Chapter SS 3 - Vanguard Swordsman Deri Newtland

“Deri-kun!”

“Kyaa! Look here!”

“Deri ♡ Deri-kun ♡♡”

Ah, I’m really troubled …

When I heard the voices of these women, my face got hot and I couldn’t say anything.

“Deri. Why don’t you shake their hand?”

In front of me, Emma’s beautiful hair shook gently.

“If you keep acting like this, they’ll make even more noises that it will attract [Adventure King]. As the attention of the Adventure King rise, so does the guild. The higher the attention from the guild, the higher the level of quests that will be given to us …. In the world of adventurers, that is the reality(laughs) ”

That might be the case …

“Haa … you make that kind of face again. In other word! Think of those people as though they are supporting you.”

Emma …

Is that so. Maybe it was like that.

“Well, but Morrier is gone. Either way, the guild won’t assign us anymore [Demon King-class] quests, even though we already came to Zahalbelt it’s for nothing. Hahaha, so funny (laughs) ”

Don’t be like that.

“Well, because there’s no quest, I’m gonna go home and do some creative work!”

Emma was so excited and headed to the inn.

Zuoooooo …

Nevertheless, I had never seen such a 5th-floor inn before coming here.

Though.

Not only the inn but there were many 5th and 6th floor buildings in this town.

The tallest building had 12 floors.

A carriage was running around on the road, countless magic lamp was placed everywhere.

As expected, it was the world’s largest metropolis, Zahalbelt, where the headquarters of the adventurer’s guild was located at.

“What are you doing? Let’s enter, Deri.”

I stepped into the inn entrance after Emma said that.

But at that time.

Kasha! Kasha!

“Five Miracles, Emma and Deri!”

“A word about Morrier’s absence!”

“Why is Hero Cross and Tiana covering it?”

Reporters waiting near the entrance rushed towards us.

I hate this, and Emma hate it even more.

But Tiana-san said.

“Don’t offend the reporters. Be silent, and don’t say anything to them.”

So we did exactly that.

Of course.

Even if Morrier was gone and it gathered a lot of attention, if the impression from the media worsen even further, the class of quest assigned from the guild to us would also drop further.

“Deri-san! The absence of Morrier, Cross and Tiana’s coverage about it!”

They were persistent … what?

Emma wasn’t here.

Emma … Where did she go?

“Step back.”

I pushed away the shoulders of the reporters who came.

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We were together until we entered the inn, so she should be somewhere in this building.

With that in mind, I searched each floor, lobby, toilet, etc., and finally went to the lounge of the inn.

Karan …

At the table, I could see a woman with blonde hair.

“Haa …”

Ah, Tiana-san.

Did she know where Emma went to?

When I tried to step forward.

Gashi …

Someone grabbed my arm.

“Deri.”

Oh, Emma.

“Shhh! Please hide”

Emma pulled my arm with one of his forefinger on her pretty mouth.

“Yo, Tiana”

Then I saw Cross-san going into the lounge.

Close call.

I was about to disturb them.

Thank you, Emma.

“Just listen to me! Let’s hide!”

Yes.

Just then, when Tiana-san noticed Cross-san, she wore her red glasses on the table and straightened her posture.

“Cross. Thanks for your hard work.”

“Oh, you too. And how was it, the guild?”

“… No good, it’s likely that you’ll be assigned to a normal quest, as expected it’s impossible to do [Demon King-class].”

“Is that so……”

Basa …

Cross-san placed a magazine on the table and sat on the sofa opposite of Tiana-san.

“Take a look at this. Even this month’s [Adventure King] we are ninth place … I’ve only been doing regular quests many times since then.”

The Demon King-class was only assigned up to seven party in the world.

So, as an adventurer, if Cross-san tried to get a [Demon King-class] quest, it was still difficult if the party was 9th place in the world.

In order to do that, it was necessary to have the best person as the member “Five Miracles”.

In particular, Morrier was someone that gathered a lot of attention.

At that young age, two of the six attack magic attributes, he could already use the [Highest Level 5] magic.

If he was not around, it made the party evaluation lowered.

Well … I saw that in [Adventure King],

[If there is no attack wizard Morrier, that the whole party attack power decrease dramatically]

That was true, that was why I felt frustrated about it.

I was a vanguard swordsman, and I was a physical attacker, and the hero, Cross-san, also increased his offensive power mainly his anti-boss skills.

Karan …

Cross-san drank the Moscow Mule that he ordered then said.

“I guess it is a bad idea to let that guy go.”

” … stop talking about that.”

“But …”

“It’s true that he can’t keep up with adventurer party anymore. It’s not your fault, not Aiga too. It can’t be helped … it can’t be helped.”

“… I see.”

“The time when we do this for fun is over.”

“…”

Then Cross-san drunk all the liquor that was left in the glass.

“Oh, Tiana. What I’ve been saying a long time ago… have you already think about that?”

“What you have been saying long ago?”

“About dating me.”

It was only an illusion that I saw Tiana-san shoulder dropped.

“Ri, right now… I haven’t thought about that.”

“Tiana …”

“W, we! I think our adventure should be our top priority now. Isn’t this a very important time right now?”

“…… Yes”

“There is Morrier too.”

“I know. This is a time when I need to wait.”

“Sorry……”

“… I’ll go to bed now.”

“Yes. Good night.”

That’s when Cross-san stood.

“…”

Tiana-san remained alone, mixing her milk tea with a spoon.

“Yare yare……”

Emma next to me said that.

“Cross-senpai is really empty-minded. That’s because he didn’t realize that Aiga-senpai and Tiana-senpai were dating.”

Huh? Is that so?

“That’s right. That’s why Tiana-senpai can’t say anything. So funny(laugh).”

Emma …

“Tiana-senpai too, she should have start dating cross-senpai. Even cross-senpai is cool. For a woman, being with your second favorite person will make you happier. ”

It was probably not like that.

I was more happy with my favorite person.

“If you still like Aiga-senpai that much then you should just follow him.”

That was because Tiana-san couldn’t follow him

In the first place, Aiga-san had separated from Tiana-san, because he knew that soon he would quit from the party.

Because Tiana-san was going to leave the party with Aiga if he didn’t do that…

“That’s right. But even Tiana, she doesn’t know anything at all. She even said something like a retirement allowance… At that time, Aiga-senpai could also take her to his territory. Aiga-senpai is stupid, so there’s no way he will take Tiana-senpai to his territory. Really stupid tsundere senpai.”

Haa …

That was what Emma said.