What do you an?
Mr. Zinal tilts his head at our conversation.
I opened the bag slung over my shoulder and looked inside, and my gaze t with Sora's.
Apparently, she had heard the conversation.
'Sora is very good at finding caves and rock holes. She'll find places out of sight, too.
Dad looks at Sola as she jumps out of the bag.
'Sola, I'm sorry, but I need your help.
"Pfft.
Sora purred happily at her father's words.
She seems to be in a pretty good mood, so I'm sure she'll find a good place for .
'Sora, can you find a place for , your father and your sister to hide?'
I think he heard talking in the bag, but I have to ask him to look right in the eye.
'Pfft~'
Sola still purred happily and looked around.
And soon, she began to move.
'Let's go. Will Jinal and the others co too?
When his father looked at Jinal and the others, Jinal let out a sigh for so reason.
'Thora ...... Oh, no, it's nothing. It's just Ivy's tad sli. Yup. Can you do sothing like that?
Zinal looked at Sora and nodded at .
What is this, should I be happy about this?
'Sora is not your average sli at all.
Garrit's words made chuckle along with my father.
You are absolutely right.
''Pfft~''
I turned my gaze to the sound of Sora's cries.
I saw Sola jumping up and down in the sa spot.
I wondered if they'd found her already?
You're early.
Sola, did you find it?
"Pfft.
A large rock with ivy tangled in it.
If you look closely, you can see that the inside of the rock is hollow.
But we couldn't get in because the ivy was tangled around the whole rock.
We'll have to cut through the ivy.
Dad took out a small knife and a small knife and cut the ivy.
As the ivy flapped away, a wide hollow appeared.
'Oh, great. Let's go have a quick look inside.
Mr. Zinal went into the hole, looking like he was enjoying himself.
He ca out after a while and told it was all right.
'Gullit, is this place okay?'
Gullit nodded at Zinal's words.
'It's okay. We've got the location.'
Okay. Well, we're going to Hataha village to have so fun.
Do you want to play?
Maybe it's about going to a bar?
For that, I'm a little concerned about the look on Jinal and his team's face.
What's the deal, they're just going to collect ...... gossip like they're up to sothing, right?
Don't go.
Mr. Zinal and the others wave their hands and I wave at them.
'What's up?'
My dad looks at my expression and gives a strange look.
Did I see that much in his expression?
I was wondering about the look on Jinal's face.
Dad nodded at my words.
I knew my dad felt sothing too.
''Maybe he'll do sothing to get information about the royal capital.
Didn't you say you were just going to get lucky with the information on King's Landing?
Ivy's aware of this, right?
Does this an that Jinal and his friends aren't just ordinary adventurers?
Dad nodded silently at my words.
That ans there's more to it than just the investigators.
I stared at my dad and cowered my shoulders.
...... I guess that ans I'm not going to go deeper.
'Well, let's get you ready for bed today.
I go into the rock hole with my sister who was watching and my dad curiously.
It's spacious inside, and Ciel can lie down as well.
Let's make a bed first.
At dad's words, he takes out the necessary items from the magic bag.
My sister, who needed help in the beginning, can now prepare her bed by herself.
She doesn't have the strength yet, but she's gotten pretty used to the journey.
''Good. Let's make dinner.
Start a fire to cook dinner.
I pick up the branches that have fallen around us, but there doesn't seem to be much of them around the rock pit.
'Malia, stay here with Ciel. I'll go find so branches.
At Dad's words, his sister, who was on fire duty, nodded.
'Alright. I'll do my best to keep the fire going.
I'll pick it up as soon as I can. Ciel, take care of your sister. What about Sola and the others?
ow.
Pfft~
Terryu~
Pfft.
I guess that ans Ciel understands.
Well, do you think Sola and Flem will be coming with us ......?
Oh, Sol is on fire.
It's not that cold.
'Malia, I'm going to go. I'll be close by and you can shout if you need anything. Well, I'm sure you'll be okay with Ciel being here.
ow.
Ciel wagged her tail happily at her father's words.
He stroked his head and his throat groaned.
'I'm going to go.'
He waved to his sister and Ciel, then looked for a branch that had fallen off.
'The branches around here would be nice and dry.
I nodded at my father's words and picked up the branches and put them in my magic bag.
I don't know how long we'll be in this village, but tomorrow we'll still be here.
We'll pick up tomorrow's, too, together.
'Ivy. You heard about from Jinal and the others, didn't you?
Is this about your father?
If it was the old days of your father, I'd have heard about it.
...... Right.
Hmm?
Is your father's voice strained?
I turn my gaze to my dad, and he looks at with a mixture of emotions.
'What's wrong?'
What did you think?
...... Does that an you know your old dad?
I didn't think anything of it.
'What? Well, you know, he's a terrible guy or sothing: ......
A bad one?
Oh, co to think of it, they said he was called a cold-blooded man because he was unusually quick to cut down his friends.
I didn't think so. I know that an adventurer's job is sotis to make cruel decisions. I think the response your father took at the ti was the best he could have done.
Sure, he may have cut down on his friends.
But I suspect it was to protect a lot of people.
Or there was so circumstance.
Because, you know, that master is watching over us, right?
I'm not going to let you do anything wrong.
'...... Not so much. If you'd thought about it more, there would have been other ways to do it.
I can see the regret on my dad's face.
If your father says that, then there must have been another way.
But who knows if that thod would have succeeded.
'Maybe so. But it's possible that if we had done it any other way, it would have failed, right?
Is it possible that ......
There.
Then your father's decision is not a mistake.
'If your father cut people down for no reason, I'm sure Master wouldn't shut up about it: ......
Not only the Master, but Mr. Gothos as well.
'Indeed it is. When I'm about to do sothing stupid, for so reason, Master is always there for . And he'll say sarcastic things and make fun of , and I'll get extrely irritated, and then I'll take it out on my ntor .......
That's very typical of a master.
I'm sure he was deliberately inflaming his suppressed anger and letting it co out on him.
When Gotos-san becos Gilmouth, he's going to make his father do sothing like a job where he can take out his anger.
'Co to think of it, the adventurers your father raised talked about it. Your father saved a lot of people's lives because of his work. I think people who understand that understand.
Three young adventurers who were truly worried about their dad when they first t him.
They said they t him when they were just starting out as adventurers and that he had drilled the basics into them.
I rember them happily talking about how their father's teachings had saved their lives many tis.
They said that their father was an amazing adventurer.
They said that many people were saved because of their dad.
They went along with ...... my selfish regrets.
Regrets?
I look at my dad.
'I couldn't save them, I saved them because they had a similar vibe to . It was self-serving.
'I don't know who they are, Dad, but I can see how sad they were, and I can see how sad he is now.
'Maybe at first, but you didn't want them to die, so you hit the basics, didn't you?
Well. Well, those guys were a ss. So I really got into the basics that my master taught .
The trigger may have been your father's complacency, but the result was to save their lives.
When I said that, his father looked so relieved.
What in the world is he so worried about?
You didn't want people to know about your old dad?
No matter what rumors I've heard, it doesn't change the impression I have of my father as a kind man.
'Bad. For trying: ......
Sohow, I thought it was on the way.
I didn't realize it, but I guess I'm holding back a lot of anxiety?
In my mind, your father is kind and cool.
Is it cool? I think you're looking pretty disgusting.
'No, it's cool. And too clumsy!
Dad looked surprised at my words.
You're holding on to too much of everything.
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