It eaceful m. The gentle light from the sun brought light to the new day once again as the leaves swayed in the wind and the st of flowers from the garden wafted around the manor.

  "Aaaaahh!!" ［Eliza］

  The only thing which stood out was Eliza's loud scream as it echoed throughout the whole mansion. Rather than the chirping of the birds, her loud and high-pitched scream was the one which woke up Grey and Yuna.

  It wasn't just Grey and Yuna, everyone in the mansion had beeed with Eliza's sudden scream. Evewo who had just woken up immediately became alert as they headed towards the little girl's room

  Fearing that something bad happeo Eliza, the two utilized their full speed. They both equipped their trusty ons, ready to cut down any enemy who dared to harm the little girl.

  "Grey, do you deteyone?!" ［Yuna］

  "No, I could only sense Liz." ［Grey］

  But even when Grey had utilized his "Heaven's Eye", he couldn't sense any other perso in Eliza's room. The only one he could sense was Eliza who seemed to still be tucked on her bed and not moving even a single inch.

  The two became increasingly worried as they thought that a curse was affeg Eliza rather than an assault. They didn't want to waste a single moment, fearing what effects that curse might have.

  "Elder Brrey... Elder Sister Yuna... Help me... It really hurts...!" ［Eliza］

  Eliza pleaded to Grey and Yuna with tears trig down her face as she tried her best to not move her body. Her face was cramping from pain as she pleaded towards the two.

  It wasn't an assault nor a curse which was making Eliza scream in pain. Rather, she was screaming because of the muscle pains she was experieng.

  It was the sed day since Eliza had fought against a goblin, and due to what she experienced, she had pushed herself during the trainierday. Even when Grey had already casted a recovery spell, it seems that it was not enough as it came biting back.

  When Yuna and Grey saectacle, they were dumbfounded by it. After all, they were so scared that something happeo Eliza, but as it turned out, it was only just muscle pains.

  At the very least, they were relieved that nothing dangerous happeo her. They could only shake their heads and heaved sighs as they looked at the pitiful little girl who was experieng muscle pains.

  "Uuu... It hurts..." ［Eliza］

  "Alright, just stay still... ??Heal?? ??Recuperate??." ［Grey］

  As light shone from Grey's palm, Eliza's cramping face slowly began to ease as the pain started to subside. It only took a few seds for the pain to fully get away. It was as if it was just a lie.

  Healing Eliza's pain, Grey could remember the times when he has still yet to learn holy magic. Every time he overexerted himself, he had to experience hell of pain. He could only persist through such pain without recovery magic.

  Yuna didn't have to experience such difficulties as Grey had already learned a few holy magic spells at the time they met each other. It was an experience Yuna could not fully rete to.

  "Th-Thank you, Elder Brrey..." ［Eliza］

  "It's alright, just make sure to not overexert yourself ime. Otherwise, you might experien even worse pain." ［Grey］

  "Worse...?" ［Eliza］

  A trace of despair appeared on Eliza's face as she heard Grey's word. The pain she had experienced was already overbearing. She could only imagine what "worse" than that could feel.

  "Lady Eliza! Are you alright?!" ［Sebastian］

  Just as Yuna was wiping away Eliza's tears, Sebastian, along with a couple of guards arrived in front of Eliza's room. They were all armed and ready to engage in bat.

  "Don't worry, it was just muscle pains." ［Grey］

  "Oh... I... see..." ［Sebastian］

  While Sebastian was a little dumbfounded, he quickly regained his posure a away the guards after firming the current state of affairs. The guards left with relieved looks on their faces as they went ba their duties.

  "Is Lady Eliza alright now?" ［Sebastian］

  "Yeah, I already applied some healing and recovery magi her." ［Grey］

  "Thank goodness..." ［Sebastian］

  A sigh of relief left Sebastian's mouth as he heard Grey's response. While he was not reted to Eliza by blood, having watched her grow up, she was already like a daughter to him.

  "Still... It's amazing how quick your responses are, Lrey, Lady Yuna. You mao arrive here very quickly." ［Sebastian］

  "Well, that was because we thought Liz was in danger." ［Grey］

  "It also helped that our rooms weren't that far away." ［Yuna］

  "I see... Still, I'm really grateful. Also, Lady Eliza, you should apologize trey and Lady Yuna for troubling them." ［Sebastian］

  "I-I'm sorry!" ［Eliza］

  "Don't worry about it, Liz. It's our job, after all." ［Yuna］

  Yuna patted Eliza's head as she soled her. Even when both her and Grey's sleep were disturbed, they weren't really bothered by it. The little girl's safety was their top priority.

  'Hmm... What do we do about this...' ［Grey］

  Grey pondered silently. While it wasn't a hassle to head towards Eliza's room every time such a thing happens, it might disturb the whole mansion ead every time. Especially when Eliza's screams were quite the loud ones.

  'Ah, right!' ［Grey］

  An idea suddenly popped inside Grey's head as he remembered something. He remembered that Yuna could also use holy magic. She may not be as profit as Grey, but it was healing magietheless.

  Yuna could also coct potions or oi which could ease the pain if ever Eliza feels muscle pains again. She was quite the expert in alchemy, after all.

  "Hey, Liz, for the following nights, why don't you sleep together with Yuna." ［Grey］

  "Hmm... Why all of the sudden?" ［Yuna］

  "Well, so that when this happens again, Liz could just ask you to heal her muscle pains. You could also have a chat so that she won't feel lonely." ［Grey］

  "That makes sense..." ［Yuna］

  "Am I going to sleep together with Elder Sister Yuna?!" ［Eliza］

  After Yuna nodded in respoo Eliza's question, The tter jumped on the bed with excitement, trary to how she was just a few moments ago. She was now full of energy.

  And because she was so excited about the thought of sleeping together with Yuna, she monopolized Yuna and talked about what they should be doing befoing to sleep. She wao have a slumber party.

  Soon after, Fritz arrived with a pale plexion about his face, clearly worried about his daughter. He ran as fast as he could and was even out of breath just to make sure Eliza was alright.

  Sebastian then escorted Fritz back to his office after he bowed his head trey, Yuna, and Eliza. The two dies didn't even notice them leaving as they were still busy with their slumber party pns.

  After having their breakfasts, Grey, Yuna, and Eliza left the mansion ao the adventurer's guild as usual. When they arrived, they then headed straight to the H-rank quest board.

  The only ones left in the requests boards were perma ones or the ones which are too bothersome for what they're worth. They were quests from vilges quite the distance away from Moterno.

  "Elder Brrey, Elder Sister Yuna, could we pick that one?" ［Eliza］

  Eliza poio a quest not posted in the H-rank board, but rather in the G-rank board. It was something which had remaihere for days.

  It was made by a vilge located more than a dozen kilometers away from Moterno. The details of the quest tells about a gobli subjugation just a few hundred meters from the vilge, and the reward is about 500 kiels.

  In most cases, monsters would spawn individually, as a group, or as a horde, where they would wander aimlessly aroy anything on their path. There were also floods which happened after a dungeon break, like the orc horde a couple of months back.

  Monster s are a rare phenomenon formed when high trations of mana solidifies and forms a territory full of monsters. It vary from a very small size to an area as rge as towns and cities.

  Unlike wandering monsters, monsters from a wouldn't stray away from it, and will kill anything that ehe territory. Time after time, the will expand and the monsters i bee strohat's why, it is of utmost priority to destroy a as soon as its existence is discovered.

  The only way to stop a from expanding is to kill the 's leader, which is usually a higher variant of the 's oct monsters. Of course, the leader also grows along with the .

  "Hmm... It should be alright, but why would you pick this, Liz." ［Yuna］

  "Well, my father always says that as nobles, we must prioritize the safety of our subjects. That's why, I want to stop the monster from expanding before it hurt the vilgers." ［Eliza］

  Although Eliza was just a ten-years-old girl, she is already being taught the duties of a noble and their responsibility towards their subjects. She was being raised in a good enviro.

  "Grey..," ［Yuna］

  After hearing Eliza's answer, Yuna then looked at Grey with expet eyes, obviously asking him to fulfill the little girl's request.

  "Alright, alright, we'll be pig this one." ［Grey］

  "Thank you, Elder Sister Yuna! Elder Brrey!" ［Eliza］

  "Then, you two wait here. I'll just process this quickly." ［Grey］

  Grey plucked out the quest from the quest board and then headed to the ter, taking the quest officially with Anna's assistance who catered to him like usual.

  The three then headed to the vilge afterwards, and si was quite the distance away, Grey once again took the liberty to carry Eliza on his bad ran at a fortable speed.

  "Yaay～!!" ［Eliza］

  But even when Grey was runniremely fast pared to normal people, Eliza wasn't scared at all. Rather, she was just enjoying herself to the fullest as if she was riding on an amusement ride.

  Minutes after they departed from Moterno, they could already see the vilge's silhouette from the distance, and so, we slowed down to avoid sg the vilgers. Grey and Yuna had learnt their lessons quite a while ago.

  "Wait! State your purpose." ［Guard］

  The three were about to ehe vilge when a guard stopped them in order to check their purposes. He was wearing a serious expression on his face.

  "We're adventurers from Moterno, here to fulfill the gobli subjugatio you posted a few days ago." ［Grey］

  "Oh, I see... Then I'll guide you to the chief's house." ［Guard］

  Or so the guard said, but it was obvious that he was suspicious of them. No, rather than suspi, it was more like he was worried whether the three of them could even plete the quest.

  "Chief! The adventurers are here!" ［Guard］

  "Oh!" ［Chief］

  Shortly after the guard knocked on the chief's house, a sy elderly man came out and greeted them. He was only a little older thaia he seemed much older due to his bent posture.

  "Wele, dear adventurers we're thankful... for... your..." ［Chief］

  But rather than a warm wele, he weled them with despair in his eyes. It was the same expression that the guard wore on his face just a few moments ago. It was one full of .

  Well, no one could really bme him sihe ones who were in front of him were two youths who barely reached adulthood. On top of that, they also have a child who is just ten years old with them.

  "If you're doubting our identity, you check these." ［Grey］

  In order to clear their suspis, Yuna and Grey hahem their guild cards. And their reas were just as they expected.

  ""ologize for our rudeness""

  Both the guard and the chief bowed their heads and apologized. They now realized the mistake they made when they judged the two youths before them. her of them expected that they were actually B-rank adventurers!

  "Ah, please raise your heads. We're not really bothered by it anyway." ［Grey］

  "Un. It will only make us feel unfortable." ［Yuna］

  "O-Of course..." ［Chief］

  "So... you now tell us the details of the quest?" ［Grey］

  "Oh, yes! But first, I would like to invite you to my humble home, Your Excellencies." ［Chief］

  Grey and pany accepted the chief's invitation. After they ehe chief's house, he asked them to take a seat, and then served them some drinks. He then started telling us the quest's details.

  Acc to him, it all started a week ago. A group of vilgers were about to head too deep in the woods to harvest some herbs like they usually do, but on the way there, they discovered a gobli. Other than posing a threat, the also prevehem from harvesting necessary herbs.

  About the , it was located about 700 meters north of the vilge, and the st time they checked, there were about 20 or so goblins with a hobgoblin as the 's leader. It was a small sized one.

  "Well then, we'll be going now." ［Grey］

  "Are you taking this young dy with you?" ［Chief］

  "Yes. But don't worry, she hold herself" ［Grey］

  "It's a part of her training after all." ［Yuna］

  "I... I see..." ［Chief］

  A perplexed expression loomed over the chief's face when he heard Grey and Yuna's answers. After all, no matter where one looks at it, it was areme method of training a 10-year-old child.

  Havi the quest's details, they then headed to the quest's location. There, they saw a couple of primitive sheds being made, with 22 goblins in the viity, and a hobgoblin at the ter of the .

  Although a hobgoblin is a goblin's higher variant, it is only at the bottom G-rank. But then, the differeween a goblin and a hobgoblin's strength is vast. While a goblin is physically weaker than an average adult, a hobgoblin take on multiple adults and still win. It's like paring a sy person to a wrestling champion.

  "Alright, just like usual, Liz will be the only one fighting. Yuna and I will defend Liz when it gets dangerous." ［Grey］

  ""Un!"" ［Yuna and Eliza］

  After Grey said the pn, he and Yuna theo position, with Grey proteg the front and the left fnk, and Yuna proteg the rear and right fnk. They made sure Eliza would feel safe even if she was fighting alone.

  ??Water Bde!?? ［Eliza］

  When Grey and Yuna were in position, Eliza then fired a spell and hit a goblin right in the neck. Unlike before, after training her precision, Eliza was now able to kill the goblin in a sirike.

  Notig one of the gobliing killed, the oblins then noticed Eliza and rushed recklessly towards her. While they were doing that, Eliza prepared to fire atack.

  ??Water Bde!?? ［Eliza］

  A sed attack flew through the air and struck the goblins imost frht in the eyes, making it tumble and fall helplessly, losing its vision along its fall towards the solid ground.

  "Haap!" ［Eliza］

  Eliza didn't waste any time and struck the fallen goblin with her sword, ending the goblin's miserable life. The only thi behind by the goblin's death was a mana crystal just a little rger than a slime's.

  "21 left. Keep going, Liz." ［Grey］

  "Un! ??Water Bde??!" ［Eliza］

  Khieeeekkkkk

  The third spell also hit anoblin successfully. Unfortunately, it only cut off one of the goblin's arms. The goblin only became more furious as it charged towards Eliza with eyes painted red.

  The Hobgoblin also tried to fight, but Grey and Yuna made it busy by trapping it in its position. Eliza was already fag a lot of difficulties. She didn't need a hobgoblin to be added to her enemies.

  ??Water Bde!?? ??Water Bde!?? ??Water Bde!?? ??Water Bde!?? ［Eliza］

  Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit!

  Before the goblins could reach Eliza, she was able to take down three moblins, redug their o 18. And seeing the disadva casting spells in she, she immediately switched to her sword and engaged in close bat.

  Khieeeekkk

  ??Heavy Ssh!?? ［Eliza］

  As a goblin tried to attack her, Eliza released an art and instantly decapitated its head. She then twisted her body to dodge anoblin's attacks and nded a ter-attack by bashing its head with the back of her sword and delivering another art straight to its neck.

  ??Heavy Ssh!?? ［Eliza］

  After defeating 7 goblins, Eliza's pace had started to slow down. She was clearly getting tired of expending too much mana on spells and arts. Her breathing has started to get rough and unstable.

  It was then that Grey and Yuna decided to join in. They first killed the hobgoblin they had trapped, and then mowed dowher goblins, only leaving behind 3 goblins for Eliza to fight against.

  "Haap!" ［Eliza］

  A few seds ter, Eliza mao cut down anoblin, leaving only 2 moblins to stay. But Eliza's dition was already that which couldn't battle. She anting heavily

  Grey and Yuna wanted Eliza to finish the job, but by the looks of it, she no longer has the capability to do so. She was even struggling to wield her sword.

  Khieeekkkkk

  "Shut up. ??Air Bullet??." ［Grey］

  With a swipe of his finger, Grey sent a basic-level spell straight towards the goblins who were trying to attack Eliza. The air bullets flew straight towards the goblins' heads, killing them instantly.

  Eliza oher hand has also colpsed on the ground as she lost all her strength. Grey quickly casted a recovery spell towards her which made her breathing stable aurned a healthy plexion on her face.

  "Are you feeling fine, Liz?" ［Grey］

  "Un. I'm just a little tired...." ［Eliza］

  Eliza replied as she finished drinking the water Yuna had previously handed her. It was important that she rehydrated with the amount of sweat she had. She was basically drenched with it.

  "Alright, then as a reward for your hard work, what do you want to eat for lunch? Me and Yuna will cook it for you." ［Grey］

  "R-Really?!" ［Eliza］

  "Un. Just make sure you'll eat it afterwards, okay?" ［Yuna］

  "Un!" ［Eliza］

  With their quest fihe three headed back towards the vilge to report its pletion, where they were showered with praises by the chief and vilgers. They then headed towards the guild afterwards to plete the process.

  The lunch they had was a very hearty one. Eliza ordered all sorts of food and they made sure there wasn't a over. Not only their stomachs, all of their hearts were full as well from ughter and happiness.

  CHAPTER 45 END