The Tomoe Garden's

Chapters 1.1

"We're home!!"

The green-haired girl shouted excitedly and was followed by the other two girls from behind, but the two of them only shook their heads.

The girl who shouted was Lilac, and the ones who came after her were Amarilis and Natasha. They were all members of this group.

"Three of you are fast." Annastasia was amazed by their arrival.

"Really! Because with Natasha's intelligence, all the problems that have been a mystery to date have reached their bright spot."

Lilac said that, but what I saw Natasha was not in the same direction as Lilac said. He even seems desperate.

"really?" Annastasia asked with excitement.

"No."

"Ahh~ Eh?"

Annastasia was shocked behind her beautiful face. She had originally placed her hopes on the three of them, but Lilac's reply made Annastasia's hopes disappear.

"What did you say?" Annastasia asked that.

"I told you, it never happened."

"Then, why do you say the problem has reached its bright spot?"

"It was just a joke. I already guessed that you guys didn't get anything either, so I tried to dilute it with a little joke."

Annastasia was a little offended by it, though,

"Your joke is bad."

Lilac was not affected by Annastasia, but she instead smiled mockingly and said, "At least our group is better and organized than yours. I will exclude Lilia, she must be troubled by your attitude and Elma who likes to make a fuss. Well, most importantly our group is more useful."

"Ah, your mouth is yes! It must be taught a lesson..." Annastasia gritted her teeth, she smiled in annoyance.

Then Lilia came and returned to mediate it. Natasha and I could only sigh heavily.

"That's it, try to calm down. I'm tired of your childish behavior like this. Now, Lilac, Natasha, and Amarylis, what have you got during that quest?"

"Well, I'll explain all my failures." Natasha replied with regret.

"Eh?!"

In fact, Annastasia, Elma and Lilia were very surprised by it. I know their feelings, not usually Natasha with intelligence above all the girls get the failure said.

After that the six of them lined up in front of my desk, taking away the childish feeling like that. Then Natasha explained what happened while she was exploring in the Yatze Mountains area.

"I'm sorry." Natasha's first words, "Because of my limited experience and ability, I didn't get the slightest bit of information that we all hoped for."

"It wasn't your fault, Natasha. I was also useless back then, whereas as part of the elven race I could give my assumptions for what had happened, but I had no clue at all." Amaryllis also seems to regret her inability.

"I am too." Added Lilac.

All right, I get it. Even though they didn't get anything but they've worked hard, no, that wasn't my hope. If they work under my command, 'working hard' is not something to be proud of. They have to get the standard results for their own progress and those results that make them survive in this period. But right now, in terms of their abilities, it could be said they were 'useless'.

I am too. If it won't get the results, then our life span won't be long in a world that's been out of its fold. So the meaning of 'working hard' will not suffice from that standard

"But, I'm getting some awkwardness." Natasha.

At least that's his little hope.

"All the track record produced by Ellena's attack at the time of that war, has now disappeared."

"Wither away?" My toot.

"Yes, master. The traces of damage from Ellena's attack were as if they had been forgotten by nature itself. It all goes back to its original form. I don't know the reason but this really doesn't make any sense."

If Natasha says 'to a different form' maybe I can argue with nature itself has improved her. But early form? It was like going to the past and reconstructing the damage as if it had never existed.

"No, that should be what makes the evidence more corroborated because they omit the evidence themselves. If they wanted to really hide it, they should have let the evidence exist and happen."

Eventually Elma understood a little from Natasha's intentions, and on the other hand Lilia made a conclusion.

"It's like the kidnapper wants to show the world that they've kidnapped Ellena, and we're driven to save her."

What Natasha and Lilia said was quite reasonable. If 'they' wanted to hide it, why bother 'closing' the traces of Ellena's attack? It should be 'they' let it go and no one will be aware.

"If 'they' were right to do this, it might be a trap for the people who care about Ellena, which is us." Annastasia's words were on target.

"That is, the main target is us? Ellena's just a prisoner?"

"That's exactly Lilia." I said and continued, "I'm making the assumption that 'their' motive is to target the people who survive the war including us. I also don't rule out the possibility that 'they' are just after our group."

I didn't tell the girls about the thing that was probably the most targeted. If I narrow down the possibilities to one person, who becomes the executor of such a disaster-class monster. That person may be the cause of the 'those' annoyance that kidnapped Ellena. A person who became the only power of hope at the tip of the horn at that moment... Namely-

A doorknob turned and the door opened quickly, bringing up the shoulder-length black haired girl and the Emerald-green eyes. He looked hurried and anxious.

"Astia?" Lilia called him first.

Then Astia came to my desk and gave me some parchment.

"Yes, sorry I cut you off. Here I want to give you important information."

"Calm down first." I said, Astia looks out of breath and gasps.

"alright. Huh~" Astia let out a heavy sigh, then continued, "First, I got an information that some adventurers are crossing without a trace registered in the Adventurers Guild. Here's the list."

Then, I saw some parchments that Astia gave me. I saw it, it seemed like this was the official parchment of the Adventurers Guild, visible from its stamp.

Then I was surprised by the list of people who disappeared.

"It's all... Adventurers who survive after that war..."

My assumptions are proven by all these parchments.

My words just made the girls surprised. Maybe they don't suspect it.

"Astia, do you have any information about the location of these people's disappearance?"

"Yes, I have." Astia gave me some more parchment.

I looked at the details one by one, and saw Astia hesitating.

"But, unfortunately it is..."

After looking at the entire parchment Astia had given me, I discovered that, this list of lost adventurers, the location of their disappearance was scattered all over the world. That was what made Astia hesitate.

"All right then..." My decision is at last, "From now on I'm announcing it as an emergency mission - we're going around the world!"

"JEAY!!" Cheers of the girls.

Huh~ when this is not a holiday, why are they so happy?

Rather than that, "Astia, by the way where is Marrona? I thought she was with you."

"Ah, she's too tired, so I told her to rest in her room."

"That's it..."

Ignoring the pleasure of the girls, I closed my eyes due to mental exhaustion. I need at least a day off, but it's just a dream in a world like this.

I got back on my feet and announced to the girls, "From tomorrow we're closing the restaurant! Prepare you in your mission uniform and face death."

"Ready, master!!" At the same time the girls.

After some time, we finally showed our true identity.