Rebuild World

a swarm of monsters, one of the Hunters that were together with them also attacked them.
But even so, Sheryl accepted his offer with a straight face and that made Akira a bit worried.

 

But her smile did not change at all as she replied.

 

“Yes, it’s a good offer for us too.
Moreover, if anything happens, you would save us again just like last time, right?”

 

Sheryl was bashful when she said that.
Rather than remembering the dangerous experiences that she had gone through, her mind was filled with how cool Akira was when he saved her.
Although the scene that she remembered was not that far from what actually happened, it was still a bit exaggerated by Sheryl’s own imagination.

 

Akira thought that the last expedition was a failure, that was why he made a serious expression as he said to Sheryl.

 

“Yeah.
Since I took in the request, I’ll do better next time.”

 

Sheryl looked immensely content.
It sounded as if Akira was serious about protecting her, but of course, she herself knew that it was a bit of overstatement from her side.

 

“In that case, there should be no problem.
Actually, I was thinking of making this request to you, but I was unsure whether you would agree to it.”

 

“Is that so? Well, I’m okay if you’re fine with it…”

 

There was actually something that still bothered Akira, but since he was the one who came with that offer in the first place, he decided not to press the question.

 

Sheryl and Akira then continued talking to each other to kill time.
But suddenly, Akira felt like he had forgotten about something.
So he asked Alpha for confirmation.

 

“Alpha, am I forgetting something?”

 

“Forgetting something? I don’t think you’re forgetting anything though.
You’ve talked with Sheryl about that offer and I don’t think you have any fixed plan after this.
And it’s not like there’s anything that you need to immediately prepare for.”

 

“Is it only my feeling? Hmmm, I feel like there’s something…”

 

“If I have to say something, you had only prepared yourself to go out to the wasteland assuming that there are no bounty monsters.
So if you have any plans to go out to the wasteland any time soon, you’ll have to readjust your supply in case if you accidentally come across one of the bounty monsters.
But you have no plans to go out any time soon, right?”

 

“…Ah, that’s it!”

 

Although that was not what Akira was looking for, since Alpha mentioned it, it piqued his interest.
He might have to go out to the wasteland soon because of some kind of reason.
After all, Akira knew well about his own bad luck.

 

“Yep, that does bother me.
I guess it’s better if I prepare myself when I have the chance.”

 

“You’re really a worrywart.
Well, there’s nothing bad from getting yourself well prepared though.”

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Akira then told Sheryl that he would leave her for a bit.

 

“Sheryl, I just remembered that I had to do something, so I’ll leave for a bit.
You just wait here and contact me if you need anything.”

 

“If it’s something that I can help with, I would like to help too.”

 

“No, I’m okay with going alone.
I’m going to buy ammo and stuff, so it’s faster if I go alone since I have this augmented suit.”

 

“I see, alright then.
I’ll contact you if anything happens.”

 

Sheryl looked slightly disappointed as she saw Akira off.

 

After Akira left her alone, she started to regain her calm as she realized that she was a bit too excited until now.

 

She took a deep breath to calm herself.
By pure coincidence, she saw a mirror in front of her.
She stared at her own reflection on that mirror, then stood up and took a pose in front of it.
She could not help but start smiling again when she did that.

 

She was actually confirming her own appearance which she had polished in order to get the upper hand during a negotiation.
By looking at her reflection, she could understand how she looked in others eyes.

 

Although Sheryl stood in front of that mirror for that sake at first, it slowly shifted to her enjoying the dress that Akira had chosen for her.
When she looked at herself smiling in front of that mirror, she quickly snapped back and returned her expression to normal in panic.

 

Now that she had calmed down, Sheryl went back to her chair and started thinking about her plans for the future, to be more precise, how to sell the relics.
She had to get as much money as possible out of those relics for Akira’s sake too.
Thus she seriously thought about what she should do to sell those relics.

 

Kashua noticed another group of customers entering into her shop, and she quickly welcomed them.

 

Her new customers were a group of 3.
A lightly armed young Hunter boy and two girls.
Kashua scanned their outer looks and recognized them as customers.
Or at least, there was no need to kick them out from her shop.
She then welcomed them with a big smile.

 

“Thank you very much for coming to our shop, how can we help you today?”

 

When Kashua spoke to them, one of the girls who was overwhelmed by the impression given by her shop twitched in surprise, so the other girl decided to step up and replied to Kashua.

 

“Uhm, we just want to look around for clothes and other stuff, is that okay?”

 

“Of course! I’ll be nearby.
If you have any question or if there’s anything that interests you, feel free to call me.”

 

Those girls then walked into the shop, while the boy followed behind.
He looked really tired as he mumbled.

 

“Say, can we take a rest for a bit? And like, we’ve been looking around for a while and you girls haven’t even bought a thing, you know? Is there really a need for me to be here to carry your stuff?”

 

It was obvious that the girls’ mood soured.
It was true that they planned to buy new clothing, but since they were on a limited budget, they had to carefully choose their clothes.
Moreover, both of them planned to show their new clothing to that boy.
The reason why they had not bought anything was because that boy gave nothing but a dull reaction every time they showed the clothes that they picked.

 

“Just shut up and follow us.
You promised us to accompany us for the whole day today, remember?”

 

Since it was rather embarrassing if they had to be honest with him, the girl hid her embarrassment by scolding that boy.

 

That boy did not notice the girls’ real feelings at all as he dragged his legs behind them.

 

“I know, I know.
But Yumina, putting me aside, I think Airi is getting tired too, you know?”

 

“I’m not.”

 

Airi quickly interjected.
Yumina smiled and replied.

 

“There, you heard her right, Katsuya? So stop complaining and come here.”

 

“Okay okay… I should’ve brought lighter equipment since it’s not like we’re going to the wasteland, huh?”

 

In order to protect Yumina and Airi who were only wearing normal clothes, Katsuya thought that he should bring some weapons and decided to carry pretty heavy equipment with him.
It was too late for him to regret that.

 

Kashua’s new customers were none other than Katsuya, Airi and Yumina.

 

Although Katsuya helped Yumina and Airi choose clothes at first, he made an excuse saying that he was tired and was able to break away from them.

 

After Yumina and Airi complained and told him to return after taking a short rest, Katsuya was looking for a place to sit down.
He then caught a glimpse of a table inside that shop and went to take a seat on one of the chairs around it.

 

He noticed that someone else was sitting on a different chair near that table.
So he asked for permission.

 

“Uhmm, is it okay if I sit here?”

 

“Sure, go ahead.”

 

It was Sheryl.
She smiled at Katsuya as she gave him her permission.

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Katsuya, who was about to take a seat without waiting for Sheryl’s permission, suddenly stopped.
He was smitten by Sheryl the moment he looked at her.

 

Sheryl was still wearing that dress which gave off a mature aura.
Katsuya, who saw that, felt like Sheryl was on a whole different world compared to him.
If someone told him that she was a young lady from the inner district who was visiting the outside of the wall, he would have believed without questioning it.

 

Katsuya was rather famous among the young Hunters in Drankam.
Because of that, he was extremely popular among the young girls in Drankam and that caused his evaluation for girls to be extremely strict.

 

But even so, he was smitten when he saw Sheryl.
Katsuya’s evaluation of Sheryl, who was clad in that high-class dress, was completely different compared to the other girls around him.
It was even enough to get him enamoured.
From his point of view, her appearance was simply destructively beautiful.

 

Sheryl tilted her head since Katsuya was frozen still.

 

“…Uhmmm, are you not going to take a seat?”

 

“Ah, yeah, right.”

 

Katsuya quickly snapped back to reality as he flusteredly took a seat.

 

Sheryl then looked away from Katsuya and returned back thinking about her plan.
But she could feel Katsuya staring at her, so she decided to stop there.

 

If Katsuya said something, Sheryl would normally reply to him.
But he was only staring at her without saying anything.

 

Thus, she decided to say something first thinking that it could not be helped.
Looking at his equipment, it was easy to notice that Katsuya was a Hunter.
While also killing time until Akira returned, she decided to extract any info that she could from a Hunter who had enough resources to visit that shop.

 

Sheryl threw a smile at Katsuya.

 

“Are you here with your friends today?”

 

“…Eh? Ah, yes, I am.”

 

Katsuya was only able to flusteredly reply when Sheryl suddenly spoke to him.
He was actually in the middle of thinking of any subject that he could use to strike a conversation with her.
But since Sheryl caught him completely off guard, everything that was inside his mind suddenly vanished.

 

“Do you come here often?”

 

“H-here? W-well, I was actually accompanying Yumina and Airi looking for clothes and we somehow ended up in this shop.
Shops around these areas look expensive, so I don’t really come here a lot, but like, ah, that Yumina and Airi, I wonder if they have enough money? Wait, they haven’t bought anything yet, so I guess it’s fine, huh?”

 

Katsuya was so nervous that he started saying things that Sheryl did not ask about.
But even so, Sheryl kept on staring at him while still smiling.
Since there was a beautiful girl staring at him, Katsuya tried to hide his embarrassment by laughing.

 

While on the other hand, Yumina and Airi were going around the shop, browsing the clothes.

 

Yumina took a cloth from a rack that interested her, she then checked the design and thought that it was pretty good.
But after checking the price tag, she returned it back to the rack and inadvertently said.

 

“…Yikes, so expensive.”

 

That shop was selling high-class clothes by the lower district’s standard.
And of course, high-quality clothes would cost a lot of money.
It was not like Yumina could not pay for those clothes, but she needed extra courage to use that much money.

 

It might be a good reward for a Hunter who worked hard every single day.
Yumina thought so, but if she bought it, used it, showed it to Katsuya, and Katsuya thought that it did not look good on her, there was no mistaking that she would get depressed.

 

So she decided to try it and show it to Katsuya first, but she could not find him around.
Yumina then grumbled.

 

“Katsuya is not back yet? He’s taking too long, good grief, what exactly is he doing?”

 

Katsuya had made a mistake the other day that caused him to almost fight against Akira, and of course, Yumina and Airi were also roped into that incident.
As an apology, Katsuya promised that he would accompany them for the whole day today.

 

Airi, who was with Yumina, then said.

 

“I’ll go look for him.”

 

“Pretty please.”

 

Airi then left Yumina to look for Katsuya.
It did not take long before she returned alone.

 

Yumina, who expected Airi to return back with Katsuya, tilted her head in confusion.

 

“Where’s Katsuya?”

 

Airi was an expressionless girl.
But that one time, she looked obviously grumpy as she answered Yumina’s question.

 

“Hitting on a girl!”

 

“…Hah?”

 

Airi’s bad mood also infected Yumina.