Monster’s Streamer Star

They had already explained the situation to Claire, and after hearing that they could use Troll to meet anyone whenever they wanted, the group resumed their discussion.

“Squishy, even if we all want to go together, everyone has their own work, so we can’t do that right now. So for the time being, who do you want to stay with? With us, Amelia and Paulen, or Gracie?”

‘With who?’

At Nellin’s repeated question, Squishy hesitated.

That’s when Fenrir spoke up in the chat window.

[Just Slam First] ▶ If you’re going to choose, pick elf! You said you’d come see me! Said you wanted to get stronger!

▶ Well, if you pick those other humans, you won’t even be able to move, lol.

▶ Can’t miss out on travel content~.

▶So basically, you don’t mind revealing your nest?

[Just Slam First] ▶ Anyway, even if it gets revealed, if someone comes to attack, I’ll just crush them!

In the few days after the Brooks Vessilja incident had settled down, Fenrir thought long and hard before finally making his decision.

But since telling them the location himself felt awkward, he searched for another way.

He finally remembered one of the systems almost no monsters ever used—the whisper system—and invited Troll to his personal broadcast to reveal his location that way.

‘Just do it! I have to meet! I need to get stronger!’

Even after several days had passed since the incident, Squishy’s desire to become stronger had not changed.

And so Squishy’s choice was—

Boing!

—hopping up onto Nellin’s head.

“Yeah, that’s what I wanted to see.”

Nellin smiled at Squishy’s choice, and Amelia, Paulen, and Gracie all accepted the result.

After all, they knew Squishy was full of curiosity and always wanted to see new things.

Besides, it wasn’t as if they’d be separated forever—there were ways to meet again—so it wasn’t too hard to accept.

Once Squishy made his choice, Godrick turned to Nellin.

“But Sister Nellin, where are we headed now? Do you have a destination in mind?”

Nellin and Godrick’s party originally set out to find Squishy.

They had traveled here and there searching, and even thought about making a name for themselves at the Colosseum so it would be easier to locate him.

But now that they had achieved their goal, Godrick’s party already saw Nellin as both a companion and an older sister figure.

They had no intention of parting ways and wanted to continue traveling with her.

“Nowhere.”

“Huh? Nowhere?”

“Just wherever I feel like~. Don’t you guys have someplace you want to go?”

“Wait… you really don’t have one?”

“I only started wandering around to find Squishy in the first place, and that’s when I met you all. Didn’t I tell you at the start?”

“W-Well, you did say that.”

When it became clear that there was no fixed destination, Skol asked Claire.

“Hey, Claire! Don’t you have anywhere you want to go?”

“No. I’ll just follow Master.”

The conversation shifted toward deciding their next destination.

“Um, then how about heading south? We’ve met others, so wouldn’t it be good to meet Lord Katshal this time?”

Gracie was referring to the last living hero, the dwarf Katshal Demft, who lived in the southern region.

“Heading south is fine, but how about the capital? I heard they recently built an exhibition hall to commemorate Lord Aldor Meyer.”

Paulen suggested the capital, which was most famous for the late hero Aldor Meyer.

Both were recommendations made with Nellin in mind, but her expression looked reluctant.

“Ugh, do you know how hot it is in the south? And the capital… it’s crawling with shady people.”

“Nellin, not all nobles are shady.”

“More than half are. Ugh, if they want to show goodwill, they should just be straightforward or hide it properly. Instead, they act all sly and expect you to hand something over. Do you know how annoying that is?”

“Ahem.”

Paulen couldn’t exactly deny it.

“Then where do you want to go, Sister Nellin?”

“I don’t know either. That’s why we’re talking about it. …Hey, Def! Get out the map!”

“Yes, Sister Nellin!”

Def pulled a map from the pack and spread it out on the bed.

“Alright then, don’t think about me. Each of you pick a place you want to go.”

“That’s kind of sudden… Ah, how about going back to Tartan?”

“Tartan?”

“Yes, Squishy hasn’t been there yet. And…”

Godrick glanced at Claire.

“If Claire doesn’t participate, wouldn’t we stand a better chance of doing well there?”

“Geez, your body’s sturdy but your heart’s a coward.”

“P-Please call it being cautious.”

Next, Def pointed at another spot on the map.

“H-How about here?”

“Count Ludendion’s territory?”

“Yes! Squishy lived there once, right? We’ve met Squishy again, so maybe the young lady living there would want to see him again too?”

“Let’s not go there directly.”

“Huh? W-Why not?”

“Because we can just call Ventus and go back anytime. Right? If anything, going somewhere new would be better. Wouldn’t Squishy like that too?”

‘If we went back, what if I ended up running into Granny? She’d nag me to explain everything.’

“Ah, true. Hehe, thanks to Lord Ventus, traveling’s gotten a lot easier.”

Skol rubbed his chin with his thumb and said, “Then why not just leave the traveling itself to that great magician?”

“Ah, that won’t do. Ventus gets sulky if you try to boss him around too much. And besides, Presia would get mad too, saying it cuts into their lovey-dovey time together.”

“Right… disturbing two people who just started dating… that wouldn’t be good.”

[Thread-Lady] ▶ Oh my, oh my, a fresh new couple? How sweet~ I love hearing this kind of story~.

▶ What are you even saying, when you’re the one who tried to eat the male alive?

[Thread-Lady] ▶ ? Isn’t it nice to become one body when you love each other passionately?

▶ Ooooh…….

▶ What was it that troll used to say at times like this? Psy… something?

▶ Wasn’t it psycho?

▶ Oh, that’s it.

▶ But wow, gets sulky if teased? Lol, Sulky Troll, huh? Better not mess with him too often~.

▶ [“I love teasing the most!” You have been kicked.]

▶ Instant kick, lol.

▶ Ahaha, better behave yourself, huh?

“Hmph, this is exactly why I recommend this place.”

Hawane, as usual, pointed energetically at a spot on the map.

“Huh? This place… hey, Hawane. Why are you suggesting here?”

“For revenge.”

“Revenge? What are you talking about?”

“Revenge is important.”

“Hey, Claire, stay quiet for a second. This guy spouts nonsense half the time.”

“Okay, Master.”

The place Hawane pointed to was the region where Godrick’s party had once worked as mercenaries, and where they were now wanted criminals.

“If we go there with Sister Nellin, her Justice Arrow will strike that damn noble’s backside, and our bounty will be lifted!”

“Well, if it’s Sister Nellin, I think it’s possible.”

“S-Still, isn’t shooting an arrow into a noble’s backside dangerous?”

“It would feel refreshing though.”

“Hm?”

Since none of the other party members objected to Hawane’s words, Nellin figured it wasn’t complete nonsense.

“What happened there?”

“Well, the truth is…”

Godrick recounted the story of his past.

When they left their village and worked as mercenaries just to scrape by, they had taken on a request from a noble called Viscount Fedfil.

But the request was so vile that Godrick punched him in the face, and after that they became wanted men, unable to take on work in that area again.

“There was really such a noble?”

“Someone truly unforgivable.”

“M-Mr. Godrick, I think you did the right thing!”

“Yeah, you did good.”

“Wow, why didn’t you guys tell me this story earlier? If you had when we first met, I’d have gone straight there and shot him in the ass with an arrow.”

“At that time, we were only thinking about finding Squishy. Honestly, I forgot about it myself until Hawane mentioned it.”

“Hmph, but I’m a man who never forgets humiliation. Because of him, we had to hide in the forest roasting rabbit meat… I can’t forgive that.”

“Hawane, if you don’t mind, I’d like to entrust that revenge to us.”

“Huh?”

“You mean you, Paulen?”

“Yes. As the Church, we can’t overlook such a wicked man. Someone like that could disrupt Lady Nellin and Squishy’s journey. If the Grand Church sends an investigation unit, we could quickly expose his crimes to the public.”

“Oooh.”

Though he looked like nothing but a muscle fanatic every day, Paulen was a Paladin with real authority in the Grand Church, with the power to dispatch an investigative force.

Naturally, Amelia also supported Paulen’s opinion.

There was no way she would allow a scumbag like Viscount Fedfil, who had the vile hobby of forcing himself on women, to go unchecked.

While Godrick’s party’s revenge was unexpectedly being arranged in this way, Claire lifted Squishy off Nellin’s hand and placed him on the bed.

“Squishy, where do you want to go?”

‘A place I want to go!’

“Hm? Claire, what are you doing?”

“I want to hear Squishy’s opinion too.”

“Squishy’s opinion matters. But hey, Squishy, do you even know how to read a map?”

“He can read and write, so it should be possible, right?”

Squishy stared intently at the map and typed into the chat.

▷ Just Slam First! I want to go where you are! Where should I go?

▶ Haha, bold question, no hesitation.

[Squishy Queen] ▶ Don’t my kin want to meet you? Speak up at once!

[Noblesse Fire] ▶ You already said you’d crush anyone who attacked, so just say it already.

▶ Look at these old folks getting excited about teasing, lol.

▶ Say it! Clap! Say it! Clap!

[Just Slam First] ▶ Shut up! Troll’s the one who’ll say it!

▶ Huh? Why Troll?

[Free Spirit] ▶ Because Just Slam First told me before, duh.

▶ Pfft, Troll brat called him a wolf before, but now he’s calling him by his username.

[Free Spirit] ▶ My choice, so what?

▶ Fair enough, lol.

‘Just Slam First! He knows where!’

Hearing that Troll had the info, Squishy got excited and immediately asked.

▷ Where are you?

[Free Spirit] ▶ Squishy, from now on, just point to the spot I told you about with your tentacle.

▷ Okay!

Boing!

The slime extended a tentacle and touched the spot Troll mentioned.

Everyone’s gaze turned to where the slime was pointing on the map.

“Squishy, don’t tell me this is where you want to go?”

‘Yes!’

***

Brrrrrr!

“Looks like Squishy really wants to go there, Sister Nellin.”

“That’s a place where it snows like crazy, isn’t it?”

The place Squishy pointed to was the northern part of the Derxia continent.

It was a region so snowy it was often called the Snow Mountain Zone.

“The north is pretty far, isn’t it? But we’d see a lot of scenery.”

“If we go that far north, we’ll have to pass through the capital anyway.”

“Wow! It’ll be my first time in the capital! I’m so excited…”

“Well, hmm. I’ve never been to the north either, so maybe this is a good chance.”

“Sister Nellin, you’ve never been to the north?”

“That black dragon usually operated in the central and southern regions. And really, why would I want to go freeze in a place like that?”

“Master, are we really going north?”

“Yeah. I don’t know why, but since Squishy says he wants to go, fine. Let’s head somewhere even I haven’t been before.”

And thus, Squishy and Nellin’s group decided their next destination.