Chapter 41 Meeting The Silver-Haired Girl Again
"Sorry, I can't afford to hire anyone right now."
"...I understand. I apologize for getting in the way of your work."
The day after meeting the silver-haired girl, I went around asking if I could do any work.
However, after trying this several times, I ended up with no luck.
As I sighed, the man I was talking to seemed to realize something.
"Do you not have any money? You can't work, but you're dressed quite nicely. If you give me that black coat, I can give you some money."
"...I'm sorry, but I can't sell this."
"I see."
At that moment, the man seemed to lose interest in me.
I bowed and turned on my heel.
The black coat I was wearing was given to me by the silver-haired girl.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that thanks to it, I could endure the cold, but there was another reason why I didn't want to give it away.
"Sigh, looks like today is a bust too..."
As I lamented about not finding a way to make money, my stomach growled.
Whether it snowed or whether I had money, it didn't matter. It urged me to quickly get some food.
However, that day luck was not on my side, and I couldn't find any decent leftovers.
"Well, it can't be helped. It's dangerous, but should I hunt monsters?"
I muttered to myself and decided to head towards a cave on the outskirts of the capital.
"Huh?"
As I was about to start walking, I felt a presence and turned around.
However, there was no one there, and the feeling vanished like mist.
――Was it just my imagination? I did feel a presence though...
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"Haah――!"
――Slash.
Right after entering the cave, I engaged in battle with a boar-like monster, a Wild Boar, managing to land a blow.
However, my attack only managed to cut off its front leg, and despite the Wild Boar screaming, it retreated deeper into the cave.
"Good grief... I wonder if I can somehow fight a monster that's a designated B-class monster?"
I muttered as I looked at the object in my hand that couldn't even be called a sword.
It had only about a third of a blade from the hilt, with the rest missing as if it had been cut off.
It was something the thugs dropped when I repelled them a few days ago.
"They said it was a sword made of the world's hardest orichalcum, but I can't fight properly with this after all."
Saying that, I picked up the front leg of the wild boar I had just cut down.
At least this should fill my stomach for now.
"Tastes bad..."
I didn't have the tools to start a fire.
I reluctantly took a bite, but it was far from delicious.
Unintentionally, the taste of the apple I received from the silver-haired girl came to mind.
"Still, it won't activate, huh..."
I stared intently at my right hand.
A strange phenomenon that happened when I repelled the thugs the other day.
In my hand, as I tried to block the attack from the orichalcum sword, a pitch-black scythe was gripped by my hand.
I don't remember well because I was in a daze, but I do remember that the pitch-black scythe sliced through the orichalcum sword.
And then, I had gained the ability to display a pale blue string of characters by just thinking about it.
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Total Execution Coefficient: 5,483 points
No job abilities have been harvested yet.
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――It still doesn't make sense, huh...
I've tried several times since then, like battles with monsters and mock battles for mercenary jobs, but the pitch-black scythe hasn't shown up.
It's a weapon that can crush the world's hardest orichalcum into pieces.
If I could master using it freely, maybe I could break free from my current life...
It was when I was pondering something inevitable and about to dig into some wild boar meat.
I sensed a presence near the entrance of the cave and turned around.
Standing there was the silver-haired girl I met yesterday.
"You're amazing. To notice me using Presence Concealment."
"You are..."
Why are you in this cave?
Just as I was about to ask, the silver-haired girl spoke first.
"Hello, Adel Vandale-san."
"...How do you know my name? I didn't introduce myself when we met yesterday."
"Well, you see..."
The silver-haired girl seemed to be thinking about where to start talking.
She tilted her head cutely, looking troubled.
And then, having decided what to say, the silver-haired girl spoke to me.
"My name is Maia Bright. I was ordered to assassinate you, that's how I came to know your name."
"..."
Silence――
I thought I misheard, but the serious face of the silver-haired girl who introduced herself as Maia made me think otherwise.
Where on earth is this assassin declaring their assassination?
"...Are you stupid?"
"Yes, I might be stupid."
Maia laughed.
Then she continued, saying,
"Adel-san, I would like to have a little chat with you."
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