Chapter 113: A Fan Appears The investigation team remained at the dungeon ruins and camped outside the cave for the night. Sharga stayed inside the dungeon ruins the entire time. Tauro wondered what he was doing, but Sharga seemed to be measuring everything—the height of the ceiling, the dimensions of the room, and even the […]
Chapter 112: The Captain and His Knights The next day, Black-Gold Wings guided the investigation party to the remains of the dungeon. They encountered several monsters along the way, but the knights dispatched them so easily that Tauro’s party never needed to intervene. The quest truly required nothing more from them than guiding the route.
Chapter 111: A Conversation About Dungeons “Oh… This inn is more impressive than I expected. Was it built recently?” Sharga entered the Resting Pavilion as he spoke. Tauro and his companions didn’t follow. Instead, they told his female assistant, “We’ll return to collect you tomorrow morning,” and started to leave. “Ah, you’re Tauro, correct? Please,
Chapter 110: The Investigation Party The following day, Aeris revealed her background to Shin and Rumeya as well. Merely hearing that she was a noble delighted the two of them like excited fans. “We’ve never spoken to a noble before!” Tauro reminded them that Aeris was unusually tolerant for a noble. Most nobles placed great
Chapter 109: A Companion’s Past The dispute between Black-Gold Wings and the Jet-Black Swords outside the guild appeared to be over. Surprisingly, however, the Jet-Black Swords didn’t leave the village. They had originally come only to recruit Aeris after hearing of her reputation, so they no longer had any reason to remain. After their argument
Chapter 108: Ideals and Reality During a goblin-subjugation quest, Aeris spoke while fighting. “We should just beat them up and get it over with.” “Hmm? That’s what we’re doing now.” Using [Light Arrow] from the Bow of Artemis, Tauro shot through a massive tree and struck a fleeing goblin precisely in the back. “Not the
Chapter 107: Black-Gold Gets Harassed The next morning, an adventurer Tauro knew passed him at the guild entrance. “Sorry. I drank too much last night and let something slip.” The man put his hands together apologetically as he hurried by. “…What was that about? Good morning.” Puzzled, Tauro and his companions returned the greeting and
Chapter 106: The Appearance of Rivals? One evening, a week after Tauro and Aeris began their new life together, Black-Gold Wings returned to the guild to report the completion of an herb-gathering quest and a goblin-subjugation quest. “Tell us, what kind of team is Black-Gold Wings?” “We’re curious whether they could become rivals to the
Chapter 105: A New Life Shortly after Rumeya moved, Tauro and Aeris transformed the house by adding the extension. When Shin and Rumeya came to see how they were doing, they were astonished by the changes. “Make those for our house too—the toilet and the device on the well!” After touring the rooms, the two
Chapter 104: A New Home Tauro began constructing the roof with practiced ease. Thanks to the dexterity bonus from [Precision], he had no trouble building it from wood. “You really are skillful, Tauro,” Aeris said admiringly. “Dexterity is the one stat where my score is high,” Tauro replied with a wry smile. He finished the