Legend Chapter 350

Chapter 350

As sunlight poured in through the window, Rei woke up from his bed and sat up.

「Hmm? Hm? Hmm?」

He looked around several tis in confusion and frowned as he wondered why his 3 tatami sized room wasn’t mostly taken up by his bed before realising he wasn’t at the Blue Sea Coral inn anymore where he had stayed in Emoshion.

「That’s right, co to think of it, I’m back in Gilm.」

Muttering to himself, he gave a stretch as he looked around his now nostalgic room in the Dusk Wheat.

That said, he didn’t have much in the room. Usually, if one stayed in an inn for a long period of ti, there would naturally be more personal items. But in Rei’s case, most of his personal items were just stored in the Misty Ring, so there was only the bare minimum items necessary in his room.

Getting dressed, he put on his Shoes of Sleipnir and Dragon Robe before getting ready to leave.

「Well then, I’ll head to the guild after breakfast.」

Saying that, he left his room and went downstairs to eat breakfast.

「……Am I too early?」

Rei muttered to himself as he entered the guild and looked at the adventurers inside.

After finishing breakfast at the inn, Rei had headed to the guild with Set as usual, buying and eating various food from stalls along the way.

However, after coming to the guild in the morning for the first ti in a while, there were more people than Rei had expected.

(No, doesn’t look like it? It’s been a while since I’ve been in Gilm, so maybe it just feels that way?)

Rei thought to himself inside in his head. However, the receptionists, including Lenora and Kenny, were all busy dealing with the adventurers. As far as he could tell, it would be best to wait a bit longer before trying to speak with them. Since he didn’t have anything else to do, he decided to take a look at the request posted on the request board.

(Subjugation, escort, collection, well these are all common ones. As for the others……?)

As he looked around, a D rank request posted on the request board made his eyes widen slightly.

It was a request to act as training partners for the city guards.

(A training partner……why is this here? Aren’t the guards good enough?)

Looking closely at the request details, it seed the guards wanted the adventurers to pretend to be bandits.

It seed like the training was to have the guards fight off bandits who attacked the city.

「……I see, well that’s interesting.」

「No, please don’t. If soone as crazy as you takes that request, the guards will definitely lose.」

Hearing that voice from behind, Rei turned around and saw a man with a stern face.

「What’s the captain of the guards doing here?」

「I had etings regarding various requests. I didn’t expect soone like you to consider a request from the guards……」

「No, I don’t plan to take that request. I’m just looking for sothing to pass the ti. Look, it seems like they’re still busy over there.」

Rei replied to Ranga as he looked towards the counter.

There were still adventurers in line as Kenny and Lenora dealt with them busily.

「Didn’t you co back yesterday? I thought you were going to take it slow and relax.」

「No, I ca here yesterday to see the guild master, but she wasn’t in.」

「Heh. ……Speaking of which, there’s been a lot of people who’ve co to Gilm in hopes of eting with you, have you t any yet?」

At Ranga’s question, Rei though of Marka and Coan, whom he had beco friends with yesterday.

However, he had only t with the two of them and there hadn’t been anyone else since.

To be exact, the fact that Marka, the daughter of Duke Quent, had t with Rei had caused a certain amount of deterrence. If Rei refused Duke Quent’s invitation, what chance did they all stand……sothing like that.

Of course, not everyone had given up. But since Rei had now returned to Gilm, many people were now thinking of ways to collect information on him that they could use to their advantage in negotiations.

Fortunately or unfortunately for Rei, who didn’t know about any of this, the people who kept their eyes on him but didn’t try to contact him were probably cautious because of Duke Quent.

「No, I haven’t. Well, I guess they have a lot of considerations to make. Did anything interesting in the city happen while I was away?」

「Anything interesting……well, there were a lot of small disturbances, but nothing major.」

Of course, there had been plenty of disturbances with those who had wanted to use any ans possible to get Rei to serve them or give concessions. The result had been a struggle in the dark, which Ranga, as the captain of the guards, knew about but didn’t want to tell Rei.

As the captain of the guards, Ranga was also a resident of Gilm. He knew exactly what it ant for soone as strong as Rei to be at the frontier.

「Anyway……looks like it’s about ti?」

As Ranga said that, Rei also glanced towards the counter.

It was true that there were still a few adventurers at the counter, but only Kenny was busy and Lenora didn’t have anyone at her counter.

It seed like there hadn’t been any changes in the popularity rankings of the receptionists. Of course, Lenora was also popular, but she didn’t have fans comparatively due to her stricter character. Kenny stood in contrast with her outgoing character and was significantly more popular than Lenora among the adventurers.

「Well then, pardon . Good luck with your work with the guards.」

Rei waved his hands as he parted ways with Ranga and walked over to the counter.

Of course, he went over to Lenora, who didn’t have to deal with anyone else at this mont.

That said, Lenora wasn’t exactly free. She still had work to do organising and checking docunts for received requests.

Still, he called out to Lenora because she and Kenny were the receptionists he knew best at the counter.

「Lenora, can I et with the guild master?」

「Ah, Rei-san. Yes, I told her yesterday so it’s fine. Fortunately, she’s in her office right now. I was told to bring you over when you arrived. Please follow .」

Rei followed Lenora behind the counter.

In front of Kenny, who was looking at Lenora grudgingly, a male adventurer in his twenties was trying hard to invite Kenny out for a al……he had only just co to Gilm recently and had no idea that Kenny liked Rei, aning that all his efforts were in vain.

(Seriously, just finish talking and go on your request. Because of you, I didn’t have any ti at all to talk with Rei-kun.)

However, she couldn’t say that out loud as a receptionist and just thought that in her mind as she continued as the man continued to try inviting her out.

It might have been better for her to just decline him bluntly, but the man wasn’t being particularly aggressive about it, so she couldn’t respond so rudely as she watched Lenora walk past her.

「Guild master, I’ve brought Rei.」

Despite being on the receiving end of Kenny’s jealous gaze, whether she had deal with that too often or not, she ignored her and went up to the stairs to the second floor behind the counter and knocked on the door to Marina’s, the guild master’s, office.

「It’s not locked, co in.」

Lenora opened the door after hearing Marina’s reply and entered with Rei.

Inside the room, Marina was writing on so docunts at her desk. Seeing Lenora and Rei enter, she imdiately glanced at them before speaking.

「Pardon , please wait a bit longer until I finish this docunt. Lenora, use the utensils over there to brew Rei a cup of tea.」

「Yes.」

Following Marina’s words, Rei sat down on the sofa while Lenora used so utensils near the table to prepare so tea.

The pot with hot water was a kind of magic item that had the effect of keeping water at the optimal temperature for making tea. It wasn’t a common item, but was reasonably priced for a small wealth family to buy. It’s best functionality was that it could keep water warm for several months off a Goblin’s magic stone. That said, when the magic stone ran out of power, it would need to be replaced.

「Here, Rei-san.」

Taking a sip of the cup of tea, Rei was surprised at its flavour.

「These tea leaves are basically only available from the Royal Capital.」

Lenora said that with a small smile and made a second cup of tea for Marina before giving a bow and leaving the office.

Rei watched her leave as he brought his cup of tea to his mouth.

In the room, only the sound of Marina writing on paper could be heard……after about five minutes, Marina’s work finally ca to an end.

「Pardon for keeping you waiting. ……Now then, sorry for having you co all this way, I’ve heard mostly what happened from the guild in Emoshion. However, I wanted to hear a report directly from you……you’ve co here with that in mind, haven’t you?」

As usual, her chest and back showed a lot of skin and her evening dress seed to show it off as she sat down on the sofa opposite Rei.

She then crossed her legs, as if inviting Rei from an outsider’s perspective.

Rei was almost sucked in by Marina’s appearance and quickly looked away as he spoke.

「Yes. As for the Lemrace, it has been safely subjugated. You were right, it was a good vacation. Aside from the Lemrace, I was also able to buy a lot of seafood. I was also able to cook sothing good there.」

「Oh, I heard about that. Did you spread the recipe for sothing called okonomiyaki over there? Udon here, okonomiyaki there, I really don’t know if you are an adventurer or a chef anymore.」

Rei smiled back in response. However, his smile was a bitter one.

「I just happened to know about it. However, all I know is just what I read from books, when it cos to actually making them, there’s not enough information.」

「Well, that’s just too bad……that aside, I’ll get to the main point. You used a magic item to kill the Lemrace by forcefully moving it from sea to land, right?」

Rei took a deep breath at Marina’s gaze, which seed to look into the depths of his heart.

However, there was no way that Rei could say he had been helped by Grimm, a Lich, so he simply gave a small nod as he tried to hide his discomfort.

「Yes, that’s right.」

「Heh. ……I’ve never heard of such a powerful magic item, even though I’m been an adventurer for so many years followed by being Gilm’s guild master.」

「……It’s a magic item I found in a dungeon. Considering that, it’s no surprise that you don’t know about it.」

「A dungeon, huh. The only dungeon you’ve been to was that ti you followed the General Princess as a bodyguard. Did you find it then?」

「Yes. There’s no doubt that I got it then.」

At the very least, Rei’s words weren’t a complete lie. After all, it was true that he had received the magic item that allowed him to communicate with Grimm when he went to the dungeon with Elena.

However, his words weren’t exactly the truth either.

「You’re lying.」

It was impossible for him to fool Elena, who had spent many years as an adventurer and guild master.

As she said that, Marina stared back at Rei.

As Rei couldn’t say the truth, he simply looked back silently.

The silence continued for several minutes. As the atmosphere in the room started to get heavy……

「Well, that’s okay. It’s natural for adventurers to have a secret or two. ……However, listen up okay? If it ever harms Gilm or the Mireana Kingdom……I will stop you Rei.」

She said that even though she knew she probably wouldn’t stand a chance of winning.

However……as long as she remained the guild master, she could not hesistate in carrying out her duty.

「I understand.」

Rei probably realised that. He nodded back at Marina, who had been looking at him with sharp eyes until a mont ago.

「Then. That’s fine. Well, I don’t think you would do anything to this city.」

Marina returned to her seductive aura and crossed her legs as her serious expression from earlier vanished.

Her half exposed thick brown thighs tried to suck Rei’s gaze in, but thanks to her many years of experience, her underwear wasn’t visible.

Smiling at Rei, who’s cheeks had gone slightly red, Marina spoke up.

「So, Rei. It’s about ti for you to take the B rank test.」

Marina got to the main point she wanted to discuss with Rei.