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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 227 Part 2

CHAPTER 227: GOING SIGHTSEEING AND HEARING RUMORS AND…… PART 2

「Ohh, ooohhh…… Now this is amazing! The cheese is simply melting inside of my mouth, ham is crispy, but also juicy at the same time…… And thanks to the heat, the two ingredients combine with the bread to create a perfect harmony! It’s like a symphony inside of your mouth!」

「I wonder, when did you learn to describe food like that? Hamu, hamu, hamu.」

Luna then proceeded to eat her grilled sandwich, without even paying any kind of attention to Sora’s prickly comment.

At the same time, everyone else was also smiling while they were eating their food with great enthusiasm.

「…… I really like that kind of atmosphere.」

I really liked to spend my time with everyone else like that, just taking things at our own pace and relaxing.

We were immersing ourselves in a peaceful and gentle time together, and it seemed to soothe our hearts to a great extent.

Right now, even the slightest shred of worries would be blown away by that calm atmosphere.

Or not, that’s actually a lie.

If all of your problems could be easily blown away like that, it would only mean that those “problems” were never problems in the first place.

「A Hero…… Huh?」

「…… Nyah? What’s wrong, Rein? Aren’t you going to eat your food?」

「Oh, no, it’s not like that. I was just…… Just spacing out a little bit. That’s all.」

「If you don’t want to eat it, I can always take it from you and……」

「No, there’s no need, I am going to eat it properly in just a moment. That, and actually, if you were to eat so much, you won’t have any free space in your stomach to eat a meal later on, Kanade. So no.」

「Nyauh……」

Kanade’s ears flattened and then sank in reaction to my words.

「Hey, Mister! Mister! Our grilled sandwiches are all excellent and exquisite, I’ll let you know! So no matter how much of them you eat, you will never be full to the point of not being able to eat more!」

The owner of the food stall spoke to me that way.

I can see that he was the kind of person who would never actually miss a proper business opportunity.

「Besides, your girlfriend right there seems like she could eat one or two sandwiches more without a problem. So, isn’t it your duty as her boyfriend to listen to her words and please the lady, hmm?」

「Nyauh!? A g-g-g-girlfriend!? N-No way…… I…… I mean…… I’m not…… Nyafufuh♪」

「Muuuuuuhhhhhh~~!!!」

Kanade seemed to be strangely embarrassed, and for some reason Tanya seemed to be visibly flustered.

I know Kanade could be embarrassed because of the sudden misunderstanding, but why would Tanya act so upset right now?

「Hey, Mister…… I would like a refill…… please.」

「I would like one, too. Or rather, I would like to get a refill for everyone, please.」

Nina also seemed to like the grilled sandwiches, so she wanted to eat some more of them.

And needless to say, Tina also seemed to like them very much, to the point of being really fired up about them.

「Ahh, hey! Don’t just decide things like that on your own……」

「Does that mean…… we can’t……?」

Nina stared at me, looking a little bit timid, while cocking her head slightly to the side.

Of course, being looked at like that by her, there was no way that I was going to be able to refuse her request.

「Haah…… I guess that it cannot be helped, huh? But you only get one refill, okay? No more than that.」

「Yeah. Thank you…… very much…… Rein♪.」

Just like that, everyone seemed to be happily taking bites out of their second grilled sandwiches.

I guess I don’t really need to worry about everyone not being able to eat a proper meal later on. That’s not what’s important right now.

Instead of that, let’s focus on making sure that everyone is smiling and satisfied.

「Say, Mister? You don’t look familiar. Are you perhaps a traveler?」

The old man running the stall suddenly spoke to me.

「Yes, that’s right. I am a traveler. Or rather, an Adventurer.」

「Oh, an Adventurer, huh? Does that mean that you are here in order to take the Promotion Exam?」

「You sure know your stuff.」

「Oh, not at all. It’s just that, other than taking up the Promotion Exam, there is hardly any reason for Adventurers to come to the royal capital. But that being said, you are taking the Promotion Exam, aren’t you? Since you seem like a genuinely good fellow, I hope that you manage to pass it. I’m rooting for you!」

「Thank you. Oh, if you don’t mind, I’d like to ask you a few questions about the Promotion Exam.」

「Yeah, sure, go right ahead. But I must warn you, though. My knowledge about the exam is rather limited.」

I then proceeded to ask the old man about the Promotion Exam, as well as a few other things while I was being at it.

However, just as he had said, the old man did not really have all that much information about the subject as I was hoping he would.

Honestly, what he was able to tell me pretty much covered everything that was explained to me at the Adventurers’ Guild earlier.

「Oh yeah, one more thing.」

The old man seems to have remembered something else and continued to speak.

「There is a rumor going around town that the Hero himself is going to be the examiner this time around.」

「…… Arios? The examiner?」

I raised an eyebrow upon hearing that story, especially because it was something I did not quite expect to hear.

「What is the meaning of this? Why is Arios…… I mean, the Hero even involved in the Promotion Exam of the Adventurers’ Guild in the first place?」

「Don’t ask me, since I wouldn’t know the first thing about it. The only thing I have heard is that the Hero himself offered to help train the Adventurers in order to make them a better help for the country and its people. And that’s about it.」

「Well…… Thank you for sharing that with me. It’s been interesting to hear something like that.」

「Sure thing, no problem. Be sure to come back again!」

After that I thanked the stall owner and that was the end of our conversation.

Away from the stall, Kanade spoke to me in a hushed voice.

「Nyaah…… Could it be that this lousy Hero is plotting something nasty again?」

「I don’t know. I have heard that the King has shortened his leash quite considerably since the Iris incident took place, but……」

This information was not normally out in the open for the general public to know, but Natalie-san shared it with me as a special exception, or something like that.

「I don’t really think that this would be enough to force that Hero to finally become serious about his responsibilities.」

「I agree with you on that. This asshole is rotten and twisted to the core, and he himself does not seem to be able to realize that. It would be easier to teach a slime to do tricks rather than the Hero turning a new leaf.」

「Tanya, that was mean, don’t you think?」

「But it’s the truth, right?」

「Anyways, it might serve us well to be on our guard during the exam.」

If Arios got involved in the Promotion Exam, then there is no way that something won’t end up happening.

With anxiety poisoning our mind, our happy and carefree mood faded away without a trace.