Chapter 255 - Episode Two - The Fierce Leaders of the Fage Territory (1)
Mea and I were visiting the “Dwarf’s Hideaway”, a tavern in the Fage territory.
We didn’t come here for a meal, though.
We were standing outside the restaurant, peeking in the window to see what was going on inside.
Mea muttered to herself as she put her hands on the window.
“…… That guy’s here again today.”
“…… Looks like it.”
In the back of the bar counter, there was a man drinking quietly.
He has a stocky body, and his dark blue and white hair is split in two.
His face was bright red, and he would occasionally shed a tear or two as if remembering something, but the man who would stir his drink as if to drown it out is the legendary adventurer, the collector.
We had come to observe the collector.
We brought him to the Fage territory because we felt sorry for him, but the current collector seems to be unstable.
Even though he no longer has any treasure or weapons, the power of the collector is incomparable to that of an ordinary person.
If he were to suddenly go on a rampage, it could lead to a catastrophe.
That’s why I decided to keep an eye on the collector for a while to see if he said or did anything suspicious.
“Sir …… every day, you’re here from noon to late at night, please give me a break. You don’t even have any money, do you?”
The apron-clad waitress who brought in the food looked at the collector with pity in her eyes.
The collector, apparently offended by her words, slammed his fist on the counter and stood up.
“Money! That’s bullsh*t! Who do you think you’re talking to! I am, I am! I’m a legendary adventurer! Until recently, I had more than enough money to buy everything in this country, not just alcohol! Until recently!”
G-Give it up already ……
You’re still full of regrets, aren’t you?
If it’s your asset, Chaos has swallowed it, broken it down into particles, and sent it off to another dimension.
You’ll never get it back no matter if you cry, laugh or get angry.
“…… I don’t care if you’re a legendary adventurer, a legendary wealthy man, or whatever, then please pay me with your own money once in a while. I heard that the adventurer support center is a little short on manpower. Since you’re so fit …… there must be something you can do. If you want, I can talk to you about it ……”
“You’re telling me now that I have to do petty day labor to earn a little money! What kind of disrespect is this to me, little girl!”
The collector angrily confronted the clerk, but the clerk didn’t seem to be intimidated, only letting out an exasperated sigh.
She doesn’t believe it completely.
They treat him like you’re just a ragdoll with a bad temperament.
“Right now, at the Adventurer’s Support Center in the Fage territory, they’re handing out special registration cards. They’re saying that it can quantify the magic and muscle strength of those who register …… It was invented by a skilled alchemist who saved this territory, but isn’t it interesting? Why don’t you just register? You might be interested in working at some time……”
“Ha! I don’t know where the mundane is, but a great alchemist is a big one!! Quantify magic power, you say? If I could do something like that, I wouldn’t have any trouble. It’s a child’s trick and the market is well aware of it. It’s only funny to think that there are idiots who don’t even know what they’re doing when there are legendary alchemists here in the first place.”
“E-Even though a person is showing her good intentions ……!”
The shopkeeper was irritated by the collector’s refusal to deal with his concern.
“It’s okay, Ela-chan. I’ll pay for Shu-san’s part.”
The blonde woman sitting beside the collector smiled at the clerk and beckoned the collector to return to his seat.
Her name is Iris.
She is the only person who is not being reproached by the collector for calling him Shu-san.
She was originally a merchant who joined the merchant association in the city of Asshim.
However, when she was asked by the merchant association to investigate the prices of goods in the Fage territory and came here, she got caught up in the Nalgarn riot and could not return home. She has become so accustomed to the territory that she’s still here even after Nalgarn has been subjugated.
She is a person with a calm atmosphere, but despite her appearance, she is a young person with a lot of trust within the business community and has accumulated a good amount of money.
Although she only brought a small portion of the money to the Fage territory, she never seemed to be in need of it.
“You were a great adventurer, weren’t you, Shu-san? You had a lot of trouble, and now you’re just taking a long vacation from life, right?”
Iris said kindly to the collector.
Iris also worked very hard when she was based in the city of Asshim, so she may have some sympathy for the exhausted collector.
“You know exactly what I mean, Iris! I like you, and when I’m ready, I’ll pay you back ten thousand times the cost of the liquor you’ve been paying for me! I will not tell a lie. At the very least, you should keep a ledger.”
“Look, Ela. Isn’t that what Shu-san says?”
That’s a man who will never be in the mood for it.
“I-, I’m glad to hear that the collector is happy ……”
Mea says half-heartedly.
“Legendary adventurer-san, you’ve become nothing more than a pimp. Is that okay?”
The collector has been like this ever since he arrived in the Fage territory.
The first day, Ela, a shopkeeper who felt sorry for the collector, voluntarily paid for his meals, but he was kicked out of the store after three days of this.
People around him perceive him as a delusional ex-adventurer who got drunk because he was sad about something.
He sometimes seems to lose his temper when drunk people make fun of him in bars, but he has never resorted to violence, so it has never developed into a problem.
Knowing the moody and short-tempered behavior of the collector in the witch’s tower, I’m not in a good mood every time I see a drunk making fun of him as a “pretentious bastard”.
It makes me nervous.
However, since the collector became young again, he looks good, so just sitting in a corner of a bar looking sad is somewhat picturesque.
So, it seems that he has no trouble finding people to talk to and places to live.
You …… did you drank three Amrita’s for that kind of thing?
I’m sure the elves are going to come yelling at you soon.
“Well …… With things like this, looks like we’re good…… ah”
The collector suddenly looked back at me, and our eyes met.
When I smile affectionately, the collector’s eyes widen and he glared at me.
I pulled Mea hand and quickly fled the scene.
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