Side Story 3
【Domingo’s POV】
Me, Otto, and Akane were called the Adventurer Trio among our fellow slaves.
We work as adventurers under Master Eld’s orders.
Our take is 20% of the reward.
This was an exceptionally high wage for slaves.
Basically, Master Eld covers all our basic living expenses as our master.
So we don’t really have any living costs.
And when it comes to maintaining our weapons and armor or getting new gear, Master Eld pays for that too.
In other words, we can use this 20% cut as pure pocket money.
When you think about it, you can see how crazy high it is.
A normal slave would never get permission to have their own purse, no matter how many chores they did.
Today I headed to the Adventurers’ Guild in high spirits once again.
Me, Otto and Akane made a great team.
Well, there were some who didn’t think highly of us since we were slaves.
「Oh look, the slave trio’s here again.」
「Haha, do your best now.」
At first, there were guys who would try to mess with us like that.
Some even got in our way at the guild counter on purpose to keep us from taking requests.
But we put those guys in their place with our skill.
Before long as we rose up through the ranks, those people disappeared.
After all, even 20% of our take was higher than what those guys made.
I guess they got too embarrassed to say anything more.
Now they just leave us alone.
Of course, there were also some who were nice to us despite us being slaves.
The receptionist Lycia was one of those.
「Mr Domingo, do your best today too!」
「Oh, uh… thank you Lycia.」
Lycia was a good girl.
She knew we were slaves yet didn’t change how she treated us.
「Your face is turning red, Domingo」
「Shaddup.」
Akane teased.
To be honest, Lycia was damn cute.
But as a mere slave, I wasn’t allowed to harbor feelings like that.
I was content just watching her from the other side of the counter like this.
Adventurers have an Adventurers’ Union separate from the guild.
But to join the Union you need things like proof of residency that we slaves couldn’t get.
By being in the Union you got access to exclusive info and items useful for hunting that only members could get.
We struggled without that for a long time.
But with Murdoch guiding us, that problem went away too.
Murdoch used to be a Union member, and his intel was more accurate than any shady Union pipelines.
He taught us about all kinds of good hunting spots.
Thanks to that, our earnings increased even more.
Today’s quest goal was to take down a Venomoids.
Murdoch had shown us a good place to hunt them.
This quest was going to be a cinch too.
Venomoids are monsters that spit huge amounts of poison from their mouths.
If you challenged them head on, you’d get doused in poison and be done for.
But Murdoch taught us to strike them from above.
Right where the Venomoids appeared there was a perfect vantage point on high ground.
Murdoch had the location pinned down exactly and shared it with us.
Otto and Akane took their positions on the overlook.
It was a rocky area atop a small hill.
I went down below to lure the Venomoid.
Staying at a bit of distance to avoid the poison, I attracted its attention with my shield.
Then as soon as it came after me, Akane struck it with magic from above.
――Boom! Splat!
「Screeeeech!」
Then Otto finished it off with an arrow.
――Thunk!
「Gyaaaaaaaah!」
――Thud.
The Venomoid collapsed on the spot.
Yes!
Our teamwork was flawless.
After that, we carefully removed the poison sac so none would spill on us.
Then we carved off the corpse for the quest completion.
All of this was thanks to Murdoch’s guidance.
After finishing the quest, we went drinking at the tavern.
Since 20% of the reward was pocket money for us, we could easily afford booze.
Even drinking every day, we still had plenty left over from the quest rewards.
There’s nothing better than eating food you earned yourself, even as slaves.
「Hey Domingo, why don’t you ask Lycia out on a date?」
Akane said to me.
「Yes, you should hurry up and do it.」
Otto chimed in.
「You dumbasses, how could I do that? I’m just a slave.」
「Love doesn’t care about status.」
「Naww… it ain’t about that. A big ol’ brute like me can’t ask out a girl like that…」
「You’re hopeless…」
I do wanna do it if I could.
But even with money, it’s not enough to start dating and supporting a woman.
And first of all, as a slave I can’t get married or anything.
I pay our tab first and leave the tavern.
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