What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy?

Katsuki poked her fingers together, “Umm… How should I say this? It’s not like they are actively hoping for it to happen, it’s more like it’s an occupational hazard that everyone is used to. Those two might be nice to us, but if they were to find us dead on this quest they would probably just mourn for a bit before moving on.”

At least I know they were genuine to a certain extent.

“You err… Seem to be quite knowledgeable about this?”

“Because my family does this too and I learned this from them… It’s quite common to target new members of The Guild like this… Mistress, the world isn’t as kind as you might think it is…”

I see… And here I thought that the isekai trope would bring me into a world that is all fun and games where everyone lived happy lives and there’s no suffering around.

Just kidding.

I mean there’s slavery around here for crying out loud, there’s bound to be suffering and other kinds of crap going on here so it’s definitely not all sunshines and rainbows.

Well, that’s one reason why I want to grow stronger in the first place so I don’t need to worry about things like this.

“Anyway, do you remember where we need to go, Katsuki?”

“Yes, Mistress. We should be there after we get past that hill over there.”

Katsuki followed me as I crested the hill, looking down on the plains in front of me that, according to the quest notice, would have an abundance of horned rabbits.

And sure enough, there were quite a number of them running around the field.

Chasing after those rabbits though, were several other people who were clearly Mercenaries as well, most of them looking like they were the same age as my physical age except they were clearly less skilled.

“Huh… What are they doing?” I asked, watching one such boy wearing leather armour unsuccessfully chase after a horned rabbit.

Katsuki frowned, “I think they are new Mercenaries as well, Mistress… But they clearly don’t know what they’re doing.”

“I suppose we should just find our own spot then… Do we need to set traps?” I asked just to check Katsuki’s opinion on this.

My Inugami maid shook her head, “I can outrun them, Mistress, so there’s no need.”

Well, her dexterity stat was higher than Horned Rabbits so I guess that’s to be expected.

The two of us went to a relatively empty part of the field since most of it was being occupied by those beginner Mercenaries, all of them struggling to take down the Horned Rabbits around them.

This part was left alone since there were fewer Horned Rabbits milling around, not even caring that there were people out here hunting their kin.

Speaking of which… Katsuki’s still wearing the training gear that we borrowed from The Guild.

The condition for borrowing it was that we return it at the end of the day, which was the reason why we’re doing this quest right now since Katsuki doesn’t have a proper set of Mercenary gear.

Though I say that, I’m still wearing my dress but it won’t hinder me anyway.

One thing she was missing was a proper weapon so I gave her my Assassin’s Dagger to use, which kind of suited her just fine.

As for me, I pulled out the Tornado Bow which I would be using in conjunction with my Umbramancy to hunt for those rabbits.

“Eh? Mistress is taking part in the hunt too?” Katsuki asked, surprised by the bow in my hands.

I raised an eyebrow at her, “Of course? I registered myself for this quest too, didn’t I?”

“Umm… Usually when the owners bring their slaves for this… They just use the slaves to complete these quests to raise their rank while they do nothing…”

To prove her point, she gestured to a group of people nearby where a well dressed brat was seated under the shade while watching four slaves trying their best to hunt the rabbits.

“Why do they even do that? Like what’s the point of artificially raising their rank like that?”

“I do not know, Mistress… Perhaps Madam might know? I only know that this is quite common for nobles…”

I shook my head, “I’m not that kind of person, Katsuki. Have I told you my dream?”

She shook her head.

“I want to go out and explore the World on my own two feet while eating all the sweets. So to do that, I need to be strong!”

Katsuki blinked a few times at me, “I… I see… I suppose it makes sense since Mistress is the second child right?”

I waved my hand, “Not at all, I’m Mother’s only child but I’m not a noble. Don’t ask me why I have a family name because till date, Mother hasn’t told me anything yet. I was literally born in a cave.”

Katsuki’s face was now of pure confusion.

“Has Madam not told Mistress about your family?”