Chapter 197 – No One Succeeded, but There Were Many Challenges.

The adventurer’s guild’s underground tavern.

There is no place as comfortable as this for adventurers who are accustomed to stimulating cooking, alcohol, cigarettes, and the damp smell of the basement.

In a place where cheap food, cheap alcohol and vulgar language prevail, there are women who sometimes feel a sense of alienation.

Even adventurers with an eye for women have a sense of survival.

To be proudly occupying a place in a place full of drunken men in heat?

It can be said that it is proof that you have the confidence to deal with anything that happens.

A woman with pink hair that looked as soft as wool and a girl with dark blonde hair that looked rugged were sitting at a table, attracting men’s attention.

“… Roman’s disciple?”

Lilyne asked back at Alice’s sudden remark.

“Yes! Wasn’t it until now?”

Among adventurers, the picture of master and pupil is more common than you might think.

However, most of the adventurer’s guild were far from the ideal form Alice dreamed of.

It’s not uncommon for them to put a low grade in the same party and act like a porter and not pay properly.

If you ask Lily’s if it’s a bad scam that won’t help then…

It is a form in which the person involved voluntarily enters, and there is something to watch and learn by following, so it cannot be concluded that it is a scam.

However, what Alice tells is a story that is completely different from this basic framework and words, but the content is the same.

Although copper or silver, which are so common that gold ranks are kicked, is common.

Even Lilyne has rarely seen a student of lapis lazuli or platinum rank in gold.

This is not a matter of pride with gold.

Simply put, even if you want to go in, you can’t.

“Why are you asking that?”

Lilyne listened to her, gently answering this girl’s question that reminded her of Seria somewhere.

“I was wondering if there was a way.”

I don’t know what happened in between.

The important thing is that those roaring eyes and enthusiasm are sincere without lies.

“Ummm…”

Lilyne scratched her cheeks, pondering what she said that this girl could understand without being hurt.

Being the apprentice of an adventurer who became the youngest soloist to reach platinum, of course it would be great.

In the life of an adventurer, it is by far the biggest opportunity of her life.

That’s why there were so many adventurers who were aiming for that spot.

Just from what she saw in her guild, she was a child of a wealthy man, a beautiful woman, a talented person who is currently considered to be the next to be seen after a strong chance to rise to the blue gold.

But what about the results? Roman still goes alone.

‘Even now, I would never accept a disciple…’

Lilyne could understand Alice’s heart, so she was careful to assert.

‘Did you hear that story…?’

Although it is also a story that veterans lightly intimidate when they see a new face.

For adventurers, the gold grade is often referred to as the ‘tomb of talent’.

Even if it is the same gold, the gap in skill up and down is huge, and if you have little experience, you have one seat, and if you have a lot, the front seat is different.

In the village or territory where each person lived, there were those who flew and crawled and were called geniuses and those who would become great.

The number to be achieved for promotion is firmly set to the gold level, so if you have an innate ability, you can quickly rise up to this point.

However, it is different from blue gold.

Above that is a completely different world.

Only the real ones among the real ones who have no shortage of gold can go up to blue gold through the guild’s special screening.

Blue gold is like that, but what about platinum?

Not to mention.

Therefore, among adventurers, the gold level is a place where their feet stop if they do not rise quickly.

If you can’t get out of it even after the heyday, you will wander in gold for the rest of your life.

It has become a natural future for me to talk about what I have been saying as a veteran with good technology and experience, and to rot like a habit.

Those who are impatient to overcome this try to grab the crotch of the blue gold pants, not the platinum ones.

Cheonggeum also has a lot of unusual people, and it’s hard to meet them privately, so there are very few cases where a teacher-student relationship is formed.

“Umm~ I’ve never seen Mr. Roman receive a student. There were definitely many attempts.”

“As expected…”

As she looked at Alice, who had slightly lost her spirits, Lilyne’s eyes seemed to overlap with a weak Seria.

“I understand your feelings, but don’t be impatient when you hear rumors about promotion. Alice has skills, so she rose that fast, didn’t she?”

This conversation suddenly becomes a comforting atmosphere.

‘…?’

From Alice’s point of view, Lily’s and herself didn’t fit into each other.

I’m not asking for learning to get promoted. It might be related in a big way, but it wasn’t the meaning.

“Rather than being impatient—-.”

It was when Alice was clearing her situation out of her head to properly explain it to Lilyne once again.

– Siik!

“Oh!”

Tero, who had been cowering in her hair, flinched and showed emotion.

At the same time, Liliane rolled her eyes over Alice’s shoulder.

I followed her gaze and saw a man coming down the stairs.

“!!!”

Did his eyes meet hers? Or maybe she ran into this older sister.

She looks this way and smiles lightly, then starts coming closer.

The atmosphere of the tavern changed as if the air around it was distorted with each step.

There was no danger of colliding with the adventurers who had gathered in a buzz, but they spread the distance one by one.

Nice to meet you, but this timing.

Lilyne rolled her eyes to see her Alice and greeted her.

“… Mr. Roman. How are you?”

Rattle!

Alice jumped up from her chair and bowed her head.

“Hello!!”

– Hey hey!

“Sure, I’m doing well. It’s good that Lily’s looks healthy, and I’m glad Alice’s in good spirits.”

From a soft greeting to a cheery greeting, the spirit’s fierce reaction added to it, and the dampness of the underground was so vital that it receded.

She takes all three at the same time and raises her hand on an empty chair.

“Can I sit down?”

“Sure.”

“Sit!”

As soon as they sat down with their permission, Tero hopped up and climbed onto Roman’s shoulders.

– Shii.

“…!”

In that situation, only Alice was restless, but Roman and Tero were secretly happy to meet.

A table where the majority of people see the spirits.

Lily’s was the only one who couldn’t understand Roman’s out of nowhere looking or laughing.

Whether Tero rode her ears or her hair on her body stained metallurgy, he accepted it without showing much reaction, and Roman naturally picked up the fruit and ate it.

“Aren’t there any dull things in the seat? This one has come to a rare place again.”

Roman laughed, confirming that he had not been away for a while, but that there were really only two of them.

“It’s like this because everyone has work.”

As if satisfied with the situation, he nodded and held up the menu.

“Is there anything else you want me to do?”

“I’m still here, so it’s okay. Do you want to drink?”

I shook my head at Lilyne’s question.

“No. To be healthy, milk is of course. What would Alice like to drink too? You can order more food.”

He put a gold coin on the table as a sign that he would pay.

Even in gratitude, Lilyne tilted her head.

“Ooh, milk…?”

Even though it was on the tavern menu, it was the first time Lilyne had ever seen Roman drink milk.

When I was with Roman, it was always strong alcohol or water.

Lilyne was feeling cognitive dissonance at the unexpectedly cute menu.

Alice let out a gulp and emptied the juice that had been left in the glass all at once.

“Paha! I’d like milk too!”

She followed Roman, raising her hand as if she would try to follow even if it didn’t mean much.

Roman didn’t refuse and seemed to like Alice, who was cheered up and received the favor.

“It’s good because it’s loud! What about cooking?”

Roman’s voice suddenly became as strong as an academy instructor’s.

Alice’s head reminded her of her childhood in Adelman where she was trained in mutu.

She tightened her stomach and raised her voice even more to show that she was properly disciplined.

“I want to eat it with the deep-fried red boar legs and the ultimate gourmet sauce special to the tavern!!!”

There was a buzz and eyes gathered around them, but Roman and Alice were stuck in their own world and didn’t care.

The shame was entirely Lilyne’s.

“Good! Very lively! Order and come!”

“Thank you!!”

Lilyne stared blankly at Alice as she sprinted away carrying gold coins and a menu board to order from her.

“…”

Leaving her face flushed with shame as attention was drawn.

What kind of relationship is this, exchanging bizarre rakugo-like things?

There was something strange between the two, and Lily’s felt left alone.

Maybe… I really thought maybe Alice’s wish wasn’t a dream.

“Mr. Roman…”

“Huh?”

Lily’s eyes turned to Alice, who was waiting her turn for her order.

“Do you like that child?”

“Do you like it?”

Seeing Roman ask questions again and again, Lilyne lowered her voice.

“Unlike last time, she seems to be quite pretty… Do you seriously like Alice?”

There won’t be any possibility.

It is an undeniable fact that she is a beauty even though she has the rough aura that Alice is unique to.

“Hmm~ I’ve never really thought of it that way.”

Seeing Roman who didn’t deny that she was pretty, Lilyne asked, leaving all possibilities open to her.

“Or do you feel like a little brother?”

In response to her persistent question, Roman leaned his upper body slightly forward and met Lilyne’s eyes.

“Why is the mage asking so much today?”

“Chu, it’s not an accusation…”

When she came to her senses, Lily Ne’s voice sank as she was swayed by the thought of being presumptuous with her platinum.

Roman, who quickly finished her thoughts by tapping the table, opened her mouth.

“There’s no such thing as a great reason. It seems to have a meaning rather than simply trying to make a living as an adventurer. It’s pretty, upbeat, and hardworking, so there’s nothing to hate about it.”

– Shiyi.

The sound of Tero perched above her head tickled Roman’s ears.

Without saying a word to her any more, as Roman continued to make eye contact with her and laugh, Lilyne grunted and munched her lips.

It was only a few seconds, but it was Alice who saved Lilyne from this time that felt like years.

“I brought it myself!”

She came to her table with dishes and glasses on a wooden tray.

“Thank you.”

With the dishes and glasses set on the table and her tray placed on the empty table, Alice glanced at Lilyne, who was in a strange state, and spoke to her.

“…Were you talking about something important?”

“No…! Not at all!”

Seeing Lilyne, who still couldn’t get her mind right, Roman smiled and said her words.

“You asked me if I liked Alice?”

“···Yes?”

Whoop-!

Lilyne, who had been drinking her juice to cool her stomach, gushed out her liquid.