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[Alice point of view]

There he is again, constantly harassing me even after I refused his proposal politely. It's obvious what he's after, that eye, I see nothing but lust, my whole body shiver just thinking about what will happen I do accept his proposal. 

"Come now Alice, you are smart and beautiful lady, you don't belong to this shit hole here. The fact that you still live here just broke my heart to million of pieces" [Duke's son]

"Thank you for your concern, but I'm perfectly fine by living in this "shit hole" here, now if you excuse me, I have works to do" [Alice]

"Why you, know your place, you're only a commoner here, shouldn't you abide to us!" [Duke's son]

(There he goes again, with his two faces. The other adventure as usual are concerned and wanted to plunge him somewhere else, but they couldn't because of his status. Well, just stay silent and he will go away) [Alice]

ROAR!!!

"Hey, what was that just now?" 

"Isn't that a Behemoth? Why does a Behemoth suddenly appearing inside the city wall?"

"Could it be, the divine blessings of Goddess Achalasia is..." 

"No way!"

"Is this because of Princess Diana supporting the saint and saintess"

"No, there's a random malignant wormhole appearing"

"We must defeat the Behemoth quickly"

And with that, the adventure started to respond, as for Duke's son, he fled back to safety. Oh, how I wish the behemoth trample him...

(Still, a behemoth appearing inside a city...) [Alice]

"Wow, did you see that?"

"That kid, who is he?" 

As the adventure make a ruckus while watching the watcher, my eyes become attracted to the same watcher that they watched as well. Just what is that strange weapon? And he, he managed to solo a behemoth! That's insane

"Alice, you have any idea who is he?" [Ram]

"No, no I don't" [Alice]

His strength, it must be that of an S rank adventure, but us in the guild will memorize the face of an A rank adventure and above, but he is definitely not one of them

Now, he is being escorted to the castle, and looks like the watcher still display his action after defeating the behemoth, so just like the others, I join in watching

"You fool! Know your manner" [Duke's son]

So, he is there... quite ironic as he himself doesn't have any sort of manner

"Oh please, I'm not a monkey to be reminded of some simple manner thing like don't shout in this hall. I just don't feel like greetings the other" [Ash]

"!" [Other]

"Haha, that kid got some gut!"

"Truly"

"That Duke's son can go to hell"

"Agree" [Samurai Jacks]

Even Jacks agree, that just show how much the adventure hate the duke's son. Only the Eldest's son of the Duke's household are reliable, the rest however... but sadly the duke's eldest son are on a trip to other country, thus that guy started harassing me once more even after his eldest brother punished him... such coward

"So he is a traveller"

"Hey, his speech, he will be executed if he keeps on saying with that tone" [Borg]

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"Eh?!" [Syah]

"He refused..." [Mimi]

"He does..." [Lin]

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"Did he just bring out the behemoth corpse In front of the royal and noble"

"He sure does..." [Alice]

What a sight to behold, to think that a traveller like him can defy the noble and royal, and here I am, stuck because of my own weaknesses.

"From here on out, I will protect you guys, until the day you become an adult, and as such please call me Brother Ash" [Ash]

"Yes, Brother Ash!" [Charlotte]

I recognize those ten, they are the orphans! The eldest boy, he keeps on peeking at the adventure guild every so often, and the fox girls, I can see that she had to constantly begging others for food, even searching the dumpster to feed the other. Is he really going to take care of them? As they begin to search for an inn, the watcher that displays those kids disappear. 

Sigh... I should go back home. My shift already finished long back.

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"Ohh, Alice, you won't believe who just checked in!" [Alice's mom]

"Who?" [Alice]

"It's the young man that defeat the behemoth just now, he really did come with those ten orphans" 

"What!" [Alice]

"Quiet, they are sleeping" [Alice's dad]

"Sorry" [Alice]

I see, so he decided to stay here for now, sigh... should tell the guild master Ram for now.

"Just wait until tomorrow" [Alice's mom]

"Yes" [Alice]

Should follow mom advice, plus, who knew what will happen if that idiot duke's son suddenly decide to show up.

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"Ash wasn't it?" [Alice]

"Oh, you must be the Innkeeper's daughter, Alice, nice to meet you" [Ash]

"Pleasure is mine, thank you for staying at our inn" [Alice]

"Well, those kids are starting to have panda eyes last night, and your parents decided to call me when I was searching for an inn, so that's why I chose this inn" [Ash]

"I see. Ash, can I ask you a question?" [Alice]

"Sure" [Ash]

"Would you like to be an adventure, with your strength, you can start straight away as an A rank adventure" [Alice]

"?" [Ash]

(Is he confused, no he is thinking about it. I should explain to him about the benefits of high ranking adventure) [Alice]

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"Well, I'm sorry but I have to refuse" [Ash]

"!" [Alice]

"You look surprise, well I'll just explain why, basically the same reason why I decided not to work under King Estel, freedom. Plus, I have ten siblings to take care right now, so I can't just leave them alone when traveling to another country" [Ash]

"Understood, it's a pity but you are more than welcome to join us if you have a change in mind" [Alice]

"I'll consider it" [Ash]

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While helping those orphan to decorate what Ash called as an album, mom suddenly tell me something unbelievable

"What, you told about that duke's son to Princess Diana! Wait, Princess Diana came just now? To our inn?" [Alice]

"I did, and she said she will investigate this matter" [Alice's mom]

"That's, unbelievable..." [Alice]

But I'm glad. Ever since that day, there isn't a single instances where Duke's son came and start harassing me.

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The day of finding the S ranked monster that manage to kill a light behemoth, we gather In front of the adventure guild. Ash join us as well when Guild Master Ram told him to do so. As for grouping, Syah's party will do. They are a C rank party with good attitude, so I believe Ash wouldn't mind cooperating with them. 30 minutes after Ash enter the dungeon, I can see Rean and the other, looks like they bring him some food. 

"How lucky he is to have such thoughtful siblings" [Ram]

"No, we are the lucky one" [Rean]

"Agree" [Elise]

They are smiling brightly. Usually, all I can see in their face is sadness and starvation, but right now, they really do act like their age. Cheerful and playful. Charlotte and Farhah seem like they wanted to talk and play with me, and since the guild master doesn't mind it, I decided to join them. 

Things are calm, the watcher doesn't display any sort of abnormalities. So far, none of the adventure have met the monster. Those orphans, they are now bored after waiting for so long, haha, how cute. Since there's still nothing peculiar happening, I should teach them the alphabet and number, Ash did teach them but it doesn't hurt just to revise the basic. As I bring out a piece of paper, their eyes started to shine, brimming with enthusiasm when suddenly

"Tchh, you're with those filthy kid?" [Duke's son]

"Filthy?" [Charlotte]

"What do you want?" [Alice]

"You should just stop coming here, don't you see that Alice isn't interested in you" [Ram]

"Silent! A fallen noble shouldn't speak like that to me" [Duke's son]

"Tch!" [Ram]

(This is bad, Guild Master Ram might be an ex noble but even he himself was just a Marquis before. Plus, how dare he belittle our guild master!) [Alice]

"Leave Sister Alice alone!" [Mara]

"Yeah!" [Zerolith]

"Silence!" [Duke's son]

As he is about to push Zerolith away

"Let just talk somewhere else" [Alice]

I can't let them be involved

"Ohh, you care much more about them than me?" [Duke's son]

~Gulp...~ such malice...[Alice] 

"Hey, isn't tha..." [Adventure]

"Isn't that the king behemoth!" [Ram]

That line catches all of our attention, Guild Master Ram decided to send some support

"Are you crazy! You will just send them to their grave! Wait here while I called the soldier!" [Duke's son]

A total lie, it's obvious from his face. Could he be one of the reasons why the ministry of defence decided not to send any soldier? Still, he does bring a logical argument here, and as such, Guild Master Ram decided to send someone instead to the castle instead of waiting. He himself will get ready to charge in if things look bad, but thank goodness, Ash manage to defeat the king behemoth. While I was looking around, smiling while seeing the reaction of the adventure surrounding us, I caught the glimpse of Duke's son, unhappy. 

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[Last night]

"You sure are closed to that filthy traveler" [Duke's son]

"And what if she does" [Alice's dad]

(Dad!) [Alice]

"Ohh, did I talked to you?" [Duke's son]

"Just go, stop bothering Alice!" [Alice's mom]

(Mom!) [Alice]

"Hey, Alice, you shoul..." [Duke's son]

"JUST STAY OUT OF MY SIGHT!" [Alice]

"Tch!" [Duke's son]

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"I'm sorry, I'm sorry mom, I'm sorry dad, if only I listen to you guys, not studying with other noble, not befriending Linda, if only..." [Alice]

"What are you saying Alice! You are our pride, plus we wouldn't blame you for becoming friend with her" [Alice's mom]

"Your mom's right. Just wipe that tear and go to sleep for now" [Alice's dad]

"Dear, you should wipe the tear and snort in your face before saying that" [Alice's mom]

"No... this is sweat!" [Alice's dad]

"Haha..." [Alice]

Sorry mom, sorry dad, and thank you. And Linda, I'm sorry for uttering those words just now

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[This morning]

As I am about to leave the inn, I can see the duke's son usual carriage accompanied by group of soldiers. This is bad, just what is he planning. An important looking person, most likely a judge is with him right now, and he seems like those lazy adventure, faking an injury

"Alice, by the law, you're under arrest for assaulting a noble. Knight, arrest her!" [Judge]

"Wha... What!" [Alice]

"You can't do that!" [Alice dad]

"Silence!" [Knight]

"Dad" "Dear" [Alice, Alice mom]

"Just keep quiet, or we can settle this inside the dungeon if you would" [Duke's son]

(Tch! Coward! He is obviously planning to do something inside the dungeon and get away with it afterwards) [Alice]

"Oh knight, the dad are still resisting, you know what to do" [Duke's son]

"Understood" [Knight]

"No, please stop it!" [Alice]

"Oh, you're begging me. How sweet of you, but you do know what I want, we can settle this the nice way, you should just signed this inside the dungeon" [Duke's son]

(That's the marriage contract... I see, while a country rule doesn't apply inside the dungeon, there are some grays area. It seems like he wanted me to sign the contract by force inside the dungeon, and once outside, he will use this judge to make it valid) [Alice]

"Please, stop hitting my husband, please!" [Alice's mom]

"Understood! Let just go!" [Alice]

""Alice, No!!"" [Alice's parent]

"Good decision, my lovely wife" [Duke's son]

(Sorry mom, sorry dad. Oh Goddess Achalasia, please help me) [Alice]

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"That's what happens just now" [Innkeeper wife]

What the, I did hear that right. To think that someone have been stalking Alice, and now Alice will be signing a marriage contract inside the dungeon? Just what in the goddess name is happening! No, Why is this happening!

"Tch, Understood, I'll do something, so old man..." [Ash]

I used my healing magic once more to make sure the innkeeper wound won't open

"Just leave it to me" [Ash] 

P/s This is the longest chapter (yet) double p/s in chapter 5, I mistakenly wrote about the MC parents name being Albert and Claire (two characters from my other series). So yeah, I had deleted that part. So now, the parents name is Vincent and Maria, just like in chapter 24. Sorry