Chapter 101 - 98. Security Blanket
"So, again, you tamed him just like that?" Han Shin asked as they climbed the small hill inside one of the dungeons owned by Trinity.
Zein scoffed at the phrase. "What do you mean tamed? Is he a beast or something? He wasn’t even going berserk in the first place."
"Nyenyenye~" the healer made a silly jeering sound. "He still walking out of the training room like the happiest man in the world after shutting himself for half a day," and with a higher tone, he added. "And it only took you fifteen minutes too!"
Zein rolled his eyes, and back to observing the guides on duty today. "Eyes to the front, Leo. Use your ears to pick up the beast’s sound, not eavesdrop."
"It’s not eavesdropping if it’s loud enough to be heard, Captain," the particularly short guide replied with a grin. But spotting Zein’s raised brow, he immediately looked forward again, while being smacked by another guide in the back, prompting the rearguard espers to laugh.
Compared to the other two dungeon raids, this time was comparably more relaxing. The environment was pretty mild, with bright sun and blue sky. It almost felt like they were on a stroll for a picnic rather than dungeon raiding.
This time, they did an easy training with the rookie espers inside the eternal dungeon. Zein only took three C-class guides here--the three with the worst performance among the division members.
It didn’t mean they were bad though, just that they were quite behind compared to the others. Two of them also the youngest guides, added at the start of this year, so maybe the lack of experience had something to do with it. But it made them a good fit for the rookie espers, who were also comparatively young. And in this kind of lax environment, friendship was easily built.
Han Shin, meanwhile, came not as a healer but more as a researcher. There was a material he needed and he wanted to procure it by himself in fear of someone ruining it. But so far, all he did was just pester Zein.
"Do you know what people called you?" he suddenly asked. Zein didn’t answer, since he knew the healer would just tell him anyway. "The Serpent Tamer,"
"What kind of nonsense..."