episode_0491

Thanks to the fact that the disabled man had been beaten up and become docile, the subsequent advance was not difficult.

The positions are the same as when we first entered: Baum in the vanguard, me and Mirif in the middle and rear.

Although he gave me a look that said that I should be in the vanguard since I am the strongest, it was only a look. Perhaps because he almost lost once, it didn’t lead to any protests against me.

‘… I’ll probably get screwed at least once more before I leave.’

From then on, whether I try to kill him or not, Mirif can’t stop me. She must have heard clearly that I’ll kill him if I do something wrong again.

“Hey, Sister Lily… .”

“… … why.”

“Ah, thank you for helping me earlier. If it weren’t for you, I probably would’ve been seriously hurt.”

“… … Yeah.”

“Yes… .”

Even though I was being cold to him in order to maintain the concept, Mirif couldn’t even answer properly.

Anyway, this is the problem with these priests. They are all so innocent and innocent that they don’t know how to express their feelings openly.

If Agnes were next to me right now, she would have fried his head with fire magic long before I could stand it any longer and lunge at that idiot.

And even if it was Ethan, he probably would have drawn his sword the moment that guy came near to take off his mask… .

“… … .”

No, why are you thinking of Ethan? In the first place, there’s no way Ethan would come here to subjugate a goblin nest or something.

Now that even the small connection between the master and the exclusive maid was gone, there was no going back to how things were before.

“Hey, hey…! Hurry up and follow me! We need to finish the mission quickly and go back…!!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“…Fuck.”

Now that not only me, but even Mirif isn’t answering, the idiot goes to explore the inside of the goblin nest while swearing.

I just walked inside, taking care of the Mirif who followed behind me, hoping to go in first and get behind them.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

“… What the heck? Is this all? It’s nothing? ”

The deepest part of the goblin lair that continues in a straight line.

There, after a fight… or rather a massacre, the crippled man muttered in a stupid voice.

The bloody bodies of countless baby goblins were lying on the ground. With the exception of three or four adult goblins, there was nothing to speak of as a fighting force, so it was only natural that the massacre would be on our side.

Unlike the idiot who was swinging his sword excitedly as soon as the baby goblins who couldn’t even hold a sword properly were left, Mirif was quietly praying while covering the bodies of the victims left in the nest.

“… May the unnamed sister rest in eternal peace.”

Even though they are low-level monsters, they are still monsters. If they came in a group and attacked a village, ordinary people would have been helpless.

The bodies of three women who were dragged in and became pregnant against their will. If they had been left alone, they would have come back to the village sooner or later to find new mothers.

“What useless things are you doing? They’re dead anyway.”

“Useless, thing… .”

“The mission is over, so hurry up and get out. You don’t want to stay here and end up like that, do you?”

“… … .”

A idiot walking towards the dungeon entrance, carrying a bag of goblin ears and talking nonsense.

Miriff showed a cold expression at the words of the guy insulting the deceased, but somehow held back his emotions and nodded as if he understood.

“… Yes. As you said, it’s time to go back now.”

At first, I thought quietly as I felt the idiot’s title of brother gradually being lowered. … For some reason, I felt like if I killed that bastard now, Mirif wouldn’t actively try to stop me.

‘Whew, what should I do with this… .’

But since then, I haven’t done anything that would cross the line.

Even though it’s a bit shabby, it’s still performing its vanguard role. Although, goblins aren’t popping out in droves like before.

And although it might feel refreshing in the moment, Mirif might end up resenting me because he’ll end up failing the E-rank promotion test.

‘I don’t think it would be a bad thing for an average E-class adventurer to know Mirif, who is a priest, for a long time.’

With that thought in mind, I somehow suppressed the murderous desire that was welling up in me, then I grabbed the bag of goblin ears and the mirif.

“Follow behind me. I can protect you if necessary.”

“Yes.”

“What are you doing?! Why don’t you come out quickly?! If you keep dawdling around here, I won’t know if goblins pop out?!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

You, the vanguard, can’t not know that, you punk.

I let the idiot’s urging flow in and out, and walked along at Mirif’s pace. If he really were to run away, leaving Mirif and me behind, it would be him who would be in danger.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

“Mirif, are you coming to the guild tomorrow too? If you have time, do you want to go on a campaign with me?”

“… No. I have work to do at church tomorrow, so I won’t be stopping by the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“Really? Then what about the day after tomorrow? Or even after that is fine.”

“… Well, I don’t know because the schedule for after the day after tomorrow hasn’t been set yet.”

“Oh, come to think of it, I guess I’ll be able to see it the next time I visit Aurelia Church. Do they give friends a discount on medical expenses or something?”

“… … .”

A idiot who keeps talking noisily to Mirif all the way out of the cave after completing the goblin nest subjugation.

Seeing him start to act like a real idiot again just because he’s starting to feel a little better, I can tell he’s a consistent idiot.

‘… Well, it was your choice, so endure it.’

The only thing I could tolerate was that he no longer showed any interest in me and only persistently talked to Mirif, and that he didn’t even try to make direct physical contact.

Since it was Mirif who asked me to save that piece of shit in the first place, she should be responsible for this outcome.

Of course, if that idiot tried to say even one useless word to me, I was ready to stick a dagger down that noisy throat, but thanks to the proper warning I gave him earlier, he didn’t even look in my direction.

“While we’re on the subject, I think I should go to church tomorrow. It’s fate that we met like this, so let’s have a drink tonight… .”

-Thump, thump.

“… … ?”

“No, I will decline.”

“Hey, I told you not to be embarrassed? In times like this, don’t just ignore me and be quiet… .”

“Shut up.”

“… … .”

The sound of heavy footsteps faintly heard amidst the noise.

I thought I might have misheard, so I lowered my posture and quietly leaned against the wall to listen.

“… Also, what are you dissatisfied with?”

“… … .”

“Fuck, if you were to cut me off, I’d give you a reason… .”

“Shut up. I can’t hear you.”

“… What is that sound? I killed all the goblins inside, but something suddenly popped out… .”

“Ah, you idiot! Open your mouth one more time and I’ll kill you for real!!”

“… … .”

I told you several times to keep your mouth shut, but you fucking punk still keeps snorting without giving a shit.

Because of that, I couldn’t hold back my patience and started swearing, and at the same time, I could clearly hear the voices of the ‘other things’ echoing inside the cave.

‘Keeruk.’

‘Crunch, crunch.’

‘Kehehe!’

… Yes, no matter what, it’s a goblin nest, so there’s no way it could end with just this many.

The fact that there were so few of them, even though it was a nest, meant that about half of them had already gone out to ‘hunt’ when we arrived.

They may simply be hunting for food, or they may be out looking for a replacement for a dead female.

‘Kehehe!’

‘Keep going, keep going!’

“… What the hell. Wasn’t it over?”

“… … .”

-Kwak.

The bastard and Mirif also heard the sound of a group of goblins approaching, and they prepared for battle, holding their weapons in their hands.

Judging from the voices I’ve heard so far, there weren’t a small number of them. Maybe ten, or even more.

Considering that goblins usually go out to ‘hunt females’, about half of the group would go out, so the number could have increased even more.

The number of goblins we killed in the goblin nest was about thirty, excluding the babies, so we might have to fight a goblin of that size.

‘It doesn’t really matter whether there are twenty or thirty of them, since they can easily handle that many while protecting one person…’

… The problem was that the heavy footsteps I had heard a moment ago were a little annoying.

Even so, it seemed like the sound of footsteps were a bit heavy for a goblin.

I was wondering if the sound of several goblins stamping their feet at the same time was what it felt like, but the heavy footsteps from earlier were getting clearer and clearer as they approached us.

-Thump, thump, thump!

“What, what is that?! What are those footsteps?!”

“… … !!!”

The idiot who looked around in confusion like an idiot, and Mirif who held the priest’s staff in his hand tightly with a nervous expression behind me.

As soon as I grasped my dagger and took a stance, thinking that I hadn’t mistaken the sound of footsteps, the owner of the footsteps appeared before my eyes along with dozens of goblins.

-Kooong, koooong!!

‘Geraaah!!’

“Eww! What, what the hell is that!!”

“Heeek… .”

… Goblin King.

Why the hell is this popping up here again, seriously.