「I don’t mind. First, we need to transport the dismantled raw materials to the guild. You can decide on your portion there. We’ll sell the rest.」
「I guess I’ll head back then. When do you think you’ll finish?」
「No idea. I’ll send a guild staff member to your house when it’s completed.」
「Please send Fina, because she is able to enter my house.」
「Got it.」
It’ll be boring just going back like this, so let’s go browse the food carts.
I arrived at the center plaza and searched for something delicious.
I wanted to secure lunch and head back quickly, since if I place it in the bear box it won’t cool down.
As I was loitering around the plaza, I noticed a group of ragged children in a far corner.
I made way towards a shop selling Wolf kebabs nearby.
「Oo, welcome! Miss Bear, you’re early today.」
I usually came here around noon.
「Hey, what’s with those children?」
I ordered one skewer and asked about the children.
「Those children are from the orphanage. They come from time to time.」
「What for?」
「To wait for leftovers from the customers.」
「Leftovers….」
「They gather the food left on the customers’ plates to eat. It is something thrown away by the customers, so we can’t complain, but it doesn’t give a good feeling.」
「Mister, give me 20 roasted kebabs please.」
「Stop it. Even if you let them eat today, what are you going to do tomorrow? If nothing can be done for them, it’s better if you don’t do anything.」
「However, isn’t there money given from the town since it’s an orphanage?」
「I wonder. Either way, I don’t know that much about it. Is money not being given? Is it just too little? Well, looking at that, it’s probably not a lot.」
I thought the feeling I got from meeting Cliff was one of a proper noble, but in the end he might still be a lousy noble.
Cliff’s evaluation began to drop as I made the mister grill more kebabs.
「Don’t say I didn’t warn you.」
He handed me the twenty kebabs.
I carried them over to where the children were.
The children stared at me silently as I carried the skewers over.
「One per person, now eat.」
When I said so, the children turned and looked at each other’s faces.
「I can eat it?」
A girl asked me in a small voice.
「It’s hot, so eat it slowly.」
I gave her one skewer.
The girl started to eat upon receiving the kebab.
The other children, seeing that, also accepted a skewer and began to eat.
「Thank you, Big Sis.」
「Can you lead me to the orphanage?」
I asked a girl.
The girl didn’t seem to understand the meaning of my words as she tilted her head to one side.
「You must be hungry. Don’t you want to eat more? If so, will you guide me to the orphanage?」
The girl gave a small nod.
「This way.」
After the girl walked forward, the other children also followed along with worried expressions, after a bit of indecisiveness.
The children’s trek seemed to have been a considerable distance. We arrived at the edge of the town.
There was only one ramshackle house erected in a distant lot.
To go this far, isn’t it too cruel?
There were cracks in the walls and places with holes.
It was more than likely that there were holes in the ceiling too.