Episode 18 A Different Outfit than Usual
The transfer was made from the hillside outside the training ground to the city of East End.
The destination of the transfer was in front of the gate to the western road.
It's not like there are any wards, and it would have been better if he had jumped directly in front of the inn, but Owl went to the trouble of showing his pass to the guards.
「Let's go, Kian-kun.」
Seeing the owl knight with a friendly smile, the guards came to give Kian a quizzical look. They were not at all convinced that someone of knightly rank, which could be considered their superior, was befriending a foreign adventurer of the lowest rank.
As for Kian, he would have liked to go to the guild's training ground to try out the Sword of Wincry, but he felt very uncomfortable saying "Thank you very much. Goodbye" to Owl, who had so kindly sent him here. It was very awkward to say goodbye and leave him behind.
So Kian invited him to have a drink at a bar somewhere, but he shook his head and said,
「It is still daytime. According to the code of knighthood, you are not allowed to have alcohol in the daytime.」
「Come to think of it, Oswalt-sama said something like that.」
「...... He is an excellent knight for sure, except that he is dirty with money and power」
A thread-eyed owl knight wrinkles his brow under his glasses.
He nervously pushed his glasses up with his fingers and continued.
「The "Order of the Sun" is essentially nothing more than a self-employed force that protects the peace and tranquility of the frontier. Their role is to serve their lord, the Count of Ezerland, faithfully and to put to death those who ignore the law and trample on ethics. And yet, what could possibly go wrong with that kind of unreasonable lending? When it is discovered that these traitors are embezzling the "aid money," the aid should be cut off. The disease must be cured at the root or it is meaningless.」
(It seems better not to bring up the subject of Oswalt in front of this guy.)
『You just realize it?』
Glasses' stunned voice.
Owl looked up and lowered his eyebrows.
「I'm sorry. I didn't need to make you listen.」
「No, sir. I will forget it soon.」
「I would be grateful if you would do so. Also please don't tell anyone about all the trouble you saw at the training ground.」
「Haha. A lowly adventurer like me won't have much influence if I say something. I'll just be ignored.」
「No, rumors spread from the smallest of places. Please do not spread the word around.」
「Of course I won't.」
Kian nodded and started walking.
He was afraid he would disturb the people passing by on the street.
Behind him, Owl followed like a ghost.
「Are you going back to the inn now?」
「I intend to. If you can't drink alcohol because of the rules, I don't blame you. I would like to thank you for sending me back another time.」
「You don't have to worry about that. I will be satisfied if you tell me about Azrair.」
「Even if you ask me about Azrair, I haven't been in Azrair since I left 15 years ago.」
「Oh, if I can learn about the people's lifestyle and culture, that's all I need to know........So you don’t even know about immigrants, which has become a problem recently?」
「Immigrants? From Azrair?」
「Yes.」
Owl nodded.
He continues as he slips away from a woman selling vegetables on the street.
「Recently, there have been a lot of Azrairians flowing into the border area. It seems that there was a terrible drought in the city of Isla ....... In addition, bandits claiming to be "Deadly Swordsman of Azrair" have been appearing in the city, killing wealthy merchants and merchant owners. Thanks to this, trade has slowed down and some towns are losing their residents because they can no longer make a living.」
「I did not know that.」
「Even though I'm like this, I am still a merchant, so I hear all kinds of things when I am doing business.」
「Then, why I've been seeing a lot of Azrairians in the street stalls lately is...」
「They are probably the residents who have flowed out of the area around Isla. Since they originally made their living by trading, they must have come out to the East End as well, aiming for a new place. There are many adventurers in this town, and those who are middle class or above have a lot of money. Even my own trading company cannot ignore the size of the economy in this town these days.」
Owl looked distantly at a group of adventurers carrying the carcass of a huge "Spoon Wing" on a cart in the direction of the main street over there.
「The level of adventurers on the frontier has definitely risen. Kian-kun, do you know the Guild Master of this generation?」
「It is Friedrich-san, isn't it? Yes, of course.」
「He is very good at what he does. Mostly because of the adventurers who are recklessly dying while new, he has created preferential quests for newbies and has developed guidelines for adventurers. In recent years, the death rate of novice adventurers has dropped to less than half of what it was a decade ago」
「If you ask me, it's like the environment is making it harder for newbies to die.」
「Fewer adventurers die before they sprout, and those who do so survive to create new "hunting wisdom"― The decrease in the mortality rate has certainly raised the level of the Adventurers' Guild. It won't be long before the adventurers of this East End city will be considered the best in the direct jurisdiction of Her Excellency Mariabelle」
「And there are even some fierce adventurers like Lynn.」
「Haha」
Owl pushed up his glasses and opened his eyes.
The black, ruthless hunter's eyes, reminiscent of an owl's, are revealed for a moment from under the lids.
「He is ...... Probably attracted to things that are not good. I would advise you not to get too close to him」
「Things that are not good ......?」
「Have you ever seen him up close? The hand that holds the magic sword draws a dark, dark shadow, and the magic power that surrounds him reeks of death. That thing must have a reaper attached to it.」
Owl said that and lifted the edge of his mouth so that it looked as if it would tear to the ears.
Apparently, he laughed.
From the well-shaped mouth, inhuman jagged teeth peeked out.
(Sounds like a terrible thing to say isn't it ...... It is true that Lynn is a rather quiet person in private, but...)
『That reminds me, I remember that you were at Lynn's party for a while.』
(Yeah, about three months as a scout. That was when they were just starting out. I even briefly taught them how to dive into dungeons and such......Though, I was quickly overtaken and banished from the party from being treated as an unwanted child.)
『Why are you so banished?』
That's because I was useless――Kian was about to reply to the glasses, when Owl, who was walking beside him, spoke up again.
「If you would like, why don't you visit one of the stores under the control of my trading company? I'm sure they sell useful ornaments for adventurers.」
「Really? But jewelry is too expensive for me.」
「What is your budget?」
「About two hundred silver coins.」
「I see. Well, but just looking at them is free. If you like, I can show you aro――」
He was speaking enthusiastically, but then, in mid-sentence, he turned his attention to the scene on the central street and stopped, as if in rapture.
Kian also stopped and looked ahead.
(Ah ......)
『Hohoo. A tavern's sex business, huh? It's getting worse than yesterday』
Just as the glasses said...
In front of the taverns on both sides of the main street.
Almost naked women were attracting customers.
Cries of "Kyaa, kyaa" and shrill voices are heard everywhere.
It seems that male adventurers, taking a break from hunting, are molesting the waitress in the tavern, who is dressed shamelessly.
Let alone at night, I think this is probably the first time I've seen public morals disturbed like this in the daytime, even though I've lived in this town for more than a decade.
「What is that?」
Owl muttered in a high voice.
He was shaking the bird's feathers on his armor.
It was a little funny, like an owl after a dip, but Kian couldn't bring himself to smile because of the atmosphere. If he smiled, his friendship with the owl who was snapping beside him would go beyond a rupture.
「You, what's this all about?」
Owl wrinkled his brow and stopped a passing guard.
The two or three guards who were stopped gave the man in the strange bird costume a suspicious look, but their expressions quickly changed when they saw the emblem on the armor worn by Owl.
「It's a tavern business, sir.」
「Business ......? These ladies appear to be naked, though」
Owl points to the nearest tavern storefront.
Most of the women touting were brown-skinned women who appeared to be from Azrair.
Were they immigrants who had just been told?
They were wearing string-like underwear and shaking their hips.
I could already see their genitals openly exposed
(It was erotic. It might be a smart business, though)
Kian thought so.
It would be hard to get a woman from the East End to do that.
Her family would most likely live in the city, and openly exposing even her genitals would end her life in many ways afterward.
The pay would likely be quite high.
But with immigrant women, the wages they would pay would be lower.
I'm not sure how ethical that is, though
And what about the legalities of the East End――?
Beside Kian, Owl's lips twisted up.
「Stop them immediately! What the hell are they thinking at this time of the day ......! Don't the residents here know the concept of public morals?」
「No, but, sir」
「No buts and stop talking back! Are you still the guards who protect the public order and morals of the city!? ...... Kian-kun, I'm sorry. I have an urgent matter to attend to.」
「Oh, no. Don't mind me.」
「I was going to ask you a lot of questions about Azrair, but it's a shame. We'll talk about it next time. Will you come to the training ground again?」
「Yes, ......, probably. Even if I don't come, just give me a call at the nearest Adventurer's Guild and I'll be there. That is, if I am worthy of your time, though」
「I see, then I have no hesitation in parting with you once here.――You and you, follow me! We're going to crack down on those who are running this shameless business one by one from now on.」
「O-One by one!? That's ridiculous, do you have any idea how many there are!?」
「...... you mean to tell me that there are a lot of stores that do this?」
「――――!?」
Crap――The guards looked at each other, but it was too late.
Owl clicked his tongue three times in a row and pushed his glasses up again and again with his fingers.
「Excuse me, Kian-kun――Come on, we're going, follow me.」
「*Sigh*......」「...... kuhh.....」「Overtime is confirmed......」
The owl curtsies and gallops briskly away.
Behind him, the country guards followed eerily close behind.
Kian bowed to Owl's back, and then he left the place quickly, heading in the direction of East Street to the Guild's Training Grounds.
...... The loud, angry voice of Owl was immediately heard echoing from behind.
× × ×
After four hours of lightly examining the performance of the Sword of Windcry in the training ground,
Kian's shoulder, which had been injured in the battle with Renault de Chatillon, began to ache, so he decided to end his training early
It was now dusk, and the adventurers who had finished the day's hunting were pouring out of the Eastern Gate.
Kian followed the flow of adventurers to Central Street.
The shameless business on Central Street seemed to have died down for the moment.
Thanks to Owl's crackdown, it seemed that the dubious business was under control.
However, if you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of girls serving in the taverns dressed in risqué attire.
Kian, looking at them sideways, thought to himself―"Speaking of which, I've used up all my magic power, so I'll have to replenish it again".
And then, as usual, he passed through the entrance of "Pig's Feet Pavilion".
Inside, the shop was on the verge of being full, and employees in serving clothes were busily moving about.
Esther can be seen in the back.
She was talking with the freckled waiter - Moimoi - at the counter with a serious expression on her face.
It seems better not to call out to her because she looks busy.
(But still, it's a great thriving business. I guess it's because Robert's food is so good, though)
Other taverns may serve their food in a poor or messy manner, but at Pig's Feet Pavilion, the food is presented in a way that is both appetizing and tantalizing.
The fact that the shop also offers a modest selection of overpriced sweet dishes is also an impressive feature.
『This is where the genius and the obsessive nature of the geniuses end up. He may be better than the cook in my castle.』
(Who the hell are you, really ......)
「――Welcome」
While Kian was intimidated by the bustle of the tavern, a calm voice called out to him from behind.
It sounded very familiar.
Or rather, it was Serena's voice.
「Ah, so Serena had come――」
To eat to?
As he turned around and was about to continue to say so, Kian was speechless
「......? What's up? Why don't you sit down quickly before the seats fill up?」
The silver-haired girl who said this to him like it was nothing was wearing the serving clothes of the Pig's Feet Pavilion.
「―――――――」
The dark, off-the-shoulder serving outfit.
A dazzling white apron with a fluttering mini-skirt and a front apron.
Of course, those are the clothes that Esther and her friends are wearing.
And right now, Serena was wearing it.
「W-what ......? What's with that scary eyes?」
Kian can see her white shoulders.
And the hollows of her shoulder blades.
Her breasts, which were of average size, modestly raised the bosom of her serving dress and accentuated her slender waist.
Esther, for example, wears white knee socks under her miniskirt, but in Serena's case, they were black knee socks.
The black knee socks gave a color contrast to her silvery natural short hair and the translucent white skin of her race.
White and black.
It was the origin and the pinnacle of the color palette.
「――――. Serena.」
「Hmm?」
「What are you doing?」
「Part-time job」
「Ah, you do?」
「Esther-san hired me temporarily. Apparently one of the employees got sick.」
「Right ......」
「Kian? Your heart's beating fast. What's wrong?」
Serena turns her worried light blue eyes on him.
She sniffs and looks at Kian's shoulder.
「Are you hurt?」
「No, I'm fine.」
「No, you're not.」
Serena raised her eyebrows and leaned in closer.
Her legs, encased in knee socks, are slender.
Kian thought Esther was slender, too, but looking at Serena's legs, he could tell she was actually pretty plump.
「You have to patch it up properly.」
She says so and gently extends her white fingertips.
Her armpits, which were shaded pale, were exposed.
「I――I'm fine!」
「......? You sure?」
「Oh, yeah. More importantly, I'll order something.」
Kian said as he ran away to get a seat nearby.
Serena was following close behind.
(Her silver tail is swaying ......)
From under her skirt.
The serving clothes she is wearing are for humans.
That is why the skirt does not have a hole for the tail.
Serena had a long tail hanging from under her mini-skirt.
In that one, if you put any pressure on the tail, the skirt would flip up and her panty's buttock will be exposed――
「――――!」
Kian gulped and swallowed his spit.
『I can't believe this is the man who was trying to cut down the flying dragon's breath with a wooden sword during the day』
「Kian, what would you like to order?」
「Serena.」
「Me?」
「No, that's not it. How should I say ...... about your outfit, ero ...... I think it's too revealing.」
「Is it? But Esther-san and everyone else are wearing it too, though」
「Yes, they are.」
「Besides, if it's how revealing it is, it's not too different from my regular clothes. The only difference is whether I'm wearing a skirt or shorts.」
Serena says this matter-of-factly, looking down at Kian, who has taken a seat, with a blank expression on her face.
She shakes her silver tail once to the side.
「Got it. I'll try not to mind too.」
「Hmm.」
「About the order, though, I'll have the 'Kian Special". If you tell the kitchen staff, they'll know.」
「Hmm. What would you like to drink? Ale?」
「Just water.」
「Kian doesn't drink at all, does he? It's not good. You'll lack nutrition.」
「Wine, then. The cheapest one you have.」
「Roger」
Serena nodded and turned away.
Her buttocks were wrapped in a miniskirt.
Her slender thighs between the kneecaps were undeniably eye-catching.
Unlike in the case of Esther, the fabric of the knee socks does not bite into the flesh of Serena's thighs at all.
This is probably due to the lack of fat.
Her knee-backs were wrapped in the black sock fabric, creating a healthy dimple.
「―――――」
Her silver tail.
It swayed and wagged.
「――――!」
His hands were moving first.
Kian reflexively clutched the thin, long sole that was sticking out from under her mini-skirt.
「Piiiiihhhh!?!?!?!?」
The silver-haired girl let out a mysterious scream and jumped up about two meters.
When she jumped, her mini-skirt flipped up at an angle that only Kian could see.
Black.
And it's a pair of string pants for beastmen.
Kian's face heated up.
Why is she wearing such naughty underwear in such a revealing outfit?
If the skirt were to be raised, the line of her groin would be visible!
If she hadn't been shaving, even her hair would have been exposed!
(Only I would be allowed to see it――!)
The hand holding the tail tightened its grip.
He felt a tremendous jealousy flare up.
「~~~~~!! Ki-Kian!」
「――Ah......!」
「.......!」
「S-Sorry!」
「――――!」
Serena's string pants had shifted because of the tugging on her tail, and she was fidgeting and shaking her hips, gripping the fabric of her skirt.
Her white legs in black knee socks rubbed against each other.
「My bad. I couldn't help it ......」
「You couldn't help it? ..... You couldn't help it!?」
Serena's eyes were moist with anger.
The dog ears that had been mixed in with the silver hair stood up and trembled slightly.
「I won't do it again. Forgive me.」
「...... Really, what are you thinking?」
「Your tail was moving and I wanted to grab it.」
「Is Kian a child?」
「I can't say anything. ......」
「Forget it.」
Serena let out a small breath, still blushing in her cheeks.
She continues with an accusatory look.
「Leaving that aside, I'd like to ask you something」
「Hmm?」
「Where have you been all day?」
「Where ......, the training ground of the "Order of the Sun". I sent a crow with a letter, didn't I?」
「I got a letter, but I don't understand it at all. What is the Order of the Sun?」
「The Knights of the Ezerland. What, are you mad?」
When Kian asked her that, Serena puffed up her cheeks and looked away.
「Not really. I'm not angry.......But I was thinking of inviting Kian to a quest or sword training.」
「Ah ....... I'm sorry I left you behind.」
「L-Like I said! It's not that I'm sulking because I was left behind-mon!」
「...... "Mon"?」
「――――! ~~~~~!」
「Oh, Kian-san, welcome back! ...... Serena-san, what's wrong?」
Esther comes pacing from the back of the store.
She is dressed in her usual ponytail and white knee-socks in a serving dress.
But when she stands next to Serena, you can see that she has a soft, girlish body.
(This is why her vagina is so bristly. ......)
Kian crossed his legs to hide his erection and smiled.
「It's nothing. More importantly, I'll have a 'Kian Special', please. My drinks are wine.」
「Ah, okaay! Serena-san, please help me.」
「Okay ...... Kian, I'll talk to you later.」
Serena walks away with glazed blue eyes.
Her walk is beautiful, as she has been working out.
Her back was straight.
However, she does raise her shoulders in anger, though.
「......I'm losing a little bit of my confidence.」
Esther, who was the only one left, muttered to herself.
She gazed at Serena's beautiful back figure with narrowed eyes.
『Kian, follow up.』
(Right. Okay.)
「――I think Esther is cute too.」
「Fuee!?」
「Serena is a little too skinny. I think Esther is about right.」
「......Even though you told me to lose weight before when you pinched my belly ......」
「I didn't say that, though」
「Liar. Kian-san, you used my tummy meat to make your di......pe, nis....」
「Esther.」
Kian chuckled.
「You're in the middle of serving a customer, right? You're not supposed to say that.」
「―――! Y-Yes, that's right. Goodness me, I'm so vulgar ......」
Esther mumbles and walks toward the counter to get the food. Incidentally, the pervert adventurer's hand that was extended to her butt on the way was knocked off at every turn by Serena, who was by her side.
As one would expect from a swordsman in the vanguard.
(But to be honest, she's not as good as Renault and Oswalt.)
Kian took out a canteen from his backpack while thinking so.
With a smile plastered on his face, he gently puts his lips to the drinking cup.
The water inside was lukewarm as if it had been exposed to the heat of the day.
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