Chapter 2: Preparations for dropping the pervy(1)
"Aa... Uu.. Akh..."
"Sigh~... It seems that this man has reached his limit, huh?"
It's been a few hours since my fight with those bastards. In front of me at this time, lay the big man who was the captain or boss of the previous group, dying full of wounds.
I just did some gentle interrogation on this guy a while ago. It was a very, very, very, gentle interrogation.
Although at first insisting on refusing to say anything, the man eventually gave up and said everything he knew for not being able to hold back my little game after several loss of limbs.
"Your name is Dargutl' right?"
In response to my question, the man nodded his head. It seemed that the man had begun to struggle to even speak. Because when he moved his mouth, only a hoarse moan was the only sound he could produce.
For a man who was nearing his end like that, I whispered, "... Do you still want to live?"
The Dargutl man nodded his head with difficulty at my question. And after painstakingly stringing together words with his throat full of holes, the Dargutl man was finally able to say, ".. Aa.. Yes... Akh..."
I could feel a smile beginning to grow on my lips at the Dargutl man's words.
"... Well, I will let you live. But before that..."
*Stab!*
"-?!"
"... Let's change some things about you first."
***
"... Well, what should I do now..."
It's been a ten minutes since I started the interrogation, and I'm currently standing in the town's proud clock tower.
The Dargutl man... I've told him to do something for me before. He actually obeyed me after I gave him some magic and curses.
Sighing slightly, I glanced at a huge mansion standing in the middle of town. That is the mansion belonging to this town lord nobleman.
Of course, that didn't bother me at all - except about the fact that this perv noble who seemed to be eyeing me was now is the town Lord's guest. Sneaking and killing that perv is easy. However, it would be bad if word broke about the death of a nobleman from another town during his visit on this town. Wars between feudal areas may even occur because of it.
"... Really, what should I do?" I muttered, looking up at the blue sky that stretched wide across the horizon.
In the end, I decided to go to the Adventurer's Guild first for the time being, postponing this matter until Dargutl succeeded with the mission I gave him before.
It didn't take long for me to find that huge building. Located on the border between the trade district and the craft district, the Guild building is always filled with hundreds of visitors every day.
The building itself is not very luxurious if we ignore the size of the building which reaches more than 70 square meters. With its neat stone walls, but looks more functional than aesthetic. Above the double entrance of the building, there is a symbol of the Guild's pride: swords and spears crossed, with a pair of white wings on both sides.
While staring at the familiar scene of the Guild, I pushed open the double door, and then entered the building.
Almost everyone who was there turned to me at the time, curious about who this newcomer was. However, soon they recognized my face, lost interest while muttering, "Ah, she's huh."
Their gazes were enough to tell me what they thought of me at the moment. They must think that I am just a novice beast girl who is trying hard to live. They looked a little sympathetic, but that's all.
Because I don't want to add my troubles by attracting too much attention to me, I always hide my power. More specifically, my magic power.
In this world, the Beast Race is known as a race that has a strong physique, but has absolutely no talent in magic. At least, that's what the world thinks of them. However, after I tried to observe my body in the past, I actually found magic there, and it was also in considerable quantities. It may exceed the average amount of magic that a veteran human wizard can possess.
However, well, I never had the opportunity to say this to my fellow black cats before their deaths back then.
After researching this more thoroughly, I found that as it turned out, the Beast Race had a unique habit of subconsciously using almost all magic in their body to strengthen their physical abilities. This habit is completely happening in their subconscious, all Beast has been doing such a thing since they were born into the world.
Therefore, I will definitely cause some trouble if this magic ability of mine is known by the public.
But, isn't their gaze a little different from usual? Hm...
Ignoring all the gazes of the adventurers and merchants who were there, I walked to one of the counters that looked empty. Behind the counter, stood a woman wearing a Guild uniform with braids long black hair.
"... Eneila-san."
"Hm? Oh, Meru-chan welcome. Do you want to take the Quest too today?"
In response to my call, the receptionist woman who was there - [Eneila], the receptionist woman who has often helped me since my first arrival, greeted me with her smile when she realized my existence.
"Hm, maybe some."
"Is that so? Hm..." Eneila ask, as she sorted out the Quest papers on her desk, before handing over three types of Quests that looked pretty easy. "What about this Quests? I think this fits your ability, Meru-chan."
Unlike the high-level adventurers who are allowed to choose quests personally, I am just an F-Rank Adventurer, the lowest rank after G. Therefore, I - or rather all F-Rank and G-Rank runners, are only allowed to receive the recommended Quests by a Receptionist to minimize the deaths of young adventurers killed by choosing the wrong difficulty of the Quest.
"Goblin Extermination, and Herbal Search?"
"Yes," Eneila nodded at my question, before continuing, "But don't worry, even if these are just ordinary easy quests as usual, Meru-chan's Rank will move up to E-Rank after completing all three, you know?"
"Rank up..."
So, after these few years I hide my power and only went through easy Quests, I finally met the quota to Rank up to E-Rank, huh? Humu, I started smiling at the mere thought that I don't have to do these low-paying Quests anymore!
"I'll do it!"
"Hm, that's the spirit! In that case, show your Guild card..."
That way, I also received these three Quests after Eneila processed the Quests on my Guild card using a magic tool in the form of a black tablet that was there.
"Thank you." Receiving my Guild card back, I started walking away when Eneila suddenly stopped me with her worried face.
"Meru-chan!"
"Hm?"
After that, Eneila began to look around as if to make sure that no one would eavesdrop on anything she would say after this, before making a gesture for me to get closer to her.
"You know, um..."
I was surprised by what Eneila had to say next. It seems, yesterday, when I wasn't taking any Quests and just wandering around the town randomly, the Guild had a noble boy who seemed to be looking for a certain black cat girl.
The boy messed up and even threatened the Guild to hand over the black Cat Girl to him by introducing himself as the second son of a Viscount who was visiting this town as a guest of the town lord himself a few days ago.
That noble boy said that he accidentally ran into a brazen black cat girl when he was walking around in the city.
"... He looked so angry at that time. Did you do anything to him, Meru-chan?"
Ah... So that's the reason why the other adventurers are looking at me a little strangely today. But this is strange, I don't remember ever doing something to a noble boy... Hm? Uh, no, it's impossible... Impossible... Right? Uh...
A cold sweat began to soak my face at the time as I remembered an incident that most likely really matched what this noble boy had said.
"Meru... Chan?"
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