Chapter 332
Once we entered the Adventurer’s Guild, the Guild Master came out to greet us.
“Oh, right on time. I was just thinking of calling you guys.”
“Eh? Did something happen?”
“Well, you see… [8] the number of Orc sightings have increased lately, so we sent a C Rank party to check it out. According to their report, they discovered the beginnings of an Orc settlement in the Eastern Forest. [5]
That’s bad news for us since there are several villages near that area [5], so, we’ll have to deal with it as soon as possible. Currently, we only have one B Rank and two C Rank parties at hand. However, that’s where you come in.”
The Guild Master suddenly rushed forward and seized my shoulders.
“You, you can go and deal with it, right?”
Do I get a veto right on this?
He’s grabbing my shoulders quite hard and looked like he wouldn’t let go until I agree…
“An Orc Settlement? Reject! That’s too boring,” said Fer loudly.
““Humph, I don’t want to deal with weaklings!”” Dora-chan turned his head away with a snort.
““Sui is fine as long as there are enemies to pew pew~!”” [5] [6] I-I can see Willem-san’s face collapsing into despair at Fer’s heartless declaration.
[7] His hands gripped harder on my shoulders, “…oi, you’re my only hope. Can’t you convince your Fenrir? Please try and get him to go. Please, I’m begging you.”
Hey, if begging works on them, I would never have to see the inside of a dungeon ever again.
[7] Still, I can try to negotiate, “Fer, Dora-chan, why don’t we just clear up the settlement on our way to the forest?”
[5] “It’s boring,”
[5] ““Boring! Boring and a waste of time when we can go for bigger stuff in the forest!””
“Umu, there’s no reason for me to take on weaklings when I can go straight for stronger preys… wait… Hmm, very well, I do not mind this request.”
“Eh? You’ll accept it? You were so against it just now,” [7] I was shocked by this abrupt change of mind.
“It’s just a bunch of small fries,”
“… …” I’m worried about the sudden about-face but, well, what could happen? [6] Maybe Fer thought we could stock up on more Orc meat? Maybe even an Orc General?
“Dora?”
““Since Fer said so, I guess it’s fine.””
“Eh? Dora-chan too? So… you guys are alright doing this quest?”
“Maa, you could say I look forward to it. Fuhahahaha!”
“… …” the way Fer laughed was rather scary. What are you up to now? [5]
“Erm, I’m not sure what’s going on but, may I a.s.sume that you’re taking the quest?” asked the Guild Master nervously.
“Umu, yes.”
“I see, I see, excellent. Thank you very much.”
The Guild Master looked really relieved by Fer’s positive reply.
I continued to stare at Fer. [1] That Fenrir is definitely up to something. I just know it!
[6] “Fer…”
“What? I already said I’m willing to accept this pathetic little mission, you have a problem with that?” was Fer’s shameless answer. [5]
I have no idea what’s going on in his fluffy head, but surely it can’t be that bad?
He did agree to the subjugation quest after all.
“Alright, I’m counting on you for tomorrow’s subjugation job,” I said.
“Yes, yes,”
[6] I swear if that Fenrir rolls his eyes at me…
[8] I was still a little nervous but what was to be done? After getting the details of the mission from the Guild Master, we found that it would be dark by the time we reach the settlement. Therefore, it was decided that we would set out early the next day.
The next morning —
After a good breakfast, our party got ready to head for the [5] Orc Settlement when Fer suddenly said, [3] “Hey, bring those Beastman twins with us.”
[8] “Eh? The twins? For the subjugation?” [5]
“Yes,”
“But… why?”
“You are full of questions aren’t you? Just bring them along,”
[8] “Why? Why those two?” I’m starting to get a bad feeling about this.
“Bring them or I won’t do the quest.”
[8] “But- you can’t, you’ve already agreed!”
[9] “Who’s going to make me?” Fer’s smile was full of teeth.
[6] Yeah, yeah, I get it.
[9] “Whatever, don’t damage them too much, okay?”
[9] “Humph.”
[8] It was close to breakfast time, aside from whoever’s manning the door, most of my combat-able slaves should be at home.
[8] I knocked on their door and called out, “O-i, is this a good time?”
[8] Tabasa opened the door, “Oh, Mukouda-san. Is there something you need? Please, do come in first.”
[9] “No need,” I said. “We just received a mission request yesterday to subjugate an Orc settlement. Fer said he wants the twins to come with us.”
[9] “Fer-sama? I supposed Fer-sama must have his reasons. Also, since Mukouda-san is our master, you can just give us your orders.”
“Your job spec should be limited to security detail, I’m sorry for this.”
“No, no. Thanks to Mukouda-san, we live quite a good life here. Moreover, thanks to Mukouda-san’s counteractions, the property has been free of people with bad intentions. Before this, we detected people watching the house all the time but there’s no such thing now.”
[9] Woah, I didn’t know that. Looks like Count Langridge was as good as his word.
Still, I need a security detail around the property if only to protect the contents of my house and escort my other employees when they go outside.
“I shall call them right away,” Tabasa took a deep breath and shouted. “Luke, Irvine! Come here!”
“S’up, big sis?”
Tabasa’s shout brought not only the twins but Peter and Bartel as well.
“The two of you, go with Mukouda-san.”
[9] “Eh?”
[9] “Why?”
“Fer wants you to take down an Orc Settlement with us,” I said. “Are you interested?”
An unexpected cry of, “Let’s Go!!” resounded.
[9] “Life here is relaxing but a body could become dull like this!”
[9] “Yeah! Let’s go on a rampage!!!”
I’m glad the two of you are enthusiastic but… [5] [8] Peter muttered, “How nice…”
[8] Bartel gave the twins a profound look, then glanced once at Fer before tugging the larger young man down to mutter something into his ear.
[7] My enhanced hearing picked up everything.
“Oi, think about it. Tagging along with S Rankers for an Orc settlement subjugation? Can you imagine what a disaster that would be?” [5]
As expected of the 92-year-old Bartel, he had lived long enough to develop the correct instincts to sus out the fact that Fer is Up to Something.
[5] “Well then, I shall be borrowing these two.”
“Yes,” said Tabasa. She then gave the twins a stern glare, “The two of you had better not cause trouble for Mukouda-san or Fer-sama!”
“We were C Rank adventurers,”
“That’s right, we’re professionals.”
“Humph, I’m warning you now because the two of you are my idiot brothers. Mukouda-san, thank you for bringing them with you. If they don’t listen to you, please feel free to be strict with them.”
“I-I’m sure it will be alright. They are both C Rankers, after all, right?”
Anyway, I managed to get the twins to come with us on the mission, so Fer should be happy with this, right?
[6] “Umu, let’s go.”
Well, that was underwhelming.
In any case, we left the house and headed towards the Eastern Gate which leads to the forest, for the Orc subjugation quest.
[Gumihou: The text felt a bit rushed, so Gumi fixed it]
[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs
[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs
[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue
[4] Structural Change: Change pa.s.sive sentence to dialogue
[5] Delete Repet.i.tive or Pointless Information
[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose
[7] Add Dialogue Tag
[8] Creative Licence Taken – Switched from plain text to dialogue. Also reduced the number of back and forth dialogue between Fer and Mukouda re the twins. There’s being interactive and there’s being tiresome.
[9] Dialogue direction: A lot of the dialogue are just… there. Gave the dialogues some direction and purpose.