Aias: from a world of kaijus to a world of fantasy and magic

Chapter 90

Leaving the adventurer guild building, we walk through town to the south gate, and the mood, no, atmosphere, was, how do I put it, dead quiet between us.

No one was really talking to each other, because Aria was next to me, humming merrily, completely oblivious of the hostile glares I was getting, which were stabbing into my back.

Sighing inwardly, I questioned why I was even doing this in the first place. I slowed my pace and drifted to the back of the group, hoping to put some distance between myself and Aria, since things were starting to feel a little too uncomfortable with their glares.

However, as I slowed my pace, Aria did the same, matching my steps and starting a conversation.

She began by asking about why I was here, to which I lied, saying that I was traveling from place to place, doing what I found was interesting. And after telling her that, where I mainly tell her about places I've been, mainly about the ones I've been throughout the kingdom before I ran away, and a bit about Acton, like dungeon diving, our conversation changed to mundane things, like the things I like and dislike, or the weather getting colder, etc.

As we talked, I could hear a group subtly clicking their tongues in the bustling and noisy street we were walking through, followed by sensing malice coming my way from them.

Huh... they didn't seem afraid of fighting me after I beat the living—I mean, fought them off. They looked energetic—no, motivated—as if they wanted a rematch with me, as if their pride was hurt, most especially Isaac and Serell.

"Blake, you seem to be smiling. Did you see something?"

Looking at Aria, who pointed that out, I glanced at a window to see my reflection on the glass and saw that I was smiling slightly.

"Oh, nothing."

Blushing in reaction to my smile, which I was staring directly at her, I saw Edwen look back, and I heard his teeth grind as he looked at us.

"Philip, what's wrong?"

Asking Edwen what's wrong, my brother, Eric, asks that, and Edwen responds.

"Nothing, let's hurry and finish this quest."

Speeding up, we eventually reached the gate and exited town. We went straight to the edge of a forest, where we saw a well-traveled forest trail.

Following the trail, we passed one or two other parties along the way before it finally came to an end. At that point, Serell told us to split into pairs and fan out to search for the Iron Tusk Hogs.

However, as he explained all that and that he was going with Aria, all of them, besides me and Aria, immediately objected.

They argued till Aria raised her voice to tell them to stop arguing and told them that she would be going with me. However, all of them immediately objected all at once to her suggestion.

With that, a new round of arguing began, and for the next 30 minutes or so, I watched them argue about the most idiotic thing ever: who would pair up with Aria, on the sidelines.

They negotiated, threw insults at one another, held votes only to demand recounts a second later, shifted sides as quickly as the changing wind, lied to one another, offered promises they had no intention of keeping, bargained terms, and so on.

All the while, they hide their real expression, so none of them can get a good read on each other, but my observant gaze could tell their thoughts and emotions relatively easily.

Honestly, watching all of them, with Aria stepping in to mediate from time to time, I'm... I don't really know whether to be impressed or worry for the future of the kingdom, even though that is not even my concern anymore.