241. Banquet




Let's go see the flowers!

 In the morning, in the dining room where everyone had gathered, Aulum said bluntly.
 All of his friends looked at Aulum, who had Meeke, a mini-wise man, on his lap, his eyes glittering, and all of his friends looked at him.

'Hanami?'
'Yes! I heard that people are supposed to see flowers in the spring, and I want to do that!
I didn't know they had cherry blossom viewing parties here.

 As I mumble, I look at Emily for some reason.

'There is. My mom loved to go hanami. Every year she would go out with all her friends to see the cherry blossoms and drink lots of alcohol.
'What? Emily's mom, the last time I heard of her, was the kind of person who holed up in dungeons all year round, but she also does flower viewing.
I'm taking all of my friends to see the flowers in the dungeon.
Is it ...... just a banquet?

 While everyone else was eating a normal meal, only one person, Eve, who was gobbling up a carrot, asked back with a blank expression.

'Hi, sir! Your mother loves to watch flowers where you can have a feast. Oh, we picked the floor where the dungeon snow falls to do it?
That's not flower viewing. It's snow viewing.
Sounds like fun! Hey, let's go see the flowers!

 After hearing about Emily's mother, Aulum becomes more and more interested in flower viewing.
 She originally wanted to know the world outside of the dungeon, and the annual events on earth must be fascinating to her.

 It's not just Aulum, before I knew it, all of them were paying attention to me.

 I'd like to do it, but it's Lyota who decides.
 They all had that look on their faces.

 Of course there's no denying these events.

'Okay, let's do it.'

 I stopped cheering for a moment.

'Instead, we need to do our job properly. Especially since Aulum has to get back to the dungeon.
Okay! I'm going to work hard for the cherry blossoms! Let's go, Me!
Wawa!

 Aurum ran out of the dining room with Meeke in his grasp.
 'You must really want to see the cherry blossoms.

''I'm going to cook for Hanami.
Let me help you.

 Not being an adventurer, Elsa offered Emily's help.

'Do we need to get a place to watch the flowers ......?'

 I wasn't sure about the Hanami over here world yet, so I asked everyone about it.
 Then Celeste from the Family Wisdom Book answered.

'Well, we'd better make sure we get a place.
I'll do it.

 Alice got on board and bought the placeholder.

'Are you sure, Alice?'
Yeah, because I'm the least boring person in the room.

 The fellow monsters were rattling around on Alice's shoulder as she spoke.

 Deformed looking monsters that looked like they were in a Gachapon, Alice's friends.
 It's true, Alice is the least boring of the family to take up space.

'Then please,'
'Yes! Let me go.
Celeste, Eve, and Leia. We'll gather our ingredients.
Okay. Emily, give me the list.
I'll start with the carrots until I have a list.

 This is how we each start to move towards Hanami.

     ☆

 This is a place on the outskirts of the Cyclo where few people normally pass.
 A cluster of cherry trees makes it crowded and crowded only once a year at this time of year.

 In one corner, in a vantage point, sat Alice Wonderland on a wide seat.

 She was playing with her fellow monsters on the seat, taking up space like the others around her.

 Monsters that were all deformed in size.

 Skeleton's honeone.
 A slime pull.
 The little devil's bonbons.
 Needle Lizard's spiky spikes.
 The gau-gau of a master dragon.

 Alice was talking and frolicking with a menagerie of enough variety to make a puppet show.

 Then a group of strangers approached her.

''It's your fault. You're late to the party, you don't have a good spot left.
'Is it just me? It's your fault for sleeping in when you said you were going to get a spot in the first place.
I think so too.
f*ck, all right. Well, I'll take care of it, then.
What's the big deal?
We'll see.

 One of the group, who looked like a rattling bunch, took a quick look around and then approached Alice with a grin on his face.

'Hey you,'
Yeah? What is it?
Give it to me.
Uh, no. This is a place for me and my friends to go and see the cherry blossoms.
Just give it up, okay?

 The man gets to his feet--DON! I stepped on the ground.
 The ground gouged and dirt splattered around.

"Oh,

 It's an act of intimidation, but Alice doesn't seem intimidated at all.

While I was speaking softly, you know.
I'm sorry.

 Alice answered immediately.

'This is where I go to see the flowers with all my friends.
What?

 The man raised his dossy voice and stared at Alice.

'Oh, hey ...... that girl is no way.'
He's the Dragon Master of the Lyota Family, that's for sure. Oh, boy.

 After the men looked at Alice and whispered to her.

"Hey, hey. Hey, guys...

 I stopped him.

'Oh, just wait a bit longer. We'll make room for you.

 Unaware of his companions' restraint and strong expressions, the man turns to Alice again.

'I'll say it again, let me give you this place.
I'm sorry.

 Alice only refused with a nonchalant look - right after that.
 Immediately after that, the man tightened his collar on Alice.

It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to get away with it.

 The man was blown away.
 He hit a round object that rushed from behind Alice and blew her away.

'Pull! Everyone!

 Alice turned around, and there were her fellow monsters.
 It wasn't the small, deformed, adorable figure it had been just before, but the monsters in their original size.

 The monsters were all deadly.
 Before Alice could stop them, a skeleton, a slime, a small demon, and a needle lizard pounced on them, ripping the man to shreds.

 The monsters were looking blown away by the insulting act they did to Alice, the master.

''Everyone's had enough, so hey, gawgaw!

 The master dragon, which had returned to its original size, didn't stop even when Alice in question stopped it, on the contrary, the master dragon, which had returned to its original size, flared its karma flames out of its huge body.

 The flames flew toward the man, and screams came from all around.

 The flames of the master dragon's flames were enough to burn up the space, and everyone thought the worst - the next moment.

 There was a dry sound and a shield of ice formed in front of the man.
 The multiple layers of ice shield prevented Master Dragon Gau Gau Gau's flames.

 Even so, Gau Gau, who had not returned from his bruised state, swung a sharp claw down from his huge body.

 --Don!

 The earth-shattering blow was stopped by a man who interrupted him.

"Lyota!

 Alice shouted.
 The appearance of the man caused a buzz around and relief at the same time.

     Stars.

 My hand is numb and throbbing.
 I quickly broke in to stop him, but Gow Gow's blow was heavy indeed.
 As expected of a dragon species, a master dragon that is said to be comparable to a dungeon master.

 I had no choice but to give my all to stop the blow.

''Gururuuru......''

 Gaugau still stares at me with bloodshot eyes, though, and is about to launch his next attack.

'Stop right there, Alice is grieving.

 When he said that, Gau Gau huffed and looked at Alice.
 Alice was saddened by the outburst of her fellow monsters.

 Gaugau, and the other four, all looked apologetic and returned to their deformed little bodies.

 All of them shunned and lined up in front of Alice.
 Alice patted them.

'That was a bad boy. But good boy good boy.'

 As I stroked it, all of the monsters flirted with Alice in unison.
 As for this one - I turned to the man who had been beaten to a pulp.

'I'm sorry, are you okay?'
Who the hell do you think you are?

 The man shouted, but was quickly feathered and muzzled by what appeared to be his friends.

'Huh? Mr. Yoda, what's wrong?
You look like you've had a fight.

 I heard a voice from the side.
 I turned toward it, from Emily to Meeke.
 The family members were all there.

 I'd love to hear what was going on, but--

'Mugu!'
Stop being such an a**h*le. Don't you know who you're dealing with?
You're dealing with that Lyota family. It's a group with three spirits.
If you weren't crazy, you'd be a charcoal extinguisher by now, you idiot!

 The people who were involved with Alice were arguing about something and slinking away in a tangle.

What happened?
Yeah, I've been asked to give up my place.
Yeah, .......

 So that's what happened.
 The bad guys, Alice alone, still in her infancy.
 I think I know what he's talking about.

Something bad.
No, I'm fine.
'Low level and little, I can't help but get licked.'
Well, looks are important at times like this.

 As Eve and Celeste said this, they went up to the seat that Alice had taken up.

'Maybe this way I won't get licked,'

 Aulum snaps his fingers with a snap.
 In the next moment, the sheet turned golden, and the weight holding it down also turned into a golden statue.

 In an instant, our hanami space, which had become gleaming, drew the attention of the public with all its might.

'This way we won't get licked.
I think I'll be licked in another way.
More than that, it's cherry blossom viewing!

 Ahrum climbed into his seat in high spirits.
 The innocent, childlike figure of a frolicking child made me think it was all right.

 A group of friends gathered to watch the flowers.
 The flowers were beautiful, Emily's food was delicious, and Aulum's excitement at his first hanami was enough to make the whole experience enjoyable.

I'm going to be licked, huh? I wonder if I will be able to avoid being licked if I become with a spirit.

 In the midst of all the excitement of flower viewing, Alice secretly made up her mind.