Save log 6: Here We are doing the first quest after the break

The chirping of the pidgon and dove can be heard coming from outside the window. Everything was nice and cozy…

"Han. Ji. Ro. Wake up." saying that Emona pulled the blanket out of me.

"Oh my god! Are you crazy? It's freaking cold today. Why do you have to do it no..."

"It's me. Now get up. You promised that you are going to do it today. We are waiting downstairs. Don’t be late."

I kept quiet and sat still on the bed, watching Furara walking out of the room. Do what today?

"At least knock the door when you enter."

"I did for 5 minutes straight. You were dead sleeping. That's why I bragged since the door was open. Now come downstairs." she walked past the door.

The heck? What does she mean she bragged in since the door was open. Wait, didn't I locked it last night?

After washing my face and getting dressed I got ready downstairs. Tristeza was cleaning the vase beside the staircase with her usual sad face.. I yawned and said hello. When I was gonna go down, she started to sob.

"Wha-what the heck did I do this time!?"

"You 'sob' you didn't say if I was doing good." she said brushing the vase.

"......You are doing pretty good Triste."

She started to cry louder than before. Her tears were flowing out like a fountain.

"What the heck? I gave the compliment you wanted. Sto-stop crying already."

"I was expecting to hear, great job. But 'sob' you but you said… fuwaaahaaa!"

"You are doing a very excellent, wonderful job! Keep it up Triste!"

She stopped and looked at me sobbing with a gloomy smile.

"Thank you Hanjiro-sama. I-I 'sob' I am sorry if I troubled you."

"No, no, no! It's fine. No need to worry. I’ve to go now. They are calling me. Keep up the wonderful work."

I ran away from her as she got back to her vase brushing feeling comfortable. Damn, she is one sad girl. Why did Joro pick her as a maid?

"Oi, Hanji. Come here. We were waiting for you."

Lina was calling me from the living room sitting on the sofa with Furara and Joro standing on Dermin's hands. I went toward them.

"So, why did you guys call me? And what did I promise to do today?"

"I thought you know already…….you don't remember? Ok, well, last night you said that your break will end today and ready for a quest."

"Oh yeah, I did say that."

"Man, I was bored staying in this mansion and playing hide-and-seek with Emona, Shiro and Lola. I am in a good mood for a quest or two. By the way Hanji, where is that cloak you got from Sylfia."

“Huh? Oh yeah that? I can’t wear it still since I am low in level. I am gonna see if I can wear it after doing some quest.”

The previous day, I announced that we are going to do some quest starting the next day. Everyone clapped and cheered after that for no reason. After Zefira said that my bow is now broken, we decided to go to Grodmin’s house. They welcomed us and we got our bow repaired. Meanwhile, Sylfia said that she made a fire resistance cloak for me with her sewing and magic skills. I tried it on and..

‘You can not equip it yet. Level requirements have not met. You need light armor level 12 and 16 main level’

“Hmm, it appears you can’t wear it boy.”

“Hahaha! You were putting on that thing so heroically too. Lol”

“I never thought you will fail like that.’ Furara is trying her best no to laugh.

“Shut up you two. Don’t act so cocky having higher level than me, and why do I have level15? Wasn’t it 16 or something?”

“Levels decrease if you don’t do anything for a while. I lost a level myself too because of you.” said Furara. That’s right. Siyol did say something like that.

“Don’t worry nii-san. You will get stronger and able to wear it soon. I know you will. Because I made it just for you.”

That was so...cuutee! Furara and Lina were holding off their laughter.

“Just shut it! Stop laughing like that for a minute.”

“Lol, sorry. I am gonna stop now.”

After that we said goodbye and went home with the green cloak that Sylfia made for me and my bow fixed.

~Present Time~

Lina and Furara are chuckling for no reason all of a sudden.

“If you guys are laughing thinking about that, I am going to shoot those arrows through your smirking face.”

They stopped laughing, but Lina still couldn’t stop trembling with laughter. I am gonna teach her a lesson while we do a quest.

"I would like to join you all as well." Joro said from Dermin's enormous hands.

“Okay. But, are you sure you can go around the town like this? They might notice a demon aura.”

“No need to worry. I have been traveling around the town at night for days now. Nothing seemed to happen.” all of us became quiet.

“Why didn’t you tell us about that sooner? You could have got caught.”

“Yeah, yeah, Hanjiro is right. You could've got caught Joro-sama. Why don’t you bring me with you next time?” Lina became excited all of a sudden. Something is fishy.

“Well, all that matter is, they can’t sense Darken’s power or demon aura. Since, half of his power is lost and he can keep himself undetected with his special skill, ‘Hide among the Shadow’. Also, I am not going to help you with your stealing if you come with me.”

“Damn it, he got me.”, murmured Lina. That was her intention, I knew it.

“Alright then. If you say so. You can join us.”

“Good, let’s go hunt down some monster shall we? I haven’t done it for a long time now.”

“Before that, can we go eat our breakfast now?” Furara said in the middle of the conversation. We decided to fill our stomachs before we go out for a battle.

“Now, which one will we be doing for today….”

“Why are looking at the help quest instead of the slaying?” Furara asked from the other quest board which holds the quest for slaying various types of beast and monster. Lina was taking a seat at the pub and drinking up some beer.

“Oh, sorry. I did it out of habit. Anyway, let’s see what we're gonna take….what about this one?”

“Slay three silver serpents in the Albanian Forest. Those snakes are pretty quick and hard to take down. They're also pretty big. I am not sure why it has one-star difficulty instead of four.” said Joro on my shoulder.

“They are four-stars?! I am gonna report this! What kind of stupid mistake is that?”

“Oi! Have you found any quest yet?!” Lina yelled from the pub as we decided to report the quest paper saying one-star difficulty instead of four.

“Welcome to the Midlofhin’s Guild and Tavern. How can I.. Oh! Hanjiro Fujuriya and the party. You were out for a long time. Great timing.” said Siyol from her reception stall.

“Well, I'm glad to meet you again too but I want to report this. Why is a four-star difficulty quest marked with one star?”

“That is very dangerous for new and weak guild members like Hanji. Never do that again Siyol.”

“What did you call me?”

“Oh, we are terribly sorry about that. We will look for who did that. Anyway, we were looking for you guys for a long time. There is a quest only you guys are capable of.”

“A quest that you guys are capable of?” said Joro.

“Look, we might have defeated the demon general Celestia but that doesn’t mean we can do anything. What is the quest anyway?”

“....you are saying that you and your party are weak?"

"We are not weaklings! I am just saying that, even if we did defeat someone like a demon general, you can't just expect us to defeat a dragon."

"I see. It's not something as powerful as a dragon. Here is the quest paper. Hope you accept this." she held a quest paper in front of me with one hand while fixing her glasses position with another.

I took the quest from her. Everyone else leaned toward me to see what it says. I quickly put it back to the table.

“Are you serious? We can’t fight that thing! It’s a five-star difficulty quest!”

“We might be able to take down if we try.” said Furara.

“I am with Hanji. That thing is way stronger than us.”

“This is a golem. You guys should be able to defeat that since your party defeated the demon…”

“Like I said, don’t think we can do anything since we defeated a demon general. If you have anything else, let me know. I will go back to that board and look for one.”

“You are not going to do it? I see... Please! Accept the quest!”

“Huh?” all of us became surprised by the sudden shout from Siyol.

“You have to accept this quest. Dan and his party went off to a mountain to train themselves. They won’t be back till the next two weeks. You guys are the only people we can rely on now. Everyone else doesn’t want to do this either.”

“You never asked us to do something before. Is this something serious? Is the golem attacking any village or town?” Furara asked the troubled receptionist.

“Honestly, no. This isn’t something so serious.”

“...........”

“Th-there is a reason. You see, if you do that quest perfectly we will get fame around the country. Since this guild is most likely more beginners, we never get to receive that much fame. If we get more fame and all, I will get better sala..I mean we will get more jobs for you all to do. So, please. Do this quest for the sake of the guild.”

It’s super obvious that she just wants to get a high salary. Well, we will get more jobs so it’s worth it I guess.

“We will try what we can. Don’t expect us to actually be successful.”

“Thank you so much. We really appreciate your hard work for the guild.”

“We are actually going to do this? Alright, don’t mind me if I run away from the battlefield.” said Lina.

I will make sure she suffers if she does that. Anyway, let’s just get on with it. I put the paper inside my fon’s slot. A blue light emitter from Siyol’s reception stall.

-Slaying Quest-

Objective:Defeat the Golem in the Ruins of Mist Mountains

Difficulty:Hard(5 stars)

Reward:100,000 Azuls

~Start~