Living as an Unemployed in Another World

69 – 3. Two Adventurers (22)

22.

Alphonse is a half-orc.

He has no last name. Because his father was an orc. They live only by the name given to them by the tribe.

He has no family. Considering how a woman with an orc child was treated in human society, it was a miracle that her mother still had memories. That unorcish name was the last trace she left behind.

Having a harp in their tribal name means that they were born with half human blood. Alphonse had never thought of himself as human. Because they never accepted him as a human being.

Alphonse. Shame on the orc tribe. Half a penny oak. Cowardly orc. The weakest orc.

One day, he stole an ax and ran away from his tribe, saying he would fetch wood. He never screamed as he crossed the snow-covered winter mountains. The soles of his feet were frozen and dingy, but it didn’t matter. It would be much more honorable for him to meet and eat monsters than to live his whole life like a bug.

He crossed mountains and mountains and reached a distant village where he no longer had to run into them. He looked monstrous to anyone, with green skin and protruding fangs, but he was not stoned. He is already too big for humans to throw stones with courage.

Alphonse is a half-orc. Unlike Orcs, he does not hunt humans. He sat in an empty house and hunted and ate monsters that entered the village on their own, and soon people opened their hearts to him.

He learned to speak. He learned to write He learned culture. Instead of protecting the weak from the pack of wolves, Alphonse brushed his hair, put on his clothes, and put on his shoes. He once thought he was so he was becoming human.

There was a girl who treated him kindly. It was a woman who lived alone with her younger brother without her father. One day he is attacked by knights in the middle of the night. No one woke Alphonse as the armored men walked to his house. The lord hated subspecies, and that was the only reason Alphonse had to be hunted. He grabbed the ax that he only used to fight monsters. Six knights lost limbs and were scattered across the house covered in blood.

Later, after interrogating frightened villagers, rumors spread that the girl had reported him for a bounty. Alphonse didn’t believe it. What he did not believe were the villagers, whom no one had come to help. So he left with an axe.

He could talk and read a little, but in the end all he could do was throw an axe. Alphonse knew that by now, what he was doing was what adventurers should have done. The reason they didn’t come to the village was because there was Alphonse who protected them even without giving them a silver coin.

So he became an adventurer. Having survived dozens of battles with monsters, he was no longer a cowardly orc. He killed goblins, kobolds, gnolls, and ghouls at random. Before he knew it, he became a bloody orc, and that’s how he became a green adventurer.

However, the colleagues who received the same request could not follow him. His party completely relied on him. He left the guild on his own, knowing that they would never become stronger if he remained. He doesn’t believe in human strength. He and he arrived here by boat across the sea.

Alphonse is a warrior. A strong warrior that no one can deny.

He will continue to slaughter life in chaos, and end his short life with an ax in his hand.

There will be no one who is neither human nor orc who will be with him forever.

So the journey will always be stained with her blood and will lead to her loneliness.

It’s a long memory.

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The atmosphere in the guild was cold. The adventurers surrounding the poster, as well as the adventurers who had been swearing a little while ago, and the colleagues who followed him were all glaring at one side. In the midst of the crowd that split on both sides in an instant, a young man was showing off his presence.

Among those who watched their fight, few knew his name. No, actually, it’s strange that I don’t care. Her face was so thin that it was impossible to believe that she had an adventurer’s pass, her hair was as greasy as a girl’s, and her hands were free of any weapons, such as swords and spears, as if she had never held a blister. To put it bluntly, if he didn’t have a plate, who would consider him an adventurer? You would think that a young boy from somewhere came out to the market.

There were few people who didn’t know that he was on the same team with a beautiful female thief who was recently attracting attention. In addition to the unusual looks of both men and women, the women’s side also won a decision victory against the half-orc, which is in the center of the topic right now. At least there was no doubt about her skill. Seeing how she treats him bluntly, she at least thinks about his skills before she expresses jealousy. She does and she makes no doubts like this. Maybe that guy too?

“…… Did you just say something to me?”

A veteran adventurer with a sharp look, Brody’s voice trembled. He would think he was talking nonchalantly, but he didn’t seem that way, at least to the listeners. On the other hand, the young man still showed an unknown pressure and mocked him to the fullest.

“Yeah, that’s what I said to you. Did you put dirt in your ears?——Close your stinky mouth. God X.”

The crowd was agitated. Rather than being surprised by the strength of his words, it seems that he was quite shocked to see that he made such a face and uttered swear words that would be common to say. Even the female thief he went with was looking at him with his eyes wide open, as if he had never experienced such an aspect.

“This is… ….”

Brody wanted to jump right at him and grab him by the collar. But what he couldn’t do was proof that he didn’t see him as just a rookie adventurer either. The skill of the thief next to him was also good, but every time he opened his mouth, a suspiciously uneasy feeling squeezed his heart.

He attributed the sensation to his common sense. There is a saying. Fighting a wizard is suicidal.

For example, if you stab someone to death with a knife, you just need to find the owner of the knife. Even if you don’t have a knife, it’s enough to look at the scars and investigate the bearer of such a weapon. Investigations are always like that.

However, if a person is pierced with magic, nothing remains but a corpse in ashes. Only mystical magic was used as a weapon. Unless the same wizards work together to point out the culprit, we will never be able to find the culprit.

That’s why, there is a story that the person who incurs a grudge and walks around his back alleys should be most careful not the one with a weapon——the one wearing a suspicious robe.

You shouldn’t pretend to be a wizard in the first place. With more than 10 years of experience as an adventurer, he couldn’t have known that fact. So, unlike the half-orc, I couldn’t be hasty against him. However, I don’t want to back down from this fight. So he decided to touch his ‘justice’ rather than grabbing his collar.

“Are you in a league with this half-orc? So are you taking sides now?”

“Uh. That’s right. Can’t you see?”

“What?”

“It is right to take sides. Do you think you’re an X-god who doesn’t even have the courage to step out when your party members are being criticized unfairly? Who are you to stay here? Don’t judge people carelessly, you f*cking bastard.”

Brodie almost backed away from the accusations that he couldn’t breathe. No, in the first place, had the same adventurers exchanged insults like this before in this guild? He himself was very hot, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that he was being harmed.

“…… These are pairs, you guys, did you give the guild any extra money? Why are you stealing other people’s requests at will, huh!?”

Brody shouted in a deliberately loud voice, as if declaring. There is no owner of the request until the request is brought to the window and accepted by the guild, but before that, the adventurers flocking to the poster trade with each other or go through a schedule adjustment. In such a climate, the request they were supposed to take on was canceled, and suddenly a separate party was organized outside the guild, so it was natural for them to complain. He tried to elicit their response by stimulating the sympathy of other adventurers. However.

“So what? Say you can’t? Or, reject the request set by the guild and hand it over to you guys? Don’t you think it makes no sense when you say it?”

“… ….”

“I don’t like strong monster subjugation requests, and I’m only going to explore the labyrinth, but the down payment is expensive, so I was territorial and steamed it in advance. No?”

Gossips gossips. Brody blushed in the midst of his chattering crowd. Even though the young man’s words were somewhat rough, he was pointing to the core. As long as he has survived as an adventurer, he has increasingly refrained from taking risky requests and pursued only possible gains. The same goes for his party members. He just uses the fact that he has a long career in the guild to create an atmosphere, and that strategy has worked so far…… The strategy didn’t work at all against those who didn’t notice others at all.

“X haircut… ….”

He just gritted his teeth and glared at the young man. Even though he’s a wizard, can he really dodge his archer’s surprise from a distance? His mind was already stained with bloodstains.

It can’t go on like this. Brody cooled his head. Raising his voice against half-orcs is fine. After all, he is not welcome here in the guild. Even when the half-elf intervened, he thought that a stupid elf who had just arrived in the city would not be able to push him away. He stayed in the guild for 10 years and the reputation and reputation he built up didn’t go anywhere. However, the situation is different for them.

First of all, the thief standing over there. She has already proven her skills, and is an adventurer who enjoys a higher value than anyone else now that her adventurer rating is too low compared to her skills. And although she hadn’t shown anything yet, many assumed that he was also a wizard of the same level. Brody, who has a bit of a reputation but has a high commission fee and has limitations in going back and forth between blue and yellow, and who has the potential to grow infinitely in the future, which side will the adventurers line up in advance? The answer was already out there.

──Come to think of it, that’s true. After all, aren’t they the only ones getting angry? Orc stood still.

──If you want to make money safely, you shouldn’t be an adventurer. You said you’ve been here for 10 years?

──He looks like a young boy, so he says everything, I like it.

──I don’t like the face of the orc, but it’s okay if you find fault with it.

As the whispers intensified, Brody mustered up his last courage and raised his head. At least when he backs off, he shouldn’t give off the impression that he’s easygoing. He seems to be able to spit words out loud, but can a boy who uses magic from a distance not be overwhelmed by the spirit of a real adventurer? He strode closer and thrust his head in with the intention of bumping his shoulders.

And then. The moment the half-elf touched the rapier at his waist and the thief lightly pressed his ankle to the ground. Brody inadvertently faced the young man’s gaze——a thrill.

“Heo-eok.”

A very, ominous feeling. This feeling of someone physically grabbing your heart. During that short time, he had the illusion that he was cursed. That inorganic feeling, something behind the cynicism. He was already afraid of him. 10 Years of experience speaks for itself. I couldn’t even think of a wizard wearing a gray plate with no name engraved on it.

──What is it? Are you just going?

──I thought we were going to fight again.

──Then will that lady over there stay still? The last time I saw it, I couldn’t even pick out the bones.

──I was so scared, but I just wiped my mouth and went, I opened it, I opened it.

Brody, who was about to brawl with his shoulder, stumbled strangely in front of the young man, and then ran away in an instant, passing through a gap in the crowd. His party, left behind in ridicule, left the guild a step too late.

“Jin.”

In the middle of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of I heard a voice calling me. I turned to see Mira resting on my shoulder and giving me a worried look. I put my hand on the back of that hand and smiled.

“…… Are you okay?”

“Sure.”

The crowd dispersed in an instant, and Alphonse’s large physique, which had been somewhat hidden, came into view again. He relaxed a little in his hand holding the axe and strode toward me.

Would you like to thank me for your help? No, considering his blunt personality, he might pass by without saying anything. Rather, you might hear that I interfered with my fight. Of course, it wasn’t an act of asking for a greeting, so it didn’t matter. He paused next to me and only uttered a single word in a low voice.

“You made a fuss. …… Egg plant.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

I don’t have time to stay here. Well, from now on I have no time to waste.

I deliberately called out in a loud voice to Chloe, who stood blankly in the crowd and looked this way.

“Let’s go, Chloe!”

“Oh, yes.”

The preparations are complete. A carriage sent by Alicia will arrive in a little while.

We will head to the labyrinth from now on.