Chapter 308: Unexpected Meeting

After the end of the battle, Tsukasa tent Ais's wounds.

On the other hand, Riveria was mad and scolded Ais and Tsukasa for a long time since the two didn't think about the consequences of fighting Udaeus. While she must admit Ais's last technique was strong, she couldn't allow them to grow arrogant, so they didn't think about the consequences of their actions and fought recklessly like before. It was good that Ais could defeat Udaues, but what about in the future?

What if they met in a similar situation and fought recklessly again?

After all, Riveria was more pragmatic and felt it was better to be steady and careful about everything instead of doing something recklessly like this again. Moreover, she cared about the two of them and didn't want to lose them.

Tsukasa didn't say anything since he knew it was for their own good, and being scolded meant Riveria cared about them.

However, Ais could only smile wrily while moving close to Tsukasa since it felt more comfortable than being scolded by Riveria.

Still, Tsukasa must admit the item dropped from Udaeus was amazing.

The first thing was a magic stone the size of an adult. It was so huge that it made him wonder how to bring it back.

However, what Tsukasa loved the most was the large jet-black sword that dropped from Udaues. He could feel the material of this sword wouldn't lose to those legendary metals, and he felt he could create something amazing from it.

"Ais, can I have this?" Tsukasa asked.

"Sure." Ais nodded without hesitation.

They talked for a while, and after Ais had recovered, they decided to return.

Still, it was pretty hard to bring their hauls back to the surface.

Bors, who was the elder of the 18th Floor, saw a chance and told them to leave the sword of Udaues, but Tsukasa ignored him and brought the sword back.

Ais might not know and might not care, but Tsukasa couldn't let this sword be taken by Bors. After all, the worth of this sword was obvious, and he wanted to use it for himself.

Even if Bors begged them, it was impossible to leave the sword.

Fortunately, Tsukasa brought a huge bag, but even so, his bag was overstuffed with their hauls. If possible, he wanted to create a car or motorcycle moved by magic. However, he felt it would take a long time to do it, and more importantly, it was quite hard to do it.

Frankly, it wasn't that hard, but Tsukasa was afraid he would bring an unnecessary item into this world.

The magic gun was one thing, and even a motorcycle or even a car didn't even matter since they were all moved by magic.

What he was afraid of the most was increasing the speed of industrialization in this world. However, when he thought about it clearly, he felt it didn't really matter.

After all, his first concern was nature preservation, but when he thought about how many people cut wood and mined metals, he felt it was useless to think about this matter since even if he didn't do anything, the people in the future would still do it.

Yet somehow he wanted this world to stay like this as long as it could since the development of the modern world would make everything became boring.

Still, while they walked, there was something Tsukasa wanted to say, "Hey, can you help me? It's hard to bring those items with me." He let out a sigh, feeling how hard it was to become a porter.

"You're a guy. Don't you feel sorry to make a fragile woman like us carry that heavy luggage?" Riveria said with a smile.

"....." Tsukasa rolled his eyes since whether it was Riveria or Ais, they were all far from being fragile women. However, he was too lazy to argue since the surface was near.

"Let me help you," Ais said softly and helped him to carry the luggage.

"Thanks, Ais. As expected, you're the best." Tsukasa patted Ais's head gently with a sigh and glanced at Riveria.

Riveria pouted and said, "Okay, okay, I'll help you."

"Thanks." Tsukasa smiled, but Ais lowered her head shyly since she felt embarrassed being patted in front of Riveria. Still, she felt happy.

The atmosphere between the three was so harmonious, and one might think the three of them were lovers.

"Bell-sama, what's wrong?"

Tsukasa glanced behind and saw two people behind.

One boy and one a girl.

'She should be a pallum.'

Tsukasa thought since the girl was quite short. Still, he felt the boy was quite familiar.

The boy had short white hair and red eyes.

Somehow this boy reminded him of a rabbit.

However, unlike a rabbit, the boy seemed to be depressed and sad when he saw how close Tsukasa and Ais were. It was as if he had lost his spirit.

Tsukasa didn't know who this boy was. While he felt something special from this boy, it wasn't that special since there were many people with special feelings, such as Ais, Riveria, Gareth, Finn, and many others.

While the boy might seem to exceed those people Tsukasa mentioned above, it wasn't that much.

The girl seemed to notice the strangeness of the boy, but she didn't know what to do. She then glanced at Tsukasa and was in a daze since part of his face was shown through his hoodie.

"Tsukasa, let's go," Ais urged Tsukasa since she wanted to see her growth after she defeated Udaues. As for the boy behind, she didn't care, or she didn't see him. Instead, she pulled Tsukasa's hand, so they could go back faster.

Riveria didn't say anything since she was quite curious about Ais's growth too.

However, the boy couldn't look away from the three before he let out a helpless sigh filled with envy and jealousy. Still, what could he do?

The boy thought about the words of the female guild employee and couldn't help but become even more depressed.

Still, the girl beside the boy would usually remind the boy, but it wasn't until later Tsukasa had gone that she looked at the boy and asked, "Bell-sama, what's wrong?" However, she must admit that the young man was so handsome.

"No-Nothing!"

The boy gripped the dagger in his hand tighter and decided to grow stronger.

'If I grow stronger, should she look at me?'

The boy thought and cheered himself up.

'He's Level 4 now...'

Still, when the boy thought about Tsukasa's level, he felt slightly intimated, but he wouldn't give up, and he knew he should be able to chase after Tsukasa.

'Yes, I can do it!'

The boy thought, then looked at the girl. "Lily, let's continue our hunt!"

The girl didn't know why the boy became excited, but she nodded since the more they hunted, the more money they got.

Still, even if Tsukasa knew what the boy was thinking, he didn't care at all since right now, he wanted to become a Level 5 adventurer as soon as possible.