Sitting on Top of the Gate
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A pale sky blue, autumn sky.
Below it spreads the Zamago Forest, dyed a brilliant red with autumn leaves.
That forest is divided exactly in two in the center of my field of vision.
Why is that? It’s because there’s a road.
Because we made a road.
Extra-sama talks to as I was spacing out while gazing at the rchants and adventurers going by at my feet.
That’s true.
I also can’t help but feel deeply moved.
This place where the old man and I cleared and started living.
The perverted old geezer ca, and the decently blonde guy’s group ca.
A house was built, defensive walls were built, a road was built.
The base had finally grown so large that people were coming from outside to visit.
I was filled with emotion. No, I was filled to the brim. Overflowing, even.
I was drowning in feelings.
It’s an emotional flood.
Now, the place where I’m sitting… is on top of the gate of our base.
This gate, of course, isn’t made for people to climb up to the top, so unless you can walk on walls or have high jumping power like , you can’t co here.
In other words, this is my special seat.
I like sitting here and quietly watching the people coming and going from the base.
There’s also the aning of keeping watch to see if any suspicious people enter, but it’s more like a hobby I do during break ti.
If asked why I don’t stand in front of the gate like a gatekeeper and instead secretly do this on top of the gate, well, this is my way of being considerate.
I have black hair and black eyes.
I am a cursed child.
The old n treat without any concern despite that and treat as a comrade, but the rchants and adventurers who co from outside are different.
They still say I’m eerie and ominous.
So if this base gets badmouthed because I’m here, it would be pitiful for the old n who worked so hard to create this place.
That’s why recently, I erase my presence, pull my hood deep over my eyes, and basically live while hiding myself.
The old n tell I don’t need to worry about unnecessary things, but this is fine with .
Watching people without being noticed.
This level of distance is just right.
I absentmindedly gaze at the group of rchants who left through the gate.
Two rchants and three guards.
I wonder if they were able to buy the smoked at.
I wonder if they also traded dicinal herbs.
I continue watching their figures gradually getting smaller while imagining such things.
………… Hm?
Yeah, I don’t know?
Just now, in the shadow of a tree at the edge of the road?
I thought I saw…… a black human figure?
“Young Miss! Young Miss, where are you!?”
Hm?
Soone is looking for .
No, rather than soone, judging from this voice, it’s Modokin.
Peeking inside the base, I see the dirty man looking around for near the gate.
I jump down in one leap and land soundlessly behind Modokin.
“What is it?”
“Whoa!? You surprised !”
Modokin shouted in surprise and his hips gave out.
Aren’t you getting too surprised?
“I’m asking what you need. Cowardly dirty shaggy.”
“Ugh, my nickna has beco even more miserable. That’s harsh…”
“Hurry up and tell what you need.”
“Yes, yes, sorry about that…… There we go.”
Modokin stood up nimbly and brushed off the dirt on his butt.
“The perverted old geezer is calling for you, Young Miss. Can you co with to the conference room?”
“………… Why?”
“I don’t know. I was just passing by the room and they asked to call you, that’s all.”
“…… Errand boy cowardly dirty shaggy.”
“Please stop… Please stop making my nickna longer and longer…”
The “conference room” ntioned in the conversation just now refers to the large room inside the building of the Adventurer’s Guild branch office created by the perverted old geezer.
The old n often use that room when putting together business negotiations.
In that case, I wonder if they’re in the middle of a negotiation?
But if so, wouldn’t it be better for not to go?
I tilted my head for a while, but upon Extra-sama’s words, I changed my mind, thinking that might be the case.
I started walking towards the branch office.
…… At this ti, I had already completely forgotten about the human figure.
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