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(lon)
Mr. Gobabu, Mr. Kurentan, Mr. Laurence, and Miss Mirabel.
Master refers to them as the Four-Person Party, and they are mbers of the Eye of the Night Cat B team and have been missing one mber for a long ti.
After being rescued by Master during a jungle mission, they didn't like to participate in combat missions anymore.
Every two weeks, they invite to join them on a mission and each ti they divide eighteen gold coins among us. It seems like they can also profit from the missions we undertake together.
They never explicitly said so, but perhaps they think they are using . Nevertheless, they always give more than half of what we earn.
It doesn't really bother , as I know that most of them are struggling financially. Mr. Gobabu has a wife and children that he need to support, Mr. Kulentan has to support his elderly parents in addition to his wife and children, Mr. Lawrence is saving up for his wedding, and Miss Mirabell often donates to an orphanage, for so reason.
For , there's no downside to helping them out as much as I can.
"lon, how did you beco so strong?" A woman with silver hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a black jacket and leather hot pants, with a black eye patch covering her right eye and cheek, asked .
Today's visitor is a bit special. She is the Second Princess of this country.
"Well... I guess by doing a hundred push-ups, a hundred sit-ups, a hundred squats, running ten kiloters every day, and practicing against an Iron Dummy every day..."
"Okay, I have no idea what you're talking about." The Second Princess suddenly twirled the spear in her hand and impaled a goblin that had run up to us.
The group of four stood to the side, looking very nervous.
The one who joined us in the battle was the famous Battle Princess, whom I also admire.
We were surrounded by the bodies of the defeated monsters, so it seed that today's adventure had co to an end.
Although she was a princess, she still had to pay the party of four thirty gold coins.
"Well, I think that's about it for today," I said.
"Huh? Wait a minute, it's not worth it to end it like this after paying thirty gold coins... That's several days worth of als for ," the princess said.
"What would you like to do then, Your Highness?" I asked.
"Just call Derisha. Well, actually..." Princess Derisha scratched her head and looked at the group of four standing nearby.
Suddenly, Princess Derisha's spear spun around and pointed at .
The spear had a beautiful shine to it, but it was still far inferior to the kind of spear that Master could make in his free ti.
"I want to challenge you to a duel," Princess Derisha said, her eyes becoming sharp.
"....Why?" I asked.
"Why? well, you know... as a hot-blooded person who's also a 【Fighter】, don't you ever want to fight strong opponents?" Asked the princess.
"No, I don't," I replied. Fighting at the drop of a hat would cause trouble for Master.
I've never thought about anything that would cause trouble for Master.
"Huh? Haven't you fought against equal opponents before?" Princess Derisha asked.
"...The 【Iron Dummy】 maybe," I replied.
"What's that?" Princess Derisha asked.
"Nothing," I said.
"So?" Princess Derisha asked.
"Sorry, I can't do that," I said.
"...Then, if I insult your master, would you be willing to duel with ?" Princess Derisha asked.
If she insulted my master?
Just imagining it made feel like my body was on fire, my blood felt like it's boiling.
"Very well, I accept your duel request, but please don't insult my master. If you do..." I said, raising my hands and assuming a defensive posture in front of my body while slightly crouching.
Miss Derisha wants to fight, and yet she is also a custor.
So, since we've taken the money, we have to satisfy the custor's needs within our ability; that's the golden rule of the service industry.
That's what Master told .
Although I don't know what the service industry is, I still rember it, since every word that my Master said is full of wisdom.
"I will kill you."
So now, Princess Derisha has changed from a custor to a sparring partner.
I accelerated and appeared near her. I launched my fist at her, but my fist was blocked by her spear. The tip of the spear is rushing toward my face, trying to pierce .
However, it changed angle in mid-air and swung from another direction.
I blocked the spear, when it suddenly retreated back and changed its direction to a thrust into my abdon.
I jumped back away from the thrust.
I saw a circle drawn by the spear on the ground, a solid and almost imperable circle that was like an impenetrable shield that protected the princess from all harm.
Just almost, no shield is impenetrable, unless it's made by my master.
So, I accelerated much faster than before and went past the second princess spear.
"We are done" I said, my clenched fist placed right in front of the chest, right at where her heart was at.
"Ah...you're really strong."
"May I ask you a question, princess Derisha ?"
"Before that, call Derisha instead of Princess Derisha."
...
We must satisfy the custor's needs, so let's call her Miss Derisha.
While continuing our conversation, Miss Derisha and I walked together on the road back to the capital.
"So, Miss Derisha, why don't you have any teammates? You're an adventurer after all."
Fighting without any companions is a behavior that does not value one's life, I think. After fighting alone in the jungle, I was scolded by my master.
"Like you, when I'm on an adventure, I had so temporary party. I don't have a fixed party mber, when I try to join so party, my status doesn't fit well with them, and most people, after knowing that I'm a princess, will distance themselves from or try to flatter ... How can these people beco life-or-death companions?"
"So, you beca an S-class adventurer by yourself?"
"Yes... Sotis I envy people like you and your companions."
I see, so Miss Derisha is also very lonely.
"By the way, I t your master."
This sudden sentence made wary.
"Don't be so nervous, he's much younger than i imagined."
"Master is very powerful."
"You admire your master very much. Indeed, I can feel that he is very strong." Miss Derisha smiled, "There are very few slaves like you who look so fulfilled, at least none of the ones I know looks a tenth as happy as you do."
"I owe my master's everything, he's the reason why I am able to grow to who I am today." When we arrived in the capital, I suddenly rembered sothing.
Master invited the four of us to dinner tonight, and he told that if I had any friends, I could invite them too.
I rembered Miss Derisha's lonely expression earlier.
"Miss Derisha, can you drink alcohol?"
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