For a moment, Lioro couldn't believe his ears.
"Your husband... threw you out?"
The baker's wife lowered her head and replied in a low voice.
"Yes..."
'This.....'
Lioro fell silent, not knowing how to react or feel.
He thought he had saved her from harm, but it seems he was severely mistaken.
The real world was vastly different from the ideal hero stories where the rescued person will go to their home and live happily ever after or something.
Human beings are complex creatures.
Lioro wanted to ask what happened, but seeing her sad expression, he released a small breath and approached her.
Hearing his footsteps, the baker's wife raised her head and looked at him.
"Your name?"
"....Rowena."
"Rowena? Hm tell me do you have any place to go to? Like your parents home?"
Rowena shook her head and said in a sad voice.
"My parents died a few years ago, the only family I had was my husband, but now....even that is gone....."
Lioro nodded, then went down on one knee and extended his hand towards her.
"Then would you like to come with me?"
Rowena's eyes widened.
"I have a pretty good place in E-rantel. You can work there, I'll pay you for your work along with accommodation and food--"
Rowena suddenly moved and grabbed Lioro's extended hand.
"Please, master wizard..."
Lioro raised his other hand and gently held her trembling palm.
"Help me....."
Looking at her watery eyes, Lioro said in a calm voice.
"Let's work together to help each other."
Hearing his words, Rowena bit down on her lower lip. Leaning forward, she placed her forehead on his chest and wrapped her hands around his waist, sobbing silently.
Lioro raised his hand and lightly patted her head, making her sob louder.
After some time.
Rowena stops crying and stays leaning against his chest.
Patting her back, Lioro asked.
"Have you calmed down?"
Rowena lightly nodded her head, then slowly raised herself back up.
Due to the crying, tear strains formed on her face.
Raising his hand, Lioro lightly flickered her forehead with his finger.
Rowena looks at him in confusion.
"Let's go."
Getting up from the ground, Lioro said while offering her a hand.
Rowena grabbed his hand, and the next moment, she was pulled up from the ground in one go.
"By the way....."
Lioro continued in a calm voice.
"Want me to take care of the baker?"
He asked so naturally.
Like talking about something trivial.
But Rowena's eyes couldn't help but tremble, she instinctively felt that her answer will decide the future of her husband.
Placing her hand on her chest, she thought about it for a moment before shaking her head.
"Nothing? Alright then, uncle and aunt will take more time to get ready so let me send you away first."
Grabbing her arm, Lioro used his power, and then the two of them vanished from the spot.
About ten minutes later, the space trembled again before Lioro came back alone.
Ge left the new helper Rowena with his stunned sisters after saying a few words and came back to get his uncle and aunt.
But before that.
Lioro pointed at the ground and said.
"Summon Undead 3rd: Ghost."
A simple magic circle formed on the ground before the blurry figure of a woman in long white clothing appeared.
3rd tier Undead Summon Ghost.
With her oddly pale skin and blackened nails, she looked like a typical example of a movie Ghost.
"Go find the baker of this village, then haunt him for a week before disappearing."
Lioro waved his hand and the ghost following his words floated towards the nearby wall before phasing through it, going away.
Seeing the Ghost leave, Lioro also exited the house and went back to his uncle's place.
After they were done packing, Lioro activated his power, making the three of them leave the village and go back to E-rantel.
"Uncle! Aunty!"
Tsuare and Ninya shouted in joy and greeted the two adults, who were still in shock after being teleported.
Lioro left them alone and went to Rowen, who was standing on the side wearing a new pair of clothes given to her by his sister.
"Don't think too hard and rest today; you'll have plenty of work to do tomorrow."
Lioro said while looking at the water jar in her hand.
"Yes, master wizard..."
Rowena bowed and said in a small voice.
Lioro nodded his head, then waited for the others.
After some familiarization, all of them made their way to the dinner table and had dinner together before going to sleep.
Leaving the room allocation to his sisters, Lioro went upstairs and entered his room before closing the door and lying on the bed.
Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Alas, not everyone was feeling as comfortable as him, able to sleep the moment they lay on bed.
Lying on the soft bed, Rowena thought while clenching her fist.
'I need to make myself useful...so as to not be thrown out again.....'
Inside another room.
"This is a very nice place, isn't it, honey?"
Aunt Mirella commented while lying in the bed with her husband.
"It is....maybe it will be the new start of our life..."
Uncle Edric said with a smile.
----
Inside the dungeon.
*Clank*
Bell parried the attack of the goblin before striking at its neck, killing it.
After finishing the monster, Bell couldn't help but look at Yoriichi, who was standing alone in the field surrounded by multiple small magic crystals.
Just a moment ago, they were ambushed by multiple goblin monsters.
Seeing their number, Bell was shocked and scared.
But Yoriichi maintained his calmness and told him to take care of the single goblin at the back.
Bell took a lot of effort to kill that goblin.
But Yoriichi managed to finish all of his opponents in one go!
Bell's eyes shone, looking at Yoriichi's wide back akin to a tall mountain, ready to take on any wind that came its way.
'Mr Yoriichi is amazing....'
A feeling of respect and reverence filled Bell's mind.
At the same time, unknown to him, the skill section inside his status started changing.
Giving birth to a new skill.
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Dungeon, 32nd floor.
A slash of dark energy spread out killimg all the plant and dinosaur monsters in its path, turning them to dust.
Abyssal Dread Knight looked at the dropped magic crystals and said in a cracking voice.
"162.....I will be captain....."
A huge green monster in the distance roared in a loud voice before charging toward the Abyssal Dread Knight.
But the dinosaur had only managed to take a single step forward before the void cracked and a pair of mantis-like scythes rushed out, separating the monster's head, killing it in one go.
A pair of blood-red eyes opened up above the corpse of the monster.
"...99...I.....will....captain....."
Void Phantasm.
While the two tier 9 undead were going crazy, Night Lich, a tier 8th undead who was clearly the smartest among the three, was looking at them like a bunch of brain dead idiots.
"These fools! Master clearly summoned us so that we can work together and not run around like wild monsters!"
The Night Lich's eyes glowed with a red light due to the anger bubbling inside him.
"In the first place, it is obvious that the captain should be the smartest instead of the strongest!"
He had only managed to kill less than 60.
Behind the Night Lich stood several lower and middle tier undead created from the corpses of the monsters.
Seeing that the two of his teammates were still competing, the Night Lich shouted in a loud voice.
"You barbarians want to compete? Fine! I'll let you both understand the meaning of 'strength in numbers' today!"
"Go! Go and beat those war mongers!"
The undead behind him screamed, nefire rushing out in a crazy manner.