Chapter 235
Selfish
Action
Translator : PolterGlast
After spending a day off together with Tricia and Maud, it
seems their attitudes have softened considerably. Until before, it truly felt
like they were serving a king or something, but now I feel it's become more
like the sensation of serving a master. Even this is still a bit stiff, but
they can just gradually get used to that part. Influenced by Tricia and Maud, Tracy and the
others also softened up as a result, so spending the day off together was a
huge success.
I'd like to fully enjoy life in Biodasdal a little longer, but it's about time we have to go earn
some money. We still have money to spare, but we made a promise to do a joint
dungeon capture with the Battenberg
family. Since we promised, we have to go, and I plan to earn a ton of money
while we're at it. This time as well, the three of us—Ginia, Aoi, and I—plan
to head there, and we'll have Lia
and the others look after the house.
「Graham-sama! Come back soon, okay!」
「Yeah. I'll make sure to buy
souvenirs too.」
「Thank you very much! We'll be
looking forward to it!」
After patting Lia
and Anne on the head, I also called
out to Tracy and the others who had
come to the entrance to see us off. They seem to have gotten quite used to
things by now, but this is the first time I'll be leaving the house.
「Tracy, Mal, Peter, Hayden. I'm leaving the house in your care. If anything happens,
ask Tricia and Maud.」
「Yes, understood. Please return
safely.」
I waved to everyone before leaving the house. From there, we
boarded the carriage we had called to the front of the house and departed for
the Dungeon City. Just like last
time, with a stopover in between, it was a full day of travel.
While being overwhelmed by the overly large city gates once
again, we passed through the gate inspection and entered the Dungeon City. First, we immediately
secured an inn, and we'll begin the dungeon capture in earnest first thing
tomorrow morning. Due in part to the Kaonashi
being more troublesome than imagined, we weren't able to subjugate the monsters
on the wanted posters last time. In this expedition, not only do I want to
capture the dungeon, but I also want to accomplish the subjugation of the
wanted poster monsters.
While thinking about such things and unloading our luggage
from the carriage...
「Whoa...! What the?」
「Graham!? What's wrong, making a weird voice! ...Wait, who is
that!?」
「Isn't that Gree-san?」
There was something resembling a human figure lying among
the luggage, and both Aoi and I
raised our voices in surprise. However, at Ginia's
words, I realized it was Gree. He
was lying down as if wrapped in our luggage, fast asleep.
「It really is Gree. I thought he wasn't around when they saw us off, but did he
really slip into the luggage and tag along?」
「I think that possibility is high.
For now, let's wake him up.」
I shook the fast-asleep Gree
awake. At first, he seemed to not understand what was going on, but it looked
like he remembered the current situation and his face instantly turned guilty.
「Gree, did you tag along without permission?」
「.........Yeah. I thought you'd say I
couldn't come, so I sneaked in.」
「Did you tell Tricia or Maud about
this?」
To my question, Gree
quietly shook his head horizontally. At that moment, I dropped my fist onto Gree's head. I know that reprimanding
with violence isn't good, but this truly deserves a knock on the head. If he
had at least reported it, I would have just let it end with a scolding, but if
he hasn't reported anything, there's a high possibility that everyone we left
behind is searching all over for him.
「Gree, didn't I tell you not to take selfish actions? And you haven't even reported it. Can you imagine
what everyone left behind is doing right now?」
「...Sniff. Searching for me...?」
「That's right. If you haven't
returned even when it gets dark, there's a high chance they'll think you were
kidnapped. If that happens, they'll probably search around the city at night,
and couldn't you consider that this might put everyone in danger?」
「.........I-I didn't consider it. ...W-What should I do.」
「Anne is surely the most worried, and even if someone stops her,
she might go out searching alone. Did you think even for a second that you
might never be able to see Anne
again because of that?」
「I-I'm sorry.」
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Gree began sobbing like a child his age for the first time in a
while. Well, I said various threatening words, but Tricia and Maud should
be making calm judgments. However, even if things are fine this time, this
careless action of Gree's is
absolutely unacceptable. I want to praise the energy that drove him to
forcefully take action because he wanted to tag along, but I can never praise
selfish behavior.
「Gree, reflect on this properly. Ginia, Aoi, I'm leaving Gree in your care. I'm hurrying back to
Biodasdal.」
「Eh? You're returning from here!?」
「Yeah. If I run with all my might, I
can make it back before the date changes. I think they'll be fine, but I at
least want to report to them.」
「Understood. Graham-san, please be careful.」
「Yeah. I'll be back by tomorrow
morning.」
After lightly patting the crying Gree's head, I departed from the Dungeon City we had just arrived at. Returning to Biodasdal from here without sleeping and then coming back to the Dungeon City will be quite tough, but... for the sake of everyone who must be worrying, I'll do my best and run.
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