《21 Duel》
I understood everything that the receptionist explained to me. So I decided to accept the request from now on in order to increase my rank.
Then, as I go to the request board to look for a request, I hear a threatening voice from behind me.
「You’re new, right? You’re new, right? I recommend that you do something non-dangerous first, like gathering herbs. And if it’s a non-dangerous job, you can do it by yourself, right? That’s why we’ll use the beastman beside you to carry our stuff. Give me that girl for our party.」
Huh, he’ s talking to me about this, right? I think it’s called a cliché.
Is it okay to duel in these situations? I’m not quite sure how much I should start.
I know that if he touches me, I can do it back in self-defense, but what can I do?
As I pondered what to do, they rambled on and on.
I turned around and saw that there were two men and two women, all in their early twenties.
「Haha, Zuan, it seems like he’s too freaked out to respond, you should be nicer to him.」
「Hey, hey, let’s leave these guys alone and get on with the job!」
「That’s fine, that’s fine. It’ll be easier if we have more baggage handlers.」
In order, they are the dialogue of the man with brown hair, the woman with red hair, and the woman with brown hair. By the way, the man called Zuan had blond hair.
「Of course I’m going to say no to that. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear about it now, so you can go do what that Onee-san told you to do. I’m busy looking at requests right now.」
「I don’t want to follow you.」
Eleanor, who followed up on my words, looked at them with cold eyes as if she were looking at garbage.
The guild was suddenly becoming noisy.
When I looked around, I saw that some people were watching how things went, some were looking at me sympathetically, and some were cheering me on.
What can I say, I get the impression that everyone is starving for events.
I can hear a lot of whispering around me.
「Umm, new guy, getting tangled up with Zuan is a disaster.」
「The silver-haired boy doesn’t seem to want to duel anyway, so we’ll probably just end up arguing.」
「He dosen’t look really strong but he is in good shape, Zuan.」
They didn’t seem to listen to me when I refused, so I ignored Zuan and the others and went back to rummaging through the requests.
This was because, as we were talking, Zuan and his friends had already〈appraised〉 it and determined that they were too weak and could be ignored.
「Hey!! Don’t ignore me!! Hey! I said, turn around!!」
When I turned around because it was so loud, Zuan’s face was red and he was puffing.
The scene was so funny that I couldn’t help but let out a「pfft」laugh.
It’s not my fault! But poker face is difficult.
「You’re finally looking at me! I’ll never forgive you! Let’s duel!」
Eh? You look weak and you want to duel me?」
「Are you really going to mock me that much? If you’re so confident, then of course you’ll accept a duel?!」
Hmmm, it doesn’t seem to do any real harm, so I could have left it alone.
From the whispers in the guild earlier, he doesn’t seem to have a good reputation, so why don’t we do ……?
「All right, I’ll accept. What do you want to bet?」
「You bet your beastman woman! The rest of you can get down on your knees for me.」
「Then you guys have to bet three white gold coins.」
「What? I not such a rich person.」
「If you don’t have enough, you’ll be a debt slave. I’m betting on Eleanor, so you have to pay a fair price for her, right? Right now, I’ll give you a special offer of two additional platinum coins.」
There’s no way I’m going to lose, so I’m going to add my money to the bet.
They were selfish and energetic, and they were freaked out by the amount of money at stake.
However, Zuan and the others seemed to be fascinated by the amount of money that was added afterwards, and the four of them began to discuss it in secret.
After waiting for a while, he finally decided to place his bet.