Volume 13 - CH 8

「I'm planning a party to celebrate the clearing of the Labyrinth of No Return and the retirement of the clan, and the guys are strangely excited about the prospect of free booze.」

「I wonder if they'll be okay. ......?」

Serina, too, showed a look of concern.

「No problem! I'm the organizer of this event, so leave it to me! There's a lot of people here, and we don't want any trouble. I've already reserved the room for us.」

I left the arrangements for the tavern to Saki, but it was a good decision to leave it to her.

「Oh, it's a private party. That way, we won't get into fights with our neighbors, find a girl and try to drag her to ......, or any other bad stuff, right?」

Hoshirina also nodded.

「Yes, but Serina, you're the girls, so you should be careful.」

「Got it. Huh, well, at their level, I can handle it.」

「Heh heh, it'll be fun when the drunken Serina-san starts taking off her clothes.」

「No, no, no, no, no, Nene-chan! We're not thinking about that! Not at all!」

「H-h-h-he's right.」

The men who were saying "hooray!" earlier suddenly became impatient and meak. If Serina gets really angry, she'll go straight attacking with a  her Starlight Attack.

「Well, you guys, don't worry about it, just drink. Saki.」

「It's obvious. I've also prepared a girls who's okay with doing nice things for everyone.」

「Really?」

「Nooo, Saki-neesan, thank you!」

「Those girls, Alec, don't mess with them.」

Serina said something strange.

「Haa? What are you talking about?」

「Because it's Matheus' celebration. If you keep them all to yourself, the rest of the clan won't enjoy it either.」

「Ummm.」

「I'll at least pour you a sexy drink, okay?」

「You're just going to pour me a drink? I can't have any fun if you don't Porori, Serina.」 (TLN: Porori- inadvertently (coming to the surface) maybe he's asking Serina to pop-out her breast?)

「Hey, ......, I won't get naked in front of another guy.」

「Really, Alec is such a dirty old man.」

「Well, well, well. I'll take care of that too, both of you.」

「Okay.」

「Ehh? I'm not taking my clothes off, Saki.」

「Of course, that's okay. Then, it's "Black Cat of the Wind"...」

「Yeees, come here. I've been waiting for you♪」

About seven bunny girls came out and posed with smiles on their faces.

Hmmm,  Well, I think all seven of them are beautiful, but they're a little too sexy, a little too mature, and a little too high-ball.

「Saki, couldn't you have found a cuter girl? A little more loli and a little more innocent-looking.」

「I'm sorry, darling, but they're a girls who does nice things for the guys, so I have to pay for this. I'm on a budget.」

Saki made a coin mark with her finger and said. If that's the case, I guess I have no choice. I'll leave the purse to Saki. I'm sure she's not that stingy either, considering the significance of today's celebration.

「But at least invite one model or amateur ......」

「Oh, no, no, that will be bad. If one of them starts to take it off, Alec will try to take that thing out, right?」

「Of course.」

「Hey, that's totally crime, isn't it? Luka and Ione should have said something too.」

Serina seems to have been spoon fed and tells the others.

「Even if you say that...」

「Fufu, we can settle that later.」

「Wha, No! You can't do that. If you use money to get rid of rape, you're out of line as a person.」

「That's right. Well, I'll pick them up the right way, don't worry.」

「The right way. Don't use skills, okay?」

「No, I'm good just using 【Talking】.」

「That's okay, but ......」

「Don't worry about it, Serinaa. It seems that all the girls are out of Alec's strike zone.」

Saki winked at me.

「You're right. He loves a virgin, after all」

「So, you guys can go in first, don't wait for me.」

「「「 All right! 」」」

The celebration went off without a fight, even though we had a lot of fun with a bunny girl strip show and Serina got really drunk and got involved in drinking.

Matheus just slurped down his mug and didn't even smile the whole time, but he did let the bunny girl pour him a drink, so he seemed to be having a good time.

「So long, Matheus, and good luck.」

「Yeah. Thanks you for taking care of me.」

He said he knew a woodworker and was going to try to get an apprenticeship with him. Dwarves are good with their hands, and he had a carved bear in his room, so he should be able to make it. Even if he doesn't, he's already made enough money.

「He's gone, huh ......」

Meena looked at the back of Matheus and said a little sadly.

「Well, he has his own way. Meena, you can follow me.」

「Yes, Master!」

「Now, all that's left are these guys.」

「Right. ......」

Me and Meena turn around and can't deal with them.

「I can't drink anymore~ Hick!」

「Aan? If you can't drink my alcohol, then I'm going to use Starlight Attack. Is that okay? Still, Hick!」

「Crap, I didn't get their contact info!」

As expected, we were a chaotic group of over thirty drunks. Some of them are snoring on the street.

「Alec-san, do you mind if I drop by the brothel for a while?」

「No, you can't. We have an appointment. Let's go.」

If we're not careful, some of them will try to go somewhere else.

「See, these are the guys, so I'll take care of them.」

However, it seems that Saki had asked the adventurer's guild for a quest beforehand, and a well-built adventurer picked up the drunken clan and roughly pushed them into the carriage.

「Oh, she's a handful, so I'll take care of her. Alec, carry her like a princess.」

「I don't have a choice. Serina, don't throw up.」

「It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, I'm invincible. ugh, uhhh, yuuuukkkkk」

...... Don't ever drink alcohol again.

「Oh no, that's not good. Wipe, wipe it off. Fianna, I need you to cast a little detoxification spell on Serina.」

「I'll do it. ――Goddess Eir, rid this man's body of the evil that is eating away at it! Cure!」

「Uuhh, it hurts......I've got a headache....」

I don't think she's going to be cracking up any time soon.

「Come on, get in the carriage, you stupid woman.」

「Hyaah, Aah, Alec. Well, I'm is ......」

「Don't you remember when you were drunk?」

「Uh, come to think of it, Ash and the others were having a drinking contest, and I joined in, and, wow, I don't remember anything from that!?」

「You were the worst, getting involved with all the members.」

「Ehh? I would never do such a thing. Stop with the boring jokes.」

You're an annoying woman.

「Serina, that's the truth.」

「Ehh? Hannah, Ione, really?」

「Yeah, I got tangled up in it too.」

「Fufu, if you don't remember, that's probably for the best.」

「Wow, that much? Uwahh, stop it. Sorry, guys.」

「Haha ...... Give us a break, Serina-san」

「Seriously, that was hard.」

「I thought you were a nice person.」

「Auh-auhhI, 'm so glad you came to your senses!」

「「 Really, really 」」

「I apologize for that. ......」

Serina bowed her head seriously in a careful posture.

「Everyone is on board, right? Then let's depart.」

Nick, the coachman, said.

I've used his carriage before and it was the right choice, so I asked him to help me find a competitor this time as well. There were so many of us that one carriage was not enough. We only had a day or so to get there, so we were going to delay our departure for a few days if we couldn't get the right people, but he is a very good man. It was also fortunate that he was in Grandsword.

「You're sure we can do without the light magic?」

I'll make sure.

「Yes, I've been eating wild grapes, so I'm fine with just moonlight. I've fed the horses well, too.」

Normally, I don't do departures in the evening. The roads are dangerous at night, and there are strong monsters wandering out in the fields at night.

However, we've become too famous in this country, and there's a possibility that we'll be targeted by unscrupulous PKs.

That's why we deliberately decided to leave at a different time.

「Then, take care of the escort, okay?」

I said to Sarah party who were standing by. I knew that we would be a drunken group, so I asked another adventurer to escort us.

I couldn't leave it to someone I didn't trust to some extent, so I called on someone I knew.

「You can count on us! We're not called the "Laughing Goddess of Fortune" for nothing. After all, we have a hundred percent success rate in escorting people!」

「Hmm. By the way, how many times?」

「Seventy-two times, or eight times in A-rank.」

「What? Eight successes in a row on difficulty rank- A only? How can you succeed so much?」

I'm quite impressed.　

「Hmm, but that's not it, Alec. We choose the jobs we can completed.」

Jamie, the burly female warrior, said in an unamused tone. I see, that's what you mean.

With Sarah's uncommon "Intuition of Death", she probably avoids all quests that are likely to fail.

I've never heard whether it's a skill or just a hunch, but it doesn't matter which. If it was a skill, it would definitely be rare. I have no way to copy it. I've been with Sarah, and I haven't been able to copy her intuition skills.

「I see what you mean」

「Well, there's nothing wrong with that, is there?」

「Yeah, if you're going to fail, there's not much point in taking it all.」

It may seem unsympathetic, but Sarah is also a kind-hearted woman, so if she can help, she will.

「It's not in my nature to give up before I even try, though. Well, I've never won a bet with her.」

Jamie shrugged her shoulders.

「Oh, so Sarah, when I asked you to play cards with me, you said you'd do it if there were no stakes.」

「Yeah, well. Ah, but Alec, please don't tell anyone about this. I told the marketeer in the arena about this before, and some troublesome people got involved, and it was a lot of trouble.」

「There was a time when that happened.」

「That was a pretty nasty situation. ......」

What kind of results does Sarah remarks? Well, they don't seem to want to talk about it, so I'll leave it at that.

The only thing left to do was to leave the country in a carriage, and just when I thought that...

「Uuaaaaahhhh!」

Jouga suddenly screamed, and we all drew our swords at the same time.