Chapter 32: And as soon as we came home?
Chapter 32: And as soon as we came home?
Frankly, carrying five grown men is going to be bothersome. If possible, Id like us to go until the exit and ask help from the guilds staff, but its going to be a total loss for us if they get eaten before we arrive. Theres also the choice of having me or Urania to go call for assistance while the other stands guard, but especially dividing our party and exposing ourselves to danger just for these guys is out of the question.
And since theyre going to be crime slaves anyways, theres no need to be considerate for them; so I decided to just tie them all up with a rope and cast Levitation on the rope itself. The way the ropes bite into their skin looks really painful, but I wonder what theyre dreaming about, they have a gross ecstatic smile.
Haa With this, we wont get tired dragging them, but itll be annoying to encounter monsters on the way, huh. Nn, no worries. Ill find a route with no monsters.
Urania puffs up her chest full of confidence. I feel relieved seeing that there seems to be no after-effect after sucking her Life Essence. As Urania said, we were able to reach The Abyssal Forests entrance without encountering a single monster.
The guild personnel stationed at the entrance was surprised, but we managed to hand them over without any problems. After that, we were given a metallic plate in exchange. The metal plate is engraved with a Spell Circle and it seems that it can be exchanged for money after the men we handed over are sold. In other words, its something like a claim tag, I guess. For now, I decided to just toss it in the Dream Storage.
Haa~ Were finally back. Nn, tired.
Its just been a day since weve left Motsi, but I really miss this place for some reason. Ive been living in this town for just five days, but when I see this western gate, I really feel like Im home. I pretty much only talk with the Gray Cat Inns owner, as well as the aunt and uncle at the shopping district, but it might not be an exaggeration to call this place my hometown of this world.
Oi! The Little Fairies are home!! Someone call the Master!!
When presenting our Guild Cards to the gate sentry, the people around started to get noisy. Wait, Little Fairies, they mean us, right? Eh? We just camped out a day and this happens!? Were adventurers, right!? Dont adventurers normally stay in Dungeons for days!?
Still confused, we went inside Motsi town and got surrounded by adventurers. Though I say that, from the feeling they give off, its pretty clear that they dont mean to harm us. If I had to say, they look like theyre worried about us, I can even see some female adventurers tearing up.
Its not as if weve done something big in Motsi Town, and we havent really had much interaction with other adventurers, so I really dont get this situation. Why are they all so worried about us? Wait, maybe its just Urania theyre worried about? Thinking so, I stare at Urania, but shes just as confused as me, so she probably doesnt know too.
Hey? Does this usually happen? Nn, strange. Normally, this doesnt happen. Right
Just in case, I asked Urania about it, but as expected, it seems like she doesnt have any idea about this as well. Well, though I said theyre surrounding us, they arent really blocking our way, instead, it even feels like theyre escorting us until the guild. Its like, the way theyre treating us like this for not coming back for a day, is just like how a father would treat his daughter who broke the curfew for the first time, I guess?
Entering the guild, we were met by the Guild Master. He came to embrace me with an indescribable expression, so well, I reflexively avoided him. Driven by the excess momentum, the Guild Master ended up going straight to the adventurer behind me and embraced him really tight. It seemed like that brought him back to sanity, he faced towards us with a nonchalant look.
Welcome home Little Fairies. No, never mind that, what the heck is this about? Well, thats I dont exactly understand, but both of you not coming back even after the gates closing time caused a bit of an uproar, I guess? No, I mean why did that cause an uproar
According to the Guild Master, it seems like people still see us as children. It doesnt matter if were skilled, we still look really young. Disregarding Urania, I was clearly looking around restlessly, looking really unused to everything, so it seems like everybodys really worried while watching over us.
Though because Urania and I prioritize safety, we make sure to come home from the Dungeon every day, so eventually, everybody took their eyes off of us. And just when they started thinking that we wont have any problems by ourselves, this incident happened.
When some adventurers went to search for us in the outer layer, they only found the earth gouged out and the signs of battle. Imagining that we may have been dragged into that, the adventurers who saw it got really pale, it seems. Moreover, they even saw arrows coated with poison scattered all over the place, so they realized that the members of Gale Viper illegally entered the Dungeon. Yeah, well, the gouged out ground was probably because of my Burn. Ignoring me, Urania properly dodged the arrows, so Burn probably blew the arrows away and they couldnt recover it.
Haa Well, Gale Viper really did cause us some problems, but we beautifully caught them this morning and handed them to a guild staff over there. You had some problems? Well they caught us off guard while we had a little bit of trouble, but it was really no problem. Nn, we properly, turned the tables. I see, I see. Good job. Nevertheless, those idiots Haa, good grief
The Guild Master scratches his head while letting out a sigh. Well, being a Guild Master probably brings with him a lot of unavoidable trouble. Thinking about that, I was suddenly hugged up from behind.
Hyaa!? Aaahhh~ Lilys back!!!
Somehow turning my head to look behind me, what greets me there is the regrettable beauty Arisa jostling me around.