Jack of All Trades, Party of None

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“Sophie, gooood morning~!”

A few days after the silver rabbits of the night sky and Ms. Selma returned to Tsutolairu, Caroline called out to Sophia, who was reading at the dormitory entrance.

“Good morning, Carole. Though it’s almost noon already,” Sophia greeted Caroline with a wry smile.

The time was just about to pass eleven o’clock.

“Haha, true. But since this is the first time we’re meeting today, I still feel ‘good morning’ fits best!”

“That might be true.”

“Ah, then, why don’t we guess whether Sister Ru will say ‘good morning’ or ‘hello’?”

The silver rabbits of the night sky, who had been working hard on the Great Labyrinth’s conquest day after day, were taking a rest day today. Sophia and the others had promised to go out into town together.

“Eh. Well, sure. I think she’ll say ‘hello’, though.”

“I think she’ll say ‘good morning’!”

As Sophia and Caroline exchanged a few casual words, Luna arrived.

“Good morning, both of you. Sorry for being late.”

“Good morning, Sister Ru! So it’s ‘good morning’ after all!”

“Good morning, Sister Ru. …Even at this hour, ‘good morning’ is still the usual greeting.”

“...?”

Luna tilted her head at the two’s comments after exchanging greetings.

“We were guessing whether Sister Ru would say ‘good morning’ or ‘hello’. I guessed ‘good morning’, and Sophie guessed ‘hello’.”

“I see, that makes sense. At this hour, either one would be possible.”

“Yeah, yeah! Now that everyone’s here, let’s go out! Today, we’re going to do some eating around town!”

“Ah, um, I’m sorry to keep you waiting, but…”

Just as Caroline started to walk toward the exit, Luna stopped her with an apologetic expression.

“I have an urgent matter to attend to. I came here just to apologize in person.”

“Oh, I see. That’s alright! Don’t worry about me, you should prioritize that!”

“If it’s urgent, then it can’t be helped. If there’s anything we can help with, just say!”

“Thank you. It’s something I can handle on my own, so please enjoy your day off.”

“Got it! Let’s hang out again soon!”

“Yes. I will definitely make it up to you.”

Seeing the two who didn’t seem particularly upset, Luna quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, she hurriedly left the dormitory.

“Looks like it’s a date for just the two of you today!”

After seeing Luna off, Caroline spoke to Sophia.

“Haha, is it still called a date if it’s two girls?”

“That’s all about the mood, the mood!”

Sophia and Caroline chatted happily as they headed into town.

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— Northwest outskirts of Tsutolairu District: Near the First Dungeon —

“Selma, I’ve finished checking the Third Dungeon. No signs of a flood.”

As Selma and Rain were inspecting the dungeon for signs of the demonic beast flood, a telepathic message came in from Katina of the red copper twilight, who was checking another dungeon.

Since returning to Tsutolairu recently, Selma, along with members of the first squad and the red copper twilight seekers Katina and Huey, had been investigating the dungeons around Tsutolairu.

At the start of this year, Princess Lucilla requested two tasks from the s-rank parties of Tsutolairu: the silver rabbits of the night sky and the red copper twilight.

The tasks were to conquer designated dungeons within the kingdom and to defend Tsutolairu.

The dungeon conquest was assigned to Orun, Fuuka, and Haruto, while the defense was divided among the remaining members.

As part of the defense, they regularly checked the five dungeons surrounding Tsutolairu for signs of a flood.

The empire, their war opponent, was believed to have established technology to artificially cause a flood.

Since Tsutolairu is the kingdom’s second most important stronghold after the Royal Capital, the empire might attempt to sabotage it by flooding the nearby dungeons.

“Understood. Thanks for the report.”

Selma responded to Katina’s message.