hope that these are enough. This is what we got.” (Nina)
Inside Wood’s workshop, Nina is covered with mud and monster blood, taking out materials and items from 「Wood garden」 dungeon on top of the work desk.
“This is all the loot that we could collect after three days inside the 「Wood garden」 dungeon. Wood-san , is this okay?” (Marifa)
“So, in these three days, how deep you go?” (Wood)
“…27th floor.” (Lena)
“When Yu was here, how deep?” (Wood)
“When Master was here, we reached the 52nd floor in two days.” (Marifa)
Marifa replied to Wood’s question in a somewhat proud manner.
“So, was Yu’s role a vanguard? Shield bearer too? What was his job?” (Wood)
“Well, Yu is our front liner, shield bearer, he is also in charge of 【White Magic】, 【Enchant Magic】, and… 【Awareness】 as in search operations I guess..” (Nina)
“…taking care of food, fire, resting place, and also night guard.” (Lena)
“My master took care of both the offense and defense at the same time, auxiliary, recovery, base making, scouts, even all of our equipment and necessities were prepared by him, including information gathering of the dungeon.” (Marifa)
Wood’s mouth was gaping open in amazement. Yu’s party was kind of abnormal and distorted. Usually each role that Yu took, front liner, shield bearer, scout, back liner, recovery, enchant, unlocking trap and mapping dungeon is divided into several people but Yu took all of those roles alone.
“So, had Yu also done things like salvaging the material? And basically he was carrying you girls on his back on a piggyback ride. Alright, just show me the material.” (Wood)
“This is all from the 「Wood garden」 dungeon.” (Nina)
“I don’t know anymore. These items are all so useless. Look, the stems of the 「Anemonoid」 are dry, the 「Dragon fly」 wings have cuts on the surface at a critical place. This 「Mad mantis」 sickle is broken, it is useless as it can’t be used unless it is in a good condition. The worst things is the state of the plants that you collected. When Yu was here, he must have been doing all this stuff for you too. I wish that he would return to a party with higher rank adventurers or even a major clan. His ability would be even more appreciated.” (Wood)
Nina wanted to deny those but what Wood said was the truth. She can only look at Woods with a bright red face and inflated cheeks. Lena could only smile wryly but didn’t say anything. Marifa as usual didn’t show any facial expression or emotion, only her ears were twitching.
“Alright, alright, next time, I will work harder to show to Wood-san that I deserved the items that Yu entrusted to you.” Nina then goes out from the shop after saying that.
Yu really wanted to give the girls the equipment, but Woods now realized how the girls were too dependent on him and wanted to change it. He wanted to make the girls grow up and realized how much Yu impacted their party.
…..
A week had passed since Nina came to Wood’s workshop. Wood’s shop is still putting up a closed sign outside however he never stopped working while wielding his hammer regardless of day or night.
“Wood-san~”
Wood stopped his work when he heard a familiar voice calling out for him.
“Oh, long time no see. I thought you had given up or ran away to Yu’s room again.”
Towards Wood’s provocation Nina didn’t really care and put up a smile.
“Wood-san, how can we do such a thing. I will never give up.” (Marifa)
“… do you want me to burn your beard?” (Lena)
“Wood-san, we have come here to prove our ability again.” (Nina)
“Ooh! So, have you learned enough that all this time you were all freeloaders and depended on Yu only? I am looking forward to whether you can convince me. Speaking of which, this beard is my life!”
Hearing Woods angry sentence, Lena quickly hides behind Nina. Nina then takes out an item bag and takes out the materials and items on top of the desk.
“This… oh…”
From the item bag Nina took out monster’s material one by one. At this time, all of the monster parts were treated with care, if it was brought to the adventurer’s guild, it could fetch a good price. Half-moon flower, honey sap, rose stem, all of the loot were in a perfect condition.