I want to protect you in this hand.

Day two of the first dungeon. Four days of attack from today.

"Hurry as fast as you can until the 10th floor. Miscellaneous fish missed. Then let's go!

Attack begins with Noah's hanging voice. I arrived on the 10th floor in the morning.

"Defeat all demons from here. Tomorrow, we'll see how long the demons are recovering, four days back and forth using the 10th floor as a base. That's good."

Shall we have a tummy then? I couldn't make lunch, so I'll serve the mobile soup for this time. Long time no see. Mr. Kuntz is probably not used to it, so I'll prepare a meal here.

"Tea in soup in a dungeon..."

I'm talking bumpy. Imperial people are cute even for adults! So did Mr. Cullen, though.

"Isn't it cute?

Why! Cyril spotted me.

From the 10th to the 20th floor, it is a demon of the same lineage and strength as Merrill's dungeon. But if there were nine adventurers, it would be perfectly fine. I dived more, but this time it's validation, I decided to stay on the 20th floor.

"Mr. Kuntz, you're tired."

"You guys are monsters"

"I'm just used to it."

"Arsh, how old are you?"

"14"

You're in the middle of nowhere.

"I already graduated. That's why I can study abroad."

"I'm used to it..."

"With Umar, I started training at the age of eight, dungeoned in with luggage at the age of 10, and became an adventurer at the age of 12. I went to school in between."

"No, you're a child."

"My parents died early, so I need to work to live."

……

Mr. Kuntz shuts up.

"Arsh, can you get me this tea?"

"Fine, it's getting a little old. Shall I put on some cookies?"

"Okay, please"

Mr. Noah spoke to me. Noah's tea is always good. Once we had tea, me and Mal rested in a small tent. The dungeon is fine. But you hardly use magic...

Cyril and Will rest as they surround sleeping Arsh and Mal.

"Kunz, you rest too."

"... what are these kids"

"What... an adventurer. He'll be in the Empire, like an orphan."

"At first glance, you look and behave like a lady, but when you're interested, you run out, energetic and bright, and yet when you have a sword poorly, you're stronger than a female knight. Very inconsistent where."

"From an Imperial soldier's point of view."

"It's not very different, it's unsettling"

"The first time we had these kids was when we were nine."

"Nine."

"I ran a lodging house."

"Parents?"

"No, I was already an orphan by then. I was putting together an orphan in the area, doing business and starting a lodging house, it's a cozy lodging house, if you ever go to Merida one day, you should stop by."

……

"It's definitely different. But none of the kids would feel better. Oh, I'm grown up now or I'll always feel like a child."

Noah said to her lover.

"It's hard tomorrow when you're tired, Kunz. Rest. It's work, too."

"Oh."

The next day, I slowly ascend from the 20th floor. The number of demons is clearly low. Go up to the 10th floor without hunting as much as possible.

Day three. Fall back. The number of demons has not recovered.

Day four.

"Cooper, Arsh, I'm sorry about that. I'll take care of it until the 10th floor today."

"I am!

"Will waved his sword, be patient"

"Chi."

"What begins?

"Kunz, well, watch."

After three days, the number of demons has not recovered. But quite. Okay, then.

"Arsh."

"Mr. Cooper."

Align your gaze. You want to go!

"Magic!

"Kunz, take a good look. A soldier won't be the first to see magic. This is Merida's magician."

I think that was a vivid fight. Flames dance. The wind cleaves. Sometimes the crushes fly, and the flames dance between them. The demons fall one after the other. I felt like I got to the 10th floor in no time.

On the 10th floor, Mal prepared me for lunch. Kunz is relieved. Mr Noah laughed and said.

"Let's not knock him out too much anymore. There was a harvest."

"Yes!"

Going to the guild, Mr. Greg and Mr. Cullen, Mr. Ted, Dan, and Mr. Jonas were waiting.

"Hey, you guys, oh?

"Kunz? You look pale."

"Maybe a little tired, Jonas, give him a break"

"It's okay."

"The guild's work is done. We're off tomorrow, but what do you guys do?

"Mr. Cullen, how are you going out of town?

"I do! Arsh, Mal, shall we go?"

"Let's do that! Mr. Greg, Mr. Cullen, you owe me!

"Ooh. Jonas, Kuntz, you guys rest too. I'm hanging out at the inn."

The next day, Mr. Karen and Mal and I went around the market to buy in dried mushrooms and eat skewers at the stalls. Cyril and Will were going around with Dan.

He said the guild didn't have a problem after all. The dungeon turns out to be only about one-third of Merida's demons, so we can do it on the scale of adventurers today. However, they want to add a little more if possible, or just give the quality of the adventurer.

The same thing has to be verified in the second dungeon. The second dungeon is a two-day carriage west of the first dungeon. We attacked in the same way, and here again we got the same results about the surge of demons. The same goes for guilds.

And here Mr. Jonas turned pale, relieved, and returned tired.

"Kunz, I'm sorry"

"Do you understand?"

"We didn't know anything about the Empire."

"The islanders knew more about the dungeon than we did. And I'm trying to find out more."

"The occasional dungeon by the Imperial Capital just swelled up, and I didn't even think about countermeasures"

"Isn't it easy to prepare for the surge, really?"

"You guys, don't think too much"

"Mr. Greg......"

"Adventurers and military men are different. If a soldier moves on his own because he thinks too much, the army will no longer be formed. Don't put too much shoulder in us."

"But"

"Lambs were fascinating. They're the nasty ones that are naturally driven when they're around. But what if that bothers you guys and you get framed for quitting the army? Don't make me sad."

……

"Monitor us properly and tell them as they are. Without having personal feelings. That's fine. They don't give a lot of weight anyway."

"Yes......"

I only thought he was a selfish good man. I had no idea you were such a great one! But Mr. Jonas and Mr. Kuntz will regret the emotion at this time.