下城區的咖啡館又漲價了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAYRe7jubTgr
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我看了一眼遠超預算的帳單,再看了一眼臉上掛著專業微笑的店員小姐,得出此一結論。166Please respect copyright.PENANAhCK66XPhoA
我倆保持著同樣的表情對視著,在旁人看來,就像是一對情侶。166Please respect copyright.PENANAvs0uPkcgTJ
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她的微笑自然而可人,一方面是因為她練習已久,另一方面是因為帳單不是她付。166Please respect copyright.PENANA4CJXfKU1Fj
而我不管笑多久,應該都不會有人為我付帳。166Please respect copyright.PENANAEvGCXNpEbv
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「這是怎麼回事?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAOTPUmUOaVO
眼見再這樣下去,她能笑到下班走人;我只好主動打破僵局。166Please respect copyright.PENANAI85aSizPBu
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「因應供貨問題,我們的飲品費用有所調整。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAxLjG4bzFQm
「那麼重要的資訊,是不是應該要在我下單前提醒一聲?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAEX7NRMKsEV
「畢竟先生您是不看菜單的熟客,我想就不必唐突了。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAJJzlcoLI2c
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熟客比較好宰是吧。166Please respect copyright.PENANATYVwNaNZbR
我尚待爭辯,但她的手已經放在通知混成騎士團的警鈴上了。166Please respect copyright.PENANA24JmcoKS0h
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於是這個月房租又沒了著落。166Please respect copyright.PENANATYVobAZjvt
正當我思考又要從哪兒省出來錢的時候,店員小姐叫住了我。166Please respect copyright.PENANAb3coUd1CbS
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「先生,我記得您是登記在冊的冒險者對吧?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAavVU62Yaif
她朝任務委託板指了指。166Please respect copyright.PENANA1gupnDR0QG
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當年為了能隨意進出上城區,我也曾裝模作樣地在行會大樓(ギルド元宮)登記了自己的職業。166Please respect copyright.PENANAtqr4oOjp8X
可是,我是為了安寧才定居下城區的。野外的冒險生活早已不在我的規劃裡了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAp289h4l6qn
……說得好像我有規劃過一樣。166Please respect copyright.PENANA7FT4AIYlIG
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「是又怎樣,不是又怎樣?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAZRHWbCCwuC
「如果您確實是冒險者,那這個報酬不菲的委託也許能助您解決燃眉之急。」166Please respect copyright.PENANANZVv1LrLZH
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看著她一如既往的微笑,我就知道定非好事。166Please respect copyright.PENANAejp2efxieb
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「前往阿伊恩薩烏斯南部地牢B3F,為礦工們運送換洗衣物並帶走他們的舊衣服。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA6CEbHTdSW4
「沒錯。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA3oULcPYTGi
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「首先我要冒著鐵火山的火山灰和中暑的風險,前往那個什麼阿伊恩薩烏斯(アイアンサウス),也就是我們俗稱的南國。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAB9i9poeoIE
「沒錯。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAnGCReqeGI9
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「然後我要深入危險的礦洞,躲開高速行駛的礦車,穿過潛伏在黑暗中的魔物群和掉進去的話轉眼就能把人融成骨渣的鋼水。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAZZm9LUbmiL
「沒錯。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAdrWqw4KLi9
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「最後我要找到一群臭烘烘的礦工,取回他們滲滿煤渣和汗水的衣服,原路踏穿地牢返回地面。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAKRhbXE3XBN
「沒錯。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAdkaydWOima
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「妳還有什麼想對我說的嗎?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAb1jIhmsMPq
「十四萬G。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAZhROk1vPp1
「現在付嗎?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAN5JyT0m2fZ
「不。舊衣服拿回來了才會付帳。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA5S762NXj7Z
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店員小姐以一貫的微笑結束了我們的交鋒。166Please respect copyright.PENANArmYpxF2fgW
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南國的路況是四國之中最為惡劣的。166Please respect copyright.PENANAA8fTBDPVpO
越過南方海角,就能聞到濁重的空氣中混著遠方飄來的火山灰。166Please respect copyright.PENANAEbdABptbAs
呼吸不暢不說,氣侯炎熱也不說;這兒的魔物還他媽一點都不怕人。166Please respect copyright.PENANA6skY8ZFHHV
盤踞在鐵火山的大鷹,城外築巢的爬蟲,甚至還有莫名其妙的熱帶飛魚。166Please respect copyright.PENANAPXut2ihBqt
我在阿高普路斯就沒有見過一個出身南國的冒險家是想回鄉的。166Please respect copyright.PENANAl3tHeOcdeE
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路過鐵火山,看見一男一女兩個冒險者正在喘著粗氣。166Please respect copyright.PENANAdheb4rSwvB
我問你們兩個活寶怎麼挑了這麼一片福地打野戰,他們卻說這是在轉職。166Please respect copyright.PENANASd8h91AHSa
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南國旅遊發展局要求,每個戰士系的冒險者要轉職都要為國家無償掃蕩鐵火山上的魔物。166Please respect copyright.PENANA96zA3tmJQK
據說這跟在南國街道上剝海膽並列為最受歡迎的旅遊項目。166Please respect copyright.PENANAZacAj7tBwb
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要不是他們提起,我還真不知道南國還有旅遊發展局這檔事。166Please respect copyright.PENANAJGUAYjtjWm
想來跟西國的勞工保障局一樣,是官僚帶薪休假的所在。166Please respect copyright.PENANAxIISx28kVB
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閒談一輪,他們又要拖著疲勞的身軀去打熔岩皮露露了。166Please respect copyright.PENANA8zuVldTpha
我說你們別去了,沾一身火山灰然後回去回報任務算了,反正世上也沒人看得出鐵火山的魔物有沒有減少過。166Please respect copyright.PENANAazhCrr0vv4
他們一聽有理,便找了間鐵皮小屋纏綿去了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAlnR5cOFXjM
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南國的咖啡館遠沒有阿高普路斯下城區的熱鬧。166Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ss8vxKKbA
櫃檯接待是個沒勁的小哥。他有氣沒力地從我手上接過委託海報,然後指了指旁邊一個同樣有氣沒力的女孩子。166Please respect copyright.PENANAU98UAJ3Bw1
我這才知道,原來專業微笑的難度不比當冒險者低。166Please respect copyright.PENANAAFqzdZAUkJ
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「妳是委託人?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAa76KvorbwG
我朝女孩問道。166Please respect copyright.PENANAjtgq6K60LG
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「不,我是遊客。166Please respect copyright.PENANAM3fBytRu9L
委託人是南國旅遊發展局。166Please respect copyright.PENANA7NSw5hUjlo
換洗衣物在這。去吧。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA39aIOI2Lq2
女孩頭也不抬,甚至都沒有移動過目光。166Please respect copyright.PENANAJjfeqkWW3s
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「所以這他媽就是魔法系冒險者的轉職要求嗎?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAdWkGXxBhxw
看著她魔法師的裝束,我好像懂了什麼。166Please respect copyright.PENANAXHsYDFjt2J
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「不是。我早就轉了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAwYIqGhiuYy
你去還是不去?」166Please respect copyright.PENANAmhVpstx58V
女孩毫無生氣的眼神打消了我繼續聊天的意願。166Please respect copyright.PENANAmJJu3LB3zn
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南國旅遊發展局真是一個神奇的部門。166Please respect copyright.PENANAtlhhC5Yo8L
在閃躲鐵軌上飛馳的礦車時,我如此想著。166Please respect copyright.PENANA8kApiGGoJu
礦車的前端貼著南國旅遊發展局的標誌。如無意外,這會是被礦車撞上的冒險者生命中最後看見的影像。166Please respect copyright.PENANAGqoNTIfQfl
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南部地牢也被旅遊發展局作為RX系列工程機器人的廢棄場所。166Please respect copyright.PENANAwHZW2ayryq
然而當局的廢棄標準也相當獨特,每一台廢棄的RX機器人都會在廢棄的一段時間後暴起傷人,沒有例外。166Please respect copyright.PENANAYxm7qrnErH
說不定我該旅居此地,把這個部門的事跡結集成書,也許以後就不需要再幹外送專員了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAO6f9xqwZME
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在越過南國當局設置的警戒線,踏進下一層地牢的一刻,一切有趣的見聞都戛然而止。166Please respect copyright.PENANApvCPvAkWzo
人類的活動足跡被拋在了身後,只剩下自己的腳步聲和鋼水沸騰的聲音。166Please respect copyright.PENANAs3B0y6h2Y7
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穿過一個窄道時一個不慎,與一頭魔物打了個照面。166Please respect copyright.PENANA90POyY0NbI
身手果然不如往日了,警覺性也比顛峰時期差的不是一點半點。166Please respect copyright.PENANA0KOkBDZP1P
我緊張地掏出了多年不用的短劍,但魔物卻悠然地走開了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAY7RBwImNQE
牠不怕人。我甚至感覺到牠的目光有一絲輕蔑。166Please respect copyright.PENANAkssDYQXZkq
我想了想,覺得挺有道理的。即使牠什麼都沒有說。166Please respect copyright.PENANAxEvFrjoV51
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我加倍小心,緩緩前進。166Please respect copyright.PENANAhmhmXa20di
彷彿又回到了當年作為冒險者的時光。166Please respect copyright.PENANAcPMe8vOLT3
為了一點酬勞走遍險地,偶爾有人作伴,但更多時候都在自己消化孤獨,或讓孤獨消化自己。166Please respect copyright.PENANANs45MNaeSk
最後也沒賺到什麼錢,連下城區的房子也沒買上,一點變故就能讓我重操舊業。166Please respect copyright.PENANAaZCzEaFRXg
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曾經我也嚮往冒險,嚮往變強,也一度癡迷於上城區的生活。166Please respect copyright.PENANA85dHmPVdsQ
擁有過自己的飛空城,每天睜眼就朝北國圖書館(エンシェントアーク)跑,一頁頁的傳奇故事不說倒背,至少也能默寫出來。166Please respect copyright.PENANAQaal9J8VDx
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但原來我不曾認識自己。166Please respect copyright.PENANAkEKnm96jqJ
次元鯨魚的到來,使我跟過去的一切匆匆道別。166Please respect copyright.PENANA3R5u6n5AJn
現在我不過是自己生活中的過客。166Please respect copyright.PENANAdleq1eIRoZ
別說再次橫穿三界,憑現在的實力,也許跟這兒的魔物放對都可能翻車。166Please respect copyright.PENANA5pBlDQz83n
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踏過機械時代的遺物,總算是到達了最底層。166Please respect copyright.PENANAEfFWmxZD96
說實話,我很佩服在這兒工作的礦工。166Please respect copyright.PENANAH7goajOD15
對於冒險者而言都有點嚴荷的環境,他們竟能數十年如一日地堅持工作。166Please respect copyright.PENANAj7FZ6cnnYF
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礦工的位置並不難找。166Please respect copyright.PENANAwwotJo3fFP
挖掘的聲音就在不遠處,人造光源反映出的微光也是肉眼可見。166Please respect copyright.PENANADnbszxf8Wv
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「換洗衣物到囉,南國旅遊發展局向您問好。」166Please respect copyright.PENANABwDKU2kd8Z
我模仿店員小姐的語氣打趣道。166Please respect copyright.PENANAPdlBRFMzSn
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「辛苦了。一路上不簡單吧?166Please respect copyright.PENANAM21XSwunmt
坐下休息一下吧,我們有多餘的水和食物。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAqgayvIq5GJ
一名礦工放下了工具,回頭向我說道。166Please respect copyright.PENANAhDdm3CgRcc
我也就不客氣,找了張簡易椅子坐了下來。166Please respect copyright.PENANA45vWd5gm2j
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「你以前也是冒險者吧。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAtpH3GS4xJS
我沒頭沒尾地問道。166Please respect copyright.PENANA6vqqoy9x9L
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「你怎麼看得出來?」166Please respect copyright.PENANA3mmqfKkYnV
礦工搔了搔頭,點頭認可。166Please respect copyright.PENANAk2KlePW2Y5
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「在這兒工作可不簡單。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAadJ87Wi63A
我盯了盯光照不及的黑暗。166Please respect copyright.PENANAZjRlQmbCw2
雖然眼睛看不見,但不懷好意的魔物氣息撲面而來。166Please respect copyright.PENANAoAJBroUUjT
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「是啊。偶爾還要打一架驅趕築巢的魔物。166Please respect copyright.PENANACK6LOw0iyl
別看我這樣,以前的一點本事還是沒忘的。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA1zfYAAA4bV
礦工秀了秀自己的肌肉。166Please respect copyright.PENANAFX05BR13FC
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「你以前是幹什麼的?為什麼現在能耐住這種生活?」166Please respect copyright.PENANANbsLXQuhJC
其實這種問題沒什麼好問的,可我就是忍不住。166Please respect copyright.PENANA2uu7laujCD
我以前不也在北國圖書館裡樂此不疲嗎?現在還不是在這臭烘烘的礦坑裡。166Please respect copyright.PENANAndyXbadFtj
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「哈哈,說來慚愧,我以前雖說是個冒險者,但其實更貼切的稱呼應該是……戰士們的零件。166Please respect copyright.PENANA7TkNdcwanM
你聽過火焰之心(フレイムハート)嗎?鐵匠們代代相傳,能引出薩拉曼達之力的秘術。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAPtYhfLyYvV
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我點了點頭。不但聽過,還時常借用。166Please respect copyright.PENANAdj0B350vnm
戰士系的哪能缺了這個。166Please respect copyright.PENANAineAVp2IGu
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「那你也知道我的「冒險」生活都是怎麼渡過了吧。166Please respect copyright.PENANAyly2hEDv8K
憑依在某個人的身上,不停地引出薩拉曼達之力,往往不知道怎麼回事,一天就過去了。166Please respect copyright.PENANAuiKaOEQ9sn
也不是說有什麼不好……首先,這讓我不懼怕機械性的勞動。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA94cydw7c8q
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我看了看他擱在一旁的鐵鎬表示理解。166Please respect copyright.PENANAGhw5MmeRh6
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「只是有一天,感覺冒險沒什麼意思了而已。166Please respect copyright.PENANAhLAir8Weuh
我回到了家鄉,也就是這阿伊恩薩烏斯。166Please respect copyright.PENANA1UEVS3gCHI
正好南國旅遊發展局在招人,感覺自己幹得來,就去應徵了。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAdrbvTPBd0a
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我揚了揚眉毛,不掩飾自己的驚訝。166Please respect copyright.PENANAVNZA2uIF1F
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「竟然真有人在阿高普路斯待過之後還想回來。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAu6ZZmPZlbv
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他笑了笑,不知道是同意還是不同意。166Please respect copyright.PENANAPP9LrxkcvX
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「別這樣說嘛。說實話,這個地方我挺喜歡的。166Please respect copyright.PENANAX5bY8kQ93i
每天結束工作後,都能聽到上層區傳來的笛聲。166Please respect copyright.PENANA46cWpufo9f
配合大工坊不時響起的機械音,其實還挺有韻味的。」166Please respect copyright.PENANArjPVB08GFJ
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原來如此。166Please respect copyright.PENANAYpX7c6AG1u
那笛聲我也聽過。不知何處而起,又往何處而去。166Please respect copyright.PENANAPcq5WDlzdc
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「而且喜歡這地方的不只我一個。166Please respect copyright.PENANALzhcMXFuGH
把衣物交給你的那個潔癖小姑娘,她也是南國出身。166Please respect copyright.PENANAZG1wY77pyS
雖然她老是抱怨,但她從未離開。即使她本來有能力想走就走。166Please respect copyright.PENANAbt9aqyWkLJ
有幾次我還看見她在上層區練笛呢。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAHzhREvBBsD
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這世上冒險者真多。166Please respect copyright.PENANAFLZljzGJvr
送貨的是冒險者,挖礦的是冒險者,洗衣服的也是冒險者。166Please respect copyright.PENANALeBmUuDFr5
說不定我該找台 Thank Object 拆開看看,說不定裡面也是個冒險者。166Please respect copyright.PENANAGTEUTYXSjT
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多年前,席捲三界的次元鯨魚事件落幕後,很多冒險者選擇了退役。166Please respect copyright.PENANAOYFnHgXnlN
波瀾壯闊的故事到了尾聲,世界得到守護,生活也趨於平靜。166Please respect copyright.PENANAVtG7ubLhe9
不過,很多人仍在尋找能讓內心安寧的故鄉。166Please respect copyright.PENANAB1TwfqFJ3z
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「其實我能看出來,你仍是個冒險者。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAcXzEmNpaf8
礦工大哥忽然來了這麼一句話。166Please respect copyright.PENANAEa6xrHusjd
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「哦?怎麼說?」166Please respect copyright.PENANA1FD09LReRD
我不置可否。166Please respect copyright.PENANA1HmFK1YutL
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「因為你和她一樣,仍舊在以自己的方式幫助他人。166Please respect copyright.PENANAsij07K7Qul
告訴你個秘密,南國旅遊發展局非冒險者不招的。166Please respect copyright.PENANAcOtoqBcGyr
因為這群呆子,見到事情決不會袖手旁觀,永遠對世界充滿熱愛。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA7WLwZDtozp
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礦工大哥人是不錯,但汗腺不免也發達了點。166Please respect copyright.PENANAGxcsTa7HNW
掩著鼻子走到咖啡館的途中,不但旁人紛紛避讓,連地牢的魔物都自覺退開。166Please respect copyright.PENANAION0QMcEy1
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「唷,動作挺快嘛。166Please respect copyright.PENANAOY5I2zZugH
這是報酬,拿去吧。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAxAMrjVmaUM
委託的女孩雖然仍然冷淡,但面不改色地接過了令途人側目的臭衣服。166Please respect copyright.PENANAvgg5hnsS7T
在礦工大哥那邊得知內情後,她身旁的笛子以及清潔乾淨的換洗衣物令人感到親切。166Please respect copyright.PENANA4swPLgOO3W
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「能問個事情嗎,前冒險者小姐?」166Please respect copyright.PENANA15E7KdU0Py
面對我突然的提問,女孩有點吃驚,臉上的表情也沒之前那麼令人難以接近。166Please respect copyright.PENANAw3u516vPYK
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「……看來是有人多嘴啊。166Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ8lq1oVq4
問吧。能答的就答,不能答就不答。」166Please respect copyright.PENANAp314KPRM26
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「妳當年的冒險生活有什麼輝煌事跡嗎?」166Please respect copyright.PENANA7kNxuoFsK8
和礦工大哥聊過之後,我開始對退休冒險者的生涯感興趣。166Please respect copyright.PENANAL2pZEcChTt
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「說白了也沒啥。也就是某次在圖書館打出來一件魔法道具,賣了十來億G之後提早退休回鄉了而已。」166Please respect copyright.PENANA80oOx8ahJA
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看來前冒險者之間還是有差距的。166Please respect copyright.PENANAsyXS8eMvtk