Chapter 97: What they want to do

The situation at the national border was different from when we passed by in the past.

Back then, it was pretty much deserted and hardly anyone passed through it.

Right now, there were quite a few players there.

「”Business is booming!” …I can’t really say that, though there’s far more people than before! Not bad, not bad!」(Yumir)

「I get the feeling that the number of soldiers has increased too. So, where are Lycoris-chan and the rest…?」(Hind)

We descended from our horses and took them by their reins and then we searched for the three of them on the Sala side of the border.

I know I’m repeating myself too much at this point but…the Grado Turk’s size is huge, they really stand out.

It’s not like players talked to us, but they did a double take once they saw the horses we brought with us and after looking at us…every now and then they would acknowledge us while passing through.

That being the case, it would be easier if they were able to find us instead.

After walking for a bit, just when we arrived at the gate, and I was about to check on their position on the map menu…

「Ah, Yumir-san! Hind-senpai!」(Lycoris)

A cheerful voice reverberated in the surroundings and Lycoris rushed over as if she was jumping around while waving her hand.

Following her were Cineraria with her beautiful posture and Sieta-chan who walked with her back hunched over.

「Good evening, we are counting on you today!」(Cineraria)

「Good evening senpa-…they sure stand out, those horses. Everyone is checking them out.」(Siesta)

I’m glad we were able to smoothly meet up.

Like Siesta-chan said, on top of them standing out, the people there were also in the way so after exchanging simple greetings we decided to move somewhere with less people.

Slightly ahead of the national border, in a safe area where there were no monsters.

We only knew about the fact that they wanted to go to Sala, so since we didn’t know what their actual destination was, Yumir decided to ask them.

「So, which part of Sala do you want to go to?」(Yumir)

「Obviously the Royal Capital Waaha! Furthermore, we want to make our home close to the guild “Migratory Bird”!」(Lycoris)

「Close to our guild?」(Yumir)

「Or you could say that we want to become parasi-…eh, rather, it would be eas-…I mean, it would make us happy if you could teach us lots of things.」(Siesta)

「Shh! You are not really hiding your true intentions at all…

Eh, this girl might be like this but Lyco’s intentions are pure! So, Please!」(Cineraria)

Cineraria-chan finished it off with that.

Lycoris-chan sure loves Yumir.

While she was looking at Yumir with those eyes of admiration, Yumir said this pensively.

「So, this means that it would be impossible for you three to join our guild?」(Yumir)

Hearing that, Lycoris-chan’s eyes sparkled for a split second but she immediately hanged her head.

I wonder what happened? Just as I was thinking that…

「You see, your invitation makes me so happy that I’d jump from joy but the time we can play at…」(Lycoris)

「Today is a weekend day so we have plenty of time to play this evening, but on weekdays we would only be able to log in at around 7pm or thereabouts so…」(Cineraria)

「Even if we joined, these two would feel bad if they couldn’t help out and contribute to the guild. Even though I told them that senpai and the rest were kind and wouldn’t mind it.」(Siesta)

「It’s true that we wouldn’t really care about their contributions to the guild, but isn’t it a bit weird for Siesta-chan to say it?」(Hind)

If that’s the case, there’s no point in forcing them to join.

Yumir and I exchanged looks and nodded.

However, I had a proposition for them.

「In that case, how about you make a guild and form an alliance with Migratory Bird? If we did it like that, it would be fine if we interacted with each other when our times matched.」(Hind)

「Ooh, that’s nice! That’s a good suggestion, Hind!」(Yumir)

A guild alliance, as the name suggests, is where guilds form a relationship where they support each other when necessary.

For example, dividing yourselves in production guilds and fighting guilds to progress in the game, or something like taking members from two or more guilds to tackle large scale events…there are various ways to go about it.

In the game, if you form an alliance, it’s possible to use both Guild Home’s facilities, there’s also an experience bonus for crafting and fighting.

Once they heard my explanation, they made really surprised faces due to my unexpected suggestion.

Right after, they said 「Would it be OK for us to consult each other?」, and when I told them that I didn’t mind, they went to a spot a bit further away and squatted down making a small circle.

「My bad, Yumir. Did I exceed my authority there? It might have appeared as if I was disregarding our guild master, which is you.」(Hind)

「I don’t mind it at all! Your words are my words!」(Yumir)

「I can’t but feel dread at the amount of trust you place in me…oh well, it’s fine if you are OK with it.」(Hind)

If it’s these girls, Selene-san should be able to open up even in meetings, there probably won’t be any issues if they visit the guild regularly.

The other three probably won’t oppose the idea…is what I think, but it might have been a bit impertinent on my part.

For Yumir and I to make such a big decision by ourselves, I feel as if it’s too unfair to the other guild members.

That being the case, I quickly sent an email to them and they gave their confirmations right away.

Seems like no one is against the idea! It’s not like I can go and just say that at this point, though I’m glad.

Next time, let’s ask them what they think first…

Anyhow, since everyone else agreed, it all depends on the girls in front of me.

After a while, they stood up, Lycoris-chan acted as a representative and bowed her head to us.

「We arrived at a decision! …We’ll take on your offer! Please enter an alliance with the guild we are going to make!」(Lycoris)

「Looking forward to working with you!」(Cineraria)

「Looking forward to it.」(Siesta)

「Umu, got it! We are also looking forward to it!」(Yumir)

「Looking forward to it, you three.」(Hind)

Since we already promised to make an alliance, it was finally time to depart towards Waaha.

Since they participated in the preliminaries of the PvP tournament, they were close to level 40 and there were no issues.

We decided to just quickly head towards the Royal Capital, so we were going to split into groups to ride on the Grado Turks but…

「Senpai. “They are touching you”, would it be better if I said a standard line like that?」(Siesta)

「It would be better if you didn’t…」(Hind)

By the time I noticed, no one disagreed and we naturally split into groups.

Over there, Yumir was riding with Lycoris-chan and Cineraria-chan.

That meant that I was riding along with Siesta-chan.

Mounting on top of the Grado Turk on my back was Siesta-chan, who was unnecessarily sticking too close to me.

Furthermore, my body stiffened because of this sensation I hadn’t felt since before the tournament, this was the second time I had this sense of dread.

In an unusual act, Yumir was scowling while looking over here and being completely silent, or is that just my imagination?

…This is going to be bad if it keeps going like this, is what my body’s instincts were telling me.

「Won’t you move in front of me, Siesta-chan? I would be taking the reins but since you are not that tall I believe you won’t obstruct my view.」(Hind)

「I see…senpai is more into asses? Or maybe hair…don’t tell me that it’s the nape or the back?」(Siesta)

「How did we reach this point? Are we talking about the same thing right now? I’m starting to lose confidence here…」(Hind)

I managed to persuade Siesta-chan somehow and succeeded in making her sit in front of me.

Right after we started moving, she started to look around at the view we got from the top of the horse with admiration, but eventually she seemed to lose interest and proceeded to completely relax and lean her back on me.

After saying that she was leaving the rest to me I started to hear the breathing sounds of someone sleeping.

「She sure falls asleep quickly…」(Hind)

From Siesta-chan’s hair, I smelled a sweet fragrance akin to that of confections.