Episode 8 - 『The Falcon Clan』
The Adventurer's Guild's training grounds are located in a separate area from the main guild building.
It is located outside of the circular enclosure of the city of East End, where it juts out like a castle.
With a moat surrounding the city.
It is surrounded by a forest where many demons appear, known as the "Eastern Forest" by the residents.
If you cross the stone bridge that leads out of the city and turns to your left, the training ground is right there.
「Please let me use the training grounds.」
At the entrance to the training ground, he called out to the guards who were chatting while looking out at the black conifer forest and blue sky.
The guards looked back at Kian and raised their eyebrows.
「"Garbage Scavenger", huh. Have you come to train again?」
「Yes, sir.」
「Sigh, it doesn't matter how much training a magician like you does, it won't make any difference. You can't even think about going back to your country and paying your respects to your mother, heh?」
He said that while playing with the adventurer's card that Kian held out to him and looked into his face.
Another guard shouted "hey".
「This adventurer's card has an expiration date. It expires at the end of this month. Renew it, you fool.」
「No, that's ......」
『You don't have to answer honestly, or you'll just get yourself into trouble.』
「Oh, ...... that's right.」
「Huh? What's with the "that's right"?」
The guards looked at him suspiciously.
Kian shook his head in panic.
「Ah, n-no! It's nothing.」
「It's not nothing, right」
Suddenly, a young man's voice echoed from behind him.
There were signs that some men and women were approaching him.
When the guards and Kian turned toward the city's stone bridge, they saw four men and women there.
「Kian-san there had his adventurer's license revoked by the guild yesterday.」
Leading the way was a young man with curly brown hair.
He was about seventeen or eighteen years old.
His face was reasonably well-groomed, and his fresh eyes gave him a clean impression even with his unruly hair. He is unmistakably handsome. However, he is not a picture-perfect nobleman, and his tanned skin and slightly misshapen arms show that he comes from a lowly background with experience in farming.
Kian knew this man.
「Funnelwing......」
「It's been a while, Kian-san. It's been a long time since we last partied together. I've seen you around the Adventurer's Guild from time to time, but you were so shabby that I had to pretend to be someone else. I'm truly sorry.」
Kian put his hand on his head and put on a smile.
「Th-That's quite a harsh thing to say.」
「That's a fact. "Garbage Scavenger".」
This time, he was pushed in the chest with a thud.
It was a tall monk who came out of the side of Funnelwing.
However, unlike Kian, he is wearing vestments belonging to the Western Church.
He had red hair and a wild face.
This man was also known to Kian.
「...... Roses-Pitt. Long time no see. How have you been?」
「Don't you dare call me that! Just seeing your face in the morning makes me feel terrible.」
「Oh my god, Roses-senpai, you're awful! That old man Kian is about to cry! You should stop that, kyahahahahaha!」
It was a flamboyant blonde woman wearing a sorcerer's robe who hugged the delinquent monk, pressing her breasts against his muscular arms as she did so.
She looked like a young woman of today's generation, with her robe modified to open wide at the chest and her long skirt slit to the height of her hips.
Her rich, wavy blonde hair showed her ears, which were covered with red earrings.
Kian frowned.
「Francisca, wandering around in such light clothing again ....... You'd better put on some proper adventurer's reinforced pants.」
「Haaah? Ugh. I'm the rear guard, so I'm fine with this. I'm not a magician like the old man, so I can defend myself without it. Beside ......, this look is cuter than wearing shitty reinforced pants. Right, Roses-senpai?」
「Ah, noisy. Get away from me, it's hot. Or at least put on some pants.......I don't know where to look.」
「Ah, are you embarrassed?」
A flirtatious blonde woman is badgering a delinquent monk named Roses-Pitt.
She - Francisca - is what is called a genius.
Normally, a magician would have to study at the academy in Royal Capital before becoming a magician, but this woman is not based on any particular theory.
And yet, somehow, she can twist natural phenomena to her advantage.
It's not stable, but she can at least control basic magic such as making fire or collecting water from the air or ground, so she is considered a magician in the East End.
Just in case.
(If the shamans and messenger in the monastery in Azrair saw her, they would be amazed at how crazy she is.)
They'll be surprised, they'll mock her, and they'll pity her in the end.
I'm sure they think she has grown up in a terrible home environment.
『Hmm, the cat-haired young man over there - Funnelwing, I think he was called - said earlier that you were a party member with these four?』
The glasses asked in telepathic.
Kian nodded slightly.
(Yeah, I was a member with these three)
It was about a year and a half ago.
He was invited by Funnelwing and Roses-Pitt, who had come from a farming village in the mountains, to work as a baggage handler and scout for their party, the Falcon Clan.
Along the way, they came into conflict with the Yellow Gang, a gang of slum kids, and in the process, Francisca, a sorceress, joined them.
When the four of them were all together, the Falcon Clan had reached the 8th class of the party rank.
It was a while after Francisca had joined that Kian was taken off the force.
Every time he had warned Francisca every time that she didn't know the first thing about being an adventurer, she would have been very upset, one day, she said to them, "I don't like Kian's old man, he's dirty and disgusting," and he was kicked out by Funnelwing and Roses-Pitt who agreed with her.
『Hmm, I know you're a good person, but didn't you think that excessive meddling would be frowned upon?」
(It's better than having the whole party wiped out. Besides, by the time I got kicked out, I was starting to drag them down in terms of abilities.)
In fact, a year later, the party rank of the Falcon Clan was now the 6th class.
Up to the 7th class is a low-level adventurer, and from the 6th class is an intermediate adventurer.
Now, the guild's name for the Falcon Clan is Hope.
It is the most talked about young and up-and-coming party in the guild, next to Order of the Lion led by the hero Lynn.
『So, ......, you don't know about the silver-haired girl over there?』
The glasses referred to the girl standing like a shadow behind Funnelwing, Roses-Pitt, and Francisca.
Kian casually slid his gaze over to her.
「――」
Her silver hair shines in the morning sun.
Two ears popped out from her hair.
Her eyes are a fiery light blue, somewhat wild.
Her peach-colored lips are thin and tight, and her nose is perfectly straight.
She was an incredibly beautiful girl with a combination of dignity and cuteness.
She was so beautiful that she gave him the cold impression of an ice princess.
The way she stood was straightforward and pleasing to the eye.
Her trunk never wavered, and her body never swayed.
Perhaps because of this, she had a strange sense of presence even though she was standing modestly behind them.
(Silver wolf tribe girl ......?)
Kian thought to himself as he looked over her silver ears and bushy tail.
(I've never seen her before. The fourth member of Falcon Clan was frequently replaced, but I wonder if he was recently replaced.)
『Kufufu.......I didn't expect to find such a delicious-looking person in such a remote area.』
(Delicious-looking?)
『You got it? That silver wolf woman has a strong energy that seems to gush out from her.」
（The Silver Wolves are the descendants of the ancient god of fertility, the Great Wolf Wollo. There are only a few of them, but they are all extremely strong. For example, the Storm Crowd, a mercenary group made up entirely of them, is without question one of the strongest fighting groups in the west. Of course, their physical abilities and magic power must be absurdly high.)
「What it is, why are you staring at me?」
Perhaps she couldn't take Kian's gaze any longer, the girl from the Silver Wolf tribe opened her mouth.
Her voice sounded serious and high-pitched.
Her voice was dignified, quiet, but clear.
Kian hurriedly looked away.
「N-Nothing」
「......Hmph」
The girl looked at Kian for a while but soon turned her gaze away as if she had lost interest.
「You'd better not look too hard at her, Kian-san」
Funnelwing gives a nasty smile.
「She's going to break your arm. Gao! *heh**heh**heh*」
「Hahahaha, you're trying to flirt with Serena, haven't you, old man? Gross!」
「I-I'm not!」
『Hou, this Silver Wolf girl is called Serena? I'll keep that in mind.』
「I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation.」
The guard who had been crossing his arms beside him earlier stepped in between Kian and Funnelwing.
「Kian, a 9th class adventurer. Is it true what Funnelwing- ...... dono said earlier?」
He deliberately emphasized "Tono".
He's a guard in the middle of nowhere, but he's probably from the knight class.
Funnelwing is the hope of the adventurer's guild, but from his point of view, he's probably just a hair out of place.
Anyway, Kian shook his head.
「Not exactly. It's just a revocation, but I haven't been officially expelled yet.」
「Hmmm? So there's a time limit, huh? Well, ......, that's good then.」
After saying that much, the guard returned to his original position and began to talk with his companions again, looking up at the sky.
Kian smiled a social smile and turned to the members of the "Falcon Clan".
「Funnelwing. Do you guys use the training grounds too?」
「Hah, no way. We're going to the Eastern Forest to defeat a demonic beast. It's not like we're bored people like Kian-san.」
「I mean, come on. Old man Kian, is it okay for you to waste your time here? Didn't you get your license revoked? Don't you have to get a new job?」
Francisca asked me in a ridiculous tone.
『She's right about this one.』
(I've already been to the mediation office)
If it was good enough for him to go to the mines and the great ice wall, he would have signed it and been done with it, but he still want to stick with it while there is still time.
Kian looked down at the wooden sword in his left hip.
(I came out like this because I knew I could use magic, but maybe this is just another way to escape reality.)
『What are you saying? Once you know that you can use magic, go to the Adventurer's Guild and show them what you can do. I'm sure they'll all roll their eyes in amazement.』
(I hope so.)
Funnelwing turned his heel as Kian listened to what the glasses had to say.
「Let's go, everyone. We don't have time for this dropout.」
「See-yaaa☆」
「.......Get the hell out of here, you "Garbage Scavenger"」
Roses-Pitt came all the way up to close range, snarled menacingly, and moved away.
The only one left at the end was the Silver Wolf girl.
It seemed like she was going to walk away without saying a word, but she took one look at Kian with icy eyes and said,
「That forced laugh look on your face is so annoying. Just as a hound without fangs is worthless, a warrior without pride is worthless.」
「............」
She flipped herself around so that the wind danced softly around her.
Her silver tail swayed, and the beautifully crafted curved sword she wore at her hip made a cracking sound.
「Weakling.」
It was a word that seemed to cut deep.
The tone of voice was as if it were spitting at a worm crawling on the ground.
This is the only thing the silver wolf girl had to say, and she quickly began to follow Funnelwing and others.
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