Chapter 58 – Fixed Party’s Whereabouts #1

While watching the tower shield, I realized that my body had calmed down enough to move.
I was in a state where there were many wounds on my body from the stone fragments that splattered on the floor.
The cuts were so sharp that the clothes were torn and blood flowed.

However, I couldn’t just rest, I was the only adventurer who could move in this camp.
There was something I had to check to be safe.

‘Is he really dead?’

An old giant with his forehead on the ground as if bowing his head.
Blood gushed out, and a fishy smell wafted everywhere. Feeling my heart thump, I made sure the old giant was really dead. Because I was a dreamer who crossed even stone bridges after knocking on them.

“He’s dead.”

I was completely out of breath.
When I saw it, I felt a new sense of relief. I still can’t forget the image of the old giant who drove the escort team to annihilation in an instant. Me and Rebecca really took this guy down.

At that moment, the reward of 40 silver for catching the giant flashed through my mind, but I was more concerned about Rebecca’s safety than that.
Averting my gaze from the giant, I immediately walked over to Rebecca, who was lying on the floor.

“Rebecca! Are you okay?”

I spoke to Rebecca, who had sprawled on the cave floor.
Watching her big breasts go up and down, her breathing catches her breath, but her body must not have been hurt.
It was to block the giant’s club from the front.

Just then, I heard Rebecca’s voice in my ears.
With a pale face, Rebecca opened her lips slightly.

“…Luke. What about the giant…Humans?”
“It’s dead! I killed it, so it’s safe now.”
“Thank god…”

Rebecca said with a weak smile.

“I…Well…Didn’t I…Luke.”

Did you do well?
Well done of course
He did so well that I couldn’t believe he was a rookie. From successfully luring an old giant under a stalactite to blocking the giant’s club at the moment of crisis. It was a perfect example of a great tanker.
I couldn’t think of what to praise her for, so she just said her frankness.

“You did very well. Rebecca…”
“Yes!”

Just hearing that one word lifted Rebecca’s expression a little.
I put my hand on Rebecca’s and continued talking.
Hearing her compliments might cheer her up.

“Amazing. How did you think of stopping the giant at that moment? It seems like I always told you to dodge and not block. Any other tank would have run away without looking back. What the hell are you…”

I was so moved that I choked and stopped talking.
The moment I thought of Rebecca, who exquisitely stood in my way, her heart sank. What the hell was Rebecca thinking protecting me at that moment, she had no idea.
Rebecca opened her mouth to me who had stopped talking.

“Because I believe in you…”
“What?”
“Because I believed you… That you would do something…”

The answer left me speechless.
Say you trust your party members. That simple word resonated in my heart.
Rebecca truly believed in this wandering wizard who could only perform tricks.
The moment I heard that, I was greedy.
It was the first time I had ever wished for something like this in my 20 years of living as a dreamer.

“…”

I wanted to have Rebecca by my side.
I wanted to continue working as an adventurer with this red-haired female swordsman.
Because if it were her, she would be relieved and she would be able to entrust my back.
I hoped that this fixed party would not be broken.

“Yes, I believe in you too. I think I can truly trust you now.”
“…Yes.”

How many days left?
Until the day this temporary fixed party is broken.
Obviously, when we first signed up for the party, we set it to be one month. After a month, we made a promise to decide whether to disband the fixed party or continue it.
It must have been quite a while since the day the promise was made.

‘Ten days passed while escorting the corps, and quite a bit of time passed before this subjugation quest…’

I thought for a moment and calculated the remaining days.

‘5 days! Only 5 days left? When I return to Yoensu, another few days will fly by. Maybe this will be the last quest with Rebecca.’

Maybe I could do at least one miscellaneous quest in those five days. But do you really need to? Do you really need to wait for 5 days while doing other quests?

Isn’t this the right time to propose a fixed party to Rebecca, at this moment, where you survived by joining forces with the giant?
Now that we have a strong sense of fellowship with each other.

“Kuhm.”

I was embarrassed and coughed.

“Les, Rebecca? I have something to tell you.”
“What…?”
“You and I keep going…”
“Go?”
“Gooooo!”

I tried to shout loudly.
Just then, a voice rang out from somewhere.

“Please, you two stop talking-!!! Save me!!!!!!”

My colic was broken by someone screaming. I hurriedly turned my head and found Kate crushed in a corner of the cave floor.

‘No, that bitch!’

I had a momentary tantrum at the thought of missing out on all the fish, but I couldn’t help but calm down when I saw Kate.
Tied to the vine, Kate was weeping so much that her nun’s uniform got wet.

“Huh ahhhhh I thought I was dying !! I don’t get stuck in the side of the giant giant and wield it !! Suddenly, I take out the vines and tie my body hard !! You see, she’s a nun!!”
“Didn’t you faint…?”

I had no choice but to open my mouth with an absurd expression. Kate’s body had been limp from the moment she was caught in the giant’s side. I thought I must have fainted from surprise.

“Lord, I pretended to be dead. If I pretended to be dead, the giant would put me down. Even bears don’t care about dead people.”
“Is the giant a bear?”
“Anyway, please save me quickly. I’m feeling more frustrated because I feel sick. I think the giant swung me around and I’m going to vomit… I might vomit right here.”

I was going to tell you something important, but my colic broke. Fuck.
I mumbled and approached Kate.

From the time he started chasing Rebecca, the old giant had put Kate on the ground.
Whether mentioning Jotun’s honor was effective, he didn’t take a woman as a hostage.
She was pretty lucky that Kate didn’t get hit by her falling rocks.
She may have avoided it by rolling hard.

“Now, is that okay?’

I cut the vines that bound Kate with my longsword.
Her freed Kate staggered and rose from her seat.
For some reason, Kate leaned against her and I had no choice but to support her.

‘Oh, I don’t have time for this. I want to talk to Rebecca quickly…’

It was when I was frowning.
Suddenly, Kate looked at me in a cold sweat.

“Mo, Mongma-sama…”
“Why?”
“I think it will come out.”
“What’s out? Hey, you can’t!”

Boooaaaaa!!!
At that very moment, Kate blew her breath at the cave floor. It was an acidic breath of undigested food.
I couldn’t help but scream as I watched Kate become the black dragon.
It’s blonde hair, but it’s not a gold dragon, it’s a black dragon!

Why are you throwing up right now!

“Hey, you ignorant bitch!!”
“Khehe. Kehehe.”

But couldn’t he throw away Kate who was throwing up?
I patted her on the back without much thought. All the good vibes were ruined. I didn’t want to die to propose a fixed party to Rebecca with vomit on it.

‘I can’t help it. She has no choice but to return to Yoensu and look for a chance. Let’s make an appointment for an after party on the day we return.’

I sighed and promised the following.
The next time, of course, was soon.
It only takes a few days to get back to Joensuu from the beaches of Corfu.

*

“Thank you for supporting me. Dreamy-sama-!”

By the time Kate, who has regained her strength, is healing the fallen adventurers, leaving her a message of thanks, the chase team that left her expedition has returned. They had safely slain the giants, but of course it was old Nickel who decapitated the two giants.

A campsite that has been messed up by an old giant.
When they had just returned, the pursuit team was bound to be confused.
Well, there is no choice but to be surprised that an old giant is dead in the cave.

I explained the situation to the subjugation commander.
An old giant appeared through the wall, and the adventurers of the escort team hunted him down. An old giant stabbed to death by a stalactite that fell from the ceiling.

“Thank you very much. If it wasn’t for Luke-nim and Rebecca-nim, the adventurers here would have been annihilated.”
“It’s 40 silver as a reward, right?”
“Yes. Not only 40 silver, maybe Luke-nim will be able to aim for the silver tier promotion match.”
“A promotion match? Me?”
“The quest to subdue giants tends to give very high public value in the adventurer’s guild. Besides, since you landed the final blow on a giant, you should be able to receive several times more public value. That means you’ll rise to the top of the Bronze tier right away.”

I was bewildered as I listened to the words of the leader of the subjugation.
You can compete in the Silver Tier Promotion Match by catching a giant?
The leader of the subjugation must know more about adventurers than I do, but somehow I can’t quite feel it. That deep-sea fish might be able to escape from Bronze, where they swim.

“Anyway, my opinion is yes, you can look forward to it. Besides, Luke’s receptionist is a competent person. The adventurer in charge will not miss the opportunity to advance.”
“Mr. Wendy is competent, though.”

The moment I nodded, the subjugation commander shouted to the adventurers gathered in the camp.

“The giant subjugation has been successfully completed! Adventurers, prepare to return to Yoensuu!”

A cheer erupted from among the adventurers in an instant.
There are no happy words for the people here than to go back home.
Two days later, the giant subjugation party that had left for the coast of Corfu returned to Yoensu City. It took about 5 days to subdue the giant and return.
Until I returned to Joensuu, I was busy cleaning up Kate.

“Hey, hurry up and use more healing spells. Can’t you see my party members are dying?”
“It’s all fixed. Broken bones are stitched up and fractures are all healed. What more do you want from here!”
“Maybe there’s a crack in the bone.”
“What kind of hidden object game is this?! There’s only one person who can squeeze a nun like this!”
“I’ll ask you anyway. I’ll work hard to pull out the water later.”
“He is very sincere.

Injuries that would cost several silver dollars to fix at the clinic, Kate can fix them for free.
I relentlessly brushed Kate in her carriage to get her heels.

Did Kate’s healing spell work?
By the time Rebecca was almost back in her yoens, she could move her body without strain. She seemed to be able to move her arms, albeit awkwardly, after receiving the giant’s club. Indeed, the power of her divine power was great.

“Her arm is almost healed.”
“Now you understand? Why is the nun treated as a noble at the adventurer’s party?”
“So even if you eat the quest raw, no one can argue.”

Time passed quickly as I chatted with Rebecca as she was recovering from her injuries. After passing through the gates of Joensu, the wagons the adventurers boarded stopped at the northern plaza. It was the same place where they had been summoned when they departed.

“Now we’ll disband the punitive force! Adventurers can get their reward from the guild! The reward will be paid tomorrow!”

After the subjugation captain left for the adventurer’s guild to report his return.
Finally I am free. It was only now that I realized that I had returned safely after completing the subjugation quest.

“Uh-! I think I’m going to buy some now.”

Rebecca was stretching her face with her relieved expression. For some reason, she was in the mood to go back to her inn and take her nap, so I hurriedly spoke to Rebecca.

“Rebecca, are you free today?”
“Me? Of course I have time!”
“Let’s have a drink to commemorate the completion of the Subjugation Quest. Like last time, at the Moon’s Blessing Bar. You’ll get a reward for catching the giant tomorrow anyway, so you can eat as much as you like.”
“Ow, nice!”

Rebecca’s mouth already had a hearty smile at the thought of her drink. She is a woman who likes to drink as she really can’t drink dirty. Thanks to that, she was able to comfortably propose her after party.

“See you at the tavern for dinner, Rebecca.”
“Yes!”

I made an appointment with Rebecca and parted ways.
After Rebecca’s figure disappeared from sight, I quickly turned her around and started moving. I had somewhere to stop until I met Rebecca at the pub in the evening.

It’s Joensu’s forge.
Among them, I knew a store that sold good quality weapons and armor. This is where Wendy introduced her. I had never been there before, but today I decided to set foot in a forge for the first time.

Shortly after arriving at the smithy in the city.
I talked to the blacksmith who was pounding iron hard.

“I’m trying to buy a shield.”
“Um…? An adventurer? A dreamer at that?”
“That’s right. Do you have a big tower shield here? I’m going to give it to a party member as a gift.”

Tower Shield!
It was something I would give Rebecca as a present tonight.
Rebecca seemed very sorry that her shield was broken the entire time she returned.
Giving her a tower shield as a gift, I thought of suggesting a fixed party to Rebecca. I wanted to put an end to this ambiguous relationship.

‘Luke, do you like me-?’

And, about another question that Rebecca threw.