Chapter 47 (2/2)
Anyway, I apologized for the incident.
Even if it wasn't really my fault to appear out of nowhere.
In my mind, destroying the wall made me look cool. But the reality was different.
I should have broken the wall with my fists.
”Are you all right, Master?”
”I hope that old man didn't do anything to you!”
”I'm fine, don't worry.”
I explained to Kaede and Frau that there was no problem.
Although the incident with the old man's lips is something that I'm taking to my grave.
Fluttering footsteps echo.
”I heard a scream, are you okay?”
We are in a place that looks like a living room.
There is a passage in the back, from where four adventurers came out.
A muscular man, who appears to be the leader among them, turns the torch towards us.
”You are safe, Lord Scotchell!”
”I'm not injured. I'm just a little surprised.”
”I'm glad to hear that. By the way, who are these people?”
”I don't know. They came out of nowhere, through that wall.”
”Wall...?”
The adventurers who appeared drew their weapons.
”Wait, we're not bad people!”
”Then tell us who you are. From the looks of it, you seem like other adventurers, but nothing assures us that you are not demons in disguise.”
An adventurer suddenly appears in the ruins.
This is certainly very suspicious.
”We are the Manyu Brigade. We are a B-rank party.”
”Manyu Brigade... Are you the rumored adventurers we've heard so much about recently?”
”That we are. What is this place?”
”It is the deepest part of the ruins near the capital Grigit.”
The deepest part of the Grigit ruins?!
Weren't there about 20 floors in those ruins?!
We were very lucky to be sent to a distance relatively close to the elves' village.
It means that the distance it takes to walk about three days has been considerably reduced.
The old man noticed my bracelet and looked back.
”Oh, that's a hero bracelet, he's telling the truth!”
”What? Old man, you know about the bracelet?”
”Yes, I was once the hero of this country.”
The old man rolls up his sleeves and shows me a gold bracelet.
The design is different, but certainly very similar to mine.
”Hey, don't you dare call Lord Scotchell old!”
”I'm sorry, but you guys haven't introduced yourselves either.”
”Orlos, calm down, the boy is right.”
”Hmph”
The old man steps forward and introduces himself to us.
”I'm Scotchell, a former hero with the title of baron, and these are [The Flame Axe Gang], they're escorting me.”
”My name is Orlos, I am the leader. this is Poloa, my vice leader, this is Lynn, and lastly Bax.”
Scotchell is an elderly man with gray hair and a beard.
Orlos is a strong man with fiery red hair tied at the back of his head.
Poloa is a young man with one eye hidden by a long golden fringe.
Lynn is a girl from the cat tribe, a part of the beastkin race, and has brown hair.
Bax is a muscular young man with short black hair and a headband.
The flame axe gang, I had heard of them before.
I believe they are an S-rank party that originated here in Grigit.
If they have reached the deepest part of the ruins, then they must be a very skilled party.
”I have a hobby of investigating ruins, and this time I planned to investigate the deepest part of these Grigit ruins.... But then you lot showed up and interrupted me.”
”Sorry for the inconvenience.”
”It 's alright. How did you get here?”
Lord Scotchell's eyes were sparkling.
Even if he didn't bother to ask, I could see it in his gaze as if he were saying ”if you came out from in there, then there must be a big secret.”
I can't say anything about the magic circle.
It would be a big problem if you could use it to enter the elven village.
”I had stepped on a magic circle by mistake. I didn't know what it was, so I was just engrossed in looking at it. I think it was a trap.”
”Where did you step in the magic circle?”
”In the underground ruins of Einark.”
”That's a little vague.”
Lord Scotchell looks at me with suspicion.
”Let me take a look in the back.”
”Go ahead.”
The old man feels along the wall and enters the place we came out of.
He looked in all corners with a lantern and then let out a sigh.
”I had hoped to find some relic that has not yet been discovered, but I see that there is nothing here. These ruins have been exhausted.”
”Is there something you're looking for?”
”Well, my granddaughter has been poisoned, and I'm looking for a high-grade antidote. This search is just an excuse.”
The old man's face twisted with sadness.
It was terribly heartbreaking to watch.
I wanted to help him.
I put my backpack down and pulled out the magic storage.
From within the cloth, I retrieved a bottle I was saving.
I took it out, and gave it to Lord Scotchell.
”This is a high-grade antidote.”
”What!?”
”With this you will be able to help your granddaughter.”
The old man, upon receiving the antidote, fell to his knees, closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh of relief.