The name’s
Wanderin’ Joe.
I’m your
typical adventurer. Y’know, a guy who travels from town to town bounty hunting
and treasure hunting.
But as your
typical adventurer, I’d found myself lost yet again.
I’d never been
more lost. There was nothing but deep forest in every direction.
I had dug up
some rare ore at Wells’s mine and planned to make a name for myself in the
royal capital.
Well, that was
the plan, but I spent way too much at Banilanda’s Pub when I stopped there on
the way. As you’d expect with a handsome man like me, I was Mr. Popular while I
was there, but those cute bunny girls ended up sucking my balls and my wallet
dry. Well, that’s life sometimes.
But Banilanda,
the monstrous looking owner of the pub, had told me of a route to cut straight
through the forest. She looked like an orc, but she’s a pretty nice person.
The forest is
dangerous, but walking around it to the royal capital would have taken days. I
didn’t have enough money left for that, so I had just one choice. It was called
the Forest of Monsters, but I thought an adventurer of my level could handle
it.
“So…hungry…”
All I could find to eat was flowers and berries. Everything around me was green
and I couldn’t find the path to the royal capital. I thought I was going to go
crazy.
“Oh?”
But then I
found salvation. A wooden building suddenly appeared before me.
“The Cat’s
Collar? …This is a restaurant!? I’m saved!”
I did not have
much money, but I had enough for a meal and a room for the night. I decided to
fill my stomach there and ask them the way out of the forest.
I had a way of
always lucking out in the end.
I happily threw
open the door to the restaurant.