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[Saintess Rumia point of view]

[A day later]

"Bye-bye" [Long hair girl]

"Please come visit us again..." [Lizard boy]

"The biscuits, we had fun" [Green hair boy]

"Tell her honestly will you! Trust me, there are time when I wish I could go back just to tell someone about what I feel" [Khamishah]

"But..." [Long hair girl]

"Haha, it's fine" [Rumia]

They're just rather shy, that's what I believe, and I'm sure even Mrs Saga here know that very well, but as the director of the orphanage, it's also her job to guide the orphans properly. Well, kids learn more through example lead by us adults, so

"Thank you for everything, I really had so much fun making biscuits as well as reading story books with all of you. I will come again!" [Rumia]

"Me too, it's really fun!" [Long hair girl]

"True, and I hope we can bake other types of biscuits as well" [Lizard boy]

"We will be waiting" [Green hair boy]

How cute. Now, everyone did the same, and some of the younger one seems overly attached to us, in tear because they thought they could never see us again. It's heavy for us as well, but alas, this is one form of sacrifices that we have to make. We have to go to Estel to support Princess Diana there, and as such it's inevitable that we have to depart soon

"Take care of the orphanage" [Rumia]

"Yes, O saintess" [Other]

With the thunder horses on a good health, we depart from Kiserre, using the open field dungeon heading toward Estel.

(Wait for me, Princess) [Rumia]

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[Zerolith point of view]

[2 days after asking the adventure guild about birthday present]

"Sigh... another day another works to settle. I'm off, be a good kid alright, all of you" [Ash]

"Yes!" [Other]

As usual, Brother Ash has to leave early in the morning, right after breakfast. He has been really busy lately, and honestly, it's quite lonely. He did try his best to finish his works as quickly as he can, and spent some time with all of us in the evening, but we also didn't want to bother him when he is resting. Not to mention, he will go out somewhere late in night with Elise, I'm sure there are job that only the two of them can do.

"Well, I'm off as well" [Rean]

"Me too, see you guys later" [Elise]

"Bye" [Other]

And once they're all out as well

(Yosh! Let us all go to the open field dungeon) [Zerolith]

(I still think it's a bad idea) [Kara]

(Relax, we just kill some low level zombies, and get a spawning block like Brother Ash does, that's all) [Zerolith]

(Plus, all of us are pretty strong, and with Bobunny support, we can do this) [Mara]

(Actually, Bobunny's clone can tell Brother Ash that we enter the dungeon without his permission, so let us not do that) [Karon]

(Good judgement) [Zerolith]

Whispering among ourselves, we then decide to head straight ahead to the open field dungeon, without telling anyone. We want to make sure we can surprise everyone with a spawning block.

2 day back, when all of us met Sis Alice, she jokingly said that a spawning block would be a nice present. It's a very rare monster loot after all, and even the country have a fee spawning block (countable with a single hand according to her, and not to mention, the one in the orphanage are far better in terms of quality, and would never break down due to the setup Brother Ash make is far superior than the one court magician made). Of course, she was only joking at that time, but Farhah here took the advice seriously, and somehow she was confident enough we could get one spawning block as long as we are with her. I wonder where she gets the confidence from

Sneakily taking our equipment and putting it inside our item bag, the ten of us quickly went out and walk towards the dungeon, but

"Where are you guys going?" [Lisa]

"Playing!" [Charlotte]

"I see, well do be careful" [Lisa]

"Yes!" [Charlotte]

And not just her, almost everyone recognized us because we are almost always together with Brother Ash, and the fact that Brother Ash take good care of the people around the neighborhood area make them did the same toward us. So much so for sneaking out, but somehow

"We made it" [Savel]

"Now quickly" [Mara]

""Hmm!!"" [Lara, Nara]

"Hmm? The behemoth slayer isn't with you today?" [Guard A]

No good, we forgot about the guard, and not to mention, the other adventures also notice us

"We just wanted to play in the area at the first floor" [Singa]

"Ooh, alright then, don't wander around too far, got it?" [Guard B]

"Yes!" [Kids]

Nice one Singa. Well, kids can still enter the dungeon, no rule to forbid it, but of course, they will be concern when we enter unsupervised

And once inside, we quickly go down to the third floor. The dungeon sure are long and big, and just when we are about to encounter a wild orc,

~Slash~

A group of bandit traveler kill the orc, and

"Hoo, they're nicely dress" [Traveler A]

"Hey kids, come here will you" [Traveler B]

No good, they easily outnumber us, around 30 maybe? Not to mention, they're slowly encircling us

~Ice spike attack~

"That blue hair girl!" [Traveler C]

"Ooh, she is so dead!" [Traveler D]

"And the girls, some of them do look mature" [Traveler E]

"Hoo, so we only need to spare three of the girls then" [Traveler F]

"What a creep!" [Mara]

"Tchh! They annoy me!" [Zerolith]

Both Mara and I quickly launch our magic attack, and as for me, I use the blessing from Az as well. They might outnumbered us, but even they can't defeat someone with a blessing

"Tchh! Stupid brat!" [Bandit leader]

The three biggest guy, using some sort of spell to buff themselves, quickly throw bunch of throwing axes to us. Good thing Karon and Savel earth and ice wall come through, but

"Gotcha!" [Traveler C]

"Let me go!" [Farhah]

~Hand slice~

"Gaahhh!" [Traveler C]

Nara with his scythe quickly slice through the bandit traveler elbow. It wasn't a clean slice as the elbow is still dangling around, so Lara here quickly use rock blast to detach it.

(No good. We are overestimating ourselves a bit) [Zerolith]

The bandit here might not be as strong as the old follower and the duke's army, but that time we have support from Rean and Rafiah as well. Plus

(None of us can act as a leader! Back then, it was Rean!) [Zerolith]

Not good, with blessing, I do think we can defeat them, but we are still lacking, so the best case scenario, all of us will get out of this situation alive, but not without any sort of injuries!

"Take thi... Gaahhh!" [Bandit leader]

"What do you think you're doing to them!" [Syah]

"Uncle Syah!" [Charlotte]

"You guys, stay behind us!" [Borg]

"Are you guys alright?" [Mimi]

""Hmm!!"" [Lara, Nara]

"Good, stay here will you" [Lin]

They're a group of C rank adventure, but we still need to provide some sort of back up!

"You guys! Just fire some magic!" [Zerolith]

"Don't!" "Yes!" [Mimi][Other]

We fire the magic, and unfortunately, our coordination with the group are off, resulting in few friendly fire. Uncle Borg in particular, got hit in his right shoulder. Just when we wanted to heal him, we can see a thunder horse carrying a white carriage stopping nearby, before a red hair lady with a familiar robe comes out. It is similar to that of the church, but not quite

"O Goddess Achalasia, please, restraint the bandit" [?]

With the prayer sign, the earth surrounding the bandit traveler trapped them all, before

"Thunder shock!" [Mara]

Mara quickly electrocute the bandit traveler, using all her mana to make them unconscious.

"It's over. Thank god" [Mara]

"And thank you pretty red hair sis" [Charlotte]

"You're welcome" [?]

"Now then, how about we..." [Zerolith]

"WHAT IN THE GODDESS ACHALASIA NAME DO YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE DOING!" [Mimi]

Just when I was thinking of an excuse, the thing that I don't want to receive the most happen. The four of them, their face quickly turn from reliable and protective to that of a scolding adults.