v1c2 - I, an Expert Defender, Decided to Protect the Towns and Villages, Instead of my Childhood Friends
After being expelled from the party and leaving the inn without even eating breakfast, I ponders what to do now.
“I had no idea that Roland and Ellie were lovers.”
I had always thought that I was not very good at keeping tabs on love affairs, but I never thought I would be unaware of the love affairs of my childhood friends with whom I had been sleeping and eating all my life.
Even my childhood friends were like this.
Normally, if you are expelled from a party, you would look for a new party to join …… but let’s act alone for a bit.
To avoid joining some party and getting into trouble with relationships, I went to a familiar staff member at the Adventurers Guild.
“Good morning, Mr. Alex. It’s unusual to see you alone, since your hero party always moved together.”
“…… Well, I left the party for a number of reasons. So I’d like to take on a request that I can handle on my own.”
I mentioned that I’m out of the party and that I will be working solo.
“You left the party!? Mr. Alex did? If that’s the case, then Ellie left with you, didn’t she?”
“Ellie? No, Ellie is staying. Only I left the party.”
“What!? However, Ellie is, you know, to Mr. Alex …… Ahem. No, it’s nothing. Anyway, something that Mr. Alex can take alone, right? What kind of work would you like?”
“Let’s see. I want to relax a little …… I’d like a job where I don’t have to deal with other people and can work at my own pace. “
First Roland became a hero, then I became a paladin. Then Ellie became an arch wizard, and that’s when Roland said he was going on a journey to defeat the Demon King in accordance with his heroic mission.
I started as an E-class adventurer, the lowest level, and was able to become an S-class adventurer over the course of three years.
Looking back, I had been fighting all my life, and it would be good to take it easy once in a while.
With that in mind, when I tried to get her to find me a job…
“Mr. Alex! Then I have just the job for you! Mr. Alex is free to cultivate a vast plot of land at your own pace! And the reward is the land you cultivated! How about it!? The reward is land, you know! Land!”
I was introduced to a request that seemed incredibly fishy.
“The Adventurers’ Guild introduced it, so it must be a legitimate request, but …… I’ve never heard of a request where the reward is a piece of land, you know? It’s quite suspicious.”
“No, of course the identity of the client is clear. I mean, I can’t tell you, but he is a big shot …… Well, long story short, he told me that he had tried cultivating it before, but all the farmers he hired had run away.”
“The farmer ran away? Did a monster or something appear?”
“Well …… You’re right about that. But if it’s you, Mr. Alex, an S-class adventurer and a paladin, it will be fine! What do you think? Would you like to take it?”
I see. Perhaps the client is a feudal lord somewhere.
So, he’s going to give us some land, and he wants us to exterminate the monsters from the place so that the nearby towns and villages will not be harmed.
The reason why they do not request the Adventurers’ Guild to exterminate the monsters is because there might be too many monsters, or because they want the guild to cultivate the land, or both.
I’m a paladin, an expert in defense, after all.
I guess I’ll protect the neighboring towns and villages.
“Okay. I will accept that request. Is the place far away?”
“Thank you! You’re the best, Mr. Alex! I can really count on you! And, the location is …… a bit far from here, so the guild is preparing transfer magic.”
“Transfer magic? Does that mean I can get to that destination in an instant?”
“Yes, sir. In addition, I will also transfer water and food that can last for a few dozen days. You are also free to use the small house you are being transferred to, and you are welcome to explore everything within sight of the house.”
“Wow, that’s very generous of you. What’s more, from what you just said, the reward is everything I can explore within sight, right?”
“Yes, sir …… Well, that’s how much trouble the client is in.”
This means that there has been a great deal of damage.
I don’t know how many monsters I can defeat on my own, but, well, I’ve got my trump card too, so I should be able to handle it.
“Okay. Then I’ll go there now. Can I go right now?”
“What? Rather, can you go now!? If so, please follow me. If you enter the magic circle in the room, you will be transferred immediately.”
Saying that, a guild official leads the way to a back room.
For some reason, It is locked very tightly, but …… Well, if you enter the wrong room, you will be transferred, after all.
“I’ll send you the water and food by noon.”
“I understand. I’ll be off then.”
“Mr. Alex! I’ll leave it to you!”
We exchanged brief farewells, and as I entered the magic circle with my luggage bags in hand, the scenery instantly changed…
“W-Who the hell are you!?”
“…… Wait, there are monsters inside the cabin I’m transferred to!”
A black humanoid monster I had never seen before, with large wings and horns, was right in front of me.
Throwing down my luggage, I hurried to engage it with my sword and shield, but it seemed to be weak against the holy attribute.
“Ki- …… Kill him!”
“I’m going to put an end to you, even if you don’t tell me to! …… “Holy Cross”!”
(T/N: I don’t know why he said “Kill him! (コロセ ！)” in this part. )
I was able to defeat him with one of my few paladin offensive skills, without having to use any of my trump cards.
I panicked a little, but was relieved to see that there seemed to be no other demons in the area…
[You have defeated the demon Mammon, a servant of the Demon King. Therefore, I will grant you the extra skill “Slave Release”.]
I suddenly heard the mysterious voice that gave me the job on my fifteenth birthday.