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er to you.」

A threatening shout was followed by Min’s calm reply.

「……Hah.」

Just by hearing her voice, Rei give a small sigh as he understood what was going on.
Leaving the spy that had committed suicide by drinking poison, he went back into the room he had just left.

There was the one man, who had been knocked out by Rei’s attack and another who had died to the black daggers.
Rhodes and Min were standing in front of them.
Finally, there were 8 men.

「It’s as I thought.」

「Hah? Who’s this brat.
Where did you come from? Go away for now.
We’re busy here.」

Judging by his appearance, Rei looked like a kid.
A man in his 20’s and holding a sword gestured with his hand as if driving away insects.

For a moment, Rhodes and Min showed a sense of pity towards the men, but it was completely ignored by them.

「Ogre’s Heart was it? A rank E party trying to fight members of a rank A party.
You seem to be ignorant of your current position.」

「……Hah?」

What did you just say? The men’s eyes seemed to say that as they looked at Rei.

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Rei looked straight back at them with his hood on.

Eventually, one of them reached the limits of his patience and started to laugh.

「Kukuku.
Hey, kid.
Are you a clown or something? This little boy and woman are part of a rank A party? In that case, we’re an rank S party.」

「Haa.
In the first place, you guys got this job from the Guild Master right?」

「What? No way.
Why would be ordered around by such a weak man.」

「……I see.」

With those words, Rei understood that none of the men in front of him held any respect for the Guild Master.

It seemed from their crude speech and behaviour that they didn’t recognise Tirage, who had become the guild master due his potential in running an organisation, as someone above them.

「Power is everything, is it.」

The members of Ogre’s Heart grinned at Rei’s involuntary mutters.

「That’s right.
You’re a brat but you know well.
Then you know what I mean right? This is a place where you should tuck away your tail and disappear.
We’ll forget that you were so cheeky to talented adventurers like us.
So go away.」

「……Kuku.」

Rei smiled unexpectedly at the man’s words.

The men probably didn’t like that.
They were proud of their own strength and were being mocked by a kid who looked to be a mage……and only an apprentice mage.
Seeing Rei’s smile, the men glared at him with blue veins on their foreheads.

Their impressions couldn’t have been more accurate.
Rei had been targeting his ridicule towards them and the way they had acted for their own convenience despite the guild’s request.

「Hey, look here! If you think we’ll play nice just because you’re a brat, you’ve made a big mistake.」

The man who was closest to Rei yelled at him threateningly.

The first to respond was not Rei, but Rhodes.

「Uh, hey.
I’ll tell you quickly, the person you’re trying to fight is……」

「Shut up! Trash that got taken hostage by such small fry should stay silent!」

Twitch.

Rhodes also had blue veins appear on his forehead after being called trash.

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For Rhodes, he was a rank C adventurer that was being called trash by some rank E’s.

However, for once, he didn’t immediately get angry as he was conscious of being the first one to be captured and causing his parents trouble.

Rhodes’s conflicted feelings aside, Rei spoke with a sneer.

「If you’re that capable, why do you go to Gilm instead of working in Abuero? Isn’t that the city where most capable adventurers gather?」

「Hah, this is why brats who don’t have common sense are troublesome.
The city of Gilm is said to be a place where amazing adventurers gather, but it’s only a gathering of adventurers who don’t know what danger is.
You’re talking about people who are not as smart as we are.」

「……Hmm, in the end it’s just a group of cowards who aren’t capable enough to go to Gilm.
Ogre’s Heart? That’s too brave to be your party name.
Know yourselves.
You lot are, at most……」

Saying that much, Rei started thinking of an appropriate name for the party before him.

At that moment, the party called Claws of the Hawk, who had tried to mess with him in Gilm, passed through Rei’s mind.
He had called the Claws of the Hawk, Goblin’s Drool, so a name that suitable for the group in front of him was…… Thinking about it, he came up with what to say.

「Something like Goblin’s Gallstones is more appropriate.」

「……You, trying to make a fool of us, do you know what will happen after this? Even if you apologise, it’s too late you know? I’ll show you our abilities that you’re making fun of!」

Hearing their party name being made fun of, the man who was at the front took a step forward with his face dyed red with anger.

At the same time, the others also started to move to surround Rei.

「Ahhh, you idiots.」

「Well, looking at Rei, it’s no use.
Rather, I’m more worried about what happened to Elk since it was Rei who came here.」

「It’s okay mum.
Dad won’t be done in that easily.
Rei said that he was only hurt to the extent that he could be immediately healed.」

「I’m worried because it’s Rei that said that.」

Rhodes and Min both looked toward Ogre’s Heart, who were surrounding Rei as they inched forwards, as they worried about Elk, who had been used by the spies to target Rei after they had been held hostage.

While they had been captured here, they had heard the spies endlessly spouting abusive language about Rei.
That was how they knew how many resentment those who were in charge of intelligence operations from Bestir Empire had against Rei.

One of the decisive reasons for using Elk was because he was also a rank A adventurer.
It wasn’t unusual for quality to be used above quantity in wars in this world.
And if there was a capable rank A adventurer, they would be able to play a big part by themselves.
Rank A adventurers were the kind of people who could overturn tactics if handled poorly.

The war between the Mireana Kingdom and the Bestir Empire was close at hand.
Although he was still low ranked, they would be able to take out Rei and maybe Elk by getting them to fight each other.
At the same time, with Min and Rhodes hostage, they would be able to use Elk in the war.
That was the whole goal of the spies who had participated in this operation.

But even the spies hadn’t thought that Rei could beat Elk, and in the end, their plans collapsed.

「……Ah, looks like he’s done.」

As Rhodes thought to himself, he muttered to himself when he saw all the members of Ogre’s Heart lying on the floor.