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Volume 12 Chapter 5 Part 6

Maybe they were all captivated by Rutina’s charm?

I won’t forgive them if they really are.

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There was an Adventurer in the house that the people of Tare have brought us to.

「Hou? So you are the chums who want to go to the Labyrinth near Tarikau, huh? 」

He is speaking the Brahim language properly.

So, is the name of the stopover place actually Tarikau? Because if so, then that is a subtle difference from Tachikawa.

A subtle one, but a difference nonetheless.

「A Labyrinth near Tarikau might be our destination as well, but we are ultimately looking for a way to get to Grineer. 」

「Grineer, huh? I have never been to Grineer before, and most likely there are going to be no Adventurers left in there. 」

「Even if going there directly is impossible now, we would like to at least get to know something about it, so if you do know something, I hope you are going to be willing to share. 」

The old Adventurer and Rutina were talking to one another. But then, right in the middle of his story, the adventurer crossed his hands in front of his body and puts the palm of his left hand on the back of his right upper arm.

Ohhh!

This is the sign of the Imperial Liberation Society!

Who would have thought that we are going to see this sign in a place like this?

I quickly performed the exact same gesture in order to show him that I was a member of the Empire Liberation Society as well.

「I see. Add me into your Party. I will bring you there. 」

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The Adventurer changed his attitude towards us completely and offered to guide us to where we wanted to go, which understandably caused the guy who brought us here to him to become greatly surprised.

「Apparently, that man is someone who does not go to the Labyrinth near Tarikau all that often, and it is even rarer for him to be guiding people there, so we can probably consider ourselves lucky. 」

Rutina whispers to me in a hushed voice, but I don’t really think it’s about anything like that.

He decided to show us the way to our destination because I am a member of the Empire Liberation Society, and members are expected to offer each other aid whenever possible.

I guess today is going to be one of those days where I have to say that I am grateful to the Duke of Hartz for recommending me to join their ranks, but I guess it still doesn’t change the fact that for Rutina he is her father’s mortal enemy.

「Alright. Vesta, sorry for leaving you out like that, but could you wait for us back home? 」

Right now, I have a full Party of six people, so if I want to add this Adventurer to my current Party, it means that one of the current members is going to have to leave it.

Sherry is pretty much a necessity for me to have, and when it comes to fighting monsters, I can neutralize all of them with one shot of my magic as long as Miria is going to be there to petrify them, so she has to stay as well.
It is always reassuring to have Roxanne by my side whenever there’s going to be a battle because of her dodging abilities, and if anything ever happened, I can order a delay in operation.

As for Vesta, she is a good addition to my Party whenever I’m going to need an escort, but under the current circumstances there is not too much sense in keeping her around, especially if you consider the fact that ever since we came to the Tare village, Rutina was the one in charge of talking to the locals and yielded magnificent results so far, so it would be pretty strange to kick her out of the Party now.

「I think I am going to be alright. 」

「I was going to ask you about it last time, but could you please take care of the rosemary while we will be gone? 」

「I understand. 」

Vesta agreed to stay behind and received orders from Roxanne.

Looking at her attitude towards Roxanne just now, is is just me… or does it seem like she was more loyal with her response to her than in her response to me?

Well, there’s nothing we can do about it now I guess. It’s Roxanne after all.

「Alright then, before we go, I need to head out for a bit. Is there a place where I could possibly use 「Field Walker」in here?」

「You can use the carpet over there.」

The Adventurer said while pointing towards the carpet that has been hung on the wall. Is he really going to allow me to use it just like that?

Well, with a decoration such as this, all that he needs to do later to remove the possibility of getting invaded by me through it later is to simply remove it from the wall, so I guess that makes at least some amount of sense, since all that it would probably take to ruin my chances of using 「Field Walker」there would be changing the carpet or shifting its position.

And since that Adventurer is not moving an inch from where he is standing, I had no choice but to go home by using 「Field Walker」instead of 「Warp」. I don’t like it, but it was a necessity to stop him from possibly asking questions if he thought that I was doing something weird.

I wonder though, in the case if he started to make a fuss, would I be able to cover it up with something like my own sloppiness?

Since he’s an old Adventurer, it might also be possible that his family no longer trusts his statements, but still, it would be better for me to not overdo it, just to be on the safe side.

「Alright, I will be going then. 」

「Yes. Have a safe trip, master. 」

I brought Vesta home and removed her from my Party, and then immediately went back to Tare.

Doing all of that didn’t take me a minute, or perhaps not even 10 seconds.

It was a simple task after all, just go back home, leave Vesta there and go back.

And since no one was looking, or rather, the only one who was looking at me was Vesta, I used 「Warp」on my trip back instead of 「Field Walker」.

There is quite a distance between Quratar and Tare, but even so, I still felt like 「Warp」was using less MP to get me there than 「Field Walker」did, even though I do not know the exact location.

「Sorry for keeping you waiting. 」

「Don’t be. It’s alright. 」

I went back to Tare and added the Adventurer to my Party.

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When I left the warp portal, the Adventurer and the guy who brought us here were having some kind of conversation.

「The one that brought us here is worried whether or not that old Adventurer is feeling okay. Apparently, he just went somewhere and disappeared without saying as much as a single word. 」

Rutina relayed the contents of their conversation to me when I returned to her side. Is he at that age where he just starts to randomly wander off to god-knows-where at times? Hard to say for sure, but when I looked at the face of the guy that guided us myself, it became clear that he was really worried about that Adventurer.

「Are we going to be okay with him taking us there then? 」