Save Log 28: Here we are Tagging along with Glider's Party

"You sure this is safe?"

"Don't be such a coward Hanji. This is completely safe. Besides, you are the one who said gonna do it."

"I still don't believe in your throwing skills yet. Last time one of the daggers flew by my ears."

"Heh. It was your fault that you were standing in my way."

It is almost noon, we are now at an empty lot of the Purplehood Manor Garden. I was standing still with an apple on my head, two others on both of my hands. While Lina was standing 50 feet away with some knives. Furara was spectating with Joro and Zefira under a parasol with tables and chairs. The maids were performing their duties as usual.

"Alright, I am gonna throw. Hold still or you are dead."

"How the heck can I stay still like this?!" I objected as I was being murdered by this cat.

"Can I take your place instead master?"

"I already told you, if you die by her hands I will also be dead by Kernel-sama. I might as well die myself."

"What a fine gentleman Hanjiro is." commented Joro.

"You think you will be a hero by doing that?"

"I don't care if I be a hero or not because of this." I shouted at Furara.

"Alright, I am doing it." Lina holds her knives up to throw them at the apple. She is trying to hit all the apples in one go. One mistake and it might hit me instead.

And she begins to throw…

"You have a guest." said Furorem.

"Sup, ya'll."

"Hmm?"

Glider came out of nowhere when Lina threw the knives at me. The Apple on the fell with the dagger pierced through it, the apple on my left fell as well and the apple on my right arm was unharmed, while my arm was stabbed.

"Ittaii!" the apple finally fell to the ground.

Furara is healing my right arm with her mana, everyone was sitting under the parasol. Lina was complaining about how my blood made her dagger dirty. I wanted to punch her so bad.

"So, what brings ya here?"

"I got a request for you guys." said Glider in reply to Lina's question.

"What request? Better not be some…."

"Nope, nope. Absolutely not."

"What the hell dude? Why?"

"I don't want to go through another mess because of you again. You always bring trouble."

"This time it won't be something like that. Just hear me out, dude. Hey! Don't act like you can't hear me. Come on, dude." Glider insisted me listen to him. I finally gave up.

"Glad you changed your mind. Well, this time we are doing a job. A dungeon exploration."

"Dungeon exploration?"

"Yep, thanks to you guys, the shrine guardian of the Mist mountain temple is gone. There is a dungeon in that temple. No one has explored it yet. I thought we and you could go take the credit by exploring it. 60-40."

This already sounds dangerous to me. Wait, did he say..

"What the fuck? You are giving us 60? That's pretty kind of ya."

"We are the ones who are getting 60. Wa-wait. How about 55-45? No-no? 51-49? Fine 50-50."

"You know what, forget it. We won't go with you. You will pay us low in the end."

"I'm sorry! I swear I will give ya 50-50! Don't leave me like that. Please!" Glider begged us again to join their party. This guy is persistent.

"How much is the reward?"

"Well, 5,000 azuls for participating and we will have 60 percent of what we will get from the dungeon. I heard there are rubies and shiny magic stones in the temple. Maybe some scrolls, ancient tome too."

"Shiny! Well, we might go. Whatcha say Hanji?"

"I would like to study those scrolls and books."

Lina was distracted by her fondness for shiny thingies while Furara was interested in those tomes.

"Alright, seems like a good offer if they don't betray us."

"Pfft. Come on. Why would I betray you guys? So, you guys in it?"

The trip to the Mist Mountain was the same as when we came here before. Fog everywhere, the dry leaves crackling under the wagon's wheels, carriage guy, Wilde leading the holfs to our destination nervously. And then, stopping a mile away from our actual destination.

"Alright, get off the wagon. Not going any further."

"You serious old man? You have a magic item that can scare away any…"

"I don't have it anymore. The capital guards came a week after that event and took it away. I am lucky they didn't send me to jail."

We got off the cart one by one.

"What magic item?"

"None of your business." I replied to Jerkin who was still in the cart.

After everyone got off from the cart, Wilde turned the vehicle around and went off to the town.

"Thanks for the ride carriage guy."

"I have a name!" the guy shouted at Lina for calling him, carriage guy.

"Prepare to get ashamed by losing your memory?"

"I-I am not gonna let that happen! Just you wait."

"Stop fighting ya two. We got a long day ahead of us." said Glider with joy.

"So are you guys ready for the dungeon exploration in the Mist Temple?"

"Haaii!" everyone replied with a cheer.

"Alright, we got no time to lose then. We better get back to the guild before sunset. Things get scary here when it gets dark. I don't wanna.."

"Hahaha! Scaredy Hanji. I am surprised you are their leader. Even that stupid cat thief is better than you."

"W-we will see who is scared when we get into trouble."

"Oi oi. Don't call me a stupid cat."

"You are a stupid cat" a fuss was about to start in a moment.

"Guys guys don't fight or else we will get in trouble."

"Teamwork is important right now."

Furara and Maruka was trying to calm us down. And so, our exploration of the dungeon inside Mist Temple starts.