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Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 210: A Quest with Many Demands
One morning, the four members of Black-Gold Wings stood before the quest board in the Dansas Adventurers’ Guild.
“Ah, here’s one we can take!”
Aeris pulled an E-rank request from the board and showed it to the others.
“Let’s see… Escort the client to and from Dareder, sort and transport belongings, handle any problems that arise, and provide appraisal services?” Tauro read aloud.
“What kind of request crams that many conditions into one job?” Ankh leaned over Tauro’s shoulder to inspect it.
“I don’t have an appraisal skill. Do you, Tauro?” Ragune asked from his other side.
“I have something similar—[True Eye]. It specializes in examining objects.”
“Oh, the ability you used to appraise plants. You really do have all kinds of unusual abilities. Mine seem almost ordinary by comparison… Damn it, just kill me.”
Ragune slipped into her usual dramatic muttering, and Tauro chose to ignore it.
“The round trip and the work in Dareder will take at least three days. What do you all think?”
“The pay is modest, but moving the goods will be easy with your [Magic Storage] and Ragune’s. Since you can also handle the appraisal, we may as well accept it,” Ankh said.
His reasoning was sound. Among the E-rank teams based at the Dansas branch, Black-Gold Wings was unusually well suited to the client’s requirements. Another team might only be able to provide the escort and would then need to find an appraiser in Dareder, increasing both the time and expense borne by the client.
“Then we’ll take it.”
“Agreed!” the other three replied.
Black-Gold Wings immediately went to meet the client, who seemed astonished that anyone had accepted the request so quickly.
“I never expected to find a team right after posting it. I know I included a lot of conditions…”
The client’s name was Riryo, and he was clearly aware that the request was unusually demanding.
“When would you like to depart?” Tauro asked. “And please explain the work in more detail.”
“Please meet me here first thing tomorrow morning. As for the circumstances… My family home is in Dareder. My father died suddenly not long ago, and my mother has been in poor health, so we decided she should move here to Dansas, where the surroundings are quieter and more natural. My parents ran a general store. I need help sorting the merchandise, deciding what to dispose of, and transporting the rest.”
“What did you mean by ‘handle any problems that arise’?”
Nothing in Riryo’s explanation yet accounted for that deliberately vague condition.
“My father had been feuding with an influential local man before he died. I thought that person might cause trouble when I returned.”
“I see…”
The job was beginning to sound more troublesome than Tauro had expected. Still, now that the team had accepted it, they would complete it properly. He could only hope the feared trouble never materialized.
The following morning, Riryo arrived with a carriage. The four adventurers climbed aboard and departed Dansas.
The journey was easy compared with traveling on foot. They reached Dareder without incident by evening.
“Please come to this shop tomorrow morning,” Riryo said as he unlocked the door. “I’m worried about my mother’s condition, so I’ll stay here with her tonight.”
As Riryo opened the shop and looked inside, Tauro casually peered through the doorway. [Presence Detection] immediately picked up something strange.
It wasn’t a person.
The sensation was deeply unpleasant—and somehow familiar.
When Riryo stepped inside and began closing the door, Tauro stopped it with one hand.
“Is something wrong?” Riryo asked.
“Let me examine the shop first.”
Tauro entered and activated [True Eye].
He could make out the silhouette of a woman lying in the rear room. That was presumably Riryo’s mother. There was no sign of anyone else, yet the ominous sensation remained.
Tauro scanned the merchandise until his gaze stopped on a polished stone about the size of a fist, resting on a shelf behind the counter.
“Cursed Stone.”
That was the name displayed by [True Eye].
Its description read:
“A specially processed magic stone through which a sorcerer can curse a target. The closer the stone is placed to the intended target, the stronger the curse becomes. Extremely rare.”
Tauro had already found the problem hidden inside the shop.