Graduated from Witchcraft Institute

Wake up Cyril normally and have breakfast for four.

Then we left the inn and headed to Evelia's residence in Dwarf, the Mayor of Noban, Quest's client.

It should be noted that shortly after yesterday's search, it was reported that as many as three rockworms were encountered in a short time.

At that time, he had received one hundred and twenty gold coins as a reward for the triple crusade after having his proof of crusade confirmed.

Incidentally, the cost of staying at Swan Wing Pavilion, which we stayed at last night, was quite expensive, with only a luxury lodge and two meals per night and five gold coins per person.

It is the cost of accommodation that can last twenty nights if it is a regular lodging.

That's a lot of money, but the reward for yesterday's crusade comes plenty after paying for it.

In addition, you have already met the requirements for completing the quest.

Therefore, we were not in a good position to return to Atlantia after deciding to end the quest without going any further into the matter.

But when we got our report, Evelia said she wanted us to come back the next day.

It took me one night to consider it and think about what to do.

It should be noted that the senior adventurers who were with us in the reporting arena have managed to repel the united rockworm while wearing it down.

On the other hand, they all opened their mouths to our report that they had destroyed three bodies and refused to visit the following day, saying that they could not do any more.

Maybe by now it's time we're on our way back to the city of Atlantia.

That's why only the four of us visited the mayor today - and I thought so.

Hey, I've been waiting for you.

Up the stairs leading to the mayor's hall, in front of the hall gate, was a group of men and women.

One is a young man of good stature with red hair, dressed in black clothes and pitch-black armor, carrying a great sword on his back.

The other was a silver-haired long-haired woman, wearing a black robe and a magician's wand in her hand.

Seeing those two - especially the red-haired youth - the three satsuki run nervous on themselves.

That was that unpleasant young man I met in the inn bathroom last night.

"... why are you here"

I ask the red-haired young man.

My distance is roughly ten steps.

The young man looks down on me unconsciously, from his lengths.

"Because then, you know, we came all the way to this city on quest, too. What, like, bug repellent or something-- Hey, Cecilia?

"Unfortunately, Master Glenn, Rockworm is exorcised."

"Oh that's it. Well, whatever."

That's what a young man called Glenn answers, taking advice from a silver-haired woman who refrained instead.

If you look closely, each of those young men and women had a silver adventurer's card shining on their necks.

"Ugh, sooo... B-rank...!?"

Cyril gives a voice containing surprise and fright.

If the bronze Adventurer ID we have is an E-rank, the silver Adventurer ID they wear was a B-rank Adventurer's Testimony.

B-rank is an extremely good rating that only superior adventurers can have.

Even adventurers who are seen as serving are usually D-ranked, or most likely C-ranked even by the competent ones.

In the Atlantic Adventurers Guild, where we are based, we heard that only two adventurers have reached the B rank, but...

I mean, I guess that means they're those two.

Though I never thought I'd see you in a place like this.

The young man, on the other hand, seems to have overheard Cyril's crush earlier.

"B-rank? - Oh, this Adventurer ID? But the Adventurer Rank is a decoration. Mostly you yourselves, it's not even an E-rank pattern. Are you sure you have a samurai from the Orient? I think the power I showed you in that bath was pretty big of a deal, huh?

"Chi......!

Satsuki tongues the language of the young man in frustration.

Instead of being praised, I guess I felt fooled.

I lay my hand on that shoulder and hold her back.

"Calm down, Satsuki"

"... oh, I know, I know..."

A squishy satsuki voice.

She seemed desperate to restrain herself from impulsively approaching the knife.

One young man, on the other hand, says this as if to grin such a satchel.

"Ha ha, don't stare so much, woman. Nothing. I'm not taking and eating you guys right now. It's not bad to be forced, but it's also a lot of hassle to be called criminals. Besides, I'm going to be one of them. Let's get along as well as we can, huh?

"... buddies? What does that mean? Mi doesn't want to be one of you."

When Mi asks back like that, the young man laughs.

"That sounds like you've hated me a lot. Well, that's more interesting. - Don't worry, cat. Companions are adventurers who exorcise the same insects. It's not like we're gonna get along at a party together."

"... I can't really see the story, but that's certainly reassuring. You know, throwing a party with you, and I'm gonna eat shit."

Mi tells me to throw up.

But Mi's right, there's a part of me that can't really see the story clearly.

It sounds like they're going around getting rid of Rockworm, just like us, but...

"Well, I don't care what you stand here talking about. You guys should just talk to my client. We'll talk later."

That being said, the youth indicated the gates of the mayor's mansion.

We were going to do that, even if they didn't tell us. We visited the mayor's hall while we sidelined them both.

I mean, this could be far more far-fetched than we originally thought.

Same reception room as yesterday.

Dwarf mayor Evelia has said that while showing a slightly (soggy) color to a girl's face.

He said he had been thinking about the city all night and couldn't sleep much.

She did so, regardless of what we reported yesterday about the lockworm.

When her deputy flipped through the material, one of the descriptions of Adventure Tan written by a certain minor retired adventurer said he discovered a similar case to this one.

I had never read that adventure Tan either, so I was surprised to hear the story.

"Is that monster called 'Mother Rockworm' really real?

When Cyril hears that, his deputy's mentor (wizard), who was standing next to the mayor, shakes his head to the side.

"I don't know that. Nor can the possibility of being the creation of a writer describing the adventure Tan be discarded. But you can't ignore the real possibilities beyond the number of rockworms you can call irregular in this Norvan pit right now."

"That's right..."

Cyril nods with a thought face.

I also agreed with the mayor's deputy.

That adventurous tan that the deputy has been searching for was marked by the presence of a monster named Mother Lockworm, the mother who produces the lockworm.

As the protagonist of Adventure Tan - or author - explores a site with his peers, he encounters a rock worm there to continue standing.

As the adventurers repeatedly flee those rockworms, they eventually head out into one great hall.

I was talking about a little horror taste where there were bunnies and tons of small rock worms, and at the center of them were monsters shaped like bundles of rock worms.

Evelia, the mayor, squeezes out his words with a bitter face.

"If such a creature lives within this Noban mine... it is important that it may also be involved in the survival of the city itself called Noban. It's not like I'm supposed to ask a runaway adventurer like you... can you take it on somehow? Naturally, I will pay you what you deserve."

The fact that we are currently being asked by Evelia is very little different from yesterday's quest.

They want us to investigate the tunnel, find the lockworm, and get rid of it.

For once, it is included in the request to communicate any information when it is obtained, but as for this one, it remains essentially the same.

But what's different from yesterday's stage is that the level of danger assumed is very different.

It's a rock worm that afflicts a whole bunch of adventurer parties, but in some cases, you might encounter a hell of a number of them.

Besides, there is a chance that the Rockworm herd will have a parent, whose combat power is unknown--

That's no longer, normally, a D-rank quest or anything like that, but at least a B-rank rating would be an appropriate quest content.

Originally, it's not the kind of quest an E-rank adventurer like us would take.

But on the other hand, the threat of that rock worm is no stranger when it strikes this city of Noban.

Things can be contentious for a moment.

In contrast, once again placing an order with an Adventurer Alliance in a neighboring city as a quest above B-rank doesn't even know when the Adventurer Party will arrive to underwrite it-

Given these circumstances, I could almost understand Evelia's desire to request us to explore and investigate just now and at least reinforce the information alone.

Based on them, I ask Evelia once again.

"I ran into two B-rank adventurers in front of the gate on the table, and they didn't?

"Of course I asked for it. But given the number of pits in this Noban, I don't think they're the only ones who can handle it."

This thought of her also seemed appropriate judgment.

Certainly because of the need for rapid information gathering, it would be better to have more time to explore.

If so, I don't know if we'll take the rest.

"Satsuki, Mi, Cyril. - What do we do? Do you want to take on this extraordinary quest?

"What do you think of William?

When I asked my buddies, Mi asked me the other way around.

I'll think about it for a second, then I'll answer.

"In my view, I don't think there's a problem. The point is the same as yesterday, the task of repeatedly exploring and repelling. I don't think we're going to risk losing our lives if we're careful not to go deep."

That was my honest view.

Then the companions who heard it,

"Then you can take it on. I'd love to get paid."

"Right. If William says so, I agree"

"So is Mi. William's vision is trustworthy."

And, all of them have been in favour of two replies.

I'll take it and respond to Evelia.

"Then I want you to take on that quest."

"Well, that helps. Regards."

That's what I said and bowed my head to Evelia, and I gave her a firm nod.