Book 4. Chapter 2
Chapter 2 : Shia’s Feelings and Haltina, Sea of Trees
One of 7 Great Dungeons, the [Haltina Sea of Trees], was located within the country of demi-humans, Faea Belgaen. Thanks to the Magic Powered 2-Wheeled Drive pulling the two large carriages along with dozens of horses, Hajime and his party were now able to advance at a rather fast pace.
On the bike, Yue sat in Hajime’s lap while Shia sat behind him. At first, Shia was told to ride on one of the carriages, but she insisted on riding on the bike. Even though Yue kept harassing her, Shia kept clinging onto the bike like a zombie, so Yue finally gave up. Shia had finally met two people that were the “same” as her, so she wanted to talk about various things. However, much to Yue’s displeasure, Shia was hugging Hajime. Yue believed Shia had intentions of getting her hands on Hajime by using her shameful, lethal weapons.
Hajime, who was sandwiched between the ill-humored Yue and good-humored Shia, absentmindedly drove on.
In that state, Hajime heard Yue’s voice.
“… Hajime, why did you fight them by yourself?” (Yue)
“Hm?” (Hajime)
Yue was talking about the fight with the empire’s soldiers. At that time, Hajime fought them alone after stopping Yue from utilizing magic. Even though there would’ve been almost no difference if Hajime had just let Yue “insta-kill” the soldiers, Hajime had fought alone, and that made Yue anxious.
“Well, I just wanted to confirm…” (Hajime)