148 1st floor maze (1/2)

”I did?”

”You did, she said it was faint, but she could remember see the face of a kid performing healing on her, since you were the only kid there, it's you, right?”

”W-Well I guess...”

”Then, once more, let me thank you for saving my wife and all those people. Also make sure you conquer this dungeon, I'll be honest, I don't like this job.”

Seeing this, John started to laugh

”Um, Mr?”

”Nathan, call me Nathan.”

John couldn't really see his face or body features that well since he was wearing very heavy armour and even had a helmet on, but that wasn't necessary. He'd be able to identify Nathan through his magic trace.

”Then... Nathan, you're saying rumours of me using magic is spreading around, right?”

”That's right.”

”Are they accurate? Like do they know my name?”

”In the end, rumours are rumours, they know it's a kid, but they think of you as an S-Rank adventurer, and you don't seem to be known... no. You're fine, even if someone were to research, they wouldn't know your name now, would they?”

”Haha, that's right. Thanks nathan, and it'd be rude to be the only one to introduce yourself, right? My name is John”

John extended his hand towards the surprised Nathan in the form of a handshake

”Right, nice to meet you John, one day I promise to repay you.”

”I'm looking forward to it”

Those were the last words exchanged between the young boy and the man, shortly after they were done with their conversation, John joined back with the group

”What took you so long?” Serena asked

Hearing this, John moved closer to the side of Serena's Face and slightly raised her hat, before whispering in her ear

”Couldn't you hear it from here? I was gathering information”

”Y-You're too close...” Said Serena as she slightly backed away

She muttered, with her face slightly red and her lips curled.

[What a cute reaction...]

”I thought you were going to get mad, you've been awfully passive recently.” Said John as he approached her again

”T-That's because of...”

Serena seemed to be thinking back on a memory, and when she did her face was getting redder and redder.

”Because of?”

”A-Anyways, forget it!”

Said serena before she quickly turned away

[What? Forget it...? What's she thinking about... Wait... Could it be about what happened at the beach?]

”Hehe...”

”What's with that creepy laugh...” Muttered Serena

”Let's go.”

After that, the group started to walk inside. As they passed through the entrance and began walking down the stairs, john noticed that Ariel was giving him the stare, she looked curious about something.

Seeing this, John also moved closer to her ear and whispered

Ariel's face suddenly got redder as John approached her, but she kept herself calm

”I-I see...”

[Hm... God... Calm down... Now's not the time to tease them... We're in a dungeon for flip sakes...]

And just like that, they finally reached the first floor, or so they thought.

[What is this?] John asked

Instead of it being a floor, it was a path which was floating with a door at the end of it, alongside this path, there were other white paths floating around with a door at the end of them.