Chapter 50

"Cheers!!"

The guild's opening celebration began.

The participants were the four members of Blue Lightning and the three from Shiro's Store.

The venue was the guild's tavern.

The time was just as the sun was setting and night was approaching.

Several plates of food were placed on the table.

As someone who grew up in Japan, I was a bit worried if it was okay for 8-year-old Aina to be in a place where alcohol was served,

"Mom, today is such a good day. I'm so happy to be eating with everyone."

"Yes, I'm very happy too."

Mother and daughter were enjoying their dinner together.

In a tavern full of adventurers, Aina clearly stood out.

But perhaps because they had seen her working hard,

No adventurer tried to bother her.

In fact, something unexpected was happening at our table.

"Those guys over there sent this to the young lady."

The waitress, who brought us a dish we didn't order, pointed to another table with her chin.

Looking over, I saw a burly man raising his mug in our direction.

"Young lady! Eat up and grow big fast!!"

The scar-faced burly man laughed heartily,

"Thank you, sir!"

Aina waved her hands vigorously.

This exchange filled the tavern with a warm and cozy atmosphere.

If the atmosphere in the tavern could be seen, it would surely have been a rosy pink.

"This is also for the young lady. She's so popular, it's enviable."

Three more dishes were brought to our table.

We were running out of space to put them.

"Miss, who sent this dish?"

"Those dwarves and that lizardman over there, and look, that red-haired female warrior."

Aina asked who had sent the dishes, and the waitress pointed them out.

Aina immediately thanked them with a beautiful smile.

The people who received her smile were all beaming, their mouths relaxed and happy.

Hmm. It looks like more dishes will be coming.

"What's going on? With Aina here, we don't even need to order food, do we?"

"Yeah, yeah. I think so too, nya."

The food that was brought made Liera and Kiki lick their lips.

Rolf scolded them,

"That's not proper, you two. Besides, this food was given to Aina by the adventurers. You shouldn't touch it without her permission."

"...... Rolf is right. Liera and Kiki are too greedy."

"...... Niska is drooling too."

"...... Huh."

"Ouch!! Don't step on my foot with your heel!"

"...... It's your fault for saying unnecessary things, Liera."

Liera and Niska started bickering.

Their banter must have been funny.

Aina was laughing out loud.

"Hahaha---. A, Aina... My stomach hurts from laughing so much."

Aina took deep breaths, wiping away the tears that had formed at the corners of her eyes from laughing, and looked up.

"Aina can't eat all of this, so I'd be happy if everyone else could eat it too."

"Meow~. As expected, Aina! Then, let's dig in!"

With Aina's permission, Kiki was the first to reach for the food, followed closely by Liera.

This was the signal.

Niska, despite her small frame, piled an unbelievable amount of food onto her plate and started eating one after another.

Rolf, with his large build, sent a corresponding amount of food to his stomach.

Oh no, I almost missed out.

I need to eat before it's all gone.

"Here, Shiro."

Stella presented a plate of food she had loaded up.

"Thank you, Stella."

"Here, Shiro-nii, Aina has also served some food."

"Oh, thank you, Aina. Wow... everything looks so delicious."

"Shiro-nii, let's eat together. Mom too."

"Sure."

"Yes, let's eat."

And so, while the Blue Lightning members continued to eat at an incredible pace,

"Let's dig in!"

We began to eat slowly.