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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Silavin
Kousuke was waiting in a public guild in the city of Sauri.
What he was waiting for was Kouhi and Mitsuki, who were selecting their requests as seriously as if they were choosing clothes.
As for Kousuke, he simply suggested that they should take the request as some ‘warm-up’, but when he told them this, they immediately went into this serious state, as though their life depended on these requests.
From a distance, they looked like women when they were picking out pretty things, but listening to their conversation would have blown that thought away. After all, they were conversing about how this monster was not crunchy and how this monster was not interesting because all it did was run away.
It was probably not Kousuke’s imagination that the other adventurers, who had been turning a different shade of color when they saw the two entering the guild, seemed to be taken aback by their conversation.
After all, they had chosen a C-rank request, which was of a very high rank for adventurers who frequented that area.
The adventurers who were watching the situation paled as they heard the names of the monsters in the conversation.
Kousuke and Nana were watching the situation from a distance, as if it was someone else’s problem.
“We’ve decided on these ones.” Kouhi and Mitsuki returned from the bulletin board, perhaps having finally decided which requests to accept.
In their hands, they held three requests.
The maximum number of requests a party could accept was three.
The two were clearly trying to maximize the number of requests they could accept since it was a special opportunity.
Kousuke was inwardly tilting his head, wondering if he really wanted to accept so many requests, but he simply went on with it.
He was admittedly also learning how to adapt, albeit slowly.
“Yes, that’s right. Well then, let’s go to the reception desk.”
“Sure.”
At Kousuke’s words, Mitsuki nodded and headed for the reception desk.
An adventurer took advantage of this opportunity and spoke to Kousuke.
“Hey, hey. Are you okay?”
From the look on his face, it was clear that he was not teasing Kousuke, but was seriously worried about him.
It was an expression of concern for Kousuke, who did not appear strong at first glance, as if he did not know what he was asking for.
Others around them just saw Kousuke as a male just trying to stand tall, to show his good side to the two beautiful women.
Taking in the adventurer’s thoughts, Kousuke shrugged his shoulders and replied.
“Well, we’ll manage. If things get out of hand, I might need to rely on the girls.”
He told the adventurer that asked, in no uncertain terms, that he had that level of trust in their skills.
“I see. Well, just try not to die.”
“Yes. Thank you for taking the trouble to advise me.”
Perhaps relieved by Kousuke’s lack of concern, the adventurer returned to his companions.
Incidentally, Kouhi was listening to their conversation, but did not say anything in particular. She thought it was not something she should bother to interrupt.
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Once they returned to the inn and stayed overnight, they headed to the place where the monsters in the requests appeared.
The three requests they chose spawned in the same location.
“Then, as I said before, you can’t show your wings, ok?”
At Kousuke’s reminder, Kouhi and Mitsuki nodded at the same time.
If the two of them were to show their true power in a place like this, it would result in massive environmental devastation. Above all, they did not even need to show their true power. Monsters that they could easily defeat spawns in this area.
“Well then… Let’s get started!”
“I’m not going to lose!”
“That’s our line.”
With Kousuke’s shout, the two left the place with these words.
Since they had received three requests, they decided to compete by having one person choose one of each request.
Kousuke and Nana were to hunt the remaining one at a leisurely pace.
Incidentally, Kouhi and Mitsuki were not focused on protecting Kousuke at this time because there was no monster that could do anything to Kousuke when he was surrounded by his fairies. Furthermore, Nana was happily following Kousuke’s side, so there was no need for the two of them to stick close together.
However, Kousuke needed to convince them of this.
Kouhi and Mitsuki accepted his words easily, as they had left him on his own before.
It was a bit disappointing for Kousuke that they were so ready to leave him be, but this was one of the aspects that made him realize how they trusted him to some extent in terms of combat.
*… Fuu.* Kousuke took a breath after seeing the monster in front of him fall.
The main fighters besides him were Nana and the wind fairy, Sylph.
While Kouhi and Mitsuki were competing on who would be faster to complete their requests, Kousuke and the others decided to leisurely clear their request, as it was boring to just sit idle and wait.
Gnoll also appeared beside Kousuke and was responsible for Kousuke’s defense.
“Sylph, do you see a monster like this around here?” Kousuke checked with Sylph and got an immediate answer.
“Yes, there are. Over there.”
“I see. Well then, let’s go.”
Nana had a much better sense of smell than the other dependents and monsters, but Sylph had an even better ability to spot monsters.
Kousuke knew from experience that it was better to ask the Sylph in such situations.
As soon as they proceeded as instructed by the Sylph, Nana responded and they entered their second battle.
The second battle was completed without any problems, and the third battle was also cleared without any difficulty.
Since the request they originally had was for a number of kills, this meant that they had completed one request.
After the monsters were dealt with, they waited for Kouhi and Mitsuki to arrive.
Incidentally, the monsters’ carcasses were recovered as it was, since, naturally, there was a magic tool in the item box that he had made himself to store items.
For Kousuke, there was no particular material he needed, but Schmidt would gladly buy it from him if he handed it to him at a later time.
For a while after the third battle, Kousuke had Gnoll put up a barrier and played with Nana in it.
It had been a while since Kousuke had played with Nana out in the wild, not in the Administration Floor.
Nana was more energetic here than in man-made structures. Thus, Kousuke was able to fully enjoy Nana’s fur by fluffing it up.
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Kouhi and Mitsuki returned to Kousuke’s place at about the same time.
They were a long way from where they had parted, but somehow, they both managed to find Kousuke’s location.
They were so accurate that sometimes he wondered if they were using GPS to locate him.
Aside from Kousuke, Mitsuki, who was the first to return, happily reported the results to him.
“How did it go?”
“I cleared the requested amount!” With that, she brought out the monsters she had stored in her item box.
“Oh. You certainly got as many as they asked for.”
“Of course!”
While they were talking about this, Kouhi returned as well.
“Well, you didn’t make it in time, did you?”
Kouhi, who looked disappointed, pulled out the requested monsters from the item box just as Mitsuki did.
“How about that! I won, didn’t I?”
“… It can’t be helped. Rules are rules…”
Kouhi was about to continue, saying that she would concede this time, but was interrupted by Kousuke.
“Ah~, that’s right, but I think Nana wins this time.”
Saying this, Kousuke took out proof for the third request.
Seeing this, Kouhi and Mitsuki rolled their eyes.
“”When did you…?””
Kousuke laughed happily at the sight of the two of them, who were stunned by the sight in unison, a sight not often seen.
“I just didn’t want to wait around, so I decided to take them down while I was at it.”
“Oh…”
“So those that were left won, huh…?”
The two of them said and slumped their shoulders.
The reason why they looked like this was because they had decided that they would be able to spend the day alone with Kousuke if they completed the request first before starting the bet.
Therefore, the two of them had been working so hard to defeat their targets, but Nana, who was taking down Kousuke’s targets, snatched victory away from them.
It was a real ‘Peony Mochi’. But the dog herself, the one who was responsible for this, did not really understand the situation. Nana was simply happily wagging her tail wildly from side to side next to Kousuke.
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