Liria's Adventure 1
Liria tilted her head, golden hair shimmering in the light as she gazed up at Silvia with wide, curious eyes.
“Silvia, what’s wrong?”
Count Artos’s granddaughter’s face was grim, silver hair swaying as she crossed her arms tightly.
“I ran into some trash from the Red Flame.”
Liria blinked, clearly not following at first.
“Eh? Silvia seems really upset. It must be that Red Flame guy, right?”
Tinia, standing nearby, made a face of clear displeasure.
She knew exactly what Silvia meant by calling him trash—it was the human from the Red Flame.
Count Artos, the duke, had banned nobles from the Red Flame from entering the adventurer guild at all.
Yet he had ignored that rule and come here anyway.
Did he truly believe Liria wasn’t one of them?
There were nobles who thought it was only natural to exploit their people and that they themselves were justified in doing so.
Those nobles had come here and upset Silvia’s mood.
It had been a long time since she had appeared, and it was precisely when Liria was here. Silvia was truly displeased.
Count Arnold had come to the adventurer guild to recruit high-ranking adventurers to join his forces.
Now that he was about to inherit the title, he was trying to build his power.
“Is Liria okay?”
“Liria is fine.”
“Then shall we go on the adventure?”
“Yes, Silvia unnie.”
“Then we’ll be off. Tinia.”
“Yes. Both of you have a wonderful adventure.”
Silvia and Liria turned and set off again, deciding to embark on the adventure.
“It’s just my luck that she shows up when Liria is here.”
“No backup.”
“Silvia must be really upset. She might not come again.”
“I will punish those fellows.”
Tinia’s words made the guildmaster shudder.
Silvia was a Silver Dragon who hated evil to the extreme, so she disliked the Red Flame even more.
If Silvia quit being an adventurer, the guild would face many problems in the future.
The guildmaster had been working hard to root out the hidden species slave in the empire.
As a result, the beastmen slaves disappeared as a bonus, and many beastmen were rewarded.
The adventurers wondered why Tinia, who was an ordinary elf, was speaking to the duke, the guildmaster, in a casual tone.
They couldn’t ask directly.
Ren os and Elia, the High Elves, had instructed the elves not to look down on other races and to use casual speech with them.
Since we are elves and the other is human, but you are serving humans, not us, you don’t need to use honorifics.
So, even elves speak casually to the empire’s nobles.
No matter how high the noble, they think they are below dragons or High Elves.
Liria had received this lesson from her parents and adopted Elia’s manner of speaking, resulting in her current tone.
She had to accept it even though it was not pleasing to the human nobles.
Of course, for kings or above, mutual respect was the basic.
For Tinia and Count Artos, they had agreed to use casual speech.
“Guildmaster, are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
“What if Silvia never comes again?”
“There has never been a hatchling as enthusiastic about adventurer requests as Silvia. Silvia is a Silver Dragon who has appeared after thousands of years.”
The history of the adventurer guild was extremely long.
The guild records were filled with information about adventurers who had been adventurers as hatchlings.
The adventurer guild existed before the war between humans and elves.
The dragons who exterminated the war forces encouraged the hatchlings to enter the adventurer guild to help the weakened countries.
It was a recommendation from the dragon lord to gain combat experience while experiencing human society.
But after the war, the Silver Dragon had never visited the adventurer guild even once.
So, the adventurers expected Silvia to be a dragon, but they couldn’t imagine she was a Silver Dragon.
The guild activities were autonomous, not forced.
So, hatchlings who become adventurers don’t come often.
But Silvia, a Silver Dragon, had the gentlest personality among hatchlings and took on difficult requests from humans.
The crime Count Arnold committed against such Silvia was very great, and she intended to punish him for defamation.
Moreover, it included the crime of trying to touch Liria.
“It’s fortunate that Silvia is so kind. If it had been Salion, he would have breathed fire.”
“Just imagining it is terrifying.”
“He tried to touch Princess Liria. It’s fortunate if those guys end up like that. But Salion only punishes bad people.”
“It’s a thousand times fortunate it ended in failure.”
“But no matter how fast humans are, they’re still slower than Silvia, so it couldn’t be helped.”
“We are considering reviewing Silvia’s promotion soon. What do you think?”
“10-star adventurer? With Silvia, it’s more than enough. She easily succeeds at 9-star requests.”
“Currently, all 10-star adventurers are retired, so if Silvia becomes 10-star, she would be the only active 10-star.”
“Wow, as expected, Silvia is amazing.”
Tinia respected Silvia immensely.
Not only Tinia, but all adventurers admired her.
She was a dragon with personality worthy of respect, not just as an adventurer.
Other hatchlings were still at 8-star, but Silvia had been tirelessly doing adventurer activities, and after 40 years, the path to 10-star adventurer opened.
“Yeah. Then take care. Rabina, shall we go eat something delicious?”
“Okay. Tinia.”
“I’ll treat you. Let’s go.”
“Thank you.”
Tinia took Rabina and left the adventurer guild.
She planned to go to a high-class restaurant for the promotion celebration.
Silvia took Liria and teleported.
For now, they decided to find a 1-star monster.
Although she had skipped the steps, Liria intended to move according to the beginner adventurer’s manual.
Of course, Liria also started at 6-star, but she thought it would be fun to climb the adventure step by step from 1-star.
“This is a place where 1-star monsters often appear.”
“Ooh.”
“Look over there? A horn chicken.”
Liria looked at the place Silvia pointed to, and there was a horn chicken.
Liria immediately prepared for battle.
She planned to counterattack when the horn chicken attacked her.
But no matter how much time passed, the monster didn’t attack, and instead, it only ran away.
Liria thought this was a bit different from the adventure she had imagined.
Liria had no intention of attacking the timid horn chicken that didn’t attack her first.
“The horn chicken only runs away. Silvia unnie.”
“Horn chickens don’t attack first. Same with horn rabbits.”
“Then Liria won’t attack.”
“Liria is kind.”
“Hehe.”
Silvia also didn’t go hunting for non-aggressive monsters that don’t attack humans.
Silvia knew from the adventurer’s guidebook which monsters were non-aggressive and which were aggressive.
Wyverns are usually aggressive monsters, but for her, they were non-aggressive.
In such cases, they were treated as aggressive without exception.
Moreover, horn chickens were 1-star monsters, so they were not tasty.
There was no reason to hunt them.
“Liria will have to look at the guidebook later too.”
“When we go back, the guildmaster will have prepared it.”
“Hehe. Good.”
Silvia, unable to resist Liria's cuteness, hugged her tightly with one hand and stroked her head with the other.
Liria felt comfortable in Silvia's arms and smiled.
They searched for other monsters with Silvia, but the monsters that felt intimidated by Silvia didn’t appear at all.
Silvia hid her aura as much as possible, but even the small aura was enough to make lower-level monsters feel strong intimidation.
The horn squirrel far away, seeing Silvia, quickly ran away.
“Liria, do you understand why I said the adventure was boring?”
“Because Silvia unnie is so strong.”
“At least 4-star would be enough to not run away.”
“Then let’s go catch a 4-star. Silvia unnie.”
Silvia took Liria and teleported again.
The place where 4-star monsters appear is quite far from the village.
While they rarely directly harm humans, they are a nuisance to merchants traveling between villages.
“Look over there? A horn bear, a 4-star level monster.”
“All the monsters have horns.”
“Right. Horns are a feature of animal-type monsters.”
Liria approached the horn bear and tried to use magic, but again, the horn bear panicked and ran away.
Liria didn’t want to use magic to attack the fleeing opponent.
She had thought the bear would run at her to tear her apart, but it was the opposite.
Unlike on Earth, do horn bears not tear people apart?
“Do horn bears harm people a lot?”
“I don’t know? Animal-type monsters generally have a personality that avoids people.”
“Then Liria will leave them alone.”
Liria, who didn’t want to attack monsters that didn’t attack people, ignored the animal-type monsters and continued walking, looking for other monsters.
Liria wanted to meet a monster that was hostile to humans, no matter what.
Silvia, walking continuously, felt sorry for Liria who was having a boring adventure.
Liria didn’t want to hunt monsters that didn’t harm humans.
As they entered the deep forest, a sound of crying began to be heard, and Silvia thought it was a horn fox and felt disappointed.
As they went deeper into the forest, a huge something appeared, and Silvia realized it was an ogre.