Editing Rune Soldier Louie:Volume1 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 6 – Coolie===

Finally they came to the ruins of the ancient kingdom, it’s been five days since they left Ohfun.

The Yasugarun mountain range could be seen in the distance, a town could also been seen half way between them and the mountains.

Although most of the ruins of the ancient kingdom are covered in weeds, this wasn’t the case for this ruin, Louie could tell people had been here before.

“I wonder what treasure is inside.”

Louie said out loud.

“Don’t get your hopes up.”

Merrill said rudely.

Out of the three women, the thief girl was the worst, mostly because her personality and mannerism was fairly straightforward, though Louie didn’t care about the tone of her voice.

Even so, Louie knew they still thought of him as an outsider.

“This ruin is very close to that town, so there’s a high possibility that we won’t find anything.”

“I know.”

This was common sense, Louie already knew that.

There ruin wasn’t very big, that status of the owner must have been very low. The ruins which Carwes and the King found were much bigger than this, when compared to the ruins they found, this was nothing.

“There must have been some part which hasn’t been explored.”

“Here we go.”

The thief girl proudly smiled, as she looked through the ruins.

“Even though this ruin is nearby a town, there should be something that people have overlooked and not explored.”

Because this ruin was nearby a town, other adventures have most likely explored and taken what treasure they found. However, sometimes ruins outside of big cities and town remain largely ignored because of the dangers within.

“In ancient ruins, there is generally a door that leads underground.”

After Merrill said that, she jumped onto a pile of rubble. She then knelt down on one foot, and started examining the rubble.

“It’s below!”

Looking through the rubble, Merrill could see some type of mark.

“If we can get this rubble out of the way, we can gain access to the underground area. It was covered by all of these stones, that’s why no one has found it yet.”

After Merrill said that, she started to come down from the pile of rubble. Because of her very short skirt, she had to move carefully so nobody saw her underpants!

“Is a door really hidden beneath this rubble?”

They didn’t know how many adventurers had come across this ruin, but the fact that no one had found this door was cause for concern.

“I found part of the door that wasn’t under much rubble.”

After inspecting the door, she heard an echo after she knocked on the door, she speculated that there could be a staircase underneath the door.

“So this is……”

After listening to the words of Merrill, Louie felt enlightened.

Previously he has heard from other people mention that thieves have the ability to look at something in a way that normal people can’t, he didn’t expect to see it first-hand.

“I’m amazed you found that door and knew what was underneath.”

“A survey of this ruin is necessary. However, that’s not the reason we came here.”

“We came here for another reason?”

Louie curiously asked the thief girl.

“Yeah, we’re also here to fight some monsters. We’ve heard of a group of monsters that feed on the local villagers livestock, this ruin might be their hideout.”

It was most likely evil goblins, usually they didn’t go near humans and hid deep in the forests or mountains. However, they reproduce really fast, and because of this they need to find new place to live, this unfortunately leads them to live close to humans, much to the anger of the local population.

This village is also located on the border, so this type of trouble isn’t unusual to them. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t try and do something about it, recently they’ve been hiring adventurers to help them with their problems.

Adventurers are the best choice when it comes to these matters.

“It seems other adventurers came here before, one of them was a thief and marked this door, but he or she didn’t tell their employer.”

That also means that the intelligence broker could know.

“Does that mean this is a scam?”

“Yes, most likely.”

Merrill said, Louie accepted this.

Although Merrill looked cute, but she was also a thief, she could be fooling Louie and he probably wouldn’t notice.

“Let’s get on with this!”

Genie shouted out aloud, she was getting bored.

“In short, someone’s marked a door and hasn’t come back. Moving on……”

Melissa also felt the same way as Genie.

(No one has opened this door……)

Louie constantly repeated those words that the female warrior said in his head.

Those words proved attractive for him. If no one has opened the door, then that meant something valuable could be inside, and he thought it was worth the risk.

“It would be great if we could get this door open.”

“We just need to understand something……”

Melissa revealed a noble smile.

“We need to remove all this rubble, would you be willing to remove all this rubble?”

While the three women looked fairly able to move rocks, Louie was fairly confident that he could move them all himself.

“Sure, I’ll move it all.”

Louie threw down all his luggage, including his magical wand.

Then he started moving all the rubble, one small pile at a time.

“Come on, let’s have some food!”

Melissa was in a particularly good mood.

Louie didn’t say anything, he just continued moving the rubble.

“Well, let’s eat!”

The red haired female warrior said to the other two women, as they sat on some nearby rocks. She took off the bag around her back, and started removing all kinds of things, such as bread, fruit, and some easy to store meat.

Merrill cheered loudly, as she seized a piece of meat. She then started to cut the meat into small pieces with her small dagger, then she put it into her mouth.

“Be careful not to choke.”

Genie said dismissively.

“Stop acting like I’m a child.”

Merrill’s mouth was stuffed with food, while chewing she shouted angrily to Genie.

“I only eat meat, it’s good for the body!”

Melissa took some fruit, she took a dagger and carefully peeled the skin off, she then cut it into several pieces and put it onto a small wooden plate.

Genie held out her hand, and all three of them put a piece in their mouths.

Then Melissa started to peel the skin off another piece of fruit.

“That magical companion we have is pretty good.”

Merrill said in a mocking tone, as she looked over at Louie moving the rubble.

Then Louie suddenly remember the incantation for the ''lightweight'' spell, if he used that then the heavy stones could be moved easily.

“Do you think he’ll be able to move all those rocks?”

Halfway through eating her meal, Genie stopped.

“He just wanted to show how much of a man he is! When he gets tired, he’ll stop.”

Melissa had nothing to say, she continued to peel.

“I just hope he’s not as stupid as he looks.”

Merrill said, as she continued to eat.

From time to time she would take a drink from a leather pouch, just like an animal who drinks from a lake, her face was covered in water. If there was a nearby river or lake, they could easily get more drinkable water, however, they don’t have time to dilly dally.

Since the information broker told them the ruins were small, so the underground section must be very small. So it wouldn’t take too much time to explore the place, this is why they didn’t take too much food with them.

(So this is what I get for four thousand silver coins? They’re better be some treasure.)

Merrill said inside herself, as she continued to chew meat.

Then she smiled, for all she knew this ruin had lots of treasure hidden away somewhere. However, she still didn’t know if they would actually find anything worthwhile.

Secretly, Merrill was watching the magicians every move.

Even though the summer heat was relentless, Louie kept moving the rubble off the door. With his armour and most of his clothes removed, the physique of his upper body was very attractive. His muscles were covered in sweat, he looked like a natural born fighter.

“I wonder if he’ll move them all.”

“He’s already helped out a lot, but if he continues like that he’ll become tired. Then we’ll have no on to move those rocks.”

Melissa didn’t eat that much because her appetite isn’t that big.

However, she was still making food. She buttered some bread and sprinkled vanilla powder on it, then she called for Louie to join them. But he wasn’t willing to stop lifting the rubble. Melissa wasn’t going to accept this fact.

Even though she didn’t like him, she still thought he needed something to eat. She had seen bare chested men before, but the sight of Louie’s physique made her nervous. She knew that she mustn’t be fooled by a man’s body, however, she thought that he was simply showing how superior men are to women.

Men are naturally better than women, so a woman can only play the role of being protected……

The spirit of chivalry, Melissa hated this.

Because she couldn’t stand that sort of thing, she gave up her aristocratic name.

“Women are only beautiful decorations.”

Suddenly she heard the words of her fiancé.

When Melissa came to Ohfun to join the Temple of Mylee, she met High Priest Jenny, although she was a woman, she had a very high position in the church. From that point onward, she was told that one day she would serve a hero chosen by her God Mylee.

(Even so……)

Melissa sighed deeply.

When the God of War gave her a revelation, she was told that the magician Louie was her chosen hero.

However, this man didn’t have the qualities a hero should have.

(This trial, may be too much for me……)

Melissa put her head down and repented.

At that moment, Genie couldn’t take it anymore, she stood up.

“I’ll help you move that big rock……”

Genie said to Louie, while she pointed at a big rock on top of the door.

Louie had already removed more than half of the rubble, but there was some pretty big rocks.

“Let me finish, I’m almost done!”

Louie replied, he didn’t intend on stopping.

His body sweat had long dried into his skin due to the intense heat of the sun, and although he was out of breath, his face didn’t look tired at all.

“Without the use of the ''lightweight'' spell, it’ll be impossible for a normal person to move it……”

“Then let me help you with it.

Genie said bluntly, then she began to move towards the rock.

“You should leave this kind of heavy handed work to a man who knows what he’s doing.”

Louie said.

However, Genie didn’t answer him, she just fiercely started at him. Louie thought that he hurt her pride with that comment.

(This is it!)

Louie smiled.

“Alright then, we’ll both move it together. You grab that side and I’ll grab this side.”

Louie said. However, Genie never said a word while they moved the rock, she just stared at him.

Merrill and Melissa came over to watch them move the rock, though they didn’t help.

Genie watched Louie struggle to move the rock, she knew that he needed help all along.

“Those two people, they seem so alike!”

Merrill said to Melissa, with her hands on her cheeks.

“Do you mean their physique?”

Melissa asked.

“I guess so, but more like they’re personality.”

“Really?”

Melissa said with a puzzled look on her face.

Because she didn’t know what type of man Louie was, she really didn’t know how to answer. However, Merrill made this very clear, her observations were rarely wrong.

Suddenly Melissa hugged Merrill from behind.

“Melissa, what’s wrong?”

She knew that Merrill didn’t grow up with a lavish lifestyle like she did, and that she saw everyone in a different light because of this.

(He’s not a bad person……)

While Melissa kept hugging her, Merrill gazed towards Louie.

With her big round eyes, she saw a big sword.

She knew Louie was in trouble, and this time she didn’t want to hesitate.