After that, the villagers held a huge farewell party at the bar for Yuumis and Gran, and after drinking lots, they departed for the city that served as their base.
They were a pair that came and left like a storm, but also a pair that helped Luru gain a number of things.
“Well then, I’ll be looking forward to seven years from now!”
“After getting back, establishing a clan… Just when did this get decided…? Well, whatever. Seven years later we’ll have such a super huge clan that it’ll shock you senseless! Next time it’s our turn to surprise you! Well… Until then though, we’re planning on coming here once in a while…”
Saying that, the two of them headed away from the village.
You could say that they were looking forward to what the future actually held.
The promise was between Luru and Gran, but it seems that Iris completely intended to come along.
“In seven years, we will be adventurers, won’t we, Ojisama!”
She said.
In fact, Iris’ skill was more than enough, but Luru was still unsure about bringing Iris somewhere dangerous.
However, Iris was also an ancient demon.
Though she was a girl, to she who was a soldier who lived through that era of war, Luru thought that worrying about this was a little rude, and decided to stop overworrying.
After this, the problem that remained was explaining to his parents but…
His family being a noble family meant that there were troublesome parts that came with it, and honestly he was worried about how to break the topic to them.
However, when he spoke about this worry,
“If you ask honestly, I don’t think there will be a problem, but…”
Iris said.
According to her, their mother Medea had noticed that Luru was thinking of one day leaving the village, so perhaps she would give him permission to leave.
Certainly that made sense but… he didn’t know how it would go in reality.
He felt at least a little anxious about it.
However, if he didn’t speak about it, nothing could begin.
Luru nodded at Iris’ words in agreement, and decided to just ask honestly.
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Luru’s worries turned out to be needless.
As for when he realised this, it started when he timidly said to Medea,
“I want to become an adventurer when I turn 14.”
and with an expression that seemed like he was saying the obvious, she replied,
“Eh? I know that. You’re going to leave the village, right? Or rather, that’s quite late, isn’t it…?”
It was around this time that he realised it.
When he asked about her response in more detail, Medea said that she noticed that since Luru had been aware of things, he would look off into the distance somewhere with eyes of longing, so she thought that he would probably leave the village, and would one day speak to her about this.
However, she had expected it to be earlier… That’s why rather than 14, she thought that it wouldn’t be odd if he said he wanted leave at 10 – no, even at 7, which is why when she realised that she would have another 7 whole years with him, on the contrary it made her happy, she said.
Rather than eyes of longing, it was eyes of reminiscence, and rather than looking off into the distance, he was recalling the days that became history that he could never get back, but there was no way his mother could know that.
In the end, however, the result of this was that her guess was surprisingly accurate.
Luru felt it was good luck that things were progressing in a better direction, and more tidily so, than he had expected.
Iris also told their mother that she would be tagging along, and as expected, Medea had already thought it would happen.
Or rather, Iris was constantly following Luru around, so on the contrary you could even say it was to be expected.
When she was asked what she felt about this impression,
“It is my honour!”
she said, and Luru felt that it was already past the point of being able to do anything about it.
Not that he wanted to stop it to begin with, though.
And like that, the path to being an adventurer steadily unfolded before Luru and Iris, when suddenly Medea muttered something worrying.
“…I’m fine with it, but Patrick is… you know? …I wonder if it’ll be alright.”
His mother was a broadminded person.
That’s why she easily accepted it.
However, it might have been risky to think that his father would do the same.
His father was by no means a stern type, and though he was strict when it came to swordsmanship, he was ordinarily a gentle and kind person.
However, within that gentleness lay a strong and intense person… In other words, he was a person that became scary when angered.
In the end, would this type of father readily accept them leaving the house at 14?
He wasn’t that difficult of a person, but he was the type that couldn’t just say “Sure”.