On the Joey âEscortâ proposal, the girl pointed towards a straight path with a clear wheel track which remained.
âWell thank you but, I am not some child, I believe I wouldnât get lostâ
âI donât mean it like that⌠Or rather, no matter how I look, arenât you a child? Youâre still around 11 years oldâ
By that word for some reason the girl expressing a complicated bitter smile.
ââŚ.I am more or less 13 years old, you seeâ
ââEh, is that so? My, my badâ
Girls around this age have various rate of growth, so itâs very hard to judge at this point of time. For example, a girl that is presently 15 years old would be mad when she was mistaken for a 13 years old.
Grasping the meaning of the girlâs expression like that, Joey meekly bows his head to apologize.
Even a man themselves want to overreach around that age. Not to mention how a girl whoâs 13 years old, in the village where Joey was born, they already married and had a kid or soâŚ
The moment when he thought so, his chest is throbbing fast.
(Thatâs right, she not a kid anymore, then sheâs around the age where she could marry)
Instantly heâs conscious of it, the girl charming lips, her modest breasts, her slender legs; so he undoes his locked gaze in a big hurry. Joey then tries to warn her in an easy way.
âYou see, I know youâre obviously some kind of rich young lady, but if youâre really walking alone like this, what kind of guys will get yourself involved with, and then you likeâŚmeeting some unpleasant things. Thatâs why I will escort you til the townâ
âAah, Indeed. The like who would kidnap me, kill me, and bury me, those kinds of guys right?â
The girl seems to easily understand the meaning of Joeyâs cloudy words, and then she looks at Joeyâs face with curious-like expression.
âBut, is that fine? Judging from your appearance you are still empty handed, arenât you in the middle of a job?â
ââŚ.Its fine. After all, the wild dog extermination plan is completely out of place, I didnât consider that there were 2 of them so I didnât make any necessary preparation.âIn the first place, it feels uneasy leaving you out here!â
Hearing the word that he shouted while turning his face away to hide his embarrassment, the girl was astonished for a moment, then she smiles delightfully.
âYouâare Joey-kun right? What a good fellow you areâ
ââWh, what are you talking about! Arenât you just making fun of me?!â
âI donât have any intention to do so, but I apologize if I was hurting youâŚHowever, I would feel bad if I just took advantage of your good will. âHmmmm, in that case as a job, canât I ask you to escort me to the town and show me around? If possible, I want to see the adventurerâs guildâ
âA job, huhâŚâ
âEh? By any chance, is a direct work request like this a âNGâ?â
âWell, although it wasnât reflected on guild point, there was no any particular rule that prohibits it. But in case of situation like this, itâs usually done with payment in advance, moreover it normally has an extra charge in comparison with usual requestsâŚâ
This is natural, considering Joey just only became an F rank who graduated from G rank when he still an apprentice, he doesnât know the usual reward rate for an escort request nor does he know the extra charge rate, so he canât decide how much of a reward he would take.
But on the girlâs side Joeyâs indecisive attitude was that he must be worrying about âCould she really pay?â.
Thereâs a rustling sound from her waist at the back (it wasnât her big ribbon decoration, instead it seems itâs a pouch), she was taking out several coins.
âThen how about this?â
âSilver coin?â
He was being handed over a thin silver object (itâs big with the size 3 times than that of a normal silver coin), he take a look on it properly and it shine in a rainbow color, it doesnât even look like money.
âA mere rainbow coin wonât do it, huhăź. Then, I wonder if this type of gold coin is fineâ
Said so, she placed 10 gold coins on the top of Joey palm.
ââŚI never saw a gold coin. Can it be used?â
Even though Joey gripping on the gold coin, usually he only received silver and cooper coins from the person at guild counter, so he only can observe it with his best ability while sighing.
âI wonder? At worst, perhaps you have to sell it out by melting it down into precious metal. In case you need money at that time, I guess you could sell this ingot?
Saying so, she picking something up again with her hand, from there she shown drawing a gold bar with about the size of an adult manâs upper hand.
Seeing that, the boy made a complex face.
ââWa, wait a minute! That, could it be, a magic item that doesnât change its weight and size even you put something in!?â
âThatâs right. Â âAah I see, you can have this tooâ
âHey, thatâs a fortune! That alone could be used to purchase the best residence in town!â
âHee, itâs surprisingly an expensive object huh. âWell but yeah, this was quite a lot of money to haveâ
âThatâs right. Donât simply show it in public. Good grief, youâre really dangerous if youâre not being watched. Truly some kind of princess you are.
To be called with âPrincessâ, somehow she smiles like mocking herself, while on it,
ââAah, come to think of it, I havenât given any self-introduction yet. My name is âHiyukiâ, so please take care of me, Joey-kunâ
The girl hold the hem of her skirt with both hand, and performs a light courtesy (a greeting that is performed by pulling a knee behind and shortly bend the other knee).
Inside of Joey heart went throbbing hard because of her elegant manner, he changes his bodyâs direction at once so his red face couldnât be seen, he start to walk straight into a big tree about 500 m away.
âHiyuki huh. Aah, I feel funny when being called âJoey-kunâ so Joey is fine. âWell Hiyuki, I have tied my emu on that tree so letâs walk there a bitâ
âAn emu?â
Hiyuki who doesnât know the word titled her head in confusion; she comes to follow Joey in a halfhearted resistance,
ââŚwell, you will understand when you see itâ
Being told so, she begins to takes a pace in her steps.
ââââ
ăPrincess, even if you donât hire that kind of rude youngster, wouldnât I be enough to keep a single injury from your precious body?ă
At that moment besides me, him âOf course not, Tenâgai was making his annoyed voice from inside of me.
During a fight, by combining with a body of pet, one would be granted with the petâs status and attributes, so called the âPet Unisonâ feature.
However, previously the status bonus at best is only up to 3 percent, if I am not wrong, but currently my status is,
Race: Vampire Princess (God Ancestor)
Name: Hiyuki
Title: Tenjoutenga (Elegant Miss of the Sky)
HP: 61,312,800(+61,234,800)
MPďź53,841,500(+53,746,000)
âź
Is this some kind of Zimbabwe dollar? It was inflated so much! (ed: LOL)
How should I put it, with this, have I not been completely overwritten by Golden Dragon (Naga Raja) status?
Such thing of my status, itâs far from fragile like a paper and even more like that of a tissue, but whenever I combine or not, I feel indifferent about it, you see!?â
I mean, since I already know about this feature, the status difference with its original is too much, now itâs scary that I canât even shoot magic.
At this level, if I use a fire ball from the basic offensive flame magic skill tree, it becomes a level that is exceedingly dangerous, let alone âThat now wasnât a Kafrizzle, itâs just a frizzâ, right now is âThat now wasnât a hydrogen bomb, itâs just a grenadeâ.
Thatâs why as much as possible, I donât want to use my ability (Although so, traveling together with Tenâgai in this reconnaissance is the worst thing ever) so that I can finish this matter as peacefully as much as possible, however I unexpectedly get in touch with Joey who I just happen to see. I guess Tenâgai was sulking because itâs like I didnât place trust in his own strength.
If after he sulks something like, âLook on my ability in action here!â, happens and then he does as he pleases, this region will be perish in one night! If I just follow along, soon I am going to run down from the hill and perhaps will, on its way, go to the path of the demon king at full speed.
This is where no matter what it takes, I have to not hurt Tenâgaiâs pride, I canât plainly settle it.
ăOf course, TenâGai, I fully have faith in your ability and loyalty. Nevertheless, I wouldnât gain benefits if I didnât associate with people. Although this is selfish of me, wouldnât you get on with it?ă
ăâŚI had said something imprudent. My apologies, Princess. The like of me wouldnât able to conjure Princessâ farsighted and deeply-laid out plan, first of all, I am apologizing to the utmost limit for my dis-respectfulness. âIn brief, it wasnât to employ that youngster as an escort, itâs just simplyâŚă
Somehow able to understand it, Tenâgaiâs voice regains its composure.
ăYea. Itâs my own personal reasonââă
ăAn emergency feeder (food), ehă
âŚhuh?!
ăWhich reminds me, Princess still hasnât taken a meal (sucking blood) from the time when you had woke up. Me of all people had forgotten about it. How could I be forgiven for it?
âŚWell he indeed is a seedy-looking feeder (food) but, he seems a virgin and hence he would be a rare, tantalizing food.
However, if youâre able to wait for it a bit, he will not be such seedy-looking youngster anymore with his virgin blood ready with an excellent taste, is it not?ă
Feeder⌠Blood⌠VirginâŚ. BoyâŚ
Those words were assembled inside my head one by one.
O, oh yeah, wasnât I a vampire princess!?
Talking about it, today, like the moment when I secretly flutter as I talking with Joey, to tell you the truth, when I was saw his healthy limbs my heart was throbbing hard. I thought that feeling is because I became a girl but it turned out I was wrong, is it just a mere lust for food?!
Thatâs dangerous!!
I never thought something like that when I made my request for Joeyâs escort job, however being together like this is perhaps surely bad.
S, somehow I am now conscious of it, Joeyâs healthy nape, and the blood vessels in his limbs. I forcibly remove my fixed gaze thatâs directed on it.
Author Note:
By the way, the reason why Hiyuki said the item was expensive, since she was considering its value as a gatcha fashion item, the value of it as a magic item from what Joey guessed is nonexistence.
Because in the first place, someone would normally get that kind of item in the tutorial~.
TL Note:
its far fragile from a paper and even more like that of a tissue :Actually, its far fragile from sashimi garnish and even more like that of a dandelion.Sashimi garnish is consider something frail, but dandelion is on another level (actually, even the author had even write up what the meaning of his joke in this part) so I chance it to be more understanding into a paper and tissue.âThat now wasnât a Kafrizzle, it just a frizzâ : Refer to Dragon Quest reference, actually its Mezza! but in english version of the game, its Frizz! Kafrizzle/Merazoma is like a huge explosion one, of course a hydrogen bomb its larger scale than thisâNGâ = not good or damedamedamedamedameAbout author note if you not familiar with online gaming : Sometimes, an item with a basic function (at worst: def 1 mdef 1) will be sold at IM, what so good about them? Normally visual, and other, you will be like different from other. In case of Hiyuki, its her wallet shaped like big ribbon.