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In the Humanity Continent, there"s an organization called the『Hunter Guild』.
To be honest, I don"t know about it in detail, but there are people that call Hunters, "adventurers for eternity", and "jack of all trades that have no specific good points".
Various types of jobs are in that work, like subjugating or capturing monsters and people with bounties, excavating or protecting ruins and treasures, investigating unknown lands, and so on.
Anyone can register since there"s no particular exam or anything, so there are all sorts of different natured Hunters.
There are hoodlums who are troubled with jobs, and actually powerful people who are charmed with freely searching places.
No matter how small of a village or hamlet it is, there are facilities with counters to convert completed jobs into money, and bulletin boards that provide jobs, as long as the country is affiliated to the Humanity Continent.
In large cities or towns, some of those facilities are placed side by side to large taverns or recreational facilities.
In this『Yourumichi Village』that we"re in right now, there aren"t much people, and although the scenery is pretty, it"s a pitiful village that"s surrounded by mountains, forest, and streams. Because of that, the conversion counter was as small as a hut, but it looks a bit weird.
It"s because there are armed, men and women travellers making a line in front of the small hut.
"Oi oi, there are so many people there." (Velt)
"Not all of them seem that respectable. In addition, there are some capable people here and there. Are they Hunters?" (Ura)
"Hohou, so they are the Hunters. Until now, I only saw them as a kidnapping commerce guild, but, I see. So these people are Hunters." (Musashi)
I thought this was a peaceful village that doesn"t have much people, but there are awfully a lot of outsiders.
That being said, why are these guys all carrying weapons like huge long swords, bows and big axes?
"d.a.m.n it. Seems they"re jumping in because of the newspaper article." (Farga)
"What do you mean, Farga." (Velt)
"They"re the same as us. Hearing the rumour about the device dragon, these pieces of s.h.i.ts probably came jumping in." (Farga)
"Eh, seriously? Wasn"t that a morning newspaper from today? It was fine for us since we coincidentally came to this village, but." (Velt)
"Hmph, don"t look down on Hunters, stupid younger brother. Only ordinary second rate, third rate s.h.i.ts start moving after it goes on the newspaper." (Farga)
I see. There are guys that look like hoodlums, but these guys are more or less pros too.
Certainly, there"s no point if they gain news that goes on the newspaper for the general public, at the same time ordinary people do.
The speed you gain information about jobs regarding treasure and criminals is the most important thing.
I don"t know what route they used, but all of them gained information that the device dragon might be near here yesterday, and came flying in, huh.
"Oi, stupid younger brother. For now, just wait here. I"ll go buy anything that seems necessary at the general shop. Once your turn comes, just register as a Hunter." (Farga)
After he said that, us three were left alone among the gathering of hunters, but obviously, I feel out of place.
Like, isn"t everyone in their twenties or thirties? There isn"t a single person in the same generation.
It"s kinda making me nervous.
"Ohh? What"s this~? Doesn"t it smell like a beast and a filthy demon?" (Hunter)
"Really? No way, where"s it coming from?" (Hunter)
The crowd of Hunters suddenly became noisy.
Ura pulled her white hat deep over her head in a panic, and Musashi wore a braided hat on her head, trying to cover their beast and demon ears. Wait, Musashi, since when did you have that braided hat?
However, the others are professionals. The deception……… or rather, because Musashi hid her head without hiding her tail, her tiger tail was immediately exposed.
"Oi, there"s a demi-human!" (Hunter)
"It"s true. Hee~, oi, kid, is she your slave? Using a demi-human for a Hunter job, you really get it, don"t you." (Hunter)
"Yup yup, their sense of smell surpa.s.s humans, and their movement abilities are superhuman. Besides, when it gets dangerous, you can use them as decoys or sacrificial pieces.
They"re praising me with natural faces for some reason. These guys are middle-aged men in their thirties, right?
From seeing their fairly trained bodies and jackets that look like they"re accustomed to travelling, I can tell they"re veterans.
Just, the only thing I thought, "seriously?" about, is that I thought people who say that kind of stuff to demi-humans had rotten eyes, but they said that without making particularly shady eyes.
So, I was strangely perplexed on how to answer.
"Ah~, ah~……… she"s cute, right?" (Velt)
"L, lord!" (Musashi)
It"s no use getting angry at people who think demi-human slaves are commonplace, so I decided to say that.
I just wanted to say that she"s not my slave but my personal attendant, but Musashi just groaned, saying "u~nn, u~nn", not knowing whether she should be angry or happy.
"Hahhahha, what, kid. You aren"t using demi-humans for "that sort of stuff" at that age, right?" (Hunter)
"A man shouldn"t lose his virginity so easily like that. Chase after a woman you seriously fall in love with in your teens and twenties, but if you"re still a virgin in your thirties, you need to plead someone by paying them money." (Hunter)
"By the way, I haven"t seen your face before, but where do you come from? Are you a rookie? Either way, since you"ve come here, does that mean that you"re aiming for that dragon?" (Hunter)
Because the conversation was about to become vulgar, Ura smoothly pinches my waist, but just stay quiet for a while. It"ll become troublesome after all.
"Ah~, well, I am more or less aiming for that dragon." (Velt)
"Yeah, I get you, it"s a man"s romance. After all, I heard that if you can actually capture the device dragon, you"ll get so much money that you wouldn"t even have used it all when you die." (Hunter)
"What? Is it that expensive? Who would buy something like that, though. There probably won"t be any auctions in Shiromu for a while after all." (Velt)
"Kid, you don"t know anything. Device dragons are an ultra rare species that only lives in the Divine Being Continent, so isn"t that obvious? Although it"s been confirmed that they live there, only one was captured and sent to the Shiromu Auction. It truly is a legendary dragon." (Hunter)
"Hm~m." (Velt)
"I"m worried~, kid. If you want, you can join us uncles, you know? I don"t mind if we split the reward evenly. If we capture it, there"d be more money than we could ever use after all." (Hunter)
"No, we need to ask our leader for that." (Velt)
I see, then of course Hunters would gather around.
"By the way, how much will it be?" (Velt)
"Hm~m, I heard the reserve price is expected to be five billion at Shiromu." (Hunter)
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Seriously, the digits are completely different to what I thought!" (Velt)
Rather, I wasn"t going to do it for the money, but hearing a sum of that much gives me motivation.
Five billion, like, it would even take time just thinking about how to use that much.
It"s an amount of money that Ura, who was a princess, would faint from. Like, where did they prepare that much money from in this warring world?
"Ohh, aren"t you Raipou from the Bone Ding Hunter! Join us!" (Hunter)
"You have a nice body build, how about joining us? There"s an investigation magician that can use Search in our team, you know?" (Hunter)
"Wai-, the blond haired bikini armour duo with big b.o.o.bs over there! Aren"t you the bewitching special move duo, Kuri and Risu! You"re the duo that uses their bodies to gain information about hunts. Ku~h, I want you two as my comrades." (Hunter)
Looking carefully, although the Hunters gathered around here all look separated, they seem to be talking and discussing with each other.
Certainly, it won"t hurt to evenly split money that you won"t finish using in your whole life, and it actually raises the chances of capturing it.
"Oi, Velt, look." (Ura)
"It seems the others are gradually gathering comrades." (Musashi)
What should we do? Well, there"s no problem in our strength though.
As far as I saw from looking around briefly, there are quite talented guys here and there, but they"re inferior to us four.
However, when it"s related to searching, I don"t know what we should do since we can"t use that kind of magic.
"Oi, stupid younger brother, have you finished registering?" (Farga)
"Hmm? No, not yet. Did you finish shopping, Farga?" (Velt)
"Yeah. The amount of things I can buy in this d.a.m.n small village is restricted, but I did get the minimum things." (Farga)
Seeing Farga shouldering a huge cloth bag and a satchel after he finished shopping, I said his name without caring at all, but in the next moment, the faces of the other Hunters stiffened, and the other guys became noisy the moment they saw Farga"s appearance, finally raising a loud voice.
"""""Sca, scarlet dragon slayer Farga!""""" (Hunters)
Ooh, nice commotion.
"Oi oi oi oi, is he that Farga!" (Hunter)
"Of course Farga is partic.i.p.ating too." (Hunter)
"Well, it"s only natural." (Hunter)
"You"re joking. Now that"s it"s come to this, I have to link up with him………" (Hunter)
"Idiot. Farga"s famous for not being in a party with anyone, you know? He would obviously refuse you." (Hunter)
"O, oi, kid, like, are you Farga"s acquaintance?" (Hunter)
Even the veterans are making super surprised faces.
As I thought, Farga"s famous, huh. Well, he"s called humanity"s strongest hunter, so it"s only obvious.
"Hee~, you"re that famous Farga, huh~, this really is lucky~." (Hunter)
"Hey~, Farga-sama~, let us~, join your~, party~, hey, let us~." (Hunter)
"Yup, yup, let us join it~, and then you can insert anything into us~." (Hunter)
"Our combination~, is amazing~, you"ll become addicted to it~, hey~, it"s fine, right~?" (Hunter)
Fast. The bikini armour duo that have been catching my eye since before, leaned against Farga.
Well, to be frank, to catch this time"s dragon, there"s definitely more chance to get it if you join Farga.
However, Farga"s expression doesn"t change at all. Far from that, he grabbed hold of the two girls" faces.
"Out of my sight, you d.a.m.n b.i.t.c.hes." (Farga)
Uooooooooo, he, he"s a mannnnn.
"Tsu-, wha, what are you doing!" (Hunter)
"Geez~, that"s hurt~. If you let us join you, it will be a-mazing~." (Hunter)
Well, certainly, it does seem like it would be amazing if they joined you.
The other Hunters are looking at him extremely enviously after all.
However, Farga just clicked his tongue, and kicked our backs.
"I have a party already. My stupid younger brother, my stupid younger brother"s mistress, and my stupid younger brother"s follower." (Farga)
"Wa, wait, Farga! What do you mean mistress! They would make a misunderstanding! I am not his mistress, but his le, gal, wife!" (Ura)
"Farga-dono! Fo, follower sounds, being a follower sounds insignificant! I am, I am!" (Musashi)
Ura and Musashi are screaming away, but the Hunters are making a racket too.
"Wha-, Farga made a party! I"ve never heard of something like that!" (Hunter)
"Farga"s stupid younger brother? Did he have someone like that!?" (Hunter)
"Wai-, younger brother? Then, don"t we just have to drop the younger brother? I"m going to eat you~." (Hunter)
"Hm~m, this is my first time having a young virgin~. d.a.m.n, I"m getting fired up~." (Hunter)
"Oi, kid! Please, let this uncle join you~!" (Hunter)
Wai, wai, they"re even observing and swarming me! The middle aged men are entreating with serious eyes, the erotic girls are touching my crotch, Ura and Musashi kicked them away, and there"s a ma.s.sive commotion before we even depart.
This might be the first time this village has been this noisy.
However, the commotion in this village settled down with just a few words.
"Hee~, so that"s your rumoured younger brother, huh, Farga." (?)
"Wha-………!" (Farga)
It was a young woman"s voice. When I turned around, a woman with an even more strange appearance than a bikini armour was there.
I feel like I"ve seen it on TV in Asakura Ryuuma"s period. The type of clothes a princess from ancient Rome or Egypt or Greece or somewhere would wear. Was it called a toga?
It"s really thin and seems like it would easily tear, and I can see her body line clearly. However, she strangely doesn"t feel erotic.
No, on the contrary, she feels sublime.
"h.e.l.lo there, little brother. Nice to meet you!" (?)
"Ah, y, yeah, hi." (Velt)
She has a cute baby face, but she"s probably a bit older than me. On the borderline of her teens and twenties, maybe around the same as Farga?
The huge pink ribbon tying up her long, beige hair behind her head looks childish, but she brings about a mysterious atmosphere that seems like it might make me unintentionally say, "oneechan".
"Oi, Farga, who exactly is this woman…….." (Velt)
The moment I asked who she is, Farga clicked his tongue.
"You"re the………『Monster Master Claren』." (Farga)
"It"s been a while, Farga. I thought we would definitely meet if I came here. Geez~, where have you been until now?" (Claren)
Monster master? Claren? This is my first time hearing either of them.
Like, I didn"t think Farga was acquainted with such a beautiful girl.
Furthermore, I didn"t think there would be a woman in this world that would puff out her cheeks towards Farga to show she"s angry.
However, normally, I would tease him by saying, "my my Farga-san, I don"t know this person~, please introduce her~", but I don"t feel like it.
That"s because I felt some dark, indescribable thing from this woman.
"……… For the past few years……… I went back to my hometown." (Farga)
"Eh! Really? Since I heard you had a fight with your family……… geez, I was worried about you!" (Claren)
"Tch, so d.a.m.n annoying." (Farga)
"Ah, you can"t say such foul words! But, I"m glad. You seem energetic!" (Claren)
What"s this strangely uncomfortable feeling I get from her sweet, beautiful and gentle smile?
I"ve felt a similar atmosphere like this before.
"That"s right, Farga. In these five years……… what happened? Did you make a beautiful lover?" (Claren)
She"s looking uneasily at him with upturned eyes. My, how cute.
"So d.a.m.n stupid." (Farga)
"Fufufu, geez, you haven"t changed, have you. But, I"m glad. If there was someone like that, I was about to tear them up into pieces and throw them away in a cesspool after all." (Claren)
……… Hmm?
"Ah, also, about those Kuri and Risu people from before. I"ll dissect them and use their brains and entrails as dragon feed, so don"t worry. Despite being toilet woman are covered in that much cloudy fluid from other men, they clung onto you. I"m a bit jealous, okay?" (Claren)
Ah~, I remember.
My trauma from five years ago.
Just like the perverted carnivorous general Gyanza, she"s a woman that"s missing a fatal feeling as a human.
It"s so shocking that Ura and Musashi mouths are partly open.
And at this moment, I just couldn"t help but feel sorry for the dragon these members are aiming for.