Slayers:Volume 09 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub

"Goo... guh... g'mornin..." I said slowly, still rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

"It's lunchtime," Milina replied, as calm as always. Everyone, even Sherra, was already gathered at the table.

I shrugged. "Can't help it. We only got to bed around dawn, after all. Hey, innkeeper? Can I get a chicken and steak set, a fried fish set, and a noodle soup over here?"

Having ordered a light breakfast, I sat down next to Gourry.

Last night - well, technically speaking, this morning - the sun had begun to rise by the time the last demon dissolved into dust.

of course, we hadn't been the only ones out there than night. Soldiers from neighboring large cities and mages from the Sorcerer's Guild had been there as well, fighting alongside us. A lot of the town had been demolished, but at least we'd managed to take care of all the demons and keep the town from being completely destroyed. Thankfully, the inn we'd been staying at had been untouched.

But...

"But we lost the men in black," Luke grumbled, spearing a piece of cream sautéed flounder with his fork.

"Yeah. Looks like all we really managed to do was protect Sherra."

"Excuse me? Protect?" Sherra asked, giving me a pointed stare. "Forgive me, Miss Lina. I was not aware that shoving people off of rooftops and forcing them to fight dozens of lesser demons passed for protecting."

Bah! What a smartass! "Well... umm... right! I just did that because I knew how skilled your really were, all along!"

Sherra just rolled her eyes and gave a derisive snort.

"Anyway," Gourry interrupted, fixing Sherra with his gaze. "Don't you think it's about time you told us about yourself?"

"Umm..." Sherra looked away, looking distinctly uncomfortable.

"I think I remember Lina telling me about you, but I wasn't listening at all, so..."

I slammed my fist on the table, completely flabbergasted.

"You weren't listening at all!?"

"Well... heheh. Yeah," Gourry said, scratching the back of his head and laughing sheepishly. "Uhh... well, I might have heard it, but I don't really remember a thing, so technically it's the same as if I'd never paid attention in the first place..."

"Stop stammering! Wait, does that mean you've just been following me around without thinking at all?"

"Umm... I guess?"

"I told you not to stammer!" I shouted, driving my elbow into his temple. "Listen up, because I'm only saying it again for you once! I wanted to get a magic sword for you, so we're following Sherra around and being nice to her because she looks like she might have one and we have to get on her good side, okay?"

"My, you really are phrasing it quite simply," Sherra said, looking annoyed for some reason. Couldn't imagine why.

Anyway. "So, all joking aside..."

"Was it? Was it really a joke? What you just said?"

"All joking aside," I gritted, ignoring Sherra, "I bet you have your own worries and concerns. Probably a lot of stuff you don't want to talk about. But I don't think this is the kind of situation that'll go away just because you try to ignore it.

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