I left my power-harassing childhood friend, the power-harassing Swordsman Alfine, who was robbing me of my dignity, and was rocked by a carriage for two weeks.

　The carriage had arrived safely in the kingdom's farthest frontier city of Yuguhanotes.


　When I left her, I returned all of my equipment and funds back and came out, but with the money I had saved while I was receiving the request alone, I had some spare road silver.

　When I arrived in the city, the first thing I did was to change my appearance, which she kept telling me was a failure, in order to avoid being found by Alfine.


　My black eyes and black hair, which is the same as hers, is a rare color in this world, so if I continue to live the adventurer's life here and become a little famous, there is a possibility that Alfine in the royal capital will hear about it as fast as possible and bring me back.

　In order to avoid this, disguise and a false name seemed to be a necessity.


　I've been freed from the tyrant Alfine at great expense, and he's drifted to a frontier city where no one knows about me.

　At this time, I'm going to discard the name "Fynn," which gives me the impression of being an appendage of Alfine, and live in the Yuguhanotes as a newbie adventurer.

　When I arrived in town, I came to the barbershop to get my hair cut and dyed first.


''Excuse me, can you cut this black hair short and buzz it off and dye it blonde?''

Nii-chan, you have unusually beautiful black hair, but you want to dye it an ordinary blonde? What a waste.

Well, it's a long story.


　The uncle at the barber looked at my dark hair and said it was a waste, but I don't want to feel bad every time I look at this hair color and eyes in the mirror from now on, remembering Alfine and feeling bad about it.

　As a sign of leaving the past behind, she shortened her hair and dyed it a color as well.


'What, Nii-chan is for some reason? Then you should have said so from the beginning. This yuguhanotes is a place where a lot of things come from. Many things must have happened to niichan, too. It's a good idea to get rid of the usual blonde hair for a while and do a flashy red hair.

"You've got red hair? ...... too flamboyant. ......

Nii-chan's face looks better with that kind of flair. I'm the best in the world.

I see. Well, I'll leave it to you then.


　I decided to leave everything to the barber's uncle, who was showing signs of being motivated.

　While he cut my hair and dyed it red, I was fast asleep, exhausted from the trip.


Nii-chan, it's all over. You're done, Nii-chan, you're as handsome as you look. The girls in town are going to have a field day.


　I was asleep and woke up with my uncle shaking my shoulder.

　In the mirror in front of me, I see a man with bright red hair trimmed short and a fearless face.

　He has even dyed his eyebrows red with care.

'Is this me?'

You're not the same as the crappy-looking ninja you met when you came in. The fake eye doctor I know changes the color of the eyes with magic. You can't just leave it alone when you hear there's a problem. If you want to change it, you shouldn't do it halfway.

　Next to the barber's uncle, an uncle of about the same age was laughing.

I've heard it's better to make your eyes red, too, because it's more flashy and looks better. If you fit these in, you should be able to disguise the color of your eyes. It's thin but sturdy, so it won't come off even if you do some heavy lifting. Normally, I charge a pretty good fee for this kind of work, but don't worry, I'm willing to work for a reasonable price for a lot of disabled people.

　The man next to the barber's uncle seemed to be a pseudo-optimist.

　He had a small, thin, red glass-like object in his hand.

'Is it safe to put it in my eyes?'

I'm not worried about it. You see?

　The pseudo-optimist guy put a red glassware in my eye.

　It didn't hurt, and my vision didn't seem to be any different than it had been before.


　The change in hair color and length, as well as the color of my eyes, made me feel like a completely different person than the Fynn face I kept being told I knew was a failure.

　With this, in the unlikely event that I should meet Alfine, she wouldn't recognize me in an instant, right?

　Still, it's too much of a change. ......


''How much is that bill or something like that?''

I'll give you a cheap 300-ounce bottle.


　Yeah!　Is there a difference in cost of living between the royal city and the frontier cities?

　I thought tens of thousands of ounces wouldn't be enough if the change was this drastic, but I didn't think it would be just three hundred ounces.

　I quickly pulled out three hundred ounces worth of silver from my wallet and handed him an additional one hundred ounces as a tip.


I handed him another hundred ounces as a tip. I like your skills so much that I'll be coming back here when my hair grows longer.

I like it, and I'll treat you as my regular customer. I like you, and I'll treat you as one of my regulars. My name is Roland. I'm Roland. I'm a well-known barber in the city of Yggernotes. So, what's your name, brother?


　Roland, who did my hair, asked me what my name was.

　I abandoned the name Fynn when I parted ways with Alfine, so I'll have to come up with a new one.


　We need to come up with a good name for ourselves: ...... We'll be named after my beloved King Frederick.

　Frederick is a bit too aristocratic, so Flick ...... would be a better fit.

　From now on, I'll call myself Flick.


I'm Flick. From now on, I'm going to be an adventurer in this city. I'm sure Roland-san will be taking care of me from now on, but I'm looking forward to working with you.

If anyone asks you where you got your hair done, you can advertise it for us.

If you're this good, I'll be able to promote you as a cancer survivor.


　Then I left Mr. Roland's shop and as I walked through the city, I felt that the women were looking at me differently than when I came.

　They kept on whispering to each other and then looking at me again, just as if they were glancing at me.

　I was skeptical of these women's change in attitude, but when I approached those women to find the Adventurer's Guild, I was able to recognize that I had been disturbed.