Chapter 23: I am an adventurer
Later, on the gateway inside the town, four guards saw a man carrying a kid from a distance. The man looked as if he was soaked in blood, along with the kid he was carrying.
This man was the same person who beat up Hajime after Hajime had killed his friend. And the kid was none other than Hajime himself. One of the guards approached the man coming up to the gate. At the gate, there were a lot of people coming and going into the town. Everyone seemed too busy to notice the man and Hajime approaching.
"Stop right there!" The guard, approaching, barked.
The man stopped, his face looked as if he was in a great amount of pain, and Hajime seemed lifeless cause there was no motion coming from him. And with the blood, it was hard for the guard to see his face properly.
"... Please, help!" The man carrying Hajime cried out.
"Who are you?! And what’s your business here?" Suspicious, the guard asked.
"I... I am an adventurer, and we need someone who can help us." The man said, his eyes filled with deception, but the guard didn’t notice; he was busy staring at Hajime. His friends were still at the gate, just watching while helping other people with their businesses.
"Do you have any proof that you are an adventurer?" The guard with the man asked as his attention shifted, facing the man.
"... Yes... Here," said the man, pulling out a bronze necklace.
"Let me see that?" The guard said, taking the necklace from the man. He still had his doubts that the man in front of him was an adventurer. He glanced at the necklace with caution, without knowing that the man was handling a small dagger under Hajime.
’C’mon, you fool, can’t you do your inspection later?’ The man thought as he clenched his teeth, while looking at the guard with anticipation to kill him.