Sword of Gluttony Queen - Chapter 9 - Unpleasant Reunion

Chapter 9 : Unpleasant Reunion

After resting for a while in Mani’s Blacksmith, I decided to visit the Adventurer’s Guild immediately.

I ended up being treated as a dead person thanks to Gilbert.

The procedure would be troublesome if I didn’t revoke that statement right away.

Someone who wasn’t registered in an Adventurer’s Guild would have a harder time in cases of various transactions such as the items related to the Magical Labyrinth and exploring the Magical Labyrinth itself.

If my registration was revoked, I wouldn’t be able to do a proper adventuring job until I restored my adventurer’s status.

Though I have to pay for the registration fee on top of a monthly subscription fee, in case I went to explore without registering to an Adventurer Guild, the fee would increase according to the number of times I explored as an unregistered person.

In addition, the party I explored with will also be imposed with a similar charge.

Thus, I went into the Adventurer’s Guild building to get the statement about my death revoked.

The female staff who heard that I survived didn’t even try to hide her displeasure by saying 『Tch, a troublesome fella has come.』.

That was normal treatment for a porter.

Though it’s a little annoying when you’re treated that way, I’ve gotten used to this kind of treatment.

No need to get angry over this trivial matter.

I completed the process to revoke the previous statement about my death in the labyrinth. As soon as I turned around, I saw a certain familiar fellow.

That person wore a conspicuous mantle and feathered hat.

Not only did this shitty bastard leave me behind, he’d even cast 《Decoy》 on me.

「Yeah, that was a cruel one. Though I’d suspected that place was a Monster Pool beforehand, I never expected that place would be overflowing with those rats. Both me and Morgan ran away frantically.」

Gilbert was in the middle of retelling the stories about those events in the 《Den of the Battle Rats》 with his fellows.

My head was in chaos as I recalled my burning anger at that time.

Thus, I shut my eyes and rearranged my thoughts.

『Dean, I think it’s better if you’re not involved with those guys.』

Beelzebub’s Magical Core, which I’d wrapped in a cloth and hid in my pocket, told me so.

But, I could not take my eyes off those guys.

「…. That porter brat has died huh. Well that’s natural, that low-level brat couldn’t even escape and just stared in shock seeing those rats. He’d just tagged along after all. Though that guy was yearning to be an adventurer, one might think that he should just give up. Unfortunately, it was too late though.」

The red-haired man, who heard Gilbert’s story, disapproved.

At that moment, Gilbert squinted his eyes, as if his mood soured.

「It’s not like I forced him to come along with me. He basically forced me to let him come along, I even left the important luggage to him. I wanted to employ a proper porter you see. Geez, I really shouldn’t employ someone based on emotion huh.」

Said Gilbert with a vexed tone.

How dare you say that, Gilbert?!?!?!

It’s you, you shitty bastard who always merrily lowered the hiring fee even at the best of times.

「But, it seems he misunderstood my instruction. Even though I fought back that swarm of rats and moved while protecting that fella. He ignored what I said and ended up confusing himself. In the end, he was beyond saving.」()

I walked over to Gilbert until I was right behind him.

The red-haired man noticed me and lifted his face with an “Oops”.

「What’s the matter Gazelle? 」

Gilbert asked the red-haired big man as he turned around and followed that man’s line of sight.

「Well said, Gilbert. It was you who almost killed me you know.」

I said those words in a loud voice, so that others would hear me.

Gilbert retreated with his mouth wide open, like an idiot as soon as he saw me.

「W-w-W-W! WHY IN THE HELL ARE YOU HERE! H-HOW COULD YOU—-! 」

「It was by chance that I found a small tunnel with a steep slope. What happened later was a dangerous hide and seek with death and rats. And I somehow managed to crawl my way out of that place.」

「Ah, E-E-E-Erm… That’s…」

Gilbert quivered, he was at a loss for words as his eyes scanned the surrounding area.

「And it seems that you somehow changed the story, no? Well, it’s no wonder that you confirmed my death…. I mean, you ran away with your tail between your legs after you cast 《Decoy》 on me after all.」

A flood of tears overflowed from his eyes as he tightly grasped on my shoulders.

「Thank goodness, thank goodness you’re still alive, Dean-kun! Yeah, there’s no day as wonderful as today! Listen to me, everyone! Dean-kun, Dean-kun managed to come back safely! 」

I was dumbfounded by Gilbert’s bizarre action.

I shook my head and thought about this current situation.

「How unsightly…. You’re still trying to lie even until the last moment」

「I know! I know, I understand everything about what you want to say! Aah, wonderful, what a wonderful thing! Have you eaten your dinner, Dean-kun? Today is my treat! How about a drink with just the two of us! 」

I was pulled forcefully by Gilbert, leaving the Adventurer’s Guild towards a nearby bar.

I couldn’t shake him off due to a simple difference between our levels.

Moreover, it’s also a public place.

I decided to tag along since he wouldn’t dare to do anything in a public place.