- Booooom! Boooom!! {Are you not going to tell us who you are, puny human?} There was a pause before then the next words comes with a switch of tone, {No, actually, do you even know what you’ve become?} Aidou shot question after question, relentless in their pursuit of a proper answer. Meanwhile, Serein barely caught onto the rumbling voice’s words as she thought of something that was definitely more urgent than the Lion Head’s mysterious rants. The ground continued to cave in, craters now decorating the vicinity like the surface of the moon. “Damn it!” She swore out loud. ‘I need to control this!’ Both the situation as a whole, and unsurprisingly, her Mili, which is nowlashing out frantically, very likely in response to her own frantic mind. Afterall, It's not uncommon for Mili to react independently if the person subconsciously feels the need to protect or attack. And with how this was the first time for Serein to ever be successful in summoning her own Mili, well, her Mili is a

While the young Pam provided enthusiastic live commentary, the compromised adventurer and the disguised princess sought the hidden entrance. ‘I thought finding the cave would be easy??’ Well, it would have been if they didn't have to dodge incoming fireballs while avoiding the menacing flings targeting them. They were mere feet away from the main battle, yet the aftermath posed a continuous threat. “Serein-shi, is that it? The nest that you were talking about?” Cherry raised her voice slightly to be heard over the deafening noises surrounding them. "Princess, unfortunately, I am currently visually impaired right now… still. So no, I don’t know if it was it with you pointing at the place alone,” the young adventurer sarcastically remarked, her deadpan tone mitigating the disrespectful sense of her words. “Oh right.” The pink-haired girl chuckled sheepishly before providing a more descriptive report to Serein. “There's a part of the forest where the branches form a circular shape

[The Ancient Hero party consisted of six members.The main hero was charming and amiable, while his twin brother was the exact opposite— cold and distant, yet quite liked by the other party members.Their journey began with the encounter of a water Elementalist who eventually became the group's healer.There was also a dwarf warrior who bravely departed from his village to join the Heroes in their noble mission.An archer hailed from the Forest Elven tribe, accompanied by a Tamer, reportedly not older than 10 years old when they joined.Lastly, a runaway teenager emerged as one of the Mages who had left her academy in search of better field experience…]However, that mage, a couple of years later, after the last infamous journey of the said Hero party, became the first Queen of Amaranth Kingdom.“The first Queen, your Ancestor, was one of three people who ever returned to their homeland and lived in prosperity."As she tried to recall the backstory of the said Hero Party, Serein kept

The princess felt torn.She was already forcing herself to trust this stranger who became their knight in shining armor at the most convenient time.'It’s almost as if she had been waiting for us.'It was already suspicious enough, but given the situation, it’s either believing this random guide’s guidance or soberly choosing death—the answer, of course, was too obvious to be questioned.Wary as she might be, the young mage had no choice but to depend on their ever so mysterious guide to achieve her goal and get out of this dangerous place alive and whole.Surviving after obtaining the herb she was seeking. That was the goal.Who would have thought that she’d end up hearing something so big as this?‘...I did not need to know any of this…’With her being appointed to be the next in line to the crown, Cerise felt like she had enough burden on her shoulders without this random knowledge already. Oh, how she wished that she could go back to 15 minutes ago and strangle her past self for g

— kugugugu!Loud rumbles echoed through the chamber as it continued to shake wildly. The air was thick with tension and fear. Soon enough, the three of them were greeted with more deafening noises.— BAM!!!A thunderous explosion shook the very core of the chamber, its force reverberating through the air. Serein instinctively covered her ears, trying to shield herself from the overwhelming sound. Pam, in distress, let out a desperate shriek, curling around to protect his sensitive ears from the booming impact.“Kyak!”“GAH!”The cacophony and chaos intensified, disorienting them further. The chamber seemed to tremble under the weight of the explosion, adding to the already precarious situation they found themselves in.Meanwhile, Cherry groaned in pain, flung away by the force of the opening door. She was thrown so far that she nearly teetered into the pit where the current gushed like a waterfall. The darkness below seemed endless as her widened eyes held a sense of dread, desperatel