Chapter 47

“Yeah, that’s exactly why I’m worried…” …About MY life, he wanted to say. But the gifted maid (who sometimes took life at her own pace) had taken some extra precautions. “I imitated Lady Rino’s handwriting and left a note saying, ‘If you follow us or get in the way, I’ll never ever talk to you again.’ We should be all right.” “You’re demonic…” “No, I’m a dirty-minded dark elf.” “Ha! So you admit it! I mean, that’s not what I was trying to say!” He jokingly slapped her on the shoulder as she sighed. “Well, if we Teleport back once every five days or so, we might be able to keep him from perishing from loneliness.” “Are we supposed to praise him for lasting that long?” It was the unfortunate truth that Shinichi couldn’t just play it off as a joke, especially for any matters that concerned the world’s biggest helicopter parent. “By the way, where’s Sanctina?” “… Recently, I noticed that Lady Rino’s socks have been disappearing from her dresser. And I’ve found some familiar stockings in their place.” “Yeah, let’s leave her out of this one. To put it bluntly, we can’t take her with us.” For the time being, Sanctina wasn’t so out of control as to steal Rino’s underwear, but it would be too precarious to let a beast tag along. He didn’t know when she might pounce and rob Rino’s innocence from her. “Oh, we’re going to leave Sanctie behind…?” asked Rino sadly. “Uh, well, you know, she has to work, heal those people in Tigris Kingdom.” Arian scrambled to find an appropriate explanation to successfully convince her. With that, the four finally started their new journey. “Which way will we head first?” asked Celes. “I’d like to do some research in the Holy City. Then I was thinking of heading east. Maybe we’ll even find some rice there.” “Oh, you were talking about that earlier! I want to try it, too,” said Arian. “Wow, I’m so excited!” They’d already forgotten the purpose of their real mission as their trip took on the air of a culinary tour across the continent. The four set off underneath the starry sky, laughing and chatting among themselves, with a mission to defeat the Goddess’s heroes and create a happier world.