In the alley behind "Anemone of the Sea", Tiana said it was hard to meet Verrocchio in the past. By the way, Nick relieved himself of the girly look of remembrance and laughter.

"I don't know, my master... he didn't seem aristocratic, did he? Servants don't use it often, and sometimes don't go home and get stuck in the lab. I had no choice but to help clean it."

"... it's a little more solid."

Tiana chuckled at Nick's words.

"I don't think you look aristocratic when you're lost in a nobleman, but if you're lost in a labyrinth city, you might feel aristocratic. He's a little weird everywhere."

"I don't hate people who don't brace."

"I was a person who could talk to you for a reason..."

Ha, and Tiana sighs clouding her face.

Nick also felt uncomfortable talking about Tiana. What Nick felt talking to Verrocchio in person was truthfulness and stubbornness. I felt a strong will to do anything for a purpose. I didn't really feel that way, free and open and respectful of the will of the students.

"... sure, that's odd"

"Whoa, I looked for you guys. You've been training here."

That's when there was a voice for the Nicks.

He was a blonde, hairy, magician-style man, familiar with Nick's face, and one who would be hostile in this battle.

"Willie."

Hey, Nick.

Nick and Willie are not just the same adventurers, they are fellow bard freaks (Doruota). We often get together live at the Bard (Idol) agate, and lately it was an irrefutable relationship to say we were friends with each other.

"This time it's strange, we're enemies, but let's do it without resentment."

"Good. But it's a rare style to turn a helper over."

"I had no choice. The old party got married and retired. Me and Marcus, we're not alone. We're just combing and we keep going."

Oh, boy. Willie shrugs his shoulder.

There, Tiana sarcastically pinched her mouth.

"So, is it a hostile inspection?

"Oh, that's about half too"

I don't honestly think I'll admit that, and neither Nick nor Tiana look at Willie in surprise.

"In a nutshell, at Master Verrocchio's service. Tiana, this is your message."

"To?"

Tension ran on Nick for the word.

But Tiana seems to have been concerned about something else.

I honestly put my doubts to Willie.

"Verocchio...... master? Well, that's what you call it."

"Oh. I'll tell you what's going on with the adventurer these days, so I asked you to teach me magic, too, and you took it."

"I see... then I'm your sister's apprentice"

Nice to meet you, sister.

"What's a sister, a sister!

"No, you're all saying. Especially the ones who like dragon racing and casinos who don't really know how to respect 'it feels to see how to bet' or 'how to play is in the hall'."

To that unexpected story, Nick blew it out.

"Hey!"

"No, bad, bad"

There was a grudge against Tiana. To his gaze, Nick unexpectedly apologizes.

Ha, and Tiana sighed, but shuddered as if she noticed something.

"... maybe you know that, too, Master?

"Uh..."

Willie looked hard to say and pressed silently.

That means that's the answer.

Tiana figured it out and put her head on it, roaring all the time, uh-huh.

Nick gives a blast at the ladies and their nasty wasting attitude, and Willie coughs up with what a troubled face.

"I know how you feel... it's time to get down to business, okay?

"Oh, speaking of which, you were talking about a message."

"My master wants to see you alone, Tiana."

"Just the two of us?

"He wants to hear a status report. Don't worry, I won't ask for it or force you to do it."

"Is that true?

Nick asks a lot.

"You asked me to pass along my apologies, too. I'm sorry I didn't deserve to be old."

"... you're a strange old man"

"Oh. He's weird."

Verrocchio is still supposed to be a nobleman today, not a former nobleman evicted from his house like Tiana. It's only reprimanding Nick for being disrespectful, and it's impossible to apologize first. If possible, it means he's a persona who doesn't care about that in the first place.

"... So, what do we do?

Willie looked at Tiana and inquired.

Tiana looks at Nick in trouble.

"... well, isn't that good? I was a buyer on that occasion, and if I could talk to you in a calm place, it wouldn't be a bad thing."

"But before the duel?

"Duels have to be won by duels."

To Nick's words, Tiana laughs.

"So is that."

"You guys are so confident."

"Thousand swords have attacked many times."

"I see... but Nick, I'll tell you one thing"

"What?

"You were definitely at [Martial Arts Hundreds] in Argus. Thousand Sword Peaks would not have been very difficult."

"Well, yeah."

"Then I don't know how the party of the rear guard subjects is attacking Thousand Sword Peaks. Right?

"... what are you trying to say?

To Nick's inquiry, Willie smiles invincibly.

"It's a warning. You guys are strong. It's obvious from the track record. But still... you'll shrink your legs if you stay alert."

"Become...?

"It's a secret what that is. Bye, Tiana. Master Bellocchio lives in an enchantment in the Northeastern Institute of Magic. It's called Thunderbolt Company, it stands out, you'll see."

That's what Willie said and left in a good mood.

"Damn you, Willie..."

He's invincible.

"You fooled me the other day and dressed me like you were buying unofficial bard (idol) goods..."

"I didn't want to hear that story right now."

You guys couldn't help it, Tiana laughed and shrugged her shoulders.

"Okay, I'm coming."

"Be careful...... when, are you okay with me not following you either?

"You know, I'm not a kid."

Tiana followed the legend and chose to go to Verrocchio alone.

When I wiped the sweat and dressed from my training clothes to my usual robe, there was still a figure of Tiana who could still be called a nobleman's warrant.

"But thanks. It's been a long time since I've been to Kita's, and I'm gonna get you a souvenir."

"I don't need it, it's not like I'm going away."

"If you're buying souvenirs, Karan's eyes are better."

And I dropped off Tiana, who left, and Nick got out of hand.

All other members are also going to the Little Ghost Forest with their training.

The days are still high.

Nick is not so self-depraved as to sloppy in a liquor store from now on. Though only the bard (idol) is out of reason and moderation, there are not many other hobbies that can kill time by themselves.

"… refill tools"

So I remembered the daily chores.

While I mocked myself for being addicted to work, it was the street lined up with blacksmiths and tool shops named Hammer Yokocho. If the southeast is a favela and the northwest is analogous to a city of nobility or riches, the southwest is a city of commoners. It's not like I don't eat or eat every day, but I'm not rich enough to dawn on politics or have trouble using gold. There are plenty of merchants who buy and sell things for about the price, craftsmen who make everyday goods, or workers who work in large numbers in a fairly disciplined workplace.

There are adventurers' stores around the Adventurer Alliance, but they are often burned if you try to get them done in nearby stores. Because adventurers can work without the qualifications to say this if they can throw a party, many merchants target the wallets of adventurers who have lost their cool in order to get a dime. Nick didn't do much shopping around the guild because of it, and often came as far as the hammer crossing with his feet. Few sleds, etc., are rarely entangled in weird humans.

"Hey, that's an odd encounter. If you don't mind, would you like some tea with me?

So it was never a suspicious person around me who threw such a light line at Nick.

"... Alice?"

Sun knight Alice smiled at Nick with an unusual freshness.