Rafilia has an immovable posture with her hands, feet and forehead stuck to the ground.
Itās a dogeza that you want to put on the picture book as it is.
ā⦠No, you donāt have to go that farā
āWithout you āBath manā, I wouldnāt know what to do. It really helped me ⦠Thank you.ā
Rafilia screamed, holding her forehead against the ground.
āMy name is SoumaĀ Nagi not āBath manā.ā
I said. Iāve already taken off the sea dragon mask, but Rafilia is still on her knees, shaking a little, as if sheās afraid to look at me.
ā⦠And you donāt have to do dogeza. I canāt talk to you like that.ā
āYes. Bathā¦, SoumaĀ Nagi-sama!ā
Rafilia finally raised her face.
Rita is looking at me mysteriously.
Iāll explain later why itās a āBath manā later āāI wonder if I have to do it.
āIāll introduce myself again. Iām SoumaĀ Nagi, this is Rita. Weāre not suspicious, Iām an acquaintance of IrisĀ Hoffimier.ā
āNo. I canāt doubt those who help me! I trust SoumaNagi-sama and his friends unconditionally!ā
Is this child okay?
Rafilia is looking at us with her purple eyes wide open.
āIām RafiliaĀ Grace. As you can see ⦠Iām a former adventurer.ā
āFormer ā¦?ā
āYes.I have understood that I am not suitable to be an adventurer.ā
Rafilia stood up and brushed her bare knees.
āIāve had nothing but bad luck since I started adventuring.ā
āā¦Is that so?ā
āI left my hometown because I wanted to be the hero of the fairy tales I had heard so much about,ā¦ā¦, but nothing good ever came of it.ā
Rafilia hangs down her elf ears and slumps.
āIn the previous battle, all my friends were wiped out. All of them became incapable of fighting, and I was fine. Still, everyone managed to recover by magic. After that, Iris invited me to a hot spring as a reward for my work. I was told to just go ⦠In the meantime, a member of my party ran away with all my luggage, equipment and money ⦠ā
It was unfortunate.
āAfter that, I managed to get to this point with the 3 Arshas I had left, but I didnāt have the money to go back to my hometown, and when I stopped by the Adventurerās Guild to find a job, I was caught by the masked people.ā
Haah!
Rafilia held her chest and sighed.
āAh, where is Rafiliaās hometown?ā
I couldnāt help asking.
I was afraid that if I left her alone, she would die there or be made a slave.
āIf itās in the direction of Metekal, my friend is going back, so you can go with her.ā
āItās a small village on a peninsula that takes a month by boat.ā
āIs it in the opposite direction ā¦ā
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āItās not my birthplace, though. I canāt remember anything that happened more than five years ago.ā
ā¦What?
āIām in trouble.ā
Said Rafilia with her arms folded.
No, even if you say such a thing so easily.
āI was picked up by my parents when I was wandering around without my memory.ā
Iām not sure how to react to such a heavy story out of the blue.
But Rafilia seems to have recognized us as āpeople who she can truly trustā.
While grabbing her own beautiful elf ears with her fingers, she keeps talking as if she were shy.
Five years ago, an old bakery couple picked up Rafilia when she arrived in a different port town.
They were good friends at first, but as the bakeryās business declined, Rafilia had no place to stay.
She was almost sold as a slave.
So she set off on a journey to become an adventurer.
But she was too weak and was treated as useless in the party. She was robbed of her reward.
She doesnāt seem to mind it at all. Itās as if she is talking about someone elseās past. Rita, Reggie and I contined to listen to her with a blank face.
āAs you knowI got to Irgafa from the hot spring town of Richerda, and now Iāve lost my carrer, the great adventure of RafiliaĀ Grace is over.ā
āGreat adventure of RafiliaĀ Grace is over?ā
āI mean, I mess up so much. And as the masked men said I lack crisis and money management skills. I am not cut out to be an adventurer.ā
āIn the first place, why did you decide to become an adventurer even though you donāt remember anything?ā
āThe only old memories I had were my name, the story of the heroās adventure when I was little, and the fact that I āprotectedā something or someone.ā
Oh. I see.
āSo, you thought that if you became an adventurer and āprotectedā something or someone, you may remember your past ā¦?ā
āYes. I thought I could remember who I was!ā
Rafilia shined her purple eyes and pushed her fist up into the dark sky.
āBecause, maybe Iām a legendary hero whose abilities have been sealed, or a great wizard of the countryās salvation! When I run into a crisis, I awaken and defeat the Demon King.Ā ā
āā Go home because itās okay! āā
Rita and I spoke up at the same time.
āCanāt you go back to your hometown? Even if you canāt just go to a safe place.ā
āA safe place?ā
āIt is reckless of you to become an adventurer even though you have no memory in the first place, and it is too dangerous to travel alone without knowing the land or information.ā
Even I, who was summoned from another world, was initially informed by Ashtalte, and I managed to survive because Cecil and Rita were there.
āWithout knowing anything, even though you donāt know who you are, you travel alone aiming to be an adventurer ⦠Itās like blindly belivieng something will happen and return your memories back to you.ā
āThatās why you got caught in a pressure interview! Or rather, itās a miracle that youāve survived until now!ā
āIf you canāt go home, find a town you know nearby. Look for a safe job there.ā
āMaybe you are right. I couldnāt be a legendary hero, but ⦠Iām happy.ā
Rafilia closed her eyes, held her big breasts, and muttered dreamily.
āI have seen the real legend properly. That alone will keep me alive.ā
āLegend?ā
āYes. They are Dark Heros of justice. Thatās why I inadvertently got involved with the Order of Divine. I foolishly thought that they might be the ā Dark Herosā since they are the no.1 party in Irgafa.
āI think you should forget about the āDark Heroā.ā
āYes ⦠I was thinking of forgetting about that āDark Heroā and not telling anyone. But, I feel like Iāve been charmed by the darkness.ā
Rafilia said with a slightly red face.
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āIām going to tell you about theāDark Heroā who rules slaves with fear and pleasureā.ā
āRather, I think itās better to subdue him.ā
āDonāt speak ill of him, heās my benefactor!ā
āBy the way, where did you meet this āDark Heroā?ā
āYes. In the hot spring town of Richerda, during the attack on Iris-sama. ā
The hot spring town of Richerda. During the attack on Iris.
āWhen my party was about to get annihilated, they quickly appeared.They wiped out all of the Black Living Armors. ā