35. Results Report
After returning to the inn once, I picked up the borrowed clothes and visited the Adventurers' Guild for the first time in about a week.
Unlike that time, no one was staring at me. Lisa wasn’t next to me either. And the clothes I was wearing were completely different from back then.
But the woman I was looking at was the same as that day.
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“Long time no see, Takuma-san.”
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Just as I approached to speak to Lorraine, she called out my name first.
From my perspective, it was only natural she’d remember since we’d met just a week ago. But for someone like Lorraine who works at the reception desk, the number of adventurers who come in each day surely exceeds double digits. And when thinking on a weekly basis, the number of people registering as adventurers like I did is probably not small either.
To me, Lorraine might be a special person, but from her point of view, I’m just one ordinary visitor among many to the guild.
That’s why I was deeply moved that she called my name first.
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“L-long time no see. You remembered my name?”
“Yes, of course I did.”
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Her words pierced my heart, and the gentle smile she gave me was dazzling again.
If this place wasn’t an adventurers’ guild but a cabaret club, she’d definitely be a repeat customer magnet.
Well, I’ve already decided that whenever I come to the guild from now on, I’ll go to Lorraine’s counter.
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“What brings you here today?”
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I had been so distracted by how wonderful Lorraine was that I completely forgot my business. I had been staring at her with what must have been a stupid look on my face, so I quickly pulled myself together and got to the reason I came.
“I came to return the clothes I borrowed.”
“I see. Indeed, with how you’re dressed now, you don’t seem to need them anymore.”
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Lorraine accepted the clothes I held out and casually placed them on her lap for now.
While I was having dirty thoughts—wondering how good it must feel for those clothes to be resting on her soft thighs unlike mine—Lorraine spoke to me again.
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“What would you like to do with the clothes I’ve been holding for you?”
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Come to think of it, I had left my sweatshirt here. The guy who had been ogling Lorraine’s underboob right in front of me could disappear for all I cared, but it was a memento from the other world that came with me. Might as well keep it.
“Sorry, but could you bring it out for me?”
“Understood. Please wait a moment.”
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Lorraine stood up and quickly went to fetch my sweatshirt.
Last time, when Lorraine left the reception desk, the guild master had come looking for her. It made sense that if someone as capable as her disappeared from the counter, the boss would get worried.
She probably handles reception for many adventurers besides me, and in this world, anything can happen at any time.
It’s not impossible that she could be attacked by a large male adventurer behind the guild. In fact, for someone with Lorraine’s figure, it was a realistically possible scenario.
Being fondled by big rough hands that could barely contain those breasts, and even though she has a fiancé, ending up soaking her panties…
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“Sorry to keep you waiting!”
“Hyai!?”
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Lorraine’s voice suddenly rang out, and I let out an embarrassing yelp. Because of that, the people nearby gave me strange looks. And here I had finally dressed appropriately for this place.
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“I’m sorry for startling you…”
“N-no! It’s my fault for being lost in thought. You didn’t do anything wrong, Lorraine-san!”
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Of course I couldn’t say I had been imagining her getting violated. I took the sweatshirt from her and hurriedly stuffed it into my storage bag.
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“My, you already have a storage bag too.”
“Eh, ah, yeah. That’s right.”
“Storage bags are like the first major goal for adventurers, so I was planning to tell you about them eventually, but it looks like that wasn’t necessary.”
“Well, it was just by chance.”
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As Lorraine said, this storage bag was extremely convenient, especially for adventurers.
It was essentially like an item box— a super-dimensional pocket that could hold anything up to a certain capacity.
I didn’t buy this storage bag. I received it from Bottas, who had been using it before.
When I received the money the other day, I didn’t have anything to carry it in, so Bottas thoughtfully gave it to me.
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“Um, Takuma-san. If you don’t mind, could you tell me what happened during this past week?”
“Eh? I don’t mind, but why…?”
“A week ago you looked quite different when you came here, and now you’ve changed so much. I got a little surprised. If you’ve gotten involved in something dangerous, I’m worried…”
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It was only natural for her to be curious. A person who had been poorly dressed just a week ago suddenly looked like an average citizen and even possessed a storage bag—one of the first major goals for adventurers. Of course she’d wonder what was inside.
On top of that, I hadn’t visited the guild once in the past week. Meaning I hadn’t done even a single copper coin’s worth of work as an adventurer, yet I had changed this much. It was understandable that someone like Lorraine would reach that conclusion.
Even in my original world, if someone who had barely shown up to their part-time job for a month suddenly appeared wearing expensive stuff, people would ask where the money came from.
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“Alright. I’ll tell you what I was doing this past week.”
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With a slight intention of bragging about my exploits, I told Lorraine about my achievements over the past week.