Chapter 15 - Hilda
Chapter 15 – Hilda
Ren’s group, as well as the greatsword user’s party, followed Hilda to the guild master’s office. While walking through the hallways of the guild, the party of the idiot who attacked Ren were currently sticking real close to Hilda, fearing that Ren might suddenly think to simply kill them without negotiating.
When the group was nearing the office they noticed, that in front of Hilda was Nezzard who was walking as slowly as possible. He was moving so sluggishly you wouldn’t expect how nimble and quick his movements were awhile ago.
“Guild Master, why are you still lallygagging here? Why aren’t you in your room right now, fixing the mess you made.” Hilda said this with a gentle voice and smile, but this only made it even more frightening.
“Why don’t you do it? Isn’t that part of your job?” Nezzard lazily answered, unmotivated to even attempt to do what was asked of him.
“I’m your secretary, not your cleaning lady! Go now and fix that room of yours!” Hilda frustrated by Nezzard, had her face distort as she shouted at him.
“Fine Mom, I’ll do it.”
“Did you just call me your mom again?! How the hell could I have an older person as my son and a lazy one to boot.” Nezzard didn’t bother to answer anymore and left, moving a bit faster than before.
“Now for you guys. We will wait for the Guild Master to finish cleaning up his room so that he can receive you.” The group was now standing in the hallway just outside the Guild Master’s room.
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During the wait, Hilda suddenly spoke to Ren.
“So I have been watching you guys since you entered the guild house, and it was pretty obvious that you did this on purpose. You orchestrated everything that happened.” Hilda pointed the tip of her spear at Ren, who responded with a confident smile. Ren lifted his arm, using his index finger and his thumb he pinched the tip of the spear by doing so it shattered a hundred tiny little pieces.
Seeing what happened to her spear shocked Hilda. Even though she saw what happened in the guild reception hall, she simply thought that Ren could only overwhelm his opponents because they were weak, not because he was strong.
“Please do not point something so dangerous in front of me. I might accidentally get hurt.” Ren smiled at the surprised Hilda. The idiotic party who saw what Ren did made them even more scared of him. Unlike their equipment, Hilda’s spear was a real high-quality item.
The reason the idiot party would even know Hilda’s spear was of high quality was because Hilda was a famous adventurer. Who in the whole city didn’t know of Hilda nicknamed the Valkyrie an A-ranked adventurer who was the youngest ever to receive the rank.
She used to be a knight, but because of the financial difficulties her family suddenly had. She needed a quick way to earn money fast, and the fastest way to earn money was to head into dungeons and acquire the treasures within.
The knights who had the duty to protect the kingdom and its people weren’t allowed to leave their post long enough to explore a dungeon. The only profession that could do this without restraints were the adventurers.
So from being a knight to becoming an adventurer, Hilda quickly rose to the near top. Once her family was free from their almost bankrupt state, Hilda was no longer allowed to return to being a knight. She didn’t want to go into dungeons anymore if there was no need. So the chance to become the secretary of the Guild Master was truly a lucky break for her.
Yet the moment she became secretary a few weeks later the old Guild Master would retire and what replaced him was the strongest adventurer in the region. At first, she thought nothing would change, but this new Guild Master was nothing more than a lazy bum.
And now in front of her was someone who seems like he would increase her workload even more. This irritated the already stressed out, Hilda.
“You broke my spear… You need to buy me a new one.” Hilda who saw Ren’s strength up close wasn’t scared instead she got even more irritated when she saw her spear break.
“Well, you pointed it at me. What was I supposed to do?” Ren shrugged his shoulders in response. Lara who was watching at the side wanted to slap Hilda in the face for being rude, but before she could do anything Ren signaled her to stop.
“Tsk, whatever… Still, you won’t deny my claim that you were the ones who provoked these idiots into attacking.” Hilda pointed at the idiotic party that attacked Ren’s group.
“What makes you think that?” Ren didn’t deny nor confirmed anything as he responded. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝘃𝗲𝐥．𝗰𝗼𝐦
“The moment you entered, you positioned yourself in a way that highlighted the girl you were with. Making her look more enticing to those foolish men. Usually, when men bring their women into the guild, they would usually block other people’s view of her face, but you did the exact opposite of that. You wanted someone to attack, you wanted to show off your battle prowess. Everything that happened was by your design.” Hilda looked at Ren with a glare.
Ren was grinning from ear to ear. This human girl was quite good, and the way she handled the situation which was by using force reminded him of his old self. You don’t like something, then simply remove it, was his philosophy back when he was a young demon.
“Okay assuming that I did all of what you said on purpose. What’s the problem? Did I do something wrong? Is highlighting the beauty of a woman and showing it off to other men, a bad thing? I’m really confused here, why are you angry at me? They’re the ones who attacked first, aren’t you suppose to be mad at them instead?”
“Obviously to me, you’re all in the wrong. If it were up to me none of you would ever become adventurers. Also, you kid, why are you hanging out with this kind of bad influence, you’re a student of the knight academy, right? If you stick with this kind of guy, you might not be able to graduate.” Hilda spoke to Valdel, which surprised the young man. Hilda had noticed the badge that was peaking out of his shirt.
When Valdel heard what she said, it made even him who was normally gentle get angry a bit. “I’m sorry that we troubled you, but that doesn’t give you the right to judge others! What do you know about Ren? You know nothing at all! How can you tell me he’s a bad influence? When you don’t even know him.”
“Hmph, birds of a feather I guess. Whatever I warned you.” Hilda didn’t bother with them anymore. Since talking to them just makes her even more stressed out. She simply waited there with them for the Guild Master to finish fixing up the room.
Yet now the tension in the hallway was twice as much as before.