Allrounders!! Chapter 10

I froze up out of sheer surprise. Up until now no one has ever shown up around here. For the last two years I ran across this mountain forest as I pleased and tested out all kinds of things, but I never t anyone else during all that ti!?

The guy who had appeared now felt like he had the sa age or was a bit younger than that man. My first impression of him was: 『My-Pace-Traveler』. He doesn’t look like a mountain hunter at all. Then again, I don’t know anything about the hunters of this world. 1

His pretty white hair color has turned into a dull creamy, probably because he hasn’t washed it for so ti. The color of his pupils is light green…jade with a cyan bordering, I’d say.

We scrutinized each other cautiously.

“…You a child? What you doin’ here?”

That’s what he asks . But, you’re the last person I want to hear this from!

I breathed out, and answered his questions with my own questions, “That is my line. You are on private land. Did you obtain permission from the owner of this estate? Or are you sohow related to the owner?”

After becoming puzzled for a mont, he breaks out in laughter.

“…Sorry. I see. Didn’t know this was private land. I’ve got nothing to do with the owner here. Or to be precise, I’ve got no clue who owns this place in the first place. …Seeing how you’re bringin’ up such lines, you the owner’s kid?”

“…Hmm, I suppose you could say I am connected to him in so way.”

I was uncertain whether I should answer, but since I wanted to know the reason for this guy showing up here, I confird while keeping it ambiguous.

“Hmm. …… Oh well, whatever.” Muttering that, he surveyed the vicinity.

I got tired of waiting as he didn’t show any signs of leaving, and lowered the level of my wariness.

“…To begin with, why have you shown up here? This mountain forest has no beautiful scenery to offer, nor an abundance of food, you know?”

That’s why, shoo, shoo.

I didn’t say the last line out loud, and probably because of that, it didn’t get through to him.

“Ain’t like I ca here for such a reason. …How to say it? Ah, it’s probably the sa as you.”

Eh? As ?

“In other words, you’re saying you’ve got so kind of connection with my household after all?”

“Nah, not that. …Just thought this a great place for trainin’, so I ca.”

Huh?

As I’ve beco speechless, he grinned at .

“You’re training ’round here as well, aren’t you?”

“No, it’s just that I don’t have any other place where I could train. If I did it sowhere else, I’d definitely get in trouble, resulting in getting scolded. Besides, I’d beco unable to ever do it again, too.”

Once I denied that part, he looked flabbergasted.

“…Ah, that so?”

“That so.”

“…I’m sorry to hear that. …Oh, that’s why connected, huh? I see.”

He reached so kind of conclusion. Anyway, shoo, shoo.

“The na’s Sword. Adventurer.”

He started to introduce himself all of a sudden. Dude, I got it, so get lost.

“…Uwaah, your lookin’ as if you don’t give a damn. But listen. Adventurers are folk who’s makin’ a living by goin’ on adventures. ‘Course just goin’ on adventures won’t turn into cash, so they gotta do requests and such. Most of those requests heavily rely on your body.”

Hoh, that got slightly interested. Adventurer; one of the key elents of any standard fantasy story.

“Oh? Drew your interest? So you see, as it involves lots of physical labor, it’s necessary to train during your free ti.”

“I understand what you want to say. And that’s why you found this place, right?”

“My trainin’ is sowhat special. Just when I had chosen a deserted place that looked like it’d allow to go a bit ballistic, I found you.”

Certainly this area ets his conditions, but…I’d like him to not show up as he pleases just because of that.

“So, if you could stay silent and overlook , I’ll practice with you, ‘kay? Trainin’ in such a place all by yourself, and havin’ to stop and gettin’ scolded when found out ans you’ve got no trainin’ partner, right?”

…I silently gazed at his face for a while.

In case he’s a criminal…well, it wouldn’t really matter to anyway. After all, I’ve hardly ever talked with other people during the last two years, and I didn’t learn any information about this world either. I’m fully aware that I’m a sheltered young lady.

As an adventurer, he probably knows quite a bit. Though it’s possibly biased information

“I understand. Nice to et you then.”

“Youngster, what’s your na?”

“Indra.”

“Nice to et you too, Indra.”

When he held out his hand, I hesitated for a mont, but then shook it. His eyebrow twitched at that, but imdiately following, a fishy smile ford on his lips.

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――Sword told her that he’d go back for the mont and co back tomorrow, leaving through the mountain forest. And then he headed straight for town at a surprisingly quick pace. Reaching his destination, a building with a signboard that had 【Adventurer Guild】 written on it, he opened the door.

“Hey, call the GuilMas.” He yelled carefreely, imdiately after entering.

In response, a man in his mid-thirties appeared, and invited him to his office with the words, “I’m here. I’ll listen to you inside.”

“…Did you finish your investigation already? You coming here empty-handed ans that you didn’t find any monsters?”

Sword nodded, “Yeah, just found a cute youth over there.”

The guild master furrowed his eyebrows.

“A youth…?”

“No presence of monsters throughout the mountain forest. The only one clad in an absurd amount of magic elents was that youngster. For a sec, I thought he might be dangerous, but 『Who are you?』 was clearly written all over his face. Since it’d be bad if I were to cut down soone by mistake, I talked to him, and found out that it was a good call to not cut him down.”

The guild master stared at Sword quizzically, “…But, is he really human? I don’t know any youngsters who would make the S-Rank adventurer 【Thunderclap Whitefang】 falter, you know?”

“No clue. World’s a big place. I an adults also flinched away from when I was still a brat.” Sword shrugged his shoulders. “He told that this place was off-limits for outsiders as it was private land. …That true?”

The guild master revealed a bitter expression, and nodded reluctantly.

“Hey, hey, just a sec, you sent into such a place!?”

Since a tinge of anger oozed out of Sword’s voice, the guild master started to explain in a hurry, “That’s the very reason why I asked you! I heard about unusual phenona taking place on the mountain owned by a noble lord. Moreover, not only was the cause a mystery, but no damages had occurred either, so there was no way that I could have put up a request for 『Normal Adventurers』, right!? Not to ntion that not just the adventurers, but even the guild would have been in danger if the noble was the cause behind it all! I knew that you’d be able to finish this mission in secret without being found out and sohow deal with the noble in the worst case, which is the very reason why I asked you!”

“…Wait, wait, the owner bein’ a noble is news to !”

Sword clicked his tongue.

“So, there’s sothin’ I wanna ask. Know anyone with the na 『Indra』?”

The guild master froze.

“…I know that na, but…”

“…But what? For you to react like that…what kind of person is that Indra?”

“…Based on your story, that youth must have introduced himself with that na… You see, Indra Springcoat is the first daughter of Earl Springcoat, the owner of that land.”

Sword froze as well.

“……Hah?”

Say what you like, it can’t be him, Sword assessed, That youngster is well beyond tomboy levels. He wore dirty work clothes, and his hair was cut ssily short. Totally unbecomin’ for a young lady. It’d be a stretch to regard him as a noble’s son, let alone a young lady.

Thought he must be a servant workin’ at the mansion who slipped out for trainin’, and it seems to be just like that. He probably used the na of the mansion’s young lady on the spur of the mont when I asked for the na, Sword concluded.

“Okay, I got the gist o’ it. He piqued my interest, so I’ll go investigate the details tomorrow. …To see if that 『Missy』 is the cause of it all.”

With those words, Sword stood up and left the room.