The Interview

As I waited in the owners room, I heard a knock at the door.

It looks like the two part-timers arrived.

Come in.

When I gave permission for them to enter

Excuse me~!

Excuse me.

The door swung open rather vigorously, and a dog entered with a rabbit? I dont know for sure, but an olive brown-eared, big boobed, animal-eared adventurer in a gym uniform entered alongside a blonde dog-eared girl with glasses who wore a white doctors robe. Both of their ears were tipped with white fur.

Theyd changed out of the maid cosplay outfit that was the inns uniform, but what was with their current outfits? Their characters are deep from the start, oi.

Amazing looks you two have going there.

Nkyuu! These clothes are super easy to move in! Found them in the dungeon! [1]

Yeah, its the same for me. These feel considerably functional. They might have cost several gold coins if I bought them in the Imperial Capital.

Ah, come to think of it, I put those as dungeon treasures huh. Gym clothes, doctor robes, glasses, that sort of stuff. I didnt think that anyone would actually wear them though, but it is a fact that the Imperial Capital does sell stuff weird stuff like these eh? Wait. Why did I suddenly feel a chill down my back?

Eh, well, alright. Its our first meeting, so Ill start with a self introduction.

Im Kehma, this villages Village Chief and working as a secretary to the inns owner. Sorry for not being able to participate in the interview from a few days ago, but I had some business to take care of at the time. Umm, sorry, what are your names?

Im Setsunaa grappler. You look tired? [2]

Im Nayuta, an alchemist. Pleased to meet you, Village Chief-san. Do you want medicine that would allow you to work for twenty-three hours a day?

What sort of demonic medicine is that? Heck no! Also, isnt stuff like that addictive?

Its just some nutritious drinks, there arent any side effects. An energy drink for concentration and a stamina drink for endurance. Its effects are weaker than a potions though, so the amount it recovers isnt quite as visible, but its cost performance is great. Anyone can make use of an alchemist with some skill to them.

Sounds wicked. In various meanings.

Lets see, you two were adventurers right? Why are you here?

We walked here!

Not that.

As I held back my retort to Setsunas immediate response, Nayuta answered.

Itll probably be better to listen to her explanation.

Umm, Im in a party with my sister, but our original plan was to pass through here and head to Sia. Then when we got to the village, it was way bigger than the info we had about it said. The dungeon was unexpectedly great, so we decided to earn a bit from it. As you see, we got something good.

Looks like suddenly changing your plans like that is common for adventurers. Not many of them plan things out too thoroughly. When it looks like they can earn money somewhere, they do. When it looks like they cant, they pass on by.

A very undecided schedule, huh.

Hmm. So, youre sisters? You look fairly different though?

My sister and I have different fathers. Were half-sisters Id be happy if you didnt ask about our family matters too much.

Sisters with a different father huh Looks like they have a complicated background, probably shouldnt touch on that subject.

By the way, contrasting Nayutas golden retriever-like blonde hair, Setsuna has some seriously beast-like brown hair.

By the way, although Im a dog beastkin, my sister is half dog half rabbit. Most often, beastkin will become one of their parents kind, but although rarely, mixes can be born too.

Dograbbit. Im a rare mixed breed!

With that, Setsuna turned around and showed me her tail. It really did look like it was averaged out between a rabbits an a dogs.

Beastkin mixed breeds. So those exist? Now that she mentions it, I can see Nayutas bushy dog tail even from her front, but I couldnt see Setsunas tiny fluff until she turned around.

I wonder if a cat and dog would make a catdog, or a lion and tiger a liger

Now I kind of want to know, would a horse and deer make an idiot? [3]

Is it alright if I ask why you two became adventurers?

Nkyuu, Nayuta, you explain.

Its not much of a story. Our village was extinguished by monsters. Common enough right? Ah, you should be careful about that black wolf.

A-ah, the black wolf? It came last winter. I dont know if itll come again.

Is that so.

Nayuta furrowed her brows, fixing the position of her glasses as though to conceal it.

If Rin were here, it could help out with making a setting where they get their revenge in the dungeon.

I dont know what would happen after that though.

So, what do you think about working at our inn?

Its great! Theres lots of tasty stuff and we even have time to go into the dungeon.

Wed be thankful if you decide to continue employing us for a while. There are various rare magic tools you can get from the dungeon that Im super interested in as an alchemist. You even got the register and massage chair from it right?

Yeah. Ill hire you to continue working, but if you want, would you like to be employed here permanently and settle down here? There arent many young female adventurers, the village would welcome you.

Currently, the ratio between men and women in Golen Village is around seven-to-three. Thats including our inn.

Most adventurers are men to start with. There are people who migrated from Sia with their wives, but I should be making it possible for the villagers to be able to look for marriage partners as the Village Chief yeah?

That sounds good too, the food here is amazing. What do you think, Nayuta?

Right, Ill think about it. This place could be our base we settle down in.

I didnt expect much, but it looks like theyll mostly willing.

Other than that, do you have any requests or questions? Like a wage raise, things like that.

Free meals and inn fees are enough for wages My sister eats a lot, so its really helpful.

Nkyuu, Im ashamed. Sorry for being a no-good sisteeeeer

Yeah yeah. I do have a question, though who is Kuro-senpai? A brilliant assassin? Ahh, umm, you dont have to answer if its something that would risk our lives if you did. I was just a little curious since we have the same ears. Its really strange that shes able to fight us head on at that age.

Kuro-chans super strong! Shes still growing, shell almost definitely be an A-Rank adventurer in the future!

Ahh, yep. Well, even I dont really know.

Kuro, that is, Meat Kuroinus origin is unknown even to me, her master. I just know that shes a dog eared beastkin. Judging by her hair and eye color, I do think she has some hero blood in her though.

At any rate, shes currently giving 160 DP a day right now. Shes even worth way more than the 85 DP Gozoh, whos our villages adventurer representative, is giving. I could get just how abnormal she is from that alone. Howd she get like this? Is she talent personified?

Right, I havent asked about your ranks have I? What are they?

Were both C-Rank. I think were as strong as B-Ranks though. We just havent taken the promotion exam.

Aristocrats are people with tons of troublesome things. You get a lot of taxes when you become B-Rank, so its easier to just stay at C-Rank and not be tied down by that stuff. Especially as a beastkin, theres lots of countries that are annoying about it.

So its like that huh. It feels like Ive understood the reason why there are so many C-Rank adventurers.

After that, the interview turned into an idle chat for a while before we finished.

The idiotic the carefree Setsuna, and the firm Nayuta.

Theyre irregular in various ways, but they appear to be balanced as sisters. I cant help but say that theyre good sisters.

However, I strengthened my vigilance towards the two from this interview.

That Setsuna her elder sister dodged my question.

When I asked why they came, she answered saying they walked. Its a common enough misunderstanding in Japanese. But in English, why is a very different word compared to how.

Is it like that in this world?

I asked Rokuko.

Come to think of it, that was a strange answer, wasnt it?

Now then, just who are these sisters?

Footnotes:

Nkyuu = rabbit sound. Return

Setsuna introduces herself as Boku (masculine-ish I). She also ends most sentences in nano. Unlike how I see quite a few JP translators handle this, I wont be tacking on a -nano to the end of her sentences. Return

Horse + Deer (kanji) = Idiot (Baka) For an explanation on its etymology, check this out. Return

Author Note:

* [Japanese -> Translation into other worlds language by the skill -> Re-translate into Japanese with the skill] is SUPER accurate, so even in extreme cases, Uooooh! wouldnt turn into something like Fish!.