Chapter 234: Coming home. (2/2)

Senna grinned while s his armored back

“She isn’t ether… ”

“Poor lassie, to have an unfaithful husband”

Dalrak shook his head while so next to hi and folloith a few jabs of his own

“If you live with a woood as married, but if you want to join me on my next expedition, then I’ll keep it a secret”

During the trip, he had infor conditions and also Elodia From the point of view of adventurers, if anyone settled down in one spot and had a significant other, then they were practically h the church to hold a ceremony, they also didn’t require proper docuht you were the serious type but you’re the same as those two leechers”

Grisalde joined in on the joke by acting disappointed and sighing

“Screw you guys”

Roland replied with a frown on his face It was clear that they were busting his balls by how they were acting so after turning around a faint sh the people hehe did not dislike their coroup their bonds were tight after all the trouble they had been through

“dao… that’s a man on a mission, that woman of his is in for it”

S my head”

“Maybe I’ll cure that chronic stupidity of yours if I keep shed as they saw the usually quiet Roland slowly picking up the pace Even though he wanted to make them believe that he didn’t care about much, it was clear that he did The way he just fast walked towards the forest area and took off confirister at the adventurer guild they were hoping to remain here for a while, Wayland see places, and perhaps they could join hireatness

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‘’

Roland had suddenly activated his ar feature to allow hih it wasn’t in the greatest shape but it was still holding strong Thanks to this whole predica which would allow him to restore it into a better version if he so wished Yet this was not what he was looking forward to, instead, a few fa well, right?’

Noric device to contact his ho for the trip had been blown up along with the cultists during the battle in the village Without finding a replacement he needed to wait until this very day, that he returned

Finally, he saw the trees clearing up to present hi, he had not been gone for that long, not even a wholenew for hied the location where he lived before Now on the other hand it was different, he did not want to leave this place where he hadsenti man anyinal world he would be around forty Was this just a sign of his advanced age or was there another reason that he was attached to this place more than the others?

‘I still can’t shake this bad feeling…’

He zooh the path like athis trip his paranoia had only been ainst the Abyssal creatures on his own The weapons he created were inefficient and if he ever encountered a tier 3 monster then his life would probably be over There was much he needed to improve on and he wanted to hasten it

“Awoooo”

“What is it Agni?”

Before co out of the forest he was halted by a fa as he froze in place, the people that he wanted toof aardness washed over hireet them or smile instead?

Luckily while he was frozen in place with his thoughts clouding his return someone quickly approached his destination He did not need to look at his radar to know that it was not a hu he was tackled from the front by a red blur Noroing down to the ground but today he illing to give his pet wolf a pass

“Aoo!”

“Hey, stop licking ni…”

His hel the run through the forest Due to thishis face licked by an overzealous Ruby Wolf At first, he was just happy to see hiet a bit annoying

“Get off ni, stop that already!”

With soni’s only to have the wolf's nose buet some space between himself and the wolf Even then it didn’t seem that the ruby beast would halt his assault as he tried to juain

“Down boy, Sit!”

Only when he changed his expression and called out in a ni’s ruby tail was thu up dust, clearly, he had missed his master that had vanished for ni look as if he was s which also quickly transformed Roland’s ni what are you doing, did you find a squirrel again? How many times have I told you to leave them alone…”

“Oh, hey… It’s been a while…”

For so a lot more aard than usual Perhaps the near-death experience he had been through had made him think a bit more seriously about his life here and the wo there while wearing the uniform from his store Yet before he could continue with the conversation she took off running

“Wait, be carefu…”

“Just be quiet for aElodia jumped at him and put her hands around his neck To save her frorab her waist in mid-air so that she wouldn’t bump into him too hard Her face landed in his chest as she could not reach his head and there she re?”

“I’ was quite noticeable and how her s much he decided to place one of his hands on her head while hugging her closer There they reed to calm herself down With a quick push, she freed herself fro and looked up to hiht so happened to you, I’ve heard about Reeka, and…ah sorry, I’lasses to wipe the tears away It was normal for the news of the cult's attack to have spread as they did a bad job at hiding their presence now The tears were not soht a stern lecture to be more careful would await hio in and I’ll explain everything to you, there is a lot we need to talk about”

Elodia nodded while also grasping Roland’s hand that was offered to her While he wanted to do nothing o to his bed and sleep for a whole day, there were sos Elodia and his workers needed to know This mostly concerned the cult parasites that needed to be checked for in the church as fast as possible

Only after that was done could he put his worries to rest Only then would he be able to relax and put this horrible trip behind him Yet already he was happy, his home was here, and in it were people that he learned to care for

“Welcome home Roland”

“Yes, I’m back…”

He replied with a sate His previous journey was at an end but the next one was already around the corner