Vilshire town was a small area north of the main kingdom. It was home to a couple hundred people, some aristocrats, some retired from the city life and looking for something quiet and some born and bread here. Alex was on of them. Although the had been on trips to the royal capital, he had lived most of his life in the village. He thought that once he'd become an adventurer that would change. But try as he might, it was to no avail. Competition to be apart of a city guild was extreme and he had no choice but to settle down and become a countryside adventurer. however he hoped that one day, he would be powerful enough to join the city.
Now as for the village, a big commotion was going on. Multiple adventurers and the head advisor were currently standing outside a large cave. An hour prior to this scene, they had heard a large explosion going on, although explosions were normal when there were explosive jellies around, it want normal for the entire village to hear the cave breaking down, including old marnie, the fisherman who lived miles away from the cave on the town docks.
They had sent a couple people into the cave and were now waiting for them to report back.
A stern looking women with azure blue hair tied up in a ponytail looked at a paper in her hand and then glanced at the cave. By her side was a short man with a large brown bread wearing chainmail armor.
"what do ya reckon?" the old man spoke in a gruff voice.
" the new one used a fire ball that lead to a huge explosion and the cave fell apart"
The head advisor could already tell exactly what happened. Heck, it's even happened before.
"Woof, good thing Alex is on the job, he always-a-good man"
he bearded man spoke with a slight accent but he was right. It was precisely this reason that the head advisor, Seon, paired Elaina with Alex.
" She's an A- rank right? that much power and that much carelessness spells-a-trouble"
"It's only her first mission,I'm sure she'll improve with time"
An A- rank certainly is a great rank and even higher than Alex's B rank but raw power doesn't make a good mage.
After waiting an hour, a small light could be seen coming from the cave, and it got bigger and bigger every minute.
***
As i was walking towards the entrance of the cave, there were 3 other people with me- Elaina, who was quietly looking downwards and walking shamefully and 2 adventurers from the guild,both male and both wearing brown cloaks.
This could mean only one thing, the exploration was heard and the guild sent in people to see what happened. Well, that also meant My advisor Seon would be making an appearance. Doesn't sound bad to me, i don't have a problem with getting to look at a body like that and since I know i didn't fuck up the mission, i was hoping for a reward afterwards.
Beside me , Elaina seemed really nervous.
"I…I messed up didn't I"
"Yes…but most people do on their first time"
" I'm not sure im cut out for this. Everyone
kept saying i had the powers to be an adventurer so i did but now… I really don't know".
She seemed to be taking her first time rather seriously. Oh well, it's not bad to be serious
" I think you need to relax for a bit"
"Relax? But miss Seon will be really mad"
"Miss Seon? no she….well…."
i couldn't finish the sentence knowing damn well how Seon gets when she's displeased it. It seems i'll have to talk to Elaina after she gets lectured , which she most definitely will.
***
Finally i Could see Seon and Igor in the distance. As usual, Seon looked sexy in her tight skirt and business attire where as Igor looked like a old fashioned warrior with his
stout build and chainmail armor, not to mention the great mane of brown hair.
"What happened in that cave? it should have been a simple quest"
"Ah, advisor… ehem, let me explain"
i tapped her arm and gently guided her a bit further away from Elaina while i explained the situation. Elaina nervously stared at us from a distance .Throught my explanation, Seon's facial expression made it obvious she guessed what happened and was simply confirmed her theory.
After i finished explaining, she looked back at Elaina.
"excuse me, please" ,in a sharp voice she spoke and headed toward Elaina…. here we go.
***
I'd rather not go into detail about the long and loud lecture Elaina was given. Everyone there had heard every word she said and I'm sure anyone within a mile also heard Seon's face.
Elaina was completely reduced to tears and started crying on the spot whist still apologizing for her mistake in the cave.
I decided to take Elaina for a drink hoping to calm her down. Both of changed and dressed into much more casual clothing and I took her to a tavern i frequently visited to drink.
" Is this your first time drinking?"
" yes", she replied stiffly
We sat at a table and took a look at the menu. I check my analog watch, it said 9 o'clock.
"hmm, are you hungry? how about we just have dinner all together?"
"S-sure" she sniffed.
Now that there were no explosive jellies are mad bosses, i got the chance to have a better look at Elaina's features. She had a sharp face with a nice jawline and a sexy body with concave and convex curves in all the right places. her silky peach colored hair rested on top of her pink cardigan. It would be rude to look under the table to check, but I could tell she had juicy thighs because of her white shirt skirt. Add that to her milky white skin and you have a flawless beauty. The only problem right now was that beauty had completely red eyes.
" do your eyes sting?"
"A bit"
"here, take this"
i took a small bottle of eye drops from my pocket and slowly put it on the table.
"huh? you brought them for me?"
her eyes suddenly widened in wonder.
" it's a senior's job to watch after their junior"
"T-thank you!"
a happy smile broke out on her face. I guess her eyes were bothering her but she chose not to say anything to avoid spoiling the mood. suddenly, her smile changed into a shy expression and her cheeks slightly reddened.
"what is it?" I asked her gently.
" could you put in my eyes?"
Interesting, I evaluated the character type of the person infront of me. So she likes to ask for help? No problem. I'm keeping note of this because i've met plenty of independent types who act like they don't need anything from anyone.
I got up from my seat and moved to her side of the table.
" I'll be gentle", I ensured her
"Thank you, senpai"
she aimed her head upwards and put one hand on her eye to gently open it and used my other hand to administer the drop. I got a better look at her face. It was only the skin below her eye but it already felt soft and feminine. I repeated the process with her other eye. The entire time a slight red blush was on her face.
"I'm s-sorry for the trouble, senpai" she said softly
" It's fine, let's order now" i replied with an equally soft voice .