Legend

he held Rei’s hand.

 

 

「I would like to sell these.」

Rei immediately went over to the the materials sale counter after returning to the guild.
He took out magic stones, proofs of subjugation and a small number materials from the from the Misty Ring and placed them onto the counter.

They had gone to the guild at a later time compared to the previous day, but it was still before 4pm, which was the busiest time.
Because of that, they were able to quickly sell off everything, except for the queen bee, which didn’t have any saleable materials, without having to line up.
Just as they were about to leave the guild.

「Pardon me, Rei-san, Elena-san.
There are some people looking for the two of you, do you have some time?」

The person who called out to them wasn’t the one who they had handed in materials over to, but a receptionist from the request counter.

「Looking for us?」

Rei didn’t recall causing any issues recently, especially in Exil, which was why he asked, wondering if there had been a mistake.

However, the receptionist shook her head in response.

「They are definitely looking for Rei-san and Elena-san.
They’re waiting upstairs in the innermost meeting room.」

「……Who is it?」

「It’s Vosk Silva-san.」

Hearing that name, Rei recalled what had happened in the dungeon.

(I see, is it related to that?)

Thinking about that, he recalled the giant 2m tall Vosk, who he had seen briefly back at the eatery.
He also recalled the huge claymore than Vosk had carried at his back.

(Well, I wonder what he wants……if possible, I don’t want the discussion to turn sour.)

As Rei thought about that, he and Elena went up the stairs to the second floor and made their way to the room at the very back.

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「I wonder how things will turn out.」

Rei muttered as he knocked on the door, after which there was an immediate response.

『Come in.』

Hearing that, Rei opened the door, finding the man he had seen the day before.

As expected, a claymore was too much of a hindrance to carry around inside the room and was casually placed on the table.

No, it would only appear casual to most people.
To those with a certain level of skill, they could see that it was in a position where Vosk could instantly swing it.

……Even if there were nearly 30 skewers on the table.

「Hey, I’ve been waiting.」

Vosk greeted Rei by raising his left hand as his right hand reached out for a skewer.

Bringing the skewer to his mouth, he bit into the meat closest to his hand and pulled the skewer out in one go, putting all the meat in his mouth.

Next, he reached out for a cask of wine, which he casually poured into a cup the size of a bowl before pouring it into his mouth alongside the meat.

「Hmm……pardon me, there’s a lot of work in governing this city.
Thanks to that, I’m eating what can be considered something between a lunch and a dinner.
……So, you already know why I called you two over, right?」

「Yeah, is it about what happened in the dungeon today? News moves fast.」

「That’s right.
I’m a young man after all, being fast on my feet is one of my selling points.」

With a smile on his face, he stood up from his chair and walked over to Rei and Elena.

After a few seconds of silence……

「Thank you very much for helping my brothers!」

Saying that, Vosk gave a deep bow.

It was not something Rei or Elena had expected.
They had never thought that one of the heads of the three families governing Exil would bow his head so easily.

Although Rei and Elena had though that he was just thanking them for the sake of appearances, the sight of Vosk actually bowing his head made them realise he was serious.

At the very least, the bow looked serious to Rei and Elena.

「This is a surprise.」

「……That I’m bowing towards you?」

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Vosk raised his head at Rei’s words.

「Yeah.
I didn’t think you would do something like this considering your attitude yesterday.」

「Under normal circumstances, that’s definitely true.
I know that better than anyone.
But this time is different.
They are my younger brothers who rely on me and love me.
They are my biggest asset.
Much more important than money.」

「……Huh.」

Elena seemed to like Vosk’s reasons and looked impressed as she stood next to Rei.

「So.
This is my gratitude.
Please accept it.」

Saying that, Vosk took out several gemstones from his waist pocket.
They weren’t big in size, but there were still a total six rubies, emeralds and turquoise gems.

Rei immediately understood what the number of gems represented.
It was the number of adventurers that Rei and Elena had helped out in the dungeon.

「Are you sure?」

「Yeah.
It’s not all mine anyway.
Half of them are from the people you helped out as thanks for saving their lives.
In fact, this was only possible because you gave them all the Sword Bee magic stones, I didn’t force them to give these to you.」

「Well, appearances aside, they’re quite responsible.」

Vosk gave a hearty smile at Rei’s reply.

Looking at Vosk, Rei was reminded of Elk, the leader of Axe of the Thunder God, for some reason.

(Are they similar? ……Well, if you ask me if they’re similar, they’re definitely similar.
Especially the part where they highly value their friends.)

Rei thought about that as he received the gems from Vosk, who handed them over in a small bag.

Normally, this could be considered an excessive rewards for saving the lives of several adventurers.
In another sense, it could be said that the lives of adventurers were cheap, but the person who handed over the reward didn’t seem to care as he nodded in satisfaction.

After that, Vosk just returned to his seat and started stuffing skewers into his mouth.

That was the end of the matter, at least that was probably the case.

However, as Rei and Elena were about to leave the room, Vosk called out to them again.

「Hey, what are Crimson and the General Princess doing here in Exil?」

「Is there a problem? We just came here for the dungeon.」

「……Really?」

「Well, who knows.
But, at the very least, there’s no other reason.
I just have a hobby of collecting magic items and magic stones, I don’t plan to do much else in this city.」

They didn’t know what Vosk took from Rei’s response, but he didn’t ask anything more as the two of them left.