After finishing my task, I immediately went back to the guild.
[ Haruto-kun...? You're already finished...? ]
As soon as I entered the guild, I was immediately greeted by Diana-san.
The situation is very different from when the first few days that I entered this room, where I always being greeted by the gazes of the other adventurers.
[ Yes, it was quite easy. ] I replied.
[ Is that so...? but isn't this a little to fast...? ] Diana-san asked with a low voice.
[ ...What do you mean...? ]
[ Well... you left just about two hours ago... ]
[ Is that so...? Well, It was easy finding them so I guess that saved a lot of time. Anyway, I have them stored here in my magic storage, so umm... where can I take em' out? ]
I don't want to take their bodies out of here since there's a lot of them.
[ Ah! ...Tha-That's right! Please follow me, Haruto-kun. ]
Diana-san then led me to another room inside the guild.
The room Diana-san has led me into is quite spacious and it looks very clean, but there's one thing that is standing out the most inside the room, which are the large bodies of meat hanging all over the ceiling.
I can totally feel the dark atmosphere of the room.
[ Guro-san! Guro-san! ] Diana-san shouted.
And not another second later, a voice replied -
[ Oi! I'm here! ]
The voice echoed from the edge of the room, where the sound of pounding can be heard.
[ Oh, then, let's go there, Haruto-kun. ]
[ Okay... ]
At the edge of the room is another door.
Diana-san entered without any hesitation and I followed her.
The sound of the pounding became louder as I drew closer to the room.
SFK: DUN!!! DUN!!! DUN!!!
As soon as I entered the room, a cold chill ran through my back as I saw the silhouette of a man holding a large cleaver on his hand on the edge of the dark room.
[ Diana...san? ] muttered the voice from the inside.
[ Guro-san... Haruto-kun here has the Hastes Rabbits that were requested to be flayed immediately. ] Diana-san calmly said.
[ Oho~ is that so? I was waiting for those for a while now. ] As he said those words, he finally faced our direction and walked towards us.
The scene was like that of a slasher movie where the killer walks straight to us, the victims.
[ Di-Diana-san...? ]
Before I knew it, I was already standing close to Diana-san.
[ Haruto-kun...? ]
As the man walked closer to us, I started to prepare myself...
And not a second later -
[ What...? You look like you just saw some kind of ghost... ]
A normal-looking middle-aged man came out.
He's still holding a large cleaver covered with blood on with his hands, but because of his looks, he doesn't look scary at all.
I felt really stupid for worrying.
[ So-Sorry about that... ] I apologized while scratching the top of my head.
[ ...Anyway, you got the rabbits, kid? ]
[ Ah, yes, please wait. ] saying that, I took out the pouch from my bag.
[ Oho~? is that a Magic Pouch? Are you perhaps that person everyone is currently talking about? ] he asked while crossing both of his arms.
[ That's right, Guro-san, this is Haruto-san, Katherine-sama's friend. ]
[ Please, Diana-san, don't introduce me like that... ]
I feel like everyone only knows me by either my nicknames or as Katherine-san's friend. I want the other adventurers too to know my name too...
[ Oh~? is that so? Then let me introduce myself too. My name is Guro. That's it. Oh~ that's right, I also want you to know that my passion and purpose in life is to cut and chop any, and every kind of meat I could find. Please remember that. ] he said with a dead-serious tone.
[ ...Is that so... ] I could only awkwardly reply.
[ Anyway, please continue what you're doing Haruto. ] Guro-san said.
After hearing that, I continued what I was about to do.
I put my hand close to the opening of the pouch and it instantly grew to the size where it can fit my whole arm.
I then put my hand inside and took out the dead bodies of the rabbits one by one.
[ Oho~!!! ]
[ Wait!? isn't that too many, Haruto-kun!? ]
Both Guro-san and Diana-san exclaimed in surprise.
[ Well... It was fun, so I wasn't able to stop my self from hunting more. ]
[ ...Can I take a look, Haruto-kun? ]
[ Please, go ahead. ]
I'm quite proud of them as I was able to properly hunt them without damaging them that much.
[ ...This is!? ] Guro-san suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
[ Wh-What is it, Guro-san!? Are there any problems!? ] I asked nervously as I looked at Guro-san's tense expression.
Ignoring me, Guro-san sat down in front of the dead rabbits and he further examines them all.
[ This one too! And this one! And also these! ]
[ Gu-Guro-san!? ]
[ Haruto! How are you able to cut them all this neatly? ] he suddenly asked as he turned his head to my direction.
[ Huh...? What do you mean Guro-san...? ]
[ All of them, they're all killed by either being pierced by something in the head or by bleeding to death by being cut in the neck. I've never seen anyone hunted Hastes Rabbits like this before, there's no sign of any damage from everything below their necks! With this, I can all turn into high-quality products! ]
[ I-Is that so...? Well... I just hunted them the way I know how... ]
Sure that I never tried to hunt a rabbit before by slicing their necks and letting them bleed to death but I wanted to try it so it turned out like this.
[ Haruto-kun! You might be the partner I have been looking for! ] Guro-san shouted as he suddenly stood up in front of me and held both of my shoulders with his hands.
[ Gu-Guro-san!? ]
[ You need to hunt more for me! From this day on, Haruto-kun! Never take any tasks that doesn't involve bringing me back a corpse I can play with! ]
[ Wha-What are you saying Guro-san!? Haruto-kun will only follow and do the tasks I give him! ]
[ Just what are you two saying!? Shouldn't I be the one who should decide which tasks I would take from the beginning!? ]
That's right! if I only know how to read this world's language then I wouldn't ask for anyone's help looking for tasks!
[ Shut up, Haruto! I will convince derrick-sama to assign you to me! ]
[ You're the one who should shut your mouth, Guro-san! The guild has already assigned Haruto-kun to me and they will never take them away from me! ]
[ Do my own opinion doesn't even matter in this situation...? ] I muttered to my self as I look at the two people in front of me argue which one I should be assigned to.
***
[ Anyway, here's your reward for completing the task, Haruto-kun. ] Diana-san said as she handed me a small pouch containing a few coins inside.
[ And here's the payment for the ones Guro-san has bought. ]
Diana-san then handed me another pouch which is a bit larger and heavier.
[ ...Isn't this a little too much? ]
[ I honestly don't know, but I'm sure you can trust Guro-san that this amount is surely an honest pay. ]
[ Is that so...? ]
[ Anyway... Haruto-kun... It seems I was wrong about not letting you take any kind of these tasks before... I think that what Guro-san is true, that your true talent can only be shown with you taking these kinds of tasks... I'm really sorry for forcing you to do the task you hated so much! ] she said as she bowed down her head a little.
[ Is that so...? Well, I never actually hated them... I gained a lot of experience from those tasks you gave me before, you know? ]
[ Is that so...? ]
[ But still, you'll still be the one to give me the tasks I will do so I don't really have a choice do I? ]
[ ...Don't worry about it... I will only give you tasks you will not regret doing... also, from now on, can you please be extra careful...? Since the tasks I will give to you from now on will be much more difficult. ] she said with a worried face.
[ ...Of course...! ]
I answered with a smile.
After that, I left the guild again and went straight back to the inn to rest.