Having to experience sothing that she couldn’t explain in words, seeing her friend that she hadn’t seen in a long ti had shrunk, Neun-san beca dumbfounded.
However, Fors-san is the sa as usual. I’ve only known her for a short ti, but I know that she’s the type who doesn’t read the mood.
[Co on, Neun, you should calm down. Surprise is just a temporary emotion, and Humans are creatures that easily adapt. Soon, the sense of unease you’re feeling will disappear.]
[……No, well, you’re still the sa as usual huh.]
[Did you know? I heard that there’s a saying in another world about how “leopards can’t change its spots”. I don’t really know what this leopard is, but I heard that it ans that one’s personality ford at a young age doesn’t change even when you get older. Even if hundreds or a thousand years had passed, as long as I’m , my personality won’t change that much.]
[Huhh…… Well, let’s just forget that. I give up. It’s unusual for you to go out, isn’t it? Since you’re with Kaito-san…… he probably helped you when you got lost or sothing like that……]
Perhaps understanding Fors-san’s personality due to their long relationship, Neun-san quickly gave up and switched the subject.
And from what Neun-san said, I guess Fors-san has been quite directionally-challenged.
[You aren’t too far off the mark. He had certainly helped , and I certainly was lost, but the reason he helped was slightly different. Well, I suppose that’s not what you were really asking about. The reason I’m here is that I’m eting up with Laguna.]
[Laguna?]
[I’m supposed to be eting her at 9:00 am. But what I’m troubled about is that “I’m late”. Just thinking about Laguna’s reaction is making my head start to hurt.]
Hearing what Fors-san said, not only Neun-san, but Dr. Vier’s and I also tilted our heads. After all, it’s currently 8:50 am, so she shouldn’t be late yet.
And yet, Fors-san said that she was late for the eting. She also wasn’t saying that she might be late, but that she was already late…… I wonder why?
Just as I was about to ask her why, I saw Laguna-san dashing towards our direction.
[FOOOOOOORRRRRSSSS!]
[Ohh, Laguna! I’m glad that we’ve safely t up……]
When she saw Laguna-san, Fors-san waved her right hand towards her with a bright smile on her face. However, Laguna-san didn’t respond to her greeting and leaping towards Fors-san, Laguna-san slamd her knuckle on her head.
[What the heck are you doing, you b*tch!?]
[Ghaak!?]
Fors-san, who was struck with a strike that held a trendous force, was slamd face-first into the ground. Eh? What the heck happened? What’s going on?
As I was stunned by Laguna-san’s sudden action, Fors-san slowly looked up while holding her head with both hands.
[……Ouchie…… What are you doing all of a sudden, Laguna? I’d like it if you won’t attack , a rearguard, with a physical attack. I could feel killing intent from that strike, you know?]
[That’s because it was loaded with killing intent!]
[Oi, oi…… Well, considering the circumstances, it was certainly my fault. But I’m not mistaken that we’re supposed to et at 9:00 am, right?]
[9:00 am “on the first day of the Six Kings Festival”! I said you should co before the opening ceremony!!!]
……9:00 am on the first day of the Six Kings Festival!? Three days had already passed…… that can’t even be called late anymore, you know!?
I- I see, it’s no wonder she was angry. I finally understood what Fors-san ant when she said “given my current situation, it’s unclear to how the ti would have any significance of so sort” before. She was late not just by the ti, but even by the date……
[Haahhh…… It’s good that I’ve been coming here everyday, around 9:00 am just in case…… And here you are…… You’ve got to be kidding ……]
[I see, Laguna’s anger is indeed understandable. In fact, I’m the one who was late, so I’ll just obediently apologize. No, I’m sorry. However, this may sound like I’m just making excuses, but I’d like it if you hear my side as well.]
[……What is it?]
[In the first place. Isn’t it a mistake to let , who has been called the “most directionally-challenged person in the long Elven history”, co alone? I can certainly understand that you’ve been so busy as the king that you haven’t had ti to pick up, and that’s a primary factor why I pity you. But the Flying Dragon Services directly flying towards the venue is set up on the gate to the Demon Realm, which ans I would have to reach the gate by myself…… Incidentally, I’ll have you know that it took “two days” just to get to the gate near Rigforeshia.]
[…………………..]
Listening to Fors-san’s words after apologizing for being late, I whispered to the nearby Neun-san.
[……Neun-san. Was Fors-san really that directionally-challenged?]
[……Yes. To be honest, it was so bad that I once thought that she might have been getting lost on purpose. When I heard what she just said, what I’m wondering is “How in the world did she get to the gate?”.]
It seems that Fors-san is so directionally challenged that it’s a bit dangerous.
When Neun-san told about it, I looked back at the two and saw Laguna-san collapsed to her knees, with her hands on the ground.
[……It’s my fault.]
[It’s alright if you understand. However, it still was fundantally my fault. Even though I was lost, now that I think about it, I still had a way to contact you. This won’t do. Maybe it’s because of my temperant as a researcher, but when I concentrate, my thoughts beca narrow. I’ll reflect on this…… By the way, I actually found so interesting plants on my way along the Rigforeshia forest. I was so excited harvesting them that I couldn’t help myself……]
[You b*tch! Doesn’t that make it the reason why you’re late!!!?]
[N- No, that certainly might be one of the factors but…… calm down, Humans are beings capable of discussion. Put down that raised fist. If you hit any harder, I might lose my mory……]
Hearing Fors-san’s words, Laguna-san looked exhausted, her shoulders slumping down. As I watched their exchange, I called out to Neun-san again, who was now standing next to before I knew it.
[……Fors-san is an amazing person, isn’t she? In more ways than one……]
[Yes, it’s just that…… Well, there’s still “soone worse” among my party mbers, so I got used to it……]
[Eh? Soone worse than her……]
[……There is. Hapti was quite an…… amazing person…… As soon as we arrived at a city occupied by Demons, she went around stealing from the fla-ridden houses without a care in the world, negotiated with the inhabitants who had escaped behind our backs for a reward, led us to so ruins with treasures in it, saying that it was so Demon stronghold, and when we arrived at the Demon King’s castle, she tried to ditch all of us and head straight to the treasury…… She was a money-grubbing troublemaker……]
[……………….]
[We’re reassured of her abilities, but about half of the shambles our party went through was because of Hapti.]
[……………….]
After listening to the story Neun-san said with an amazed expression on her face, I quietly left her side and called out to a certain soone behind .
[……Co out here, money-grubber.]
[W- What could you be talking about? I- I’m just an extrely beautiful shopkeeper of a miscellaneous goods store, so I don’t know who this Transcendental Beauty Phantom Thief Hapti-chan————- Migyaaahhhh!?]
It seems like Alice was hiding it from her, so I won’t tell Neun-san about Hapti’s true identity. But that being said, I think I still need to punish her on behalf of Neun-san and the others.
With that thought in mind, I turned towards the pale Alice and slowly raised my fist overhead.
Dear Mom, Dad————– Fors-san is also quite an outrageous person. She was quite the character, but according to Neun-san, Alice…… no, Hapti———— was even worse than her.
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