The three of them were eating at the bar before Elliot.

Karna had his first drink, perhaps because he had become more experienced on the road.

"Ah! It's delicious..."

A while had passed since Karna ordered his second drink before the others. Elliot returned after buying some potions.

"By the way, Whis, when I charge forward with my shield at the ready, I'm scared of the arrows whistling past me."

"Don't worry, I'm aiming properly."

Whis replied as he drank his cocktail.

"Which one are you aiming at?!"

"Ahahahaha...!"

Karna's laughter echoed as he was drunk.

"Now that I think of it, Elliot was late getting to the bar. What were you doing?"

"Oh, yeah. The general store was just about to close, so I managed to get them to sell me some. But I managed to buy about twelve potions."

"Begged, hahaha...!"

"Twelve? That'll be enough to get us to the next town. Karna uses magic too, so he needs to be in top physical condition."

"I've finally started to be able to combine magic and martial arts. I think it'll be a little easier to fight monsters. But even so, the Lamia Queen was tough."

"Yeah, that's right. Just having three tails makes her that tough."

"Three, three! Hahahaha...!"

Eventually, Karna hadn't had much to drink, but he got tired of laughing and fell asleep on the spot.

"Oh dear, I have to take her home."

Whis sighed.

"Karna seems to have gotten used to us. He may have been shy at first, but that's because we were a bit far away. By the way, we're heading for the royal capital again tomorrow, right?" "Yes, we have to meet King Raniester first, otherwise we won't have enough money for the trip." Trasteria was listening to their conversation in another bar. "Looks like we're heading east again tomorrow." Now that they're used to dealing with monsters, they were having a meeting for tomorrow. "We'll probably be exploring caves the day after tomorrow, so let's go ahead and contact King Raniester." One of the shinobi who met their eyes nodded, rented a horse in town, and rode into the night to Graze Royal Castle. After escorting Karna to the inn, Whis returned to the bar by himself. He had to confirm the location of the Samsara Forest. He still hadn't come up with a plan to lead the party to the Samsara Forest, but he wanted to gather as much information as possible, so Whis ran around the town until the date changed. "Sorry about last night. I showed you a shameful side of myself..."

Karna blushed and apologized at the entrance to the inn.

Everyone assumed she was referring to the constant laughter she'd shown at the bar.

"It's fine. We had fun too."

"That's right, it was fun to see the real Karna," Belhard said with a smile.

"There's no one else to liven things up, and I can only do that when I'm fighting."

As the three of them all shared the same opinion, Karna declared with an even redder face.

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"I'm not drinking anymore!!"

Belhard tried to soothe her.

"No, no, it's fine, it's really fine."

Karna had her own pride. In her heart, she resolved not to make a fool of herself again.

"Well, now that we're all here, let's go to the next town, Monade!"

On the way, in addition to the same types of monsters as yesterday, there were also lizardmen with lizard-like appearances covered entirely in scales, and low-level undead wraiths. However, if they used their combinations well, they were not enemies that could not be defeated.

At first, Whis had a hard time fighting the lizardmen, whose scales could not be penetrated by arrows. With Whis's strength, he could only scratch the lizardmen's scales with his dagger, but as soon as he realized that the blade could not penetrate, he began to aim for their eyes. At first, he missed the moving monsters, but he began to read their movements and hit them accurately. This was effective, and Whis's dagger proficiency increased rapidly.

Belhard also became a shield for the lizardmen, and together with Whis, he held them back, while Elliot delivered the finishing blow.

Karna also used purification magic to corner the wraith. The effect was greater than expected.

Belhard watched as he fought, thinking that Elliot was gradually getting used to fighting.

They arrived at the post town of Monade in the afternoon, and after finding an inn, they looked around the town.

"I'm going to buy some more potions."

"Shall I join you?"

"No, it's fine. I want to look around."

"Is that so..."

Only Elliot went off on his own, and there was still time before dinner. The three waited for him to return at the bar on the first floor of the inn.

"I wonder what's happening to the world now because of the hero's influence..."

"Don't worry, Elliot has been in charge of the battles up until now, so there shouldn't be many casualties."

"I never thought Elliot was a hero, it was a complete surprise. And to think that the hero was like a disaster... That's why he didn't go to school and trained at home."

Whis began to talk about Elliot when he was a child. Just as the two were listening to his story, Elliot returned.

"Hey, Elliot, good work. It took quite a while."

"You should have been able to buy everything easily today, right?"

"Yeah, I managed to buy enough to get to Glaize Royal Castle."

"Sorry about everything."

"It's fine, Karna. I'll be using magic too, so I'll need some potions. Besides, it's still light out, so let's have a drink and rest up."

"We don't have much money for the journey, so don't worry too much."

The eldest, Belhard, was in charge of managing the money. It would take another two days to get to Glaziest. Thinking about that, he ordered the cheapest drink.