CH 86

Aeris stopped showing up the next day.

Tauro was disappointed because he had the impression that she was a hard worker, but she might have just returned to her original place.

Shin and Rumeya were also surprised.

“She seemed to have guts, though.”

“She’s got a bad mouth, but she’s not a bad person.”

Were their evaluations.

The three of them went back to their normal lives, but five days later.

The three of them were checking quests again in the morning.

“Tauro, there’s a quest from a nearby forest village to kill the mushroom ghost.”

Shin said, pointing to a quest posted on the wall.

“The mushroom monster huh… it uses a sleep abnormality, but if we take precautions with a sleep resistance potion, we should be fine.”

Tauro pondered for a moment before answering.

“I can follow you, right?”　

They heard a familiar voice behind them.　

When the three of them turned around, Aeris was standing there.

“What happened? I thought you were back in Dareder.”

Tauro questioned in surprise.

“I went back to make the necessary arrangements to leave my current team in order to join yours completely.”

“Huh?”

The three of them shouted at Aeris’ disturbing words.

“We’re not even a team, right?”

Tauro replied dismissively.

“Huh?”

It was Aeris’s turn to be surprised.

“We’re learning from Tauro-kun, but we’re not a team.”

“Yes. We’re learning how to be adventurers with Tauro-kun as our teacher.”

“Then what happens to me? I’ve been trying to convince my former team members to join your team!”

Aeris panicked, at her own hasty decision.

“You should’ve asked me first.”

Tauro said.

“…”　

Aeris couldn’t say anything anymore.

She looked like she was about to cry.

“Tauro-kun, I know she’s wrong, but she’s doing us a favor by appreciating us, so let’s be a little less obtuse, okay?”

Shin followed up and hit him where it hurt.

“…I was wrong, I’m sorry! But normally I’d think you were a team, after seeing how well you work together…!

Aeris cried more and more.

For the first time, Tauro panicked.

He hadn’t intended to make her cry, so he was at a loss as to how to make her stop crying.

He needed Shin’s and Rumeya’s approval to form a team.

It was hard to say anything about making a team with two kids, especially when you consider the future of both Shin and Rumeya.

Shin and Rumeya have been working together in their personal lives for a while now and it wouldn’t be surprising if they were to team up in the future.

If they did, they might even go out to bigger cities.

In that retrospect, I’m not interested in big cities at the moment.

As far as I can see, Aeris is also the ambitious type who wants to make it big.

Aeris, Shin, and Rumeya seem to be a good fit, but will I be a good fit?

…Well, the problem is me.

Thinking up to this point, the problem of creating a team became clear.

“…So, how about we form a team limited to this village only?”

Tauro suggested to the three of them.

“Limited’?”

“Yes, a team for the duration of our stay in this village. We don’t know what the future holds for either of us, so we can talk about it when the time comes.”

Aeris stopped crying at Tauro’s suggestion.

“If it’s okay with you Tauro-kun, it’s okay with me.”

Shin nodded happily.

“I don’t have a problem with it either. If something goes wrong, we’ll deal with it then.”

Rumeya said.

“…So I can join in too?”

Aeris asks back, sniffing her nose.

“Of course, since I’m making it for you.”

Aeris’s expression brightened at Tauro’s answer.

“Alright, the four of you. Do you want to get started on the procedure immediately?”

Chloe at the reception desk calls out to Tauro and his friends.

The other adventurers could hear their conversation in the small lobby of the guild.

“They’re so young. Hahahaha!”

“Five silver coins that they’ll disband due to misunderstanding.”

“It’s only for this village, so it will break up eventually. It’s not a good bet.”

Tauro and the others were toyed with and blushed in embarrassment.

“We’re not going to break up!”

Aeris retorted with a cheerfulness that made it hard to believe she had been crying earlier.

“Aeris, it’s just a joke, so stop.”

Tauro stops her.

I think we’re going to be doing this for a long time…

Tauro seemed to see a difficult future.