Chapter 228 – A Letter Flies to Edel Bay

“Shall we leave now?”

– Poetry!

When Alice came to her senses, Tero was looking at her with sparkling eyes.

My body escaped from her pillar and was again in the arms of my benefactor.

I was so shocked that other emotions were pushed back, making it hard to even react positively.

Her head is blank

‘Uh, how is that?’

Her head lifted lightly as she left her seat.

Squeezed by her muscle strength, she couldn’t get out of her crushed mass.

“…”

A scorpion the size of which even a Tau would eat.

Tie them with chains only, break their shells, and crush them to death?

It was a less credible story than a children’s fairy tale about a knight with superpowers arm wrestling with a two-headed ogre and winning.

Even if she gathered all her mana and strengthened her body, this battle was a mythical saga.

There.

The situation just didn’t end there.

‘My body movements in the middle… Suddenly changed.’

The leisurely movement of avoiding the sharp tail abandons the explosive speed.

After reading the opponent’s number, he predicts and changes in the way he responds.

Although we do not know the deep reason for the change. Alice knows one thing for sure.

‘Why did you take mana out of the actual battle…?’

This is due to Alice’s experience when she was just beginning to learn her taijutsu.

At a time when she was conceited in her talent, failing to realize the value of her skills, ahead of only her strength inherited from Yongin’s blood.

Her rampage resembles the way her father showed her, who subdued herself with only her skill and no use of mana.

Although it resembles

A far-flung stomach that could not even be imitated by the level of her father or Alice herself.

“If we leave, let’s go straight to the church.”

“Swing··!”

Alice, biting her lower lip to hold back her question, brought her to her senses and nodded her head.

Her curiosity grew to the tip of her throat, and she couldn’t contain it, and she almost brought out the question.

It may be a mistake to ask about her financial resources.

‘There must be a reason…’

It’s nobody’s platinum. If there is a clear reason, they just don’t know because their level is low.

You just have to train it and go to the level where you can figure it out.

At that time, questions will naturally be resolved.

I barely restrained myself and restrained myself.

When you press down on one thought like that, another thought springs up on the other side with the repulsive force.

“…”

Only now, like a fairy tale princess, did she know that she was being held.

Alice had Roman’s thick arms supporting her shoulders and hamstrings. My nerves were focused on the information of the five senses that was inevitably coming into contact with her arms.

The heat began to rise slightly in the girl’s face.

-Sick?

“Tero… Hush!”

Shaking a bud from her own chest and tilting her head, I squeezed her terro’s soft, moist snout.

In an attempt to clear her mind, she moved her gaze toward the direction she was facing against her will.

Apart. Apart.

She seemed to know everything about her as she stepped on the glowing plants with the soles of her boots.

He takes the direction and heads without hesitation.

‘If I go over there, will I go outside?’

On the other side of the road through the door.

Between the pillars that the scorpion was sitting on and covering, there is a hole the size of a person passing through.

Since the cave on the other side of the joint is the way to the outside, it was strange to walk confidently.

“There was no particular reason for his actions earlier.”

“Yes?”

At Roman’s sudden words, Alice’s head, still flushed, rose.

“I was wondering why you didn’t use mana.”

“Eh…!”

Was it obvious on your face?

Alice, unable to say anything, moved her lips and narrowed her eyes. Only Iro looked ahead and smiled.

“If it weren’t for that, I’d be ashamed of this kind of stupidity.”

“Oh, no! Even if I’m curious, asking is a nuisance…”

At Alice’s words, Roman made a rare expression of admiration.

“You know how to live as an adventurer. You’re smart.”

I thought of her only as a cheerful and lively girl, but her thoughts are quite deep.

The self-control of holding back curiosity and stretching one foot less into the unknown.

It was one of the very important attitudes that prolong the life of an adventurer.

…
…

It passes through a narrow and dark cave rather than an entrance.

Every step you take.

If you look at the floor, there are glowing marks left, perhaps because of the luminous plants you stepped on.

The end of the road you can see after turning the alley.

Seeing the falling sunlight, Alice widened her eyes.

‘Ah···!’

Where is the need to explain by mouth and where is the need to learn from books.

Alice came out and faced the vast flow of nature.

That the wind that shakes the green leaves holds life.

I understand why the fiercely beating sun is the symbol of the Goddess.

“I really lived.”

Even knowing that there is someone listening right next to you. She breathes it out of her mouth and realizes it.

She didn’t die on the edge of a cliff.

In this situation, is there even one person in history who survived with the same luck as Alice herself?

For now, she forgets the bleak reality of how to pay off her enormous debt.

I genuinely felt her overflowing emotions.

“Is there a church in this territory?”

“Yes. There is…!”

She hugged herself and walked towards the manor, leisurely but never slow.

At the same time, the atmosphere was close to a walk, like the previous battle was a lie.

A mysterious movement where only the body moves forward while still.

Thanks to the movement that minimized the shaking so that there was no pain in the ankle.

Alice was half forcibly shaken by the emotions and information of touch, smell, and sight that penetrated her comfort zone.

– Sisit!

Tero left the arms of Alice, whose condition had become strange, and climbed onto Roman’s head.

Roman raised his gaze once and smiled, then opened his mouth.

“While receiving treatment, sending a letter to the adventurer’s guild and reporting survival is the first step.

Upon hearing her words, the first thing that came to Alice’s mind was her parents in Edelman.

I don’t know exactly how long I’ve been in that dungeon.

But wouldn’t it have been at least a week?

You must have already heard the news through Roman, a member of the party, but how worried are you?

‘Is Isolde leaving?’

Or maybe he’s making a request by somehow continuing the party with Roman.

…

Even in a mean and small territory, there is a church.

Even if the size of the church is not comparable to the capital city, there is at least one person with experience and skills for responsibility and command.

There is also a private recovery room for people with influence in the empire.

“Why are there so many sick people?”

Let’s enter the church.

Roman, who saw the long waiting line that rivaled the capital, took out an adventurer’s card and handed it over to a passing priest to save time.

The priest, who was shocked to see that, left a polite greeting and quickly headed somewhere.

After a while.

An old priest dressed in fancy clothes came out and greeted Roman and Alice.

‘This is too…!’

It was burdensome. Regardless of one’s will.

Alice, who was forcibly assigned to a luxurious private room, had a hard time calming down in her luxurious atmosphere.

Although she said time and time again that she was gold grade, not platinum, and shared rooms were okay.

When the members of the Order saw Alice in the arms of Platinum, they wondered how it could be.

He showed a unique innocent smile and guided Roman.

“As much as we forcibly guided you, we’ve agreed to make sure there’s no difference from a shared room, so you don’t have to worry about money. The rice won’t taste good, but… Eat well.”

Roman drops Alice off in the spacious recovery room, and at the same time, he says he is going to do other things.

He hurriedly prepared to leave.

“Thank you! Thank you! Adventurer…!

– Siik! Shii!

Because a mere gold-level adventurer dared to steal platinum time and received help was too much.

She sat awkwardly on the bed and only nodded her head in gratitude over and over again.

“See you next time in the capital.”

The corners of Alice’s mouth went up uncontrollably at his words, even empty ones, as he promised the next time.

“Yes! Thank you very much!”

He smiles as he leaves the hospital room and silence sets in.

Alice carefully placed her hand on her cheek.

It was strange that her cold hands were hot as if they would ripen, and that her mood was tingling.

The shame of realizing the obvious debt and insufficiency of the mind.

It must be because he sent a benefactor before he could properly express his gratitude, not a greeting.

‘How can I pay this debt…’

Alice’s personality makes it impossible for her to live without wiping her mouth when there is no mention of repaying her kindness.

In addition, her desire to be taught someday is stronger than when she consulted Lilyne at her tavern in the past.

*****

The couple tries not to show off on the outside, but inside they are worried about their daughter 24 hours a day.

A daughter who wouldn’t hurt even if you put it in her eyes is living an adventurer’s life in the capital of the empire.

Are there any parents who won’t worry?

“Honey!”

The violent reaction of her, who always maintains a dignified demeanor and voice as her mage.

‘That’s it.’

To the couple who spent their daily lives as usual in Edelman. The long-awaited letter from Alice has arrived.

This time, where did she go and what kind of request was she carrying out?

What special experiences have you seen with your own eyes?

It’s hard to adapt to life in the capital, but he said he misses Edelman sometimes.

The daughter’s meticulously written letters were a special treasure to the couple.

“Quickly open it!”

At the urging of the wife who tapped her on the shoulder.

The man with a smile on his face carefully moved his thick fingers to tear off the thin wax.

Her daughter’s letters have to be stored, so even this procedure is paying attention.

Sarak-

Three sheets of paper were taken out of the envelope.

Laughter had already flowed out of it, even though it was quite thick.

“You may have heard from Roman at the party…”

The couple at the same time questioned the story they heard for the first time from the beginning.

“Huh?”

“For now, read on.”

The two of them read the letter with a smile on their faces.

“… What is this?”