—
“Hmm… Young Master went in and hasn’t co out since…”
In the bushes outside the tavern, Eir was hiding, wearing sunglasses despite the darkness, with a black hat covering her brown hair and long wolf ears.
She struggled to tuck her conspicuous tail under her skirt, though it was still quite noticeable.
Beastn stood out in places where adventurers gathered because most beastn were slaves and rarely counted as official team mbers.
She had even changed out of her maid outfit—though she didn’t have much else to wear…
The only other clothing she had was the dungeon-appropriate armor Will had bought her before he left, which looked odd on the street.
“And… I still haven’t seen who S is…”
Why was Eir here?
Because Question 178 in The 300 Questions of Blackening asked: “What should you do if the person you like goes on a date with soone else?”
—”Of course, you should follow them, and if you see any betrayal, kill both of them!”
—Though that was the answer, obedient Eir… felt the latter part required a bit of courage.
Besides, this wasn’t a date; Young Master was just eting a sa-gender friend!
So…
Eir followed him.
Of course, with Will’s dull sense of perception, he wouldn’t notice a trained maid following him, let alone sense any killing intent until the dungeon boss was right in front of him.
Unfortunately…
To keep her distance, Eir stayed in the bushes near the tavern.
But the tavern was near the Adventurer’s Guild, and there were too many people. By the ti she realized it, she only saw Young Master following soone into the tavern—undoubtedly S. But she couldn’t see who it was.
“They’ve been inside for so long. The crowd has thinned out, and they still haven’t co out. It’s strange; nothing bad could have happened, right?”
Eir shifted from crouching in the bushes to pacing around them.
She considered peeking through the window, but while Young Master’s perception was dull, S’s perception was definitely not!
If she got caught…
Young Master would be disappointed, right?!
After all, she had allowed him to et his friend but followed him like a stalker. That level of control was too much.
“It’s been so long, I’m worried. Can Young Master really drink for this long?”
“Hmm… should Eir pretend to be a maid looking for a job to check things out—wait, I’m not wearing my maid outfit today.”
“I’ll wait a bit longer. When Young Master cos out, I’ll leave. I need to get ho before him so he doesn’t know I followed him.”
As Eir paced in the bushes, she heard the sound of the bell at the tavern door.
“Eek!”
Eir’s ears, which she had tried so hard to hide, popped up, almost knocking off her hat.
She grabbed her hat and crouched down, her gray eyes fixed on the tavern door.
The tavern door had a decorative bell that also served as a notification.
It rang!
That ant soone had opened the tavern door—the last ti it had opened was about half an hour ago.
“Young… Young Master?!”
Sure enough!
It was Young Master who ca out!
He was wearing the outfit Eir had chosen for him, and with his brown hair and small glasses, Eir would never forget him!
“Great, it’s not too late. Everything seems fine. Eir can sneak away… wait, who is he holding…”
Eir’s ears popped up again, this ti in shock.
She was so surprised that she didn’t even fix her hat, letting it hang on her left ear.
She had never expected to see such a scene…
Her Young Master…
Was supporting a beautiful girl in black stockings, with only a short jacket on top, walking step by step.
More importantly…
The girl looked drunk, struggling to walk straight.
Maybe because Will was supporting her, their movents were so close that Eir saw the girl’s arm draped over Will’s shoulder.
She had never seen anyone so close to her Young Master!
But it was strange…
Who was this girl?
—
“Hmm… why is the moon wobbling? It reminds of the dungeon’s lunar eclipse, hehe… I rember the moon there wobbled too.”
“That’s because… Shuna, you’re drunk. You’re not standing steadily.”
Will stuttered, still not used to calling S by her feminine na, Shuna.
“Isn’t that why I’m borrowing your shoulder? How can I not be steady, Little Will? I think you’re the one who’s drunk. You’re the reason I’m unsteady.”
Will thought, how could there be such twisted logic!
He let Shuna lean on his shoulder as they walked out of the tavern. Although she was “leaning,” it felt more like a friendly arm-around-the-shoulder between brothers.
But…
So close…
From this angle, he could see Shuna’s long, feminine eyelashes, slightly damp with sweat.
He could also sll the faint scent of alcohol on her.
The drinks at XXX Tavern tasted strange, but the quality was good.
The post-drink scent wasn’t unpleasant; it had a rich aroma. And perhaps because of the five milliliters of mint extract added each ti…
Shuna had a minty scent.
It matched her youthful, vibrant personality.
“Oh… I rember now, the wobbly moon in the lunar eclipse was because the Dungeon Queen made it out of cardboard! There wasn’t a real moon, or rather, the moon was the Dungeon Queen herself…”
And…
Even now, Shuna kept talking about dungeon stories.
Though Will enjoyed listening.
He smiled at Shuna’s words.
But…
“Um, Miss Shuna~?”
“That’s such a sweet way to address . Can you say it more?”
“No, it’s not that…”
Will stopped at a crossroads.
Although he had been in town for a week, most of his ti was spent in dungeons, so he wasn’t familiar with the town.
Now, to take Shuna ho…
He needed to know where she lived first.
“Where do you live? If I’m taking you ho, I need to know where to go. Just tell .”
Will wasn’t worried about soone harming Shuna, known as S.
But…
She was a girl, and she was drunk. There was a strange inertia that made him not want to let her go ho alone.
“Ho… no ho…”
“Huh?”
“Just staying at an inn for now.”
“Oh.”
Will almost thought she was holess.
“As for the place… hmm…”
Drunk Shuna squinted at the crossroads.
The town’s infrastructure wasn’t great. The crossroads had a simple signpost with directions and a dim kerosene streetlamp, making it hard to see unless you got close.
“This way, thank you. You’ll have to… take all the way upstairs… please.”
“Alright… sure.”
Will felt like Shuna’s words had a hidden aning. Was it just his imagination?
—
anwhile, Eir, with her excellent night vision and eyesight, scratched her head from a distance.
“How strange… why are they heading towards the market?”
“I thought Young Master had found a beautiful drunk lady and was taking her ho, but this is getting weirder.”
“Although the market stays open late, it should be closed by now…”
“Wait, knowing Young Master…”
“Could he like the outdoors?!”
Eir was anxious, very anxious.
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