Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 20 by Rifujin Na Magonote

Author:Rifujin Na Magonote [Magonote, Rifujin na]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-11-30T08:00:00+00:00

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We enjoyed the rest of the party over servings of the main course and cake. There were still some surprises left. Once the sun had fully set, students started coming by and leaving presents for Norn. It seemed like they’d only found out about Norn’s birthday today and scrambled to buy something while they could.

There were a lot of students like that. And when they saw me answer the door, a lot of them went pale. But no worries! I met them all with a flash of the good ol’ Shining Rudeus Smile. Ah, the smile, truly humanity’s most universal greeting.

…It didn’t go well.

The sight of my smile made their pale faces freeze in even greater terror, with some attempting to run. Sylphie caught them and safely delivered their presents to Norn while smoothing over the scene we’d been making…but really, how rude!

So many of them came by that eventually, Norn’s presents stacked up like a mountain. Aisha, on the other hand, didn’t have any presents besides the ones we gave her. She was maintaining her facade, but it seemed a bit strained now, making her look deeply hurt to my eyes.

I doubted that anyone besides myself had noticed that Aisha’s smile was faked. I could have been overthinking it; Aisha might not have minded the presents one bit. But bringing it up with Sylphie felt like a good idea. While I was hemming and hawing over what to do about Aisha, I noticed the area beyond our front door had gotten rowdy, like a huge gathering of people. Their riotous chatter was broken up by Leo’s sudden barking.

“We’ve got company,” said Eris. Her expression turned to stone as she picked up the sword lying in the corner.

Was Orsted coming by? No, there were too many people out there. Orsted wasn’t the type to draw a crowd.

I headed to the front door to make sure. When I stepped outside, I saw a mob of miscreants closing in on my home. Their frames were bulky, their fur thick, and their fangs bared. Every one of them was draped in a plain black cloak. They were a fearsome bunch. That said, they looked pretty beaten up; some were injured, while some were wrapped in newly tattered cloaks.

Leading the pack was none other than the town’s most diabolical duo. The two shook out their frazzled hair as they argued with each other.

“It was your fault, Linia. Screwing up the end of that job yesterday made us start late.”

“M-mew?! But you’re the one who dumped that on me, Pursena!”

“There ya go again, blaming anyone but yourself. Trust me, Linia, it’s all your fault.”

“Coming from the one who was supposed to track our prey’s scent but dragged us to some random barbeque? That’s rich, mew! Your screwup was the reason it took so long to take down that hog, mew!”

“Geh! I-it’s their fault for camping out there!”

It was Linia and Pursena. As usual, they were at each other’s throats. But this time, they were just bantering.

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