Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter's Hero Dream

"Oh no... half!? Impossible!"

"It's a situation where you need that arc!? Is it something that only numbers can handle in the first place!?

What the hell is wrong with this?

I couldn't hide my confusion at the fuss that started in front of me. [M]

Eva is looking at me like she's exhausted. [M]

I observe it without being able to say anything to the members who start a huge controversy.

No... is something wrong? Me.

It makes me self-admire my paintings, but "Footprints" boasts a top-notch size among the clans headquartered in this imperial capital. Its strength is also much higher than average.

The purpose for which I originally launched this clan was twofold.

The first is - to stay off the front line on the grounds of clan operation.

And the second is - to intensify interaction with other parties and to hone the sociality of the members of The Mourning Ghost.

Too talented is one thing, loneliness. Prominent talent keeps the vast majority of the talentless away.

In the case of "Ghost of Mourning," I was not lonely because all the members except me were blessed with unparalleled heaven, but that's why I felt that interaction with outside parties was lagging behind at the time.

Therefore, when I decided to create Footprints and gather the Founding Party, I used the talents and age of my members as a selection criterion.

The hunters, who are close in age and better than the Lukes, will be accepted by the Lukes.

If only someone could add members from the outside instead of me who, through interaction, has developed a lot of the sociality of the members of "The Mourning Ghost" (roughly, Luke and Liz) and is ultimately pulling my legs.

I had faint expectations and spoke from one end to the party that was famous in the Imperial City at the time.

'Black Gold Cross', in which everyone has a high resilience and attacks treasure halls of high difficulty with few casualties.

It has multiple powerful attack demon mentors and does not allow other followers if it is capable of extensively annihilating "Star Thunder (Starlight)".

The training, which was a rigorous discipline and system, kept the Knights of Lightning (Torch Nights) highly capable on average for all over ten members.

And most importantly, "Son of the Holy Spirit (Arc Brave)," which was a rival to "The Mourning Ghost".

The negotiations went amazingly well. None of my members agreed with me, and they all bought themselves negotiators with their own parties.

The purpose has not yet been fully achieved, but the end is superior. I could have left the front line, and Liz and the others, well... I want to think it's better than not making a clan.

Aside from that, the members who belong to this clan, who started with a bunch of ringing faces, are naturally brilliant.

Probably a good stimulus. After the second inning, we appropriately put in the party for no ability or relationship, but "Footprint" still maintains an elite reputation and is judged to be a growing clan.

Even the members we've just assembled shouldn't be bad enough to make such a fuss.

Ark protrudes and is strong, but I chose Ark because that's the most reassuring thing I can do, and besides, it's easy to ask, and I don't think he absolutely needs it.

First of all, think calmly. You're too much of an essential circumstance or something. What happens?

Send your gaze to Eva, who gathered all these hunters for a short time.

In the first place, the conversation about full cooperation with Mr. Gark also had a strong social normative significance, but it was too serious. You've often collected so much...

Well, I knew Eva was good, but there's only one anxiety in me.

It also costs money to move the hunter. Where does this cost come from......

I said I would cooperate fully. [M] That's why I said half is fine.

Eva took my gaze and once she nodded with a serious look, she said in a voice that sounded all over the entrance.

"Gentlemen, be quiet. Mr. Klein wants to talk to you."

To that voice, everyone finishes the discussion immediately and looks here.

Painfully silent and gazed, I coughed once to delude myself.

Seriously...... Mr. Klee needs to talk to you...... where is Mr. Klee?

No, that's okay, right? I don't mind.

Not sure what to say, I let my inner upset smile deceive me.

"Well, calm down, everybody. Think calmly, this time the treasure house that had a problem is ex-Level Three. Don't worry about it."

"It's a lie!

A wizard hunter in a black robe, who was at the forefront, screams.

A hunter much stronger than me was staring at this one with a war-torn look.

I'm not lying. I won't lie to you. I've never had one.

"By and large, the Gark Branch Manager should be moving other parties as well. It's not just about us. Indeed, the 'White Wolf's Nest' is now more dangerous than usual. I don't even know about anxiety..."

By and large, the ravages of the treasure hall by fire shouldn't be the real thing about hunters. They're called adventurers.

Everyone's expression didn't change for some reason to my logical persuasion. Not trusted at all.

It's cold to Tino's eye. Well, she has a priori called "White Wolf's Nest" the other day, so I can't help it...

Would there have been something wrong with my words...

I lean my neck again and look at everyone's face, but I'm distracted from my gaze.

It's been a long time since the hunter went into business. Is that sweetening your mind?

When you are so over-rejected, you feel like you are wrong. I'm not very confident in myself. [M]

Ask your neighbor Eva briefly.

"What do you think?

"... This time the situation is the situation. I thought we should make room."

"... hmmm..."

Apparently, Eva agrees with them in one way or another.

I look around at the members.

If I checked closely, there seemed to be a large number but no top tier. Of course there are no arcs going to nobility, no other parties such as black gold or holy thunder.

Well, that's not a funny story because that's how busy our top tier is.

But still, I think it's overpower......

If so many parties were motivated and on their way, 'White Wolf's Nest' would not even grow pencil grass.

"Hmm, what if we skip a few parties?

Even if I leave the reward issue behind, when all the parties in the footprint are gone, the person I rely on is gone when something happens.

Of course, I can't honestly say such a pity...

One hunter has protested against my attitude, which doesn't boil down.

"Master, I'm not saying anything over here, any more! You got no problem with that, do you?

"Hmmm......"

"Mostly, we're in the same clan, but it's another party. There is a cooperative relationship, but I am not obliged to follow its instructions. Or if you have a bad reason not to reduce something, just tell me!

"Hmmm... that's my best opinion"

A few hunters behind them are nodding in tune with that opinion. Don't you guys want to lose so many? [M]

What the hell are you so frightened of when you are always brave and resolute......

But yeah......

This time, I said I would cooperate with Mr. Gark in a social decree, but that's not about volunteering. My guild is a motto of freedom, so I leave the commissioning of the request to my personal discretion, but as a clan master, I will have to keep it in place around here.

"Eva, does the reward go to all of us properly? The budget over there is not infinite either. I don't think we can hire this many people.

The source of the investigation request is the Empire. The budget is determined by the degree of investigative difficulty envisaged.

It's a big anomaly that occurred at the treasure house this time, but I still don't think it's enough to hire half of the 'footprints'.

Eva answered me with a face when I gave up badly.

"They say it's not a problem. Chief Gark said he had pulled an additional budget from the state. I checked, but I was wondering if I deserved it."

"Seriously. I don't know how you've pulled the budget just to mobilize high level hunters so far... what an amazing skill."

Nothing, the Empire is not an asshole, but it should need materials to ask for an increase against the budget originally put out by the other side.

Can you imagine that... the hunters who sent you earlier to investigate brought something back, or something?

At the time you came to talk to me, you didn't seem to know anything about it, but there's a chance that something new came in while I was dating Liz.

And because of that anxiety material, our elites are nervous about reducing personnel.

Yeah, that sounds like the most likely thing.

I felt like the pieces of the puzzle fitted perfectly.

Relax so they don't notice around you.

I'm glad our members aren't the kind of people who peddle what I say. I almost made the same mistake as I did when Tino.

But if you have any new information, I want you to let me know in advance. I didn't do anything because I knew.

When I checked with Eva, she nodded slightly, glowing her glasses as usual.

"Yes. Apparently, the Gark Branch Manager used the information obtained from Mr. Klee as a material."

"Ho."

???? I have no idea what you're talking about.

I didn't know what to say, so I nodded. [M]

Is there another Klee in this city besides me? Awesome informant...... if there is such a person I would very much like to abandon it.

Did I give you that important information?

Frowning, twisting his neck.

I don't know anything. I will cooperate.

If Ark was here, I'd send Ark, but I'm not here, so I'm just saying.

I haven't said anything specific, but where the hell can I tell you enough material to convince the country...

Uh, I wish I hadn't told you to cooperate. I wasn't obliged to cooperate, so I should have said I couldn't do anything because I was busy with something else.

It's a good thing I said not to stand in regret.

... Uh, I think I'm gonna throw up. Now if nothing in particular happened, would it be my fault?

Hold your forehead and fall into self-loathing.

Uh, why is my mouth so light? This happens because I'm saying things appropriately... well, I think there's quite a problem with the Kainas receiving my words in a weird way.

Now, what's the matter with you... it won't be possible to apologize using my only pride now, high level groundhog skills, beyond trying to cope by increasing my budget.

In front of me, all the eyes of the members of the gathered clan are pierced by me.

Everyone has a serious look. There is no longer any reason to reduce the number of people than they are not being bought cheaply.

In addition, where the number of our members has decreased, we will only be replenishing our personnel from other sources, beyond having a budget.

Hmmm............... packed?

I took seriously everyone's gaze and roared for a while, but I couldn't think of anything, so I gave up.

"…………"

"Huh!?

I didn't say anything. I didn't mean to take care of this.

I just said I'd cooperate. It was Mr. Gark who decided to increase the budget.

Mr. Gurk will do something if something is said from the Imperial side. Even if you say something, I'm going through with my high level sober skills.

"Uh... no, you? Master? Really go all together."

"Ma, if you want to, I have no right to stop you."

Whatever you want, whatever you want.

Give me a subtle look like the members who were gathering here ate the shoulder watermark in a completely throwaway mode.

Don't complain, even if the task was less difficult than expected.

I said I could reduce it. [M] I told you.

And that's when I heard voices from behind that I didn't want you to come in now.

The expression on the faces of the hunters who stood side by side is strong.

Without making any footsteps, a perfect soft feeling sticks to my back, and my thin arm spins in front of my body.

"If you're sloppy about not screwing around and you want to swarm so much, why don't you stop being a hunter?

"Liz, shall we stop saying things that would be misunderstood as ridiculous?

I finished my date and seem in a much better mood today than usual.

Tino hides herself behind the big hunter next door in a natural move.

I can't see the look on my face because I'm behind it, but I'm sure Lizzie's in the mood right now.

"Misunderstood that I'm making a fool of myself? I'm making a fool of myself. I don't even feel like yelling. Because it is, isn't it?

I tell them in a mellow tone, as if to tell them all.

The voice was not roughed up, but the intimidation contained therein is not usually disgusting.

"Sure, Cry's demands are always hopelessly high, but you can't hunter for fear of death. If I were you, I would never say no."

And I heard words I wouldn't listen to. [M]

... Huh? Wait... hopelessly, expensive? Seriously?

Liz is a brain muscle but super top notch as a hunter. The fact that she is desperately high in her view also means that my view is fundamentally incorrect.

"... and not expensive"

Object in a small voice with a boss. The force of the arm I was holding in my arms just gets a little stronger.

"It's..." The Shadow, "'cause you're strong, right?"

To the objection of one hunter, Liz leaks her voice once dull.

"I also know that Klee is scared... that's why, no matter how long, we can't move on. Hey, you want to have that much fun?

No, you're not. When did I get stunned?

I am quite satisfied with my current 'footprint'. Sure, I was wondering what you were so afraid of, but I'd be convinced if it was a project that would give Liz the view that it was hopelessly expensive.

Rather cautious is a good thing. I decided to stop hunting because I didn't want to die.

"Well, that's okay. Nothing to do with me and no... rather, I'd appreciate it if you refused"

And Liz gave me a sweet voice, taking everyone's gaze.

"Hey, Klee? You're taking this request with me and Tee, right? Right? I thought it was perfect for the" White Wolf's Nest "phantom, training, and it's just fine. I don't need anything else."

"Huh......!?

The elites, who are used to most things, are obsessed with Liz's words.

Tino makes a startling scream. Tino, haven't you been too lucky lately?

Liz continued writing on my chest. [M]

"So. I want you to split that one because Tee is in danger when Ark is on a mandatory mission. I don't have an Anthem brother, and no, I don't have a healer, and there's nothing I can do about it if I lose one of my hands and feet, or some of my guts. Ah, Klee, you have one, right? God of Creation Medicine (Hi Elixa). Hey? Please."

The voice whispered in my ear is sweet and feverish.

This kid is going to fight even if he blows his hands and feet off...

Tino is shivering like a frightened puppy. I smiled and made myself clear.

"No."

"Uh, why?

I mean, you, you can't act as a group.

Rejected, dismissed. The White Wolf's Nest has other hunters than ours, so there's no way I can send them.

I'm not talking about just being strong. Liz, who at best only half-killed all of his kills, even gained his sociality, is more terrifying than a phantom.

I'm not going this time either.

And as much as you want... I feel sorry for Tino.

Don't stroke Liz's arm, who raised her dissatisfied voice, I made a serious look.

"I'm sorry, but things just changed. We were talking about reducing it by half, but I'm withdrawing it. Let's have everyone here go, just like Eva chose."

……

"Be careful not to get caught off guard until the end because it's a treasure house of not that high a level."

Everyone is confused by me when I suddenly turn my back. [M] Some of them howl and tremble their teeth for some reason.

Well, I'll tell Liz later if she looked 'hopelessly shitty' over this request.