After they finished registering at the guild, they split up to purchase necessary supplies.
If trouble turned up, it couldn’t be helped. Since it wasn’t even a crime if you killed your opponent in a duel, she truly thought it was a good town.
As expected, the first thing she set her eyes towards was the weapons shop.
Still, there were unfortunately little sharp katanas. Though there were a lot of goods, someone who could create things with magic like Ria could likely surpass them.
Swords, spears, axes, and other things like hammers. There were even some rare and eccentric weapons too. When she asked the shopkeeper about them, it appeared that they were brought from a dwarven village.
She bought a dagger for Maal to use in the shop. Other than that, she also bought a magic shield.
While doing that, she also sold swords and spears she’d made as practice. The iron-tipped spears sold for a lot. The swords’ evaluations weren’t so high and were offered appropriate prices.
Ria headed back to the guild after exiting the shop.
“Are you good for a moment?”
Ria took Vargas’ invitation.
Saying that he planned to return to the inn in the evening, Vargas invited Ria to the tavern.
“Come to think of it, how old are you?”
As expected, Vargas knit his eyebrows. Her strength didn’t make sense with her age.
He saw through her well. In contrast, Ria didn’t respond, asking for milk at the counter. Fortunately, the shop served goat’s milk.
“Both you and that small mage comrade of yours. No matter how I see it… you’re a bit too strong.”
Since Serge’s magical power leaked out, she had been concerned of that since before. If Lulu didn’t teach him a way to control it, they might encounter unnecessary trouble sooner or later.
Vargas scratched his head. He was the one who invited her, but he hadn’t put together all his questions.
“I would say to be an explorer, but I don’t think that’s all you were asking.”
Since her reason to be an explorer was to traverse the labyrinth, she hadn’t thought much about it. Rather, it was more like she hadn’t thought about it at all.
With power, wealth and fame would follow. That’s was Ria believed.
Without holding anything back, Vargas spoke his mind. It was an extremely ordinary reason.
In this world, marriage was done early. The marriageable age for most people was around up till twenty years old.
Since it turned into something like grumbling, Ria decided to change the subject.
Vargas wasn’t surprised. He also didn’t laugh.
“With a noble Ojou-san coming this far, I was sure it was something important.”
She didn’t correct him on the thing about being nobility. Even if she said she was actually royalty, the man’s attitude wouldn’t have changed.
In her previous life, she would have chose a man like this to be friends with.
From then on, the two just drank and only spoke a little.
She said it was because they might need it if they were attacked by demons while travelling.
The number one thing was that the country’s princess being homosexual would be quite the scandal.
“Would you all join up with my party?”
While Ria ate dinner after returning to the inn, she talked about Vargas’ offer.
Unlike the labyrinth in Labyrinth City, you could truly die in the Dark Labyrinth. And it was said there were many unique enemies like the Dogazer and Spectral Knight.
Carlos objected. certainly, it wouldn’t be good if they were suddenly attacked from behind in the labyrinth.
Gig also objected it.
Lulu presented a question. For that, Ria responded.
On the more shallow floors, there wasn’t a small amount number of equipment from fallen adventurers. But when going deep, you could obtain items from powerful people that had died from going too far.
Shizuna, seventeen years old, was a member of Jaeburg’s preeminent explorer parties, [Thunder’s Fangs]. Her fighting strength was also high. Ria, who was a non-standard, hadn’t had anyone suitable in her age group up till now.
Both younger than her and stronger than her. Around a person like that, she might want parental affection or something.
Serge spoke while grinning. If someone were to have a kiss snatched from them by the same sex in front of so many people, they’d probably hold a grudge.
Lulu taking a neutral position was unexpected. It was because she knew about her.
Particularly conquering strong willed court ladies and knights, she’d taken pride in her amazing success rate.
“For me… though I want to go against it, frankly I want to search together with strong people.”
“I agree by the way. An enemy I’ve never fought is much more scary than being stabbed in the back.”
“For the time being, how about we meet the group’s members tomorrow and decide from there?”
Moreover, they had fought against Cordova on the way. It was better for her to be able to tell her father as soon as possible.
Rather than just being concerned over their own safety, she needed to keep an eye on continent-wide movements. On the journey, Ria’s point of view extended significantly.
The next day, the party of eight visited the inn.
There were four warriors for the vanguard, one scout, and three people in the rear guard, two of them being mages.
A group of fourteen people gathering was sultry in itself. Vargas quickly opened his mouth to speak.
“I think it would be good to first decide on our terms for joining forces.”
“And at the same time, as for the girl there who’s looking over here with eyes that looks like a murderer, I wonder if you consent?”
Before she could say anything, Vargas reigned her in by raising his hand.
Shizuna trembled at the calm voice that said such a cold thing. She understand that her father said that with seriousness.
“For magic stones and raw materials from demons, how about two for you all for each one for us?”
“Oh, is it fine to not share equally?”
“Though I think there’ll be a lot of kinds of magic bags and magic swords…”
They didn’t need normal weapons at all, they already had magic swords. Though magic bags are expensive, they are commonly sold. Apart from that they also had Serge’s space-time magic.
Though Serge whispered humbly, it was up to the negotiations.
Though Ria was mostly resistant to abnormal conditions thanks to Dragon’s Bloodline herself, Poison Resistance was usually extremely valuable.
“Since we’ll manage it somehow or another, be patient for now.”
After returning to Casalia, they could most likely prepare general Orbs. Exercising the royal family’s privileges, she would strengthen her comrades.
Though tuning the terms from then on was trivial, Ria generously conceded most as Vargas didn’t ask for anything unreasonable.
One month. That’s how long the party of many people would stay united.
His palm was hard and thick, but even so flexible, a palm like steel.