A few minutes later .

The a.s.sa.s.sins were talking to each other after I came out of the building .

‘He’s just leaving by the main entrance . ’

‘…So I guess he hasn’t noticed that we’ve been following him . ’

It seemed that they had been worried that I had realized I was being spied on and would try to shake them off by leaving through a back exit .

They never would have guessed that I had known from the beginning and was continuing to fool them .

…Well, it was actually the slimes that had told me .

‘You were being paranoid . There are hundreds of people in this town . No one would notice that they were being followed unless they were specially trained . ’

‘That’s true . ’

‘More importantly, I’m curious about what quest he took—but we won’t be able to read it at this distance . ’

‘We’ll find out as we follow him . ’

So they were curious about the quest I had accepted .

I could just take it out and hold it in a way that would be easy for them to see…but that seemed too obvious and risky .

Instead, I would just go do it .

Thinking this, I left the town while taking the Proud Wolf and slimes with me .

According to the receptionist, there were a lot of Rush Bulls in the surrounding forest .

It was an E-Rank quest, so they were not likely to be very strong .

And so I asked the slime,

‘Where are the Rush Bulls?’

‘Uh…over there!’

The slime pointed at the forest .

I heard this and—went in a direction that was a short distance away from it .

‘Yuji! That’s not where they are!’

‘Yeah . I’m taking a longer route . …It will look suspicious to my pursuers if I find them right away . ’

‘Okay!’

And so I took my time heading towards the Rush Bulls .

On the way, I said to my monsters,

‘I don’t want the a.s.sa.s.sin to know about it, so there will be no attack magic this time . ’

‘Oh, no attack magic… Then how will you fight?’

The Proud Wolf asked . He did not sound very concerned .

Well, this was one time when it did concern him .

‘Proud Wolf . What’s my job?’

‘You’re a Tamer . ’

‘Yes . …And how do Tamers usually fight?’

‘They make their tamed monsters fight the enemy!’

…So he wasn’t stupid .

‘Exactly . …Proud Wolf . I’m counting on you . ’

‘What!?’

5 minutes later, we discovered the Rush Bulls .

There were 3 of them . …It seemed like the perfect number .

‘There are your monsters . ’

‘…Where?’

And so I pointed at the Rush Bulls .

The Proud Wolf looked towards them hesitantly .

‘Hah! Those guys look really weak!”

He suddenly sounded very cheerful .

Apparently, he regarded the Rush Bulls as being weaker than him .

‘Proud Wolf . Will you do it for us?’

‘Leave it to me! I’ll wipe those weaklings out in no time!’

The Proud Wolf said happily as he charged forward .

Perhaps it was a characteristic of Proud Wolves to become cheerful when facing weaker enemies .

When I had first met him, he had attacked me quite menacingly . But then he shrunk down the moment he realized that he couldn’t win .

As I thought about this—the a.s.sa.s.sins also noticed that the battle had started .

‘Oh, he’s encountered a monster . ’

‘What monster?’

‘3 Rush Bulls . Well, they’re small fry . ’

“…Well, it’s still a fight . We should get a closer look . ’

It seemed like they were going to come closer to watch .

…Hmm . I was actually quite grateful for that . The Proud Wolf didn’t usually fight, so he might as well have a bigger audience .

As soon as they saw that I was just an ordinary Tamer, they would take me off of the a.s.sa.s.sination list .