Year 7445, Month 5, Day 23
"I don't have any intention of prying into the internal circumstances of you all but if something happens feel free to call out to me without hesitation. If there's something we can do we'll cooperate."
"Yeah, I'm very sorry for causing you to worry. However, it's alright, I'll somehow manage something."
I replied with a weak smile. Recently, I always think it but somehow Hirosukol's way of speaking somehow feels stiff. If he drinks a bit then it returns to the feel of when we first met but since a short while after the start of the year I feel like he's been putting in effort to speak politely. And then this past month or so I feel like it's started to get mixed up a bit.
Even in the {Common.Language} there's something you could call words of reverence (It's not something I learned in a school like Japanese language, so it's just my own word for it) and you can make use of those while matching your way of speaking up with the other party. In his case, either he's bad at using them like that or otherwise he doesn't want to use them, I don't really get it though.
I guess you could say it feels kind of like the dialect from a remote area in Japan are mixing up with honorifics or so? That or I just don't know the way the words of respect are spoken in that remote dialect. It can't be, I don't want to think he's looking down on me at this point. It's been close to half a year since they started entering the dungeon. They entered {Sun.Ray} about midway through last month, they should have gone together with them to the 3rd floor and maybe even the 4th floor. Or as expected maybe they haven't gone that far yet? It would be strange if they don't understand what kind of position the {Slaughterers} are in among the adventurers this town yet.
Ah, I have no intention of telling him to say everything in honorifics. I just found it weird how he's mixing dialect and normal speech together and his way of speaking is strange so I wish he would just pick one, I guess. I don't think it's anything to be punished over requesting that much between the differences between them and us though.
After that, I continued to eat breakfast with the two of them while accompanying their boring conversation that bordered between preaching and a warning. It was just as I started to feel like speaking politely over every little thing was getting troublesome that I was finally released. The bean tea of this place is considerably different from others and has a unique direction to it that I like so I wanted to slowly enjoy it but it can't be helped.
After eating breakfast it would have been fine if I went to the edge of the town to practice the spell {Transmute.Rock.To.Mud} as well but recently I've felt quite stressed from all the trouble so I decided to enter the dungeon along and use cannon-type spells on groups of goblins and gnolls to relieve some of it. However, even when I used the spell {Audible Clamor} to try and lure some monsters time passed by with none appearing, in the end I had to shoot the cannon into nowhere and return to the town feeling restless.
When I teleported from the 1st floor to the entrance room it was just as some faces I knew came out of the small room in front of me. It's the dwarves from {Gehenna.Flare}. They're all wearing the usual flashy equipment with ornaments of black and orange like flames that look like a bunch of villains.
"Hn? Alone? Isn't Gwine-han with you today?"
"That's right, that's right, we didn't earn much this time because of that idiot leader after all.."
"But, we retreated right away when the ice monster was the opponent.."
"Well it was a good decision. No one was injured after all."
""Don't say it yourself..""
..These guys, it's nice how they always have so much fun.
"I think they'll return tonight. Should I tell them the store when they return?"
"Oh! We're going to be in "Pegizu"!"
"It's a joke, don't take it seriously."
"Stop getting depressed, you can have the right to sit next to Gwine-chan."
"..The men from our group are always like this right."
"Women? Hey, Garun, did we have women in our party?"
"Ouch!! Hey, Daniela, Mashu, I get it, I get it already so stop."
I always think it but what's with these guys. They almost never talk to anyone other than dwarves with insanely~ grim appearances but thanks to Gwine when they occasionally talk and it's always this. Somehow I feel like my irritation has faded...
...............
After that, when I was eating lunch alone and I guess it was no good that I was at a table on the roadside, the leader of {Verdure.Brotherhood}, Roberto.Viruhaima and Basu from the same party walked by me. These two both have long legs and are cool as well...It doesn't particularly matter though.
The second day since we entered the 7th floor. Close to the evening, in a place about 500 meters from the teleport crystal to the 8th floor. This should be the last combat for today, I declared that even if the ogre is weakened not to use ice.
"..From the right..now!!"
"Uo~~!!"
While properly guardian with his shield, Toris used his shield to bash the body of the ogre blocking it's club while instructing Gwine and Basutoral to stab the ogre with their spears as the one in the middle died.
"Beku.nosu.nimuru.fon.saizu.ka.doren!"
Ralpha chants the incantation for {Flame Arrow} while parrying the club the ogre on the right was swinging with her axe and shifted it's trajectory. Simultaneously a fire arrow hit the face of the ogre who was thrown off guard. Unable to endure it the ogre let out a scream and grabbed it's face with it's right hand while swinging the club in it's left hand around blindly.
Zenom rolled in at it's feet and stole the ogres mobility by smashing his {tomahawk} into it's angle. The ogre couldn't but fall to it's knees and ended up being cut on the right side from Angela who was able to sneak in past the right arm that was holding it's face. It's arm droops down. However, don't forget about the existence of Angela' shield. Though I'm sure she isn't suited for it~
Soon after, dobo...along with that sound a {Stone Javelin} stabbed in from below the ogres jaw. It's probably Bel's magic.
After confirming that all of the ogres had died, I ordered them to gather the magic stones while thinking for a bit. I can already relax while they're taking on three at once. This time it was a group of five but I finished off one from a distance with a spell and then while they were approaching, Miduchi and I killed one more. Even then they all managed to counter attack the three others that had gotten close.
Soon after the battle started since Miduchi cut off the leg of the ogre on the left side, Gwine was able to switch to backing up the center, and Bel was able to switch to backing up the right side right away. It was pretty good timing for making decisions on switching who to support.
I wonder if they can take on four (2v1) pretty soon?
..............
Just like this May ended, we passed through June, and it was just as things started to get hot in July.
Zulu was 10,000,000 Z.
Giberuti was 3,500,000 Z.
I guess it was for the sake of confirming the rumors of the naming ceremony at the temple in Baldukk,
About half of them were faces I know.
"It's quite bold.."
After that I was invited by Viruhaima and Anderson and drank to my hearts content.
I'm lonely.
I miss the warmth of another person.
No, I won't go at every little chance though.