下城區的咖啡館又漲價了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAhRLTUND1kW
121Please respect copyright.PENANAhdmlBmIXvw
我看了一眼遠超預算的帳單,再看了一眼臉上掛著專業微笑的店員小姐,得出此一結論。121Please respect copyright.PENANAVpnBKAGNBZ
我倆保持著同樣的表情對視著,在旁人看來,就像是一對情侶。121Please respect copyright.PENANAGARglBxtRV
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她的微笑自然而可人,一方面是因為她練習已久,另一方面是因為帳單不是她付。121Please respect copyright.PENANACPoB15VVp5
而我不管笑多久,應該都不會有人為我付帳。121Please respect copyright.PENANAQJP3PO4Kdc
121Please respect copyright.PENANAzxqantgE9t
「這是怎麼回事?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAUxY60C9lQd
眼見再這樣下去,她能笑到下班走人;我只好主動打破僵局。121Please respect copyright.PENANANIZCi0pwTO
121Please respect copyright.PENANAKeloIYAWcW
「因應供貨問題,我們的飲品費用有所調整。」121Please respect copyright.PENANApKX2dOEPxB
「那麼重要的資訊,是不是應該要在我下單前提醒一聲?」121Please respect copyright.PENANA3sLUV57x6X
「畢竟先生您是不看菜單的熟客,我想就不必唐突了。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAq5DH9FrtQP
121Please respect copyright.PENANAu9tdruHSjt
熟客比較好宰是吧。121Please respect copyright.PENANADEj2GsRMFi
我尚待爭辯,但她的手已經放在通知混成騎士團的警鈴上了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAXLSweDmUFn
121Please respect copyright.PENANAv1G36w9GCO
於是這個月房租又沒了著落。121Please respect copyright.PENANAtZXhzji7Xj
正當我思考又要從哪兒省出來錢的時候,店員小姐叫住了我。121Please respect copyright.PENANAnvqSF24fGX
121Please respect copyright.PENANAGlYwnl2YqU
「先生,我記得您是登記在冊的冒險者對吧?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAtU4Eoe8Ti0
她朝任務委託板指了指。121Please respect copyright.PENANA05np5SQwuV
121Please respect copyright.PENANAELiQVsyPac
當年為了能隨意進出上城區,我也曾裝模作樣地在行會大樓(ギルド元宮)登記了自己的職業。121Please respect copyright.PENANAvAVi4roKB3
可是,我是為了安寧才定居下城區的。野外的冒險生活早已不在我的規劃裡了。121Please respect copyright.PENANANLdLoswn00
……說得好像我有規劃過一樣。121Please respect copyright.PENANAr9p8GTKMnP
121Please respect copyright.PENANAdcJ6Dz5MGk
「是又怎樣,不是又怎樣?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAUMU4fyKYZ6
「如果您確實是冒險者,那這個報酬不菲的委託也許能助您解決燃眉之急。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAqzPVgU0unA
121Please respect copyright.PENANATcV1K2Qlzx
看著她一如既往的微笑,我就知道定非好事。121Please respect copyright.PENANAtxoiJtzGTJ
121Please respect copyright.PENANA7BldpPXiDz
「前往阿伊恩薩烏斯南部地牢B3F,為礦工們運送換洗衣物並帶走他們的舊衣服。」121Please respect copyright.PENANA1nX98303qP
「沒錯。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ30DzY2gP
121Please respect copyright.PENANAb365tdoSaa
「首先我要冒著鐵火山的火山灰和中暑的風險,前往那個什麼阿伊恩薩烏斯(アイアンサウス),也就是我們俗稱的南國。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAO8pJLdPjxs
「沒錯。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAn47FYd6Pu0
121Please respect copyright.PENANAUk9Cmu7r3m
「然後我要深入危險的礦洞,躲開高速行駛的礦車,穿過潛伏在黑暗中的魔物群和掉進去的話轉眼就能把人融成骨渣的鋼水。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAbDdkWewvmF
「沒錯。」121Please respect copyright.PENANA7irvPFSuqP
121Please respect copyright.PENANAzjtNqAswxU
「最後我要找到一群臭烘烘的礦工,取回他們滲滿煤渣和汗水的衣服,原路踏穿地牢返回地面。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAN746waN60B
「沒錯。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAhI2LqgnqAc
121Please respect copyright.PENANAcnzVZP36Yn
「妳還有什麼想對我說的嗎?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAV32rfg39ZN
「十四萬G。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAB4hTbIkCNh
「現在付嗎?」121Please respect copyright.PENANA5jwhr6NQOe
「不。舊衣服拿回來了才會付帳。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAVErS647lwB
121Please respect copyright.PENANARMrpmkX0dv
店員小姐以一貫的微笑結束了我們的交鋒。121Please respect copyright.PENANAn8oo5apR8c
121Please respect copyright.PENANAChpWRRrTzR
* * *121Please respect copyright.PENANAnJ29uCbSzF
121Please respect copyright.PENANA4NWVw1ruJJ
南國的路況是四國之中最為惡劣的。121Please respect copyright.PENANAVqZMxx1hAm
越過南方海角,就能聞到濁重的空氣中混著遠方飄來的火山灰。121Please respect copyright.PENANArmLRHr7dTg
呼吸不暢不說,氣侯炎熱也不說;這兒的魔物還他媽一點都不怕人。121Please respect copyright.PENANAIkKuECCH0e
盤踞在鐵火山的大鷹,城外築巢的爬蟲,甚至還有莫名其妙的熱帶飛魚。121Please respect copyright.PENANAgH2RF7AyHM
我在阿高普路斯就沒有見過一個出身南國的冒險家是想回鄉的。121Please respect copyright.PENANAcwnBdQ2XxZ
121Please respect copyright.PENANA5UsiOqneVM
路過鐵火山,看見一男一女兩個冒險者正在喘著粗氣。121Please respect copyright.PENANA7hoFjV5okk
我問你們兩個活寶怎麼挑了這麼一片福地打野戰,他們卻說這是在轉職。121Please respect copyright.PENANAbu2LCmftqE
121Please respect copyright.PENANAVYAWiKHEwO
南國旅遊發展局要求,每個戰士系的冒險者要轉職都要為國家無償掃蕩鐵火山上的魔物。121Please respect copyright.PENANAHlPRYOu14B
據說這跟在南國街道上剝海膽並列為最受歡迎的旅遊項目。121Please respect copyright.PENANApa7bihT3lG
121Please respect copyright.PENANAEN8jL170Uk
要不是他們提起,我還真不知道南國還有旅遊發展局這檔事。121Please respect copyright.PENANAyCVREYs5Bp
想來跟西國的勞工保障局一樣,是官僚帶薪休假的所在。121Please respect copyright.PENANAhjzHB5qCqR
121Please respect copyright.PENANAaSJXn34vnV
閒談一輪,他們又要拖著疲勞的身軀去打熔岩皮露露了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAcvj1OzcwLj
我說你們別去了,沾一身火山灰然後回去回報任務算了,反正世上也沒人看得出鐵火山的魔物有沒有減少過。121Please respect copyright.PENANAYoKuKzhcqE
他們一聽有理,便找了間鐵皮小屋纏綿去了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAJdQ7Rs8ONC
121Please respect copyright.PENANARLo7m9xZBJ
* * *121Please respect copyright.PENANAMGN2PsOI8l
121Please respect copyright.PENANAJE6H8iLLJF
南國的咖啡館遠沒有阿高普路斯下城區的熱鬧。121Please respect copyright.PENANAhsFh2Yh3AZ
櫃檯接待是個沒勁的小哥。他有氣沒力地從我手上接過委託海報,然後指了指旁邊一個同樣有氣沒力的女孩子。121Please respect copyright.PENANAVxEWh2ImKu
我這才知道,原來專業微笑的難度不比當冒險者低。121Please respect copyright.PENANAXqzVSg1ynl
121Please respect copyright.PENANA8zHJOsj1LZ
「妳是委託人?」121Please respect copyright.PENANALsCGRtSJxf
我朝女孩問道。121Please respect copyright.PENANA7p1jICrZzU
121Please respect copyright.PENANAM3P1uhKq7a
「不,我是遊客。121Please respect copyright.PENANAheoKJQrm6V
委託人是南國旅遊發展局。121Please respect copyright.PENANA2YYfqSSKM5
換洗衣物在這。去吧。」121Please respect copyright.PENANA7S6U0Xx9QC
女孩頭也不抬,甚至都沒有移動過目光。121Please respect copyright.PENANAIJt1qAYEoS
121Please respect copyright.PENANAfpTlTd58Ay
「所以這他媽就是魔法系冒險者的轉職要求嗎?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAkMKvHJcbFA
看著她魔法師的裝束,我好像懂了什麼。121Please respect copyright.PENANAx6CHR9wUOh
121Please respect copyright.PENANAvUucorMSnI
「不是。我早就轉了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAincW3dPYYb
你去還是不去?」121Please respect copyright.PENANA9QxTDglbdT
女孩毫無生氣的眼神打消了我繼續聊天的意願。121Please respect copyright.PENANAMVT4WPdU0H
121Please respect copyright.PENANAWmxpMqbpZu
* * *121Please respect copyright.PENANAn9IQAsi3jw
121Please respect copyright.PENANATEGMe6WSfZ
南國旅遊發展局真是一個神奇的部門。121Please respect copyright.PENANAqDGulfuYbo
在閃躲鐵軌上飛馳的礦車時,我如此想著。121Please respect copyright.PENANAiwI5XMmR0b
礦車的前端貼著南國旅遊發展局的標誌。如無意外,這會是被礦車撞上的冒險者生命中最後看見的影像。121Please respect copyright.PENANArvhxDiYejl
121Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ74ENeUNd
南部地牢也被旅遊發展局作為RX系列工程機器人的廢棄場所。121Please respect copyright.PENANASgTUKRdcjl
然而當局的廢棄標準也相當獨特,每一台廢棄的RX機器人都會在廢棄的一段時間後暴起傷人,沒有例外。121Please respect copyright.PENANA9u2rfE6j3O
說不定我該旅居此地,把這個部門的事跡結集成書,也許以後就不需要再幹外送專員了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAb0BFTKhLPe
121Please respect copyright.PENANAeiJE0lNeur
在越過南國當局設置的警戒線,踏進下一層地牢的一刻,一切有趣的見聞都戛然而止。121Please respect copyright.PENANAp5Ci9aidVA
人類的活動足跡被拋在了身後,只剩下自己的腳步聲和鋼水沸騰的聲音。121Please respect copyright.PENANAmbqxCvgd5D
121Please respect copyright.PENANAUTYxSQUPq4
穿過一個窄道時一個不慎,與一頭魔物打了個照面。121Please respect copyright.PENANAUOKulNdGjt
身手果然不如往日了,警覺性也比顛峰時期差的不是一點半點。121Please respect copyright.PENANA4QE4vu1DBu
我緊張地掏出了多年不用的短劍,但魔物卻悠然地走開了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAr9aORfkK9p
牠不怕人。我甚至感覺到牠的目光有一絲輕蔑。121Please respect copyright.PENANAaFXWRPL9HQ
我想了想,覺得挺有道理的。即使牠什麼都沒有說。121Please respect copyright.PENANArDOjRTQGiI
121Please respect copyright.PENANAsfFmY65jS0
我加倍小心,緩緩前進。121Please respect copyright.PENANALpH6xVFJpK
彷彿又回到了當年作為冒險者的時光。121Please respect copyright.PENANAByEnTJXgKj
為了一點酬勞走遍險地,偶爾有人作伴,但更多時候都在自己消化孤獨,或讓孤獨消化自己。121Please respect copyright.PENANAEyAnEtpguR
最後也沒賺到什麼錢,連下城區的房子也沒買上,一點變故就能讓我重操舊業。121Please respect copyright.PENANAWmauTYju7j
121Please respect copyright.PENANAVGjYbx9qDD
曾經我也嚮往冒險,嚮往變強,也一度癡迷於上城區的生活。121Please respect copyright.PENANAWukc30nxGD
擁有過自己的飛空城,每天睜眼就朝北國圖書館(エンシェントアーク)跑,一頁頁的傳奇故事不說倒背,至少也能默寫出來。121Please respect copyright.PENANAf9yirwZdRi
121Please respect copyright.PENANAuVEQGNCQQI
但原來我不曾認識自己。121Please respect copyright.PENANA6Z7xdQPquG
次元鯨魚的到來,使我跟過去的一切匆匆道別。121Please respect copyright.PENANAMWTXD2TqDk
現在我不過是自己生活中的過客。121Please respect copyright.PENANAHAb0nWvkOY
別說再次橫穿三界,憑現在的實力,也許跟這兒的魔物放對都可能翻車。121Please respect copyright.PENANAlhhobgRnA7
121Please respect copyright.PENANAkk8U0iStu9
踏過機械時代的遺物,總算是到達了最底層。121Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1nuT2cDN9
說實話,我很佩服在這兒工作的礦工。121Please respect copyright.PENANAwm0YBijzFL
對於冒險者而言都有點嚴荷的環境,他們竟能數十年如一日地堅持工作。121Please respect copyright.PENANASmVODXlWwg
121Please respect copyright.PENANAoVkAdPa1RW
礦工的位置並不難找。121Please respect copyright.PENANAx7be1pvb8l
挖掘的聲音就在不遠處,人造光源反映出的微光也是肉眼可見。121Please respect copyright.PENANADOhLUaVsuJ
121Please respect copyright.PENANAkEnctnhbLz
「換洗衣物到囉,南國旅遊發展局向您問好。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAc5AABOuXYx
我模仿店員小姐的語氣打趣道。121Please respect copyright.PENANAUuyoEdnIV1
121Please respect copyright.PENANANqPYLk1L8j
「辛苦了。一路上不簡單吧?121Please respect copyright.PENANAPhaz0Lurj9
坐下休息一下吧,我們有多餘的水和食物。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAYqj0C49Psx
一名礦工放下了工具,回頭向我說道。121Please respect copyright.PENANA8GiyLLcNMc
我也就不客氣,找了張簡易椅子坐了下來。121Please respect copyright.PENANAQiSypyzyQC
121Please respect copyright.PENANA1WXLa1oNUM
「你以前也是冒險者吧。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAWtRKWLSr0Y
我沒頭沒尾地問道。121Please respect copyright.PENANAmSCeZLXzwO
121Please respect copyright.PENANAWAJ9398w1R
「你怎麼看得出來?」121Please respect copyright.PENANA4lPMSMmf4I
礦工搔了搔頭,點頭認可。121Please respect copyright.PENANAIYunTYoJWK
121Please respect copyright.PENANAGt14HIteo3
「在這兒工作可不簡單。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAoWTJJN1OZG
我盯了盯光照不及的黑暗。121Please respect copyright.PENANAa7zORjOcOD
雖然眼睛看不見,但不懷好意的魔物氣息撲面而來。121Please respect copyright.PENANAj6VwRQrnPb
121Please respect copyright.PENANATYaHQEyNNe
「是啊。偶爾還要打一架驅趕築巢的魔物。121Please respect copyright.PENANAfoL7Cv6J2A
別看我這樣,以前的一點本事還是沒忘的。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAbbLd3SWQwA
礦工秀了秀自己的肌肉。121Please respect copyright.PENANAvwIuQugQB9
121Please respect copyright.PENANAz8xn06LSOZ
「你以前是幹什麼的?為什麼現在能耐住這種生活?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAyYJl0EQ11Q
其實這種問題沒什麼好問的,可我就是忍不住。121Please respect copyright.PENANAP4ZkQcYNvI
我以前不也在北國圖書館裡樂此不疲嗎?現在還不是在這臭烘烘的礦坑裡。121Please respect copyright.PENANAGwZaY8VnFa
121Please respect copyright.PENANAlp4AniH4I6
「哈哈,說來慚愧,我以前雖說是個冒險者,但其實更貼切的稱呼應該是……戰士們的零件。121Please respect copyright.PENANARjnkIp5qug
你聽過火焰之心(フレイムハート)嗎?鐵匠們代代相傳,能引出薩拉曼達之力的秘術。」121Please respect copyright.PENANATBtQlelz1u
121Please respect copyright.PENANAJeY3dq9s8X
我點了點頭。不但聽過,還時常借用。121Please respect copyright.PENANAsxfI94SE3i
戰士系的哪能缺了這個。121Please respect copyright.PENANA9wHCJS7hro
121Please respect copyright.PENANAlahUjuhuIP
「那你也知道我的「冒險」生活都是怎麼渡過了吧。121Please respect copyright.PENANA0WgWS0L2aY
憑依在某個人的身上,不停地引出薩拉曼達之力,往往不知道怎麼回事,一天就過去了。121Please respect copyright.PENANAolvqjw5H1W
也不是說有什麼不好……首先,這讓我不懼怕機械性的勞動。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAEkn9OJ2uOk
121Please respect copyright.PENANAjXXvFMOu9g
我看了看他擱在一旁的鐵鎬表示理解。121Please respect copyright.PENANA4yeqaeCT7T
121Please respect copyright.PENANAtod83bv4Yc
「只是有一天,感覺冒險沒什麼意思了而已。121Please respect copyright.PENANAAFD01wcjsf
我回到了家鄉,也就是這阿伊恩薩烏斯。121Please respect copyright.PENANAiZ6FSPhtf4
正好南國旅遊發展局在招人,感覺自己幹得來,就去應徵了。」121Please respect copyright.PENANABLIutNleqQ
121Please respect copyright.PENANA7bd4GwPrBs
我揚了揚眉毛,不掩飾自己的驚訝。121Please respect copyright.PENANA0BHJW6vVz8
121Please respect copyright.PENANA4lSBc3RptU
「竟然真有人在阿高普路斯待過之後還想回來。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAmCEPjpn9pr
121Please respect copyright.PENANAKkLP9Ynn5J
他笑了笑,不知道是同意還是不同意。121Please respect copyright.PENANA4dADxytDCi
121Please respect copyright.PENANAuo1wwNZwbD
「別這樣說嘛。說實話,這個地方我挺喜歡的。121Please respect copyright.PENANAFx234MaPXf
每天結束工作後,都能聽到上層區傳來的笛聲。121Please respect copyright.PENANAPYaUJBT1jY
配合大工坊不時響起的機械音,其實還挺有韻味的。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAaD15CIp57W
121Please respect copyright.PENANAtdzocla3iv
原來如此。121Please respect copyright.PENANAqro58F7njd
那笛聲我也聽過。不知何處而起,又往何處而去。121Please respect copyright.PENANAQscSFGcQQ8
121Please respect copyright.PENANAjkhQdFU1xc
「而且喜歡這地方的不只我一個。121Please respect copyright.PENANACxJXSGuqSm
把衣物交給你的那個潔癖小姑娘,她也是南國出身。121Please respect copyright.PENANAZvkEdWgLNr
雖然她老是抱怨,但她從未離開。即使她本來有能力想走就走。121Please respect copyright.PENANA2EuNBlHnKJ
有幾次我還看見她在上層區練笛呢。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAtHNlThDI36
121Please respect copyright.PENANANTyHN7DEE5
這世上冒險者真多。121Please respect copyright.PENANAi66nsZ1kXp
送貨的是冒險者,挖礦的是冒險者,洗衣服的也是冒險者。121Please respect copyright.PENANAq2XJ1UZRQo
說不定我該找台 Thank Object 拆開看看,說不定裡面也是個冒險者。121Please respect copyright.PENANArlfLFgmOdJ
121Please respect copyright.PENANAuE6f3qNqLs
多年前,席捲三界的次元鯨魚事件落幕後,很多冒險者選擇了退役。121Please respect copyright.PENANA7p7LCykM0o
波瀾壯闊的故事到了尾聲,世界得到守護,生活也趨於平靜。121Please respect copyright.PENANA5dbFbiboL7
不過,很多人仍在尋找能讓內心安寧的故鄉。121Please respect copyright.PENANAyv4bu5qLPd
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「其實我能看出來,你仍是個冒險者。」121Please respect copyright.PENANA95LrMvto2Z
礦工大哥忽然來了這麼一句話。121Please respect copyright.PENANAa6mFwQUu4c
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「哦?怎麼說?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAz3RHIlxluJ
我不置可否。121Please respect copyright.PENANAvYWw4rYdzK
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「因為你和她一樣,仍舊在以自己的方式幫助他人。121Please respect copyright.PENANADhcLp7JB5j
告訴你個秘密,南國旅遊發展局非冒險者不招的。121Please respect copyright.PENANA0EPNCKGPYv
因為這群呆子,見到事情決不會袖手旁觀,永遠對世界充滿熱愛。」121Please respect copyright.PENANA4v5jbXCycs
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礦工大哥人是不錯,但汗腺不免也發達了點。121Please respect copyright.PENANA9xOEScK78s
掩著鼻子走到咖啡館的途中,不但旁人紛紛避讓,連地牢的魔物都自覺退開。121Please respect copyright.PENANAwow3gbphBD
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「唷,動作挺快嘛。121Please respect copyright.PENANAHd3lcgMZvA
這是報酬,拿去吧。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAjTXZHHljjV
委託的女孩雖然仍然冷淡,但面不改色地接過了令途人側目的臭衣服。121Please respect copyright.PENANA2u0mZtCDno
在礦工大哥那邊得知內情後,她身旁的笛子以及清潔乾淨的換洗衣物令人感到親切。121Please respect copyright.PENANA8PhWCcbLCB
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「能問個事情嗎,前冒險者小姐?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAkwkXzyHFtv
面對我突然的提問,女孩有點吃驚,臉上的表情也沒之前那麼令人難以接近。121Please respect copyright.PENANAcufGQ1OsCR
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「……看來是有人多嘴啊。121Please respect copyright.PENANAuUy7rZJFYi
問吧。能答的就答,不能答就不答。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAu3yMBZzOGj
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「妳當年的冒險生活有什麼輝煌事跡嗎?」121Please respect copyright.PENANAMutloXybNI
和礦工大哥聊過之後,我開始對退休冒險者的生涯感興趣。121Please respect copyright.PENANADb0pkTMOQu
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「說白了也沒啥。也就是某次在圖書館打出來一件魔法道具,賣了十來億G之後提早退休回鄉了而已。」121Please respect copyright.PENANAuGychpVNQ9
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看來前冒險者之間還是有差距的。121Please respect copyright.PENANAZZsLEqhtWH