Chapter 251 – One Hour

An uproar that grows closer to the center.

This noise was different from the liveliness and thriving of the Edelman Center that Alice remembered.

Go around the alley

Seeing the monsters flapping in the distance, Alice widened her eyes.

“···Harpy!”

A half-man, half-bird that riots in the air to steal its prey, mixing laughter and wind.

It’s like watching the ssam chickens that came out of the chicken coop.

-If you feed the protest, shoot it right away!!
-Listen to the window in the front row!
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Edelman’s guards and soldiers, who were dealing with the monster Harpy for the first time, did not know what to do, piercing the air with spears or shooting arrows at random.

There was a middle-aged commander who seemed to have accumulated quite a bit of experience, but his response was lax.

‘It will take some time in that state.’

Is there no single person like a wizard or knight in Edelman who can single-handedly slaughter a harpy? If you ask so

There will be no

Rather, rather than stepping out directly in this situation, it should be seen that he is guarding the side of the nobles.

Adventurers must be waiting for someone to come with money and ask them to take care of it.

Aside from the annoying fact that harpies fly around, they are weak monsters with skin like butter that stabs with knives.

Even if dozens of them flocked, they did not have the power to destroy or erase a single territory.

With enough time, the guard line will also be cleared.

If the damage is really great, adventurers or people under the direct control of nobles will step in.

-Kiyik!! Ingaan-!!

Right now, I see harpies falling from blind arrows.

“Alice, shouldn’t we go to the family? We’re fine.”

“No! Your parents will want you to do what they tell you to do. Harpies are no threat to my father and mother, so that’s fine!”

-Sheeik!!

It was a great mindset, but in reality, Edelman’s guidance was in a state where he couldn’t proceed.

“The cafe is dirty.”

The current harpies are mostly organized, but based on the adventurer’s knowledge and experience.

This is one sign that is happening outright.

There must have been an attack by harpies in the not-too-distant past, and the scale itself must have been too small to cause alarm.

If harpies have raided before, it’s not that they’re lost or accidentally strayed out of their habitat.

There is a decent role as an advance guard.

If the vanguard harpy had succeeded in hunting first, he would have recognized Edelman itself as a decent hunting ground.

‘The adventurer’s guild must have known.’

Before Alice came to the capital, she was an adventurer belonging to Edelman, so there was no way she didn’t have a guild.

When the Harpy first appeared.

I couldn’t say for sure, but he must have known for sure that this might be a harpy’s habit of stabbing.

Even if other peoples of the empire don’t know, it’s obvious what the adventurer’s guild, which consists of perverts who only dig up monster habits, thought when they heard this news.

‘Money.’

There is a high probability that he kept his mouth shut because he had a gut feeling that he would have a job.

“Roman-sama… This.”

Alice is also a wizard seeking knowledge and a gold-grade adventurer.

The basic knowledge of monsters was piled up in his head as much as possible, so he seemed to have finished guessing what the case was like after seeing what was happening.

“I must have built a fancy nest somewhere.”

Somewhere nearby, not far from Edelman.

A new harpy nest has been established, or a human village has been found by increasing the hunting radius.

It’s an obvious case, and it’s one of the shapes of ecosystems that happen all over the continent.

“Brother. Is it dangerous here?”

Rike had only heard about a monster called a harpy. I didn’t know much about it, so I asked Roman.

There was no tension in his voice at all.

I was convinced that I could strike down the harpies running around in a mess right away.

“Not at all. Still, the shops around here seem to be closed.”

“Huh~”

After wrapping Rike’s shoulders around her, he naturally wraps her arms around her waist with both hands.

“The nest… The nest…”

The blonde girl in the lead took her eyes off the field, which had been lulled by the guards.

With her lizard on her head, she looked around at the mountains.

“I can’t find a harpy nest here with my eyes. I’m just guessing.”

“Do you know where your brother is?”

When adventurers receive a request, they definitely hear the location of the nest and head to it.

Most adventurers are not good at finding a way from 0 rather than looking for it.

Although it is out of most areas even if it is blue gold.

‘It’s a harpy’s nest.’

What I’m happy about right now is that.

Edelman is not a terrain completely surrounded by mountains, so it is not a terrain that will take too long to find a nest.

“There is a high probability that it will be on that mountain or on the opposite side of that mountain. When harpies set up nests, they set up in a direction that is out of sight from the side where people live. If there is a cliff and salt trees grow naturally, there is the highest probability. I like waterfalls and mountains with rivers, so I just have to figure it out.”

“Hee hee – After all, oppa!”

If she had lived mindlessly as an adventurer, she would never have reached platinum.

As she lived in this world, she repeatedly studied and cross-validated her monsters.

If he suffered even a small wound during the quest, whether the opponent was a human or a monster, there was no memory of neglecting to recover from the actual battle.

Alice, clearly remembering Roman’s words, lowered her head.

“Thank you! I’ll be back when the guide is over!”

Alice, who knows how the isolated area called Edelman works.

It was hard for her to stay still, thinking that if she left for the capital, her parents might suffer.

“Alice. You don’t have experience with the quest to clear the harpy’s nest, right?”

Seeing her speak confidently, Roman was convinced that the girl had theories and information but no experience.

“···That’s right.”

– Whoosh!

“I don’t know if there are hidden numbers or magic that I don’t know about. If I go alone, I can’t prepare for the quest perfectly, whether it’s because of injuries or time.”

If a harpy builds her nest, she establishes it, led by an egg-laying queen.

Except for the queen, the power of one individual is not so great as you can see.

If you break into a harpy nest, dozens to hundreds of harpies will rush at you in groups, and even the queen will be there.

Even for a wizard with excellent martial arts skills like Alice, clearing the nest alone is not as easy as it sounds.

“…”

At this point, the hesitant Alice is both infinitely close and infinitely far from the adventurer.

Obviously, the decision will be made after much consideration.

But.

The opportunity to learn from Platinum and the hard work of parents are put on the balance.

Seeing fragments of her deep family love there, Rike laughed softly and turned her eyes to her lover.

“What if my brother comes out?”

Roman also raised the corner of her mouth at Rike’s satisfied smile.

“As an approximate distance. An hour at the longest.”

It’s the perfect time for a cup of tea with the girls.

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As well as waiting for Roman to come after loosening up her frowning body.

All the cafes were also closed, and Rike, who was sitting in the waiting room of the Mutu Guild, was served cookies and milk made from Edelman’s grains.

The provider’s eyes trembled as if she was okay with this, but Rike was extremely satisfied.

“Alice.”

“You can do it comfortably…!”

Somehow, this is her second meeting. It was a truly unique relationship enough to feel something intangible called fate.

“Then may I call you Miss Alice?”

“···Yep! Yes, if your wife is comfortable with that!”

Because the opponent did not reveal his title or name.

Alice chose the modest ‘Madame’, an honorific term for her superior or Master’s wife.

She was worried that it would be a dignified title compared to the other person’s outward appearance that was still in full bloom.

Seeing her opponent’s expression brighten, Alice was relieved and at the same time convinced of the relationship between the two.

For some reason.

Since you use the title ‘brother’ on one side of your head, isn’t it brother and sister…? Alice, who continued to think, closed her lips tightly.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t told you my name yet. I’m Rike. I like your wife, but please call me by my first name.”

I don’t know why you don’t tell me your last name.

Even with such doubts, Alice nodded her head and she introduced herself once more.

“I am Alice, a gold grade adventurer.”

“From now on, my brother, please take good care of me.”

You already know the general circumstances.

Seeing her grinning, her Alice hesitated for a while before opening her mouth.

“It’s not something that’s been finalized yet… But if that’s the case, I’ll do my best if given the opportunity.”

“I feel that you are sincere. I feel relieved too.”

There is something that feels separate from the girlish sensibility that is difficult to control.

‘This person… Is a good person!’

-Shhh!

As Tero reacts, it was simply a hunch.

She was a beautiful woman who briefly introduced herself as Rike.

She had a completely different impression on Alice than the daughters of high-ranking aristocratic families or the women of wealthy families.

She was completely different from those of the lowly half-bloods who do not cling, or who seem kind with her mouth but see something dirty with her eyes.

Come to think of it, it was not the capital that had suffered such a thing, but Edelman.

Even though she was Lily, she saw her true self, but she didn’t change anything.

‘Feeling that there is no discrimination in the capital than Edelman…?’

Although her life in the capital was not long, Alice definitely felt this.

Most of her memories of being discriminated against, which she still cannot forget, were a time living in the isolated Edelman.

Sudoo was at ease because he felt like he was being judged based on his ability, excluding mixed races at important moments.

Continuing her positive outlook, seeing Alice rejuvenated in her, Rike opened her mouth.

“Ms. Alice.”

“Yes!”

“May I ask you something? It might be an rude question.”

“I may not be able to give you an answer related to magic or lack of knowledge, but I don’t care as an individual if you ask me anything! Feel free to ask me anything!”

Rike asked with her eyes shining at Alice’s spirited voice.

“Are you a virgin?”