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[Crow point of view]

"And then suddenly my vision turn black! But I can hear the sound of something slammed into the ground!" [Cupid]

"It's fine, I can guess what happen" [Crow]

Right now, all of us are resting at the roadside. We can't go to far away since there will be risk of getting attack by a monster the further you stray from the main road. 

The four of them, along with couple of other people from Estel are currently boarding the kingdom carriage as to go to Kiserre, wanting to meet their family members who had been kidnapped, but, not all of them will meet their beloved one...

(Dear Goddess Achalasia, please lend them your strength) [Crow]

That's the only thing that I can do, pray to the goddess so that they can find the strength to accept reality and move on quickly in life

"Still, you guys don't really know when will Mrs Khamishah depart from Estel?" [Bodyguard A]

"She's currently staying at the orphanage, learning about the system. She says that she will leave once she's satisfied with it" [Elsa]

I see, just like what she explained from her letter

"Welcome back" [Kronbir]

"Thank you for protecting us all" [Bond]

"It's part of the job" [Naoto]

"Plus, can't have a group of monsters roaming around freely" [Aries]

"And here I was hoping for a spawning block like Ash always got! Guess he is just lucky!" [Lisa]

"Have to agree with that one" [Crow]

After telling them what to do once they arrive at Kiserre, we depart and head towards Estel

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"Bobunny, do me a favour and make a clone of yourself, with a fur of ruby and gold" [Ash]

~Clone poof out~

"Good, make your way to Diana and protect her will you. And here's a letter so that she knows from where you are coming from" [Ash]

I give a letter containing my mana signature to the clone, and she quickly burrows itself underground and start heading toward the castle. 

Diana is a blond hair girl with a deep gold colour eyes and always wear bright red clothing and accessories, that's why I ask the clone to be made out of ruby and gold, as to match her hair colour and usual outfit. I'm not a fashion designer or anything, but it's just a simple common sense, though if she requested to change the colour to her liking, I wouldn't mind it one bit

(Well, that one down. I still have to work on other things. I should really jot it all down this night itself!) [Ash]

Should I start thinking about her birthday present? It's still some time away, but this is an important person we are talking about, so I don't want to give her something simple, though I'm she wouldn't mind it one bit. 

(No, she's the princess, and she's trying to make a statement by having her debutante party here! A splendid gift will become a talk and rose her influence up!) [Ash]

So this must be one of the reason why those people in novel, comic and manga usually give an extravagant jewelry to each other huh... Well, one of since I can totally see some nobles here giving jewelry as a form of bribery or with an underlying motive.

"What's wrong?" [Kara]

"Well, I was thinking of what should I give to Diana for her birthday" [Ash]

"That's a hard one..." [Karon]

"I can feel the weight of the responsibility crushing my shoulder just by thinking about it" [Zerolith]

""Shoulder alright?"" [Lara, Nara]

"Umm... yeah it's fine..." [Zerolith]

"Just give her some flowers, case settled" [Calypso]

"If only it was that simple" [Ash]

I just can't think of it. Should I just move on to any other agenda on my mind first? 

"Pardon me" [Liyana]

"Come on in" [Elise]

Looks like Liyana is here, she must be here for her routine magic practice. Wait, since she's a noble

"Liyana, can I ask you one thing" [Ash]

"What is it, Teacher Ash?" [Liyana]

"What do you think will be the best birthday present for Diana?" [Ash]

"!" [Liyana]

"I can see the weight crushing her shoulder" [Zerolith]

"So do I" [Rean]

And we are back to square one

"I don't know, but why don't you ask the adventure or merchant guild master about it" [Liyana]

"Huh, that make sense" [Ash]

"But, you can't go out" [Mara]

"That shouldn't pose much problem, I'll just disgust myself" [Ash]

"If you're going to the adventure guild, I will come as well" [Rean]

"Sure" [Ash]

"Magic practice..." [Liyana]

"I'll train you all in the dungeon then" [Ash]

Asking for Claude permission, I disguise myself as him and went out with the bus golem, toward the adventure guild first

Once inside the adventure guild, let just said all of them become confused. 

"Just how did the ghost butler..." 

"Hey Mr Claude! You shouldn't do that!" [Female elf adventure]

"Is he finally able to resist the sun?" [Axeman adventure]

Their reaction is pure gold. Well, time to reveal the trick

"Tchh"

"And here I am thinking that Claude finally become stronger" [Swordman adventure]

"Just keep it a secret will you" [Ash]

"Because of the house arrest, am I right?" [Samurai Jacks]

~Nod~

"Give us free pass to the training hall then" [Dwarf adventure]

"Sure, I'll ban you for life" [Ash]

"Kahkahkah, that's funny!" [Dwarf adventure]

As Rean and the other went to the request board, Mara and I went to the counter, toward Alice, asking whether Ram is here or not, but seems like he is busy. Well, that should be expected, Ram will also be involved in the debutante party, if not, due to some other important staff, in which case, I should ask Alice herself

"I see, Princess Diana birthday present" [Alice]

"That's a hard one" [Ram's daughter]

"Oh boy, if this is a request, it will be an A rank request without a doubt" [Receptionist A]

As we keep on discussing about each option (with Mara becoming dizzier by the second, probably due to how expansive some of the item we discussed)

"THE WATCHER!" [Charlotte]

Just when did Charlotte go out, but more importantly

"It suddenly becomes big!" [Savel]

"Hoi, this is just like!" [Swordman adventure]

"Random malignant wormhole!" [Singa]

"That mean a monster will come out!" [Farhah]

"Ash!" [Alice]

"On it!" [Ash]

"""We will help""" [Rean, Elise, Liyana]

"No! Rean, you will help evacuate the citizen! The rest of you as well!" [Alice]

"But!" [Rean]

"Just follow her instruction, thing done haphazardly will always bring disaster" [Female paladin adventure]

"Right!" [Rean]

It didn't take Rean that long to made up his mind. I have to agree with Alice's decision here, sure, Rean is becoming stronger, and so does the other, but concentrating all your work force on one thing will compromise the other, so asking Rean and the other to help evacuate the citizen will be the best course of action, but I do wonder

(Is this random malignant wormhole part of the Achalasia Externa plan? Or is it a sheer coincidence this time around) [Ash]