- Abel point of view

My name is Abel. He is a runaway adventurer who will be seventeen this year. Six months after flying out of the village in search of second-hand gear with the money I saved for the trick to become an adventurer I've always admired. Lately, I'm finally getting to eat just for the work of adventurers.

When I first signed up for the guild, I didn't have a lot of work to do, and I finally earned my day money for all the things that had nothing to do with the adventure, like delivering letters, luggage, helping move, dobbing, helping with cleaning, searching for escaped pets.

Running adventurers are all going to make it through a downward age like me, but it seems like a lot of people are going to quit so far. He's disgusted by the gap between the portrait of an adventurer he had in mind in himself and the reality of just repeating a job that can't even be called work. I know how you feel. Even I used to move my body every day wondering why I had to do this kind of work. But by continuing to do so, even a small amount of money will be saved, and the funds for the activities will be increased, so that we can receive a slightly more difficult request.

The first request I received for anything other than chores was the collection of herbs necessary to make potions. A potion is a healing drug that you don't have to say, and it's a convenient medicine that has a variety of benefits depending on your rank. Primary is the treatment of small injuries and a little physical recovery. Intermediate has the therapeutic ability to block deep wounds for now and recovers about half of his health. And advanced is the suture and full recovery of the severed area for now. That's roughly all they sell in the store. And from now on, the finest potions that ordinary people will never see. It's a miracle potion called elixir. The effect is tremendous, and it seems that the recovery of the missing parts lost in the past will, of course, have the effect of restoring full health to the treatment of the illness, not to mention the full restoration of magic. It seems that only the rich or the great nobleman can have the medicine, so there is no opportunity for the average person to see you. If I did, I'd be about an alchemist with enough arms to make my own medicine.

And what we have in common with those medicines is that they require a large amount of herbs. Beginning with elementary school, the number of herbs consumed increases each time the rank increases, so requests for herb collection are pasted throughout the year. With the exception of guilds that can make their own potions, other organizations and shops don't seem to want to do a time-consuming job of collecting herbs, so is it basic to throw collecting jobs round the guild? I have to be thankful because it allows me to eat a rush like mine.

The medicinal herbs needed for potions grow in the unpopular meadows and mountains in most cases, so once I get to work, I always tend to stay. Then naturally I have to buy food, water, blankets, firestones and other consumables, so my expenses are high. Once I accomplish my request, I get paid enough yuan, but it's hard to save the money I need to leave.

It took me two months to get ready and request my first herb collection. I was nervous about what I would do if I was raided by demons and bandits along the way, but the request was accomplished lightly. Walking two days back and forth, returning to the guild, I offer medicinal herbs at reception. Then one girl with an angelic smile worked for me.

Guild receptionist - Lapis, who is also my admirer and secretly my thoughts. Of course the country I lived in was a pretty girl like I've never seen in this city, and since I first met her, I've liked her.

Glowing blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes like gems. A comfortable voice to hear like a bell sound. Courtesy of being liked by everyone with a bright personality and having an equal attitude with no separation of veterans and newcomers. I can't tell you not to like me with this.

But I'm not the only one who likes her. There are numerous adventurers of the same age and age who would like to have a little conversation with her, and other than adventurers - some merchants in and out, for example - who are after her. But the majority of them are just like me and I haven't even invited them on one of my dates. Because, naturally, the strength of the guard was enough to be said to be an iron wall, caused by her overwhelming strength.

When I met her, I was jumping out of the blue to help her get tangled up in a chimp. Bad gala veteran adventurers can't stop saying that a young man who just came out of the country and has no combat experience stopped him. But I couldn't really pretend not to see it. On the contrary, when my face was turning bright red with shame at my pity, an unexpected person appeared to help me. That's our Lapis who was involved. She twisted up her chimpy arm with her forged muscles, and when she received the other released fist, she threw it with one hand as it was. When I saw the sight of humans being blown away for meters, I couldn't tell what had happened. 'Cause you do, don't you? I can't believe humans blow up because they only get about the same chance in the country when a giant pig hits them.

Even though that's all I'm surprised about, there's been a more surprising incident. Flood of demons - she has almost cleaned up that scourge by herself, which the army would have been able to deploy and finally repel with many sacrifices. An arm of a sword that is no match even for demons, to the immense magic that buries many demons away in one blow, to the knowledge of using magic lost a long time ago. She showed her strength to many, as if it were the legendary brave man.

A lot of people butted in with it, but a lot of people liked her more and more like me. The mercy that heals people around is like a Virgin, and I admire the height of not allowing evil more than fear. I wouldn't put it in my mouth, but many people were attracted to her like that.

But there aren't so many opportunities for a common adventurer like me to talk to her. Only a small amount of time to accept requests and report accomplishments is your only chance to talk to her. Still, there's no guarantee I can always talk to her. If she's unlucky, she'll be turned to another reception, and it's when she's away from the guild at the training center job.

Yeah, well, she started doing it with her training center job hanging. Training institutes - a welcome facility for anyone who wants to be strong, regardless of country or race. Each course at a cheap rate was designed to improve the strength of the participants throughout the continent. There is information that similar facilities were created not only in the Kingdom of Bordeaux but also in other countries during the same period. One of the most famous of these is the training center in Sioux Four, where I live.

According to students who crossed several training centers, the size of the facility and the tools used are no worse than others. However, graduates trained at this training center were able to develop their strengths differently than others. Of course, Lapis is the reason. Everyone knows that she has strength that doesn't suit the look of a princess, but she also had talent as a teacher.

I took the sword course once, but in a nutshell, that's hell. Training that feels more life-threatening than fighting demons. The strictness with which the voluntary exercises we have done seem to be only a play. Even if you use all your strength and energy to the limit and fall, you are magically forced to wake up. A situation where your body is moving on its own to survive, even though you can hardly think of anything anymore. I'm tired of just taking a lecture a day and not being able to move for a few days. I almost fell off on the way many times, and some students actually tried to escape, but they caught me lightly and trained me even more radically.

Probably because of that. I've been amazingly strong myself since I took her lecture. We used to struggle against goblin opponents one-on-one, but now we can fight each other with two or three orcs. It was all thanks to her that she quickly rose to the Iron Rank.

"Oh, isn't it Abel? What kind of request do you get today?

"I'm asking for a crusade today. I heard the oak came out in the mountains about a week from here."

"You're working hard. Then let's get this over with."

I handed the request to Camille, who became familiar with me at the reception, and I looked behind the counter in a subtle way.

"Is that Lapis? She's off today."

"Huh!? No, it's nothing like that!

"Really? Because I felt like I was looking for someone."

Mr. Camille smiles with Niyaniya. The embarrassment makes my face red.... You're totally finding out about this. But I can't help it. Because if there's such an attractive girl, it's natural to like people of all kinds.

"It's my fault... Besides, I'm not gonna make it with her."

"Well, I guess at this stage. But I don't know what's going to happen depending on your future efforts."

"... I hope so"

I had no choice but to return a weak grin to Mr. Camille, who comforted me. But... and I think in my head. In fact, is there a man standing beside her? She's such a beautiful, smart, incredibly strong daughter. I don't think a normal man can turn around no matter how hard he tries. Then what if it's noble? No, no, she's not a man of power. It's only a rumor, but I also have a story the other day about half-killing a Levre Empire brave man who worked rampantly on his friends. What a brave man, even though he shouldn't be pissed off more than those nobles there.

"Why don't you just be brave? That would give Lapis a little thought."

You made a hell of a point. A brave man... no matter how much, he's impotent! No matter how hard an ordinary man like me tries, he can't be a brave man. Mr. Camille grinned and stroked my head in a hurry.

"I'm sorry. You made a little too much fun of me. I overstated being a brave man, but I wanted to say that I should try my best with as high a goal as that. Just go for the Gold Rank."

Gold Rank - Few Amazing Arms in One Alliance? It is a rank that all adventurers admire, especially those who have made great achievements, among the silver ranks that are said to be amazing. It's a distant goal for me in the Iron Rank... Right. You can't give up on impossible from the start, and if you're just going for it, it's not going to annoy anyone, and I'll try!

"Okay, Mr. Camille. I don't know if I can, but I'll try my best for the Gold Rank!

"That's the intention! Boys have to be! Come on, Abel!

Gold rank would also take the request of a dragon crusade and leave with everyone's expectations all to themselves. But I'm an oak crusader now. I left my guild behind, aiming for an adventurer who could turn to Lapis one day.

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- Integra Perspective

My name is Integra. It has been thirty years this year since I began serving His Majesty King Ludwin, King of the Kingdom of Bordeaux. It is now also a nostalgic memory that His Majesty Ludwin traveled east to take the throne. In the days of the previous king, my kingdom of Bordeaux, which drew a gentle descent line of what is a great power, rebounded momentum after His Majesty's reign. When we tightly control injustice and crime and keep our eyes open throughout the kingdom, we have been actively improving the living environment of folk grass to bottom up our national power while skillfully using candy and whips. Thanks to this, tax revenues and food harvests have increased with each passing year, and we have now been able to grow into a major country that pulls out the first minute of its life from neighbouring countries.

In the heart of such a great power - in the corner of the royal castle - I was alone with His Majesty in giving an overview of the incident that took place this time. His Majesty Ludwin is halfway through the fifties, characterised by a rich beard, a deep carved face and a forged body. When I was younger, I was out of the castle and I was all sorts of unscrupulous, but now I'm settling in boulders. I, too, was made to struggle during His Majesty's accompaniment.

"... that the brave men of the Rebble Empire were beaten to death by the receptionist of that guild?

"Yes, it's hard to believe, but it seems true"

After hearing the same story over and over again, His Majesty shook his head and held his head down. I know because we've been dating a long time. His Majesty is now striving to swallow this fact somehow. Come.

"According to the material, the man has overtaken the army of demons led by Rich and has raised the skill of the students in a few steps in a short period of time.... Who the hell are you?

"We have allowed us to gather as much information as possible about those who lapis, but we have almost none of the previous information that appeared in Suphore. An adventurer by the name of Karin and Ciel said he met by chance in the mountains on the edge of the continent, but he doesn't know why he lived there or why he was alone, as if"

"Besides, an extinct beautiful girl like you can't even see in the aristocracy...? One can only assume that such a person was intentionally hiding or had some kind of plan, such as being completely anonymous."

With that said, His Majesty roars with his arms around him. If you read only the material, you might have thought it was a fabrication someone had been joking about, but there is no question because some of the intelligence agents who had left them alone were witnessing the same scene.

"Aren't you like a spy from another country?

"I thought it was unlikely. She is too prominent in a series of cases. If there is, to a certain extent, keep the attention and popularity of the people and plan something… for example, a revolt in the region."

"That's inconsistent with raising the learner's arm. When you try to take action, you will be nurturing people who will be enemies."

As far as her work is concerned, there is no one who has been harmed, even if there are those who have been saved.... except if, like the brave men of the Rebble Empire, they maliciously put their hands on her and the people around them. I work tricks every day to save people, make them build strength to fight demons, and without waving enormous power. The deed looks so nobler than a self-proclaimed brave man who shouts his demon king's crusade out loud.

"This is... we need to meet in person once and talk"

"Your Majesty!?

His Majesty controls me with his hands only knowing that I panicked at the words of the potpourri.

"Of course I know a hundred dangerous things. But don't let those who possess that much power go. What kind of man is the Lapiste? You'll need to see with your own eyes if you have any plans or if you're just a good man with unusual powers."

If the material is as reported, she must have the power to easily annihilate even the Knights' elite. At this stage, not knowing who it is, I could say that it is a very dangerous bet that His Majesty himself will meet in person. But...

"I understand. Then I'll arrange a subpoena for Suphore's guild immediately."

"Mm-hmm. I asked for it."

Thank you and follow His Majesty. If His Majesty has made a decision, it is up to me, as your minister, to do so. I don't think it's in vain, but I just need to gather all the means I can to counter her powers and ensure Her Majesty's safety.

"I hope nothing happens..."

With a little anxiety, I rush to my own office. Suphore's Adventurer Guild, to summon her, its receptionist.