下城區的咖啡館又漲價了。140Please respect copyright.PENANAMYBJSNakZC
140Please respect copyright.PENANAWxQaMEdNjW
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAYxWB2mEpOj
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANARe3m8UO5KN
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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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAeYVnPglGRF
而我不管笑多久,應該都不會有人為我付帳。140Please respect copyright.PENANAgeAhvLpv7m
140Please respect copyright.PENANAfgDqapJBmL
「這是怎麼回事?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAv0CtAb7LP9
眼見再這樣下去,她能笑到下班走人;我只好主動打破僵局。140Please respect copyright.PENANA6eDtjaMSGY
140Please respect copyright.PENANAiRd4gMW8Jg
「因應供貨問題,我們的飲品費用有所調整。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAUcOur99Ilj
「那麼重要的資訊,是不是應該要在我下單前提醒一聲?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ1obsvz9Y
「畢竟先生您是不看菜單的熟客,我想就不必唐突了。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAkuDdjt5rJT
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熟客比較好宰是吧。140Please respect copyright.PENANA9GpgYKZdIA
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAM3vLeYlBvR
140Please respect copyright.PENANA45NbQzAmwY
於是這個月房租又沒了著落。140Please respect copyright.PENANApX7jDQmxOK
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAUoZByM6VgM
140Please respect copyright.PENANA5sBUj8pem0
「先生,我記得您是登記在冊的冒險者對吧?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAkVdcfcqIFN
她朝任務委託板指了指。140Please respect copyright.PENANAY4vGHFROgC
140Please respect copyright.PENANAYV8pouyno1
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAEYLpMGv3rw
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAIy78ax3qLS
……說得好像我有規劃過一樣。140Please respect copyright.PENANAmJgi6ZNnZv
140Please respect copyright.PENANABKHYvcDOPz
「是又怎樣,不是又怎樣?」140Please respect copyright.PENANArCbP1ssLcH
「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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAkzJDVMV4WA
140Please respect copyright.PENANAUnB1SJwlnb
看著她一如既往的微笑,我就知道定非好事。140Please respect copyright.PENANAjwxtDkVO1n
140Please respect copyright.PENANAmrz2E3Qj3C
「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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAEpWGyK37ZF
「沒錯。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAM9odCNcsHY
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「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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANA5Sb2Ny0KbJ
「沒錯。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAeuFv6p7gml
140Please respect copyright.PENANA7sCrNWmNJj
「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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAjizTGhp2jh
「沒錯。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAtOqOtbz5Op
140Please respect copyright.PENANAETBkf95rhc
「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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAjRbcJAdPMj
「沒錯。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAGoek12arpY
140Please respect copyright.PENANAyXNMqzrDfV
「妳還有什麼想對我說的嗎?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAPCLuRkv6z4
「十四萬G。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAtEAZboCzQ7
「現在付嗎?」140Please respect copyright.PENANARc2lKOoR1L
「不。舊衣服拿回來了才會付帳。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAywQnFJarxq
140Please respect copyright.PENANAuxzETzKilh
店員小姐以一貫的微笑結束了我們的交鋒。140Please respect copyright.PENANA6EvXoI89NO
140Please respect copyright.PENANAsSew36PmQB
* * *140Please respect copyright.PENANAHDvGQsuGPq
140Please respect copyright.PENANA928llDT0cd
南國的路況是四國之中最為惡劣的。140Please respect copyright.PENANAS3zMPqdDpW
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAIjtKkExl9d
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAgELmT51Urn
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANACHiWJtro0V
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAxkq3fXQ3dn
140Please respect copyright.PENANAy1Oyxfuawm
路過鐵火山,看見一男一女兩個冒險者正在喘著粗氣。140Please respect copyright.PENANAwQMb4PlXAt
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAxwEoSs2p7b
140Please respect copyright.PENANAVzfmqHflAK
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAUGTkNJtxjB
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAax7vQCszqt
140Please respect copyright.PENANAF4OUFT22fr
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAtOcMesUDOT
想來跟西國的勞工保障局一樣,是官僚帶薪休假的所在。140Please respect copyright.PENANAIWu1nqRZSx
140Please respect copyright.PENANASSjzDu9zYG
閒談一輪,他們又要拖著疲勞的身軀去打熔岩皮露露了。140Please respect copyright.PENANAWJDRMrlMcG
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAuWgzYwVOST
他們一聽有理,便找了間鐵皮小屋纏綿去了。140Please respect copyright.PENANAGIydmbxTnL
140Please respect copyright.PENANATVPF8O9Ksv
* * *140Please respect copyright.PENANAOBhXikhDXb
140Please respect copyright.PENANAl0ujSka79l
南國的咖啡館遠沒有阿高普路斯下城區的熱鬧。140Please respect copyright.PENANAFXUxEKDiEV
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA6w7BTIkvon
我這才知道,原來專業微笑的難度不比當冒險者低。140Please respect copyright.PENANA3vhnGjS2oK
140Please respect copyright.PENANAt27Uftp773
「妳是委託人?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAAN4AVw3yZk
我朝女孩問道。140Please respect copyright.PENANAHqSCZ37ECO
140Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9NbzTvpn1
「不,我是遊客。140Please respect copyright.PENANAldUGr1f8VK
委託人是南國旅遊發展局。140Please respect copyright.PENANA7481Omc25j
換洗衣物在這。去吧。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAndId6ARpSi
女孩頭也不抬,甚至都沒有移動過目光。140Please respect copyright.PENANAt3AbTgKhOF
140Please respect copyright.PENANAQf7tFf7Ahd
「所以這他媽就是魔法系冒險者的轉職要求嗎?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAoobLN458tb
看著她魔法師的裝束,我好像懂了什麼。140Please respect copyright.PENANASjCb9kLvCk
140Please respect copyright.PENANAqHTstCgjfU
「不是。我早就轉了。140Please respect copyright.PENANAsZOdsMbylP
你去還是不去?」140Please respect copyright.PENANALrzpgMs2t1
女孩毫無生氣的眼神打消了我繼續聊天的意願。140Please respect copyright.PENANA6DzFW446q7
140Please respect copyright.PENANAFlddaSl2yb
* * *140Please respect copyright.PENANA34rlpU6oXJ
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南國旅遊發展局真是一個神奇的部門。140Please respect copyright.PENANASlVSqqnSVP
在閃躲鐵軌上飛馳的礦車時,我如此想著。140Please respect copyright.PENANAYYiyXtKHTF
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAvRbaR2e7ni
140Please respect copyright.PENANAAef69Jz2TS
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAXsVzst9HUF
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAzGIjrMst4l
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANATHFxZnCPXy
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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。140Please respect copyright.PENANABwbvOPTXLr
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAi4JEtjlf5i
140Please respect copyright.PENANArpfpi9AFQK
穿過一個窄道時一個不慎,與一頭魔物打了個照面。140Please respect copyright.PENANAnEOC1JXfAX
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAHQTPNQ8FfB
我緊張地掏出了多年不用的短劍,但魔物卻悠然地走開了。140Please respect copyright.PENANAhvnbyP6t53
牠不怕人。我甚至感覺到牠的目光有一絲輕蔑。140Please respect copyright.PENANAR7dbTYFpDm
我想了想,覺得挺有道理的。即使牠什麼都沒有說。140Please respect copyright.PENANAmYW63ezW3E
140Please respect copyright.PENANA4XEYSF3szM
我加倍小心,緩緩前進。140Please respect copyright.PENANAEprjgr3m1b
彷彿又回到了當年作為冒險者的時光。140Please respect copyright.PENANAg3v2Czrtsm
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA1FRMyDXsvC
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAR9Ma6VAUbw
140Please respect copyright.PENANA5tKufFcTC2
曾經我也嚮往冒險,嚮往變強,也一度癡迷於上城區的生活。140Please respect copyright.PENANArMS2QMxJgE
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAtOzqvxHAIb
140Please respect copyright.PENANA6Xb4k1tiNo
但原來我不曾認識自己。140Please respect copyright.PENANAaJdkjZ1Y2e
次元鯨魚的到來,使我跟過去的一切匆匆道別。140Please respect copyright.PENANAKalgip3XVt
現在我不過是自己生活中的過客。140Please respect copyright.PENANAlGsNc0hw1e
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA4frpSj1e9I
140Please respect copyright.PENANAUwTzGnP9Sk
踏過機械時代的遺物,總算是到達了最底層。140Please respect copyright.PENANAncXdvj7B6C
說實話,我很佩服在這兒工作的礦工。140Please respect copyright.PENANAebw7e42cKy
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA2L81ENjrEg
140Please respect copyright.PENANAL54UdVyLEY
礦工的位置並不難找。140Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0EvNI4ul9
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAwm7uAW0F3J
140Please respect copyright.PENANAXllcTML3s3
「換洗衣物到囉,南國旅遊發展局向您問好。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAN9U3JDVkbQ
我模仿店員小姐的語氣打趣道。140Please respect copyright.PENANAlN9QibbDSv
140Please respect copyright.PENANAcmcCfbjgsA
「辛苦了。一路上不簡單吧?140Please respect copyright.PENANAmDBOw77oin
坐下休息一下吧,我們有多餘的水和食物。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAAy7JouXUWq
一名礦工放下了工具,回頭向我說道。140Please respect copyright.PENANAZcdIPTuxp6
我也就不客氣,找了張簡易椅子坐了下來。140Please respect copyright.PENANAIAq8WWwMtT
140Please respect copyright.PENANAB3CZBiMbSc
「你以前也是冒險者吧。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAHEI6XTn7RG
我沒頭沒尾地問道。140Please respect copyright.PENANAcuczMWqSzo
140Please respect copyright.PENANAwPVpX29KAH
「你怎麼看得出來?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAYJxcuYimWp
礦工搔了搔頭,點頭認可。140Please respect copyright.PENANAIaHSYy6p9h
140Please respect copyright.PENANAuCi5Z27Jdb
「在這兒工作可不簡單。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAYicuOeoo9g
我盯了盯光照不及的黑暗。140Please respect copyright.PENANAfRLjoycq9g
雖然眼睛看不見,但不懷好意的魔物氣息撲面而來。140Please respect copyright.PENANA0g9chxIxac
140Please respect copyright.PENANAfNyKT4RWfI
「是啊。偶爾還要打一架驅趕築巢的魔物。140Please respect copyright.PENANAh8u9ZJSxbb
別看我這樣,以前的一點本事還是沒忘的。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAoxpEjCxDCL
礦工秀了秀自己的肌肉。140Please respect copyright.PENANA5JR3lusCiy
140Please respect copyright.PENANAv4NVmQXfiW
「你以前是幹什麼的?為什麼現在能耐住這種生活?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAGUvGdbjZMR
其實這種問題沒什麼好問的,可我就是忍不住。140Please respect copyright.PENANAItuyCPfLem
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA0jGkujNcUl
140Please respect copyright.PENANAA19ydn0Uv5
「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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAuCZiIUYZR1
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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAlrzVOeBi6k
140Please respect copyright.PENANAstMsD7oQlO
我點了點頭。不但聽過,還時常借用。140Please respect copyright.PENANAe3WHe3JUg6
戰士系的哪能缺了這個。140Please respect copyright.PENANAPx6VBt6w1w
140Please respect copyright.PENANAbnQGOyICYR
「那你也知道我的「冒險」生活都是怎麼渡過了吧。140Please respect copyright.PENANAQCDX1mTeUq
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAjP7aKtq2HO
也不是說有什麼不好……首先,這讓我不懼怕機械性的勞動。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAhBFYIAJYFT
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我看了看他擱在一旁的鐵鎬表示理解。140Please respect copyright.PENANAPXvTs8FYue
140Please respect copyright.PENANATuQpe4Vnu6
「只是有一天,感覺冒險沒什麼意思了而已。140Please respect copyright.PENANAjFJ32ssAS6
我回到了家鄉,也就是這阿伊恩薩烏斯。140Please respect copyright.PENANAqObYwBjykK
正好南國旅遊發展局在招人,感覺自己幹得來,就去應徵了。」140Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZRi7VhS6y
140Please respect copyright.PENANAXzglNwVlDW
我揚了揚眉毛,不掩飾自己的驚訝。140Please respect copyright.PENANAsQqWcudpAu
140Please respect copyright.PENANApssbaWlfhR
「竟然真有人在阿高普路斯待過之後還想回來。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAKRGmk2WaxB
140Please respect copyright.PENANAMb6Apj7507
他笑了笑,不知道是同意還是不同意。140Please respect copyright.PENANA0DKLVxydUT
140Please respect copyright.PENANABrX49GHiTl
「別這樣說嘛。說實話,這個地方我挺喜歡的。140Please respect copyright.PENANAgokcgIZzdz
每天結束工作後,都能聽到上層區傳來的笛聲。140Please respect copyright.PENANAo2qWKoGhNn
配合大工坊不時響起的機械音,其實還挺有韻味的。」140Please respect copyright.PENANApY4552ZvmI
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原來如此。140Please respect copyright.PENANAn8DsfnyRb5
那笛聲我也聽過。不知何處而起,又往何處而去。140Please respect copyright.PENANA50yIsYqF06
140Please respect copyright.PENANAfC8XuPVzsu
「而且喜歡這地方的不只我一個。140Please respect copyright.PENANAdrjiMQQcBh
把衣物交給你的那個潔癖小姑娘,她也是南國出身。140Please respect copyright.PENANAPcHbS9TSax
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA3pRgtXXmcc
有幾次我還看見她在上層區練笛呢。」140Please respect copyright.PENANArd2u9jBKob
140Please respect copyright.PENANAO2jBi4PniI
這世上冒險者真多。140Please respect copyright.PENANAYcgRKaOUmW
送貨的是冒險者,挖礦的是冒險者,洗衣服的也是冒險者。140Please respect copyright.PENANAYb642dlYco
說不定我該找台 Thank Object 拆開看看,說不定裡面也是個冒險者。140Please respect copyright.PENANAY7Uzy8qOsr
140Please respect copyright.PENANAZJZScqVBwd
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAKRlSJog34m
波瀾壯闊的故事到了尾聲,世界得到守護,生活也趨於平靜。140Please respect copyright.PENANAKrQtTdsL4e
不過,很多人仍在尋找能讓內心安寧的故鄉。140Please respect copyright.PENANAuyaUOAyRi8
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「其實我能看出來,你仍是個冒險者。」140Please respect copyright.PENANA14DqEJnGd2
礦工大哥忽然來了這麼一句話。140Please respect copyright.PENANAK5DKvwJhRb
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「哦?怎麼說?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAInWq6zn1WX
我不置可否。140Please respect copyright.PENANACvwtrPJYUC
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「因為你和她一樣,仍舊在以自己的方式幫助他人。140Please respect copyright.PENANANk2qA15Tbz
告訴你個秘密,南國旅遊發展局非冒險者不招的。140Please respect copyright.PENANAy5eDnozjtq
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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANANkQg2K9aPT
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礦工大哥人是不錯,但汗腺不免也發達了點。140Please respect copyright.PENANAEulcHxYGXD
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA7jqfzcB4ng
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「唷,動作挺快嘛。140Please respect copyright.PENANAdudWQPwjZX
這是報酬,拿去吧。」140Please respect copyright.PENANA2BOz7PVVEf
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANASzBKZNYq4I
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANAhCGSmbWb3X
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「能問個事情嗎,前冒險者小姐?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAMUciuhq7fV
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。140Please respect copyright.PENANA0P4VaIiwqK
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「……看來是有人多嘴啊。140Please respect copyright.PENANAcLzK8CxSov
問吧。能答的就答,不能答就不答。」140Please respect copyright.PENANAnh6RWJSE58
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「妳當年的冒險生活有什麼輝煌事跡嗎?」140Please respect copyright.PENANAEpDkzZ3UMm
和礦工大哥聊過之後,我開始對退休冒險者的生涯感興趣。140Please respect copyright.PENANAolckmbP6Px
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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。」140Please respect copyright.PENANA6G0UWfKMHB
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看來前冒險者之間還是有差距的。140Please respect copyright.PENANADzjASGMdby