第４１５堀：ギルドのお掃除屋さん (Part1)
Chapter 415: The Guild's Cleaners
Side: Hiiro
I thought I would do my best for my brother, but my motivation has started to wane a bit.
Because…
"It stinks so bad?! What is this?!"
"...It is indeed terrible."
Sister Dore and Sister Viri are humans, so they're managing. That's good for them.
I'm a wolf beastman. My sense of smell is better than humans.
In other words… it's incredibly smelly.
"...Brother, I'm sorry. Hiiro might die."
Before me spread a mountain of garbage and excrement, mixed with a wonderful aroma.
It was unbearable for Hiiro.
"Hiiro!! Pull yourself together!"
"Ugh. Sister Dore… just one last word…"
"What is it?"
"Sister Dore, your perfume is too strong."
"Shut up!!"
*Slap.*
"Ouch. But that perfume is mixed in, and it's overwhelming Hiiro's nose…"
"Ah, I see. Then, would you like to try some? If you put it on yourself, maybe the scent will make it a little better?"
Hmm.
It's true that the perfume is strong, but it's like concentrated flowers.
Is it better than the smell of garbage and excrement?
"You two, you can't prevent the smell, so instead of thinking about it, it's better to finish your work quickly and take a bath. Also, Hiiro, you're exaggerating since you were in this environment."
"Eh?! This environment…?"
Sister Dore slid away from Hiiro.
I felt hurt.
"We were both orphans who lost our parents. Cleanliness was something far from us."
"Yeah. Every day, we were just happy if we had a place to shelter from the rain and wind."
"Ah, I'm sorry."
"No, we're happy that you see us as normal now, as if it's natural."
"Sister Dore, it's okay since you apologized. In the past, I often begged for food and got kicked. That hurt."
"...Hiiro."
"Back then, I didn't understand why I was kicked, but now I do. People don't like being dirty."
"..."
"..."
What is it? They both look like they want to say something is different.
But I was kicked because I was dirty and they didn't want me near them.
"For now, let's clean up quickly. Hiiro's opinion that dirty things are bad isn't wrong."
"That's right."
"...I'll do my best."
It's smelly, but I'll endure it.
And so, we diligently worked on the cleaning.
Sister Viri took photos before cleaning, documenting the extent of our work, and then helped Hiiro and me with the cleaning.
"It stinks!!"
Sister Dore shouted that, but she still cleaned properly.
…It feels a little nostalgic.
Have I seen this scene before, Hiiro?
"This can still be used… It's a waste to throw it away."
I remembered that when Sister Viri muttered that while cleaning.
Hiiro had seen a similar scene before.
It was before I met my brother, when I had another brother, and Sister Viri was just an older sister.
"Before brother brings food, I'll look for something to keep us warm."
"Understood…"
This was when we were homeless orphans in the capital of Roschur.
Among us, my brother was the oldest and most respected, working hard every day to find food. My sister was the second oldest and respected, rummaging through discarded items to make life a little easier for everyone.
I think now that my brother and sister had that kind of leadership role.
It was the middle of winter.
It was snowing, and it was probably cold enough to freeze if we stayed like this.
So, I came with my sister to look for something to keep us warm.
My sister was adept at rummaging through garbage, but I wasn't used to it and just held what she found. I was small then, so it couldn't be helped.
But usable things weren't found easily, and we rummaged through garbage in the cold sky for a long time.
"…Sister. It's cold."
"…Yes. Let's warm up a little. Come here."
I couldn't stand it anymore and hugged my sister, warming each other with our body heat.
This was our normal.
"After we warm up, let's try a little harder. Brother is also working hard to gather food, and I don't want to make him feel cold."
"Yeah."
That was a little story from the past.
In the end, I only managed to get a few dry branches, and my sister gathered a lot of burnable garbage. I remember that day, thanks to my brother and sister, we didn't feel too hungry or too cold.
"Hiiro. Your hands have stopped."
"Ah, yes. Sorry. I'll look for usable things."
"Usable things? Are you looking for something? Both of you?"
Ah, I slipped up.
Sister Dore tilted her head at my words.
Sister Viri hesitated for a moment, then seemed to understand.
She immediately smiled.
"Fufu. It's okay. It's just a habit that came out."
"A habit?"
"Yes. I used to rummage through garbage like this, looking for usable things."
"…Ah. I'm sorry, again."
"Oh, Sister Viri, you're mean. And Sister Dore, you don't have to worry about it too much. It's all in the past. Now I'm a proper, full-fledged lady."
I'm helping my brother with secret work.
No matter how you look at it, I'm a proper lady.
Sister Asu and Sister Fee said that people who can work are proper ladies.
"Is that so? Aren't you a little small for a proper lady?"
"Yeah~. I think you should be a little bigger."
"Moo!! Sister Rabi, you're small too!!"
"That's a special case. Something about you is strange."
…I agree with that.
Why are her breasts so… voluminous?
I'm so flat.
No, I'll definitely grow.
I'm a lady who will continue to grow.
And then, I'll… *ahem*.
Sister Rabi said she'll always cooperate.
"Well, there's only a little more. Let's stop chatting and work hard."
"Given the time, this alley is all we can manage. There's more than we thought."
"It's rewarding to clean."
And so, after that, we sped up the cleaning.
There was no need to look for usable things anymore, just toss them into the garbage bags. *Poof, poof, poof.*
As we looked at the clean alley, feeling proud, garbage was thrown out of a window.
"Ah!!"
"What? Is someone there?"
As I cried out, a man poked his head out of the window from which the garbage was thrown.
"Huh? Beggar?"
"No!! You can't litter!!"
"Hah? What is a kid saying…"
"I am a child, but I am a cleaner who has received an official request from the Adventurer's Guild. Don't you know the basic rule of Weed, that garbage goes in the trash can?"
"From the Adventurer's Guild? Kids like you?"
"I'm sorry I'm a kid. Do you want to be beaten up again?"
"Ah? You guys… like… Wait, is that Dressa!?"
It seems this man knows Sister Dore.
"That's right. You're not going to say you don't know the rules of Weed, which even I know, are you? Or do you want to be beaten up again?"
"Tch, fine. My bad. I just threw it out the window because it was troublesome."
"Oh, really? Then, Hiiro. Please pick that up and return it. It seems he'll dispose of it properly himself."
"Understood."