Black Haired King

"Well, come on, Alfred."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it, Guildmaster. I'll finish the investigation soon."

That's what I said, a man laughing at an old blonde, Alfred. Opponents fighting in pro-good battles, but how come through the door for Alliance officials? The other person talking to it is the Alliance Master.

"Then let's go, Alfred. Back by the pro-good fight...... and why are you guys here?

Rondor, the tallest and most gigantic of the three men, noticed me and Gawayne and called out. Alfred and the others notice and look at us. We have all five of them over there.

"Hey! Were you Baron Arnold? Are you enjoying Wang Du?

"Yeah, I'm entertaining you"

I didn't expect to meet the Alfreds until the pro-good fight because the outhouse only uses participants in the Albust kingdom, but I didn't expect to meet them here.

"Ha, there's nothing like that. You can talk to me normally with your tame mouth."

With that said, Alfred smiles so much that a woman would fall in love. Naturally the receptionist and female adventurer who was around also dyed her cheeks red... my buddy Beans also dyed her cheeks red. You're a man, aren't you?

"So, what were the Alfreds doing here?

"You were Gawayne, weren't you? Were we asked by the Alliance Master?

Uh, a nomination request? I wonder how trusted I am to be direct from the Alliance Master.

"What did you take?

"Hey, are you an idiot? I'm not talking to you like that!

When Gawayne asks intrigued, the woman who bites it, Charlene Maxilia, for sure. Was that the marquis' maid?

"Ah? Who says you're stupid! You drill blonde!

"Huh!? I can't believe you insulted this perfect hairstyle of mine! I can't forgive you!

... Dude, why are you fighting?

"Take it easy, Gawayne. And so are you."

"Oh, my God, there's a nasty brunette! Don't give me orders!?

"Oh, my God!"

Gawayne is angry at me for what I was told. I'm glad to hear it, but let's put that fist away. I grab an arm that tries to hit me.

"Redius, why are you stopping me!

"I'm glad you're angry for me, but calm down for once. It's annoying around, isn't it?

When I deceive him, he lowers his fist, which he was shaking up to see if Gawayne has calmed down as well.

"So are you, Charlene."

Alfred stopped me over there. Phew, you managed to hold back what was about to become a one-touch instant.

"Charlene, I'll tell you something because it's not like I'm hiding anything. We're going to investigate the Oak settlement."

"Oak settlement?

"Oh, there's a mountain about three hours from here on the carriage. The villagers at the foot of it taught me. That mountain is where the orcs are building their settlements."

I see. So you're investigating. I guess I'll go find out the size and number of large settlements, etc.

"If it's just research, we can do it in C-rank. The Alliance Master asked me to."

"Hmm, we can take it down just by ourselves when we're oaking!

"Fair enough, please calm down, Mr. Charlen"

"That's right. After everything's been going on, it's too late. It's better to be too discreet."

Rondle shrugging his shoulders, for Christ's sake, the leading role is Alfred, and I think he's at the point of strength under the edge. It's going to be hard.

"Yeah, you guys coming, if you like?

"Huh?"

"What are you talking about, Alfred! They are enemies of the next pro-good battle! I don't even know what I'm capable of before then!

"What, enough for a good parent fight? Their presence here would have defeated the Wristnick brothers. If you're that strong, you'll be fine. What do we do, Baron Arnold?

"Ha, I don't mind about Redius either. I'm not used to being called by my family name. Then I'd like to go if we could. Hey, Gawayne."

".................. oh"

Wow, your face looks terribly nasty.

"Good, then let's go!

Afterwards, Alfred explained it to the Alliance Master, and even me with a lower rank got special permission. After all, as soon as we talked about participating in the Parental Good War, we were done talking.

Then we rode Charlene's carriage and we went for the mountain.

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"Phew, looks like you still have an oak settlement, as the villagers told you. I can't believe how many orcs show up."

We've been in the mountains for about an hour. I've defeated about 20 orcs so far. Surely you should assume that there are settlements if this is the only number.

"What do we do, Alfred? Do you want to come back?

Rondor has been talking to me about what to do about going back. But Alfred shakes his head to the side.

"No, let's keep investigating until we can get some confirmation of the numbers. If we can defeat them, we want to crusade them, and if there's a lot of them, we have to go back and take care of them."

Apparently, you're going a little further. Well, if it's an oak settlement, I've crushed it a few times, too. In case a lot of people get away with it, they'll be able to make time for it.

"Good day, Redius. How's the new sword?

"Oops, good job Gawayne. Pretty good. Really easy to use"

I gently wave the black sword in my right hand. It feels good to stick to your hand. I could cut the oak without resistance. We talk like that, but we move through the mountains.

To some extent, it became apparent that animal bones and debris were falling. Looks like we're getting closer to the Oak settlement one by one. If I'd been moving forward with caution around.

"Stop!"

And I tell Rondle, who was walking the lead, to put one hand up and stop. We follow the instructions and stop.

"What's going on, Rondle?

"... look at that"

We looked at Londoner's finger and there was one cave there. And before that, two orcs stood. As if to keep an eye on him. Rusty on the waist, but with a sword.

"This is, apparently, the Oak settlement. It's pretty big from the entrance, though."

The entrance to the oak settlement and the place of thought is about 6 meters high and about 15 meters wide. Maybe it's spreading as we go in the back. Isn't this a pretty big settlement? Why haven't you noticed this before?

"Oh, look at that one"

If we were observing the settlement, Marlene, who has been silent, would point in a certain direction. Ahead.

"Mm-hmm!

An orc was in charge of a woman who had been monkeyed. That... looks like an adventurer out of gear. Otaka I guess they were after this mountain for a favor or something. Were you alone, or did you have company? If there was one of us, considering that there was only one of us, there was already...

"Oaks! A woman!"

"Oh, that idiot, I knew he was going!

Making an observation like that, Alfred pops up when he sees a woman being caught... Huh?

Rondor shouts his surprise, but as soon as he's used to it, he jumps out with his weapon. Chase after Alfred.

"Hehe, you'll have arms!

Sharn puts his own weapon, the whip! and pull it out the same way.

"... Donma"

"Aww, wait a minute. Whoa!

Beans that follow in a hurry to Mailene, who jumps out with pity at us looking behind her.... Me and Gawayne could only face each other.