The strength of magicians can’t be judged by their appearances. It was common sense in this world but Emera couldn’t know how strong the girl walking away from her was. Or was she a fool overestimating her own strength instead? Emera couldn’t tell and Mira didn’t look like she was going to say it.
Emera rushed out to Mira and grasped her shoulder.
“Wait.”
“What? Do thou have something left to say?”
“I’m going with you!”
As an adventurer, she wondered how much strength Mira held if she didn’t seem to take the Ancient Shrine seriously. And if it was overestimation, she couldn’t leave her alone.
That’s why Emera decided to go together with them. In the worst case scenario, she was ready to let them escape using all her medicine and tools.
After Emera decided to go with them, they went to a cafe for a discussion about the details. The cafe was called “Cafe de Chocola”. This store was famous for its cocoa and chocolate cakes.
“Well, the first question to you, Mira. You look like a magician, but which class are you?”
Emera started examining Mira’s strength. They were going to the Ancient Shrine Nebulapolis, which was filled with so many undead monsters, that it was commonly called ‘underground graveyard’. Considering the perks of that place, Mira being a high-ranked monk or an exorcist still could barely make Emera would agree with her self-confidence.
“I’m a summoner.”
Mira made this prompt answer while Emera stuffed her cheeks with the special dish, chocolate overload, she was treated with. The chocolate sponge cakes were interposed with chocolate mousse that had raw chocolate inside, and on top of the chocolate cream there was some bitter chocolate sauce. Being not too sweet, it still hid the potential to make any sweet-tooth moan; it was not bad for a special dish. The size was close to a whole cake, so they could eat it while sharing with Takuto who was sitting beside them. Sometimes Mira wiped the cream around his mouth with a napkin.
Emera was pleasantly watching the family-like scenery when the word ‘summoner’ made her sit still.
Summoners already were considered as an endangered species. She heard that due to the high threshold there were no new summoners.
That’s why Emera hasn’t had a party with summoners since she became an adventurer until now. The only summoners she saw were the elite serving at the Silver Towers. They couldn’t be a sample for comparison.
“Erm, I don’t know well, but… are summoners… strong?”
She was trying to get the grasp of the Mira’s strength yet became even more puzzled, so she asked an extremely simple question. And it itched the pride of Mira who had a thing for the summoning.
At this time, Mira recalled words of the elder substitute, Creos. And even Erena who considered herself a high-ranked adventurer, spoke like she never saw summoners in battle. Mira asked the skies if the the depopulation of summoners progressed that much.
And then she began planning how to regain the dignity of summoners with her own hands.
“You will knew it when the time comes.”
Mira chuckled, giving a vague hint. Contrarily, Emera only became more uneasy because it would be too late to understand they can’t win.
Finishing the preliminary talk, they left the cafe de chocola.
“Well, let’s go now. Thou should know the directions, so can’t thou lead us please?”
Squinting her eyes in the bright daylight, Mira looked up at Emera. The whereabouts of the Ancient Shrine were listed at the reverse side of the pass she had, but relying on somebody who knows the way would be faster. Thinking about that, Mira gazed at Emera like she was asking a natural thing.
Hearing that, Emera froze again. Then she held her head in anguish again. Takuto showed surprise together with her.
“Hey, you’re going to a rank C dungeon!? You aren’t going to enter without any preparations! At the very least, today we’re preparing!”
Emera told her the obvious thing. Of course you need to prepare before entering a dungeon. And preparations for a high-level dungeon could easily take a week. That’s why neither Emera nor even Takuto considered that they are going to go today.
“Well, as thou wish. Then we’ll go tomorrow.”
Mira was going to finish the task today, so it was troublesome, but she didn’t see anything bad in the preparations so she obeyed Emera.
And as a high-ranked adventurer, Emera was proficient in it. They circled around different stores to gather the necessary medicine and tools. Emera bought some expensive medicine just in case.
Mira completely fell into the sightseeing mood and barely bought anything barring the insect repellent.
Takuto learned how to use tools and medicine from Emera. It also was just in case.
“Mira, are you really going to be fine?”
“I’m fine. I was going to go there from the start so all the necessary things are already inside.”
With those words, Mira rolled up her left sleeve. There on her arm was the operator terminal, which was called the operator bracelet here.
“Well, it should be fine then…”
Not persuaded yet, Emera anxiously bought more medicine and tools just in case.
Mira without any intention to buy any drugs followed her. She already had the excuse of completing the preparations and she actually got different medicine and tools inside the item box so it wasn’t a lie.