Chapter 328 – Young Chick Adventure Group -5-

Ceria continues to consult with Roman and throws away her stubborn shield.

She completely switched to using her one-handed sword skillfully.

At moments when she needs to strengthen her weak muscles, she uses both hands.

With her free hand, she practices to be able to skillfully use consumables such as spells and potions.

On the day of Rike’s errand, her new style was confirmed, and she went to the workshop and blacksmith shop to make leather gauntlets to block monsters’ teeth and swords.

The way her fingers were pierced and stuck together so they could move freely was perfectly to Seria’s liking.

Despite repeated questions, Roman kept the exact type of leather a secret and did not even reveal the production cost under the pretext of it being a gift.

Seria was also aware that she was using it in excess, but that it was not enough.

“Can you do it?”

Roman, seeing her pursed lips and nod, dropped her hand from Ceria’s head.

“Fuuuuu…”

Seeing-!

The red-haired girl let out her breath while simultaneously squeezing and unclenching her hands.

She coolly pulled out the sword hanging from her waist.

“Seria. If you draw your sword, take a good stance first.”

Roman’s voice is heard from behind.

The low voice you only hear at the academy reminds me of an actual class.

Forcibly removes stubborn tension.

– That’s it…!

With my eyes fixed on the ghoul.

As I took up my stance with my sword in hand, Roman led my next actions.

“Seven steps will take you within range of the sword.”

“Yes!”

“Prepare the Aurors.”

Aurors would say it was excessive and a waste to barely deal with ghouls.

Ceria didn’t show any curiosity about Roman’s instructions and boiled up her mana.

Grump-puff-pap!

The imperfect blue flames light up again and again and cover the day.

– Kaaaaa!!

As the distance gets closer.

The ghoul stretched out her arms, showing off her red eyes and sharp claws.

“Distance is the advantage. Cut horizontally and fall backwards.”

Although she did not specify exactly where to cut.

Ceria knows where the sword should go.

Peeing!

Blue flames flew at the ghoul’s head in a neat semicircle.

Ceria fell behind her, avoiding the claws of her ghoul.

‘···I did it, I did it?!’

A feeling that was carried out unconsciously under Roman’s instructions.

The atmosphere of training was set by the low voice and heavy pressure hitting the back of the head from behind.

She followed what she was told as usual and was able to do it somehow.

There it is.

Ceria understood in an instant why Roman had asked her to use Aurors.

‘You had everything in mind…’

When using the auror, the cutting power is too much for the rotten flesh of the ghoul.

The moment she touched it, it split, leaving no trace of her hand having cut something.

“Next time. Same method.”

A calming bass sound that strikes you from within.

Ceria erased her rippled thoughts and tightened her grip on her sword.

“Sigh!”

Ceria swung her sword at another ghoul that had pushed past the ghoul whose head had been blown off.

She had her hair blown off cleanly without incident.

Craddangtang!

The two ghouls, who had lost the top of their bodies and were struggling, became entangled and fell to the floor.

As the movement fades away.

Only then did Seria let out the breath she had been holding.

“Hyaaaaa!!”

The difference in rank with her opponent was so great that her body did not get tired at all.

Her first experience of cutting down a monster was accompanied by a nervousness that made her mouth dry.

“Good job.”

Match. Match. Match.

When Roman let go of his pressure and clapped for her, the sound rang out.

Rike smiled with satisfaction as he watched his friend advance one step further.

“Thank you, adventurer!”

Ceria grabs her sword and bows her head towards Roman.

Roman approached her step by step and met her eye level.

“It’s ambiguous to say that undead are life, but the feeling of losing freedom from something that was moving is probably not pleasant.”

Roman comforts her with an extremely serious expression.

Ceria shook her head in embarrassment.

“No! I’m fine!”

It wasn’t something I was that seriously worried about.

She became conflicted with this act, and the more she stopped, the more amazed she was.

‘I don’t know how to deal with people yet.’

Her determination and refinement as an adventurer gave her the confidence that she could cut down monsters.

“Keep in mind that I am responsible for the sword you swung today, as it was I who instructed and ordered you to do so.”

“Well, I really…”

Roman tries to comfort himself with her eyes and voice that burns his insides.

She regretted making such a fuss until dawn so much that her face burned.

“If there are any unpleasant and sticky feelings left, it’s all my fault, and I can comfortably blame it on a platinum-level person suppressing me with authority.”

“···.”

A strong look that doesn’t seem to change no matter what happens.

Seria nodded her head without realizing it.

She lowered her gaze, avoiding Roman’s eyes, which were somehow difficult to meet.

“Anyway, well done. It was an excellent sword that shows how much effort Ceria has put in until today.”

“···Thank you.”

A voice so small that it is difficult to hear even in a noisy dungeon.

Roman straightened his back and stood up with a satisfied smile.

“What do you want to do with Ricke? Should we pull a few more from inside?”

“Ugh~ Why should I? I’m satisfied with just seeing what the dungeon space is like.”

In reality, Rike has the determination and boldness to cut off a person’s head without hesitation.

Even if she slices up the ghouls and makes a hill, she may only feel empty.

“Then, shall we go and congratulate Ceria and just change the mood?”

“I agree~”

The next move follows quickly.

Ceria, who unknowingly was at the center of the plan, raised her head in surprise.

“Eh?! Oh, no! I only caught two ghouls…?”

“If you have reached the starting point of catching a monster, you are already halfway to your goal of becoming an adventurer.”

“Umm… Anyway, it seems like too much fuss…”

“Real adventurers are the same. If they succeed in their first mission of hunting a monster, whether a goblin or a kobold, they go a little overboard and eat what they want or do what they want.”

It’s a funny tradition that was created while trying to forget the pressure of possibly dying on the next request by pretending it wasn’t something.

Nowadays, it has various meanings, and even talented adventurers who do not feel threatened are jumping on the bandwagon and enjoying it.

“It would be nice to take a walk and go fishing or hunting nearby. It would be nice to go back to the capital and eat something delicious.”

After thinking for a while, Seria remembered one thing.

“I have some pocket money saved up. There is something I have always wanted to do.”

“Huh? Save that. I’m leaving this to a senior adventurer and begging for it.”

Since she couldn’t get help here either, Ceria didn’t back down from Roman’s words.

“It’s something I have to do for it to be meaningful, so please. Please understand.”

“No, I didn’t mean to force you…”

Roman looked at Ceria’s serious face and scratched her head in embarrassment.

The girl relaxed her expression and smiled mischievously.

‘I know just a little bit, just a little bit, what kind of person he is.’

I couldn’t see it properly because it was obscured by a huge sign that said Platinum Adventurer.

I feel like I can now see Roman as an individual more transparently than before.

“Is it okay if I go back to the capital first?”

In response to Ceria’s question, Roman nodded her head and clapped his hands to gather their attention.

Match!

“Good. Request completed! Well done to both of you.”

Rike and Seria looked at each other and smiled.

I showed my gratitude to Roman with proper courtesy.

“”Thank you for your effort!!””

Go back the same way you came.

Rike, who was walking behind him with his broad back, jumped up and hung on to Roman, wrapping his arms around his neck.

“Oppa. Carry me!”

“Yes, as much as you want.”

Can you imagine that the male cadets at the academy have such an adorable side to Rikke?

‘···.’

When Rike is with Roman at her mansion, she shows cuteness and antagonism to everyone who sees her, so much so that she gets sick of it.

When Seria thinks of Rike at her academy, she still feels foreign and has not fully adapted.

I followed her with my eyes seeing something strange about her.

“Am I heavy?”

“Not at all. You were carried on a piggyback, right?”

“Huh~”

Walking with Rike on her back, shaking her legs as if she was in a good mood.

Roman was constantly paying attention to see if Seria was following along.

‘I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m not hurt, so it’s okay.’

Although Ceria was unable to fully uncover what she had in her.

Wouldn’t she one day confess to her own sister, Lily?

I felt that confident.

····

On her way back, Seria used her pocket money to buy a lot of desserts and fruits for her to share with everyone at her mansion.

To thank Roman for his teachings, she gave him a bottle of alcohol.

This is the end of the young chick adventure group’s first expedition.

In reality, all the girls did was kill two undead called ghouls, and they didn’t achieve any great external achievements.

It was a day that had a profound impact on a girl’s direction and spirit.

*****

“Hmm.”

Perfect!

The pen that was running over the document stopped.

Geritz Electra, who is carrying out her matriarchal duties by proxy, is caught up in her chronic curiosity.

‘If the church had asked for that much money… It would be right for them to be dead, right?’

The day Seria Electra came to the estate like a beggar.

It wasn’t that long ago, and I remember it vividly because the amount they were asking for was so large.

Even if he hadn’t died, he would have at least been unable to recover or had problems.

‘There’s no way I could have asked for such a ridiculous amount.’

I’m curious about how things went after this, and my work gets disrupted.

After Lily’s Electra got to gold level, all she had to do was suck her finger and watch as she took Ceria away.

What if it’s true that something happened to Lily’s Electra?

‘···It might be an opportunity.’

There were many nobles whom Seria had hinted at since she was young and had her saliva applied to them.

There is no need to go far when it comes to verification.

Geritz took out a clean sheet of paper and moved his pen to write a letter to be sent to Lofty Academy.