The western part of Amitia Republic, Ala is where Joey the adventurer should have been. More than that, the surprising part is that the girl Joey travelled with was a girl who is around his age.
What happened to Mia?! Was she replaced by a younger girl!?
While giving a look as if sheâs about to ask a question, Joey and the girl exchanged looks, and then for some reason, Joey waved both hands in a panic.
âThatâs wrong! Donât misunderstand, thereâs no such thing between us!âŠLetâs talk about it, ok?â
âHm. If you have some sort of explanation, then letâs hear it.â This is also for Mia-sanâs sake. And, if I might be mistaken about something, still, I donât know if there was a misunderstanding.
âTeacher, itâs so cruel to say that thereâs nothing between us~â
Perhaps sheâs the type thatâs shy with people she doesnât know, objecting weakly while hiding behind Joey with a timid attitude.
But, what the hell is with this girl. Even though our heights are the same, she has a bodacious body. If I had to say it, itâs the breasts. What cup size is that?!
Perhaps a magician, she was dressed in a robe, the chest part of the short dress she wore beneath seemed as if itâs about to burst open. Even though sheâs short, her chest is big. It is an outrageous figure if I have to say.
Ah right, itâs not that his response towards Mia-san was lacking, so itâs because of the boobs, isnât it? The boobs are the reason! This vulgar person!
Instinctively jealous, I was provoked. Yep, as a friend I should frankly congratulate him but, because his partner has a large chest, it was difficult to accept it. Even I wondered and touch mine sometimes, Iâm not satisfied with it. If this was going to happen like this, then maybe it would have been better to grow it more. Recently it increased by 2 centimeters â and, I control my train of thought which went to tomorrow and turned to look at Joeyâs face.
Speaking of which, Chloe-san, Tengai and the rest moved the chairs slightly away carefully, since I sat on the sofa in the Guild, it became a composition where those on Joeyâs side were standing.
âCould you sit down for now. It must be tiring to keep standing there.â
At my urging, Joey sat in the opposite seat facing me in haste, as if letting her near him the girl sit beside him â sending me a provocative look with her upturned eyes, whatâs with that. I thought itâs because it was the first time meeting me, but could I have done something that hurt her feeling? âŠcould it be, I looked at her breasts for too long she felt disgusted?  â Why was it that she doesnât even distance herself from Joeyâs body for even a minute, and in between the sword and scabbard was placed.
âErr, this girlâs, Fiore, has only been grouped together with me several times because weâre E rank adventurers. Weâre only co-workers.â
Could it be really important for Joey, he repeated âonlyâ twice.
ââŠNice⊠to meet you, I am Joey-teacherâs apprentice, Fiore.â
Somehow Fiore bowed in a formal way. Speaking of which, if she were to loosen her hair she would have light chestnut Semi-long twintails, Fiore was a type of girl that has a considerably cute look.
âNice to meet you, I am Joeyâs friend Hiyuki. â Teacher?â
Joey seems to be rather disappointed at my greetings, âJust friends haaâŠâ â isnât it fine to say kindred spirit?Just like a bratty general from somewhere â eh, knitting his brows as if itâs mistakenly convincing.
âThis person had taken her own liberty to say that. Since when did I teach such a self-important person?â
âIs that so? Recently [Work isnât a game], or [Treasure your life], didnât you give many splendid advices?â
ââŠdid I say such things?â
âŠâŠâŠ
â-Ahh⊠err, errm I recently heard it from the Garten Guild Leader who said it to the beginners.â
Saying that heâs been deceiving her, Joey had a wide grimace.
âah, itâs that time. Senseiâs mouth spilled such things too lightly.â
My apologies, Garten Guild Leader, I had simply lowered Joeyâs share value.
I gave my apologies from my heart, to you from under the distant skies.
âŠor perhaps I should say, why is it I havenât noticed it yet.
âAbsolutely not! Shishou is my saviour. Because Iâm following shishou as example, Iâve set my target to become a wonderful adventurer!â
Youâve made that a goal huh. However I think itâs better to stop.
And also, even though itâs fine to do whatever you want, donât take a violent pose and sway exaggeratedly.
âSaviour⊠as a fellow adventurer in the same team, itâs natural to help each other. By chance at that time I was nearby, if itâs anyone else, they would have done the same.â
As if itâs a matter of course, Joey said it plainly, but in reality, in emergencies, people who are able to avoid troubles would quickly be gone.
But well, somehow or other I understood. It could be the suspended bridge effect, to admire Joey who saved her when sheâs in a pinch, this booby â er, rather, Fiore pushed him into becoming his student.
âI kind of know the circumstances, but why come here? Travelling?â
âNo, as hired escort for the magical ship from Amitia, we came here. In this case, the requirement for the job was [People who can swim]. There werenât many people who could swim in Ala, but, since I was born in the village near the beach, swimming became my forte. â And, this girl is a magician, so by just by being there, she is valuable.â
Hee, he unexpectedly has a special skill and a backbone.
âHm? Then how are you going back? Will you be returning by escorting the magical ship?â
âNo, it was only a one-way trip.â Joey replied easily as he shook his head.
âThen are you paying for your own way back? While Iâm not sure what sort of ships there are, they are comparatively expensive arenât they?â
â In the worst case weâll pay for our trip back, but I have an idea how I could go back.â Joey said with a confidently and laughed.
âWhat kind of idea?â
âThe dungeons, of course. Recently, there were rumours of  a dungeon with teleportation magic on the tenth floor. Iâve registered my magical signature, so moving to Alaâs magical teleportation portal and then back will be done skillfully, is what I thought.â
âAh, I see.â
For me, by normally deciding to have a save point at the sky garden, using [Return] skill I could travel back easily, and I also have countless personal [teleportation rock] that has the Save & Return skill, so i was able to enjoy the use of teleportation magic, but in this world, âĄâĄparts have been removed, and occasionally there would be discovery of the remains of a magical teleportation portal.
Speaking of which, teleportation magic circles canât be used once itâs coordinates are moved, so the foundation has been a pattern to create a city around the teleportation formation.
As a matter of course, any country would practice strict control of the use of the portal, for example, for movement between point A and point B, you would have to be there in person to register your magical signature and receive permission at point B.
And so, by paying a large sum of money at location A, you can move to location B, however, people who did not register, of course, could not go towards the place. Leaving behind the interval of space-time according to the place, in order to return to the present world, it isnât quite a high risk, high return method but, as Joey has finished registration at Ala earlier, by using the magical teleportation circle which isnât regulated by anyone in the dungeon, then it will be a way to return for free besides being able to return in an instant.
With a look it does look like a great plan without exception butâŠ
âHey, Joey, do you have experience exploring dungeons?â as I was interested in that, I had to try and confirm it.
âI do, at Alaâs ancient ruins. I reached the 18th floor at that dungeon. However, I entered with a temporary team.â
I had destroyed the dungeon there with Four Evil Heavenly Kings, so the result from the large-scale magical remodelling, so even if you were a beginner, you wouldnât die until the 20th layer, and those who are able to enter the next 10 layers are for professionals, veterans and top-class, and the difficulty increases. Speaking of which, to solo, Maroubito who was a S-grade adventurer too would be able to clear up to 58th floor (the deepest layer is 70th).
There none other than the 18 floors, moreover, to not be able to go without forming a party, he really seems to be an admirable beginner.
Even without knowing the difficulty of the dungeon, these two probably canât clear it.
âMaa, as expected, weâre not so dumb as to suddenly challenge a dungeon with only the two of us, so we thought to come here and find a party to enter the dungeon together but,â
Aah, as I thought they are not idiots.
âBecause didnât meet the requirements, as of now we were talking about going there with just the two of us.â
Un, as I thought, theyâre actually idiots.
âWell, I didnât expect to meet Hiyuki here. Hiyuki too, why are you here?â
âIâm only here for a work-related meetup.â
âAh, you even had to work here. Itâs tough to be you.â
âWell, itâs about my country, so.â
Fiore who heard this had a dubious expression. With an aloof way, she pulled Joeyâs sleeve and asked him in a soft voice. Well, as a vampire princess I could still overhear them.
ââŠEr, teacher, Hiyuki-san, is she the girlfriend Teacherâs been talking about all along? Even when there are no parts that look like a beastâs, to have her own country⊠?â
I donât mind if she directly asked me the questions, could it be her shyness is very strong? And, this girl, does she regularly use the third person pronoun?
âTh- thatâs wrong! Donât jump to conclusions. And, about [My country] Hiyuki said, thatâs because Hiyuki is much more respectable than Collard, rather than Emperor she is an Empress, it could be said for her, âThis country is mineâ.
âHuh? Is that so???â Even though she completely didnât understand that explanation, I decided to let it rest since I donât have the wicked hobby of doing historically accurate reenactments, Iâll set it aside.
Even so, itâs alright that Joey has the intention to enter the dungeon with vigour, but I wonât be able to sleep well knowing that the big breasted- err, girl in front of me would be sacrificed.
Since the first 10 floors will probably be easy to conquer, itâs not bad to help out a little.