Reluctant Hero | Amaki Ren

Chapter 31 | Set Sail

"There are amusing things in life that makes me feel grateful to be alive." 

"I knew this was gonna happen." 

Sakura sighs, a bead of sweat rolling down her temple as she watched the three nauseous heroes lean against the ship's gunwale. Their party members were helplessly watching them too. They didn't know what to do with their leaders in such a condition. 

Haru was at the same state five minutes after the ship sailed, but he consumed the potion his leader gave to him before they arrived at the docks. Thankfully, it worked effectively and he can move around the ship without feeling nauseous at all. 

Speaking of, the pink-tipped raven knelt down in front of the Sword Hero with a similar bottle on hand. She popped the corkscrew out, carefully lifting it up to his lips. "Drink it." She says.

"What...is tha--" 

His hand comes up to his mouth, stopping himself from vomiting over the Dagger Hero. "It'll get rid of the nausea. It's pathetic to see you like this." 

He slowly drank the potion that the girl made herself, instantly feeling relieved right after finishing an entire bottle. Sakura stands up from the floorboard first, extending a hand for him to take to carefully lift him up. 

"Feel better?"

"Yeah, thanks. Where'd you get that?"

"I made it myself." Sakura hummed. "Don't feel special. I made it because Haru has motion sickness." 

Ren looked over her shoulder and found her party members making 'X' signs with their arms, silently implying that Haru was definitely not the reason why she decided to make the said potion. With a light chuckle, he shakes his head and looked back down at the other two. 

"Sakura...do you have more...?"

"We...need one too." 

"Sorry," Sakura walked away from the three, "I only had one with me." 

What a lie. 

***

 "The accommodations seem nice." 

"This is what we get with the Queen backing us up." 

Each party got an entire room for themselves, having five other doors that lead to single bedrooms for each member. The main lounge of the room was equipped with all the needed furniture for discussions and relaxation. 

Thirty minutes after arriving at Cal Mira, Sakura's party ended up there to check their rooms first. They have enough time to farm for exp later on. 

"Can we go to the beach later on, Sakura-sama?" Freya let her body fall back on the sofa, letting out a pleased sigh as her body relaxed against the soft cushions. 

"Oi, we can't slack off here. We need to level up soon." Haru lightly tapped the girl's head as he passed her from behind the sofa, earning a light pout from the latter. 

"We're setting a quota if you guys want to enjoy your time here in Cal Mira." Sakura folded her arms over her chest, neck craning to her left to see Nami coming out of his assigned room. 

"Where's Ria? We have a few things to discuss before we go out."

"Here~" 

The two young ones plopped themselves down the unoccupied sofa across Freya's, and Haru remained standing behind the latter as they listened in on their leader's commands.

"First off, our main goal for coming here is to gain more exp. It'll be a great pat on the back for us if we are to exceed the recommended level before the next Wave." Sakura began. "With Glass appearing, we can already tell that the next few Waves will not be easy. If I'm being honest, I want all of you to be on the same standing as that woman."