Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka - Volume 03 (15 page)

While I widened my eyes in shock and was speechless, Seal-san only watched the holding hands in silence. As if she wanted to say, I caught you, and seemed to confirm the temperature that exists there.

Just like this, my face instantly flushed red. Seal-san raised her head, with her cheeks dyed red as if she was excited, and, at the same time, she uttered the next sentence.

“Bell-san, I wanted to see you…….!”

“……”

GachaGacha, I was currently washing dishes in the sink filled with water.

Inside the kitchen, the catpeople cooks were hurriedly rushing back and forth inside the bar. I was currently quietly focusing on washing dishes.

“Sorr??y, Bell-san! I specifically made you come and work for me!”

“I was specifically pulled by you over here, right!? Or is there nothing else to say!”

Facing Seal-san, who trotted over and clapped both her hands to apologize, words flew out aggressively as I cried out.

Not so long ago, I was hit by Seal-san’s trap and fell into a dilemma where I had to help wash dishes.

“If I do not greet others and was lazy……resting during work, I would not only be scolded by Mia mama, I would even have lots of chores being forced upon!”

“Isn’t this completely unrelated to me!?”

And I might as well say it, but didn’t you say “lazy” earlier?

But then again, Seal-san, who was, patapata, walking back and forth from the kitchen, indeed looked busy.

She was assigned the mission of helping out the waiters that were extremely busy and was walking repeatedly doing the actions of entering and exiting the space between the shop and kitchen.

“I say, hurry and work nyaa, white hair.”

“Boy, you were already sold by Seal. Just obediently acknowledge your fate nyaa.”

“Uuuu……”

While I was being ordered around by the shop personnel, Anya-san and Chloe-san, I was desperately washing dishes.

Although I was naturally not relieved……but considering how I was taken care of in various situations, plus I was still letting Seal-san make lunch for me, so I decided to endure willingly.

I really didn’t want to do this to repay my debt. While I thought about this, I desperately replaced Seal-san by doing her chores.

“……”

In addition, I do not know why I was secretly glad that I could empty my brain and completely immerse in this job that I do not know when it will be finished.

If I do not bury myself into some kind of work, it feels like I was recall the matter surrounding that person again.

I could only close my mouth and quietly wipe the dishes.

“Are you alright, Cranel-san.”

“Eh……?”

“This amount is extremely ferocious. Allow me to also help.”

Inadvertently, a female shop personnel came to my side.

With a slender body that seems to snap when it was touch, and thin pointed ears.

An elf with azure eyes that seem to swallow your consciousness if you watch them. It was Ryuu-san.

“S…Sorry. I made you specifically help……”

“No problem. It is also true that it is Seal’s fault. Towards Seal’s responsibility, the colleagues that sat idly are also wrong. It should be this side that apologizes. Our etiquette was ill and it feels guilty.

“N…Nonono, there is no such thing!?”

While I watched and listened to the overly serious Ryuu-san, I panicked as I was still washing the dishes. Although I already knew that this person had upright manners, but it may be far beyond my imagination.

Probably, from another perspective, she was an elf that follows the rules straightforwardly.

“What happened?”

“Uh??“

“I may be a bit nosy, but you seem to be depressed.”

I was stunned and looked towards the side. At the same time, I looked at Ryuu-san who was neatly washing the dishes.

An elf is a race that had an appearance that stands out from others. Even her face from the side was, without exception, perfect. Although I do not know where it exuded a cold feeling, but it indeed had a beauty that could charm others.

“If you are fine with me, then can I listen to the details.”

“……”

“There is still some guilt that exists for leaving all this work here to you. If you do not mind, you only need to speak freely.”

Truthfully, under Ryuu-san’s goodwill and kindness, I really wanted to come clean with the emotions inside my heart.

However, I can’t do it. I don’t want to do it.

The act of me suffering from the shock of how weak I was and being thrown back a few streets behind the person that I longed for. The current me can’t do it. Inside my heart, there was still a part of me that exists inside a net of pride.

I once again understood how pathetic I was. However, as an alternative, I tried to put forward a question.

After listening to Aizu-san’s , I wanted to clear the doubts that had been born.

“About that, Ryuu-san……Were you once a Adventurer?”

“……Yes. Before, I had also been labeled with the title of an Adventurer. What about it?”

I did not plan on inquiring about Ryuu-san’s past and I asked her again.

“Upgraded a Lv. …… , what do you have to do to get it?”

Although I had always had a vague idea about how I just have to continue to earn , but it always seem to be a bit wrong.

Just like the difference in power between a Lv. 1 and a Lv. 2……It was just like a wall.

Then for a , is there also something that exists in order to surpass this towering and sinister wall, this kind of hazy thoughts emerged.

After Ryuu-san had listened to the question, she looked at me and slowly spoke.

“Just by earning an achievement.”

“……Eh?”

“You must earn an achievement. A feat that even the people and the Gods would praise.”

Achieve…ment……?

“Defeating an enemy stronger than yourself……Earning a higher rank . Once that passes a certain amount, that is the conditions for a Level Up.”

Acquiring a higher rank ……In other words, no matter how many weaker existence I defeat, I will still not . The only thing that still has some merits is basic abilities.

If I do not defeat an existence that is far more powerful than myself, or even worse, if I do not do an achievement that the heroes from the past had done……There is no way for me to reach higher heights?

“Level Up and the strengthening of the body and the heart……it is equivalent to the material’s evolution. Also, the God’s would only give higher qualifications towards the people that passed through the trails.”

“So if that’s the case, the basic abilities……”

“Uhhh. In extreme terms, the basic abilities that are gradually accumulated will not be a cornerstone for earning an Achievement.”

However, the basic abilities are also the hints for qualification.

When basic abilities have reached 6 levels or above ?? Reaching D rank, then it is the first time achieving the qualifications of , she taught me this.

“However, even if you fight against Monsters that are stronger than yourself……In a fight against a more powerful enemy, wouldn’t you normally lose……”

The main reason is that because they are stronger than you.

“Although technique and adaptability can also fill the gaps between it……I will introduce here a general opinion.??Forming a party.”

“Party?”

“Yes. Relying on mutual cooperation to complement each other to make up for the defects of a Lower Level and defeating the enemy. Orario Adventurers will all repeat this process numerous times and gradually become stronger.”

Although at that time, the earned will be shared between the partners, but this method is the best means of the weak overthrowing the strong.

“Cranel-san. If you really wish to become stronger, the presence of a team is essential. It is best if you keep it in your mind.”

“Okay……”

But, in that case, that person also……

Using her own power alone, she defeated a floor boss, an extremely powerful enemy. The heights that person achieved, how far did it extend to……

From start to finish, I was simply consciously bounded towards the existence of a goal. At the same time, I seem to understand our respective position.

“…….The rest can be considered that I speak out of turn. Is that okay?”

“Ah, no problem. Please.”

As if it was a formal speech giving advice to me, who did not understand even if I racked my head, Ryuu-san said.

“Cranel-san. As long as the number of people are different, it contains a different meaning of an Adventure.”

“……?”

“I do not know what kind of Adventure you will be taking in the future. However, please do not look away from that Adventure, from the meaning of that Adventure.”

At the same time I was trying to figure out the true meaning of her words, Ryuu-san continued and said the next sentence.

“You are an Adventurer.”

Following just that sentence, it spread apart from my chest, entered the depths and remained there.

“The things you desire. Although it is only speculation, it is probably nowhere to be found except right ahead.”

“Ha…Ha……”

“……No, please do not worry too much. This is only my 6th sense, there are often always mistakes.”

Although in that instant, I seem to have slightly widened my eyes towards Ryuu-san, who was smiling. However, in the blink of an eye, I was greeted by the usual cold face.

I could not believe it and continued to stare. After I was inquired by her sight “What is it”, I hurriedly replied “Nothing at all”.

After some period of time, we finally finished washing the dishes.

“Many thanks, Cranel-san. If I can, then please visit this bar again next time.”

“Okay, I’ll come again next time.”

I was watched by Ryuu-san, who still have work to do, as I walked out of the kitchen entrance. I passed through the doors of the . After looking at the bustling open seats of the bar, I prepared to walk back towards the headquarters.

“Bell-san.”

“……Seal-san.”

After being called upon, I turned around. Seal-san was currently standing at a position not too far away.

Did she desperately tried to finish her work as a waitress, the pair of white cheeks were currently glowing red.

“Today, I am so sorry…….I am really grateful for it.”

“Ah, no. Although I had said these words in the beginning, but I have been subjected to a lot of care by Seal-san everyday……”

My gaze lingered towards the ground. Only then did I notice a tail and a bun that was connected the back of head was nearby. At the same time, I slightly slurred.

Having such a serious attitude, wouldn’t it make the things that should be blamed for become something that is impossible to be blamed?

Anyways, I originally did not have any intentions to go into this further.

“……Bell-san.”

“……?”

Seal-san looked up and used her pale gray eyes to look at me.

Her shallow lips opened up and gently closed, as if she was struggling to say something. I tilted my head.

“Because I…am not an Adventurer-sama, so I do not know what to say……”

“Seal…san?”

“……Isn’t it fine to not go on an Adventure?”

Towards the quietly words, I widened my eyes.

Afterwards, Seal-san looked away slight, her upright eyebrows dropped, as if she was revealing a wry smile.

“Please don’t…force yourself. No matter what. Only this point I wanted to convey.”

“……”

“……Why am I afraid right now?”

With a foggy heartbeat, Seal-san whispered the last words.

Probably, she had heard the conversation between me and Ryuu-san.

As a civilian, she must have sensitively reacted to the content, which we, Adventurers, may have already been numbed about.

“Sorry, saying these unclear words.”

“No……”

“The lunch, I will continue to make. Please continue to accept it from now on.”

Actually, there is no need to force yourself, I said while revealing a wry smile. At the same time, I understood the meaning behind that sentence.

She hoped that the day, where I could not accept this lunch, will never come. This was what she was conveying.

After bowing down beautifully with a neatly dressed waiter outfit, Seal-san returned to the shop with a face filled with smiles.

“……”

The warm orange light and the bustling laughter sounds continued to leak out from the bar. I stood there, staring at the sky.

There was a feeling that there were two paths in front of me.

The path pointed out by Ryuu-san and the path that was advised by both Seal-san and Eina-san.

??.

??.

Probably, most certainly, it was two sentences that were extremely opposites.

My heart did not continue to think and the voice of those people continued to quietly overlap together.

Maintaining the state where I was at the entrance of a crossroad, I continued to stare at the sky.

* * *

The first light of the morning shone down from the dawn skies. It faintly illuminated the outer edge of the city.