The city of Atratia.
This is the city where our party - William, Satsuki, Mee, and Cyril - is based for the time being.

It's a medium-sized city, with a population of around six thousand.
It takes about fifteen minutes to walk from the west gate to the east gate, and in the middle of the city is the central plaza, which functions as a marketplace, and near the plaza are the trading houses of large merchants and the political center.
This is a very common structure of a city.

Near the east gate of the city of Atratia, there is an inn called the 'Sleeping Fawn Pavilion' in the corner of the common district.

This inn also runs a restaurant and tavern in the same building, with a dining room on the first floor and a series of inn rooms on the second floor.

It was breakfast time.
The four of us were now seated at a table for four in the dining room on the first floor of the Sleeping Fawn Pavilion.

'So... I heard you found a quest, what's it about this time?

The one who asked this was Satsuki, who had just finished her morning training and was sweating in her seat.

She has black hair in a ponytail and wears a kimono hakama, a garment unique to the Eastern lands.
Her sky-blue costume and the gently curved sword at her waist are her trademark as a samurai.

As usual, Satsuki puts her hands inside her kimono and wipes off her sweat with the cloth in public, which is very annoying to see in combination with her attractive appearance.
I don't think it's a good thing that she wears a white cloth called "Sarashi" around her chest. .......

I'm not sure if I should say that her crassness is part of her charm or not, but I've decided to leave her alone since it's obvious that she won't fix it even if I warn her.

However, there was someone who dared to warn her about this point.

'...... Hey Satsuki, I've been wondering for a while, is that your way of appealing to William for s*x? I think it's a bit too much of a joke.

The one who gave Satsuki such a hard time was the Holy Order's Cyril.

He has platinum blonde semi-short hair and amethyst eyes that are filled with wisdom.
The imbalance between her slightly mature expression and her still-girlish looks gives her a dangerous charm.

Another of her physical characteristics is the size of her breasts, which are pushed up far above her white priestly robe.
The appearance of her breasts is so powerful that even those who are not particularly fond of large breasts are attracted to them.

As you can see from her remarks, she is a much more sensible person than Satsuki.
But because she is a sensible person, she is also a friend of mine in that she is troubled by Satsuki's unrestrained behavior.

As expected, Satsuki looked puzzled and asked Cyril back.

'Heck, ...... what? What's that? What's that? It sounds s*xy.

'...... Okay, I get it, you're a natural. And you're almost right. I asked you if you thought you were making yourself s*xually attractive to William with your erotic appearance.

'What? What do you mean by erotic appearance, ......?

Satsuki said and turned her gaze downward, toward her breasts.
There, she had her kimono breasts undone and was holding a sweat-wiping cloth in her hand.

'What ...... is that? ...... Is it possible that I'm in trouble as a woman ......?

I'm not sure what to do.


'Ah ...... ah ......'.

Satsuki's face turned bright red when she saw my eyes in front of her.
Then she sank down under the table to hide, as if steam was blowing from her head.

'...... Haha. As usual, Satsuki's natural ability is astounding. But I think William is also quite unfazed by it.

The one who said that and glanced at me was the beastman girl Mee.

She is the smallest of the three girls, with an appearance reminiscent of a child who has just started elementary school.
She has short-cut reddish-brown hair with a slight outward bounce, and red eyes of a subdued shade.

On her head, two adorable cat ears are sticking out from between her hair, and they are popping up and down.
This, combined with the double teeth protruding from her mouth and the short sleeves and hem of her bandit-like clothing, gave the petite girl a mascot-like cuteness all over her body.

However, she was also an adult and an adventurer.
Her words and actions are sensible, and she often rebukes Satsuki.

Nevertheless, her current words did not hit the nail on the head.

I poked the salad on my breakfast plate next to the fried egg with my fork, chewed it thoroughly and swallowed it before I spoke back to Mee.

'No, it's not that I'm not upset. I've always wanted you to stop doing that because it's poisonous to my eyes.

'What, poison? My s*xy outfit is poisonous?

Satsuki came out from under the table where she was hiding and appealed to me with a tearful face.

She seems to have misunderstood the meaning of my words, but I think it's better if she does, so I let her go.

'Oh, I'm sorry to see that. I don't think it's a good idea to expose yourself like that in public.

'Hgh! ......! Oh my god! Will called me poison! That's awful!

Satsuki was crying in a bar in the early morning.

Then, a man who looked like an adventurer, who was eating at a table nearby, called out to her.

'Hey, would you like to come to my party, little girl? If you're a pretty girl like you, you're welcome, even if you're a beginner.

But when Satsuki heard the man's words, she stopped crying and said,

'Shut up, you idiot! It makes me sick to be treated like a woman by you guys.

and stuck out her tongue at the man.
The adventurer-like man, who failed in his attempt to recruit and pick up the girl, clucked his tongue and went back to his meal.

Satsuki, on the other hand, sat back down as if nothing had happened from the beginning.

'Well, what were we talking about then?

As usual, she recovered unusually quickly.
I responded to her comment, thinking about it with hatred.

'What kind of quest did you find this time, Satsuki asked?

'Oh, yes, that's it!

'The quest I've found is to exterminate orcs. It's the most common D-rank quest. It's like the E rank version of goblin extermination.

It was Mee who answered.

Incidentally, it was usually early in the morning when we went to the Adventurer's Guild to look for quests, and since Satsuki had morning training and no particular desire to join us in choosing quests, it was basically me, Mee, and Cyril who chose the quests.

Since Satsuki doesn't complain about it later, and it is desirable for the whole party that Satsuki's strength improves, this has become the basic stance of our party.

Recently, Satsuki seems to be training harder than when I first met her.
Although she seems to be unconcerned when we're together, her expression in the training scene I caught a glimpse of was very serious, and she seemed to be pushing herself very hard.

And apparently she was embarrassed to be seen as working hard, because once I saw her training and said to her, 'You're working hard,

'...... I don't think I can catch up with you unless I do at least this much. That's all.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead like a waterfall, he replied with a slightly stained cheek.
After all, her defeat in the battle against Irene seemed to have ignited her fighting spirit.

After the battle with Count Goldart and the court magician Alice, I accompanied her to the royal capital and then parted ways with Irene, the princess of this country and my childhood friend.

She returned to her role as a princess or a knight, and we received our rewards and returned to our daily lives as adventurers.

And today, about a week later, is the day.
After a good rest, today was the day we would make a fresh start as a party of E rank adventurers.

Meanwhile, Satsuki heard from Mee that they were going to kill orcs,



'Oh, Orc slaying. That kind of quest is easy to understand, you just have to kill all the enemies.

I was suddenly very motivated and pounded my fist against my palm.

But we had no idea what we were getting into.
But at that time, we didn't expect to see such a scene at the Orc's roost where we were headed. .......