Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
When the archive room is closed, Shinji and his friends stop their research. There is no way that they can find useful information in just an hour, so they put the books back on the shelf, intending to look into it again tomorrow.
This is because the information is a bundle of adventure reports of earlier generations, and not all of them are about the . Although it takes time to extract necessary information, it is too much of a waste to skip the reports of adventurers who actually climbed . And although everything in the book is not necessarily true, they are worth reading carefully because some of them may be useful.
As Shinji has determined to drag Alvin and Milis to the archive room tomorrow, he borrows a book that can be checked out in return for the important information, and after thanking Iren, Shinji and his friends return to Shinji’s room.
After arrived, Shinji and Renka sit down on the bed, shoulder to shoulder, and start reading quietly, while Freri lies face down behind them. As they begin to read in comfortable silence, Freri buries her face in her pillow and uses magic.
Before come to the room, when Freri put the book back on the bookshelf, she hid some plant seeds to eavesdrop. The small magical response of listening to sound is lost in the anti-theft spell.
Unaware that Freri is listening in, Iren goes about her business of closing the room.
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As usual, Iren does not think that she is being tapped, and after a simple cleaning of the archive room, she takes her seat and reads a book. As she waited for a while, Meiser came to the arhive room. It has become a routine for the two of them to meet in the archive room after work, and today is no different as he takes a seat in front of Iren.
”Good work, Iren”
”Good work too, Mizer-san. I’ll make you a drink”
”Oh, thank you”
In a room scented with tea, the main topic of conversation is the events of the day. The topic of today’s conversation naturally turned to the . Iren learns by chance that Shinji and the others are searching for the , and tells Mizer that she would like to help them, depending on the reason.
Mizer knows about Iren’s past and how she became an employee of the Adventurer’s Guild. Because of this, he understands her strong feelings. That’s why Mizer, who had heard from Gildeo why the wanted the , said in a gentle voice.
”It’s not that they’re looking for to cure someone”
”Is that so...? That’s good, but...”
”Yes. But you might want to help them with other reason”
”...? What do you mean by that?”
She replies, but Mizer smiles at Iren’s frustrated mouth.
”Well, we’d better get out of here. If we don’t go get some dinner, we’ll have to skip dinner”
”R-Right. Let’s have dinner”
With that said, Mizer leaves his seat, followed by Iren. When walking, the distance between them is like that between a branch leader and his staff. However, before leaving the room, Mizer turns around and puts his face close to Iren’s ear.
”See you later. I’ll be waiting for you in my room”
”...Yes ♡”
Freri’s eavesdropping ended when Iren’s voice sounded happy. Of course, the conversation is shared with Shinji.
”...Coincidences are scary...”
”? What? Did someone say something to you?”
Renka reacts to Shinji’s muttered words at the unexpected connection between Alvin and Iren. Shinji ponders for a few moments whether or not to tell Renka what he has found out.
”Freri’s been gathering information and she’s come across a great coincidence. It’s about Alvin’s parents...”
Shinji decided to talk to Renka. He wanted Renka to be a stopper in case Alvin found out about the connection between his parents’ death and the dragon. And when Renka heard what he said...
”Ehh!?”
A surprised voice echoed in Shinji’s room.
Sometimes people just happen to be related!
There was a bit about Alvin’s parents. They seem to have been good and clever adventurers. Random encounters are scary.
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