Unorthodox Guild

Chapter 1 Are there still humans?

The Forest of Moe, Outer Edge.

Goo!

The incoming arrow shattered the slime's core.

"..."

He collected the core fragments in the leather bag at his waist and charged towards the swarm of slimes not far away.

The black-haired boy is an adventurer active in this mysterious forest.

At this moment, it seems that he is relentlessly hunting slimes to avoid anything bad happening.

And his methods were exceptionally cruel: even though slimes would die if their cores were shattered, he still chopped them into minced meat without finding it troublesome at all.

"..."

Because he was worried that something might happen.

Looking at the blue slime all over the ground: "Now that cat should be..."

Before he could finish speaking...

"Meow!"

A girl's wailing, tinged with strange interjections, had already appeared behind him.

.......

The thing I least wanted to see still happened.

"Big, boss meow...woof..."

[Giant Blue Slime: lv 05]

By the time Kaya arrived, the purple catgirl was almost entirely... no, her entire cat was engulfed in a giant slime.

Through the transparent slime, one could see the girl's somewhat tattered white dress and glimpses of snow-white skin.

Clearly, the slime released by the slime had already digested most of the catgirl's clothes.

"Ugh..."

If we digest any more, it won't pass the review.

"Waaah... Don't look, meow... Ugh."

The girl's pleas for mercy only made her small mouth a new target for the slime.

Before she even realized it, the jelly-like blue tentacles had already entered...

boom!

Kaya reacted quickly, shattering the slime's core before things got worse.

......

"..."

Looking at the tattered cat, its mouth oozing mysterious liquid, and its body lying limp on the ground, Kaya sighed helplessly.

The girl's name is Lilia. She is the receptionist and president of the "Cute Cat Adventurers' Guild" and a romance light novel author with half of her brain paralyzed.

Besides these identities, they were also classmates at Kaya Magic High School, so the two already knew each other before Kaya came here.

"But this guy."

Despite being the guild leader, in the six months he was in the guild, he caused more trouble than he helped.

"Hehe, thanks, Boss Meow."

"Don't get the slime on my clothes."

But the girl seemed not to hear her, nuzzling Kaya's shoulder: "Mission accomplished, meow, boss, go back and help Lilia take a bath, meow..."

"..."

I didn't know what to say for a moment.

...........

...........

...........

Beyond the Forest of Cuteness lies an adventurer's guild called "Cute Cats".

Although I don't know why it was named this, this border town on the mainland is quite free and peaceful...

"Quitting the club, meow!!!???"

wow-

The call, with its strange suffix, was like a bolt of lightning, sending the squirrels that were just about to take a nap flying.

"But the boss has only been here a short time, why is he leaving...?"

With tears in her eyes, Lilia quickly reached out to hug the boy in front of her.

"It's because we just made the boss angry, meow. Lilia won't do it again... um."

But Kaya took one of her hands and held her little face, which was covered in snot and tears.

"Hey, calm down."

"Could you please let me finish what I have to say?"

"Ugh, how can Lilia calm down when the boss suddenly says all this?"

"If you have any worries, you can talk to Lilia first, meow."

"Talking to you will only make me more upset."

"Ugh..."

"..."

Looking at the pitiful-looking purple catgirl, Kaya sighed.

He then placed an opened envelope on the wooden table at the front desk.

"Lilia, do you still remember..."

"Hmm, is that the human cat with the yellow hair and terrible temper who always caused trouble for the boss in high school?"

"..."

I haven't finished speaking yet, buddy.

Kaya took out the letter from the envelope and remained silent for a long time.

Although it's unclear whether Lilia truly possesses mind-reading abilities, she was certainly right.

She said she was getting married.

"He even said he'd make me regret it for the rest of my life..."

Although the tone of the letter was like that of children arguing... Kaya didn't quite remember what she had done to make this guy hold a grudge.

"Ugh."

"That guy has such a bad temper, and he's not even as well-developed as Lilia, yet he's getting married, meow?"

Lilia's mouth gaped open, and she weighed the slime in front of her chest again.

"Human aesthetics are truly incomprehensible, meow."

"Are you focusing on the wrong thing?"

Looking at the purple idiot in front of him, Kaya shook his head and didn't bother to say anything more.

He looked up at the wooden ceiling of the guild and fell into thought.

"Now that the Demon King is gone, there aren't many monsters left."

He seemed to be talking to himself: "My classmates have all settled down and started families, while I'm wasting my youth on a job with no future..."

"I've never traveled around the world, and I've never even been in a relationship."

"Hey, isn't there Lilia meow too?"

"...I don't want my descendants to be idiots."

"Ugh, that's so mean, meow..."

The girl seemed to have suffered a huge blow, and her two cat ears drooped limply.

"But, however."

"If the boss leaves, Lilia will be all alone in the guild, meow..."

"? Isn't there Noelle too?"

"The monsters aren't protected by the Demon King right now, and there aren't any particularly strong monsters in the forest. With Noelle around, that should be more than enough."

Kaya's mood finally eased a bit when Noelle was mentioned.

This junior warrior in the guild, although still quite young, has many things he doesn't do perfectly yet.

However, under my guidance, his progress has been quite remarkable, and given time he will become an excellent adventurer...

In Kaya's words, Noelle is one of the few humans left in the guild, in every sense of the word.

"It seems like I haven't seen her for a few days. Is she out on a mission...?"

"Um, boss."

But before Kaya could figure it out...

"Um, um..."

For some reason, Lilia lowered her head and started poking her fingers.

"..."

"Miss Noelle, meow, last week meow..."

"I'm resigning, meow."

...........

...........

Beyond the Forest of Cuteness lies an adventurer's guild called "Cute Cats".

Although I don't know why it was named this, this border town on the mainland is quite free and peaceful...

"What??????!!!!!!!!!"

wow-

It startled all the birds that were just about to take a nap in the tree, sending them flying.

"Why did you leave?!"

He grabbed the purple catgirl's shoulders and shook her violently.

"Ugh, Noelle seems to have qualified for the Royal Guard, so..."

"What?"

Did you go to take the civil service exam?

.......

and many more.

They even made it ashore?

"No, haven't you considered the issue of a successor?"

Although Kaya was trying his best to remain calm, the twitching muscles at the corners of his mouth still revealed his current mood.

"..."

"By the way, has that guy's public announcement period ended yet?"

"Boss, boss, don't do anything terrible..."

"..."

Ah, forget it.

I rubbed my slightly aching head.

My original purpose in training the girl was to ensure that there would still be adventurers in the guild who could handle monsters after I left.

"The guild originally only had two people and a stupid cat."

Now I'm all alone, and I can't leave even if I wanted to.

"It seems I only taught Noelle survival skills, but not what responsibility is..."

Although Kaya had just graduated from university, his expression at this moment was like that of a father whose daughter had run off with a blond-haired man; he looked more than ten years older and exceptionally weathered.

"Boss, Miss Noel just didn't want to upset you, so she told Lilia not to tell you, meow..."

"..."

Oh, I forgot about you, my accomplice.

He pinched the little face of the purple thing in front of him: He guessed that guy was just like him, eager to leave this place as soon as possible.

While this sentiment is understandable, it truly reflects the saying "the apprentice is fed while the master starves."

"But, hehe."

Lilia looked at the little face that was slightly swollen from being pinched, but a strange smile appeared on her face.

"Now, only the guild leader and Lilia are left in the guild, meow."

"...What does that mean?"

While Kaya was still complaining, she secretly tiptoed.

Meow~

She stuck out her tongue and licked the boy's ear.

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

"I'm sorry, meow, meow, meow..."

The purple catgirl, who had been shaken by Kaya for a long time, was feeling a little dizzy.

"Oops, Lilia was wrong, meow... Ugh..."

The gagging was because I was dizzy, not because I had a kitten in my belly.

"Hehe, the boss looks so cute when he's angry."

"..."

Kaya was a little confused: was there something mixed in with the slime's mucus, or was this Hakimi just in heat and needed love?

"However, boss, don't worry about the adventurers, meow."

She rubbed her fluffy cat ears against the boy: "Although Miss Noelle is gone, a new person will be joining us soon, meow~"

"Although she's a cute girl, Lilia wouldn't mind having three people if the boss and Lilia got married..."

"..."

It's definitely better to leave this awful place as soon as possible.