Chapter 12: (1)

Chapter 12: (1)

Dragon Slayer

Echigoya and Tanaka were seated across from each other in a private room of the guild, having some idle talk.

Have you heard? There seems to be a rumour saying that a God has appeared here and there around the hot springs resort, healing those who were injured from the dragon attack.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Echigoya spoke to Tanaka with a smile on his face, as he stared at him with eyes that didnt seem to be smiling at all.

Oh, thats news to me. I spend most of my time outside of the town to hunt monsters from dawn till dusk, after all. I didnt know there was such a thing going around.

Tanaka replied to Echigoyas inquiry in a cool manner, while averting his gaze away from him.

As were currently shorthanded, were truly grateful to them for assisting us in treating the injured people there, yes, but as this rumor began to circulate, it has caused unnecessary problem all over the place, and thats truly put us in a lot of trouble, you see.

Echigoya kept his eyes fixed on Tanaka as he continued with the conversation as such. Tanaka felt tremendous pressure from such an Echigoya.

I bet it has. Geez, I dont know who this person may be, but how outrageous! Truly outrageous!

Tanaka casually showed such an indignant expression. However, the pressure from Echigoya didnt subside in the slightest.

Tanaka was about to give in, thinking that his actions had been exposed, but the pressure coming from Echigoya suddenly subsided, as he closed his eyes.

There has been a lot of unsavory incidents happening lately, so I prefer not to have anything too conspicuous to happen around here.

As far as Echigoya was concerned, he wanted to keep Tanakas power a secret. He wanted to keep him as a trump card in case a great disaster were to occur in the future, so even as he had to make use of him right at the moment, he wanted to keep it as unnoticeable as possible.

Youre totally right there. Ill also be careful here. Ill be sure to be very careful from now on.

Tanaka, who sensed that Echigoya seemed to be quite angry with the fact that he had used the people of the hot spring resort to conduct magic experiments, emphatically agreed with him.

Tanaka nodded in his mind that he couldnt refuse Echigoya-sans request from now on.

What the hell is that?! Bullying? Somehow I can now only imagine that classy-looking guy, whos standing while leaning on the wall with his eyes shut, cowering and holding back his tears in the corner of the room!

Tanaka almost saw a hallucination that there were tears glistening in the corner of the classy mans eyes. Tanaka couldnt help but retort to the tavern old man, as he could no longer see the classy guy in a classy light.

Im not sure what youre even talking about. Currypan is, I mean was once the nickname of a master swordsman who was revered throughout the Empire, you know. Some parents would even name their children Currypan after him. Im sure that was also the case with the great sword guy.

What a sinful thing you had done, o master swordsman. At least make it a human name. Nah, that would turn into a joke name then. Typical slapstick character

What are you mumbling about now?

As they were absorbed in a heated discussion about the great sword man, someone from said group made their way to the counter.

Old man, give me the recommended strong one of this store.

The person seemed to be in mid-twenties. A woman with red hair, and a bit bossy appearance, ordered a drink to the tavern old man.

Aiyo.

In an accustomed movement, the old man poured the already arranged booze into a cup and then handed it over to the woman. The woman called out to Tanaka as she accepted the cup.

Are you by any chance also a guild member?

Swiftly switching to serious mode, Tanaka responded in a safe manner.

Yeah, I am. The name is Tanaka. Im currently staying in this town to help out with some jobs here.

As Tanaka raised his cup of milk in a toast, the woman also introduced herself.

My name is Homura. Were currently assembling a team to slay the dragon, so I was wondering if youd like to join us?

The opponent was a dragon, so surely theyd like to have every little help they could obtain, no matter how small it might be. Homura casually invited Tanaka to join them.