After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

The Earl's Territory of Eileen was where Luna's Northern Army had passed through a few months ago, so when Medivh arrived to confirm the exact location of the dungeon, he instinctively sensed something was amiss.

To the southwest, not far from here, lies the entrance to the Southern Territory's river valley...

Thick fog rises over this plain in winter, obscuring the road ahead.

Medivh rubbed his stiff fingers, then ordered a halt to the advance and waved his staff to dispel the fog.

The scattered soldiers gathered together, and a light drizzle passed through the woods, dripping onto their cold armor and turning into a thin layer of frost.

"Strange, I remember there should be an adventurer's outpost nearby." Dane, who had a noticeable scar on his head, quickly took the giant axe off his back.

His years of adventures taught him that he should always prepare for the worst.

After all... the simplest tests are the most dangerous.

The monster riot in Earl Eileen's territory was no ordinary sudden event. In just half a month, their Adventurers' Guild lost more than a dozen B-rank adventurers and an A-rank adventurer team.

As an S-rank ace adventurer, Dane originally intended to have the royal city send troops to control the rioting monsters and surround the dungeon entrance, so that he could go deep into the dungeon himself to find out and solve the source of the incident.

As a result, he was greeted by Mr. Medivh the day before his departure.

He knew it! He was still the same stubborn boy he always was, without the slightest change!

While other S-rank adventurers are retiring and enjoying life, he's still working hard here... The other two S-rank adventurers, one of whom is in the prime of his life disguised as a vagrant, is now teaching swordsmanship to a noble boy.

Another character is more abstract. He not only runs to the countryside to open a martial arts school, but also inexplicably adopts several little girls, transforming himself into a father figure.

Go ahead and do whatever you want, even if it means the Adventurers' Guild goes bankrupt and the human kingdom is destroyed. I'll just run away with you.

Sigh, sometimes Dane really wants to kick his own ass with his boots. Why does he have to be so stubborn?

The Bone Dragon Extermination Campaign went unnoticed; the dragon slayer perished in battle.

In the battle against the giant slime, I was of no help whatsoever. After fighting for half a day, the giant slime was wiped out with a flick of a finger by a passing cursed being...???

Living in this era is truly a misfortune for adventurers.

Perhaps he should also consider his retirement life.

The forest was eerily quiet. Dane cautiously approached, carrying his giant axe. When he reached an open area, he finally saw a wrecked adventurer's settlement.

The corpses scattered everywhere told of the misfortune that had occurred. Each person had been cleanly and neatly decapitated, and the traces of battle left behind proved the strength of the enemy.

Dane frowned and quickly made a judgment: "It's an extremely dangerous magical beast. When it attacks, they can hardly do anything effective to counter it."

"More than that, I'd like to know if your Adventurers' Guild currently only recruits male adventurers?"

Medivh's words were a wake-up call for Dane, who then realized that all the dead were male adventurers, while the female adventurers had vanished without a trace.

Could it have been done by an elf?

Dane fell into deep thought. He had never encountered such a situation before. A mad elf was possible, but elves usually only abduct women, not their lives.

"Keep moving forward, all the answers await us at the bottom of the dungeon."

Upon hearing this, Dane nodded and, as the team's vanguard, took the lead past the stronghold and headed towards the underground city along a forest path.

They encountered no danger or any unusual phenomena along the way.

When the group arrived at the castle, Dane pushed open the door, and what came into view was a spiral staircase descending into the distance. The darkness swallowed the light, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Dane still remembers the grand occasion here. The continuous production of magical materials attracted countless merchants and magicians, and adventurers flocked to explore. People sang and danced in the safe floors, as if miracles and wonderful things happened every day.

But the world has changed, and it has become unfamiliar.

The team silently assembled in front of the passage, and after organizing their belongings, the strangely shaped group began their dungeon adventure as a beam of light shot from Medivh's staff.

The castle gates slammed shut, and as the magic dissipated, the thick fog once again shrouded everything.

However, a sudden gust of wind arose in mid-air, and the enormous creature landed. Its scarlet eyes, like a pair of dim lighthouses in the mist, silently observed every move within the underground city.

……

The chaos of the whole year finally came to an end at the end of the year.

The royal city was immersed in a sea of ​​joy as everyone celebrated the birth of the kingdom's first prince.

Frank, unusually pleased, waved his hand, and the gold coins treasured in the palace for many years flowed like a trickle to all parts of the country, then transformed into a large number of wagons filled with supplies and converged on the capital.

The Northern Territory brought wine and mutton, the Western Territory brought spices and delicacies from the mountains, the Southern Territory brought seafood and fruits and vegetables, and even the Eastern Territory, which was currently engaged in a noble war, sold a considerable amount of high-quality flour.

I heard that Duke Dale is negotiating a ceasefire with Lady Luna, but it's obvious to everyone that Duke Dale's territory is going to be annexed by the Northern Territory.

If the nobles hadn't known the Duke of Oswald's character and hadn't risked their wealth to help him, the war would likely have been even more ugly.

But none of this mattered to the residents of the royal city. They could finally find a time to completely forget the misfortunes of the past and their worries about the future, and celebrate to their hearts' content.

Even the most beautiful dreams eventually come to an end.

"What exactly did you prepare that you could leave for so long?"

After much difficulty, she managed to climb a ladder and retrieve the dusty wooden box from the attic. Leia tried several keys, but failed to open the box.

The banquet was about to begin, and the lively sounds outside the city only fueled Leia's anxiety.

"It's always good to be prepared in advance, and I also prepared a gift for you on the day you were born," John said to Leia, calmly rummaging through his keychain.

Even knowing that you will all become bastards in the future, I am still very happy to have witnessed your birth.

Leia chuckled as she took the keys. "Really? What did you give me back then?"

"A compass inlaid with white gemstones. I had hoped you could forge your own path, and especially not follow in the footsteps of your bastard brothers, but it seems someone else has lost their way..."

Leia exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, so that compass was a gift from you! I thought I found it somewhere when I was little."

"Ha, so you're all a bunch of bastards."

John smiled faintly, but as he turned over a key, his fingers suddenly paused.

He thought his body still remembered that touch.

"Open it and take out the fourth box in the first row."

John handed the key to Leia, then turned and sighed softly. Leia, puzzled, used the key to open the wooden box and found it filled with various beautifully decorated little boxes.

After retrieving the designated box, Leia closed the wooden crate again, skipped over to John, and asked with a mischievous smile, "Archbishop, if I have children in the future, will you prepare gifts for them?"

John took the box and said, feigning seriousness, "Then you'd better hurry, otherwise you'll have to take my ashes home."

"So tell me, is there any hope for me and the Paladin Commander to be together? Will you prepare gifts for our child?"

"..."