“Co now, quite glaring at ! Who sulks like that after a greeting?”
“Hah, you call that a greeting? I would be lying on a hospital bed with broken bones if I hadn't used body-strengthening magic in ti, Uncle.”
“Ahahaha! I knew you caught on, with your lax attitude. I couldn't appear weaker, right? Anyway, if it ends well then all's well!”
“Sigh… fine. But I better not see this happening again— alright!?”
Thump
I followed with a surprise attack on his stomach while I was talking, however, his abdominal muscles were like a piece of iron— hard. And when I held up my balled-up fist with tears almost squeezing out from my eyes from the pain, Uncle Shell burst into laughter.
“Fuhaha. You're quite a cheeky bastard. That said, you’ll have to learn to handle that much if you want to be an explorer, your being a brat doesn't an jack shit.
And Lynd too, the heck was he doing? How could he have not told about you? I would have liked to et an interesting fella like you earlier.
Hey, Ren. We're going to the forest north of the capital. Honey ants have made their colony there.”
“What? No. Didn't I tell you I'm busy—”
“But you were just sitting around in a trance earlier. Enough, grow a pair, and co with . What do you prefer— do you want to be knocked out cold and wake up in the forest, or you will go there on your own?”
“The hell’s with that absurdity!? Elimination of Honey Ants should be a B-rank quest, ain't it? Just so you know, I'm re E-rank. I'm not qualified to join your temporary party.”
“Oh? I'm surprised you know about it, I'm sure such cases are rare even in the Royal Capital’s vicinity. Studying hard, eh? But if you know, that's just fine! Besides, don't sweat over it. It's not a quest. They’ll target all the magical plants if we leave them alone, so this is more of a voluntary act. We can't afford to let those monsters run rampant with the already scarce magical plant materials.”
“What do you an ‘that’s just fine’? I'm not budging from here, the end!”
“That place is 60km away from here so we're running there. What? Don't want to follow? Then I’ll knock you out and carry you by myself.”
He's really deaf when it cos to listening to others…
“Are you kidding, it's already dark! You can't go there unprepared. Not that I'm going!”
“Why would I need preparation just to handle the neighborhood? It's piss easy like taking a stroll in the park. Let's settle this quickly and hit so booze. Man, you should be rejoicing more, Ren. You're going to see the performance of Shell Monstel from up close.”
Uncle said and snapped his fingers.
What, Shell Monstel?!
“... Who the heck are you!?”
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We took a ride on a Magic Car to the 3rd Avenue intersection and then sprinted out of the Royal Capital.
The world was already dyed in darkness.
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