Derry! Cah!

'Oh my God! "Look at me!

"Derry♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡


　Yeah, that really bothers me: ......

　When I hear these women's voices, my face gets hotter and I can't say anything more.


"Derry. Why don't you at least wave to them?

　Emma's beautiful chestnut hair twitched in front of me.

''You have to cherish this kind of popularity in Delhi. Because those girls make such a fuss like that, they will get more attention in the newspapers and the King of Adventures. The more attention we get from the King of Adventures, the more attention we get from the guilds. If you get more attention from the guild, you'll be assigned a more advanced quest ....... That's how the adventurer's world is made up, that's how Genjitsu is made up!

　That may be true, but .......

'Huh ...... another spicy look. Yay! They just need to think that they are cheering us on.

　Emma.......

　Okay. Maybe.

Well, you know. Well, but Morier is gone. Anyway, they won't assign any more 【Magic King class】 quests to you, but.......it's really meaningless for us to come to Zahalbert. Haha, that's hilarious!

　Don't be so gloomy, darling.

　A good wind will blow sooner or later.

Well, since we don't have any quests, let's go home and do some creative work.

　Emma got her kara energy up like that and headed to the inn.


　Zuo-O-On......


　By the way, I've never seen such a five-story inn before coming here.

　But I've never seen such a five-story inn before I came here.

　Not only the inn, there is no such thing as a 5th or 6th floor building in this town.

　The highest building is said to be as high as 12 stories.

　The streets are lined with carriages and countless neon lights flickering on and off.

　This is indeed the world's largest city, Zahalbert, home to the headquarters of the Adventurer's Guild.


What are you doing? I'm going to Delhi!


　I followed Emma into the entrance of the inn.

　But then.


　Shascha! Kashia!


'You are the five miracles, Emma and Derry!

'A word about Morier's absence, please!

What's the truth about brave Cross and Tiana's infatuation?


　The reporters waiting at the doorway rush toward us.


　I'm a hundred times less fond of these races than I am of yellow voices.

　I hate them, and Emma hates them even more.

　But Tiana, she said.

'You can't make the reporters angry. As long as you shut up and don't deal with them, that's all that matters.'

　So we did just that.

　Indeed.

　Even if Morier is gone, he's under fire, and if the media's impression of him is any worse, the quest class assigned to him by the guild will fall further.


''Mr. Derry! On Morier's absence and the reports of Cross and Tiana's infatuation!

　You're a persistent ......, huh?

　Emma is gone.

　Emma....... Where is she?


Get out of my way.

　I pushed the reporters away from my shoulders as they crowded in.


　◇


　When I returned to my room, Emma was still not there.

　We had been together as far as entering the inn, so she must be here somewhere in the building.

　With that in mind, I looked for each floor, the lobby, the restrooms, and finally went to the lounge of the inn.

　Callan......

　I can see the blonde's braids wriggling and shrinking at that table.

'Huh. ......'

　Ah, Tiana.

　Do you know where Emma has gone?

　And that's when I was about to step forward.

　Gashi: ......

　Someone grabs my arm.

"Derry.

　Oh, Emma.

'Shh! Hide, please.

　Emma holds up one index finger on the tip of her pretty, though not high, nose and draws her arm.


'Yo, Tiana,'

　Then I see Mr. Cross walk into the lounge.

　Just in time.

　I almost walked out between the two of them.

　Thank you, Emma.

Come on! Come and hide more here, please!

　Yup.


　Now, when Tiana noticed Cross, she slipped on the red glasses that were on the table and straightened her posture as if in a panic.

'Cross. Good job.

Yeah, you too. So, how did it go? The Guild.

...... No good. I'm sure they'll be able to assign you a normal quest, but it seems like they can't do the [Demon King Class].

Well: ......

　Basa.......

　Mr. Cross tossed the magazine onto the table and sat down on the couch across from Tiana.

'Look at this one too. You were also ranked 9th in this month's [King of Adventures] ....... I've done a lot of regular quests since then.''


　The Demon King is always designated to only 7 demon kings in the world.

　So if you try to get assigned the [Demon King Class] quest as an adventurer, it's still difficult to get to the 9th rank.

　In order to go higher than this, we still need to have all the members of the 'Miracle Five'.

　Morier, in particular, is the one that all the adventure critics are discussing.

　After all, at his age, he is already able to use two of the six attack magic attributes of the 【Highest Level 5】 magic.

　The absence of that girl was expected and the critics' "disappointment" was severe, making the evaluation of this party itself even more reluctant than it really was.

　Well ...... the other day in the [King of Adventures]

≪Without Morier, the offensive wizard, I can't help but feel thin on the overall attack.

　That's the truth, though, and it's frustrating.

　I'm an avant-garde swordsman, I'm mainly a single physical attacker, and even Cross-san, the brave one, has extended his attack power around his anti-boss spec skills.


　Callan......


　Mr. Cross at the table took a sip of the Moscow Mule he had ordered when it arrived and said, "I guess it wasn't a good idea to make him quit.

I guess I shouldn't have let him quit after all.

...... Don't talk about it.

But .......

'There is no doubt in my mind that she can no longer follow this party's adventures. It's not your fault, and it's not Eigha's fault either. It can't be helped: ...... It's not a choice.

...... Right.

It's time to have fun and be done with it.

......


　So Mr. Cross gulped down the remaining liquor in his glass.


'Hey, Tiana. Have you thought about what I've been saying for a long time: ......?

Is that what you've been saying all along?

I want you to be my official girlfriend.

　The reflection of Tiana's shoulder bones in the light beige cut and sewn dress gave me the illusion that it would finally make her collapse.

'Yea, I can't think of ...... right now,'

Tiana: "Tiana: ......

Wow! We! I think we should be putting the adventure first right now. It's a very important time, isn't it?

...... Yeah.

It's all about Morier.

I know. This is where it gets tough, right?

I'm sorry: ......

...... Then I'm going to bed.

Yeah. Good night.

　With that, Mr. Cross sat down.

'......'

　Tiana remained alone, mixing the milk tea with a spoon.



'Oh dear. ......'

　Emma next to me murmured.

''Really, Cross-senpai is so headless! He didn't realize that Eiga-senpai and Tiana-senpai were dating.

　Oh, really?

That's right. That's why Tiana can't say anything about it. That's so funny!

　Emma.......

It's a good idea for Tiana-senpai to go out with Cross-senpai if she's come this far. Cross-senpai is cool too - they say that a woman will be happier if she is with the person she likes second best.

　That's not true.

　You're obviously happiest when you're with the person you love the most.

' ....... Then you should have just followed along with him, even if you clung to his arm.

　There's no way Eiga-san would have taken her.

　Eiga-san broke up with Tiana-san in the first place because she knew that 'I won't be able to stay at the party soon'.

　If this is the case, Tiana-san was bound to say that she and Eiga-san would leave the party together. ......

'That's right. But you don't understand that, Tiana, you don't understand that at all. I'm sure you're not the only one who was hoping for a severance package or something like that. It's a good thing that you're not the only one, because that's not the case, Eiga-senpai is an idiot, so there's no way he's going to take you there! A really stupid tsundere senpai.

　Haha .......

　Don't say that Emma.

　You're the one who loves Eigha for it. ......