Half a month had passed since I started hunting Slimes.
I needed to start preparing to return home soon, since summer vacation would be over next week.
Thinking of today as my last Slime hunt, I went to the Adventurers Guild, where Astena stopped me.
“Kaine-san? Do you have a moment after this?”
“Eh, ah, no, I don’t have time…”
“You do, right?”
Her smile was scary.
Having no choice, I decided to follow her.
Following her, we arrived at a back alley.
“Um… what are we doing here?”
“Um… Kaine-san, I’m sorry for being rude when we first met.”
I wonder… I really don’t want to hear what comes next.
“As I’ve been watching Kaine-san… somehow… I’ve come to like you, and… I felt a sense of destiny…”
For some reason, I get the same kind of vibe from her as I do from my parents. Like she only sees people as a source of money…
“If you don’t mind, would you marry me? I want to confirm our love! You can do whatever you want with me…”
Marriage all of a sudden? And it’s kind of creepy…
“…Seduction doesn’t work on me, you know.”
“It’s not like that. I’m serious.”
Saying that, she flashed her chest at me. Is she making fun of me?
Or is she just stupid?
“Then same-sex marriage is allowed in this country?”
“Huh?”
For a moment, she looked like she didn’t understand, but she seemed to catch on quickly.
“Hmph, you don’t even know the gender of the person you like?”
Astena blushed, then started cursing at me.
“Don’t screw with me! I was being nice to you because I thought you were a handsome Rank A Adventurer!”
Ah, she finally showed her true colors.
“Well, I don’t remember being treated nicely.”
“Don’t mess with me! At least keep working here as my exclusive! Got it! You piece of crap!”
Her vocabulary is rapidly decreasing…
“I’d rather not.”
As I said that, she slammed me against the wall.
“Listen obediently if you don’t want to get beat up.”
“Do you really think you can win?”
“Don’t underestimate me! I won’t lose to a shrimp like you!”
She threw a punch, but it wasn’t even worth dodging.
Astena was bewildered that I didn’t even feel a tickle after taking it head-on.
“You’re underestimating Rank A Adventurers too much.”
Certainly, she might be strong enough to reach C-Rank, but that’s it.
I knocked her out with a neck chop.
“Now, what should I do after this…”
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“So, Astena was arrested for assault and extortion. She originally had a bad reputation, so I was wondering when to fire her… I never thought it would come to this…”
Eclair-san was troubled in front of me.
“I’m not hurt, so I don’t mind.”
“We can’t do that. Either way, Astena would have been arrested whether Kaine-san filed a report or not. When we investigated, it seemed like she had been using seduction and extortion to get high-ranked Adventurers to come to her.”
That woman is such a bitch.
“I am responsible for not noticing this kind of situation until now. I am very sorry.”
“Well… please be careful next time.”
“Are you forgiving me?”
“As I said at the beginning, I don’t intend to make it a problem.”
“Thank you very much.”
In this way, there was a disturbance, but I was able to acquire a large number of Skills in Kunitra.
Kaine’s height: 158cm
Astena’s height: 172cm
Kaine didn’t sue because he didn’t want to cause trouble for Eclair’s Guild.