Pickle for your thoughts? (Dungeon meshi x reader)

Back home

Home sweet home.

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A soft groan left your lips as your eyes fluttered open. What the actually hell just happened? A blinding light hit your eyes, forcing your body to turn to the side in an attempt to block it. Under your fingertips you could feel dirt and fine sand, like those of the countryside roads. Running an hand down your face, you looked around in confusion, trying to make sense of your surroundings, until your eyes widened when they fell on a rather familiar castle. Soft wind ruffled your hair as you stared at it with a pang on nostalgia hitting your heart.

You are back in the Golden Kingdom.

After a whole long year you are finally back. . .

. . .

Wait you are back!?

What was the point in evading Thistle all this time if you still ended up back!? Not fair! It was Gary wasn't it!? That damn cheeky ghost! All that progress yeeted out of the window the moment a ghost walz in your party and convince them to meet an unknown person.

Talking about the others.

Turning your head around your eyes fell on the sprawled bodies of your friends. Everyone seemed pretty out of it just like you. Wait, they are also here? Maybe it wasn't a trap after all, no way Thistle would allow outcomers to enter the Golden Kingdom. "Wh-What. . .?" Marcille mumbled out while observing the plce they ended up in. "This place is. . ." Laios breath out, blinking with wide eyes before they immediately snapped to your figure like they were searching for an explanation.

"Hey watch out! It's dangerous to sit there!"

Confused Laios turned around, his holden eyes widened at the sight of a white horse with horn over his muzzle pulling a carriage "A unicorn?!" The blonde gasped at the sight of the huge monster. He almost couldn't believe his own eyes. . .he only heard about them and never saw one in real life! And like he suspected, contrary to most myths, the horn is actually on the nose and not between the ears!

"Mh? Where did you guys came from?" The person on the carriage stopped it, turning his head toward the new adventurers in confusion. Your ears perked up at the sound of a familiar voice "Markus?" you called out, making your way between Chilchuck and Laios. The blonde farmer eye's widened at your sight "No way. . ." He breath out, letting go of the leash pulling the horse "Sir ____?"

"SIR ____!?"

You breath out a disbelieved laugh, rubbing your head like you were having a headache "I understand that all knights, no matter the gender, are referred as sir but there is no need to be so formal Markus. We stopped being useful a long time ago" The blonde farmer looked to be in too much shook to be able to really care about the way he addressed you "It's been a year ____! We thought Thistle got you and turned you to ashes! No one has ever been able to leave the kingdom and come back"

Nonetheless he was happy to see one if the most loyal knights back in one pieces. His eyes slowly trailed behind you, toward the rest of your party who was watching the interaction with dumbfounded looks. His smiled dropped slightly "That means that they also–Woah! That's a big problem!" The blonde farmer threw his hat and blanket against Chilchuck and Laios hitting them full.

"Put these on!" He urged, pointing at his own head "And come with me" not having other choices the party looked between eachothers before nodding. Once you help Marcille and Izutsumi to sit on the carriage Markus scooted away, making space so you could sit beside him. Throwing your hoodie over your head earned a confused look from the blonde, you smiled at him, placing a finger over your lips in a shush motion "I want to talk with Yaad before causing chaos with my mere return"