episode_0246

“At my age, everyone has children and lives with their families, but what am I doing? No children, no women. “With the money I’ve saved, I think I can find a suitable woman, have children, and raise them.”

Swallowing down the alcohol like drinking water, I confess the things I have not been able to tell honestly to my colleagues.

“It would be possible if you saved hard. But are you satisfied with just that? “He said he would buy a mansion and live with a pretty woman.”

Although his colleagues who did not want to lose him expressed subtle opposition, he was quite adamant.

“Dude, I know how to understand topics too. I know that’s not even close to my topic. “My goal now is to build a home for my family, have children, and live with my wife forever.”

“Who wouldn’t say that?”

“What should I do if I suddenly say something like this? Who will fill the missing position?”

“I suddenly brought up the topic of retirement, but I have no intention of giving notice right away. It’s not that trash. “I will take responsibility until people are saved.”

Since there were only a small number of people, missing even one person would be a huge blow to the team.

“Hey, you know. “I also have something to say.”

“What is that expression? “Do you want to retire too?”

At that time, the woman who was the last to be rescued by me raised her hand with a very prickly expression.

“huh. “I also don’t want to die without being able to get married.”

“Hey, how old are you and you’re already retiring?!”

“I always wanted to retire. “You know.”

“I always said that if I found the right guy, I would leave without looking back. But you couldn’t find the right man.”

“You have to look at the sky to see the moon!! There are no sane people on the front line, but I’m stuck here. “I think that if you want to meet the right guy, you have to go to a place where those guys hang out.”

“If you go too, what about me? “What should I do?”

Among this group, the woman I first met spoke in embarrassment, and the woman who had announced her retirement spoke firmly, even though she could not hide her regret.

“We’ve been lucky so far. “Hunting is too risky these days when the ecosystem is constantly changing.”

She would have died if I hadn’t rescued her.

Changing my usual thoughts wasn’t that special.

Moreover, considering what would happen soon, it was a decision that had a high possibility of saving one’s life.

“Are you all hunting for money?”

He told them who were arguing that he could not retire.

“I guess so. “The only thing I learned was how to catch monsters.”

“Have you ever thought about doing something else?”

“Something else?”

Everyone responded negatively to my question.

“In the beginning, we didn’t have any capital. “They were in debt and couldn’t even think about doing anything else.”

“Through this work, I paid off all my debts and even saved enough money to live on in my old age. “I didn’t think I could make more money than this, so I didn’t even look elsewhere.”

In the end, it seemed like it was about money.

“Would you do anything if you could make money?”

“We don’t kill people. I don’t want to do something bad. “If you get involved in something like that, your later years will be tough.”

I wanted to check how prepared I was, but the line was clearer than I thought.

I felt like I could trust and entrust work to a pulpit like that.

“I’m not interested in such strange things. “I just wanted to ask you if you’d like to start a business.”

“Business?”

“Hey, does anyone do business?”

Since the only thing they learned from a young age was catching monsters, they didn’t seem to feel confident when they heard the word ‘business’.

I felt like they could do business on my land without causing any major problems.

“No matter what, don’t you usually dream of living safely? “It’s worth doing at least once.”

“Of course I thought about it. There’s probably no one who hasn’t tried it at least once. But it’s hard to make a decision because I don’t think it will be easy to settle down somewhere else and it won’t make much money compared to what I was doing.”

“More importantly, I don’t think I can run a good business.”

Even if business was good, there was no way you could make more money than hunting monsters.

I’m still making good money, so it wouldn’t have been easy to think about changing to a job that doesn’t make more money.

“They said they didn’t like it because it was dangerous. “Aren’t you all a little fed up with what happened this time?”

“It’s embarrassing, but it’s scary. “Originally, the frontline contamination zone wasn’t this hectic.”

“That’s right, the ecosystem has changed so much since the Monster Wave that all the experiences we knew have become useless.”

At that time, Dewin, who was the first to talk about retirement, secretly talked about what he wanted to do.

“Actually, I wanted to be an arms dealer.”

“Weapons dealer?? Oh, does something suit you?”

Colleagues responded surprisingly positively to Dewin’s words.

“right? Plus, I have some connections in that area. So, I thought I would take the items off to a craftsman and sell them.”

“What, seeing as you have a retirement plan, I don’t think you said you would retire because of today’s work?”

“It’s been a few months since I started thinking about it specifically. sorry. Plus, the initial capital was so high that I couldn’t even afford it. “I was trying to raise capital by earning one more year.”

“Then do one more year!”

I welcome them retiring sooner.

When monsters start rampaging in earnest, there is no place for awakened people with mediocre skills like these.

The era of great hunting.

Full-scale competition will begin.

“I don’t think you need to do it for another year.”

“yes?”

“If Mr. Dewin wishes, wouldn’t you like to do business on my land? “I will make the initial investment.”

“!!!”

“I feel a bit uncomfortable because it seems like I’m ruining an otherwise decent party, but if other people want to do something like Mr. Dewin, I can lend it to them under the same conditions.”

“Ta, do you have a lot of land?”

“yes. However, this will be the place to do business.”

Dewin’s excited expression calms down when he hears that the location for business is the front line.

“The front lines? It’s dangerous here, so it’s not a good place to live with my family. And there are not many people, so there is no business. “Is there anywhere else?”

“I can assure you of that.”

“???”

“Doing business here will be a huge hit.”

“It’s amazing. It’s crowded now, but only for a little while. It looks like there are a lot of people because there are merchants coming and going because the castle wall is currently being repaired. Normally, there are less than half of the current number.”

No, there will be more people flocking in the future.

Money will flow here, land prices will soar, and people who do business here will be sitting on a cushion.

“You can either trust me and open a store and do business here, or keep hunting. The choice is free. “I’m not saying it’s a burden, but I’m telling you that there are options.”

A suddenly given opportunity.

Since I have experienced what these people are like, I thought it was worth entrusting them with the land, so I made this suggestion.

“If you think about it and want to accept the offer, come here in three days. If you come, we will have a proper conversation, otherwise we will leave. “Take it lightly.”

I know that the person involved cannot be taken lightly, but I emphasized that in my position, it was either a do-it-or-don’t-do situation.

thud!!

While everyone was organizing their thoughts, the bar door opened with a loud noise.

“?”

“?”

Because it was a very noisy bar, the sound of the door opening did not attract everyone’s attention, but it happened to catch my attention, and my eyes widened when I saw who had come inside.

A person who came into the bar at that moment also saw me and came towards me.

Ttuktuk-tap-

Is it because it has such a large presence?

The noise in the once noisy bar gradually quiets down, and people’s attention focuses on one person.

Before I knew it, the person who had caught everyone’s attention arrived at the table I was sitting at and opened his mouth.

“You were here.”

“You came sooner than I thought. “Weren’t we supposed to meet tomorrow?”

“I hurried to see you, so I arrived early.”

“How did you know I was here?”

“Damon told me.”

“???”

Damon told you?

I didn’t take care of Damon while I was drinking, so I didn’t know what he was doing, but I never thought he would do such an amazing thing.

“So I thought you sent it to me, but it seems you didn’t.”

“Thank you, I’m glad we met early.”

If everything had gone as planned, I should have met her at the entrance to the contaminated zone.

The news that something had happened and that he had suddenly returned to the front lines was news that he had not been able to convey to Thalia.

“uh… Uh… .”

“!!!!!”

Meanwhile, the people I was sitting with were looking at Thalia with lost expressions.

He said he had been hunting monsters on the front lines for a long time, so he seemed to know the identity of the person who suddenly appeared.

“Well, that’s the commander.”

“omg! Commander Thalia?!”

“No, why is he here… .”

“Crazy, Commander?”

Roaring Roaring-

And soon, people from other places recognized her.

Even if it were elsewhere, there was no one on the front lines who did not know about Thalia’s fame.

Despite the shock coming from all over the place, Thalia casually placed her hand on my shoulder.

I got up, gave up my chair, took a chair from somewhere else, and sat down.

“I thought I went into a contaminated area, but I never thought I would be drinking. “How did you end up doing such cute things?”

“I did go in. “Somehow, circumstances arose and I had to come out.”

As I shrugged my shoulders and spoke, Thalia’s eyes turned to the people sitting with me.

“Is that the case here?”

“Yes.”

“Ah, ah, hello! “Me, my name is de, dewing, no, dewit, no, de, dewing!”

Among the people who were so nervous that they couldn’t open their mouths, Dewin was the only one who managed to say hello.

But his voice was shaking terribly.

It was not simply because of Thalia’s intimidation, but because she was such a special presence on the front lines.

“Nice to meet you, Dwing.”

“Hmph!”

Dewin, who ultimately failed to correct her name, was thrilled despite being called by the wrong name.

“Woah, it’s an honor. Commander!!”

Dwin’s eyes became moist as he was moved.

And the envy of others poured out on Dewin.