"Anything wrong?" Ace asked with a worried expression.
He could hear panicked heartbeats from the elf. Even his face showed a panicked expression.
"Sir… I'm sorry," The elf said while panting for air.
"Calm yourself. Took a deep breath," Aprilia said. She also seemed to find the situation wasn't right.
After taking deep breaths a few times, the elf looked to be calmer.
He then said, "Sir! I'm sorry for being late for almost 10 minutes. We were preoccupied with cleaning the birdhouses. So we forgot that the time for reporting was coming.
A new hourly update. No abnormalities were found."
"...," Ace and the others were speechless.
Then Ace asked, "So, no monster attack, or undead's appearance, or something like that?"