146 The Invitation (1/2)
The instant the word GO came out of the referee's match, the Table had cracked and the man suddenly upside down with his legs facing the ceiling and his arm and head on the ground.
”M-Match over! The winner is The Young Adventurer!”
”OUUU!!!”
”Someone get him a doctor” Said the referee to one of the servants
[W-Was that too much...?”
Suddenly, the adventurer's all approached john and picked him up.
”What?” John asked with a confused tone
They then proceeded to throw him up into the air over and over again
John didn't know why, but it felt strangely good. Almost like a dream.
***
”Here's your reward...” Said the referee as he handed 2 bags full of gold coins
”You're sure there are 100 coins here?” John asked
The weight and amount did feel like it was 100, he just needed the referee to confirm it
”Of course, I have my pride, even I wouldn't try to scam a kid”
He said it with a straight face, but john decided to count, just in case
***
”Alright, looks like everything's here. Thank you” Said john as he walked towards the table with the Sleeping Serena, the calm master and the attentive Ariel.
The adventurers were still playing other games and happily chugging down their drinks. Well it was expected by john.
When john arrived at the table, he was greeted by Ariel
”W-Welcome back.”
She looked like she was in a good mood, the same could also be said for john
”Thanks, it's getting pretty late, we should probably start heading back. Is that fine with you two?” John asked
Master who heard this, nodded and so did Ariel
He noticed that Ariel was slightly red, and would sometimes avoid making eye contact
”Before we go, this was a letter which Mr Richart told me to hand to you”
Ariel handed john an envelope which had writing on the back, which mentioned that it was to John.
John took the envelope and opened in it. There was some sort of card inside, and as for what was written...
”You have been invited to attend the debutante ball being held by the Duke to introduce the Earl's 2nd oldest daughter into society...?”
The letter contained the location, the date and time. It was being held on the 30th and today was the 24th.
”W-Wait... I'm not even a noble...” John muttered with shaking hands as he held on to the letter
”D-Did you say a debutante ball?”
Ariel looked shocked; she also knew what it was. The question was, why were they being invited?
”A noble ball... Zakaragi might go... it says here I can take 4 people with me, if we're counting Serena, master and Ariel... That only leaves one... Hm...”
”W-Wait, john, we're going?” Ariel asked, she looked very nervous
”Yeah, I don't see why not”
[For the duke to invite an adventurer, much less a commoner, there's probably something he wants from me, well I've always wanted to see what such events looked like, so I might as well go.]
Ariel let out a sigh before asking
”That's good and all, but will Ms, sylvia want to go?”
”It's fine by me, but we're still going to the dungeon.” Master sylvia replied
”W-Wait, master, you're not being serious, Are you?” John asked
”I am.”
”You want us to conquer a dungeon in 5 days?” John asked
”This one is only 5 floors.”
”How do you know how many floors it has?”