Living as an Unemployed in Another World

60 – 3. Two Adventurers (13)

13.

Calia behaved like a maid and asked as if pleading.

“The wagon he was riding in is outside right now, …… Shall I ask you to come in?”

Why are you doing this to me? This is your inn. I wanted to say that, but on the other hand, I understood her feelings. It is meaningless in front of an aristocratic doctor who is about as high as a count. Although the words were inviting me, I felt the earnestness in his voice, as if asking me to please understand.

I thought of using this as an excuse to make fun of the young lady boss, but she felt pity for the whale (not that I am a whale) and her shrimp-like attitude pushed by her backbone, and gave her a quick nod. . At least in the future, you won’t speak carelessly to me or be hostile to me easily. With my consent, she covered her chest with great relief, bowed her head deeply, and hurried toward her door.

And after a while, the swing door, the pride of , Opened smoothly. Indeed, the tomboyish disposition is still the same, the countess’s daughter, no, now a girl who appeared in a dress that was too simple for a young lady in the position of acting lord. Alicia strode towards me, her rather curly blue hair waving like dawn waves.

“How are you? Jin!”

“It’s been a while.”

I looked at Alicia, who was smiling brightly, and smiled. No, more than that, why do you even call me by an honorific title? Thanks to that, Calia’s expression, which had become somewhat comfortable, decayed again from a distance.

That’s something I don’t know. I looked at her and gave her misleading smile. I’m honestly a little embarrassed.

Even though the legitimate owner of this estate came in broad daylight, the reaction of the customers and clerks was unexpectedly sluggish. No, rather than being sullen, it was just a reaction of ‘Who is it?’. As you can tell by asking her boss, Calia, she has been staring at me for a while without saying a word, standing upright in the corner of the counter…… To be honest, I was a bit pitiful.

He has blue hair like the sea, blue walls, skin without blemishes as if he’s grown up preciously, and even a doll-like face. Alicia, who has a look that captivates people in many ways, attracted the attention of many male customers, but that was only for a while. When she naturally sat next to Alphonse and faced me, they soon looked away. If she wore a dress worth dozens of gold coins, she wouldn’t know, but now Alicia was just an innocent girl out there. No, isn’t she colder than that? Looking at her smiling face, I seriously wondered.

“What are you doing all this far by yourself without any staff?”

“You are not alone! I brought a small wagon outside. Even if I’m fine, they nag me to be careful with my behavior.”

Looking at the cute complaints, it seemed that these were not empty words, and seeing the customers leaving after the meal saying one word at a time, I could tell that it was not a ‘small’ wagon. Well, even if they noticed the existence of her carriage, no one would immediately notice that she was the daughter of the count, no, she is now the lord’s agent.

Since she was born, she has lived almost confined in her mansion for over 16 years, so in the Lou Ver estate, even on the largest East Side, no one has probably seen her face. I shuddered for no reason as I realized that I was having a private meeting with the most powerful person in the region.

“Jin? Where are you uncomfortable?”

“Oh, no. I guess it’s just a cold. hahahaha.”

“That can’t be done! You should always stay healthy. ──I have to live for a long time.”

“Yes, thank you…… ?”

This is undoubtedly a virtue. Why is the nuance a bit strange? Is this the language of real nobility? I might have something to write about later, so I’ll make a note of it. Like when you’re making fun of Calia.

“Well, but what happened here…… ?”

I looked at her carefully and asked carefully. That would be the case, and if it were me alone, the other people sitting at the table still had faces that didn’t know why. Myra, who was with me that day, knows her true identity, but Chloe and Alphonse look at each other as they don’t know who this little lady is that is stirring the mood. While I’m trying to find a way to reveal her identity unobtrusively, the pendant Alicia puts on my neck…… She said, putting her hand on her necklace. You’re doing well, too.

“Ah, I’m late to say hello. Are you Jin-sama’s colleagues?”

“Jin…… ?”

“I am Alicia von Ruber! Count Francis, has ruled this estate by proxy since my father passed away. Since the county hasn’t been formally succeeded yet, if you feel free to call me Alicia…….”

“──!!”

Bang! As soon as Chloe heard it, she slammed the table down and made her fuss. Of course, before Mira can say anything, she pokes her finger between her ribs and she giggles and slumps back into her seat. Alphonse still had a ferocious face, but he was equally flustered, and, unusually for him, his mouth was open.

“Human woman, really? I heard that the Count died. That she had a daughter?”

“Yes. However, your colleague is very big! Your complexion isn’t good either.”

“… ….”

Alicia said with an innocent and innocent face, and Alphonse immediately shut her mouth. If you’re a veteran warrior, you’d have noticed right away. You are a completely different type of person from the people you have had an uncomfortable relationship with. It is also true that the blood color is not good. Where did she ever meet someone of mixed human and orc blood? When she talks, she just thinks she’s a weird looking human being.

“That person who is crouching there…… Are you an elf? Wow, excuse me, but I really wanted to meet you!”

“Ah, that, I’d say I’m an elf, or mixed race…… This is Chloe.”

“Aha, you are a half-elf! What? Then maybe this person…….”

“…… It’s a half-orc. Call me Alphonse.”

Even in front of the deputy lord, he still speaks in a half-hearted way. It wouldn’t be strange for her to go to prison for blasphemy, but it’s really fortunate that Alicia doesn’t care about that. She didn’t mind the fact that she was of mixed blood with a monster, and she even apologized for rudeness.

“Well then, it seems that my introduction is over. Can we talk about the main topic?”

Oh. More than that, Alicia seems to be strangely trying not to make eye contact with Mira. Is it because of my mood? Just in case, I think the trauma of strangling her throat with a necklace as much as she could in her mansion remains. Indeed, apart from the fact that she can throw her mummy into her prison with a word of her own, it is clear that she is in trouble. I gave Mira a sneaking glance, but she just shrugged her shoulders as if she didn’t understand her. I’ll ask again later

“Yes. I think there must be a reason for coming all the way here.”

“Uh…… Was it the kind of relationship where we could only meet for a reason?”

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No, what are you talking about? What are you doing with me? Look there, not only is Mira glaring at me, but Calia is on the verge of biting off her foam. Can you hear the voices of the waitresses screaming from far away?

“Jin, what kind of person is you… ….”

Chloe, what are you doing again? Now he was looking at me like an incomprehensible being. Yes, I was willing to give her the cursed item [Necklace of Terrible Nightmare] Without any cost in order to lift her curse, but I thought it wasn’t mine in the first place and the compensation was already well done with a judicial transaction. Can you be this close with just that? Regardless of my concerns, Alicia smiled and continued the conversation.

“Actually, I stopped by the guild briefly on my way to hear the news from the deputy guild leader. Jin-nim became an adventurer!”

Your Frederick, did you mean that the carriage was going? Somehow, before closing the door, I laughed toxicly. It seems that the connection that has been passed down since the count is very deep and thick enough to tell me where I am staying. When I get back, I’ll have to come up with another way to annoy him.

“Yeah, that’s it.”

“As expected! Then, there is something I would like to request personally from Jin, who has just become an adventurer. Could you please listen?”

“For me?”

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Not the mummy that had the hundred-goal bounty, but only me? She talked while looking at the faces surrounding me. Alphonse didn’t even say that he would be a colleague yet. I tried to refuse, saying I had no intention of being an adventurer, but I couldn’t refuse without listening to the lord’s words. I nodded my head first with a puzzled expression.

“Please listen to your colleagues. What I want to request is a story about our Louver estate and the neighboring Kunt estate——a ruin on the border.”

“Ruins?”

The first to respond to her words was Chloe, not me. Hearing that, Alphonse also gave off a nuance that he seemed to be grasping something, and told him to continue talking. No, it’s because this person is really the lord.

“Ruins.” According to reports, it is said to be an underground labyrinth containing the remnants of an empire that was lost in the past.”

“Labyrinth, is it? That… ….”

Again. She asks if Mira knows something, and when I look at her, Chloe hesitates for a moment before telling us.

“That is similar to the request I was arguing with that orc…….”

“Right. The content of the request I read is a report on the exploration and investigation of the dungeon in the exact location.”

What, then, did the lord’s assistant come directly to me to request a request that had already been handed down to the guild? Is it okay? Alicia listened to the two of them, nodded her head, and went on.

“Looks like you two have already heard the news. It says so in the guild, but according to our knights’ independent investigation, that labyrinth doesn’t seem to be a dungeon that adventurers usually think of.”

“Then?”

“Although I am not an adventurer, I understand the physiology of a general dungeon where monsters gather in a place overflowing with spell-infused items or special powers. However…… Currently, in the labyrinth discovered at the end of our territory, no presence of creatures can be felt in the surrounding radius, let alone monsters, and according to the report of the investigation team, no creatures have appeared on the first floor. They say they couldn’t even find a single mouse.”

“Then it’s not a dungeon…… ?”

“No, that’s not it. It is said that a skilled wizard clearly felt the presence of the spell from outside the labyrinth, so that must be true.”

This is a strange story. If you can feel the presence of a spell from outside the underground labyrinth, it means that there are magic items sleeping inside, but there is no way that the monsters will not be attracted. Anyway, the remnants of a ruined empire. Isn’t that the empire where the capital burned down in one blow from the dragon’s breath? It is also included in the history books.

By the way, Mira, why are you talking so strangely short? Alicia, who doesn’t point it out and somehow tries not to mix her words with her, is also suspicious. What the hell happened to you two More than that, now I have a bigger question.

“Well, I know roughly about the dungeon, but I’ll hear about it later. Can I ask you one thing?”

“Yes, as much as you like!”

“Why did I go to such a suspicious, seemingly dangerous place…… ?”

My plate isn’t yellow, it’s just a piece of metal I just got. When I asked with a look on my face, Alicia rather asked me back, as if asking me what I was talking about.

“Yeah, Jin is the most trustworthy person I know! I thought exploring the labyrinth was no big deal to the person who subdued the evil god Zulkar…… Ah, this…… The butler told me not to go anywhere and tell him, but oh…….”

Um. I see You’ve subdued the evil god Zul’kar. …… Who the hell

Growl. Soon there was the sound of someone from the counter taking foam and collapsing backwards. Won’t you break your head? I started to worry about Calia’s safety.