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Chapter 6

"Don't get involved with me so early in the morning, it's annoying. Keep your hot and bothered self to yourself on that front."

　Guys like Ganzas and others who get directly involved in this way are rare.

　A long time ago, he invited me to a party, but I declined. Since then, this guy, Ganzas, has often been talking to me in a loud voice, telling me things in a way that I can hear them, and saying things that I don't understand.

　I don't care.

"Hey, what's with you? I heard you're up to something this time, threatening the kids in the slums, aren't you? Oh no, no, no... this criminal scumbag is a B-rank adventurer like us..."

　Don't threaten me

"Huh? Are you happy that you're finally getting a B rank, 2... no, 3 years later than me? You know, I was really happy when you got to E+, just like these guys now.

　Well, I think it's good to remember your roots. That’s it, why not get that goblin extermination request form over there."

"You... you seem to want to die."

"Wait... hey leader,  it's not good here!"

　As Ganzas puts his hand on his battle-axe, the members of "Blood Axe" frantically try to stop him.

　If he held up his weapon like that, self-defense would have been established.

　What are you aiming for?

　… only a little.

Having calmed down a bit after being stopped by his comrades, Ganzas and the others glared at me as they walked away.

　……The guild staff or guild master would normally intervene in such a situation,......, but surprisingly, no one came to stop them. The adventurers around the area immediately start betting.

"Take this"

　I handed over the request form I had in my hand to the receptionist.

"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

　Saying that Sasha, the receptionist with ponytails and glasses, turned a stiff gaze.

"I'm not a bad guy."

"You're not a child..."

　Sasha is one of the few receptionists who wasn't intimidated when she saw me for the first time. So when she is at the reception desk, I always line up there even if it is a little crowded.

　She doesn't seem to like it.

"Haa, that's enough. So this quest is for a ...... blue-skinned orc...an elder orc...? I'm just asking, but you’re not going to join a party on a temporary basis.... ......"

　In the case of a slightly more difficult quest like this, you can team up with another party and take it jointly. In that case, however, you must wait until another party is willing to accept the quest and the guild contacts you.

　Moreover, the person who made this quest may not even know the difference between the lower orc species and the higher elder orc species, and the quest fee is only offered at the market rate for regular orcs...or perhaps they can't pay it. Rural villages are poor.

　The guild probably gave an explanation, but it's pointless if the people sent by the village can't understand it.

　After all, this sort of thing is not uncommon. Requests have prices that match their difficulty, but not everyone can afford them.

　A child once brought me a request to save his family from being kidnapped by bandits with a handful of copper coins.

　The guild staff was also worried about how to explain it to the crying child, but I took it because there might be some treasure that the bandits had hoarded.

　Well, I completed the request, but there was nothing that I could sell, let alone treasure.

　Therefore, there is no way anyone else would accept such a request. Waiting is a waste of time.

　Why would I take a request like this?

　…… Elder ork testicles are the material for powerful aphrodisiacs, so nobles want them. It sells for a fairly high price.

　And I have to quickly finish such a request and prepare dinner for Iska and her family.

　The content of the request was "Recently, I've been seeing blue-skinned orcs in the nearby forest. The villagers are worried about it, so I want you to exterminate it.”

　It's really quite simple. The place is about a day's ride from Bastok by carriage. ...... If we don't take too long to defeat them, we can be back the day after tomorrow morning.

"Gray-san"

"What?"

　After being processed by the receptionist, I was about to leave when Sasha stopped me.

"Thank you for everything. ...Not one of us in the guild believes your rumors. I wish you a safe return this time too."

　Huh...? What are you talking about when I’m about to go get testicles?

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