I Haven't Been an Adventurer in a Long Time
Three months have passed since we entered the academy.
After becoming friends with Fran Ojou, I started to enjoy school life somewhat, but it still lacked stimulation...
The things I learned at the academy helped me develop skills other than swordsmanship and magic, but to be honest, they are not very good. I've already mastered most of the skills that would be useful to an adventurer, so other than that, it's all about other occupational skills.
I want you to understand that the new skills that Rain and I have recently acquired are [Butler] and [Maid]...
As for me, I'm going to be working with McQueen-san to run the branch in the royal capital, so I started studying the commercial subjects. Rain started studying aristocratic subjects with Fran Ojou, but perhaps she wasn't very interested in it, she didn't develop any skills for that.
Getting back to the story, the story is that we are bored with school life. So, for the first time in a while, I decided to spread my wings as an adventurer.
There are other reasons for this than just boredom. That's also my problem lately.
There's someone who's been looking at me since I entered the academy.
There are various people looking into me; some notice my [Detection Magic] and look at me from outside of [Detection Magic] range, some follow me without noticing, and others look like rogues no matter how you look at it. There was a wide range of people, from those who could be called secret spies.
When I looked at the rogues, I could confirm, they turned out to be the prince's errand boys. The spy is a member of the Saint Duke family and is Ayako's errand person.
The only thing that I couldn't confirm was the faction coming from outside of my [Detection Magic].
So, I hoped to catch this faction by going out of the capital for a week or so as an adventurer.
After applying to the academy office for a [one week leave of absence for adventurer work], Rain and I received a request from the adventurer's guild.
"Onii-sama...... are we searching for bandits? It's a pretty challenging request, but will we be okay with it?"
This time, we decided to accept a request that we had never taken before. After all, most of the requests in the royal capital where there are few forests where monsters are prevalent, are [Escort a Merchant] or [Search for Bandits]. The only thing related to monsters is hunting wolves or horn rabbits for meat in the nearby forest.
Rain seems to be a little anxious, perhaps remembering that she killed someone on the way before... but exterminating bandits is also an adventurer's job. I think we have to get used to it.
"I understand that you're worried, but... you have to get used to this kind of work. If you have hesitation when it comes to protecting someone, you won't be able to protect them. So let's get used to it little by little, okay?"
"Yes……"
While comforting Rain, who was still unsatisfied, I compiled the information on this bandit search.
The bandit appears on the northern road that connects the Empire and the Royal Capital. The bandit's target was the slave trader's wagon, and currently, three groups of slave traders who are thought to have headed this way from the Empire are missing.
It has been confirmed that all three groups have left the northern duchy, so it is certain that they have disappeared within the kingdom. And it is predicted that the road connecting the northern duchy and the royal capital will be the attack point of the bandits.
This time, we were asked by the adventurer's guild to spend a week investigating the road between the northern duchy and the royal capital.
Just in case, even if nothing is found in the investigation, the reward will be paid. There will be a separate reward if any clues are found. A contract that states that if you capture or subdue the bandits, you will receive a separate reward based on the number of bandits.
At the adventurer's guild reception desk, we were warned, [If you're a party of two, if you encounter a bandit, don't push yourself too hard and run away].
And with that, Rain and I went out through the north gate of the capital.
This time, I actually thought about summoning Ginko, but decided against it. If we ride on Ginko's back in Fenrir form, we can quickly travel between the northern duchy and the royal capital, but if we do it on the highway, it will stand out and cause unwanted misunderstandings in the carriages of travelers and merchants.
If it were Rain and I, it would take about a week to reach the northern duchy...
Since we wouldn't be able to make it in time for the school leave period, we decided to turn around at the halfway point and explore mainly the outskirts of the royal capital. I have already reported this plan to the Adventurer's Guild.
"Now, will there be a snake or a monster..."
I started working as an adventurer for the first time in a while with Rain, looking forward to what would happen.
Tftc
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