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"Rubia?" I called out.
Rubia kept her eyes tightly shut. Maybe she still thought we were running, because I could still feel her warm hands on my arm.
"We're here," I said calmly.
Rubia finally let go of my arm, her voice trembling a little as she stepped back. "Haa… I'm sorry. I was just a little… startled."
Even though I'd run so quickly that nothing had touched her, the sheer speed must have been shocking.
"There really is a lodge here. But… it's locked?" Rubia asked.
"I'll handle it," I replied.
I twisted the steel padlock open with my fingers, and it snapped like a piece of straw.
"Ah!" Rubia yelped.
"It was a weak lock."
Rubia looked so surprised that I almost found it absurd. Right now, my pure Strength stat alone was enough to subdue an ogre.
Creak.
I pushed the door open and stepped inside.
I lit the lantern. In the flickering light, a massive, stuffed troll came into view.
Rubia gasped and took a step back.
I reassured her. "It's just a corpse. It's dead."
Rubia let out...
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