Chapter 397: A Certain Girl and the Royal Banquet 1 (side Miria)
“But we can finally see the goal, Miria. I thought you might get invited since you’re close in age, but I never thought my skills would be found promising like that!”
We’re in a room of the 『Staff and Oven』, an inn of the royal capital Alban. The person who is my adventuring teacher, Meltia-san, is talking to me.
Previously, Meltia-san was invited to my village at Mariella-san’s request to investigate the ghost sightings commotion. She’s now accompanying me in my search for a dragon.
The black dragon that rampaged and left my village, Irushia-san… I can’t believe Irushia-san wanted to kill Gregory-san. No matter how I think about it, the claw that was swung at me that day intentionally missed. Wanting more than anything to confirm that, I left my village and became an adventurer like Meltia-san. As Meltia-san has said, today is a new chapter in our journey.
Sitting on my bed, I hug a pillow while thinking, then turn to look at Meltia-san.
“…We’re still just lowly adventurers. It might all end in disappointment.”
“That’s where my sword skills and your conversation skills come in. While I attract interest with my strength, you’ll somehow cozy up to the princess.”
She practices swinging a wooden sword around as she speaks, stabbing the end towards me… Doing that inside is dangerous, so I wish she’d stop.
“…We might not be confident, but we’ve still got to try.”