Chapter 69: A new problem occurs! – Chapter 69

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Back at the castle, right after Hiroki and the rest of the group left the hall, the king stood motionless as he was watching them leave.

"Haa……... that was tiring..." The king let out a sigh of frustration as he tried relaxing his body from all the intense mood which was going on for the past days.

"It's been a while since I've seen your majesty this nervou,."The prime minister who was being surprisingly quiet the whole time commented at the way the king reacted.

"You can leave the formalities aside when we are alone, Fermin." The king responded with a quiet and friendly tone.

But the prime minister simply shut his eyes as he refused to not use formalities when addressing the king. 

"That alone, I can not do, your majesty."

"You never change, do you? You've always loved to follow rules ever since you were young." The king rested his chin on the back of his palm as he continued to look at the prime minister, who maintained a firm body posture that showed how tense he was..

“But if I may ask, your majesty. What made you all worked up this much?” The prime minister asked as he tried keeping not only his formalities, but also his place as a prime minister who always could help the king in any kind of political situations.

The king took a glance at the prime minister before looking at an empty space in front of him.

“You know Fermin, Our kingdom almost broke into a war with the kingdom next to us.”

The prime minister listened intently, perplexed by the abrupt shift in topic.

“I was ready to even join the battle if necessary. But...” There was a gap of silence as the king fell on his thoughts. "Thankfully we managed to establish a well developed relationship with one another. And I'm glad that things turned out this way. I am sure that we would've received a great loss in different aspects if that war were to happen."

"Your majesty, what ar–" The prime minister tried asking as he couldn't bring himself to finish his question. 

"Fermi...." The king called out his name. "Ever since I was young, I've had a great sense of what kind of person someone can be."

The prime minister listened with great care about what the king was talking about. He has known the king ever since both of them were really young, and he could briefly understand what he was talking about.

"But never in my entire life.... I would have expected to meet someone as fearless as that boy." The king proceeded to speak in the same emotionless tone as before as he recalled the conversation he had with him..

“If someone is fearless, that either means he is a fool or….unimaginably confident in what he does.” The prime minister commented his opinion on what the king thought about the white haired boy.

The king simply glanced back at the prime minister who was thinking about this situation as well.

“He is neither…” The king stated, fully confident in what he was trying to say.

“Then what could that boy’s action mean, your majesty?” The prime minister asked, confused about the real answer.

“I don’t know.” The king responded with uncertainty which surprised the prime minister as well.

“But what I do know is that boy… is a complete monster. ”

The prime minister's eyes widened in shock and surprise at what the king just stated.

“Even though he was innocent, he was completely unbothered by this kind of situation. And he didn't seem to care about any of this.” After recalling the debate, the prime minister remarked that the white-haired boy maintained a calm attitude throughout the verdict. That's why he even considered dispatching some guards to assassinate him if necessary.

Not only did he manage to clear out his name but also changed one of the orders that the king had made. He could’ve gotten all of the wealth he wanted, but refused to receive any of it. That made both the king and the prime minister wonder for a bit.

“Do you think he’s a high ranking demon? That would explain everything since those demons are cunning and manipulative creatures. That would also explain why his hair is white.” The prime minister theorized as cold sweat could be seen rolling down his forehead.

“He’s no demon.” The king responded to the prime minister's thoughts. “After all, I did receive this from him.” The king continued saying as he showed the letter that Hiroki had given to him.

The letter that not only proved his innocence, but it may also aid him in the future.

The prime minister saw a certain letter with a special kind of seal on it which he had never seen before. He was curious to know the content inside the letter, but the prime minister wanted to keep his status and not act disrespectful towards the king.

“That's why—” The king remarked this as he opened the contents of the letter without allowing the prime minister to see it, and lit the entire document on fire with a basic fire skill.
However, the following text could be seen inside the letter from the king's perspective.

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His Majesty's request for the indicated quest was fulfilled!
I don't want to include too many specifics in this letter because there's a potential it'll be stolen. That's what happened on my end, but there's no need to be concerned because Hiroki, Theresa, and Aya uncovered and apprehended the perpetrator.
That was the party of whom were responsible for the completion of the requested quest.
Leaving that aside for the moment, I wrote this letter to you to also mention that the demons are already on the move! They attempted to take over Amberlight, which resulted in numerous casualties and deaths.

I was stunned to learn that so many great adventurers had either given up or died on this mission. That's why the entire credit behind this quest goes to the following party.
In the next letter, I will provide  more additional information. 

In the meantime, please be well…

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“–we absolutely must get that boy on our side... I don’t want to imagine what he could do if he decides to fight against us.” The king continued explaining as the whole letter was burned to ashes.

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Hiroki’s POV!

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Another new day had passed since me and the blonde merchant discussed our plan to recover from unfavorable reports that were affecting the quantity of sales in many different stores.

And after careful thinking this through, we both agreed to use the prince’s recovery as a way of convincing commoners and adventurers that my drink wasn't as bad as the rumors previously said.

I wasn't exactly sure how we were going to spread out this rumor, but the blonde merchant reassured me to leave this to him.

Right now, both me and Theresa were on our way back to our house after wandering around the town for a bit. I could see that she was a bit tired after sitting in the same chair, in the same room for an entire day while me and that merchant were discussing this plan.

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“Huuummmmm!!! Why did you have to leave me all alone!? I was so worried!” After arriving back at our house, we were immediately greeted by a certain white haired girl whose cheeks were all puffed up from leaving her behind.

“Aya, sorry. We didn't mean to leave you behind. It's just you were so cute when you were sleeping, it felt like I would be committing a crime if I woke you up.” I explained to Aya as I was looking at her adorable expression.

Her cheeks remained in puffy form as she gave me a soft glare in jealousy about being left behind all day.

“I’ll buy you something delicious tomorrow, so will you forgive me?” I wryly smiled as I tried finding a way to make up with her.

“If you buy me as many things as I want, then I’ll forgive you.” Aya tried negotiating with her cute little face as I noticed how greedy she had become. 

I found that a little cute and reliving to see how she had grown from that insecure little girl, to a grown up who didn't have the need to depend on someone else to live a decent life.

While agreeing with Aya’s cute proposal, Yelena flew towards Theresa’s face first thing the moment she saw her.

Even though the small silver dragon had grown closer to us, she seemed to be more attached to Theresa compared to the rest of us.

That may be because of her well rounded, seductive looking breasts which even right now, Yelana was comfortable laying over them in comfort.

And thus, this concluded the whole day.

In the following days, I noticed a great amount of people who were starting to buy and enjoy coffee. 

It had become a trend where almost all of the teenagers and adventurers were carrying at least one potion of coffee when going on a quest.

Right now, I was together with Thersa and Aya at the merchant's mansion in order to confirm how popular the drink had gotten during the past few days.

“Mr. Hiroki, this is all of the income from the recent sales that we made during the last four days.” The blonde merchant said with an excited voice as he showed me a paper filled with gibbering chords which I could not understand.

But since I didn't know how to read this world’s language yet, I decided to continue listening to what he had to say. He did seem excited about it, that's why I didn't feel any need to read the document as soon as possible.

“I can see that. After all, many people have grown to love coffee in this world as well. I was sure that it would be a bit harder to make them believe that this new drink wasn't suspicious, but I’m glad that things turned out for good.” I told him my thoughts as I saw Theresa glancing at the document in front of us.

“How did you spread the rumor so easily? Even the adventurers' guild seemed to be requesting it a lot more.” Theresa asked as she was trying to understand the way this young boy managed to deal with this kind of problem.

Now that she mentioned it, I’m also curious to know as well. 

Did this boy use some kind of trick to pull this off that easily?

“It wasn't that hard.” The blonde merchant continued explaining with a proud look on his face about the accomplishment he had achieved. “I simply had all of my employees and merchants spread the rumor that this coffee could make miracles come true.”

“So you basically made everyone believe that this drink can be life changing?” Theresa asked, a bit upset about the way this drink was twisted like this.

“That’s not entirely how you think it is.” I explained to Theresa as I briefly explained the way this was managed.

I agree with Theresa's point of view, but this boy wasn't entirely correct either.

Back in our worlds, every advertisement was mostly either clickbait or a way of making the customers believe that the product was the best quality they could find.

In this case, the rumor about the coffee was halfway true since it can’t make the impossible possible. But it sure does an incredible job at healing injuries and infections that someone may have. Not to mention that it has the effect of  increasing stamina.

I'm a bit concerned though that this may take most of the pharmacies and healing potion makers in this world out of business. But that is a thing that I might look at later.

After we were done sorting things out with the blonde merchant, we went on another quest where we would find more Prinix trees in order to make more coffee.

Just like usual, we encountered many monsters who didn't want to leave us alone. But differently from the first day I was summoned to this world, both me and these two girls weren't going down that easily, no matter the number of our opponents.

Since the Prinix tree was a bit hard to find, we had to camp out in the wild for some days in order to continue our exploration.

During our exploration in the wild, we encountered some challenging monsters which not only Aya, but also Theresa were trying to find a way to defeat.

“Aya, dodge!” Theresa warned Aya before she could use one of her long ranged attacks.

By slashing her long sword on the ground, she created a continuous wave which not only cleared out our path, but also almost destroyed the terrain.

“Make sure to hold back, I don’t want to ruin another Prinix tree because of your destructive attack.” I told Theresa after she managed to proudly wipe out most of the monsters which were trying to group attack us.

“I w-won’t do that.” Theresa embarresly said as she was actually expecting me to praise her for defeating all of the monsters.

Well, I do agree that Theresa has grown much stronger as well, and her attacks are suited for the rank we have gotten from the guild.

Now that I think about it, should I check out her status?

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Name: Theresa

Race: Human

INT: 150

STR: 1,921

AGI: 120

VIT: 290

DEF: 400

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<Martial Arts> Lv.199

<Barrier reduction>

<A knight’s will> Lv.99

<Skin hardening>Lv.2

<Shockwave>Lv.200

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Even though I’ve seen her in many fights…. with a status like this, Theresa would be best suited as a tanker. 

Even her strength was much higher than the rest which also explained her powerful attacks.

But I believe that Theresa can grow much stronger where no one would be able to challenge her unmatched strength.

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After we gathered a considerable amount of materials from the prinix tree, we decided to go back and prepare all of these materials.

I don't know if this is going to be enough, but for the moment I think these will at least fill hundreds of thousands cups of coffee.

Even though we were constantly fighting monsters which didn't seem to understand when to give up, we still didn't really mind it since not only we gathered extra materials, but also got money from selling them.

Finding this as a great opportunity to level up my skills, I also decided to join the fight together with Aya and Theresa.

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“Hiroki, are you okay?” Aya suddenly asked as she was looking at me with concerned eyes.

“Ah, yes. I was just checking something.” I responded as I was looking at my own status.

Even though I’ve been killing a lot of powerful monsters, I can’t seem to notice a significant growth like I did in the dungeon outbreak or when I defeated demons.

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It was already dark, and the only thing lighting the place around was the camp fire that Theresa had set up for us.

Both three of the girls were enjoying a delicious meal which they prepared before coming into this exploration.

And as I was looking at them enjoying their food, Aya glanced at me with a worried expression.

“Don’t you miss being able to eat?” She suddenly asked.

“Huh? What brought up that sudden question?” I asked the worried looking little girl who stared at her own food with a bit of guilt.

Is she upset because I'm the only one who can't experience the pleasure of eating?

I do agree that being left out like this felt a little lonely, but I feel like eating is overrated. 

When I was human, I did have the need to eat a lot of food, but ever since I became a ghost, I no longer had the sense of hunger. Meaning that I no longer cared if the food was delicious or not.

It feels weird saying that, but I didn't feel the need to eat or enjoy something delicious.

“Well… it feels lonely to see you not being able to enjoy eating like us. I also wanted to try and cook something for you… But I’ve never seen Hiroki eat anything…” Aya explained as she stopped eating and placed the thing she was eating back on her plate once again. 

This seems to be bothering her quite a bit. 

“I am a ghost, that's why I don’t eat. Also, there’s no need to feel bad about me not being able to eat food. I’m actually not bothered by it, and it feels completely normal. That's why cheer up and eat your share. You’re still a growing girl.”

Aya’s cheeks puffed in anger as she looked at me. “Hummm!! You’re treating me like a child again!”

Both me and Theresa chuckled at the way Aya acted. 

Even though we knew that Aya was growing bigger, mentally and physically, we still wanted to protect her at all cost.

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Later that night, I told Aya and Thersa to be on guard while I was going to wander around the forest for a bit.

And I didn't have anything to worry about since I couldn't go that far from any of the girls because of the soul contract.

After I was far enough, I possessed the dark looking panther and tried using this body to sense any other monsters around me.

The first wild monster that I found was a goblin who was looking around for something.

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Name: Gyaa

Race: Goblin

INT: 1

STR: 20

AGI: 19

VIT: 7

DEF: 5

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As I was peeking into its status, I was immediately spotted by that green goblin which immediately attacked the black panther I was possessing.

But compared to this monster I was possessing, and the skills that I had. That retarded goblin stoord no chance.

With a swing of the claws, that goblin was torn to pieces, leaving behind guts and blood splattered everywhere.

That was a bit overkill…

And after encountering many other wild monsters, I noticed something really expected.

None of my points were leveling up anymore. 

I thought that I had reached my limit somehow, but since I had the ‘limitless’ skill, I knew that this had to do with something else.

In order to level up once again, normal monsters were not going to do the job. They were simply too weak or with not enough intelligence to provide me with a level up.

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As the new day arrived and the sun was warming up all over the place, me and our whole group were on our way back to the town.

The first thing we did after arriving back at Fixy town was go to the guild in order to sell all of the materials we had gathered.

Of course, after both Aya and Theresa leveled up their ranks, there were many people who were giving us the stares.

While I was waiting behind the girls so they could confirm our loot and newly received card, I saw several guys coming closer to us.

At first I thought that they had some business with the receptionist, but once they got too close, I noticed how they were giving me hateful glares.

“Out of the way..” A guy with a white coat and long sword told me as he looked at me with a slight killing intent.

Since he was on the way to bump on me, I dodge his body since he would’ve passed through my body. 

Getting found in front of the whole guild was no joke…

And after walking past me, he went towards Aya and Theresa who was talking to the receptionist.

"Hey, how about you girls join our party?" That guy with the white coat asked with a proud look. His lips remained upwards as he was trying to remain a friendly smile, only to end up as a smirk.

But to my surprise, Theresa finished up at the desk and simply turned around to leave.

"Hold on, don't just ignore us like that." The white coated guy smirked as his other party members had surrounded both Theresa and Aya.

While Theresa remained with an unbothered expression, Aya on the other hand was looking around in anxiety about this sudden situation.

They clearly were showing to these two girls that they didn't plan on letting them go that easily.

“Open the way.” Theresa demanded with a harsh voice which didn't seem pleased at all.

“Just hear us okay for a moment, okay? We’re recruiting new party members, that's why we found this amazing opportunity to let you girls join us.” The leader of the party continued explaining. “And together with our strength together, we’ll be able to earn a lot of gold and get many achievements. So what do you say?”

Theresa simply gave another glare at that guy’s invitation before throwing a punch towards his face. 

“I told you to open our way!”

But the white coated guy simply tilted his head and dodged the incoming punch which would’ve crushed his face.

Do these guys think they are some big shot, and now they are trying to hit on Theresa and Aya?

“Hey! What's this commotion!?” Suddenly a loud voice from the back was heard as the whole guild became quiet.

Even the group that was trying to corner Theresa and Aya, opened the way as a tall muscular old man with long hair which were tied together walked in here to see what was going on.

“Nothing at all, guild master. We are simply asking these pretty ladies if they wanted to join our party.” The white coated guy responded to the old man with a smile on his face which didn't seem that bothered by the fact that the guild master was present. But from the way he backed away, he knew where to draw the line between them.

“And what was your answer?” The old man asked Theresa after seeing the brief explanation of those guys.

“We rejected it. I already am on a party, and I don’t plan on joining some lowlifes.” Theresa harshly responded to the guildmaster.

“Is that so?” The old man questioned before looking towards the party of guys who hadn't left yet. “You got your answer. Now leave before I revoke your adventurer’s license.”

“Of course, we understand.” The white coated guy happily responded as everyone else prepared to leave the guild. But before the leader of the party could leave, he took one last glance at me, who was standing between Theresa and Aya.

The guildmaster’s eyes narrowed at the sudden stare from the white coated guy, but he decided to not do or say anything about it.

“Thank you for stepping in.” I thanked the guildmaster as we were looking at that party leaving the building.

The old man glanced at me as if judging my appearance and skills before replying with a stern look. “Those pests have been causing some trouble for some time in this city, that's why I decided to step in. So don’t take this as an opportunity to take advantage of my position.”

“Not at all. I would’ve loved to put those lowlifes to their place if I had to.” Theresa responded without a care that she was willing to fight against other adventurers.

The old man however gave a soft smile while slightly shutting his eyes. 

“That might be a little troublesome since the rules are clear that adventurers are not to fight one another. But outside of the guild… anything may happen.”

I can understand what the guildmaster is saying. So basically, adventures are not limited by any rules for as long as they are not somewhere near any other adventures or guards.

Before we prepared ourselves to leave as well, the guildmaster looked at me.

“Your name is Hiroki, isn't it?”

“Yes, that's me.” I responded to the guildmaster after realizing that he must’ve received the news about the achievement at Amberlight.

I don’t plan on getting famous in this world, that's why I would prefer if the news about our party clearing out some demons won’t spread.

“If there’s anything that you need, don’t hesitate to ask me.” And after saying that, the old man went back to wherever he came from, leaving me and the girls behind.

I could still see that many other adventurers were still staring at us, but they either averted their eyes or simply continued doing their own stuff.

“Let's head back.” I said to Theresa and Aya who were looking at the guildmaster leave.

“Yeah, let's go. We wasted enough time here.”

“Yes!”

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As we were on our way back to our house, our goal was to have a long rest while I was going to prepare more coffee for the merchant I was working with.

That was the plan until I noticed several armored guards that were waiting near our house.

“Do you think they are waiting for us?” Aya innocently asked in a bit of concern.

They can’t possibly be waiting for us, can they?

“I think they are…” Theresa responded to the girl's question, sounding a bit tired from this.

But our questions were answered the moment we got closer to our house.

The moment one of the guards noticed me, they all rushed towards us.

“Stop right there! You’re all coming with us!” One of the guards told us with clear intentions that they weren't going to let us go.

Oh come on!!

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