“Since everyone was draining their stamina… it looks like I just took the best part.”

At my remark, Kaya quickly interjected, “No, no! Didn’t it look like we were being overwhelmed one-sidedly?!”

“No, no. Not at all.”

In fact, a lot of damage had accumulated on the Giant Orc’s right leg.

It was because of that that we were able to topple the Giant Orc.

Without that, neither the Phoenix Sword nor the Prominence Burst would have landed. It was definitely not my achievement.

“Besides… didn’t you use magic earlier?”

Yuya said, with an exasperated look.

“That magic… even an advanced mage would struggle to activate it… or am I imagining things?”

“Ah, well…”

I had nothing to retort.

“It must be your imagination. Yeah.”

“Is that so… just my imagination then…”

I was met with a completely flat tone.

“Well, I do carry my father’s blood, haha.”

“Is that so, the Macba family is that impressive, huh?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Sigh…”

Yuya sighed.

“…Well, whatever. I get it now. You’re abnormal.”

Somehow, I felt extremely flattered.

The Cheat Code Manipulation is indeed powerful, but I’m just a failure who couldn’t even become a Silver Sword Saint.

After that, we began handling the Giant Orc’s corpse.

Kaya and the others said, “We’ll give you all the materials!” but I politely declined. This battle wasn’t just my achievement.

During the process, I found something strange.

A crimson jewel.

It was exactly the same as the one found inside the Black Grizzly’s body, and it was discovered in the Giant Orc’s body as well.

I asked Kaya and Yuya about it, but they said they had never seen anything like it.

It was a curious thing, but just to be safe, I took it with me. It didn’t seem right to just push something I didn’t understand onto Kaya and the others.

Once the looting was done, Yuya bowed his head to Kaya.

“Thank you, Kaya-san. You came all the way from Rastal Village to support us…”

“No, it’s fine. It wasn’t me who did all the work.”

Saying that, Kaya briefly glanced at me.

Hmm?

Wait a second.

Support from Rastal Village? Kaya?

“Oh, right.”

Yuya must have noticed my confused expression, as he spoke up.

“Arios, you were planning to go to Rastal Village, right? With the roadblock lifted, maybe you should go together?”

“Oh, really?!”

Kaya’s face brightened up.

“If it’s Arios, you’re more than welcome! Hehe, this will be fun!”

It seemed like I had unintentionally gotten closer to the people of Rastal Village.

Honestly, I was a bit worried.

Whether I could fit into this new environment or not.

Afterward, I returned to the carriage and decided to meet Kaya in the village. It seemed Kaya had also been waiting for the carriage in a nearby safe zone.

“Well then. Let’s meet again in the village ♪”

“Yes. Please.”

As we parted ways, Kaya bowed her head. When an A-rank adventurer acts like this, it kind of makes me feel awkward.

And so, we parted ways for now.