Editing Rune Soldier Louie:Volume1 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 5 – The First Adventure===

“……This is a dangerous area, only adventures dare roam these parts.”

The little thief Merrill said.

Louie was born in the capital of Ohfun, this was the first time he had been outside the city limits. Therefore, it was necessary for the girls to brief him about the area.

At the beginning, the girls were only talking to each other, but after a while, they started to talk to Louie.

Though this proved to be too much for Louie, as Merrill’s high tone and fast talking made his head spin.

To cope with Merrill’s height, Louie had to bend over a little, he carefully listened to every word she said.

“For an adventurer there’s two things that they do, fighting or exploring.”

For those who were good at fighting, they generally guarded caravans or worked for important figures. As for the people who have expertise in exploring, their goal was to explore the ruins of the ancient kingdom, or they find missing persons or missing items.

“What areas are our group proficient in?”

Louie asked, after listening to Merrill.

“Our group is all rounded! As you can see, Genie does the exploring and fighting while I handle matters in town.”

The thief girl proudly said, sticking out her chest.

“No matter what the task, will you accept it?”

“Only if we are paid well. However, we don’t just don’t accept any job. For example, if the job is life threatening, we won’t take it.”

Merrill said in a serious voice.

“We also want to test our abilities, whether it be wisdom, strength, skills, etc……”

“You’ve said enough.”

Merrill wasn’t finished, Genie interrupted her.

Perhaps she thought that Merrill was telling Louie too much.

“Genie, since you weren’t willing to teaching him the basics of adventuring that task fell onto me. What would happen if we wandered into wilderness and he wasn’t prepared, it would be a disaster!”

“We shouldn’t have let a rookie join in the first place, it’s too much trouble. We should have just picked a female magician instead.”

“That wouldn’t work. He was a hero chosen by God and I must follow him, even if it’s against my will.”

When Genie complained, Melissa refuted her argument. 

(Is that so?)

Louie said inside himself.

Louie was listening to all three of them, he found out that all three of them were criticizing him directly. One thought that he was stupid for not knowing the outside world was dangerous, one thought that he was a rookie, and the other one only tolerated his existence because God told her so. These three female adventurers really didn’t want anything to do with Louie.

(I just have to be patient.)

Louie said inside himself.

It seemed they were now approaching their chosen destination.

In the ruins of the ancient kingdom, there are a lot of dangerous traps and monsters. To overcome these dangers, one must have determination and strength.

Louie suddenly felt excited.

However, at that time, something caught his foot.

Louie fell on his back, his hips and back violently hitting the ground.

“You are so clumsy, I doubt you’ll even be able to protect yourself.”

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The thief girl said.

Louie couldn’t hold back his anger, he slowly stood up.

His luggage was still fastened around his waist, it looked fine. He was mostly carrying bags to put all the treasure in, he also carried some herbs for magic.

Although Louie said they wouldn’t need them, the female magician Ila insisted that they would come in handy, she more or less forced him to take it with him.

She also didn’t forget to remind him about their deal.

Ila wanted Louie to bring back any valuable artefacts from the ruins for her research.

Louie patted the dust off him, and then moved forward.

The three women had left Louie behind, he could see them in the distance. They weren’t’ arguing anymore, they appeared to be laughing.

(Looks like they’re happy without me.)

Louie decided to keep his distance between him and the three women.

Even if there was no one for him to talk to, he was still interested in getting to the ruin, because that’s when he could have some fun.

(The ruin is right around the corner.)

Louie said inside himself, he now couldn’t’ see the three women in front of him.