Chapter 148 - 148-Touching
[A/N: Author
If you don\'t reread chapter 126, which I changed, everything here will make no sense]
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Marika then started to introduce herself in a friendly manner. They looked at this in amazement. Marika is very easy to talk to and looks very nice. They began to think if only nobles and the royal family were like her.
"So Lute, they are all your women? I wonder, what made them like you? " Marika leaned to the side, looking at me who was looking for a quest.
"You should have known, right?" I smiled seductively, looking at her.
"You mean you\'re handsome? Ahahaha, you know there are still many boys who are more handsome than you, "Marika laughs, holding her stomach.
I just shrugged my shoulders, letting her comment. Looking back at the quest board, I found an interesting quest. It was a red dungeon. There should be an item useful for Silvie, namely Icebound Sword. It was an SSR Rank item. Either way, I had to get this sword for Silvie. Without further ado, I immediately took quest.
"Eh?"
My hand accidentally touched the hand of a woman who chose that quest. When we looked at each other, I was immediately surprised. It was Natalia. Natalia, who realized it was my hand, quickly withdrew that quest and looked at me with displeasure.
"Are you sure you want to go on that quest? It says it requires a party of six-member, " I find her weird.
"What does that have to do with you, go away you pervert, " Natalia said annoyed, and headed for the receptionist.
My face is twitching. Of course, I won\'t just go away and follow her to the receptionist. The others didn\'t seem to understand why I was following her, so they also followed me to the reception.
"Sorry, but you can\'t take this quest," That receptionist said.
"Why? I\'m a high-ranking student. A quest like this is nothing to me, " Natalia said displeasedly.
"I\'m sorry, even if you have a high rank, you are still required to have a party of six members. This dungeon was only discovered a few days ago. Many adventurers tried to explore this dungeon but came back with many wounds on their bodies. The dungeon was still under investigation and it was not known what rank it was at. If there isn\'t any progress in a few days, we plan to increase this quest rank for that dungeon, " That receptionist said apologetically.
Natalia looked really annoyed when she heard this. She didn\'t have any party members because they just passed the test yesterday. Plus, many students thought she was an arrogant girl, so no one tried to approach her.
"Hmm? What\'s wrong, you don\'t have a party? How about you come with us? " I said teasingly.
A blue line appears on Natalia\'s temple. She really needs a party right now. Because after looking at quests on the quest board, there wasn\'t a single-person quest that caught her interest. They were all just easy quests, while quests with party members were quests she was interested in.
"Okay, okay, I\'ll join with you, but don\'t try to do anything lewd to me, you pervert, " Natalia turned to me with an angry face.
"Wow, even that arrogant girl melted in front of you, Lute," Marika said in amazement.
"Who are you calling an arrogant girl?" Natalia turned to Marika in a threatening tone.
"Aww, she\'s a fierce girl, Lute, I\'m scared." Marika hid behind me as if scared.
Natalia\'s face darkened, looking at this mischievous Beastmen Princess. I couldn\'t help but laugh at their behavior. Coughing softly, I went to the receptionist and started writing down the party members who took part in the quest. The members include me, Silvie, Lusi, Yua, Elyse, and Natalia.
"Thank you, here\'s a permit for your party to do the quest," The receptionist handed me the permission letter with an academy stamp on it.
I then put it into my inventory. The dungeon was in Red Cliffs near Erand Village, which was one day away from Sailos City. We have to prepare to go there now.
"I\'ve got a permit. We have to prepare now. Alice, when I\'m not with you, please take care of yourself and others. I don\'t want anything bad to happen to you all, " I hugged Alice and kissed her forehead.
"Trusting me," Alice smiled.
"Lute, I want a hug too," Dina said, spoiled.
I smiled and did the same to her because I didn\'t want them to feel unfair. I did the same to all of them. Natalia looked at this uncomfortably, but she then ignored it.
Without further ado, we immediately prepared what we needed for a trip there.
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We are currently at Natalia\'s workshop. She said she has a vehicle that can get them there quickly, so we wait here. I looked at this workshop with a bit of amazement, because here I saw some items that existed in my previous world.
"Lute, are you sure you want to bring that girl? She\'s a proud girl, you know," Elyse said irritably.
"It\'s fine, you shouldn\'t judge it too soon,"
"Lu-Lute, are you defending her? I can\'t believe this, so what about me? Did you forget me? " Elyse looked at me with glassy eyes.
"Hah, stop whining; I know you despise her because you lost to her before," I said as I pinched both of her cheeks.
"Uuuu... Lute is hurt, "
Yua and others, seeing this, laughed. Not long after, Natalia returned with a large and very modern-looking car. If I\'m not mistaken, although she can make a lot of amazing things, she has to use a lot of mana to make them. That was why some of the items she used during the previous exam were made before she took the exam. It could be said to be a little underhanded, but there was no prohibition against it.
"Hurry up and go inside; I don\'t want to linger,"
Natalia said from inside the car, then the car door opened. Silvie and others, who didn\'t understand that item, still looked a little confused, but then they entered together with me. Inside the car, a comfortable sofa and all the necessary things have been prepared.. They looked at this with amazement.