Chapter 327
Chapter 327 - Let's Go to the Forest
The day after they made a fuss in the bar . After early morning training and breakfast were over, Kazane and the others said goodbye to Yohan and Margo at the carriage station for Wombard City . They had already registered as a party, which meant they could exchange emails . Mutually telling each other to get in touch if anything happened, Kazane's group parted from the sunglasses pair .
After that was independent action time . The girl's group decided to part with Naoki, Jinrai, Louise, and Mefirus to go shopping . Well, there were various things that only girls had to buy . Perhaps other players had spread such things, as fortunately, Kazane and the others hadn't really been troubled in that direction . Hooray for modern knowledge cheat .
And when Kazane and the others were finished shopping, they returned to the inn . Lyle and Naoki were waiting together there, and Naoki was holding a request from the Adventurers Guild .
◎ Shijiri City, Bolshisa Inn
「Naoki, what is that?」
Kazane asked while looking at the request form fluttering in Naoki's hands .
「A request . Ah, of course, I haven't accepted it yet . 」
Naoki didn't plan to accept quests without the input of his older sister . . . or, rather, the party leader .
Though at this point, there was still a month before the coronation . Kazane thought it would be fine for him to accept an individual request, but that didn't seem to be the situation here .
「It's just, someone clung to me in tears for a little when I went to the Adventurers Guild . For now, I only consulted with some friends and brought this . 」
The request was apparently suggested to Naoki by an acquaintance .
Naoki was staying in this Shijiri City before he met Kazane and the others . And while working as a bouncer at Jin Sword Tavern, he also acted as an adventurer, so he was fairly well known in this town . Putting it more simply, he was a handsome guy with high communication ability, so he was very popular .
「It seems quite troublesome . Can I take a look?」
Naoki handed the request form to Kazane, who checked the contents . Then Emily's gaze pierced Naoki .
「Hey, Naoki . The person you said clung to you in tears was a receptionist, wasn't it . 」
「Well . . . yeah . 」
「No way . Is that lipstick mark on your neck from that receptionist?」
「Ah? Seriously? No, this is from Organ's place . 」
It was jokingly attached when they met a woman in the red-light district shop under Organ's protection . Lyle in the back had a kiss mark on his cheek, and he had an ecstatic expression .
「Ah, is that sooo . Realllly?」
Then Emily's cold words and Tiara's sad gaze were turned toward Naoki . After Naoki's words, Kazane looked at him like she was looking at a disappointing child and thought (Ah, he's putting on airs . . . ) . On the other hand, Yumika didn't care . Also, Lyle seemed happy and thought (This is nice) as he watched with a warm gaze . It felt like their behavior wasn't something high school girls would normally do to an older boy, but it seemed that was completely ignored, so it couldn't be helped .
「No, nothing happened . There was nothing, Aneki . 」
Naoki's words were fully anxious about his sister's gaze, but Kazane nodded with an expression full of fondness .
(I understand . I get it . You did your best to draw the kiss mark yourself, didn't you . )
While exuding such warm tenderness, she nodded .
「Wel, well, if you understand, then it's fine . 」
Naoki thought her actions meant she believed his words, and he sighed with relief . Naoki probably would have noticed Emily and Tiara's jealousy if Kazane wasn't there, but Naoki felt like he had earned his older sister's trust, so he was completely self-absorbed in thinking「Good . 」He was a sinful man .
「So then, this request is for a quest in the Black Stone Forest . 」
「It says Mad Spider subjugation . 」
The Black Stone Forest was a place where Black Crystals could be harvested . It was said that Ogres and the like lived there .
「That's right . Since the number of Ogres has decreased recently, it seems Mad Spiders have spread from the Dark Forest . 」
「If I remember correctly, we heard about the Black Stone Forest during the Berserk Ogre incident . . . 」
Yumika remembered and so muttered . Kazane nodded after those words .
「That's right . If I'm not mistaken, the Berserk Ogre left that forest with his companions when he attacked Winlard . 」
The Ogre invasion called『Berserk Ogre Swarm Subjugation』that attacked Winlard City . That was when the name Ogre Killing Princess became known to the world, and THAT was the core of the Ogre band who had lived in the Black Stone Forest .
And when he heard that story, the『Dragon Eating Ogre King's Greaves』that Kazane was wearing, which had an organic shape like black muscles, started shaking .
「Nn, he's reacting?」
Yumika happened to see that situation and asked Kazane .
「Mmm . It looks like he's angry that his territory has been invaded . It seems the Ogres and Mad Spiders in that area are on considerably bad terms . 」
Kazane answered based on the image transmitted from her『Dragon Eating Ogre King's Greaves』 .
「Even in Minshiana, the Dark Forest is only moderately far . 」
In Hyvern, the Dark Forest was just below the floating island, but Dark Forests were normally in remote hinterlands . Even in the same forest, the types of monsters changed depending on the density of Magic Particles . There were monsters that weren't super strong inhabiting the areas where Magic Particles were relatively thin .
「The area near the entrance to the forest is a habitat for Mad Spiders, and it seems they've often fought against the Ogres in the Black Stone Forest since long ago . 」
Naoki heard from the receptionist that such scenes had been witnessed and reported by adventurers many times .
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