Chapter 515: Hunter's Daughter Sarah, Princess Ariel Seeking a Backer

"If possible, please introduce me to a high-quality romantic partner!"

Rudeus loudly declared his ambition; he didn't seek a huge harem like Broly, but at least give him one high-quality partner.

"That's a bit difficult."

Hearing this, Nanahoshi Shizuka showed an embarrassed expression.

"Eh, am I that bad?"

Rudeus was somewhat struck.

"It's not that you're bad, but on this side of Buena Village, there are no suitable high-quality girls."

Nanahoshi Shizuka hurriedly explained.

She couldn't evaluate what kind of person Rudeus was in his previous life, but this life's counterpart was indeed a decent boy.

"Ah, so among those who came from this world, only you enjoy sweet love, while me, this reincarnated one, only has a desolate and bitter single life?"

Rudeus retorted, pretentiously venting his dissatisfaction and the imbalance he felt in his heart.

"Uh, to solve this problem, there is actually a way."

Nanahoshi Shizuka said.

"What way?"

Rudeus immediately perked up.

"Although Buena Village has no suitable partner, as long as you leave Buena Village and go outside, you might meet someone you like."

"Ah, I thought you had some way, but it's just this. However, it does make some sense, but where can I go?"

Rudeus was very familiar with Buena Village, but someone like him wouldn't actively step out of his comfort zone without other changes.

"How about adventuring with us?"

Nanahoshi Shizuka proposed.

"Eh?"

Rudeus looked over in surprise and subconsciously asked: "Aren't you afraid I'll become your third wheel?"

"Pa~"

Just as he finished speaking, his head was struck.

"We're really on a serious adventure, not going to the wild for hanky-panky. Get it straight."

"That's the situation. Rudy wants to find a girl he likes and plans to adventure with us. What do you all think?"

Rudeus asked Broly, and Broly sought everyone's opinion. Alice directly expressed disagreement, the reason being Rudeus is a little pervert, and going out together would be inconvenient in daily life.

"Hey hey hey, Cousin Alice, that's excessive. Even if you don't trust my personal character, surely you believe in my instinct for self-preservation? If I take advantage of you, I'd probably be beaten to death by Broly-san?!"

"It's fine. Just add an earth wall when bathing in the wild."

Roxy had no objection, and Sylphy shared her view.

And with Nanahoshi Shizuka added, it was 3 against 1.

So, the Broly Party quickly became the Broly Rudeus Party.

"By the way, Rudy, what kind of girl do you roughly like?"

After finishing the Heaven Continent adventure and resting for one week, the party with the added Rudeus came to the territory of the Northern Nations. While camping in a wild woodland, Roxy asked curiously.

"Of course, long legs, slim waist, preferably big breasts, a gentle personality, about my age, a pretty girl!"

Rudeus, while setting up the campfire, naturally said the type of girl he liked, and his aesthetic preference was about the same as the general aesthetic of this world.

"Your requirements are really many. With your conditions, can you find one?"

Alice carried over the chopped wood and sarcastically said a sentence.

"Cousin Alice, you're really naggy. Just because you can meet Broly-san, I can't meet the girl I adore?"

"Small gap is called an ideal, big gap is called a dream, huge gap is called a delusion!"

These distant cousins started bickering.

And this guy Rudeus sometimes forgets some lessons.

For example, now, his glib tongue made Alice somewhat unable to argue with him.

He was about to enter the stage of convincing with reason, and this reason was physical force.

"Rudy, you guy, don't get complacent..."

Alice clenched her fist, and just as Rudeus belatedly felt he was in trouble.

"Roar~"

Inside the forest in the distance, some noisy sounds came.

"That's the roar of a Snowfield Rampaging Bear. Is someone being attacked over there? I'll go check the situation."

Rudeus picked up the staff on the ground and directly found an excuse to slip away.

"Hey, Rudy, you bastard, don't think about fleeing!"

Alice's brewing anger was interrupted by this change, and it really let Rudeus run away.

Afterward, she, having reacted, grabbed her sword and chased after him.

In the forest, a group of hunters were fleeing. They originally came out to hunt, but caught no prey; instead, a misaimed arrow struck a Snowfield Rampaging Bear hiding in the snow, which was also ambushing a herd of forest deer.

Now, that Snowfield Rampaging Bear with an arrow stuck in its butt was angrily chasing behind them.

"No, the guy behind has much greater stamina than us. Once we run out of the woods to the wild outside, we'll be caught."

"Then what do we do?"

"The only way now is for one person to act as bait, draw the Snowfield Rampaging Bear's attention, and let the others escape."

"Then who goes as bait?"

This is a heavy question; the person who goes as bait is destined to face uncertain life or death.

"I'll go, my pace is the fastest among us."

The silence lasted only a while before a middle-aged hunter among those fleeing spoke up voluntarily.

"Gaine..."

The surrounding hunters wanted to say something, but were interrupted by the middle-aged hunter.

"No need to say more. If I don't make it back, please take good care of my daughter."

Gaine had clearly made his resolve; the other hunters were deeply moved and agreed one after another.

"Hey, over here!"

The middle-aged hunter ran off to the side, and after pulling some distance from his companions, he drew his bow and shot arrows at the Snowfield Rampaging Bear still chasing the group.

His arrows were precise, piercing the beast's ear, but also provoked the big guy's anger, causing it to directly abandon the crowd ahead and chase after him alone.

The middle-aged hunter didn't hesitate, turned and ran in another direction, but as an ordinary hunter his stamina was already somewhat depleted, he began to be unable to outrun the Snowfield Rampaging Bear, and could only find a tree and climb up.

However, merely climbing a tree cannot escape danger, because the tree itself would soon be broken by the enraged rampaging bear.

This person attempted to jump to another tree, but when jumping onto the third tree, the branch was too brittle to support his weight, causing him to fall from the tree.

"It's over!"

When Rudeus rushed over to this side, what he saw was the somewhat desperate middle-aged hunter, holding a cleaver facing a Snowfield Rampaging Bear at least twice his own size, making a final useless struggle and resistance.

"Rock Cannon."

Just a single, very simple enhanced version Earth Magic spike, and the magic beast that ordinary people cannot handle had its head directly blasted to pieces.

"Hah, thought I'd get to experience a heroic rescue scene, but it turns out it's just a hunter uncle who nearly met with disaster."

Rudeus muttered under his breath, walking over with a look of regret on his face.

"Hunter uncle, are you alright?"

He asked.

"S-saved..."

Gaine sat heavily on the ground, with a lingering fear after escaping danger.

"Thank you, it was you who saved me."

This person looked gratefully at the benefactor who dealt with the Snowfield Rampaging Bear.

"You're welcome, and moreover, I should be the one thanking you."

As Rudeus said this, Eris's voice came from behind him.

And he hurriedly turned around, shouting loudly at the newcomer: "Cousin Eris, I saved a person who nearly met with disaster, what should I do now?"

"Eh?"

Interrupted by this, Eris successfully had her attention diverted, and she, with her rich experience in rescue dramas, quickly began instructing Rudeus.

"You should display a knight's cultivation."

"Like this?"

"No need for thanks, helping those in need in the wild is what I should do."

Eris watched Rudeus's performance and nodded in satisfaction, though it left the rescued middle-aged hunter looking somewhat stunned.

Afterwards, Rudeus helped treat the fall injury on his leg, then brought the middle-aged hunter and Eris together back to the place they prepared to camp today.

Seeing this squad preparing to camp in the wild, out of gratitude for saving his life, Gaine spoke up: "If you don't mind, our village is over there, I am willing to host you all at my home, in thanks for the life-saving grace."

"Helping others, thereby being thanked by others, and then obtaining some repayment on the journey, this is also part of adventure."

Benefiting from this reasoning, Broly and the others did not refuse, and Rudeus had to re-summon the Earth Puppet to once again transport and transfer the Snowfield Rampaging Bear corpse that had just been moved.

By the time they arrived at a small village called Ilo, the other hunters who had escaped back were very surprised at the middle-aged hunter's survival.

"This is thanks to this Rudeus-sama."

Gaine introduced Rudeus to the others.

"Sama and such, that's too much..."

Rudeus waved his hand embarrassedly, but the corners of his mouth were already curled up like a crooked mouth.

"When someone sincerely praises you, just accept it, don't be clearly happy yet push it away, so hypocritical!"

Eris slapped this guy's back in displeasure, making Rudeus grimace in pain.

"Dad..."

A golden-haired girl rushed out of the crowd, directly hugging the middle-aged hunter.

"This is my daughter, Sara."

Gaine introduced his daughter to the youth.

"Rudeus-sama, was it you who saved my father? Thank you so much."

The girl stepped forward to shake hands in thanks, causing Rudeus, whose mouth corners were already curled, to directly reveal a floating-on-air expression.

"How wonderful, Rude, a cute girl is thanking you."

Nanahoshi Shizuka leaned over and teased.

Broly and the others temporarily settled in this small village of Ilo, and just when they were preparing to leave after resting for two days, Rudeus ran over and said: "Broly-san, can I stay here a bit longer?"

Broly looked at the golden-haired girl following beside him, immediately understood, and handed a magic tool to Rudeus.

"This is a signal tool, input magic power into it and I'll receive it on my end. When you want to return home, you can use it directly, I'll come pick you up."

"Broly-san, thank you."

Rudeus sincerely thanked him; in less than half a month of traveling with Broly's squad, he had encountered someone he wanted to get along with.

"That girl doesn't seem to match what Rudeus seeks either, so why would he choose to stay?"

On the road, Eris puzzled over it endlessly, unable to understand her cheap cousin's logic.

"I think I know the reason..."

Nanahoshi Shizuka leaned in and proceeded to explain.

"Rudeus was a shut-in in his previous life. Although he had many unrealistic fantasies about his future partner, if he actually encountered a cute girl who fell for him in reality, a guy like him has basically zero resistance. It would be incredibly easy for someone to capture him."

"Is that how it is?"

"Seems like that's how it is."

"What a guy with no perseverance, who can't withstand even a hint of seduction!"

Eris commented.

"Forget it, let's not worry about him. Let's continue our adventure."

Rudeus's departure didn't affect the Buroehi Seven Party much; Eris and the others continued exploring labyrinths across the Northern Region.

Unlike exploring the Hell Dungeon, the most dangerous place on the Heaven Continent, labyrinth exploration in the Northern Region was generally lower difficulty and didn't require Broly to make up for the party's lack of strength.

Eris and the others adventured to their heart's content, and by September of the same year, they successfully raised the party to S-rank, becoming a famous labyrinth capture team in the North.

In October, Broly and the others returned to Buena Village. In the last two months of this loop, they didn't plan to continue adventuring.

Work and rest must combine; the peaceful life after adventuring is even more worth savoring.

During this time, whether Eris or Roxy or the others, their Happiness Points grew rapidly, reaching increases of 20-30 points per person per day.

During this period, the Asura Kingdom's Second Princess, Ariel-sama, learned Broly's group had returned home and traveled a great distance to Buena Village in the Fittoa Region, seeking them out under the pretext of visiting a friend.

Unlike the original fate trajectory, because the Crown Prince's supporter Darius was eliminated, this Second Princess's situation was much better.

She didn't have to leave her homeland for political asylum in the Ranoa Kingdom; instead, because Sylphy came to her rescue right on time in Dragon Calendar Year 417, she established a good friendship with Sylphy.

And because of this personal connection, Sylphy was somewhat drawn into the Asura Kingdom's succession struggle.

Naturally, when others investigated Sylphy's identity and learned there was a Magic Tower in Buena Village, built over a decade ago by the Dragon King who floats above, specifically dispatching personnel for its construction.

And the current Magic Tower's master is Sylphy's teacher, the originally subtly hostile attitude toward the Long-Eared Race girl turned into enthusiastic recruitment.

Various factions sent people bearing gifts to visit many times, which annoyed Broly's family a bit, but they couldn't kill people smiling at them.

So Broly went to find Perugius, and the Dragon King dispatched his subordinate, the Shining Spirit Almanfi, to issue a stern warning to all those in the Asura Kingdom with succession rights.

After that, the days of Broly's house being frequently visited by strange people finally quieted down.

However, while others didn't dare come disturb them, Second Princess Ariel-sama dared.

After learning the Legendary Hero Dragon King and Broly's family had some special relationship, this princess often came to Broly's house under the guise of visiting a friend to have afternoon tea with Sylphy.