Semi-retired Adventurer Lives Leisurely

s “grandmother” Emily keeps mentioning……

 

Henry: “Hey, Emily.
Is your grandmother Elizabeth Statia…..perhaps?”

 

Emily: “So you know her too, Henry.
Yes, that’s right.
She’s my grandmother! My pride and joy! She’s really strict during training, but she’s really nice otherwise.”

 

So it’s confirmed…..

 

Well, not that that really changes anything.
It was surprising that the granddaughter of the Hero of Legend who was once called the [Magecraft Princess] is hilariously eccentric, but that’s all.

 

Henry: “So food……..since we’re already here, let’s try out this Mages Tower Cafeteria, shall we?” Both Emily and Fred did not have any issues with that plan.

 

Following behind all the course students who had already dispersed, we began walking too.

 

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Henry: “Whoa….it’s pretty big.”

 

The cafeteria on the 5th floor of the Mages Tower filled up the entire floor.
The far edges of the cafeteria were so far away that it was hard telling the faces of the people there.

 

The researchers, professors, students, and putting together all the other students from every course, there must be a few thousand people here, so they need a cafeteria of this size to accommodate that many people.
But even a cafeteria of this size would be pretty crowded and busy during the lunch rush hour.

 

Henry: “What should I eat today….”

 

I try to remember the menu we passed by at the entrance.

 

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There were some standard lunches, and alternatives that change every day.
They had the menu filled out for every day of the week.

 

Today, the fish was fried fish, pork saute if you wanted meat, and bacon and spinach cream pasta.
Those kinds of options.

 

There were pre-prepared plates on a table waiting to be picked up, and you took whatever you wanted to the register.
It was a system like that.
I’m sure they made it this way to avoid being overwhelmed by customized orders.
But because of that, the meal is a little cheaper.

 

Fred: “I guess I’ll try the fish today?”

 

Fred reached for one of the fish plates and grabbed a piece of bread.

 

Emily: “～♪ ～♪”

 

Emily was humming as she chose a pasta and mini salad.

 

……..hmmmmm.

 

As I tried to decide, I put all three types on my tray, and we all got in line to pay and sat down at an open table when we were done.

 

Fred: “……..Mr.
Henry, that’s a lot of food.”

 

Henry: “Well, the body is the Adventurer’s most important asset, and we did do quite a bit of exercise this morning.”

 

I had an extra helping of rice on both my fish and meat lunches.
I had the potato salad and today’s special soup as side dishes.

 

Emily: “That was what my grandma said all the time.”

 

Henry: “But that’s a pretty small portion you chose.”

 

She chose the plate with less pasta on purpose.

 

Emily: “I was pretty sick for most of my childhood, so I never really ate that much.”

 

Henry: “IーI see.
Sorry for bringing that up.”

 

Emily: “? No, I’m well now.
And I’m sure I have plenty of room to grow, so I’m going to eat lots and lots more!”

 

And Emily proudly puffed out her chest.
She’s really an optimistic one, this girl.

 

Emily: “Oh, yes, yes.
Now Mr.
Henry.
Please share some of your experiences.
Since you’re a Heroic Warrior, you must have a tale or two to tell us!”

 

Henry: “A tale, huh?”

 

But to be honest, there’s not a whole lot of stories where I stood out.
The best example is taking down the Demon General Gilverte, but I was mainly doing support, and only coincidentally delivered the finishing blow.

 

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…………but her eyes are glittering with excitement, and for someone that’s about to become an Adventurer and is looking up to me, I don’t want to disappoint her.

 

Henry: “Well, let’s see.
I know that Elizabeth Statia once defeated a Hræsvelgr.
I actually defeated one too before.”

 

It’s a Highest-Tier Demonic Creature that looks like an eagle.

 

Emily: “Really?! My grandma told me that story during bed time.
How did you defeat it, Mr.
Henry?”

 

Henry: “Yeah, first, my Party consisted of a girl named Ageha andーー”

 

And I exaggerated a little as I described our battle with the Hræsvelgr.

 

Though it was a complete accident that we ran into one, I described it as a sneak attack we prepared in advance……..for instance.
And though there was an idiot trying to behead a flying beast, I phrased it as her trying to keep it distracted.

 

And as we were looking for the opportunity to take it down with my multiplying spear throw, it actually worked……..and I was the one who was most surprised at the outcome and yelled, “REALLY?!” but I didn’t share that part.

 

……..so, I don’t think I’m totally lying? Yeah, I don’t think those kinds of edits counts.

 

Emily: “That’s so amazing! You planned it out, cooperated with your trustworthy Party, and Mr.
Henry, you really stood out in that fight! Way to go!!”

 

Henry: “Ha…haha…..yeah…”

Oh crap.
Emily doesn’t doubt me at all.

 

WーWell, I don’t think Emily will run into Ageha or Yuu who was in that Party that easily, so it should be okay……..or so I would think, and before I know it, in a cruel series of happenstance, they are all going to meet! So just in case, I need to make sure our stories align.

 

Fred: “……but if you think about it, if you’ve taken down the Highest-Tier, and you’ve been around all these Heroes of Legend……Mr.
Henry, you said you left Ligaleo a year ago, but why would you do that? If you’re that amazing, you should be able to become a Hero of Legend yourself.”

 

And I had to break my gaze with Emily as Fred spoke his question that came from innocent curiosity.

 

After refining and elaborating that heroic tale, I really didn’t want to get into the reasons why I moved to Flowtier.
Since I got her expectations so high, I can easily imagine it plummeting to the earth.

 

Henry: “AーA lot happened.
Really, a lot….”

 

Fred: “……oh, I’m so sorry.”

 

Sensing something, Fred apologized.

 

Well, he didn’t need to apologize at all, really.
…………besides, if he speaks with his brother Owen, Owen’s going to spill and ruin everything.
I’ll just have to tell Fred afterwards in private.

 

Oh…..

 

Henry: “I got distracted with all the talking.
There’s not much time left.
Let’s go ahead and eat our food.”

 

As I glance at the Cafeteria’s clock, we have less than half an hour until we go back to class.

 

We all hurriedly ate, and left the cafeteria together.