Chapter 467: Letter from the North

After parting with Colbert, we were about to enter the guild.

「Ungh」

Fran pulled herself up and took a step to the side from in front of the door. Immediately after that, something flew out of the door with tremendous force.

It rolled along the ground and stopped in the middle of the road.

「Ugh…」

It was something, or rather, a person. An adventurer. And quite strong. I'd say he's at least a rank C. I appraise him, he's just unconscious. But I don't think he'll die.

「Ga, Gareth! Are you okay!」

The adventurer who blew up, Gareth, is followed by another man, this time a small fat man, who comes running out. I wonder if he's one of the fellow adventurers. What in the world is going on in the Adventurer's Guild?

「Muh, blood thirst?」

『Could it be an attack by the Marquis' remnants?』

「Nn. Let's go!」

『Be careful!』

Fran cautiously opened the door to the guild―――.

「Look what you've done in this emergency, wasting our time with your nonsense! The theater's been destroyed, and we're all in despair! You should be thankful you're not dead!」

It seemed that Eliante was the one who was letting out the blood thirst. She was shaking his purple hair and glaring at the entrance of the guild with the expression of a madman.

「What happened?」

「Oh, Fran? I'm sorry. I kind of mistook you for those idiots.」

「The ones who just walked out?」

「That's right. They've wasted so much time!」

She's pretty angry, and her eyes glared fiercely.

「What happened?」

「Those guy―――」

Still angry, Eliante quickly rambled on about what the men had just done.

From what I could summarize, the fat man's name was Desla. He seems to be the guild master of an inn town near the royal capital.

He came in himself, bringing adventurers and relief supplies with him. He's an enthusiastic guild master about his work……

It seems that the guild master has always wanted to be the guild master of the royal capital. He also doesn't like the fact that Eliante, a woman, is in charge of such an important place.

As a result, he was always sarcastic when they met, but today it didn't end well. Desla was accusing Eliante of being responsible for the incident and pressuring her to step down from her position.

In addition, he went on and on about how 「It's not suitable for a woman」 and 「The adventurers are pitiful when a woman is their guild master」. To top it all off, he even threatened her with a rank C adventurer.

「Threatening Eliante?」

And a rank C? No, there are rank C's like Fran, but……That guy was quite worthy for rank C no matter how you look at it, and he threatened Eliante with him?

「He thought that a woman from a mercenary background was no big deal? Well, I made him pay for it!」

So that's what happened to the man before huh.

「Guild Master, What should we do?」

A man under her command asks Eliante how she would like to treat them. But Eliante, finally feeling refreshed, dismisses the men with a light wave of her hand.

「Let's just leave the idiot who tried to confuse the situation by saying something stupid in this emergency situation alone. He may look like a big shot, but the rest of the Guild masters don't like him, and if we reported him, he'll be dismissed anyway」

「Very well」

Fran, who was not interested in the situation, didn't hear Eliante's words at all. Right now, Fran's interest was in Eliante's hair.

「Why is your hair color changing?」

Yes, Eliante's hair is usually blue, but it seems to change to purple in battle. And it's still purple even now.

「Oh, this? It's called "battle colors". I've inherited a little bit of it from my parents. It changes color when I'm in a hostile mood」

It seems that not all insect-kin are like that, but only some of them. Furthermore, there are large individual differences among half-insect kin, and even if they inherit the power of the same kind of insect, their abilities and appearance are said to differ greatly.

「Sometimes they transform into combat form, sometimes they don't change their appearance at all」

「Like the mercenaries in the square?」

「You met them? Yes, that's right」

The hard shrimp and the locusts are apparently the type that usually look more like humans, but transform when they want to show off their abilities. The dragonfly and clam are usually characterized as insect, but they don't transform any more. And the fanged ants are said to have a human-like appearance and do not transform at all.

「Eliante's Friend?」

「……Well, old friends, I guess」

Actually, I've heard a bit of a story about them. It seems that she is a survivor of a mercenary group that was wiped out. It would be better if I didn't mention it too much.

『Fran, in the meantime, you can dismiss my death theory』

「Eliante, Master is――」

「Guild Master! A hawk has arrived!」

As if to interrupt Fran's words, a man came down from the second floor of the guild and shouted. In his hand, he holds a letter. It's a little crumpled, as if he's excited. It seems to have been carried by a messenger hawk from elsewhere.

「From where?」

「From the northern border. The sender is――Allesa's Guild Master」

「! Maybe it's about Raidos?」

「Yes! A force believed to be a reconnaissance unit from the Kingdom of Raidos attempted to cross the border, and the Knights of Alessa went to intercept them」

Seriously? Isn't the timing too good? Could it be that the Fanatics were also connected to the Kingdom of Raidos?

「And then! What happened!」

「Y-yes. The knights were accompanied by rank B adventurer Jean Doobie, and they annihilated the forces of Raidos Kingdom!」

At that moment, the guild was filled with the admiration of the adventurers. And the cheers soon followed. Not a single adventurer seemed to think it was a lie.

No matter how well they work with the Knights, I don't think it's very likely that a rank B adventurer would be able to destroy a unit of the Raidos Kingdom by himself.

「Fuh. No wonder he killed them all!」

By the way, Jean was a disturbing nickname.

「Jean is amazing」

「He's a guy who's been granted a special rank of A in military battles. Even the main force that was supposed to be waiting after him can be buried single-handedly, so a reconnaissance unit is probably no match for him」

Apparently, that suspicious necromanced saved the Kingdom of Kranzel with a smirk.

「I'll take this report to the king! And you, tell to the citizens! We need at least one good news right now!」

When Eliante gave instructions to her men, she himself ran out of the guild.

『Hmmm. We lost our chance to clear up the misunderstanding again……』

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