“What about Seijitsu-aniki?”
“A meeting! He said he"s not eating!”
In the training room, Nanairo-aneki was by herself.
The large dumbbell made a thudding noise, Nanairo-aneki was in the middle of weight training.
It"s always amazing to see.
She"s doing sit-ups with a calm face while holding one dumbbell in each hand that were as large as gym bags.
Two weeks after returning from the hideout, Seijitsu-aniki seems to be busy every day.
Big brother is also handling almost all of the questioning from the bigshots of the a.s.sociation.
We have a lot of spare time because we can"t dive into the dungeon, our main source of income.
We"re training every day in the training room created in the bas.e.m.e.nt of the hideout.
We"re becoming degenerates.
Even if we want to go shopping, there are reporters who are following the incident that we did, so we can"t get out.
No, usually we wouldn"t hold back against those types of people, but this we were wrong, so we decided not to do anything unnecessary.
He said he paid a fine as punishment to the a.s.sociation, but he didn"t say how much it was.
It was probably a huge amount…
I can see right through my Aniki.
That"s why I think he"s single-handedly taking the scoldings from the upper echelon of the a.s.sociation.
… That"s, I"m worried.
If I didn"t make that mistake and create that uproar, then we wouldn"t have been caught.
We also wouldn"t have a debt to the a.s.sociation or spend our free time in the hideout.
I have to do it right this time.
We already received a new request from the a.s.sociation.
It"s bothersome, behind the scenes work.
We can"t dive into dungeons for another four months, so we"re going back to that town under the pretext of aiding the main forces.
“Large-scale survey team, huh.”
I sat with my back against the wall and looked at my tablet.
The data only included the schedule, the number of people, and a simplification of the main points.
What kind of investigation is going to be done on such an exhausted dungeon?
If the legends and literature are right, the dragon should be long gone.
We are going to the dungeon with doubt.
Naturally, dragons have been investigated as much as possible.
It"s not likely that the dragon who just laid eggs and had them targeted, would still be at the top of that dungeon.
And it"s such a low-level dungeon.
Previous hunters have almost exhausted it.
It is strange that no dragon nest was ever found.
“You know about the details, right Aneki?”
I questioned Nanairo-aneki who continued with her ab workout.
Aneki stopped briefly and looked at me with a stunned face.
“I can"t help it if Gasara is worried! Aniki knows the details, so isn"t that enough!”
“Aren"t you worried? What are we doing in that town if we can"t dive into the dungeon? Can"t you give me some guidance?”
“I just do what I can do! It"s unfortunate I can"t rampage, but it"s fine if I leave it to Aniki!”
She said that and started her ab workout again.
Really, Nanairo-aneki is really in love with Aniki.
They should just hurry up and get married quickly.
They"ve been like that ever since they picked me up as an orphan.
It"s a strange relationship.
What"s it been, almost 12 years since they picked me up?
I"ve continued to chase after that back every day with all my might, and the months and years have pa.s.sed quickly.
I remembered what my Aniki once said.
“I want it so that we can laugh and live each day. We"ll find such a paradise first, then others will follow from behind, right?”
Those words struck deep into my chest.
Am I strong enough to be able to laugh as he said?
The tablet screen displays a window with a pop sound. It was an incoming email.
The sender was Seijitsu-aniki.
“We"re leaving tonight. Be prepared.”
In the training room, everything was still as usual and the sound of the dumbbells was still echoing.