My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 10

EVERYONE, MOVE ASIDE!

WE ARE GOING INTO DUNGEON NO. 75 FIRST!

SINCE IT IS THE FIRST SUBJUGATION, EVERYONE IS FULL OF ENTHUSIASM.

THAT MID GRADE DUNGEON DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING SPECIAL, THOUGH...

BESIDES, EVEN IF THEY RUSH OVER FIRST LIKE THAT, BECAUSE OF THE DANGER LEVEL OF THE DUNGEON,

THE PRIORITY FOR CLEARING IT IS GIVEN TO THE PAIR WITH THE HIGHER GRADE PURIFIER ANYWAY.

THAT IS WHY KNIGHTS WANT HIGH GRADE PURIFIERS,

EVEN IF ONLY TO SECURE PRIORITY IN DUNGEON CLEARING.

FORTUNATELY, DUNGEON NO. 181 IS JUST ONE OF THE COMMON LOWEST GRADE DUNGEONS,

SO WE WERE THE ONLY APPLICANTS...

IN PARTICULAR, ONCE EVERYONE SAW SIR MICHAEL'S NAME LISTED, THEY SEEMED TO AVOID IT.

AFTER ALL, SIR MICHAEL IS SOMEONE WHO CAN CLEAR A HIGH GRADE DUNGEON ALONE, WITHOUT A PURIFIER,

IN ONE ATTEMPT, EVEN THOUGH SUCH DUNGEONS USUALLY REQUIRE SEVERAL PAIRS TO FORM A PARTY AND SUBJUGATE THEM OVER MULTIPLE ROUNDS...

EVERYONE IS BUSY TRYING TO BUILD A CONNECTION WITH HIM WHILE THEY HAVE THE CHANCE.

RIGHT, THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS WILL BE HELD AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

THEY ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON HIM IN ADVANCE FOR THEN.

LOOKING FOR SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN HIS PURIFIER IS PRESENT MAY SEEM RUDE,

BUT IN ANY CASE, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH SIR MICHAEL WILL END TODAY ONCE I OBTAIN THE INVISIBILITY RING.

I HOPE HIS NEXT PURIFIER WILL BE FAR MORE CAPABLE AND A GOOD PERSON THAN I AM...

U-UM, HELLO, LADY IRENNE.

I AM SORRY FOR SPEAKING TO YOU SO SUDDENLY.

MY NAME IS MAXIM FROM THE KINGDOM OF SOLBEISI.

AH, YES... HELLO.

WHY IS A KNIGHT I DO NOT KNOW TALKING TO ME?

COULD THIS PERSON ALSO BE...

ARE YOU REALLY LOWEST GRADE?

LET'S SEE HOW MUCH PURIFICATION COMES FROM A LOWEST GRADE!

I RECALLED THE UNPLEASANT MEMORIES OF MY PREVIOUS LIFE, WHEN UNFAMILIAR KNIGHTS HARASSED ME BECAUSE I WAS 10TH GRADE.

AH, THAT IS NOT IT...

I WANTED TO ASK WHETHER SIR MICHAEL USES THE FORTRESS TRAINING GROUND.

IF HE DOES, AROUND WHAT TIME DOES HE USE IT...?

THE TRAINING GROUND...?

W-WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SIR MICHAEL DIRECTLY,

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYONE KEEPS CROWDING AROUND HIM...

A YOUNG LOOKING KNIGHT WHO CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO SPEAK

EVEN WITH THE IDOL HE ADMIRES RIGHT BEFORE HIS EYES...

HE IS SOMEHOW CUTE.

I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

I DO NOT REALLY KNOW SIR MICHAEL'S SCHEDULE EITHER...

...HUH?

WHEN DID HE COME OVER...

WHAT IS THE MATTER?

DO YOU HAVE SOME BUSINESS WITH MY PARTNER?

AH, W-WELL-

S-SIR MICHAEL, EXCUSE ME, I AM...

FROM THE K-KINGDOM OF SOLESIDO...

N-NO, THE KINGDOM OF SOLBEISI...

WH-WHAT SHOULD I DO?

SIR MICHAEL!

SIR MAXIM WAS ONLY ASKING WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE TO GREET YOU.

...A GREETING?

IF THAT WAS ALL, HE COULD HAVE COME AND ASKED ME DIRECTLY.

I-I-I AM SORRY!

I WAS THOUGHTLESS!!!

SIR MAXIM!

IN THE END, HE RAN AWAY WITHOUT EVEN GREETING HIM PROPERLY...

IRENNE.

IS HE A KNIGHT YOU KNOW?

NO, I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

THEN WHY...

PARDON?

SIR MICHAEL!

HERE'S THE HORSE YOU REQUESTED.

SINCE YOU ESPECIALLY ASKED ME TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM, I MADE SURE HE WAS WELL~ FED.

AH, I WAS WAITING FOR HIM. THANK YOU.

UM, SIR MICHAEL.

ARE WE GOING TO DUNGEON NO. 181... ON HORSEBACK?

YES.

THE NOBLE STEED MAXIMUS

BUT... DUNGEON NO. 181 IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE.

WE COULD GET THERE QUICKLY EVEN ON FOOT...

THERE IS A LOT OF MUD AND STONE ON THE WAY, SO YOUR FEET WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE.

DESTINATION

NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT, IT IS A PLAIN COVERED IN GRASS...?

BESIDES, IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, WHEN WE HAPPENED TO RIDE A HORSE TOGETHER ONCE, HE WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE...

STILL, HE THOUGHTFULLY PREPARED THIS FOR ME, SO I SHOULD NOT ASK ANYTHING THAT WOULD EMBARRASS HIM.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY ANYWAY...

It may be different from my previous life...

THAT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I GOT ON, BUT...

HE IS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THIS LIFE TOO.

I CAN FEEL HIM TRYING DESPERATELY NOT TO TOUCH MY BODY THIS TIME AS WELL.

YOU REALLY HAVE NOT CHANGED... IF YOU HATE IT THAT MUCH, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE ME A RIDE.

I AM SO UNCOMFORTABLE TOO THAT I FEEL NAUSEOUS...

DUNGEON NO. 181 FEELS SO FAR AWAY...

IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.

LADY IRENNE, ARE YOU VERY NERVOUS?

IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE DUNGEON SUBJUGATION, YOU MAY WAIT SAFELY AT THE ENTRANCE.

PARDON?

NO, I AM FINE.

IT IS A LOW GRADE DUNGEON. YOU DO NOT NEED TO STRUGGLE TO FOLLOW ME.

NO! I WILL COME WITH YOU.

...DUNGEON NO. 181 WAS THE DUNGEON YOU CHOSE, WAS IT NOT, LADY IRENNE?

IS IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO CHECK THE REWARD YOURSELF?

AH, WELL, YES. THAT IS TRUE, BUT...

DO NOT WORRY.

AS LONG AS I AM WITH YOU,

YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE REWARD, LADY IRENNE.

PARDON?

WE ARE HERE.

WHAT IS THIS? SOMEONE HAS FELT STRANGE FOR A WHILE NOW...

FIRST, I SHOULD GET DOWN TOO...

HUH?

WHY ARE MY FEET IN THE AIR...

UH...

HUH...?!!!

MY APOLOGIES.

PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USED TO HORSES OFTEN GET HURT WHILE DISMOUNTING, SO I ACTED IN HASTE...

AHH, I-I SEE.

YOU THERE, ARE YOU THE PAIR THAT APPLIED FOR THE SUBJUGATION OF DUNGEON NO. 181, MICHAEL AND IRENNE RODIAM?

YES.

CONFIRMED.

DUNGEON NO. 181 IS EXACTLY AS REPORTED TO THE FORTRESS, WITH NO ANOMALIES.

WILL YOU PROCEED WITH THE DUNGEON SUBJUGATION IMMEDIATELY?

YES.

I, MICHAEL, WILL PROCEED WITH CLEARING DUNGEON NO. 181.

LADY IRENNE?

AH, YES!

I,

I, IRENNE RODIAM, WILL PROCEED WITH CLEARING DUNGEON NO. 181!!