CH 108

The man disappeared into the forest, and the two of us who were left behind returned to the town. At that time, the boy had an injured leg, so I princess carried him. Then the boy said, 「I’m not that young anymore!」 and 「This is embarassing, put – me – down!」, but when I smiled at him, he suddenly became quiet… Why?

「Shun!!」

「Mom!!」

When we returned to the place where he was kidnapped, the boy’s mother looked at us, crying and screaming.

「Aah… ! Thank goodness… !!」

「Mom! Mom!」

… What should I do… ? Should I just go ahead and leave… ? Okay. Let’s do that.

In order not to disturb the emotional reunion, Ayane used her physical abilities enhanced by 《Dragon Power》 to leave the scene.

「Mom! You know what! That lady over there… Huh?」

「Did that girl from earlier help you?」

「… Yeah. She’s gone now, though…」

「Oh well… I wanted to thank her if possible, but…」

「Mom」

「What is it?」

「… I’m going to be an adventurer when I grow up」

And so the mother and son returned to their home nearby.

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「…… Fuu… I’m back…」

「Fu. I’m back… that’s not it…」

「!」

After that, I just kept walking in the direction of the square I saw when I flew through the sky. Finally, I came to the square where the meeting place was. The moment I sat down on a bench to take a break, I was spoken to from next to me.

「Suzu?」

「Haa… You’re 10 minutes late」

「…… It’s true! Wha!?」

「Where in the world have you been?」

「Maa, let’s just leave it there」

「Aren’t you too kind, Yoichimaru-san?」

「I’m not that nice」

I explained to the two of them while rubbing my forehead, which had been poked.

「I see… Something troublesome might happen later on…」

「Yeah, we’ll look into it. You two watch yourselves, okay?」

「「…」」

「… What’s with your eyes?」

「「… I knew you were kind」」

「… Leave me alone. That’s not the point. Are you ready to go to the beach?」

「Of course」

「Yes」

「Then let’s go」

「「Yes!」」

And so we walked to the beach west of Farrell.

On the way to the west gate, I caught glimpses from players and people here. I had gotten those glances in the Royal Capital, but something was different this time.

「… You flew, didn’t you?」

「… That’s right」

It was solved in an instant.

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「We’re here」

「We got here early…」

「… It’s no wonder you didn’t hesitate…」

「… That’s what I thought…」

「… Aren’t you guys getting way too lost?」

「We don’t have a choice…」

「Un, un」

「Haa… Well, okay」

「Ah!」

「What’s wrong, Aya?」

「I don’t have a swimsuit…」

「Why would you need that?」

I picked up the swimsuit Suzu handed me. It was a white one-piece type swimsuit. I equip it. It’s not like I’m taking off my clothes, since I can just choose to equip it from the equipment section of the menu.

「Haaaa…… You’re so cuteee……」

「Suzu, let me go!」

「… Just a little more…」

「You’re like sisters…」

My defenses are next to nothing, but I’ll take my sword. Well, it’s in my inventory right now…

「Aya! Quickly at the beach…」

「I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to help me」

「What… is that… ?」

「Hai」

Yoichimaru pulled out of his inventory a medium-sized wooden boat that could hold about 10 people at once.

「───My destination is the deep sea」