Taking My Reincarnation One Step at a Time: No One Told Me There Would Be Monsters! Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 2] by KAYA

Author:KAYA
Language: eng
Format: epub

A few days later, Nelly returned from the dungeon again. This time, she’d avoided turning black with grime, but she had a sour look on her face for some reason instead. Chris looked just as upset. Sara and Ri exchanged a glance without thinking. They both seemed to agree that they shouldn’t bring it up right away and instead broached the subject after dinner that night.

“Neffie. Is something the matter?” Ri asked directly as they all shared some after-dinner tea.

“You could say that. We stopped by the Guild on the way home and there was a personal request for me.”

Sara felt a tightness in her chest. A personal request was an honor, since it meant your abilities were widely recognized, but for Nelly, it was just an order to go and do something she didn’t want to do.

“The migrating dragons?”

“Yes,” Nelly confirmed. “Father, Sara. I really think it would be a good idea for me to go this year. But it will mean leaving Sara behind, and I can’t help worrying about her.”

Sara’s heart warmed now, knowing that Nelly’s sour mood was out of concern for her.

“Of course, this isn’t like leaving you alone on the Dark Mountain,” she continued. “You’re working now, and you can rely on your workplace. You have friends and a place to live. And my father can serve as your guardian.”

“Indeed.” Ri twirled his mustache, looking satisfied.

“It might just be a selfish desire to stay with Sara on my part.”

“Nelly...”

Nelly smiled sadly and Sara scooched her chair over so she could lean against the older woman, even if it was bad manners. She was about to tell Nelly that she’d in fact been discussing going to the capital with Ri when Chris spoke up. Sara sat back up, remembering that Chris had looked dour as well. She decided to hear what he had to say, too.

“I’ve been summoned to the capital as well.”

“Err...” Sara started, but she stopped, not sure what she wanted to actually say to him. He’d been negotiating to test his repellent on the migrating dragons, so the correct response was probably... “Congratulations?”

Her tone rose at the end because she wasn’t entirely sure of her answer. If it was a good thing, why did he look so dour? In any case, Chris nodded, so she must have picked correctly.

“Thank you. Even with the track record I have, I wasn’t sure whether they would allow me to run my experiments, so I’m frankly very pleased by this news. However...”

This “however” was the concern.

“The knights have their own experiments they want to run during dragon season this year, so we’re supposed to work together.”

“The knights... So they’re experimenting with...?”

“Yes. The paralysis agent.”

“Ah.” Sara knew exactly why Chris was so worried now. “You’re worried you’ll be too busy cleaning up after the knights to actually run your own experiments.”

“Exactly.”

He had plenty of reason to be worried. He’d tested the repellent enough to know how wyverns behaved around it, but there was no guarantee the migrating dragons would react in the same way.

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