An A-Ranked Adventurer’s “Slow-living”

We talked slowly in the flower garden and came home before the evening.

"I'm Flora right now. I'm back now."

Opening the door and calling out there was no one in the living room.

"……flora?"

that? that's strange? Always meet me at the very beginning and give me the words “go home” with a smile.

"I haven't said anything for a long time. What? Flora?"

Kourne goes home and asks a question to Flora.

"Is he in the back room or went outside?"

"Hmm, sorry. But there's still some food left in the kitchen and you'll be coming back soon, right?"

Looking at Kourne's pointing kitchen, it was clear that some dishes were still being prepared.

There are soup pots that have been heated or covered, and vegetables that are being cut out are on the cutting board.

"... Oh, good. Sit down and wait for the tea."

"I got it"

When I say that, Kourne wears slippers and heads to the living chair.

Did Flora jump outside with a visitor while cooking?

I don't know why, but the inside of my chest was scared. Something bad is happening. Difficult to describe spreads in the chest.

Before brewing tea in Kurune, I move to the back room to make sure Flora is not at home.

But no one is there. The only change is that the sheets have been replaced and the pillows are lined up neatly.

When it comes to empty rooms or storage?

I closed the door and went around the empty room and storeroom, but there was no flora.

After all, Flora seems to have gone outside with a sudden visit from somebody in the middle of cooking.

I muttered in my heart to tell myself, but for some reason I could not take my anxiety in my chest.

"Ardo! Are you looking for Flora? There is something like a note on the table, so it is written here?"

When I closed the storage room door, there was a voice of Kurune from the living room.

"Thank you, I'm back now."

Indeed, if Flora leaves the house on a sudden errand, don't leave a destination with notes.

What am I nervous about?

Returning to the living room, Kourne sat pointing at the folded note on the table, smiling in his heart.

I immediately take the folded note and open it.

Then, a bundle of gold fell on the table from the folded paper.

"What's this? A thread? Maybe your hair?"

Hearing Kurune's suspicion, the noise in his chest spreads all at once.

I touch the scary golden bundle with my finger.

Silky golden hair with a nice touch that allows your fingers to pass through. I know this hair that shines in the light of the sun. I have touched it many times.

"... Flora's hair."

"Eh? What's Flora's hair? Why is it in that?"

You may find it in this note.

Despite the surprise Kourne, I open the folded paper.

"To Aldred, the dragon killer. Your woman took care of it. If you want to return, prepare yourself for the battle and come alone to the back of the forest in the south. A woman kills when saying unnecessary things to the surrounding people. -Zoac

"Now!"

"is this……!"

Looking at the memo that he peeped into, Kourne made a surprise voice.

no doubt. Flora has been kidnapped.

That's for those who belong to poor quality dark guilds.

"... Zoac"

I even heard a surprisingly low voice.

Zoak is a man who works in the underworld such as robbery, assassination, escort, and intelligence. My best skill is assassination.

Not only stealth, careful preparation, but above all, interpersonal combat is strong.

In front of Zoak, there will be no knights, mercenaries, adventurers or the like.

His instinct to survive and his fighting instinct are dangerous.

If they take the flora away, you don't know what you're doing.

Once that was considered, anxiety, anxiety, and anger arose over the kidnapper Zoac.

I noticed that my body was moving freely.

He throws out a simple hatred note and goes out of the living room.

"Aldo! Calm down!"

However, Kurune hugged it and stopped it.

When you are in a state of fighting for an important person at once, your voice gets involuntarily disturbed.

"The flora has been taken away !? Can you calm down?"

"That's why you can't go in such a state. I'm going to go to Zoac who took Flora without a weapon against the opponent !? Be a little calm!"

"Speaking of the origin, the reason that Flora was taken away is that Courne came here!-This is as soon as Courne came!-It is surely followed by kingdom officials-"

“…………”

I shouted at me, but looked back at Crunez's hurt expression and returned to me.

Now I have uttered the worst words.

"... I'm sorry. Speaking of this, it was because I fled without talking to the kingdom. I'm sorry to say something that pushes responsibility."

"... No, it's bad I came to threaten Aldo's life. I'm sorry."

Seeing Kourne laughing lonely somewhere, I feel extra regret.

If you leave it here, your bond with your old friends will break.

With that feeling, I bow again and apologize.

"I'm really sorry Kurune. I said something pretty bad."

"... It's okay. It's always normal for you to do things on your own, and it's always the same to follow each other.

"No, but I jumped out without saying anything to the kingdom-"

"Yes, yes, you're back to the words I mentioned earlier? You don't have to apologize. See, sit down and talk."

I'm sitting on a chair with Krune pushing my back.

Yes, Kourne was always like this.

Even if a male member of "Kurogin" does a terrible thing and does terrible things, even if it bothers him, it will be accepted at the end.

Of course, if we apologize we won't forgive anything, but if we were going to make the wrong choice, we would always be right and face-to-face.

It was probably thanks to the support of the only woman, Kourne, that our unreasonable party didn't break up without trouble.

I'm sorry to understand it now. An unreliable leader.

But I can't help telling you here.

It is important to be calm and act now.

"If you were Zoak, you were in the dark guild of that kingdom, right?"

"Oh, no doubt. Perhaps you were commissioned by a nobleman of the country."

I know that some nobles are connected to the Dark Guild.

Given who takes me back to the country to get the most, it's noble.

At such times, nobles who try to make a difference without any prejudice have a few things to consider.

"If you want to bring Aldo back to the country, what's wrong about preparing for the fight? If you want to bring him back, you'll have to take the hostage, Flora, in a chariot and bring Aldo to the kingdom, right?"

That's true. It's weird to get ready for the fight, even though you've taken flora to recall me.

The best way to keep things going is to do exactly what Kourne says.

"Are there any other intentions?"

"... I think it's probably a rematch or revenge with me, because I and Zoak fought in the past on a noble escort request."

It was about when I became an A-rank adventurer. I and Zoak fought one-on-one, asking to escort a noble who was targeted by a dark guild.

"Oh, we didn't see it, but how was it then?"

"I escaped when I cut one eye of him."

One eye was cut, and he laughed while painting on blood, and was terrified at the slashing appearance.

"in addition……"

"in addition?"

Remembering me, Kourne turned forward.

"I feel like I was saying something on the day of the dragon killing parade, but what did you answer at that time?"

"... It's reasonable that Zoak attaches to Aldo."