Chapter 34.2
Chapter 34.2
Three days had passed since Yeoreum entered the dungeon.@@@@
Everyone in the guild, including me, began to get anxious.
“Still no contact?”
“Yes. Could something have happened?”
“I’m not sure. This is the first time something like this has happened in a dungeon...”
Some suggested sending a rescue team, others wanted to wait a bit longer, trusting their comrades.
Amidst various opinions, I just looked around hopelessly.
Wondering if she would come back.
“It’s getting late...”
Just a few days ago, I wished they would go away.
But now, worry was all I felt.
What if something had happened in the dungeon?
Feeling frustrated and unable to concentrate on anything, I was wandering near the guild building when Sophia approached me.
“Has Yeoreum still isn’t back?”
“Yes...”
“That’s really serious.”
Sophia tried to cheer me up by patting my shoulder.
But her consolation did little to lighten my heavy heart.
“She isn’t... dead, is she?”
“...I understand how you feel, but try to keep your composure. There’s time for grief after everything is over.”
“I wish I could, but it’s not easy...”
My thoughts kept drifting to the worst possibilities.
I let out a sigh of frustration.
My gaze fell to the ground as heavily as my breath.
“Come on, cheer up, even if you have to force it. Keep your ears up and straighten your back.”
Sangam-dong.
Sangam-dong.
Repeating the location to myself, I ran towards the container.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m just going to Sangam-dong for a bit.”
“...You’re not thinking of entering the dungeon, are you?”
I stopped in my tracks at Sophia’s question.
I considered lying to avoid worrying her, but decided to be honest.
I didn’t want to lie to someone who had been so helpful to me.
“Catching horned rabbits without mana is my specialty.”
“I know, but do you really have to go?”
“Don’t worry too much. I’ve caught hundreds of horned rabbits like this.”
It wasn’t a lie.
Perhaps sensing my determination, Sophia tapped the ground with her cane, her face etched with concern.
“Can you swear it’s not recklessness?”
“Yes. I swear.”
In the matter of catching horned rabbits without mana, there was no one better than me.
If not me, there was no one else to help them.
“...Then go, but be careful.”
“Yes!”
I returned to the container and gathered my bow and arrows.
Just in case, I also took a slingshot and some marbles.
The clothes I was wearing would be sufficient.
They were the dirtiest clothes I had.
It had been a really long time since I last hunted horned rabbits.
FVN