The Great Sage Who Did not Remain in Legend - 44.4

“Th-That’s… The workshop is dangerous for kids…”

“Rock is allowed in the workshop!”

“Rock is a boy, so a little burn or injury is fine.”

“Then I should have been born a boy! You’re an idiot, Dad!”

Rikka was shocked that her father, who never allowed her into the workshop, easily let her younger brother Rock in. With that, her rebellious phase began, and she hardly spoke to her father Grumman. By the middle of her fourteenth year, she had registered as a hunter apprentice on her own and began her activities.

On the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, what Rikka saw was a male hunter outfit and a longsword.

“Do I have to wear this…”

Rikka became a hunter apprentice, and as she interacted with other adults, her rebellious phase began to settle a bit, but she no longer knew how to relate to her father. However, she had assumed she would be provided with a dress suitable for the coming-of-age ceremony. But this was what she found.

Dressed in the male hunter outfit with a longsword at her waist, Rikka left home before dawn.

—In the Grumman household’s living room—

“Since Rikka became a hunter apprentice, Dad hasn’t talked to me at all, and he hasn’t even shown his face. By the time she was fourteen, she was completing requests with hunters, even though she was still an apprentice.”

“Wow, that’s impressive!”

“So, if Dad was going to work that hard, I told him he had to prepare her proper equipment, and he provided weapons, armor, and a hunter outfit. It wasn’t just any beginner’s gear; it was excellent stuff.”

“Auntie, isn’t it pretty cruel to make that the coming-of-age ceremony outfit?”

Vanessa said this after hearing the story.

“Vanessa-chan, that’s Rikka’s misunderstanding. The coming-of-age ceremony outfit was properly made. Just wait a moment.”

After a while, Taliru returned with Rikka’s coming-of-age ceremony outfit.

“Wow, this is an amazing outfit!”

“Yeah, it was expensive. I splurged at Cisco-chan’s place. Dad insisted that this would definitely suit Rikka.”

“Sure enough, it’s our outfit. It’s expensive too.”

“I was looking forward to putting this outfit on Rikka in a room with a mirror and adding hair ornaments, but when I woke up, Rikka was gone, and the weapons, armor, and hunter outfit were missing. Dad was really down about that. Then she came back, saying she was leaving home and never returned. And that’s how it is now.”

“Taliru, stop bringing up unnecessary things. Besides, I told you to throw away that outfit. How long are you going to keep it?”

“But it’s needed when Rikka gets married!”

“She’s not getting married; she’s the one being taken away!”

So, spitting that out, Dad left, saying he was going to the workshop with Mergin.