Chapter 121 - What If He Doesn't See It!
Boom—!
Whoosh, whoosh—!
"Ah, this place is nice, let's rest here~"
The crystal rock wall was blasted open with an axe-like tool, and Alise looked at the exposed cave, deciding to refurbish it here for noon.
"First, clean up the cave."
"Noin and Celty, Neze and Ryana, Asta and Iska, Lyra follow me, we'll split into pairs and rotate for rest."
"Maryuu, cooking is your task."
"Kaguya and Lion, you two rest, no need for patrol."
As Luke guessed, indeed, as the leader of Astraea Familia, Alise was responsible for team command and task arrangement.
It seems that most Familias operate this way, rather than special teams like the original protagonist's, where the captain does not manage at all.
This wasn't the first time Alise and her team came to the lower floors, and the team's division of work was well understood by everyone.
Almost at the same moment Alise called out their names, the members of Astraea Familia began their respective tasks.
One group guarded the entrance, another group broke walls, and the rest helped tidy up the temporary camp.
"Do you need our help?"
Luke walked over to Alise and asked her.
It seemed somewhat inappropriate to leave all the work to others during the rest period, not to mention, at least taking charge of a patrol group was not a problem for Luke.
"No, you and Ais should rest well."
But Alise refused Luke's offer for help.
She shook her head, then signaled Luke to look at Kaguya and Lion arguing on the side.
"Our main combat members do not take on any tasks during rest periods."
"You and Ais are the most important combat force for the next exploration of the dungeon. Just resting well and keeping yourself in the best condition is the greatest contribution to the team."
Luke, pushed back to the campside to rest by Alise, was somewhat helpless, but he was not so pretentious that he had to help.
After all, during his time in Loki Familia, Finn would also adopt a similar method to conserve the core members' stamina.
What's different is that at Loki Familia, Finn, as part of the command, would also not participate in work, leaving all tasks to the ordinary members.
While on Astraea Familia side, Alise, as the captain, also seems to plan to join the patrol work.
Whether it's because of the habit of taking the lead or because of a shortage of manpower, maybe it's both?
Rejected from helping, Luke had nothing to do, so he could only walk back to the campside and sit down again.
As he sat down, Ais moved over and sat next to him.
Don't look at Ais usually being lively in front of Luke and Riveria, occasionally being coquettish and throwing temper tantrums.
But she's not like this in front of outsiders.
From meeting Alise and them until now, Ais hasn't said a single word.
When walking, she also closely followed behind Luke.
Luke looked at Ais who came closer and sat quietly without saying a word, and sighed in his heart.
Communication disorder, this is Ais's current situation.
Ais's current interpersonal relationships are actually very simple.
Luke, Riveria, Loki, Gareth, Finn, comrades, monsters, strangers.
Just these eight terms.
Among them, comrades refer to the other members of Loki Familia, and besides this, all other mortals and gods are classified into strangers.
The reason is that Loki once told her that only people from the same Familia are comrades, and Ais must not easily believe what strangers say.
Loki originally meant well (?), but Ais obviously misunderstood.
In her worldview, the adventurers of Astraea Familia are definitely not comrades from the same Familia.
Not comrades and not monsters, then they are strangers.
If it's not necessary, there's no need to greet strangers, no need to chat with them, no need to care about their feelings.
This is also one of the 'common sense' Loki taught her.
If Riveria knew that Loki taught Ais so much nonsense behind her back, she would probably go berserk and blast Loki and the whole Orario away together.
Fortunately, although Ais doesn't plan to communicate with Alise and members of Astraea Familia, she also doesn't have any hostile intentions towards them.
"Not planning on making some new friends?"
Ais looked up at Luke who spoke to her, thought for a moment, then shook her head.
Luke sighed silently and temporarily gave up on correcting Ais's thoughts.
This is really not what he is good at, better wait until they return and let Riveria handle it. Mama elf should be good at taking care of children.
"Yo~!"
Just as Luke was worrying about how to solve Ais's communication disorder, a voice greeting him came from the side.
Turning his head, Luke saw a pink-haired pallum girl.
"You're called Lyra, right."
This pallum girl named Lyra, Luke actually heard about her before officially coming into contact with members of Astraea Familia today.
"Uhh, you're a member of Loki Familia, right? How's your relationship with Finn?"
Sure enough, Luke knew that she would definitely ask about Finn.
The reason this pallum girl named Lyra came to Orario to become an adventurer and worked hard to climb to become a second-class adventurer, one of the backbone of Astraea Familia.
Just to be Finn's bride...
"My relationship with Finn is just so-so."
"After all, if you think about it, Finn is our captain, and a powerful Lv6 adventurer, I hardly get to see him as a regular member."
Thinking of Finn's previous instructions, Luke suddenly sweated and denied the fact that he and Finn had a good relationship.
"Finn is responsible for the management of about 40 people in our Familia, he's very busy usually."
"Eh, is that so?"
"I was thinking if you have a good relationship with Finn, I could..."
"Cough, nothing, I just hope you can help me pass this letter to him."
After hearing Luke's explanation, Lyra muttered with dissatisfaction in her voice.
Then she took out a letter and handed it over.
Luke took the letter, looking at this pink letter with several hearts attached, and the corner of his eyes twitching non stop.
"...Why don't you give it to him directly."
"Do you think I don't want to! Every time I go to find him, your Familia members tell me that 'he's not here!'."
"I originally thought he was deliberately avoiding me, but I didn't expect it because he's really busy."
"Therefore, I should go a few more times."
No no no, he really is avoiding you, please don't go anymore.
Luke didn't dare to say these two sentences.
Feeling like he might have inadvertently made things difficult for Finn, Luke decided to end this topic immediately.
"Don't worry, I will definitely pass this letter to Finn."
"...So you don't have to go, I guarantee the letter will be delivered soon."
"Thank you so much!"
"But I still have to go myself, I have to prepare a few more letters, just in case Finn gets busy and doesn't see it, that wouldn't be good."
"..."
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