Floria and Mia, who had stayed overnight at Alec’s mansion in the Royal Capital of the Florece Kingdom, were looking at the bulletin board at Crown.
Since the two had money, they could have prepared their own carriage, but since they were there, they decided to accept a guard request.
Alec’s opinion, which they had heard yesterday, was that there would always be guards heading to various regions from the capital, so they could go wherever they liked.
As expected of a former branch manager, he was well versed in those matters.
By the way, the current Alec has retired from being a branch manager and is living a leisurely life.
After looking through the bulletin board, Floria approached Mia with a sigh.
“This is no good. Perhaps I should have decided on a direction before coming.”
“Didn’t you say we should decide after looking at the bulletin board?”
Mia said that with a slightly dissatisfied look, but Floria’s expression didn’t change at all.
By the way, Mia intentionally calls Floria “you.”
This was decided beforehand for this trip.
Mia’s name is quite common, so there were no plans to change it.
“That may be so, but you were happy to go along with it, weren’t you?”
Floria continued, saying she hadn’t been opposed at all, and Mia averted her gaze.
She had more than enough reason to feel guilty.
Mia averted her gaze to avoid Floria’s questioning, but then her eyes landed on a wolf, and she clapped her hands.
“If that’s the case, why don’t we let them decide?”
“Huh? …Ah, I see. That’s acceptable too.”
Floria understood what Mia meant and nodded with an “I see” expression.
It was a somewhat hesitant opinion that since they couldn’t decide themselves, it would be interesting to go with their instincts (?).
However, just as Floria and Mia’s feelings leaned toward leaving it up to the wolves, they were interrupted.
“If you’re having trouble deciding on a destination, why not accept the same guard request as us?”
“Ah, that’s unfair! Then come with us!”
“What are you talking about! We also…”
“We can’t leave it to you brutes! It’s safer to go with us!”
The ones who spoke up were other adventurers who had been watching the situation from a distance.
Floria and Mia had attracted the attention of other adventurers since they entered Crown together.
The two were accustomed to being stared at, both in a good and bad way, so they had put those gazes out of their minds.
While that had been fine until now, in this case, where they were not embodying the roles of former queen and princess, it had become the cause of them going into a rampage (?).
Of course, neither of them was the type to panic even if something like this happened.
“We appreciate the offer, but we want to decide where we’re going on our own.”
“Yes. Please let us choose.”
Fortunately, when they both politely declined, there were no others who pressed them any further.
Still, they hadn’t given up yet, clearly knowing that Floria and Mia were considering taking on some guard duty.
It was obvious from their faces that they were hoping they would take on the same request.
By the way, the reason they all wanted Floria and Mia to take on the same request was because they were seeking some excitement during the guard requests, which could often become tedious.
The reason there were female adventurers among them was not necessarily because they were targeting Floria and Mia, but because they were targeting the two wolves that Floria and Mia had with them.
Even though they knew they couldn’t directly touch them because they were adventurers, some people found them to be healing just by watching them from the side.
Because Floria and Mia were well aware of this attention, they did not easily go along with their words.
And, as planned, they decided to let the wolves make the choice.
What they did was first have the wolves choose a direction, and then they would search for requests in that direction.
“Now, we’re ready. Nek, Kuro. Please choose your favorite place.”
Mia said that as she placed four pieces of paper on the floor.
Whether they understood the meaning of her words or not, the two wolves began to sniff the papers with a puzzled look.
The adventurers around watched the scene with bated breath.
In the end, everyone was just passing the time.
Amidst all this, Nek and Kuro, whether feeling pressure or not, stopped at two pieces of paper simultaneously.
“–Hmm. East.”
When Floria said that, sighs could be heard from all around.
These were the sighs of the adventurers who had been hoping for something more.
There were also a few who were happy.
While keeping those reactions in sight, Floria and Mia turned back to the bulletin board.
This time, since they were choosing from the east, the options were greatly narrowed down.
Floria found a suitable one among those requests.
“How about this one?”
The request she pointed to was for the escort of a moderately sized merchant caravan.
“I think it’s good, but is there a reason for that?”
“Nothing. The town that’s the destination is of a decent size, and it’s a place I’ve wanted to visit for a while.”
The “for a while” that Floria was referring to was from her time as the princess of the Florece Kingdom.
Mia, who immediately understood, nodded in agreement.
Mia, who was not very familiar with the Florece Kingdom in the first place, thought it would be better to leave it to Floria.
The adventurers who had been happy before sighed again as Floria and Mia made their decision.
In the end, among the adventurers present, it was the female adventurer who was aiming for the wolves who ended up accepting the same request.
