Lefiya's Problem!

Chapter 16 - Lefiya's Problem!

When Torajirou Shiro woke up, he felt a soft touch on his head.

A pleasant scent wafted into his nose and he could feel a hand gently stroking his hair.

He looked up and saw Ais's face, as emotionless as a windless pool at dusk.

"Are you awake..."

When she saw that Torajirou Shiro was awake, the doll-like face of Ais showed a guilty expression.

"I'm sorry... I didn't hold back."

"Then this knee pillow is..." Torajirou Shiro couldn't help but ask.

"It was Riveria who taught me to apologize in this way." Ais honestly replied.

"Is that so..." Torajirou Shiro changed to a more comfortable position on Ais's lap.

Ais said it was okay, so why be polite? Frankly, resting on a beautiful woman's lap was more than enough reward for him.

The nearby bushes rustled, and a flash of honey-colored hair emerged. It was Lefiya.

"Ais-san, she actually! She actually gave Torajirou-san a lap pillow!!"

Lefiya's eyes lost their light.

"Should I kill Torajirou-san and then commit suicide to apologize? Okay, it's decided, that's what I'll do."

At this point, Ais also noticed Lefiya hiding in the bushes.

"Lefiya?"

"Yes! Ais-san! I'm here!"

Lefiya immediately stood up straight in the bushes.

"Are you here to find Torajirou?"

"Eh? Ah, yes! That's right! Loki-sama asked me and Torajirou-san to explore the dungeon today! It's almost time!"

With that, Lefiya pulled up Torajirou Shiro, who was lying comfortably on Ais's lap, and gave him a fierce glare.

He was then dragged out of the Twilight Manor.

"Wait a minute, Lefiya, I haven't picked up a sword yet!"

"Torajirou-san, you can summon your weapon, so there's no need to pick it up!"

"That's for you. Riveria asked me to train you today."

"Riveria-sama?"

It seemed that the name Riveria had touched on some switch in Lefiya, which allowed her to calm down temporarily.

"Since it was arranged by Riveria-sama, there's nothing I can do about it. But remember! Don't go back and continue to disturb Ais-san's rest time!"

Although it was clear that Lefiya's unwillingness to let Torajirou Shiro go find Ais was definitely not for the simple reason of disturbing Ais's rest, Torajirou Shiro did not expose it since Lefiya was still angry.

He took a silver-white longsword and entered the dungeon.

"Lefiya, who lives in that tower?"

Before entering the dungeon, Torajirou Shiro asked, pointing to the Tower of Babel.

When he first entered the dungeon, Torajirou Shiro noticed that there was a gaze staring at him, but it only transmitted feelings of curiosity, so he didn't care about it.

However, what does it mean by looking at him every time he enters the dungeon from so far away?

"Ah? The first floor of the Tower of Babel is the entrance to the dungeon. A little higher up are the stores for weapons and the like. Above that, only the gods reside there. You should ask Loki-sama about the gods there."

"No need." Torajirou Shiro shook his head and refused.

There was no need to make a special trip for such a small matter.

Besides, since there was no malice, let the other party watch as much as they like.

At this time, on the top of the Tower of Babel, a gray-haired woman was sitting on a throne, overlooking the entire Orario.

Her clothes were revealing, and her beauty could even captivate the gods.

She was the [Goddess of Beauty], Freya.

She picked up the red wine on the table, took a sip, and said to the strong boaz man who had been standing behind her.

"Ottar, what do you think of him?"

The man known as Ottar immediately lowered his head respectfully.

"Freya-sama, I think he is just a good warrior."

Freya chuckled.

"Is that so? What if I told you that even I couldn't see through his soul?"

"Do you need me to capture him?"

"No. With Loki's personality, capturing someone from her Familia will only lead to trouble. Just monitor him for now, and I'll handle things later."

"Yes!"

Freya's palms were clasped in the direction of the crowd below.

"Interesting, there is actually a soul that I can't see through."

"The possibilities of the lower world are sometimes troublesome."

"Let me look forward to your performance a little bit. I just don't know if you are a 'hero' or an 'evil dragon.' I'm a little excited. Is this what they call the unknown?"

At this moment, Torajirou Shiro didn't know that he caught the attention of the most troublesome goddess in this world.

…

In the dungeon,

"Unleashed streak of light, bow limbs of the holy tree."

"You are an expert of the bow. Shoot, sniper of the fairies. Penetrate, arrow of absolute accuracy!"

With the end of Lefiya's chanting, Lefiya's magic pierced the body of a silverback, and it lost its breath.

Torajirou Shiro and Lefiya had reached the twelfth floor of the dungeon.

This area was just right for both Torajirou Shiro and Lefiya.

Torajirou Shiro could get effective training here, while Lefiya could ensure her own safety while training her own courage.

Even the strongest monster on this floor, the Infant Dragon, was only at Lv2.

Lefiya didn't even need to use magic and get serious.

She could just use the magic staff in her hand called 'Forest's Teardrop' to kill the Infant Dragon.

Torajirou Shiro also had a reason for choosing this floor.

The monsters on the previous floors seemed too weak.

Lefiya wouldn't even feel scared fighting them.

The monsters on this floor, on the other hand, appeared full of oppression from their large size.

They were the kind that could be considered a small boss in a horror movie, but their actual combat power wouldn't really hurt Lefiya.

What Torajirou Shiro wanted to do was to remove the thorn in Lefiya's heart that made her feel that monsters were terrifying.

"Here, we will train on this floor next. You can only attack monsters with this sword on this floor. You are forbidden from using magic."

Torajirou Shiro handed the sword he had brought from the Familia to Lefiya.

"Eh?! Torajirou-san! It's okay to practice swordsmanship, but isn't it too much to ban magic!?"

"Riveria agreed to this!"

"Ugh..."

The momentum of the honey-colored elf suddenly dropped down.

It seemed that Riveria's name commanded great respect within the Loki Familia, especially among the elves.

Just as Torajirou Shiro was thinking about using Riveria's name more in the future, another silverback appeared.

"Go on, Lefiya, strike it with this sword!"

Torajirou Shiro handed the sword in his hand to Lefiya and pointed to the incoming silverback and shouted.

This action seemed to provoke the ape monster.

It beat its chest and roared as it charged towards Lefiya.

"I can't let everyone down."

Lefiya's eyes gradually became firm as she muttered.

She raised her sword and charged towards the approaching silverback.

When she was only five steps away from the silverback, she suddenly stopped.

"N-No way!! I still can't do it!!! I can't do what I just can't do!!!"

Lefiya started to run away with tears in her eyes.

The silverback was stunned at first, and it immediately chased after Lefiya after reacting.

This chase and run, with Lefiya's lv3 ability values, the silverback couldn't catch up.

Torajirou Shiro couldn't stand it anymore and beheaded the silverback from behind, ending its tragic life of being teased for so long by a useless elf.

Then, he went to find the next silverback and pushed Lefiya out.

Lefiya ran, the silverback chased, and Torajirou Shiro killed the monster.

Although Lefiya randomly killed one or two monsters by swinging her sword during the process, most of the time it was a hilarious situation of her running and the silverback chasing.

Torajirou Shiro also figured out why Lefiya didn't dare to face the monsters after observing her for a while.

She was different from most of the people in Loki Familia.

She lacked a certain 'determination' for battle.

Whether it was Ais or Bete, or even Finn or Torajirou Shiro himself, there was a certain kind of belief in their eyes.

They had a 'reason' that they couldn't stop fighting for.

Lefiya, on the other hand, was raised in a comfortable school atmosphere.

For her, becoming an adventurer was not a matter of dreams or ambition, but simply a job.

Although this is normal in most Familias, there must be a reason for her being afraid of monsters but still doing this 'job'.

After considering his words, Torajirou Shiro asked Lefiya.

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