It took me two and a half hours to get clean and maintain my equipment only then I was able to clean myself and get rid of the blood and dirt I accumulated while exploring the dungeon. Doing this is more work than going through the first three floors of the dungeon I have to look for a better method to clean myself up after I leave the dungeon.
I feel renewed now until the physical and mental fatigue I felt when I left the dungeon is gone. Before I entered the library I was approached by Ingredi who was sweating and panting on her back I noticed a reasonably large backpack. Looks like she's going to join the mission with Torris and Raziel.
"Hey. Are you going to travel Ingredi?"
"Hey. I will participate in the extermination mission by completing it we will all be able to increase our rank. I came now before I go to ask you a favor Ulric."
"What kind of favor?"
"I left a message for my sister to look for you to find out where I'm going. I want you to stop her from following me, and when you fail, accompany her to the village of Gray Rock. OK?"
"Complicated request Ingredi why don't you just invite your sister to go on a mission with you?"
"I don't know where she is and how it's almost time for us to leave. If we're not going to have a short time before dark. When she finds out she's going on a mission she'll freak out if I leave a letter for her simply saying that I'm going on a mission she'll do everything to find out where I went if I tell her where I'm going she'll go out alone for us to follow and that it's dangerous. So to avoid any bad results I'll leave it up to you to tell her mission specifics and prevent her from doing something stupid like following us alone."
"So prepare yourself beforehand for us to follow and remind her to get a mount or she might try to follow us on foot. Will you help me Ulric?"
I feel like it's going to suck if I say yes or no. I hate feeling trapped and manipulated.
"I'll help you, I don't want Hilda to do something stupid and put herself in danger."
"Thank you Ulricl. I'll be going and good luck dealing with my sister."
With the departure of a trapped Ingredi I find myself with several tasks to do before Hilda attacks me after reading the letter Ingredi must have already written and left in Hilda's room. I'm really being manipulated and she didn't even make an effort to disguise her motivation.
With the problem coming my way I have a to-do list to do before I get attacked by a crazy woman in a few hours. If I remember correctly from my conversation with Raziel earlier we will be facing magical animals from level one and two so it is unlikely that a magical beast will appear so we have no problems with my equipment I just have to go after the supplies needed for min and Hilda and the items to camp at night, stay out in the open on a plain that as far as I remember will be the type of terrain we will pass until we reach a mining camp.
I have no idea what kind of magical animal we're going to have to kill. In the next few hours I pack all the necessities I can think of to go to the village of Rocha Cinza. After tidying everything up, I wait for Hilda to show up.
When I look outside and see the sun starting to come down my bedroom door and kicked in by a crazy warrior. She was holding her spear and shield and as she entered the ward she pointed her spear at me and screamed loud enough for the entire dorm to hear her madness.
"Where is Ingredi! I'll kill you!"
"What do you do with her you pervert bastard?!"
What kind of letter did Ingredi leave Hilda? I expected her to get upset even violently but because I feel like a kidnapper caught in the act.
"Calm down Hilda, breathe and don't need to scream."
"Fuck off! Where's my Ingredi?!"
"She goes on a mission with the others they are accompanying a group of adventurers that is led by Torris' cousin. It will take them a few days to get back."
It looks like Hilda's brain is still working she's stopped screaming but she's still pointing her spear at me. She's injecting her aura into the spear she's really ready to attack me. I really want to know what was in the letter Ingredi wrote.
I get up and slowly approach Hilda so as not to startle her and try to calm her down.
"How about we calm down Hilda, we can retract the aura and lower the spear and talk quietly. I promise to tell you everything."
Seeing that her aura left the spear I calmly lowered the spear as I put my hand on it and used the least amount of strength to do so. I don't want to scare Hilda if I do that I'll end up getting stabbed by her spear and that would be unpleasant.
"It's okay Hilda. I know where they went, but I don't need to go after them. They'll be fine with the mission and calm and easy there's no danger for their group."
Hilda's angry red eyes begin to fade and she's started to relax but she's still looking at me with a deadly glare.
"Where was she Ulric?"
"She went to a nearby village to kill some magical animas that are causing trouble are few not a danger nor one for Ingredi. Torris is there to protect her not even a level two magical animal can harm her."
"If the quest is so easy and without danger why would she be attacked by a level two Ulric magic animal?"
Shit I talked too much.
"It's just a guess Hilda. Ingredi will not be attacked by a level two magic animal."
"What is the name of the village she is going to Ulric?"
"She's sure Hilda how about we change the subject? How was her day?"
The spear is aimed again at my face.
"Give me the name of the village!"
"Grey Rock."
"What is north of here?"
"Yes."
Hilda starts running out of the room and I take advantage of her opening to hug her I have to stop her running like crazy to the north alone just holding her spear. She really loses all her ability to reason when she's emotional and it's really dangerous.
"What the fuck are you making you idiot let go of me!"
"Only and promise me you won't run after Ingredi."
"I have to go protect her. Mages are weak without a magical escape tool it has to be protected! Let me go you idiot I'll stab you if you don't let me go."
"She is not alone Hilda. She has a shield warrior on her side and three more idiots to kill any threat to her."
"She and my little sister I have to protect her."
"OK. How about we go after them? But you have to promise me you'll calm down."
"OK. Now let go of me."
When I let go of Hilda I get ready to hold her again in case she tries to run again.
"I've already prepared what we're going to need to go after them. There's only a mount left for us to leave Hilda."
"Serious?"
I pointed back to where the bags of groceries and tools needed to protect us on our way north and back.
"Why are you ready to go after them yet?"
"Ingredi told me to take care of you and stop you from doing something dangerous like running after them without preparing for the trip."
"I'm not stupid Ulric I wouldn't run like a madwoman through the north gate."
I'm not so sure about that, but I'm not crazy about telling Hilda that.
"How about we go after two mounts? To go after them we can hire a magic animal to catch them before they reach the village."
"Let's go to my family's stable, I have Blue to ride and for you we can get a mount there too."
"No problem? I'm not part of your family."
"We're going after Ingredi it's okay to borrow a mount for you to use and just not lose it. No one will find out."
"OK. But who is Blue?"
"Blue and my mount I got one of her when I was five, Ingredi and I received two baby weasels from the storm. I named mine Blue because of your eyes."
"Storm weasels isn't this some kind of magical beast Hilda?"
"Not all of them take five years to grow and five years longer to develop their element, but even being fed nuclei with the element wind or water they still may not develop their element. It's hard to create a tamed magical beast."
"Is Blue a magical beast?"
"Yes, she awakened her element last year and it still takes a couple of years to advance to level two."
Sometimes I forget that Ingredi and Hilda are direct descendants of the matriarch of the Menfis family. Gaining a magical beast cub when you are five years old is not common even for the nobles.
"Pick up the groceries and let's go to the Ulric stables I want to catch Ingredi tomorrow I doubt the whole group of them are riding magic animals."
"OK."
As I get the supplies for our trip I finally confirm that Hilda has calmed down because if she hadn't yet regained sweating skills she would have already run away without me.