Elfaria Chapter 45

045. Half-Dwarf Girl

　Disputes in the city do not occur as often as one might think――I remember hearing that somewhere.

　The reason for this is simple and clear.

「Wow. That's quite a crowd!」

　It is common sense that if you are going to start something, you should do it in a place where there are few or no people because you will attract people's attention even if you don't want to. However

「You're just a woman, don't yell at me!」

「I mean, we're the ones who should be complaining!」

「I spent all my hard-earned money and you let me grab this piece of crap!」

　From the looks of it, it was obvious that both sides were so heated up that even an outsider like us was out of their sight.

「Hey~hey~. What on earth are they arguing about?」

　Osada-kun caught one of the onlookers nearby and asked him. It seemed that a girl and three boys who looked like fixers were arguing over weapons.

「The sword I struck couldn't possibly be defective! I mean, isn't it your fault for being such poor users!? You're just a lowly F-class fixer!」

「「「What did you say!?」」」

　...... It seems that the "tit for tat" has come this far, and it is not going to be settled in the slightest.

(Plus, with this kind of development――)

　At about the same time that I was thinking this in my mind, the three fixers drew their weapons, even though they were in the middle of the city.

　It was indeed a violation of the law, and some of the spectators even screamed.

　It's not good if we don't do anything...but a bad move will only have the opposite effect.

　I let out a big sigh and was about to take a step forward when

「Interesting! I'm not calling myself "Tobarcain" for nothing and even though I'm an apprentice, I'm not so weak as to fall behind a bunch of thugs like you!」

　When I heard the girl who took the hammer out of nowhere say, I couldn't help but say,

「Hold on a minuteeeeeeee!!!!」

　I shouted out loud.

　――That was a bad idea.

　I was already interested in the commotion, but now all the people around me were looking at me at once. What's more...

「What the hell are you doing?」

「Don't meddle with our business!」

　And the girl was also saying,

「What? Are you going to mess with me too?」

　She stared at me.

　I was stunned by the sudden change, but

「Both of you need to know where you stand. It's getting too heated, and as expected, I can't tolerate it any longer. Besides.」

　I quietly walked over to the three boys.

「I understand the situation to some extent, but what good would it do to cause a commotion here? It's going to tarnish your image. That's why.」

　I had the brown-haired boy, who seemed to be the leader of the group, quietly hold a small cloth bag in his hand so that the people around him could not see it.

(There's 500 won (about 50,000 yen) in it. Can you put your anger out with this for now?)

　When I whispered this, the boys were immediately surprised and checked the contents.

　And as soon as they realized that my words were true...

「Tsk. I certainly got too hot.」

「But I'll never buy anything from you again!」

「Let's go!」

　With that, the boys left and the onlookers slowly disappeared like the early spring snow.

「Good grief. What a disaster you've gotten ourselves into!」

　Osada-kun was right.

　But no one else knew better that it couldn't be "the end". I myself understood that very well.

「Hey! You, what are you doing unnecessarily!?」

　Sure enough, I was tangled up with a girl with auburn hair and emerald eyes.

　She was about the same age as me or a little older.

　She was about 165 centimeters tall. She was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and brown hot pants. She had a red cloth wrapped around her head and goggles on her forehead. And...

「Coult it be, are you a Dwarf?」

　I say, looking at her distinctive pointed ears.

「Well, technically, I'm a half Dwarf.」

　The girl says, still glaring at me with her arms crossed.

　Apparently, she has a very strong temperament.

「I see that you are one of them, too. But―Could it be, you? Are you one of those "Black-haired Yuuto" who is currently the talk of the town?」

　When I was asked by her, Inwardly I was dismayed that I couldn't help but ask myself, "What's with that chuuni-like name?"

「I'm certain that Yuuto Orihara, an E-Class fixer. And this is my partner, Osada-kun.」

　I'll introduce ourselves lightly.

「...... Nora. My name is Nora Tobarcain.」

　As a minimum of courtesy, the girl - Nora - introduced herself with an irreverent attitude.

「So? Why did the rumored fixer get involved in this mess?」

「I don't like to intervene either, but ...... I have business in your store.」

「My store? For what?」

「...... you know. I call myself a fixer ― or more accurately, a "Buster" fixer. I had a lot going on, and I needed some advice about my equipment, and then I was referred to you.」

「Hmmm... ......」

　She gave me a stinky look and said, "Excuse me for a moment," and then she touched my arms and thighs.

　She also asked me to show her my weapon, and I pulled out the sword I had in my belt and handed it to her.

「――Unlike those guys, at least you seem to be the "real deal". You've been working out a lot, and your weapons have seen a lot of use. Though this one seems to be near the end of its usefulness.」

　She looked at the blade of the sword, muttered to herself, and handed it back to me.

「In the meantime, it sounds like it's worth listening to, but ...... I don't think you should expect too much. Besides, right now we are――or rather, my master is having problems.」

　Hannah-san told me about it, but the details are still unknown.

「In any case, I don't want to be in debt to a guy like you, so I'll take you to the workshop. I'll even offer you a cup of tea while I'm at it.」

　With that being said, Nora took the lead and started to walk away.

　I watched her back for a while.

(......I have a feeling that this is going to be troublesome, no matter how you look at it)

　I followed her with a feeling of certainty.

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