Allrounders!! - Chapter 16: I Failed!
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Chapter 16: I Failed!

I knew it. The people of this world basically dont care about others.

A mother who continued to swing her whip, rebuking and blaming her child for its father not coming back home, let alone not praising that child for making an effort to do as told while desiring her praise.

A father who had a child with another woman since he hated his wife, just to nonchalantly come back once his wife croaked to take over the house and continue to insult his wifes daughter with cruel slander.

A younger sister who flaunted the presents she got from her father while fully aware that her elder sister from a different mother was given nothing out of spite.

Servants who indifferently watched it all happen as if being unrelated bystanders.

The people of this world wont move a single finger if its not for their own benefit.

Even the guy from before had taken a young noble lady, who didnt know how society worked as she hadnt even once visited the town close to her mansion, to a distant town while she still didnt understand a thing, and quickly discarded her right there. Im sure he hasnt even considered for a single moment whether shed be able to survive herself.

In that case, itd have been better to remain in the mansion for another two years while gathering information from the nearby town and accumulating experience, before leaving the mansion after having put all preparations in order.

I really botched this one.

After clicking my tongue, I put on my business smile and spoke up to the woman at the reception.

Pretty lady, Id love you to tell me a few things. Would that be okay?

When I spoke up to her while emanating an aura of innocence, yep, imitating Primrose, the lady at the reception blushed.

Wait, shes blushing? Why?

Well, whatever.

I asked her what I should do first after becoming an adventurer.

In other words, Im G-Rank, so I should first take on requests available to a G-Rank, huh? The purchase is over there, and theyll buy up all the materials other than the items specified in the request after an assessment.

I see, I see, its the standard template. As G-Rank I can only collect things, pick up trash or clean. Im good at cleaning since I can do it with magic, but currently I cant stand the idea of doing work that would bring joy to the people of this world. And Id be troubled if I felt an urge to kill them after they started to complain about my work being sloppy.

Ill take the collection requests. Theyre permanent and dont have a time limit, right?

Itd be a pain if they had to be handed in before the day was over.

Correct. But, if you take too much time, the freshness of the medicinal plants you picked up is going to deteriorate which might lead to the request failing.

Got it. So its okay for me to gather a bigger amount!

Eeehh!

A big smile as service, and a big service for you as well, miss!

If you like I can contact a reliable party I know of, and introduce you to them?

I got startled when she brought this up.

Whats with her voice that totally sounds like that of a local guides bribed recommendation to a certain shop

No, I have absolutely no interest in joining up with anyone! The people of this cant be trusted after all!

I clearly turned her offer down. The lady looked disappointed.

Ehbut She glanced sideways.

I see.

Thanks for your help, miss.

Huh? W-Wait a moment!

After erasing my smile and coldly giving her my thanks, I left the place.

In short, the group she wanted to introduce me to was already awaiting me. But no thanks, I dont want to go along with such a shady invitation.

After leaving the guild, I headed back the way I used before, arriving at the checkpoint.

Ooh? Lad, youre

Im no lad, for heavens sake.

Im not a lad, but Indra. Here you go, my adventurer card. Id like to go outside. Ill be back tomorrow.

The official looked around while bewildered.

Huh? Outside? And you say youll be back tomorrow?

Im going to gather medicinal plants.

No, I mean, youll be back today then, right? The gate will be closed at night, so itll be difficult to come back here, you know? Wouldnt it be better to wait until tomorrow morning?

Im scared of what the people of this world would do to me if I were to spend the night in town, so no thanks.

The official was taken aback when I answered him melodiously.