下城區的咖啡館又漲價了。133Please respect copyright.PENANAcDcKhp1zIK
133Please respect copyright.PENANA0iJqzsHIWF
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAmOgRoCrev4
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAIyi8Uvktr9
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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。133Please respect copyright.PENANALL4R4WJKS8
而我不管笑多久,應該都不會有人為我付帳。133Please respect copyright.PENANArHfVAdcAFy
133Please respect copyright.PENANAxdHqFOvMEQ
「這是怎麼回事?」133Please respect copyright.PENANA8d3BmrKF3q
眼見再這樣下去,她能笑到下班走人;我只好主動打破僵局。133Please respect copyright.PENANACkiEPzkoae
133Please respect copyright.PENANA2bKgHXs631
「因應供貨問題,我們的飲品費用有所調整。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAYa5K2bOOes
「那麼重要的資訊,是不是應該要在我下單前提醒一聲?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAGSbsVmbXNV
「畢竟先生您是不看菜單的熟客,我想就不必唐突了。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAFyu590btha
133Please respect copyright.PENANAxVmf1cAGbW
熟客比較好宰是吧。133Please respect copyright.PENANA3WEPDLr5c6
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAw2xRHB8cdx
133Please respect copyright.PENANA9AcJuioPft
於是這個月房租又沒了著落。133Please respect copyright.PENANAJuvIqnl5FP
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAhYsKrK2tKD
133Please respect copyright.PENANAIqsUqPQPaN
「先生,我記得您是登記在冊的冒險者對吧?」133Please respect copyright.PENANApmSGH0wxyi
她朝任務委託板指了指。133Please respect copyright.PENANArWFQk3Ww6q
133Please respect copyright.PENANAG7zO1sKtqY
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAR3XfBp5UpE
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAYbe01q4GQW
……說得好像我有規劃過一樣。133Please respect copyright.PENANAg4MTSVyaJ3
133Please respect copyright.PENANAE02cOng9eL
「是又怎樣,不是又怎樣?」133Please respect copyright.PENANA2iocROeqzI
「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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAgpRBAlYmHQ
133Please respect copyright.PENANAv8NaVE5OdJ
看著她一如既往的微笑,我就知道定非好事。133Please respect copyright.PENANAxkoXete489
133Please respect copyright.PENANAuHRRtw5d8f
「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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAikpYxDBGQQ
「沒錯。」133Please respect copyright.PENANA6dAD80Xwi1
133Please respect copyright.PENANA324yEForNH
「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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANA9YrphTYYde
「沒錯。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAT3vZjeTg9T
133Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ0R6VMVkK
「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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANA7OjWXcpAlA
「沒錯。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAFdwI1CouuG
133Please respect copyright.PENANA2dUEGgyY8O
「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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAS2QbQsOtZm
「沒錯。」133Please respect copyright.PENANA2JABQdLaoA
133Please respect copyright.PENANAIcuXGgyyUD
「妳還有什麼想對我說的嗎?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAGxrgpVtug6
「十四萬G。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAOpqPm1mS7V
「現在付嗎?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAM5ki3jRr9E
「不。舊衣服拿回來了才會付帳。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAFnbk7eQgs7
133Please respect copyright.PENANANbS3Nb7SjN
店員小姐以一貫的微笑結束了我們的交鋒。133Please respect copyright.PENANAz5LQZqxjU8
133Please respect copyright.PENANANUqfEcVuGj
* * *133Please respect copyright.PENANAkZ7bQEXbVv
133Please respect copyright.PENANAhRMjMVVEXp
南國的路況是四國之中最為惡劣的。133Please respect copyright.PENANAu7ZoYSejjK
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAZFpJK7Jati
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAeyslRG2tZg
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAWFVdPpbdCx
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAqVEbttQJ04
133Please respect copyright.PENANAb6Yu1QSLM6
路過鐵火山,看見一男一女兩個冒險者正在喘著粗氣。133Please respect copyright.PENANAtrCMjI3AZR
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAXLODT82OSZ
133Please respect copyright.PENANAXc2Ab9tkg7
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAEKPqUrkIvn
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANApX9GCxXkWt
133Please respect copyright.PENANAzYsFqAYdJb
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAZD45A1WRL1
想來跟西國的勞工保障局一樣,是官僚帶薪休假的所在。133Please respect copyright.PENANAeyGexhrOfK
133Please respect copyright.PENANAV5GLJgpEAJ
閒談一輪,他們又要拖著疲勞的身軀去打熔岩皮露露了。133Please respect copyright.PENANAQWHaS9I9v7
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANA2ufzxcIxTJ
他們一聽有理,便找了間鐵皮小屋纏綿去了。133Please respect copyright.PENANAFY6Mu4pGTE
133Please respect copyright.PENANA3PoLSFNFv0
* * *133Please respect copyright.PENANAdxxs2A8gtK
133Please respect copyright.PENANA4ijmrpCI3H
南國的咖啡館遠沒有阿高普路斯下城區的熱鬧。133Please respect copyright.PENANAOLfiNIZwbx
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAs33CPwV89w
我這才知道,原來專業微笑的難度不比當冒險者低。133Please respect copyright.PENANAu5ujN9osGm
133Please respect copyright.PENANAvj0BOBldAo
「妳是委託人?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAtBYBUOwDZE
我朝女孩問道。133Please respect copyright.PENANA3s0OA9iuHV
133Please respect copyright.PENANASmatZyiB5f
「不,我是遊客。133Please respect copyright.PENANA99TO0oZnXq
委託人是南國旅遊發展局。133Please respect copyright.PENANAl6dMwxLTY4
換洗衣物在這。去吧。」133Please respect copyright.PENANATGKZGohD6p
女孩頭也不抬,甚至都沒有移動過目光。133Please respect copyright.PENANAYqSVlfWrRG
133Please respect copyright.PENANAMNI1fBDJH4
「所以這他媽就是魔法系冒險者的轉職要求嗎?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAfTESVuBiYP
看著她魔法師的裝束,我好像懂了什麼。133Please respect copyright.PENANA9JvLDBgvyB
133Please respect copyright.PENANAItshjxDRQN
「不是。我早就轉了。133Please respect copyright.PENANAgekJwP1ayS
你去還是不去?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAvv8qzU10M7
女孩毫無生氣的眼神打消了我繼續聊天的意願。133Please respect copyright.PENANAjU5ME1gc9O
133Please respect copyright.PENANA0pxisbe3uR
* * *133Please respect copyright.PENANA4ncSVBRIfw
133Please respect copyright.PENANAhga9p6rq6X
南國旅遊發展局真是一個神奇的部門。133Please respect copyright.PENANAVxBLclTyb9
在閃躲鐵軌上飛馳的礦車時,我如此想著。133Please respect copyright.PENANAssUqNvzWPv
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAjHIBVVP6Nb
133Please respect copyright.PENANAcLvh7zF7Ul
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAZRSi1u87m4
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAHrvIcOQg07
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAOqSwm9YW2m
133Please respect copyright.PENANAkJCfaDJKGu
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAEQKTkI5z0T
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAr1Yk7CShBR
133Please respect copyright.PENANAywgnJNbFrq
穿過一個窄道時一個不慎,與一頭魔物打了個照面。133Please respect copyright.PENANAFBRhZrQRUw
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANArgCY4pYnuK
我緊張地掏出了多年不用的短劍,但魔物卻悠然地走開了。133Please respect copyright.PENANAHighieZR7v
牠不怕人。我甚至感覺到牠的目光有一絲輕蔑。133Please respect copyright.PENANAJBVcnPh479
我想了想,覺得挺有道理的。即使牠什麼都沒有說。133Please respect copyright.PENANANVaCpEOKRF
133Please respect copyright.PENANAkQMEKy17qp
我加倍小心,緩緩前進。133Please respect copyright.PENANA5EfXaBZtSV
彷彿又回到了當年作為冒險者的時光。133Please respect copyright.PENANAYEOMeZMa2q
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANALtYEzJKqfl
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAzX78Sms2lS
133Please respect copyright.PENANAn85aUzaxVV
曾經我也嚮往冒險,嚮往變強,也一度癡迷於上城區的生活。133Please respect copyright.PENANAU6eH0AIlnJ
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANA5hCl5ukhiQ
133Please respect copyright.PENANAcnzj8uVlzy
但原來我不曾認識自己。133Please respect copyright.PENANAmdZHaBDVKt
次元鯨魚的到來,使我跟過去的一切匆匆道別。133Please respect copyright.PENANAIiy0URjDYu
現在我不過是自己生活中的過客。133Please respect copyright.PENANAzBuZH1AT0T
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAgnrIhfqEUb
133Please respect copyright.PENANABh6A1veCZw
踏過機械時代的遺物,總算是到達了最底層。133Please respect copyright.PENANAlnPPQbDG6r
說實話,我很佩服在這兒工作的礦工。133Please respect copyright.PENANAMFS2KLsn8P
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAtcYgUEiC6k
133Please respect copyright.PENANAcc0n0fqnKl
礦工的位置並不難找。133Please respect copyright.PENANAhkQ9k2KD1E
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANANWSBrH800b
133Please respect copyright.PENANAKXbfzvT2OQ
「換洗衣物到囉,南國旅遊發展局向您問好。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAciWr1mG9QK
我模仿店員小姐的語氣打趣道。133Please respect copyright.PENANAO56ZHSommb
133Please respect copyright.PENANAQMyqKMoQvd
「辛苦了。一路上不簡單吧?133Please respect copyright.PENANAkNUkuspWmL
坐下休息一下吧,我們有多餘的水和食物。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAeJSLhLyu21
一名礦工放下了工具,回頭向我說道。133Please respect copyright.PENANA2x3ddUnVVW
我也就不客氣,找了張簡易椅子坐了下來。133Please respect copyright.PENANAH8f7oFeaiG
133Please respect copyright.PENANAWT3bn28T42
「你以前也是冒險者吧。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAuAz38gc9OM
我沒頭沒尾地問道。133Please respect copyright.PENANA95Goivxbwr
133Please respect copyright.PENANApvXEX0vT1c
「你怎麼看得出來?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAKLa0L4D3d9
礦工搔了搔頭,點頭認可。133Please respect copyright.PENANACQPWY6xgss
133Please respect copyright.PENANA06eOkXYbVv
「在這兒工作可不簡單。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAqBzfaewmHu
我盯了盯光照不及的黑暗。133Please respect copyright.PENANAOreut2YrVV
雖然眼睛看不見,但不懷好意的魔物氣息撲面而來。133Please respect copyright.PENANAhZFDVGL1sU
133Please respect copyright.PENANAz5uqpL6tUp
「是啊。偶爾還要打一架驅趕築巢的魔物。133Please respect copyright.PENANAhoOZXsKwNR
別看我這樣,以前的一點本事還是沒忘的。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7h28ga73q
礦工秀了秀自己的肌肉。133Please respect copyright.PENANAH7inUwMKHc
133Please respect copyright.PENANA8boQ41uDvj
「你以前是幹什麼的?為什麼現在能耐住這種生活?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAcpM8LhXeSm
其實這種問題沒什麼好問的,可我就是忍不住。133Please respect copyright.PENANAyd7I54neZb
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAuXNIPtbcRW
133Please respect copyright.PENANAhVcmhWcw6F
「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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAHGuyfwWgPY
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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAk082GmjDXd
133Please respect copyright.PENANAp9EIyKNtZW
我點了點頭。不但聽過,還時常借用。133Please respect copyright.PENANAPmtBIRPJJu
戰士系的哪能缺了這個。133Please respect copyright.PENANAknAfvJqSQG
133Please respect copyright.PENANAmnh2WIE8Wp
「那你也知道我的「冒險」生活都是怎麼渡過了吧。133Please respect copyright.PENANAvzkbrXbyiH
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAc39uscwVF9
也不是說有什麼不好……首先,這讓我不懼怕機械性的勞動。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAQKaVDgNWyA
133Please respect copyright.PENANAfvp06RqWXU
我看了看他擱在一旁的鐵鎬表示理解。133Please respect copyright.PENANAS9xiyX5leE
133Please respect copyright.PENANA7amTwYG8yw
「只是有一天,感覺冒險沒什麼意思了而已。133Please respect copyright.PENANARdY0HXOTVe
我回到了家鄉,也就是這阿伊恩薩烏斯。133Please respect copyright.PENANAcLnLByFD4o
正好南國旅遊發展局在招人,感覺自己幹得來,就去應徵了。」133Please respect copyright.PENANA4TuTizphac
133Please respect copyright.PENANAYJvPVXfZSx
我揚了揚眉毛,不掩飾自己的驚訝。133Please respect copyright.PENANAX4O5xE7xVg
133Please respect copyright.PENANAVma4dBDWve
「竟然真有人在阿高普路斯待過之後還想回來。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAnUU5rdx5Lg
133Please respect copyright.PENANAYTGSC9jlnn
他笑了笑,不知道是同意還是不同意。133Please respect copyright.PENANAwSqS4EZUKw
133Please respect copyright.PENANA7b3Q82lVZG
「別這樣說嘛。說實話,這個地方我挺喜歡的。133Please respect copyright.PENANAwO6nV0zgSs
每天結束工作後,都能聽到上層區傳來的笛聲。133Please respect copyright.PENANAqQBjZMmru5
配合大工坊不時響起的機械音,其實還挺有韻味的。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAjarE0WKNRE
133Please respect copyright.PENANA3o3PWOomIV
原來如此。133Please respect copyright.PENANAcQyd3omEPs
那笛聲我也聽過。不知何處而起,又往何處而去。133Please respect copyright.PENANAiSpcLCxEgH
133Please respect copyright.PENANAFXMPzqzLXb
「而且喜歡這地方的不只我一個。133Please respect copyright.PENANAOea8Xjm2yO
把衣物交給你的那個潔癖小姑娘,她也是南國出身。133Please respect copyright.PENANA0iCzgmaZxf
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAeh4haJ3rPS
有幾次我還看見她在上層區練笛呢。」133Please respect copyright.PENANALtH858c5qC
133Please respect copyright.PENANAfjS0bMj3O2
這世上冒險者真多。133Please respect copyright.PENANAlOrArUhG1D
送貨的是冒險者,挖礦的是冒險者,洗衣服的也是冒險者。133Please respect copyright.PENANA7xdH92QSdO
說不定我該找台 Thank Object 拆開看看,說不定裡面也是個冒險者。133Please respect copyright.PENANA772bs3oR0y
133Please respect copyright.PENANA6vur2QCHN9
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAnUbtE1ZYHj
波瀾壯闊的故事到了尾聲,世界得到守護,生活也趨於平靜。133Please respect copyright.PENANAZQrD5bvsEp
不過,很多人仍在尋找能讓內心安寧的故鄉。133Please respect copyright.PENANAuQtp9h9M1E
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「其實我能看出來,你仍是個冒險者。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAw6b2dDzKsx
礦工大哥忽然來了這麼一句話。133Please respect copyright.PENANAdQdMTEeMU4
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「哦?怎麼說?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAdXSn1nKNpo
我不置可否。133Please respect copyright.PENANAvNuj5Pr6Ut
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「因為你和她一樣,仍舊在以自己的方式幫助他人。133Please respect copyright.PENANAhwmi3vCc0A
告訴你個秘密,南國旅遊發展局非冒險者不招的。133Please respect copyright.PENANAV7DCq2GjvK
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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAnIEgo8ggf0
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礦工大哥人是不錯,但汗腺不免也發達了點。133Please respect copyright.PENANAIL1Algu8G4
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAxy4ia1TwPm
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「唷,動作挺快嘛。133Please respect copyright.PENANAQmQFsQrkYd
這是報酬,拿去吧。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAb9ZXqIJtnE
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAMEspEbbzhH
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANARl91fCprVT
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「能問個事情嗎,前冒險者小姐?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAcaEEmt2Rxj
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。133Please respect copyright.PENANAt41hbz1quc
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「……看來是有人多嘴啊。133Please respect copyright.PENANAhTyMHRMJFu
問吧。能答的就答,不能答就不答。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAkBFrM9AENI
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「妳當年的冒險生活有什麼輝煌事跡嗎?」133Please respect copyright.PENANAjVLck3Kwkr
和礦工大哥聊過之後,我開始對退休冒險者的生涯感興趣。133Please respect copyright.PENANA6zdXwUwcHN
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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。」133Please respect copyright.PENANAmNu6Fibx8Z
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看來前冒險者之間還是有差距的。133Please respect copyright.PENANAVxGzxaS7Cl