V5C108 (2/2)

The ones who remained were either the fledgling adventurers or unsuccessful adventurers who do not have the ability to venture to other towns. Although there might be odd adventurers who stay in the town permanently because they like the town.

Even though it’s night time, it was still about 8pm so the lights in town were still lit.

Naturally, it was not yet time for the guards to fight against drowsiness and they were indifferently doing their job.

The guard was a boyish girl about 17 years of age with blue short hair and brown skin.

That girl made a slightly surprised expression when she saw Miri,

“You came here all on your own? Were you not attacked by wolves?”

She asked.

“I was attacked but I defeated them. I am a Magician after all.”

There was no need to hide her strength, or rather it would be troublesome to hear all kinds of words of caution if she said she was weak so Miri obediently answered while hiding everything except for her job.

“I came to look for my brother who lives separately. Have you seen this person before?”

As she said that, Miri placed her hand into her skirt pocket and took out her brother’s photo stored in the subspace using Space Magic.

Cameras and photos do not exist in this world but similar magic tools exist. However, they are expensive items worth hundreds of thousands of sense.

The guard lady gasped when she saw the photo.

“You know him!”

“Ye, yes. He was in this town until recently. He has set off for the town of Belasra.”

“Belasra … that’s the opposite direction.”

Looking back at the road she originally came from, Miri sighed.

Belasra is a town to the south of the starting point camouflaged as a large tree.

(If I recall correctly, there’s a labyrinth managed by that cheeky Goddess called Torerul.)

It’s a distance away on foot. If she had the Demon Lord magical power, she could move there instantly with Space Magic but that was impossible with her current MP. Even if she tried the hardest she could, the best she could do would be to travel to the midpoint between the two towns.

(Furthermore, with my current strength, I won’t be able to protect Onii.)

Fortunately, this was a labyrinth town.

It’s the perfect place to raise levels.

“You, what is your relationship with Onii ―”

Miri said until there and thought of her brother’s name. Instead of Ichinosuke, she thought that it was likely that his name had changed similar to how her name had,

“What relationship do you have with Ichinojo? You made a shocked expression that shows that you are more than just acquaintances.”

And she said her brother’s name.

In response to that,

“I’ll introduce myself again, I am called Norn. I am part of the vigilante group in this town but I was kidnapped by bandits in the beginner labyrinth and Ichinojo-san rescued me when I was in danger.”

She explained. Although she reaffirmed that her brother’s name was called Ichinojo in this world, her explanation did not make sense to Miri.

“Eh? Onii rescued you?”

“Yes, he subdued 4 bandits with the help of a white wolf girl.”

Miri’s temple twitched slightly at the keyword ‘beast race girl’.

She was not thinking about whether the white wolf race was her ally or her enemy during her demon lord army era, she was just bothered by Onii being together with a girl.

But even so, she thought that he had nothing to gain from doing so,

“Did you mean Onii supported that white wolf race person to rescue you?”

It won’t be surprising that her brother would be invited to parties once the 20x experience gain blessing he has becomes known.

Since their levels would rise quickly by using that ability, they won’t hesitate to invite her brother who would have a low Commoner level. That’s what she thought.

However, the reality was different.

“No, if I had to choose, it felt to me that the white wolf race person ― Haru-san was the one supporting onii-san.”

Hearing the name ‘Haru’, for an instant, a nostalgic child’s face surfaced in her mind but Miri knew that there were many white wolf race girls called Haru so she shook her head.

Because during her Demon Lord era, for that girl who had fur as white as the winter snow field, she herself prepared and named her ‘Haru’ after the hope that she would awaken like a sprout in Spring. (TL: Spring is called Haru in Japanese)

Regarding that, after she was reborn as a Japanese person, she saw on television that there’s a racehorse with the same name called Haru Urara so even now she still slightly regrets her decision.

But, more importantly, the problem now was how was it that the white wolf race person was the one who supported her brother instead.

“Your brother is very strong. He had a scuffle with many adventurers in the Adventurers Guild and he defeated them all.”

“Alone?”

Miri thought to herself. Her brother’s 20 times experience gain and 1/20 experience required blessings are certainly quite a cheat. At any rate, he has 400 times the growth speed of others after all.

But, it’s only 400 times. Miri predicted that her brother was in this town for only less than a week.

Furthermore, considering her brother’s personality, barring unforeseen circumstances, he would hunt rabbits in the beginning to raise his level before entering the Beginner’s Labyrinth after he has become stronger to a certain extent.

Even if he was invited to a strong party, her brother would not acquire the 20 times experience if he does not deal the final blow. He could just barely manage to level in the Intermediate Labyrinth.

In spite of that, for him to grow stronger so rapidly,

(There might be some other secret.)

From Norn’s way of speech, Miri caught a glimpse of the strength her brother possessed.

“For now, would you like to come to my boarding house? If you are onii-san’s younger sister, I’m sure Margaret-san would be delighted.”

Miri shivered when she heard the new name.

Norn, Haru and now Margaret.

Bad bugs (girl friends) are sticking to her brother. She has to quickly reach her brother’s side and spray insecticide.

” … Or maybe I’ll have to destroy the world itself.”

“Eh?”

“It’s nothing. Please guide me to where that pest … no, Margaret-san is.”

“Yes. I’ll arrange for somebody to replace me so please wait for a moment.”

Norn asked the other guy that was there doing nothing to replace her and she led her to where Margaret-san was.

When they entered through the back door of the closed clothes store, one of Miri’s worries was realized.

“Norn-san, welcome back ♪ Ara, who’s this cute girl, fufufu, she’s so cute until I want to gobble her up.”

That’s because Margaret was a blue-bearded muscular man wearing female clothing.

” … I would have preferred if Onii didn’t awaken to such preferences.”

Miri hoped to herself that it was just a needless worry.