Living as an Unemployed in Another World

67 – 3. Two Adventurers (20)

20.

After I glanced at Gerald, who was waving awkwardly, I deliberately turned around and sat across from him. Janice, who was sitting next to her, nodded with an expressionless expression as always, and Hilda spoke to her first to relieve her awkward atmosphere.

“Uh, so, two days! How was it at the guild?”

“Sure. Why does it seem like it’s been so long?”

It’s not empty words, I don’t think I’ve seen you for 10 days. It’s strange. I slowly looked around at the familiar faces of her, and suddenly realized that one of her seats was vacant and asked her.

“Dammer…… Where did the monk go?”

“Ah, Mr. Sukhbat is meditating. What should I say, the man has a ‘period like that’ once in a while. I don’t know if it’s a religious doctrine or what it is. Thanks to you, we are also resting.”

I see, there must have been a reason why you were hanging out at the inn at such an early hour. When it comes to monks, there is a perception that they are eccentrics who slaughter monsters with their bare bodies without weapons, but they say that they are surprisingly influenced a lot by their mindset and state of mind. Even that meditation would not last for only a few hours. Hilda asked, handing me a cup of unknown origin.

“So, being an adventurer isn’t easy, is it?”

“Yes. It was.”

I answered as I gulped down the beer in my glass. It’s yellow or blue, so it wasn’t just one or two things to worry about, starting with ratings and receiving requests. I never thought I’d be in their shoes. The place where I went to find Mira a job, I accidentally even took on a labyrinth exploration request.

“Anyway, I am an adventurer…… No, how did you know you decided to go to the dungeon? I haven’t told anyone other than Celine yet.”

“I heard it while saying hello to Mira earlier. He said he went to the guild to register as an adventurer, and the two of them stayed overnight. I’m curious about what’s going on, so I can bear it. Ahahahaha…….”

Hilda stopped talking and smiled in amazement for no reason. She seems to have forgotten that I just had a fight with her mummy and sent her up to her room. Thanks to you, I’ll see all the rare sights where Gerald notices others. Hilda looked me in the eye and cautiously asked if she was curious.

“Uh, well, that…… What happened to you two? It must have looked good earlier.”

“No big deal. Just wait…… I don’t know, neither do I.”

I, too, sighed as I tousled her hair without speaking. For now, it would be the correct answer to leave it alone until it calms down a bit. I didn’t want to follow her into the room and take her time to think. I also can’t afford it.

When I was evasive, Hilda went a step further and didn’t ask questions like “Are you two dating?” I felt like I was making the atmosphere even more awkward, so I deliberately kicked Gerald in the shin and spoke up.

“Oh, why again!”

“You told Mira that I went to the dungeon. Let’s keep it a secret between us, so tell me all about it? And Ali…….”

I stopped talking and kept my mouth shut. Come to think of it, Alicia was just guessing based on Gerald’s poor statement. Still, what’s outrageous is what’s outrageous. Gerald rubbed his shin and told me.

“Ali, what? No, I just thought you guys were special, so what, did you fight over that?”

“It’s not like that. Anyway, if it’s a beauty, you can’t use her four legs. It’s okay if you don’t know.”

“What the hell… ….”

Gerald muttered, but this time Hilda took over her baton again and asked a question. Seeing that her eyes were shining brighter than before, she seemed to have something else that she was really curious about.

“More than that, Jin, what class did you choose? Registering as an adventurer means that you also chose a job (class). Wizard too?”

I nodded. Hilda said “Ohhh” In pure admiration. These guys have already shown me how to handle magic items, so they don’t seem too surprised that I can use magic. Come to think of it, I have to decide which spells to learn with the empty slots. As I drank my beer glass and lost my mind again, I suddenly felt a strong gaze from the side.

“… ….”

As expected, I met eyes with Janice, who was still holding a fork. Even though we’ve known each other for a long time, if we don’t talk, we don’t know what he’s thinking. Soon she opened her mouth, which was rare.

“Jin…… ‘Looks like’?”

“Huh? Oh, yes.”

I replied with a nod. As if I was the only one who could understand Janice’s question, Hilda and Gerald looked at us with question marks on their faces. It’s about spell slots. I’m talking about the story of whether there was a wizard level.

“Janice, what do you mean by that?”

“Jin…… I can use magic.”

“Huh? Can you write? What was originally…… ?”

Jenice gave a concise explanation to the two who were puzzled. He said that using magic tools and magic items and writing spells are different areas. Anyway, knowing that just by seeing it once, I realized that Zenith’s level as a wizard was quite high. The two non-mages don’t seem to have fully understood her story, but somehow they seem to have accepted the fact that I’ve grown to the next level and officially become a wizard.

“Hmm, then you haven’t been a wizard until now. It’s complicated. So, what spell can I use?”

“That… ….”

That should be decided from now on. When I was under a witch, I vaguely studied all kinds of magic and learned it with my head, but theory and practice are different areas. There are various classes and schools of magic, and it is entirely up to my choice which spell to learn. As I don’t know how much my potential is, I need to learn the first spell carefully.

“…… ?”

When I stared at Janice, she looked a little puzzled. Come to think of it, does she really need to go far and worry about it? Among the people I’ve met, there’s a wizard with one of the best skills by my side right now. I decided to ask Janice, the wizard and adventurer, for her advice.

“────That’s how it happened. So, is there a general-purpose spell that would be useful in an exploration quest?”

In order to explain how to use the spell, it was necessary to briefly talk about the contents of Alicia’s request and the story of Chloe and Alphonse that she had met before. Due to her circumstances, she wasn’t allowed to speak carelessly to others, but she said things like the situation in a lump, and above all, she had the belief that as an adventurer, she wouldn’t brag about it anywhere. Janice was still expressionless, but Gerald and Hilda asked me back with a deliberately serious expression.

“Green grade half-orcs, half-elves…… Jin, is that request okay?”

“We’ve heard about that dungeon, but seeing that the knights didn’t go out to explore even though the knights went out on their own, isn’t the size a joke? Said to be a relic There might be all sorts of traps, but your party…… Is it right to call it a party? Anyway, I don’t think it’s something that only four people can accept.”

Gerald evaluated Alicia’s ‘request’ from the perspective of an active adventurer, which is rare. He seems to be in the position that if it is a dungeon with treasure, he should be careful about problems that can lead to competition between territories. Certainly, the fact that the Knights, a group of knights with a higher average than average adventurers, gave up on exploration can be seen as a judgment that they needed the help of an ‘expert’. Except for Alphonse, who is the only one of us who is green, I think this is an excessive request for a blue or yellow grade adventurer.

“But what can I do?

“Well…… By the way, are you the lady, no, the lord now? He didn’t know he knew him. Can he give it right now?”

“The line is a piece of sh*t. It’s all because of you…… No.”

“What am I doing again?”

Looks like you just told Alicia about dungeons. After discovering that I had participated in the dungeon raid, I wondered if he would have been entrusted with such an important mission. I stretched my calves under the table again for no reason, but Gerald dodged my attack this time. His smile is pretty disgusting.

“Anyway, that’s how it came to be…… Janice, can you recommend a spell for me?”

“Um… ….”

Zenith groaned in a rare, shallow moan. Then he said he needed to know more about my type of slot, so he said let’s pull the chair back and go to his room. I’m sorry that I seem to be bothering you, but when I looked at the other two, they waved their hands to see us off. Eventually, we gave up a little early and the two of us climbed the creaky stairs.

Looking at it like this, Janice, you have a rather wide pelvis. No, what are you thinking? As I took my eyes off her back and shook her head, the two of us arrived at her door before I knew it.

“Come in… ….”

At the voice that tickled my ears, I strained my neck muscles for no reason. Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I’ve been in a wizard’s bed. The witch’s bedroom always felt the twisted energy of cause and effect, but is the room she is staying in the same? When the door opened, I was greeted by a somewhat messy interior.

It’s about the same size as my room, but clothes, bags, medicine bottles, and various other things are scattered all over the place except for the floor. I’m sorry to say this, but quite…… Dirty.

Still, there’s no need to be rude by pointing it out to someone who wants to help. It is also a strangely mysterious sight. Come to think of it, the witch’s room also quickly became like this if I didn’t clean it regularly. I sat down on her bed as Janice told me to, and she also sat with her hips next to me, reaching her hand toward my chest. Oh, are you trying to gauge the slot? It is common knowledge among mages that physical contact is easy to determine the opponent’s capabilities. As I looked at her palms resting in front of her chest and nodded in approval, her palms landed on my chest.

Something feels…… It’s tickling. The feeling of a real wizard’s will creeping through my body. And she nodded her head as if she realized something, and took my wrist, this time to my chest…… Uh?

“…… Jindo, touch me.”

Wait a minute.

I trembled as I met Janice’s gaze, her bangs drooping like a curtain. This isn’t it.