Allrounders!! - Chapter 17: No Use Cryin’ Over Spilt Milk
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Chapter 17: No Use Cryin’ Over Spilt Milk

{Sword}

The receptionist apologized to me.

Im sorry. I failed.

Shes got a tad of a quick temper, so no problem. I answered her with a sullen face.

No, isnt it actually your fault considering the way you phrased it? The guild master hissed.

!! S-Shut it! Okay, okay, Ill admit that I messed up a bit!

Not only have you messed up, you actually abandoned her, didnt you? The guild master rebutted after havin watched the whole scene earlier.

Ugh

I staggered, holdin my chest as his words had deeply stabbed my heart. Hed completely and utterly hit bulls-eye.

The idea that you can simply make her get some friends is ridiculous. You make friends with others naturally. Then again I guess youve got no clue how that works since youre a loner.

Havin this bluntly remark thrust at me, I felt like shit.

So, where did she go?

She accepted a gathering request, and left just like that. Several parties tried to call out to her, but she didnt even spare a look at them.

Figures. Even I wouldnt be able to get along with some random folks right after the guy, whom I depended on to the extent of coming all the way here, told me Im awesome, so farewell.

Shut up, shut up, shut up!!

My visual field became blurry because of the tears wellin up in my eyes.

Ahh, that girl is so pitiful. Im pretty sure anyone with a weak mentality would have killed themselves right then and there.

I rushed out of the guild.

Lookin round, I searched for her but couldnt spot her anywhere.

Havin accepted a request means she left town already? Butits evenin. No wait, that girl can immediately finish the request with her abilities.

Asking the gatekeeper, he confirmed my suspicion.

However, the gatekeeper tilted his head, lookin somewhat mystified, I tried to stop her, telling her that itd be better to not go out at this time of the day since the gate would be closed for the night, butshe told me that shes scared of what the people of this world would do to her if she were to spend the night in townmaybe Ive misheard her though

Oh damn. Its become a far more serious issue than I thought. It looks like she went right beyond Scorn, straight for Distrust of other human beings. Lettin alone havin her make friends, she gotta start from bein able to believe in other people, goddammit.

Anyway, first I gotta find her.

When I searched for magic element responses, I found a ridiculously large cluster in like no time. Smack down in the forest where it was common for monsters to pop out.

As I continued to carefully advanceI discovered a moron sleepin under a big tree while lyin spread-eagled.

Whats that girl thinkin? She hasnt even put up a barrier. Simply sleepin there like that. However, its kinda bafflin why shes not gettin attacked either.

Either way, she aint stickin to a single damn thing I taught her!

Hey. Somehow I got pissed off n called out to her. But she didnt even twitch. Why are you sleepin in a place like this? You eager to die or somethin?

She ignored me.

Should I give this moron a good kick?

Why you not stickin to anythin I taught you? I told you, Durin campin, keep a fire goin, have one person stand watch at all times, sleep in shifts, and in case of being solo, protect yourself as much as possible by deployin a barrier, didnt I? In the first place, I told you, Find a party and make your way up to C-Rank, so why are you sleepin out here by yourself?

She kept sleepin without a single change on her face. And then I sensed how the magic elements around her were rapidly gettin thicker.

Tsk, do whatever you want then. If you wanna croak out here, its up to you. I told her bluntly, and leftor rather, pretended to leave while in fact watchin over her from the shadows.

Why the hell must I do somethin like guardin her from the shadows!? If she gets attacked by a monster, I aint goin to her rescue until shes half dead!!

That girls not even twitchin. Shes not dead already or somethin, right?

The sky became faintly bright.

In the end, not a single monster had shown up. I dont really think that this forest is such a safe place, though

Well, its got only monsters I can handle with easeand her as well, but the monsters round here arent such lax enemies that you could sleep without a damn care. Even though theyre weak, there should be many of em round. And yet not one popped out all night long. Did the ecosystem round here change?

As I stifled a yawn while feelin sleepy, she woke up. After carefreely stretchin, she folded and put the cloth shed spread out away, and strolled off.

Seein how she made a beeline for the spot with the medicinal plants, she apparently knew the location. After harvestin them, she went back to town.

In other words, I underestimated the environment she grew up in. When her mother died, her father came back with his daughter from another mother, and while dotin on the new girl, he treated her cruelly. It was a story youd often hear among nobility, so I thought this was the full extent of it.

However, she was on the brink of hatin all human beings because of that, and I delivered the finishin blow.

The guild master in this town is quite easy-goin and Id also partied with him for some time in the past. His flexibility to accommodate her was the reason why I brought her to this place to get her registered. I even had selected a party for her to join in advance.

Ability-wise shes well beyond C-Rank, but since its kinda impossible to have her join up with C-Rank folk as a newly registered adventurer, I picked an E-Rank party of girls whore all two or three years older than her. With her strength, shed leave E-Rank, let alone F-Rank, behind in a whiff.

Shes got a nasty mouth, but since she takes care of others, it might have resulted in her actually lookin after them.

Thinkin bout it like that, I checked back with the guild master, refined the plan, and carried it out.

But yep, it was a complete failure.

No matter what shes bein told by anyone, at this point she only gets her business done, leaves, and lives in the forest while completely ignorin everyone round her to such an extent that youd think shes actually shuttin out any sound with magic.

It sounds like she plans to leave this place once she reaches F-Rank. Thats the information a reception girl got out of her for me. She also seems to be wary of the girl, who welcomed her first, completely avoidin her nowadays. I got totally scolded for that with her bein on the verge of tears.

Doesnt that cutie totally hate me now!?! When talkin with one of the others, she always smiles, and yet, she becomes expressionless as soon as she spots me, you know!? Do you know how much that hurts me!?

Consider yourself lucky since she still allows you to make eye contact with her. Someone like meis air? She doesnt meet my gaze, okay? It goes so far that I actually wonder how she pulls it off. I mean its like I dont exist for her.

Haah

Ive been even considerin whether I should beg for her forgiveness at this point, but even if air like me apologizes, she very likely, no, definitely wont even listen to me. Its set in stone that shes gonna walk away on me in the middle of my apology!

In the end, I clung to the guild master in tears, tryin to have him intervene in my favor.

Wont you forgive Sword? That guy is clumsy, and although he acted with your benefit in mind, it backfired on him, and now hes regretting it all.

Huh? Who was that again? Ah, come to think of it, there was some dude calling himself a Big-shot. Ive already forgotten about that person. What should I forgive? I dont think theres anything that would require my forgiveness?

If you put it like that, itd even stab my heart, you see? Well, anyway, if youre no longer angry with him, could you deal with him normally? Hes also reflecting on what hes done

Wait, I deal with him normally, you know? I treat him normally as person of this world I mustnt ever trust. Well, I dont trust any humans of this world without any discrimination. If they have some use to me, theyll enter my field of vision, but I dont bother looking at people without value, and I also make sure to not perceive whatever sounds they make. She declared while starin with cold eyes at the guild master. Thats why Im dealing with him normally without being angry or anything like that. Im just living my life as I please according to my own ideas. Well, I believe that someone like me is going to die sooner or later anyway in a world overflowing with such humans. This world is really a shit hole with nothing worth seeing, isnt it?

In the middle of her speech, I felt like using the spell for shutting out sounds which I had memorized. After finishin the conversation n comin back, the guild master glared at me.

Dude, just what the hell did you tell the girl for her to be so deep in darkness? Thats already an illness. Its impossible for me to persuade a child whos fallen so deep.

What should I dooo then!?

How the hell should I know!? Basically, she was maltreated by her parents under the pretext of discipline? Only the daughter of another mother was favored? She had her hair cut in a way that shed be mistaken for an ordinary boy by anyone since she had no money to get it cut properly despite being a girl? And on top of that, as soon as that noble girl, who called herself a Freeloader on her own account, was brought to town by a man, who took her out of that home, she was told by that very man to get lost right after registering at the adventurer guild. That means she trusted you after you showed up in a place with no one she could trust, and yet you completely double-crossed her.

Ughh!

In the first place, I dont know whether your head actually works when you thought that a noble girl, whos completely ignorant of the world, would be only depressed when suddenly being told something like Im more awesome than you, so farewell after having been taken to a commoner town! For a long time now, you always pissed off others by dropping lines that easily went beyond being insensitive, didnt you? Ah, this time its not only you being hated, but its actually reached a level of her being ill and on the verge of death.

My heart completely broke, and I bawled like a little brat.

At long last, that girl encountered monsters. Moreover, quite the ferocious ones. It was a huge wolf monster called Giant Wolf.

I thought that Id immediately save her if she got into trouble, butyep, instant death. I knew it.

If you dont attack me, I wont go out of my way to come for you, okay? She told the monsters, makin me want to retort, What are you tryin to show off for with monsters as your opponents!?

Of course, the monsters ignored it, and swooped down on her.

Neck chop, neck chop, done.

By the way, the weapon used by her was a handmade wooden sword. She named it Bokto or somethin like that. A thin, single-edged bladethen again, a wooden swords blade doesnt have any sharpness, and yet, she easily cuts things apart with it, though Ive got no clue how she does it.

Oh, maybe its a magic weapon!

She tossed the dead monsters into her magic bag, went back to town, sellin the corpses at the guild.

Shes been drawin a lot of attention. Its because she showed up here with me.

So yeah, Im a big-shot, and not just someone callin himself one! Im the adventurers idolized Thunderclap Whitefang Sword!

And yet shes callin me self-proclaimed big-shot. Isnt that way too mean?

Having appeared with a man like me, she got chatted up by all kinds of people for various reasons, rangin from party invitations to pickin a fight with her in the name of teachin her the ropes, but she ignored all of it. Since the folks, who got ignored, werent overly amused, they got even more aggressive in their approach, but she ignored that as well.

Its a violation of the rules for higher rankin folks to mess with a G-Rank for no reason, and thus, thanks to the guild staff applyin pressure by makin full use of their glares, it luckily didnt develop into a problem.

But

Haah? You say you hunted a high-ranking monster as a G-Rank? Youre obviously lying. This piece of shit here swiped my prey!

in the end she got into a fight with one of the rowdier folk.

I secretly prevented the guild staff from interferin.

If I make my entrance here, its goin to improve her opinion of me! Its a chance to redeem myself!

Shes been ignorin the bloke, but when he blocked her way, she finally lifted her face in annoyance.

Pipsqueak, hurry up and fork over the money. Its mine. You cheekily took the prey I killed, came back here, and sold it. You a pesky thiefmissy?

He had probably intended to ridicule her with the final Missy, but that girl is a genuine young lady after all.

The other adventurers were watchin the show in amusement. Some of them even spurred on the guy to go further.

Just when I stepped forward, thinkin that it was bout time for me to intervene, she proposed, I understand. In other words, youre telling me to lop off your head, and prove that the cut end of the monster I sold earlier and the cut end at your neck are the same, right?

Oh shit, her magic elements are swellin up.

Hah? In the first place, its questionable whether you can even cut anything with the wooden stick hanging at

In the next instant, I threw a nearby table at the man. The man got blown away after the table slammed into him, and within the next split second, the sword shed drawn bisected the table. Using all my speed, I wedged myself between the man and her while drawin my own sword.

At that moment, she swung her sword, targetin my neck.

That damn lunatic is seriously goin for the kill!!

I parried her slash with my sword, but she cut at my neck with so much strength that I was about to get pushed back.

You!

When I tried to force her back, our eyes met. After not havin looked at me for a long time, her eyes met mine. Looking into those eyes I saw no sadness or anger, but only the cold will to kill an opponent. In that moment I knew that this girl would become a world-famous murderer if left alone.

Shed kill those tryin to harm her without a shred of mercy. Shed also kill those trying to prevent her from doin so.

That would be her path of righteousness.

Once I started to chant a spell in a whisper, she swiftly distanced herself, apparently wary of the magic.

The instant I finished the spell to strengthen my body, I received a barrage of attacks.

This girl is a major pain in the ass since she can use taijutsu in addition to swordsmanship. Slashin with the sword, kickin with her feet, and strikin with her elbows. And top of all that, shell friggin use magic without chantin.

The unprecedented case of an S-Rank gettin killed by a G-Rank looks likely to happen here.

When I was bout to take a hit at long last after bein pushed into a purely defensive battle,

If you continue this any longer, Ill have you pay a fine.

As soon as the guild master yelled this, she suddenly stopped. And accompanied by a click of her tongue, she kicked off the floor, takin some distance. I unconsciously spat out a deep sigh.

The fine only applies to that man and the one over there, right? I just tried to show proof that I truly hunted the monster myself. Have the guy, who made the request, and the guy, who got in the way, pay up. She calmly told the guild master.

I know, I know, none of it is your fault. The guy, who destroyed the guilds furniture by throwing it, is the main offender here. So, please cease your rampage, okay?

She finally sheathed her sword.

Well, even without her sword, shes quite capable of hand-to-hand combat and magic warfare

Seein her leave the guild, the adventurers opened a path for her while nervously drawin back. It looks like theyve finally realized that the girl theyve been underestimatin all this time is actually someone ridiculously powerful.

Take a hint from me havin brought her along

Hey, are you okay? I sure dont think so, but it seemed like you were in quite a predicament there.

Its just as youve seen, I was in a pinch. She excelled me by leaps and bounds in close combat.

The peanut gallery went astir.

Im still better than her when it comes to speed, but when it comes to power, lets saywere even. Shed still lose toPeerless Strengththough. As for magic arts, Id have a chance for victory if I could finish chantin a big spell without her noticing and landin it on her, but if not, no one can win against her. I think itd be even impossible for Bloody Witch.

Everyone who heard my words froze on the spot.

Is she human?

No clue, but the folks who seem to be her parents are human, I guess. She herself probably wont be willing to admit it, but she resembles her father perfectly, if not for her hair and eyes. Her mother seems to have been the daughter of a duke, so Id say shes a human.

Hey! Youve kidnapped a young lady from a ducal house!?

Stop it with the groundless slander. She herself told me that it was her wish to leave. Besides, her father doesnt recognize her as his daughter, and she doesnt recognize him as her father either, so its fine either way.

So you brought along a sheltered noble lady, who grew up in a brutal environment while possessing superhuman strength that seems capable of suppressing an S-Rank, and then pushed her aside? Now listenhow about you think about the trouble youre causing to us with this!! If you release such a dangerous girl into the wild, youll never know what shes going to do!! Moreover, even if she causes a mess, no one will be able to stop her through physical or political means!! You better put a rope around her neck and manage her properly, you damn fool!!

I got totally trashed by the guild master. Though I couldnt talk back since he was correct in all aspects