"Dark Wolf Cave" is a labyrinth for new adventurers because of its subtle name. In a cavernous labyrinth with five levels of depth, a wolf emerges at night: the Dark Wolf. Neither aggression nor endurance would be so high that the fighting dogs trained by the Tamer position would be stronger. However, he is excellent at diving into the darkness and erasing signs and agility, and the unfamiliar can be unconscious. The most challenging of the labyrinths a G-class adventurer can get into.

"Shh!

"Geez!?

Nick beat the dark wolf down with a counter.

Screaming like a pathetic dog, the Dark Wolf falls down.

Then two more, Nick attacked me.

One dark wolf jumps and hits from above.

One dark wolf strikes from below like crawling through the ground.

"Flying in a detour will limit your movements, you're a bad hand"

Nick intercepted the Dark Wolf coming from above at a rate called Wolf Kaya.

Swing your legs like a sickle and slap your heels.

"Wow!?

Then he blew the Dark Wolf downward and slammed it against the other Dark Wolf.

"Sora!

And slap your fists into the Dark Wolf with precision.

The three of them were quickly cleaned up.

"... I'll do it well. Hey, that's such a trick, Artisan"

"Fool. No. He who fought so hard will come as to dive behind the Dark Wolf, without magic or anything."

"Sorry, I don't know. It's a world."

Now Nick and Tiana were both here.

It's for Nick to sharpen his fights for the duel.

Tiana is escorting us to not be able to explore the labyrinth alone, but Nick is the only one defeating the Dark Wolf.

"Normally, that's not how it would be defeated...... Prevent the first attack, attack and defeat."

"I don't want you to talk about normal."

"Why?"

"You can find the Dark Wolf hiding in Magic Sovereignty and smash him down with a pre-emptive attack. With you, the avant-garde must be hippocampal to defeat Zako."

"Phew, not a good thing"

Tiana smiles proudly.

"Well, it's a good thing it's safe. A little dull, thanks to you."

"That's why you don't have to train so impotently. Don't even pull out your dagger, I can't believe you just knuckle guard for fighting and knock down demons"

"What the hell. I'm gonna kick your ass."

"So, is a guy named Leon strong enough that Nick has to take care of it all?

"I mean, it's strong... it's weird"

and Nick returned an ambiguous answer.

"Wonderful?"

"I don't know what to say, but I'm confident I can get to a pretty good place if it's just my fighting arm. Well, not as much as I can beat my boss in a fight."

"Yeah."

"But Leon lured me into a two-on-one situation."

"Well, two to one would be bad."

"I'm not. You knew there wasn't anybody around. I wasn't ambushed. It was as if Leon knew the moment to pinch, and a helper ran."

"Uh, you care about that."

"... On second thought, there was something wrong with you when you first met Leon. Even when I was talking to Clodine, Leon and the others showed up as soon as we broke up, even though I didn't know I'd been kicked out of the party. It's like that's what I told you right away."

"... there's something I don't know what it is, but I shouldn't be alarmed,"

"Oh."

"That's a problem you can handle with fighting training?

"No, I just don't know. I don't know, I move my body, I move my head."

"Didn't you move your head?

"That's Karan and Zem, not me. I also asked Zem to do some research. I might ask you to do the same."

"I don't mind if you have an idea. Tomorrow, how can I help you now?

"My body's finally warming up, so I'm going a little down to the lower tier. Leave me a message."

"You're an unexpected brain muscle... be careful!

Nick replied, waving his fist lightly.

Tiana watched over it in disdain.

"... well, it's time to go back"

Nick came back in the back of the labyrinth alone.

"Hey, I'm not sweaty. Here."

"Sorry."

I mean, what are you dressed for?

"I took it off because it's hot"

Tiana threw a towel at Nick with a naked upper body and gave it to him.

"Did you knock down about thirty? Well, not bad. It's gonna be a dime."

"How dare you, I'll do it without any magic... You're bleeding out of your arm."

"Oh, I didn't get bit. It's a little rocky."

"Sit down because I'll stop the bleeding. And see Zem when you get back."

"I know. I'm taking a break. Breathe out."

"Yes, sir."

As Nick lowered his hips to the rock, Tiana began to teeter her intervention with hemostatic herbs and bandages.

And then I just gave Nick the water bottle.

"Thankyou."

"Thank you for coming."

"... by now, are those guys seriously studying"

"Karan and Zem? Are you all right? Because Karan's a serious kid, too."

"Right. Are you serious..."

"You mean?

"Don't be plain and a little worried"

"That's where the leader hangs on your arm."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Nick wiped his sweaty body with a towel as he shrugged his shoulders.

Not a wild, fat body like a formidable warrior.

But it's a lean, tight body.

There are also many scars.

There was something to be described as the fruit of an irresistible workout and adventure.

Tiana feels somewhat rude staring and turns to the day after.

In the meantime Nick wiped his sweat and weaved his jacket with feathers.

My body heat was pulling, and Nick was starting to feel a little cold.

That's when Tiana asked puffy.

"You know."

"What?

"Do you still like that girl named Clodine?

"You can't be! I'm gonna get mad!!!

"Oh, I knew you'd be angry?

"There's no way you're not mad at me for looking down on me. I was dating him. Erase the past itself... Is Tiana different?

Tiana has a similar experience with Nick.

A man who thought he was his lover took a hand with another woman and fell into himself.

Such a dark past.

"Hmmm...... In my case, if you say you're angry, you're angry. I don't know what I'd do if I was in front of you."

But what was in Tiana's eyes was a teasing rage, unlike a viscous obsession.

"But you don't want to erase the past or hunt it down to the end of the earth and kill it."

Nick couldn't say, "No, it's normal, right?"

Tiana was serious.

"I will never forgive you for putting it in a trap. It's not just me, it's even bothered my school teacher, and he thinks he'll definitely regret it one day. You just don't really regret that you liked someone... rather than"

"Rather than?

"I have to be passionate about something. It's love, it's play, it's adventure. Maybe graduate from school, Alex... oh, I mean my ex-fiancée. Even when I married him and became his wife, I felt tired of running away somewhere."

"You know what that is. Tiana, you're not a young lady."

"Hey, isn't that the way you put it?

"Oh, no, you said it yourself!?

"That's not true," he said. Anyway, I'm serious. "

"Oh, wow."

"I don't like your ex. I hate the tiger guy next door. That's why I cut it on the spot. It's not for Nick. Because I wanted to, I just did."

"It feels good the other way when you say it so vividly"

"Isn't it?

"I'm probably gonna want to beat you up when I see your ex, too."

"You look like you want to hit me. So."

"So?"

"You do what you want, too."

"What do you want to do, or"

"Of course, I know it's something you might want to do when you see a bard (idol) playing (live), like beating a guy you don't like, playing a beating, but not just that. There's something like a sign of life, right?

That's what Nick remembered when he said it was about the party he was enrolled in before.

"… sign, or"

"Yes, yes."

"Is Tiana something?

"Me? Well... I guess being a wise man"

"Sage?"

"As a magician, as a scholar, when you're recognized in both, you get the title of Wise Man from the Society of Wizards."

"Heh... are you like an S-class adventurer?

"Right. Well, I don't get paid out of the state, so it's like an honorary qualification. But with that, I can get a job at any institute, and I have the right to meet with the royal marquis in person. A lot of people are after me."

"Are you still after me?

"In the meantime, I'm going to write a paper between adventure and gambling. There's only a few possibilities for you to admit it at the sorcerers' association."

"Wow... it's the heavenly world"

Nick leaked an exclamation sigh.

"What, if you're an S-class adventurer, it's possible for you too. You know, class A and above gives you a title, so you can be a nobleman too."

"Oh, I know that. No pay, but a labyrinth city can make a big face. It's like a celebrity."

"Oh, my God, I knew it"

"Yeah, but more than that, A and S are heroes."

"Hero?"

"Usually just an awesome, strong adventurer, an extension of Class C or D. But when you're overwhelmed with demons, adventurers above A level take the lead in crusading demons. Or sometimes we catch the big bad guy with the bounty neck. Everyone in Labyrinth City respects them. Just a hero."

"I'm familiar with that.... maybe you're looking for an A-level adventurer or something?

To Tiana's words, Nick shook his neck sideways in loneliness.

"... no, I didn't mean it like that myself"

"But?"

"Me, I wanted to rank the old nest party. They were all skilled warriors and were never dreams. Even in a labyrinth where magicians are said to be impossible to attack without them, they can survive with their power."

"... yeah"

"So if you do what you do right, even grade A, maybe even grade S. It was as strong as that. That's what I wanted the leader to be more appreciated by the public."

If you notice, Nick, the lotus-leaved wording as usual had disappeared.

"My parents were pedestrians, traveling from town to town. I've been walking all over a lot of places when I got my mind on it. But the bandits attacked me and both my father and mother died. That's when Argus helped me by knocking down the bandits... the leader of the martial arts hundreds. After that, he taught me how to adventure and fight a kid I couldn't do anything about."

"It was..."

"So, I wanted to repay you. I thought I would make up for what I lacked in martial arts in general. I think he actually made it up to me. But..."

Nick didn't say the words ahead.

"... So you regret it?

"Regret?"

"That Argus was working hard for people. Should I have done nothing?

"No... I don't know"

Nick looked difficult, and opened between them and shook his neck to the side.

"Maybe it was solitary, but I don't really know who I was for not doing anything. It was a theory of result that I was wrong or kicked out, and for me it was necessary to do something for someone."

"Yes."

"Now, I'm gonna give them back! That's how I feel. I look forward to the day when that ungrateful asshole will regret it!

Nick laughed when he said so.

Tiana smiled when she saw it.

"It's not good. It's important that I pay you back. I wish I could have looked down on you from the top saying that you would have been an A- or S-level adventurer and I would have been right. You seem so funny to be the hero of the city."

"... that feels good too"

"That's what I meant."

"Well, I'll get you to work for me, too."

"Yes, sir. But you're the star of this duel. Good luck with that."

Nick turned to the day after tomorrow and put his head around just because he was hurt.

Tiana watched it in a smiling mood.