Chapter 32 (2/2)

“Shut up… Just go sit down already.”

Broas gave a rough response to Lapis’ teasing.

Having a foul mouth wasn’t uncommon among adventurers, and Loren decided that Broas was a way nicer person than he looked and bowed his head one more time.

“Thanks for the help.”

“You need to shut up as well. Just keep flirting with that thing next to you.”

Broas waved his hand, signaling that the conversation was done, and Loren decided that pursuing the topic any further was impolite, so he stopped Lapis from saying anything else and whispered to her.

“Ritz and his party are quite amazing, huh.”

“They’re incredible enough to send in copper rank adventurers into an iron rank quest.”

This meant that Loren and Lapis was there due to their influence.

It was quite painful for Loren but Lapis didn’t seem to be bothered at all by it.

“Making connections is a talent as well, you know?”

“I got it I got it. I got it so please calm down.”

At Loren’s cry of surrender, the carriages that carried the adventurers and the carriage that carried Shayna started moving.

“Hey. Doesn’t it feel kind of weird?”

Since the trip was going to take three days, it meant that they would have to spend at least two nights on the road.

But the drivers that the guild had hired weren’t trained to drive during the night, so they had to stop all the carriages in the evening and set up camp.

Loren said that as he got off the carriage and glanced at the carriage that Shayna was supposed to be riding on as it came to a stop behind them.

The two carriages that carried the adventurers ran in front and behind the carriage that Shayna was on, and Loren noticed that the driver of the carriage behind them looked unwell.

“Hey, you alright?”

As Loren approached the carriage, the driver was breathing heavily as he wiped sweat off of his forehead with a slightly pained expression.

“Did something happen?”

“No…nothing out of the ordinary, but I’m not feeling too well.”

The drivers that the guild had hired were healthy looking young men, but the one that was driving the carriage that carried Shayna looked like he was sick and was sweating a lot.

“Everything’s alright inside, right?”

“I-it should be fine…”

Although the driver stuttered, it didn’t look like he was trying to hide something, and Loren decided that he was really not feeling too well.

“Hey kid, what’re you doing?”

Loren pointed at the driver as Broas got off the carriage and walked towards him.

“The driver’s condition doesn’t look good.”

“What?… Hey you guys! Before you set up tent, get spread some sheets or something on the ground!”

Broas looked at the driver’s face and turned and shouted to who looked like his party members, and helped the driver get off the carriage.

As Loren was helping him, Klaus got off from his carriage and walked over towards him.

“What do you think you’re doing, low rank!”

“Lapis, can you go check inside the carriage? If I remember correctly this all the adventurers in this carriage should be women.”

“That should be correct. You can count on me.”

Lapis climbed onto the carriage and poked her head inside.

Meanwhile Klaus, who had been ignored, started bite at Loren.

“Hey you! Answer me!”

“Sorry but I don’t have time to deal with you right now.”

“What did you just say!?”

As Klaus started to get loud as Loren tried to shrug him off, he decided that he would have to make him shut up, one way or another. As Loren started to think of ways to do so, Lapis’ voice caught his attention.

“This is bad Loren! Please come over!”

“Move. Don’t get in my way.”

Loren shoved Klaus out of the way and walked towards Lapis, who looked panicked as she pulled her head out of the carriage.

Lapis held the cloth that covered the entrance up so that he could see inside.

The sight that Loren witnessed made him catch his breath.

“What the h.e.l.l? What in the world happened?”

Shayna, wearing traveler’s clothes, was there.

She was leaning against the wall of the carriage, soundly asleep.

There was nothing wrong with her, but what happened around her was what surprised Loren.

All seven female adventurers were there, but every single one of them was pale and covered In sweat, just like the driver.

Some were barely conscious in their seats, while some weren’t even in their seats, but lying down on the floor unconscious with their eyes rolled up.

It was indeed an abnormal sight, and Loren called Broas, who was tending to the driver, in a loud voice.

“Broas! Can I get some help here?”

“Why are you being so loud…whoa, what’s happening here?”

Broas looked inside the carriage and said in a hollow voice.

The other adventurers faltered when they saw what was happening as well.

Loren decided that there wasn’t any room to be considerate, climbed into the carriage, and started carrying the women out of there.