I was able to become Alstroemeria’s legal guardian. I will provide all of her needs, from material needs to emotional needs and everything.

On top of that, I was able to file legal papers claiming that I have the rights to take her in as a family. Everyone in the guild hall congratulated Alstroemeria like she is part of the town already even though it has not been a month.

Except for the adventurers who are bitter because they are outmatched by her…

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Our daily routine starts with, of course, waking up in the morning. Cleaning ourselves and dressing properly. Surprisingly, Alstroemeria is an early riser. She told me that she is unmatched in the temple is fasting and not sleeping for a month.

I told her that I won’t let her not to sleep and fast.

A growing body needs food for growth after all!

I will cook a simple breakfast for the two of us. Sadly, cooking is not something I take pride in but I can at least cook the basic meal with balance and good nutrition.

After we eat our breakfast, we then head to the guild hall and starts my job as the guild receptionist. Part of it is checking another sector of the guild such as the commerce which specializes for merchants and traders. We then check the supply to be deployed for the day. We limit the purchase of items so the balance of the economy won’t stagger.

Alstroemeria will perform cleaning duties inside the guild and will help out adventurers about some trivial things. She also sometimes goes to the pier to help out sea traders. Since most people who see how cute and adorable little Alstroemeria is, most of them gives free stuff to her as thanks or sometimes, even without reason, she will receive some fresh fishes or beautiful accessories.

As expected of Alstroemeria!~

As long she keeps the damage she does accidentally that is…

Her strength is too great that sometimes, even a glass of water breaks in her own hands by just holding it. Sometimes she randomly creates a small crater in some places or put a hole or a crack on a wall.

The guild headmaster said that it’s fine as long as it’s trivial things like that.

Alstroemeria will properly apologize for it and will help to fix what she broke. For me, I will reprimand her lightly in the house so she won’t do it again.

Well, not that I really don’t expect her to not do it again. She really does remember well. But some things are inevitable and it occurs the second or third time. I understand that and she properly reflects on it and cleans it up herself.

All in all, it is not hard to love Alstroemeria. She just had to be taught well, which I think her parents did not do well. I want to sweep their faces with my spear, to be honest, but there are things that I don’t have control.

After working for a whole day, we’ll go home for the afternoon and talks about what we did that day. It was fun and peaceful every day.

To go home with someone you cherish was a really happy feeling…

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One day, I came to the pier with Alstroemeria to pick up some package for the guild. Like usual, most of the men in the pier already knows her and greets her cheerfully with a smile and Alstroemeria will greet back.

Today, one of the ship captains boarded someone with them and drops him off here in our town. That’s what I heard before coming here.

A shady man approaches me and looks at Alstroemeria with great interest.

“You must be Cecille and this adorable figure is the rumored Alstroemeria, correct?”

“Yes. We are.”

“Ohoho. It’s my lucky day. Say, I want to have a little chat with you, Miss Cecille.”

“I see… Alstroemeria, go on ahead and deliver the package to the guild, then immediately go home.”

Alstroemeria nods reluctantly but she still picked up the huge package and left. I turn to face the man again and give him an inquisitive look.

“I believe this talk should only be between us adults.”

“Yes, yes. Indeed. A talk between adults, yes. But not here. I wish to talk to you in private and I want to meet the headmaster of the guild in this town since we know each other.”

“…that’s fine… Follow me.”

I led the man to the guild hall. Fortunately, my co-workers saw Alstroemeria and they said she already went home as I ordered. 

The guild master saw us and the man. His face is disgruntled upon seeing the shady man with a lot of tattoos on his face.

The guild master beckons us to enter a private room where I, guild master and the shady man can talk.

I stand behind the guild master while he seated on the sofa facing the man who also sits on a sofa in front of us.

“What are you doing here?”

“Why my old friend? Is it bad to visit someone I know from a long time ago?”

“You are a man who is twisted by greed. I don’t want anything to do with you.”

“Oh? That hurt my feelings. Anyway, I am not here for you. I am here for that lady.”

He looks at me and grins. He then brings out a cigar and lit it up in front of us.

After exhaling for a bit of it, he blew it on to our direction without restraint.

“What is it that you want?”

“Don’t’ be so hostile.”

“Please honored guest, spit it out.”

“Hahaha…then.”

The man reaches out from his coin purse and takes out something out of it and put it on the table in front of him and looks at me again while grinning.

Both I and the guild master was shocked upon seeing the amount of money he laid down.

“Three mithril coins.”

“W-what? What does… that mean?!”

“I heard of a strong young child that recently, been a rumor in our little business company and my boss got interested.”

“What…”

“It means our boss wants that child. A strong and young, not to mention, her very figure whose looks like an angel, would surely please my boss. He wants to make that child his “pet.””

“!”

“Ehehe… you see, my boss has a thing for girls in her age so… what do you say?”

Stolen novel; please report.

“No.”

“Oh? How about five mithril coins?”

“No.”

“…ten mithril co-“

“F*cking No.”

These people.

Now I get it.

Why master doesn’t like this guy. He is in a shady firm of slavery business. I just realized it. They want to bound Alstroemeria into a contract and turn her into their slave.

Making full use of her monstrous strength and wanted to violate her…

“Miss Cecille…the amount I am offering you while letting you, your next generations and next… and next… lives a life comfortably. Your worries about money are gone forever. The only thing you need to do is hand over the little girl.”

“…”

Unbelievable…

The guild master looks at me and tells me in a low and soft tone.

“Cecille… calm down…”

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“AHHHHHHHH!”

CRASH!

The man from earlier was thrown out of the guild brutally.

I was the one who threw him out with my full strength, without holding back, without caring what will happen to him.

After that, I pick up my spear and throw it at him. It lands deeply beside his face scaring the hell out of him.

“HIIIII!!!”

On lookers began to gather, but I don’t care. I want to give this guy a piece of my mind.

“Hey, asshole, did you really think monetary value can buy my beloved Alstroemeria, huh?!”

“You! My boss won’t stand idle!”

“Bastard, I don’t care! Bring everyone you know! All of their lives are trashes compared to my beloved Alstroemeria!”

“YOU!”

“First of all, this “Business” you are talking about is obviously illegal. You already know that the newly crowned king is merciless. He will behead you himself if he finds out. And that king, I don’t need to say anything do I?”

“I will make sure you regret this!”

“You still don’t get the message do you?!”

I step on his head as hard as I can.

I bring out a cigar and lit it up.

Then I exhaled the whole stick up to the butt and picks up his head and blows everything to his face.

I then drilled the lit cigar to his forehead cooking up his skin in the process.

His forehead now has a charred spot.

He looks at me with fear and pain.

I pull out my spear from where it’s buried and aim it at his neck.

“Hey asshole, do you get the message now?!”

“Y-yes!”

“Then scram!”

I kicked him the rear and he runs away horrified.

“Guild master.”

“Haa… I told you to calm down. Now, what is it?”

“Since they will immediately die because of the new king being a diligent one and if they get found out, they are destined to be beheading, I would like to do it myself.”

“…this is the whole reason you still don’t have any lo--!”

“What?!”

“Nothing… I won’t stop you…”

“Heh. Then, I’ll be tailing him down and kill the lot of them. Please take care of Alstroemeria.”

“Nah. On a second thought, take me with you.”

“I see no problem.”

We left the town to tail that bastard and where his comrades are hiding.

By the end of the day, we were able to wipe them out, a total of forty people in an encampment, although, the boss isn’t here, guild master talked to the guy in private one last time before taking away his life with his sword.

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It’s already noon when I got home.

Alstroemeria was waiting for me the whole time.

I patter her head and proceeds to the kitchen to cook up something really fast.

I only made a serving for her portion as I don’t think I can eat anything today because of massacring a lot of people…

I just went out of the house and lit a cigar…

“Cecille ane-sama…”

“Oh? Alstroemeria?”

“I don’t… like it…”

“I’m sorry… I was just able to cook something simple and fast tonight…”

“No…”

She points at my cigar…

Apparently, she hates the smell of the cigar and I just realized that her sense of smell is stronger than a usual human.

I throw it down and steps on it.

“Sorry about that.”

“Do you frequently do that?”

“It’s a hobby I have taken a long way back.”

“…”

“Okay. I promise to not smoke around you.”

“...”

“Eh? Come on… it’s…”

“Cecille ane-sama…”

“Haaa… okay… I’ll try to stop… and sorry… for leaving you behind for the whole day…”

“Un!”

I kept her in the dark this way. She is too young to know that I am ready to murder people just for her.

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After that, days passed on and Alstroemeria constantly grows up. She then becomes an adventurer and started doing commissions.

Although from the start, many people partied with her, they eventually avoided her so she then ventured solo.

The time where she does commission increases as her rank goes up. She said that she doesn’t really need any rewards for the work she has done. She became more and more aggressive and active in doing jobs as an adventurer but she doesn’t forget to talk to me and have a long random chat.

Because of her superhuman abilities, she was able to travel across the whole continent and across the sea in the right direction so the guild master also began giving her over the sea commissions that the other guild sends to us.

I pleaded him to keep Alstroemeria’s existence a secret from the world. Her ranks go up to SSS but no one but people in this town knows.

And then she met the king’s sister…

Then she was gone for more than a month now.

And that’s the story of how I stopped smoking and uses candy as an alternative…

Wait! No!

I mean, I am not a guild receptionist anymore! My mansion is currently being built because I have too much money on hand!

Eh? I got the story messed up.

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My release time of chapter fluctuates greatly. I feel so ashamed