didn’t notice Ai who had been slowly closing in behind it, and Ai swung in a straight line. The bee was magnificently cut into two parts. Immediately after that the remaining bee stung Ai from behind.
【Terror Bee Attacked! Ai received 6 damage!】 【Ai is poisoned! HP:25/31】
“Ah……..”
Ai began to stumble due to the poison. This time it’s Mi’s turn to shine. …is what I thought, but she still hasn’t learned any antidote magic.
“YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!”
Mai shot an arrow at the bee out of desperation. Honestly, that shot was better than her previous one. The bee wouldn’t have died from a single arrow, but this is the one that had been injured earlier and Mai had landed a direct hit this time.
【Terror Bee was defeated! HP:0/36】
“W-won…we won…”
Feeling weak, Mai sat on the ground. Ai was out of breath and staring at the corpse of the bee.
“You two are stronger than I thought…if it’s like this I think you can probably handle the 2nd floor.”
“It was thanks to you, Ryua-san. If it wasn’t for your precise instructions we wouldn’t have defeated them.”
“That’s true…I was really surprised. Ryua-san, why are you a C rank with such amazing skills?”
“I’ve only been an adventurer for a short while…”
Rather than explaining everything I just gave a vague answer. (TL: 説明するには長すぎる経緯なのもあって曖昧な返答になってしまった。)
“Ryua, I’m not really in any position to say this but I think you would’ve already become an A rank if you weren’t paired with me.”
“That isn’t true, you know. I need you with me, Roel. I’ve been saved by you a lot. You’ve also been levelling up at a quick pace recently.”
Everything I said was the truth. Especially about her levelling, I’m really surprised by how fast she’s grown from level 2 to 10. I think she was supposed to be like that from the start.
“Ryua-chan…”
I’m not sure if she’s happy or embarra.s.sed, but Roel was smiling while looking down.
“Roel-san is already at Level 10…We will also need to work hard.”
Ai stirred and Mai was grasping her Bow tightly. Mi is…hmm? Mi is?
“Hey, where’s Mi?”
As I said that, the atmosphere froze.
“Oh? Boy, what are you doing here?”
Seigel spoke to a child who was crying on the roadside. The child was crying so hard he wasn’t able to talk well.
“Did someone make you cry?”
Seigel knelt down so that they would see eye to eye. It seemed to give the child peace of mind and he started to talk.
“Papa are Mama were at home, then scary people came…my home…breaking…many things…*hic*…*hic*”
“Scary people…”
Seigel thought about what he heard for a brief moment and then stroked the child’s head.
“Boy, this Onii-san will save you. Onii-san may look like this but I am an A rank adventurer. That means I’m unbelievably strong, you know.”
Now, there are S rank monsters in existence, but Siegel planned on suppressing them one by one.
“Really? Ojisan will?”
“Ah, Onii-san will absolutely save you.”
Siegel was stubbornly emphasizing the “Onii-san” part. The child lead Siegel to his house. Calling this place destroyed was putting it lightly, the house would be better described as completely demolished. The walls were in small pieces without any connection to the neighbouring rooms. The pieces were numerous and very spread out. (TL: 壁がこま切れになり、床や壁も関係なくいくつにもバラバラにされている。) Strangely enough there wasn’t any furniture. Seeing both the first floor and the 2nd floor, the house was really in a miserable state. I think that’s the entrance? Approaching what was left of the door were the child’s parents, tears falling down their faces.
“Can you tell me just what in the world happened here?”
“It’s already the end…everyone we had is now completely gone. Our home was the last thing we could cling on to, but this time it was taken from us as well…”
Siegel wasn’t able to get the reason from them but he was able to make a guess. He understood that this wasn’t just a normal robbery.
“Is it possibly…debt?”
“W-why do you care!?”
As one would expect, these people weren’t in a state to talk properly after having something like this happen to them. Giving up on having them tell him, he decided to pry it out of them himself.
“Gametts Firm.”
Just that one word made both the parents flinch and tremble. Gametts Firm was just recently started up by a guy named Gametts, it’s a rather corrupt company. It had gathered capable adventurers, had strict security, and was based here in the sticks.
“Be at ease. I will settle all of this. Just be patient.”
“Ha…?”
‘The crying face of a mother isn’t beautiful’. That secret thought from Siegel had no relation to his decision. He ran towards the Gametts Firm. ========================================================
Monster Book
【 HP:34】
It watches adventurers from above, in the trees. It attacks those that enter its range, and glides towards them to begin its a.s.sault. Since it can use Wind Magic, beginner adventurers wouldn’t have an easy time dealing with it.