Chapter 38.3 - Volume 1 – Intermission Sword of Lightning III (1/2)

—Armia—

「Armia, where are we going……… Kh!」

Along with the confused Leader and Sarveria-san, I headed toward the place where even beginner came to, an armor shop.

And then, the moment they understood where they were brought to, color of humiliation spread on their face.

「Don’t screw with me! Why are we… in this place…」

The next moment, Leader exposed his feeling and yelled at me.

Sarveria-san also showing the same expression as Leader.

It seemed they were humiliated by the fact they were brought to an armor shop for beginners.

「We are, Sword of Lightning is no longer a first-class party.」

「Wha-!」

「Kh!」

Hearing my declaration, they shut their mouth.

It was a reality that had to be pointed out by someone.

But, even when I understood that, I still felt guilty looking at the expression on their face.

「… No, nevermind not being a first-class party anymore, we are even poorer than the adventurers around. Now is not the time to be picky with the armor shop we visited because of your pride.」

However, I ignored the feeling of guilt and continued my remark.

We whose assets had been mostly confiscated now were inferior even compared to beginner adventurer.

The situation wouldn’t change by escaping reality.

……If we stopped here just because of our pride, then we wouldn’t be able to change.

「But, it’s not yet the end for us.」

Along with these words, I thrust my hand toward Leader and Sarveria-san.

「………Hm?」

「What……」

From my sudden act, they were confused for a moment.

However, the moment they saw something I held in my hand, the expression they had on their face for a while now changed to that of a surprise

What I held in my hand was enough money to buy beginner’s armors.

By all right, I couldn’t have had this amount of money.

While not everything was taken away, we didn’t have enough money to buy armor.

Besides, there was no way there was anyone who would lend their money to the current Sword of Lightning.

And because they knew it, they couldn’t hide their surprise.

「Actually, I got this money from Laila-san. It was when they invited me to their party.」

「………………Wha-」

I told that to them.

Hearing that, despair appeared on their face.

Perhaps they thought, using this money, I wanted to get out from this party.

However, I smiled and shook my head.

「But I refused.」

Yes, I didn’t enter Laila-san’s party.

It was not because their party was weak.