Unorthodox Guild

"Our, our guild, meow..."

"..."

Looking at the guild, which was in complete disarray.

"Here we go again, no, I knew it..."

Kaya, standing next to the stunned purple catgirl, looked at the scene before her, but for some reason, felt no emotion whatsoever.

"Hey, hehe."

He simply stared indifferently at the black thing in front of him: he wanted to see what kind of fellow patients Lilia had found for him this time.

Beside the swaying black-haired girl were scattered many bottles and jars.

"Yura's body—it's so light..."

Yura, her tone completely changed, her face flushed, brought another tin can to her lips.

"Is this guy an adult yet?"

Although Kaya never drinks beverages, she doesn't know why the guild has these things.

But looking at this mess, it's clearly the result of being intoxicated by a drug...

boom!

But before Kaya could finish speaking her mind...

Just as the girl put the drink in her mouth, a loud bang occurred.

"Meow meow meow meow!"

Immediately, a strong wind mixed with terrifying magical fluctuations suddenly spread out from Yura as the center.

"Hmm, this guy..."

Kaya held one hand protectively in front of him, even though he was half-kneeling on the ground.

It was also this sudden and powerful impact that caused them to stagger back half a step.

Although he had heard that people who drink alcoholic beverages would lose control of their magic.

"But isn't this making a bit too much of a commotion?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the purple catgirl who had been blown onto the guild wall by the aftershock with a loud bang!

It's a bit rude, but Lilia is carrying heavy loads, two big ones.

Even that guy was blown away, which shows that Yura's magic power has reached a terrifying level...

"Oh, it's Mr. Kaya..."

"Oh no!"

Feeling the girl's gaze, Kaya cursed inwardly.

"Wind spirit, let the wind..."

"Mr. Kaya!!!"

"Wow!"

Kaya was halfway through reciting the spell.

Black magic erupted from the girl's body, and before she could react, she embraced Kaya...

"It hurts! Let go!"

Kaya felt as if all the bones in her body were about to break.

He never expected that such a petite girl could unleash such great power.

"S, Shield... (protection...)"

He forced out a wisp of air from his throat, releasing a protective spell.

The pressure from all sides suddenly lessened, and Kaya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Why does this always happen when I meet someone of the opposite sex?

Every time I run into these guys, I'm either in trouble or on my way to getting myself into trouble.

With great effort, he managed to pull his hands out of the girl's embrace.

"Looks like we'd better get out of this awful place soon."

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, which had seeped out due to the pain from being squeezed too much.

Otherwise, let alone enjoying his youth, he was afraid he would develop post-traumatic stress disorder related to teenage girls.

"Ugh..."

But that was while Kaya was still complaining.

"Ugh..."

The black-haired girl on his chest, for some reason, started crying while hugging Kaya.

Tears instantly soaked Kaya's coat, leaving the boy stunned on the spot.

"..."

What's going on now?

Kaya swallowed hard, quickly trying to recall if he had done anything to wrong the girl...

"..."

It seems there really are children.

Could it be that today's test on Yura was too strict, making him unhappy?

Thinking of this, he swallowed hard: if that's the case, then he really can't escape responsibility.

After all, my motivation for increasing training volume back then wasn't entirely good... I've been reflecting on it.

"Hey, are you alright...?"

He mustered his courage and placed his hand on the girl's head.

Magic swirled in his palm... He patted Yura's head.

"..."

This is a technique that Kaya learned specifically in a visual novel romance game in order to better enjoy his youth and improve his ability to interact with girls.

However, before, there was only one pure cat in the guild, and the only sane junior member, Noelle, had run away, which meant that Kaya hadn't been able to use this skill yet...

Of course, it's unclear whether this will work on Yura... but there's no better option at the moment.

"Don't cry, tell me what's wrong."

"Ugh..."

"..."

The pressure on my body gradually eased.

"call."

Kaya let out a soft breath.

"The corner saved my life."

It seems that Yura's emotions have finally stabilized.

"Hmm."

The next step should be to chat more, increase the favorability rating, give gifts on holidays, and finally...

"Ughh ...

"Let go!!!!"

.............

.............

The sun had already set behind the distant mountains, leaving only a sliver of afterglow that outlined the curves of the mountains.

A small guild near the Forest of Cuteness.

Not long ago, the president (big lie) Lilia was instructed by Kaya to take Elisa to find a house.

So at this moment, only Kaya, sitting on the wooden chair, and the black-haired girl who was fast asleep on his lap, remained in the hall.

"call......"

"Why did my youth turn out like this...?"

Although he believed that he had a strong mental fortitude after spending so much time with Lilia.

But he still raised his head, looked at the empty ceiling, and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"..."

Even though Yura had been crying nonstop.

But all she could do was shed tears: no matter how Kaya inquired, she couldn't get a reason for Yura's sadness.

"..."

but.

Thinking back to when I first met Yura, the girl looked like she hadn't eaten for days.

"Although I don't know where she's from, or why she came to this remote little guild..."

But the journey must have been extremely difficult.

"..."

Ugh.

Then I thought of myself at noon.

"Just because Yura had a fit of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), they arbitrarily increased the difficulty of the test or something..."

I don't know if Yura is sad because of this, but I'm such a jerk. I should find a chance to have a serious talk with her...

boom! ! ! !

Before Kaya could finish speaking her mind...

The guild's wooden door was suddenly pushed open.

The loud noise startled Kaya.

"Meow! Boss!"

"I'm back, meow... Ooh!"

He moved closer to Kaya and looked at the black-haired girl who was fast asleep on his lap.

"I didn't expect to get so close to Miss Yura in such a short time. As expected of the boss, Meow!"

"..."

However, they seemed not to notice that Kayana's face had darkened.

"Meow, Elisa said there's no house she likes, so tonight she's going to the boss's house with Lilia..."

boom!

Another loud bang.

"Meow..."

However, this time it was Lilia's head that emitted the message.

"Hey you, can you at least make a little less noise when you come in?!"

"Can't you see someone's sleeping? And this isn't a hotel, you're sleeping on the street tonight!"

Kaya finally lost control and punched the silly cat on the head.

"Waaaaah, my head's going to get a bump, meow..."

"..."

He took a deep breath and looked behind Lilia at the white head peeking out from behind the wooden door.

"Ugh, the boss is so violent! Don't do anything terrible to Elisa tonight!"

"...Are you deliberately not looking for a house?"

"I'm innocent, please give me your guidance tonight."

"No, who agreed to that!"

Looking at Elisa, who inexplicably bowed to him, Kaya thought that if there wasn't a sleeping guy on his lap, he would have liked to go up and beat that guy up too.

"Hmm..."

"..."

not good.

Feeling the movement coming from his knee, Kaya froze in place.

"That wretched, stupid cat."

He cursed inwardly.

Yura had only just fallen asleep; if this guy wasn't sober yet...