"T-that is...." Mina habitually began to fidgets her fingers again toward the boy's question. Before she got a chance to answer, Ryu quickly added, "All of you are in the first tiered class, right?"

"Yeah..."

"How unprepared you guys are actually..."

Ryu scratched his hair in disbelief when he heard the affirmations. Concurrently, Mina starts to hang its head down when she heard the piercing remark.

"Why I'm suddenly getting scolded by a stranger like this... In addition to that, he's also younger than me..."

"What did you just say!?" Ryu seems to catch the mumbling as his eyes become sharper than before. Mina who's doesn't want to accept the current situation raises her head in an attempt to retorts, but;

"...It's nothing, sir..." Looking into such a glare, she immediately shrunk back to her previous positions. Seeing this, Ryu begins to clear his throat up, preparing for a lecture he's about to give.

"Listen, age is not an important matter if you're inside the Dungeon!"

"Everyone has an equal chance to lose their life if they've come unprepared or letting their guard down!!."

"Please keep that into your mind!!!"

Ryu can't help to keep raised his voice every time he finished his sentences. He has a really stern personality when it's related to Dungeon, after all, it's his area of expertise, and the Dungeon really has claimed a lot of life.

"Understood!?"

"Yes, we are!."

To his surprise, the reply comes from the brother duo that's attached to the wall. It seems that they already regain their consciousness when Ryu starts his lecture.

"Kid, I'll give you the honor to free us from this little trap."

"Pardon!?" Ryu's vein seems to be poppin' out from its temples as he heard the arrogant tone from one of the pair.

"Big bro, please watch your attitude!"

"Was that his usual tone when requesting something from the people?"

Mina nodded her head in response to Ryu that had his finger pointed toward the young man with straight silver hair.

"Yeah, that's our leader and big brother, Don Doughlet."

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"It's not a wonder that your party can end up in that predicament then."

Ryu was overwhelmed by the situation as he puts its hand on his forehead. "Your leader must've underestimated the monster, huh."

"Usually, I can keep them away from the thread using my aim, but because there's a pair of them, it's hard for me to handle them."

"That's what you call underestimating, seriously, why didn't you thought that there would be a big difference between one and two Worm?"

Giving an exasperated sigh, Ryu moved towards the brothers, freeing them from the silks using his dagger.

"You did well kid, I'll give you my praise, you must be delighted now."

"Can I hit him for once?" Ryu's hands are already tightened into a fist as his face has become flushed with annoyance.

"There's no need to do that boy, let me do the task instead."

Just like that, the young man with messy ash hair whacks Don head with his fist, its force was also not that bad as the sound of the whacking is resonating inside the Dungeon.

"Hey! Why you do that, Rex!" Don stares at his little brother resentfully while holding back the pain in his skull. Meanwhile, hearing the name of the last member, Ryu starts to put his hand on its chin.

"Don, Rex, Mina..."

"Oh, kid, did you notice the great meaning behind our names?"

"Somehow, it's similar to a musical note, considering the sequence of your age."

"That's right! We're the DoReMi team, the strongest party in the world!"

Ryu can sense that the other party was so proud of the names as he wears a smug face while saying those lines. In the meantime, Rex and Mina appeared to be embarrassed so much by the introduction.

"Sorry, that's how usually my big brother was."

"At this point, I'm not surprised anymore."

"It's great if you're used to it, by the way, thanks for saving us, boy." Rex expressed his gratitude, which then being brushed off by Ryu with a wave of his hand. "You didn't need to mind it, it's natural for us to save each other."

"Hey, you three, did you just ignore me? Such insolence!"

"Big bro, you're still here?" asked Rex with a straight face.

"Just you wait, I'm gonna get my revenge once we've arrived at home."

"You've probably gonna tickle us again."

"Oh, I commend you for not being fazed with it."

"It feels like a daily activity now, I've gained immunity for it."

The straight face that Rex made was now also accompanied with a flat tone. Seeing that reaction coming from his little brother, Don appeared to got flinched a bit.

"So you can be taken aback like that too."

"Hey kid, what did you mean by that!?"

"Nothing, since you guys are fine, I'm gonna take my leave."

"Wait a minute, don't run from this great Don!"

Didn't wish to stay any longer with the group, Ryu quickly turns into one of the Dungeon corners, successfully separated himself from the idiotic party.

***

"Both of my stamina and mana is drained for about 95%..."

After walking for some time, Ryu currently leans in the Dungeon wall, grabbing a chance to take a rest.

"If only I didn't encounter them, maybe I can still jump into here and there effortlessly..."

"This supposed to be the best day of my week, why it suddenly turned into the worst!" Cursing to himself pretty loudly, Ryu lets a mouthful breath to escape from its mouth, hoping that it could calm his mind even for a little.

"I'm sure that it's barely past 2 hours since I entered the Dungeon..."

Ryu was utterly confused with his next schedule, he's already planned to spend a whole day on the Dungeon, but now it's impossible to proceed with that activity.

"Should I take a rest... No, that's not productive at all..."

Ryu tried to recall any other things he can do with his sparse time and limited energy, although, in the end, he seems to give up on it as he shook its head off.

"Well, it appears that my body desire for a rest will be granted."