My name is Claire, and I'm an A-rated adventurer.
　I am based in a country called Glendale.

　I don't even tell my friends in my party, but I'm actually half werewolf beastman and half human. That's why my physical abilities are higher than those of the human race, and I've risen to A-rank in an unusually fast manner for a female adventurer.

　By the way, her normal appearance is mostly human race. On the day of the full moon, I'm forced to take on the appearance of a beastman, but as long as I'm careful about that, even my companions who are always around won't notice that I have beastman blood mixed in with them.

　Of course, I got this far on merit alone. Some female adventurers seem to be insolent enough to sell their bodies to the examiners and try to raise their ranks....... I would never, ever do such a thing.

　Is it because I have beastly blood in me?
　I only want to get under the skin of a man I approve of.

　Well. But..... It's time for me to find a mate.

　To get a mate, he has to be stronger than me.
　That's the minimum requirement.

　I'm half-beastman, but I spend most of my time in human form, so a beastman would be unacceptable as a partner. But then, there are instantly fewer men to target.

　Beastmen rely on their overwhelming status and prefer to fight in meatballs, so they rarely use magic. In the beastmen's kingdom, it seems that using magic is considered contraindicated.

　However, as a half-beastman, it doesn't matter to me. I have the status of a beastman and the ability to use offensive magic. Of course I'm strong, right?

　Even the A-ranked adventurers in my party are much weaker than me. They are so good that they are considered outsiders among the human race, but....


　That's why I'm in the midst of searching for a male to be my mate.

　I'm having a hard time finding a mate.
　There aren't many races of humans that are stronger than beastmen.

　Fortunately, there are a few stronger men here in Glendale than me. There is hope. Maybe it's because I've been assessing all kinds of men, but I've gained the ability to recognize men who are stronger than me.

　Jill-Glendale, the king of this country.
　Cain, who is Jill's bodyguard.
　Leon, the captain of the 13th unit of the Royal Knights, Leon.

　These three people are stronger than me.
　They are the candidates for my turn without question.

　The leader of the Royal Knights and the captain of the 20th Corps, Gad, are also quite strong. But the Knight Commander is an old man, and Gado is the scum who asked me to sell my body. If you exclude those two, there are three candidates.


　I thought that was it.

　That was not the case.

　The most overwhelming candidate, to the point where Jill and Cain are blurred, is in this adventurer's guild.

　The name of that guy is Halt-Elnor.

　Even though he had only recently registered with the guild, he was advancing at an unbelievable rate.

　I've crossed paths with him a few times in the guild. I've even had conversations with him. But at that time, I didn't have a bite. Why?

　I don't know, but it was a different day.
　He looked, well...........very attractive.

　I regretted why I hadn't called out to him before when such a strong-looking man was so close by.

　Then I tried to talk to Hurt.


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Hi, Hurt. Long time.

　Claire calls out to Hurt as he comes to the Adventurer's Guild.

''Claire-san, it's been a while,''

As I recall, today is your promotion exam to grade C. Good luck with that.

'Yes!　Thank you.

　After that much conversation, Hurt left at a fast pace towards the back of the Adventurer's Guild.

　Seeing this, Claire didn't show much of a reaction. It was an indifferent response, not like Claire, who was actively working to become the number one.

　But to her now, this was normal.


　At that time, the Elnor mansion.
　A conversation was taking place between a certain father and son.

''Mother. It seems that just now, at the guild of adventurers in the capital, that the wolf woman has made contact with our Lord.

Don't worry, Yohko. My mistress is aware of that. The brainwashing that was put on him was quite strong. You've probably only had a word or two with Harut-sama.

I wish that were the case. However, my brainwashing did not work, and at first he resisted my mother's attempts to brainwash him, which made me a little uneasy.

''Well. I should reapply the brainwashing spell the next time I go to the guild, just to be sure.

If we do this too much, our Lord will be angry when he finds out.

''We must avoid that at all costs. However, Halt-sama also acknowledged the significance of the concubines' use of brainwashing magic in the recent commotion, so I think it should be fine, but.......

At any rate, I will keep an eye on that fellow for a while longer!

It's up to you, Yoko. I'll go prepare lunch, mistress.

　Incidentally, Claire wasn't the only female adventurer who tried to reach out to Hurt when Kikiou's brainwashing spell cast on the Adventurer's Guild was temporarily lifted.

　Unbeknownst to Hurt, he was protected by the women who were trying to attack him(?). They were.