Chapter 49: Pushing Her Away
As soon as he left the Calgroth’s shop, Kenji immediately went back to the inn briefly. He decided to drop the children there, as he no longer wanted to take them on any of his dangerous quest, especially one like this one, where he would be facing humans with powers!
The situation of the last quest had already left a small scar in his heart and he knew that he could never let such happen again, for him to see them crying over him again.
No! That must never happen again!
So the moment he arrived back at the inn, Kenji dropped them and promised to be back as soon as possible.
And as he left them sitting at home with a game board that he had bought while passing through the market, so as they wouldn’t get too bored without him.
Immediately he left the house, he headed towards the mines. Since Gorvan had said that the mines was hosting a lot of bandits and robbers at the moment, he knew he had to be careful when he arrived there. Danger could be lurking from any angle, and so he had to make sure everyone around him was protected and safe.
As he got out of town, he re-summoned Haruka and asked if he could ride on her back to get to the mines quicker, since she was faster than he was and he would be able to save more energy for whatever was going to happen when he got there.
As she sped towards the mine, as fast as she could, Haruka decided to ask Kenji a question that was beginning to bother her.
" Kenji, why is it that you had accepted the quest from that Calgroth? I mean, why didn’t you just ask him to make you a weapon with proper materials? Why do you need this... dreadiron ore anyways?" Haruka asked with an inquisitive gaze.
While at the store, at first Kenji was angry, then the next second when he heard about dreadiron being the same material used for the hero’s party, his whole demeanor changed in the blink of an eye and he immediately wanted to get this same material to be used for his own weapon also.
* Maybe it’s because he is one of those fans that love the hero’s party. The type that they want to know everything about them?* Haruka thought suspiciously, as that was the only explanation that could pop up in her mind, I mean, why else?