Chapter 13: Frey (Part 1)


TL: Scaramochi


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[Frey's POV]


I'm Frey.


I'm a proud dragon girl.


I was born in the village of the Dragon People, and ever since I was a child, all I did was fight.


I guess I had too much power. I just couldn't help it, I wanted to get into fights.


I couldn't take on anyone my own age, so I would pick fights with people who were older than me. Sometimes I was surrounded by a large group of people, but they didn't even play with me.


No one could beat me, not even ...... adults.


I was called the "bad girl" in the village because of these fights.


I didn't care how much they despised me. As long as I could get into fights, I was fine.


But finally, there was no one left in the village to fight with me.


Instead of being satisfied, I was dissatisfied.


I wanted to fight more. I wanted to exert more power. I wanted to go all out.


(This is not enough.)


(Let me have more fun.)


(Let me go wild.)


When I was craving to use my power to the fullest, a member of a dragon tribe who had been an adventurer came back to the village.


I challenged him to a fight.


But he was no match for me and beat me to a pulp.


It was the first time I lost to someone.


But I was very happy.


I was happy that he took me seriously.


After that, I challenged him every day.


Beat after beat after beat, I kept challenging him.


It was fun. I was frustrated to death that I was being taken advantage of and that I kept losing, but more than that, I was having a lot of fun.


While I was doing this, I became friends with him.


He told me about the world outside the village and what adventurers do.


He told me that the outside world is full of creatures and monsters that I had never seen before, and that adventurers hunt monsters and died.


Adventurers hunt monsters, search for treasure in labyrinths, and do other useful work.


And among adventurers, there are many who are stronger than they are.


When I heard that, I screamed from the bottom of my heart.


There are a lot of adventurers out there who are even stronger than me.


I want to fight adventurers. I want to fight strong monsters.


From the moment I heard this man's story, I was determined to become an adventurer.


When I told him I wanted to become an adventurer, he taught me many things.


I learned how to do magic, the skills needed to be an adventurer, and even arithmetic, which I am not very good at, little by little.


I went out of the village for a while and fought a lot of stray monsters.


There were a few moments when I thought I might die, but I wasn't afraid at all.


Every time I was in danger of death, my blood and instincts as a dragon girl made me stronger.


When I brought monster flesh and skins back to the village, the villagers were grateful.


I had been called an unruly bad girl, but now people were grateful to me.


I couldn't believe it.


Everyone was praising me for being great.


I felt a little happy, but at the same time, I realized that the stronger I got, the more people around me started to appreciate me.


They admire me. They follow me.


Strength is the truth.


In this world, there's the law of the jungle.


The strong are great, the weak are not.


Realizing this, I sought strength more and more.


When I turned 14, I was finally able to beat him.


--- "I have nothing more to teach you. Go experience the outside world."


With these words, I left the village where I had grown up for 14 years to become an adventurer.


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"Wow, so this is the guild where adventurers gather. There are a lot of strong guys here."


I had come to the nearest city from the village, a city with a labyrinth.


I went to the Adventurers' Guild, did the registration and all the other troublesome stuff, and became an adventurer.


The moment I became an adventurer, I started a fight with every adventurer in the area. I found that the adventurers were all talkative, but not very good, and none of them were very tough.


I was just like, "What the hell, this is the extent of it.......?"


I was already disillusioned because they were all weak and no match for me.


That's when that guy showed up.


"Oh wow, there's a guy this icky. Now you're going to have to deal with me."


"Oh, you're one of us. I'll beat you up."


The one who agreed to fight me was a big, burly old man from the dragon tribe.


I was so happy to know that I could fight with my own kind, I was so excited, but he was no match for me and I lost.


"Hahaha, you've got some serious physical ability. But you're still naive! Promise, don't ever pick a fight with another adventurer again."


"I got it."


In this world, there's the law of the jungle.


The losers have no choice but to follow the strong. That's why I stopped fighting with adventurers.


In fact, the guild was very angry with me. It seems that private fights are forbidden in the guild. This was my first time, so I only got a stern warning, but the next time I do it, they will cancel my registration as an adventurer.


I don't want that to happen again.


If I am no longer an adventurer, it will be inconvenient for me in many ways.


It will be a hassle to go to other countries, and you won't be able to exchange monster materials for cash. There are dark places to get cash, but I hear they rip you off, so I definitely don't want to do that.


So I made up my mind not to fight in the guild.


But I haven't given up. I'm going to get stronger and beat him next time.



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