Middle-aged Adventurer Kein's Good Deed Chapter 25

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Chapter 25 – Kein's Reputation in Kuko Village

A few days later, sword princess Anastrea's party went to Kuko Village and asked around about Kein's reputation.

“I'd like to ask you some questions about Kein.”

“Oh, hello ladies. Sure, I can tell you about Kein-san. First, take a look at this mountain of food here. There are a lot of daily necessities in there as well, and even some money to last us for a little while was included. Kein gave all of this to us, because some of us couldn't go out to work.” The young person from the village spoke proudly.

“But wasn't all of that delivered anonymously?”

“Ah, but there's no doubt in my mind that it was from Kein!”

“Why's that?”

“You can tell just by looking at the types of goods that were sent. Aside from the villagers themselves, Kein-san was the only one who sympathized with the wretched state the village was in.”

Other villagers spoke like they were deeply moved by gratitude.

"That's right, I overheard the adventurer's group one time: Kein said that the reward money he got for the goblin extermination would be specially put towards goods to help support the village.” Said a villager.

It seems that his attempt at being anonymous had no effect at all. It wasn't very surprising, given that over 100 people had been at the goblin's lair to exterminate them, and saw Kein there. Because young hunters from Kuko village had also participated, the rumors must have spread.

“Huh, Kein really is something then.” Said Anastrea.

The sword princess went pale after hearing the villager's words for some reason, to Maya's utter amazement. Still, Maya didn't butt in rudely.

“That's right. Kein-san is an excellent man. The pride of our village!” another villager chimed in.

Even though he wasn't a villager, he was made the pride of the village.

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“Unca Kein is amaaaazing. He gave me sweets!”

York's granddaughter, Kachia, was also overjoyed.

There were some sweets included among the relief supplies just for Kachia, which put her in a good mood. Both sword princess Anastrea and Saint Sefilia were pleased by Kein being popular with the kids, whereas Maya could barely contain her laughter.

A little bit away, some lumberjacks carried in an intensely black log.

“Oh, were you talking about Kein?” said an older man.

It was York, and he spoke with a chuckle. His brown hair and sideburns had a noticeable amount of grey mixed in.

“York, that's an amazing Black Rock Pine log.” Said another villager.

Some villagers came and gathered near the log.

“I just cut this, it came from our reserves. I thought I'd try to repay Kein even just a little bit using this.”

“York, don't tell me you're already planning on building a house for Kein-san!”

“Hmm, not a house, yet. I was thinking about the little shrine at the foot of the mountain, it seems precious to Kein.” Replied York.

“Ah, now that you mention it, you're right. I don't know which god he prays to but Kein seems to be really sincere in his worship. I think he might even receive the god's blessing. I visit the shrine myself sometimes too.”

“Now, with this Black Rock Pine that I've picked out.
Furniture craftsmen!
Lumber specialists!
Carpenters!
With all of us together, we'll make a more beautiful shrine than that little shack made by an amateur!”

The wood of the black rock pine was tough, and even just cutting it was terribly difficult, but they carefully polished it until it was beautiful and glossy. It was known for being a luxury material of the highest quality in this area. It was the perfect material to make a small shrine with.

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“Ahh I get it now, with even this portion of a log you can make a shrine worthy of Kein's god!”

“With everyone's help, I'm sure Kein will be pleased.”

The craftsmen of the village combined their strengths, and everyone started making the shrine for Kein's god.

Away from all the fired-up villagers, the sword princess' party walked toward Erun city.

“Anhime, you have an expression on your face right now that tells me you're up to no good.”

“That's it. As I suspected from last time with the Evil Dragon, enemies that are hard to understand are no good. It's best to take down a lot of moderate enemies so that everyone can understand just how great Kein is!”

Looks like this time we're going to fight with quantity over quality in mind. Maya is more and more dumbfounded by each plan that comes out.

“No, his reputation improved because he gave up his reward money to help everyone, right?” said Maya.

“On Mount Kuko, our choices of what to take down next are between Goblin Lord, Orc Lord and Ogre Lord!” said Anastrea.

She's not listening again, thought Maya. But what she just said was also true.

Perhaps coming from the neighboring Mount Shide, or maybe springing forth from the influence of the evil god, Lord class monsters could be seen even right now, among the back roads of Mount Kuko.

Unknown to everyone else, Maya and the “Rose Maidens Blooming on High” had been going around taking them out.

“First, I'll take out an extermination quest for those enemies from the Adventurer's guild.”

Lord class monsters had been appearing frequently lately.

Taking out an extermination quest for them wouldn't be an especially troublesome for them right now, but it seems the D rank Kein would be the one accepting it.

“I have a bad feeling about this. Anhime, you're planning to make the middle-aged Kein accept the quest?”

“That's right. The receptionist lady in charge of Kein….. what was her name again? Even if it's that pink haired aunt, I should probably be able to make him do it.”

It's no use, I can't stop her. Maya turned pale.

Elena, runnnn!

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