Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 4] by Akito Narusawa

Author:Akito Narusawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: Faker

Kaoru Hayase

“La la la... Hmm?”

As I’d guessed, the person who was twirling and skipping toward us at high speed was the masked adventurer. She was probably on her way to help us out for the day. When she noticed that Class D and a group of unfamiliar men were waiting with us inside the room, she stopped by the entrance and tilted her head to one side. She had trouble understanding what was happening, and I couldn’t blame her.

“Oh?” Kaga said. “Who’s this?”

“Stay away, Kan... Uhh, I mean, Miss Mask!” shouted Oomiya.

Spotting Oomiya, the masked adventurer ran over and hugged her. But she tilted her head again after noticing the disheveled state of Oomiya’s hair, the flushed look on her face, and her breathlessness.

“She...doesn’t look like much of a helper. Is this the one, Tadashi?” the older Manaka asked.

“Seems weak, so probably not,” the younger one replied.

The two brothers doubted the masked adventurer’s strength on account of her appearance. Still, the fact that she was traveling solo on the warg-infested sixth floor of the dungeon raised their suspicions.

“Hayase, is that the one?” whispered Majima, looking serious.

“Yes,” I replied. “She’s the adventurer that saved us.”

I’d been there when the masked adventurer wiped out the orc lord train in less than a minute, and I witnessed firsthand how she threw the orc lord around with one hand and sliced him in two with a single strike. She might be small, yet her slender arms packed a surprisingly mighty punch.

Majima didn’t have the benefit of having seen her in action, and he was visibly disappointed. A few of my classmates were also hanging their heads in dismay. They were probably making assumptions based solely on her appearance.

Everyone knew that the best adventurers would have the best equipment. Putting your strength on display allowed other adventurers to recognize your importance, leading to special treatment from clans and the guild. This was why powerful adventurers like Kaga tended to dress extravagantly.

The masked adventurer, however, ducked this trend. She wore only a tattered robe and a wooden mask that had blackened with age. Her only weapon was the simple dagger strapped to her waist, which had no ornamentation. Add to that her small stature, and she looked like a complete pushover.

Her equipment is special though, I thought. I’m sure of it.

I believed that her equipment comprised magic items that would conceal her presence or at least make it harder to notice her.

“Oh... I’m so sorry for getting you involved in this dangerous situation!” Oomiya said as she gently hugged the helper back.

The masked adventurer kept glancing over at me as if seeking an explanation for how things had turned out like this. I moved to approach her, but the men from Soleil noisily barged in between us.

“So you’re saying this pip-squeak is your helper?”

“Looks nowhere near as strong as Kaga was hoping for. What should we do?”

“Looks can be deceiving sometimes, so let’s use Basic Appraisal on her.”

One Soleil member rudely cast an appraisal skill on the masked adventurer.

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