Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 440: Now After leaving the group
There was a time when Aeris was a recluse in the Van Dyne Marquisate.
That said, she spent most of time doting on her twin siblings.
Although Aeris’s injury wasn’t something noticeable to others, it was interfering with her walking, so she didn’t show it very often.
However, as she continued living like this, she suddenly realized something
Soon it would be time for her adventurer rank to be demoted.
An adventurer’s rank will be demoted if they have not done a quest for more than two months, and if it has been more than five months, their adventurer status will be revoked.
Even though Aeris had made the decision to retire as an adventurer, she felt uneasy about losing the adventurer rank she had accumulated over the years.
It was a memory of Tauro and the others, and also a source of pride for her.
So, when the demotion deadline loomed, she went to the Adventurers’ Guild in the capital and accepted a quest to gather medicinal herbs to avoid demotion.
After completing the herb gathering quest, I realized that it had been a long time since I last traveled outside the capital.
“…this used to be my normal.”
Aeris was caught by surprise once again.
she thought she had given up completely, with her injury and everything, so she chuckled at her own fickle mind.
“…I see. I still haven’t given up on my days of adventure with Tauro and the others… I’m not good at being a quitter.”
Aeris laughed at herself, because even then, when it was time for her to be demoted, she would take on the herb-gathering quests.
Then Ragune came to see her.
And she did so with three of her fellow dragon people in tow.
Among them was a True saint.
According to Ragune, she had consulted with the True Saint to see if she could treat Aeris’s leg.
Besides, since Tauro was being targeted by the remnants of the assassination guild, he thought that Aeris might also be targeted, so he asked them to guard her as well.
The three members of the Dragon People’s Tribe gladly accepted and became something like guardians for the Marquis Vandyne family.
Marquis Van Dyne immediately recognized that these three were no ordinary people and welcomed them with open arms.
And so began the treatment of Aeris’s leg.
At first, the treatment was very difficult, as it started with a lot of trial and error and was often accompanied by severe pain.
In the meantime, Ragune would occasionally visit through the “dimensional corridor” to check on things.
During the painful treatment, it was a temporary moment of comfort to hear Ragune’s occasional stories about the adventures of the “Black Golden Wings” group after she’d left.
This became a great motivation for Aeris, and she studied under the three dragon-people (especially the True Saint), who taught her skills and gave her knowledge about her abilities. By working hard within her own capabilities, Aeris gradually developed her talents.
At times she found the strict training difficult, but Aerith realized that even these experiences were connected to her own growth and used them as nourishment.
One day, when Ragune visited Aeris as usual, something she had heard from Tauro prompted her to give the True Saint some advice on how to treat Aeris. The True Saint was enlightened, and applied the theory to treat Aeris. She was able to make a complete recovery with flying colors
Aeris had already put it her mind that the injury was something the True Saint had been struggling to treat, and that it would never be fully healed.
“Aeris, now you can do whatever you want again.”
A single tear rolled down her cheek when the true saint said this to her.
Aeris was surprised at her own tears, as she had thought it was only natural that she would retire from being an adventurer and return to her former life as a noble.
“…… can I really do what I want again, ……?”
Aeris uttered as if she was asking herself the question.
The True Saint must have sensed Aeris’s feelings from spending so much time with her.
“You have a brother and a sister, too. I know you have your duties as a noble too, but I don’t think Marquis Vandyne has any intention of tying you down for that reason.”
This was another thing that True Saint Maria felt from Marquis Van Dyne.
“…I think I might want to try becoming a new adventurer with you and the others, Maria.”
Aeris expressed such a hope.
However, she didn’t say she wanted to return to the “Black Golden Wings.”
This was because Ragune had confided in her that Tauro was finally set to become the heir apparent to the Graunewald family, and that there might be a possibility of disbanding the party.
“It’s funny, I’m going to return to being an adventurer when Tauro has decided to fulfill his noble duties. Hehehe!”
Aeris laughed as she confessed this to her now mentor and friend, True Saint Maria.
From then on, Aeris and the three other dragon-people worked at the Adventurer’s Guild in the capital of Vandyne, occasionally accepting quests and becoming active.
She was becoming famous in the neighborhood as a fighting marquise.
Because of this, talks of marriage became less and less likely…
For the nobility, the Marquise Van Dyne family was desirable, but because of the birth of the twins, there was little benefit to marrying Aeris.
On top of that, she was fighting as an adventurer.
It was normal to think that such a jaded horse was not fit to be the wife of a nobleman.
The marriage proposal with Prince Fleue was also canceled by the prince himself, so her father, Marquis Van Dyne, let Aeris do as she pleased.
With the three dragon people, the guardians of the Marquis Van Dyne family, by her side, he could trust her in their care with peace of mind.
At that time, she was invited to Tauro’s unveiling party.
There, a surprise occurred that Ragune hadn’t told them about.
Tauro was going to give up his claim as heir to the same adopted younger brother who had suddenly appeared.
This was, in other words, a declaration that he would continue to be an adventurer.
To Aeris, it sounded like a revelation.
I could have adventures with Tauro and my friends again.
There were new members, and I’m sure if there’s any room for me to fit in at this point, but I decided to bow my head and tell them how I honestly feel.
And so, on the night of the unveiling ceremony.
After some preamble, Aeris mustered up her courage and asked Tauro to let her join the Black-Golden Wings once again.
Tauro, of course, welcomed her.
Afterwards, a battle broke out, almost like an entrance exam to join the team, which was unexpected, but fighting well alongside Tauro and Pella after a long time gave her a boost of confidence.
That day, Ragune was in tears as she rejoiced Aeris’s return, and Ankh also blurted out a welcome.
And Zion, meeting her for the first time, was thrilled to meet the actual Aeris that Ragune had told her about, and shook hands with her, “Please take care of (Tauro-sama)!”she asked.