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Translator: Vine
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“But I refuse.”
“Huh…? I haven’t even told you what the request is about yet?”
“Still, I refuse.”
What is a designated request?
I explained it before, but let me explain it again.
I must have this person! No one but this person will do!
No matter what, I want to give this bastard a big “fuck you”! I want to see you suffer through a request I can’t normally deal with, so I’m designating you!
That’s that kind of request.
I haven’t heard who designated me yet, but honestly, how many people in this world do I have a relationship with?
If I had to name any, it’d be Adela and Isaac, who I did that request with before. That’s all.
So, did Isaac designate me?
How long has it been since I solved his request that something has happened again?
If it’s a territory where incidents occur so frequently, it’s better to just blow it up and abandon it.
Then the only option left is the latter.
Someone wants to give me a big “fuck you,” so they made a designated request, that’s for sure.
I don’t know who the other party is.
But they must know me to have designated me.
Who ever is this villainous jerk, do they think I’ll agree to it so easily?
Since a designated request has an option to refuse, I have the right to reject it, and it won’t be a problem.
“Um… Luke? How about you at least hear what it’s about…?”
“Aigoo… Yui, that’s why you’re not good enough. If it were you, would you agree to someone trying to get one over on you?”
What kind of character would the person who asked for this request be?
It’s obvious that it’s someone with a “I’m the boss and you’re a lowly pawn, so I’m going to use that” kind of mentality.
I enjoy saying “no” to people who think they’re the boss.
That look on their face when they’re panicking. That look makes my lips curl up all on their own.
“Anyway, I’m not going to take that designated request, and I’m too lazy today, so I’m going to rest.”
I told Adela my decision.
I just finished a request and came back.
There’s no way I’ll start working again right away.
I couldn’t sleep properly yesterday, so I’ll just sleep soundly today and laze around in bed.
Even though I called Yui a shut-in, I was no different.
I have enough money from today’s reward to play around for a week.
“Is that so… it’s a shame. It’s not easy to get a designated request, you know?”
“What designated request? You should call it designated landmine.”
“Still, the fact that a designated request has come in means your popularity has gone up, right?”
Even celebrities have haters, and high popularity is not always a good thing.
“Anyway, we’re going to go rest now.”
“Okay. I’ll refuse the designated request.”
After that, we had a quick breakfast and headed straight to the inn to relieve our remaining fatigue.
***
I took a day off after returning, and the next day I headed to the Adventurer’s Guild to see if there were any new requests.
Now that I’m promoted to C-rank with the King Slime, maybe if I do a few more I’ll reach B-rank?
“Welcome,”
I greeted Adela as always and started another day.
“Oh, right, Luke. There was a designated request that came in before.”
“I said I wasn’t going to do it.”
“Yeah. So I rejected it, but they increased the reward and asked again.”
“?”
Am I the only adventurer here?
If they need a C-rank adventurer, they could just take anyone. Why are they so fixated on me?
Perhaps a noble lady who heard about my heroic deeds is forcing her father to make this request?
“Will you reject it again?”
“Of course.”
Who would willingly walk towards a landmine?
“Alright. I’ll reject it again.”
At first, I thought they would give up if I just refused, but this person doesn’t know the meaning of the word “enough.”
The next day too.
“Luke. Another designated request came in today.”
“I’m not doing it.”
The day after that, too.
“…Um, Luke… there’s another one today…”
“I’m not buying it.”
And again, the day after that, too.
“Luke━━.”
“Haaah!”
I started to wonder just who was this person? Why are they so persistent?
The reward money was increasing every day.
It started at 50 silver coins, and now it had reached over 1 gold coin.
And the next day.
Flap.
As I came to work at the guild in the morning, Adela handed me a request form.
I don’t even need to ask, I already know what it says.
“Hey, Adela. Is that person mentally ill?”
“U-um, I don’t think so…?”
Adela rarely showed her flustered side except in front of me, so the fact that she’s flustered means they are definitely obsessed.
“That’s weird… The requester is clearly a noble…”
If it’s a noble, aren’t they more likely to be mentally ill?
Nobles are all strange people.
People as healthy, intelligent, and educated as me are rare among nobles, I bet.
“Do nobles these days just stay locked up in their rooms, reading the newspaper?”
What is he, a signalman in the army?
It’s not like I’m the only adventurer in the world, why does this person bother me so much?
“Still, maybe you should look at what the request is about this time?”
“Adela. Let’s be honest, you’re annoyed too, right?”
“…N-no?”
If you’re going to say no, then don’t shrug your shoulders.
It must be really annoying for Adela to keep sending back the rejected forms every day.
I only need to say that I’m not doing it, but Adela also has to process the documents and send the rejected request forms by letter.
And the rejected forms are likely to arrive again the next morning.
“Adela. Should I just go and kill him for you instead?”
“Please don’t… “
I did say that they are probably trying to get on my nerves, but at this point, they’ve already succeeded.
‘If they had used that time to develop themselves, they could have solved it on their own.’
This is why I keep saying that people in this world are stupid.
“Well, I’ll at least take a look at it.”
“Yes! Thank you!”
She said it wasn’t annoying, but look how happy she is.
I guess it was annoying.
“The requester is the head of the Marquis family, Crown Rodion. The request is to subdue the monsters that have recently increased near the marquisate.”
“What kind of monsters?”
“It’s not specified in detail… Other than that, all that’s written on the request form is that it’s for you and a reward of 2 gold coins.”
I’m sure it started at 50 silver coins.
It has now increased fourfold to 2 gold coins.
Maybe I should have become an investor in my past life.
It’s a huge regret that I didn’t do stocks or coins in my past life.
“Luna, what do you think?”
“It’s a bit strange. The details of the request are vague, and it’s also weird that they’re so fixated on you.”
“What about you, Yui?”
“I think it’s great! Even if there’s a trap, I don’t think you’ll fall for it, and 2 gold coins is enough to live off for more than a month!”
She’s definitely a former shut-in.
Her thinking is, whatever will be, will be.
But I think the same.
“Let’s just do it.”
***
Somewhere underground.
The dark and vast room was strangely empty.
The only thing there was a strangely large round table.
A large candle was placed in the center of the round table, barely illuminating the area around it.
Around the round table, people wearing robes were sitting on chairs.
“Borg is dead.”
A heavy, low voice spread through the room.
It was so heavy that the temperature of the room seemed to drop a little.
“Hehe. That weakling? Did he pick a fight with someone without knowing his place and get beaten to a pulp and run away with his tail between his legs?”
This time it was the opposite voice.
A man’s voice, but one that sounded like someone who had gone mad.
“He was going to die anyway. How could he even fight anywhere if he was so weak?”
“Watch your tongue. Even if Borg was the weakest among us, he is still a demon. Even if he’s wounded, there’s no way he’d lose to some random thug.”
Demons are a disaster.
Ordinary people can’t do anything, and even if it’s a weak demon, it’s not possible that they can’t even escape and end up dying.
That’s what the man, who doesn’t know the whole story, thought.
“By the way, I don’t see Kurga either?”
An empty seat.
There were already two empty seats at the round table.
One was the banished Borg.
And the other was Kurga, who was recently given a mission to assassinate someone at the academy.
“Kurga also died during a recent mission.”
“Pfft. Birds of a feather flock together. He looked like he was about to die soon anyway.”
“It’s certain that our forces have decreased.”
Even though they were weak, two demons were already defeated.
They couldn’t treat it lightly.
“Force? Those two combined are worse than me, what forces. They just showed off their abilities, that’s why they died so early.”
“Recently, even a vampire who was preparing an invasion into the territory died.”
The vampire that he had prepared in advance.
They were a device for decreasing the Empire’s strength by invading territories far away from the Empire.
But they died.
“Hee… even the vampire was defeated? Those sneaky bats, how did they get caught?”
This voice was from a woman, sweet enough to let you guess her appearance.
“After investigating personally, it was all the work of one party.”
“Did an A-rank adventurer party move?”
“No, I’ve already finished investigating that.”
“You’re fast as always.”
“Come in.”
Click.
As the man said, the only entrance to the room opened, and a person entered.
Unlike other demons, the person wasn’t wearing a robe.
“What’s the status?”
“W-well… I’ve tried to lure him several times, but each attempt was rejected…”
“That’s your problem. If you fail, you’ll be the first to die.”
“Yes, yes! I’ll definitely lure him!”
As the man gestured with his arm to dismiss him, the person left, closing the door behind him.
“So? What will you do?”
“I’ll lure him into that guy’s territory. You go there and take care of him, Lilis.”
“It’s finally my turn? I thought my neck would break from waiting~”
“Don’t be careless and make sure you take care of it.”
“Yes, yes~ I understand~”
That was the end of the conversation.
The demons surrounding the round table disappeared into black mist.
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