険者でないと受けられない依頼だから、フィニアちゃん達が適性ランクまで昇格するまで待とうと思っていたんだけど、都合よくCランク気取ったレイラちゃんがいるから受けられるようになった訳だ。
『護衛依頼』とは、国と国の間を移動する際に、主に商人、稀に一般人が依頼する物。冒険者にその道中の護衛を頼む代わりに、荷馬車に冒険者を乗せて移動するのだ。
まぁ報酬は別で現金を渡されるけど、移動の為の足と移動中の護衛という利害の一致が生み出した依頼だね。
「なぁきつね、本当にグランディールへ行くのか? 正直、もう少し強くなってからでも遅くはないと思うんだ......」
「まぁ戦闘大好きな奴らの国だし、心配するのも分かるけど......僕達は戦いに行くんじゃないよ。国である以上は戦わない人もいないとおかしいからね、僕達はそっち側なんだ」
リーシェちゃんが不安げにそう言ってきたけれど、日夜唐突な決闘が頻発している訳でもあるまいし、まして商人や一般人がいない訳でもないだろう。
であれば、冒険者だとしても戦いを避ければ平穏に過ごせる筈だ。まぁ勇者に関わる以上多少戦闘は避けられないかもしれないけどさ。
一応僕達にはフィニアちゃんもいるし、不本意だけどレイラちゃんもいる。早々死ぬことはないでしょ。僕も即死でない限り、『臨死体験』が発動すれば一応死なずには済むしね。
「む......なら良いんだけど......」
「心配しなくても大丈夫だよ、それに強くなるなら護衛中にだってなれるさ」
「......分かった」
ちょっと強引だけど、リーシェちゃんの不安も分かる。ちょっと急ぎ過ぎてる感もあるけど、僕としては勇者がグランディールを出ない内に会っておきたい。魔王退治に出られたら僕としては追い掛けようがないからね。
と、そんな会話をしている内にギルドへ辿り着く。扉を開けて中に入ると、冒険者達の視線が僕達に集中した。
そして僕を見て、全員が視線を切る。会話に戻る者もいれば、依頼書を見る者、食事をする者もいる。でも彼らは全員共通して、僕達の方を驚愕の表情で二度見してきた。
多分原因は白髪赤眼学ラン装備のレイラちゃんと、成長したルルちゃんだろう。一目で分かる変化だしね。
「白髪だが......あれ、レイラ・ヴァーミリオンか?」
「あの獣人の娘っ子、第二次性徴迎えたのか......めでてぇな!」
「ああ、別嬪さんになったなァ、わははっ!」
ざわざわとざわめく冒険者達。その反応はレイラちゃんとルルちゃんでかなり両極端だ。
レイラちゃんに対しては疑問や困惑が、ルルちゃんに対しては祝福や笑い声が起こる。やっぱり獣人の成長は常識的な事なのか、ルルちゃんの成長に冒険者達がめでたいめでたいと笑っている。
それを聞いて少し頬を紅潮させたルルちゃんだけど、頭をそれとなく撫でてあげたら、少し照れ臭そうにはにかんだ。うん、可愛い。
「きつねさん! これグランディール行きの護衛依頼だよ!」
「うん、ありがとフィニアちゃん」
そうしていると、フィニアちゃんが先に依頼書を取って来てくれた。読んでもらうと、それはグランディール王国へ行く商人からの依頼だった。
募集人数は8人、僕達を入れれば後3人だね。良い依頼だと思って、それをミアちゃんの所へと持って行く。
「ミアちゃん、これ受けさせて」
「はい......って、グランディール王国へ行かれるのですか?」
「うん」
「いや......でも......正気ですか? あそこは弱肉強食の国なんですよ?」
「それでも、行かなきゃならない理由が出来ちゃって」
ミアちゃんもリーシェちゃんの様に心配してくれているらしい。最初にあった頃は変態呼ばわりだったのに、随分と変わったもんだ。僕としてはその胸を揉む事を諦めた訳じゃない―――わけじゃないよ、うん。
「胸を見つめすぎです」
「胸を見てたんじゃないよ、おっぱい見てたんだ」
「一緒ですよ変態様」
おっと、どうやら見つめすぎたみたい。ミアちゃんがおっぱいを両手で隠してしまった。まぁそれはそれで胸の形が変わる様子が色っぽいんだけどね。
これ以上やるとフィニアちゃん以上にレイラちゃんが何をしでかすか分からないから控えておく。
笑い声が低いトーンになってるしね、相変わらず笑顔で匂いを嗅いでるけど。ミアちゃんも引いてるし、仲間だと思われたくないなぁ......他人のフリしたい。
「......なんでレイラ様の髪が白くなってるんですか?」
「一晩で老けたんだよ」
「なんで眼が赤いんですか?」
「寝不足で充血したんだよ」
「そろそろ僕も返して欲しいんだけどね」
ミアちゃんがなんだか呆れた様な眼でレイラちゃんを見ている。そして僕の方を見て、理由の説明には納得していないのか溜め息を吐いた。ミアちゃんは頭が良いからね、きっと僕が理由を説明しないことは分かるんだろう。
でも、こんな変態行為を続ける子でも一応Cランク、実力は折り紙付きだ。だからなのか、ミアちゃんは依頼書の受注手続きを手早く済ませて、サインを書いた依頼書を渡してきた。
「グランディール王国のギルドに渡して下さい、それで依頼達成となります。護衛対象である商人の方からのサインを忘れると報酬が貰えないので、気を付けてくださいね」
「うん、ありがとう」
「出発は明日の朝です。ミニエラの入り口に集合となってますので、早めに行って他の冒険者の方と交流を深めるのも手かと」
ああ、他に3人いるもんね。確かにそれはそうか。チームワークが大事だもんね。まぁプライド高い人とか居たら面倒だけど、いざとなったら『不気味体質』で脅そう。そういう人は一回痛い目見ないと分からないからね。
僕はミアちゃんにそう言って、薄ら笑いを浮かべる。
正直な所、彼女には結構お世話になったからね、ちゃんとお礼は言っておかないと。
すると、ミアちゃんは驚いた様な表情を浮かべて、少し間を空けて返事を返してきた。
「え? あっ............はい、こちらこそ楽しかったですよ、きつね様のいるギルドは。お気を付けて―――いってらっしゃいませ」
いつも通り送り出してくれるその言葉が、今日はなんだか深く染み入った気がした。
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今日は、少しだけ座ってみる光景が違っている様な気がした。
私はこのギルドの受付嬢として務めて、まだ数年だ。毎日毎日、依頼を受けにくる冒険者様達を笑顔で迎えるのも慣れて、受注手続きをして送り出す日々。私はそんな日常でもつまらないと思ったことはない。給料だってそれなりに良いし、同僚や後輩だって良い人ばかりだから。
でも、こんな日常の中でもやっぱり慣れないことが一つある。
冒険者というのは、命を掛けて魔獣や魔族と戦う仕事でもある故に、依頼を受注した冒険者が依頼中に殉職して、戻って来ない事も少なくない。
中でも、私が受付した冒険者が死んだと聞いた時は、やっぱり少し思うところがある。つい先日まで生きて、話をした相手が死ぬというのはやっぱり辛い。それを体感して辞めていく子もいるのだから。
だから、きつね様がこのギルドで仕事をし始めた時、これほど安心出来る冒険者はいないと思った。
Hランクだから、命を落とす仕事は出来ない。嫌でも命を落とすことはないだろうと思えた。昇格試験も受けるつもりがない所も、立ち場とは裏腹に安心した部分がある。
でも、いつしかきつね様が魔獣討伐の依頼を受けるようになった。フィニア様がFランクの冒険者になったからだ。受けるのは雑魚魔獣ばかりだったけれど、『赤い夜』の件もあったから今まで彼にだけは感じていなかった不安が、安心感を塗りつぶしていった。
私は受付嬢だから、彼に昇格試験を勧める事もしなくてはならない。Hランクでも実力が伴っていると判断した場合、昇格試験を勧める義務があるからだ。断って欲しいと思いながらも勧めてみれば、彼は普通に断ってくれた。
少し、安心感が戻った。
でも、雑魚を倒して一週間が経った頃、彼はEランク魔獣『
今まで話してきた冒険者達に、そんなことを思ったことはない。死んでしまうのは仕方がないと、半ば諦めた様な感覚で見送っていたから。
だからだろう、私にとってきつね様は少し特別な存在なのだと自覚出来た。
その日は、仕事も手に付かず、きつね様の無事だけを祈っていた。何処か上の空だったのか、冒険者の何人かが心配そうに声を掛けてくれたけれど、なんて返したのかは覚えていない。
そして、きつね様が無事に帰ってきて、いつもの薄ら笑いが私の視界に入った時、心の中では凄く安堵していた。レイラ・ヴァーミリオンというCランクの冒険者がいた事の驚愕もあって、なんとかバレないようにいつも通りを装えたけれど、きつね様が帰って来た事が嬉しかった。
そしてその日、私はきつね様が帰って行くのを見送りながら、理解する。多分、私にとって彼は弟みたいな存在なのだ。心配を掛ける弟のように思っていたのだ。
彼は他の冒険者に比べて小柄だし、童顔で、親近感の湧く様な子供っぽい性格をしているから、きっとそんな風に思ってしまうのだろう。少なくとも、恋愛感情では無いことは確かだ。
だから、翌日きつね様がこの国を出る護衛依頼を受けにきた際、少しその事実を受け入れられなかった。いや、気付かないふりをしていたというべきだろうか。
いつも通りの薄ら笑いを見て、私は普段の様な会話を交わす。レイラ様が白髪赤眼になっている事よりも、きつね様の学ランを着て嬉しそうにしているのが少しむっとした。懐いていた弟が突然彼女を連れて来たような気分だった。
そして、いつも通り受注処理をして送りだそうとしたところで、きつね様が言った。
その言葉で、ようやく気が付く。きつね様が、私の日常からいなくなる事実に。思わず茫然となり、少しの間頭の中が真っ白になった。
でも、
私は受付嬢、冒険者を送りだすのが私の役目。それが例え勝手に弟の様に思っているきつね様だとしても、同じ。行き先が弱肉強食のグランディール王国だとしても、私には止める事が出来ない。
それを考えて、少しだけ言葉を呑む。そして、どうにか声を絞り出した。
どうか、どうか死なないで欲しいと、生きて欲しいと、そう祈りながら、
「............はい、こちらこそ楽しかったですよ、きつね様のいるギルドは。お気を付けて―――いってらっしゃいませ」
いつも通りに送り出す。でも、今日のいってらっしゃいませには、今までにない感情が込められたと思う。
行ってらっしゃい、願わくば生きてもう一度此処に帰って来て欲しい。
その時は、きっと本当の笑顔でお帰りなさいと言える気がするから。
Guarding Request and Receptionist
Well, after that, along with Rishe-chan, we discussed a bit more about our plan to leave Miniera, and after I got all of their consent about this matter, we finally started our action for today.
Seems like we can't use Leila-chan as our guide to Grandile Kingdom since her sense of direction is still as amazing as usual. Therefore I hereby grant her the title of 'useless'. Even though she decide to follow us, but to be unable to over any aid, how pathetic of her.
Perhaps Rishe-chan hasn't ever seen any demon, so even if seeing Leila-chan with white hair and red eyes is perhaps still acceptable, but she only looks somewhat curious without saying a word when she sees the dark miasma that is floating around Leila-chan's. Perhaps she doesn't notice it, or perhaps she notices it but she simply puts her trust at me.
But, well, leaving that aside, since having Leila-chan goes outside along with that miasma would be troublesome, so I ask her to retract it back, and then I lend her my gakuran in exchange. At day she's still somewhat rational, and seems like she's capable to do it.
Nonetheless, since she's way closer into that one of a stalker rather than a comrade, so I won't treat her similarly like how I treat Finia-chan and the other, but I'll simply take her as an useful person. After all, even if she's a demon, at least she's still a C rank adventurer. So I have to properly use her established reputation for my sake.
Eh? Cruel? What's so bad about it knowing that she's someone who is after my life? No no, I might indeed look like someone who is manipulating her good favor and using her as my financial support, but that's conditional, you know? If you're at my position, I'm sure you'll understand it.
"*sniff*... Kitsune-kun's smell... ufufu, ufufufu... it's the best...."
"...."
Someone like that is keep on following me, you know? If I do it carelessly, I might end up having her always following me from now on, you know? Someone without any good will, and would get excited and laughing just by sniffing my smell, you know? Just imagine it, that you have someone like her as your coworker or classmate, someone who is noisy and also annoying.
"Kitsune-san... are you really going to take that girl along?"
"Please bear with it, Finia-chan... trust me, I also don't like it."
Even Rishe-chan and Lulu-chan are drawn aback from that C rank adventurer, Leila Vermilion. Are every strong person also like her, I wonder.... If that's really the case then perhaps even the hero also might has such screwed personality, right?
Like, using his title as hero to makes a harem, or using his strength to do anything as he pleased. Uwah, just thinking about it makes me lost my motivation to meet him.
Well, while thinking about such a thing, we walk toward the guild.
To go to Grandile Kingdom, the only means we can take is to take a "guarding request". Since that request could only be taken by an E rank adventurer or above, I was intending to have Finia-chan and the other to raised their rank till the required rank, but since right now we accidentally have a C rank adventurer so we can immediately take the request.
"Guarding request" was a request that was usually be issued when there was someone who was going to travel from a country into another one, usually been issued by a merchant, but sometime there was also the case when citizen issued such request, too. In exchange for guarding them along the way, they would let the adventurers to ride their cart during travelling.
Well, the reward is vary, but, in exchange for us guarding them, we don't need to pay the transport fee, that was the source of the establishment of guarding request.
"Say, Kitsune, are we really going to go to Grandile Kingdom? To be frank, I don't think it won't be take too long for us increase our strength a bit more before going there, you know?"
"Well, I understand your worry knowing that that place is a country of battle junkies, but... we aren't going there to fight, you know? As a country, it would be strange if there's no proper person who dislike fight, after all, so we're aiming for those people."
Rishe-chan makes a somewhat uneasy expression, but it isn't like fight would continuously happen day and night, right? Not to mention, I'm pretty sure that there are also merchant and normal citizen, after all.
In any case, even if you're an adventurer, as long as you're able to properly avoid any fight then you should be able to live peacefully. Well, if you're unluckily got involved with the hero then perhaps it's bound to happen that you'd have to have a fight, though.
Well, just in case, we have Finia-chan, after all, also, I don't like it but there's also Leila-chan. So we shouldn't be that easily die, right? Even I, as long as it isn't an instant death, by activating "Near-death experience" I won't easily die, after all.
"Hmm... if that's the case then it's fine, though...."
"You don't need to worry about it too much, also, we can still get stronger along the way there, you know?"
"...got it."
It might be a bit too forceful, but it isn't like I don't understand her worry. It might looks a bit too rushed, but as far as I'm concerned, I want to meet the hero while he's still at the Grandile Kingdom. If he has left on journey to defeat the demon lord, then I don't have any means to find him, after all.
And, while having such conversation, we finally arrived at the guild. Opening the door, we enter the building, and the adventurer's gazes are gathered at us.
And then, upon seeing my face, everyone averted their faces again. There are people who restart their conversation again, looking for a request, or continue their meal. But there's one common thing among them, they look at our direction again with a surprised expression.
Perhaps, the reason is the white haired and red eyed Leila-chan who wears my gakuran, and the just grown Lulu-chan, right? Their transformation are too eye catching, after all.
"Her hair is white, but... is that, Leila Vermilion?"
"That beast-kin girl, did she has reached her secondary growth... how lovely!"
"You're right, she becomes such a pretty girl, wahaha!"
The adventurers become noisy. Their reaction for Leila-chan and Lulu-chan sure are quite extreme. They bear doubt and bewilderment toward Leila-chan, while they give blessing and laugh toward Lulu-chan.
Even so, is beast-kin's growth a common sense here? Since these adventurers are laughing happily toward her growth, after all.
Hearing that, Lulu-chan's face is a bit blushed, but when I gently pat her head, she bashfully act as if in shy. Yup, cute.
"Kitsune-san! Here is a guarding request toward Grandile Kingdom!"
"Yes, thank you, Finia-chan."
And then, Finia-chan comes while bringing along a request she took beforehand. When I ask her to read it, it's a request from a merchant who is planning to go to Grandile Kingdom.
The recruited adventurers are eight people, with us, then there would be three more persons, right? I think it's a good request so I take it to Mia-chan's place.
"Mia-chan, please let us take it."
"Yes... wait, you're going to go to Grandile kingdom?"
"Yes."
"Umm... but... are you sure? It is a country with the law of the jungle, you know?"
"Even so, I have my own reason that makes me have to go there, after all."
Seems like Mia-chan is also worried similarly like Rishe-chan. At our first meeting, she called me as a pervert, but she sure has considerably changed. As far as I'm concerned, it isn't like I've given up on groping that boobs of her-- yup, not in the slightest.
"You're staring at my chest too much."
"I'm not looking at your chest, but your boobs."
"That's same, pervert-sama."
Oops, seems like I stared at it too much. Mia-chan hides her boobs with both of her hands. Well, even so, the scene where her boobs changes its shape looks erotic, though.
If I do anything further, I don't know what Finia-chan and Leila-chan might do so let's stop it here.
She laughs with a low tone, after all, she's still smiling while sniffing my gakuran, though. Even Mia-chan is taken aback, I really don't want to be considered as her comrade... I want to act as if a stranger of her.
"...why is Leila-sama's hair changed into white?"
"She suddenly grown old overnight, you see."
"Why are her eyes red?"
"It's because of lack of sleep, you see."
"Even I want her to return it soon, you know."
Mia-chan is looking at Leila-chan with a somewhat astonished eyes. And then, looking at me, perhaps she doesn't consent with my explanation, she lets out a sigh. Mia-chan is intelligent, after all, I'm sure she understand the reason why I didn't want to explain it.
But, even she acts like a pervert, she's still a C rank adventurer, her ability is not something to be laughed at. Perhaps that's why Mia-chan quickly finished the request procedure, and after put a sign at it, she hand over the request application to me.
"Please give it to the guild at Grandile kingdom, with that you'll complete the request. Also, since you won't receive your reward if you forget to ask for the merchant-sama who issued this request to sign this request application, so please be careful."
"Yes, thank you."
"The departure is tomorrow morning. Since the gathering location is at Miniera's gate, I think would be better if you go there as early as possible and deepen your connection with the other adventurers first."
Ah, there are also three other people, right? That's indeed right. Teamwork is important, after all. Well, it sure would be troublesome if they're people with utterly high pride, but when the time comes to it, I'd simply activate my "Eerie Constitution". Such people won't understand it unless they experience painful experience first, after all.
I say so to Mia-chan, and float a faint smile.
Honestly speaking, I'm pretty indebted toward her, after all, so I have to properly give her my gratitude.
In doing so, Mia-chan floats a somewhat surprised expression, and blanking for a while before replying at me.
"Eh? Ah... yes, for me, it was also a fun time, the guild when you were around. Please be-- have a nice trip."
She says the usual word when she sends me out, but this time, I feel a somewhat deeper meaning in it.
* * *
Today, I felt like the sight was slightly different.
It was only been several years ever since I started working as a receptionist in this guild. Day by day, I'd used to smile to every adventurers-sama whenever they took a request, processed the procedure and finally sent them off. I never thought such daily as a boring life. The salary was also considerably good, my coworkers and juniors were also all good people.
However, even amidst such daily life, as expected there was something I couldn't get used to.
Adventurer was, a job that put their lives on the line to fought against magical beast, therefore, the amount of adventurers who accepted a request but got killed in the process and didn't returned wasn't small.
Among them, the time when the adventurers who accepted the request through me were dead, as expected it felt a bit hard for me. It was hard to accept the fact that the people who still alive and had a chat with me just a few days ago were suddenly died. There were also receptionists who resigned when they experienced such feeling, after all.
That was why, the moment Kitsune-sama started to work as an adventurer at this guild, I thought that there was no adventurer who could put me at relief as he did.
Because he was an H rank, he couldn't take any dangerous request. I thought that with that he wouldn't suddenly die. He even didn't have any intention to raise his rank, I had a great relive knowing that he didn't have any attachment toward status.
However, someday, Kitsune-sama suddenly decided to take a subjugation request. Because Finia-sama had become an F rank adventurer. Their targets were nothing but small fries, but, since there was also the case about "Red Night", so the sense of anxiety that I never felt about him before was painting over my sense of security about him.
Because I was a receptionist, I had to propose a rank up trial to him. Because I had an obligation to propose it to any adventurers who I deemed their ability were above their current rank, after all. And when I proposed it while hoping that he'd refuse it, he casually refused it.
Just a bit, my sense of security was returned.
However, around a week after he first defeated those small fries, he went on subjugating an E rank magical beast, "Arachne". At that time, from the bottom of my heart, I felt that I didn't want him to go. Or, he could go, but please don't die, or so I thought.
I never thought such a thing even once to any adventurers who came and talked to me. If they died then I'd only think that it couldn't be helped, because I'd always sent them off with a half resignation, after all.
Perhaps, that was why, I came to an awareness that Kitsune-sama was someone who was a bit special for me.
That day, while doing my work, I kept on praying for Kitsune-sama's safety. Perhaps I looked absent-minded, so some adventurers came and calling out to me with a somewhat worried expression, but I didn't remember how I answered them in return.
And then, the moment I saw Kitsune-sama returned safely while floating his usual faint smile, I felt a great relief at my heart. I was somewhat surprised that the C rank adventurer, Leila Vermilion, was together with him, so I tried to act as usual to hide my surprise, but I was really happy that Kitsune-sama returned safely.
And then, that day, while sending off Kitsune-sama went home, I understood it. Perhaps, for me, he was someone akin to a little brother. I thought him as a little brother who tended to cause worry to me.
Compared to any other adventurers, his body was small, baby-faced, and having such childish personality, perhaps that was why I thought him as such. At least, I was sure that it wasn't a romantic feeling.
That was why, at the next day when Kitsune-sama accepted a guarding request to left this country, I couldn't completely accept that reality. No, perhaps pretending to didn't notice it would be more precise.
Looking at his usual faint smile, I exchanged a conversation with him as I usually did. Rather than the fact that Leila-sama hair was changed into white and her eyes into red, I felt a bit more irritated upon looking her wearing Kitsune-sama's clothes delightfully.
And then, when I finished the request acceptance procedure and sending him off, he said such.
At that word, I finally realized it. The fact that Kitsune-sama would disappear from my daily life. I spontaneously got dumbfounded, for a moment my head went blank.
However,
I was a receptionist, sending off adventurer was my job. It was still the same even if it was Kitsune-sama whom I was arbitrarily thought as my little brother. Even if his destination was the survival of the fittest country, Grandile kingdom, I couldn't stop him.
Thinking so, I swallowed that thought down again. And then, I was somehow able to squeeze out some words.
Please, please don't die, please stay safe, while wishing so.
"...yes, for me, it was also a fun time, the guild when you were around. Please be-- have a nice trip."
The usual sending off word. But, I felt like today's 'have a nice trip' was filled with a feeling that it never had before.
Have a nice trip, I prayed for his safety so that he could return here again.
At that time, I felt like I sent him off while floating a genuine smile at my face.
I Kinda Came to Another World, but Where’s the Way Home?
【書籍化】異世界来ちゃったけど帰り道何処？
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