Side Story: Goblin Slayer
Ahh... again...
In front of me is a bag filled with magic stones. It's daunting to think that I'll have to assess this one by one again...
I can't remember how many times I wished to have an [Appraisal] skill at times like this...
It is always a couple of children, a male and a female, who bring the bags.
Recently, he has been asking me to transfer the money to his account in the guild after the assessment, as if it is a hassle to wait. At first, I thought he was being cheeky, but when I realized that I couldn't keep the other adventurers waiting while we were assessing it, I stopped arguing.
It has been six months since I was dispatched from headquarters to the Adventurers' Guild here in RockQueen.
I came here with an order from headquarters to [check the situation of the guild in Frontier Count Mascargo territory, where injuries to adventurers by goblins are on the rise, and to spy on the guild to see if any wrongdoing is taking place].
Well, when I saw the injured adventurers right after I arrived, and saw the goblin-related request requests on the bulletin board, I was able to understand the actual situation right away.
After about a week, I immediately compiled a report and sent it to headquarters. I thought this would allow me to return to headquarters, but I was told to continue supporting and assisting RockQueen.
Even with all this, I, who was in a managerial position at the headquarters, was taking care of the demi-humans in such a remote area. You're kidding me! This is like a demotion!
At first, I thought that and was annoyed, but if I wanted to go back to the headquarters, I had no choice but to quietly complete my job.
One of my jobs is to work at the counter, but the one that worries me is the children I mentioned earlier.
They visit three times a week and bring a large amount of goblin magic stones each time.
I wonder if this is fraud. So I investigated the child.
Their names are Light and Rain. Both children are 12 years old.
They have one familiar.
They have been active for two years and seem to be quite famous in the guild.
They were promoted to D rank a month before I came here, and since then they've been going on a day trip to subdue goblins three times a week.
I suspected fraud due to the surplus of numbers, so I interviewed other adventurers in the guild and conducted a background check, but the results were negative.
In the end, it was judged that there was no wrongdoing in their goblin subjugation.
According to them
"Riding on the back of a giant wolf, they rushed into a group of goblins without hesitation, and killed them one after another."
They gave testimony that made no sense.
Recently, they were hunting so many goblins that the adventurers called them [Goblin Slayers].
From my point of view, [Goblin Slayer] is a derogatory term for low-level adventurers...
But to the adventurers in this town, it is a title worthy of respect.
In fact, in the six months since I've been here, the injury rate among adventurers has gone down, as has the number of goblin-related requests. I don't blame them for thinking of these children as heroes.
But after that... we are the ones who will assess the magic stones! Do you have any idea how hard it is......
My head really hurts...
Tftc.
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