Mira silently listened the story told by the crying and sniffling boy and gently wiped his tears. His explanation had a single point that did not make sense for her. Mira threw a glance to Emera who should know something about it.
“Well, you know, by the guild conventions when somebody breaks contact and goes missing during a mission, they are treated as dead after five years.”
“And that’s why they suddenly dropped this information on this lad that his parents died?”
While she was waiting for the boy who couldn’t speak due to his agitated feelings to calm down, Emera made this addition. Mira did not know how to comfort him and simply looked at the crying boy.
“You got the pass to the Ancient Shrine to go there, right? Please take me with you. Please.”
The boy shut his eyes and then opened them widely with determination and bowed his head.
Mira without thinking much placed her palm on his head and gently patted it.
“Yea, understood. If thou want to go there that much, I will bring thou with me.”
Mira nodded widely, beaming a smile. She genuinely wanted to let him meet his parents after he was suddenly told that they were dead.
“Thanks, big sis! My name is Takuto.”
“Yea. I’m Mira. Leave it to me.”
The boy’s smile shone as he clung to Mira and she embraced him. However, someone else here was really against it.
“No no no. Noooo way! It’s a rank C dungeon!? How are you going to bring an inexperienced boy inside?
Tearing the boy away from Mira, Emera was horizontally shaking her head. The rank C means that nobody but high-ranked adventurers were allowed to enter inside. There was no way to bring a child there without any knowledge. The boy jumped out of the warrior guild because he was consistently trying to beg the rank C Emera to go with him into the Ancient Shrine but she firmly refused each time.
Of course, her decision was not wrong. The task had the difficulty of a rank C dungeon. It was not a place to bring people who are unable to protect themselves.
“Why not? As long as he wouldn’t fight.”
Mira carelessly declared that. She actually imagined the path till the fifth floor and decided that a single child wouldn’t be a problem there.
“It’s not so sim….I have no idea how strong your group is, but the Ancient Shrine is out of the question. It’s way too dangerous.”
Emera warned with a serious face. However, an outrageous truth awaited her.
“Erm, I’m going to go solo.”
Silence descended on them. Emera completely froze, unable to comprehend the meaning of those words. Her mouth was twitching as if she was going to say something. And then, she burst into anger at Mira’s absurdly reckless and stupid words.
“No way, no way, no way, no way! It’s certainly not a place to go alone!
But it looks like you really registered in the guild today. How can you not know that! A rank C dungeon even if you avoid battles as long as possible, of course is not a place you want to go with just two members, with only one of them skilled!”
Emera raised her voice and frankly scolded Mira. People that were passing by along the main street who looked at the source of the voice recognized the famous high-class adventurer Emera and opened their eyes wide. She had the image of a bright and gentle big sister and they had never seen her in such mood before.
Mira, bearing the full brunt of her anger, was in anguish due to the loud voice right next to her. On the other hand, the boy, faced with the violent objection, started crying again.
Witnessing that the boy started to cry again, Mira scowled a little and glared at Emera again.
“It’s impossible only for thee.”
With that refutation Mira grabbed the boy’s hand, embraced him and started to walk away. Being told that, Emera couldn’t object anymore. It was true that for her it was hard to get to the fifth floor of the Ancient Shrine while protecting the boy. But, having said that, even if the girl in front of her said she could do it, Emera couldn’t believe it.
After having said all that, Mira carelessly did such a declaration. The fact she just registered in the guild yet had the rank C stuck in the corner of Emera’s head.