A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 60 : Why aren't my ears that pointy
Chapter 60 - Why aren't my ears that pointy?
Walking out of the teleportation room, a familiar feeling washed over her.
The adventurer's guild in the town she had visited several times before was just the same as it had been in the past.
However, it had only been about a month since she last went to the royal city, so it was normal for there to be no noticeable changes.
But still, something feels different.
After just over a month, Anna felt that the staff at the adventurer's guild had completely changed... there were almost no familiar faces to be seen.
However, the adventurer profession itself has a high turnover rate, and the casualty rate is also quite high. If it wasn't for the high rewards and some strange subsidies, there would probably be very few people willing to become adventurers.
...Perhaps that teleportation array is also one of the benefits for adventurers? After all, the deployment of teleportation arrays is basically monopolized by the nobility... to be precise, by the high nobility.
Not seeing any familiar, even the receptionists seemed to have been replaced, Anna couldn't help but felt a sense of unfamiliarity.
Anna and Atala will only be seen as passersby in the adventurer's guild, and will only be regarded as “elite adventurers who came through the teleportation array.”
“...The town really hasn't changed at all.”
When they reached the entrance of the adventurer's guild and looked at the town that was no different from before, Anna couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia.
This place could also be considered her hometown... Although she wasn't sure if the little house she used to live in was still there, she had lived here for several years since she moved here as a child and then worked here after graduation...
The town really couldn't change much.
“The new guild master is really nice, I heard he's an old adventurer, much better than that old scoundrel Alphonso.”
“Right? That old scoundrel Alphonso was always thinking about making money, and his mouth was never clean, always talking about pure bloodlines, it's no surprise he ended up doing such things...”
Some adventurers' discussions nearby caught Anna's attention, but the name Alphonso... Anna had to think carefully to remember who it was.
It was that guy who used to be Philsey's henchman, planning to ambush her in the forest outside the city, and even made Atala prepare to shoot Anna with an arrow...
Since leaving the town, Anna had heard that Alphonso was in prison and hadn't paid any attention to him, after all, he was just an insignificant minion, but she didn't expect to hear his name here again.
To her now, he was just an insignificant minion, but to others... maybe it was like a mountain collapsing?
As Anna thought about this, she met Atala's eyes, and her thoughts were immediately thrown to the back of her mind.
‘...Maybe I should thank Alphonso, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have met Atala?’
Thinking of this, Anna couldn't help but take Atala's hand.
Seeing Anna so active, Atala was slightly taken back, but then let Anna hold her hand.
Sometimes, being a little weak can also be a nice touch.
......
Since it was a date with Atala, Anna didn't plan to visit the border knight's garrison or her old, possibly dilapidated house, but instead went to the commercial street with Atala.
"Atala! And Anna, long time no see!"
The purpose of this trip, if there was a place that left a deep impression on Atala, it would probably be that Imperial-style restaurant.
Atala had worked here and was friends with the landlady, so Anna decided to come here to let Atala catch up with the landlady.
Although Anna always called her the landlady, she was actually single, so it would be more accurate to call her the owner...
But since they were used to calling her that, it didn't matter.
“Since Atala left, the business has been much quieter.”
As Anna watched the landlady and Atala chatting, she openly eavesdropped to see if they would mention anything she was interested in.
Like whether Atala had been harassed while working as a waitress... after all, those in the service industry often face such issues. When Anna was working as Anna, the knight who did everything, she had dealt with many complaints from waitresses about drunkards verbally harassing them... Anna had even sent a couple to prison to cool off.
But from the conversation, it seemed Atala had a smooth time working here and hadn't encountered any bad people.
Thinking about it, this restaurant was at least a high-end one, so it would naturally be better than ordinary restaurants... probably.
“Looking at you two... have you confirmed your relationship?”
The landlady suddenly changed the topic, her gaze resting on Anna and Atala's tightly held hands.
“Ah, yes...” There was no need to deny it, Anna hadn't said anything, but Atala answered first.
“...If I remember correctly, Anna, you were with that lady from the Latimir family...”
“...Yes.”
“...I recently heard at work that the lady from the Latimir family and the young lady from the Bartham family both like someone... that person..."
“It's me...”
Facing the landlady's questions, Anna felt a pressure as if facing an elder.
Even though she looked about the same age as herself.
“Don't be so nervous, the kingdom's laws don't strictly prohibit polygamy.” The landlady laughed at Anna who had inexplicably become nervous, “I've been through this, you need to carefully consider whether your feelings can be divided among everyone.”
“I'll try...” Anna subconsciously replied, then paused, “Been through this?”
In an instant, the landlady became mysterious.
This “been through this”... did it mean she had been in multiple relationships?
“Can't help it, for half-elves, life is always about finding some fun.”
...?
Hearing the term “half-elf” again, Anna couldn't help but pause.
“Landlady, you're a half-elf?”
Now, not just Anna, even Atala was shocked.
“Do I not have any half-elf features?... Oh, I used magic to cover my ears.”
The landlady waved her hand, and in a blink, her human ears turned into pointed elf ears...
But there was still some difference, Atala's elf ears were long and pointed, while the landlady's ears were more like human ears, just with sharp protrusions on the ear cartilage, proving they were half-elf ears.
Looking at the landlady's ears, Anna also touched her own ears.
Both being half-elves, why weren't her ears as pointed?
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Chapter 60 : Why aren't my ears that pointy
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