Lead the other world.

"Tomorrow we all want to show our faces to the Knights, okay?

The last time Takumi drank the warm soup, she cut out that story for both of us.

"Ah, speaking of which, you were invited. I've been getting requests in a row lately, and it could be a good inspiration!

"Am I okay too??

Currently the Takumi Tatsuya three were having dinner at the tavern on their way home from accomplishing Giant Goblin's crusade request.

Takumi was a giant goblin. Until a while ago, he had a struggle, but now he also has walnuts and irises, so it was easy to take him down for the price.

And these days, Takumi had grown a little bit stronger by working with walnuts and being able to defeat even monsters stronger than Giant Goblins.

By the way, Takumi and Iris now rank B-rank. They increased their ranks at an unusual rate with their potential and effort.

Also, it's been a month since these three of us started taking requests, but we didn't get any information on Takumi's father at all in the city liquor store.

So Takumi invited the Knights to visit the Knights early tomorrow in an attempt to ask them about it as well.

And the two were already disbanded today because they apparently agreed, and Takumi headed to the monster's material store by herself on her way home from breaking up with the two of them at the tavern.

- Whoa, whoa.

(Sure don't get any tension when you see rare monster material after you become an adventurer...)

When Takumi, who arrived at the store with that in mind, entered the store with a nose twist, she noticed a man in some silver armor in the back talking to the clerk.

"Is that it, Mr. Morgan? I've never seen you in the city before."

"Hmm? Oh, it's you, Takumi! No, a little...... Something's wrong with the monsters around Astrea lately. I was personally investigating what kind of monster material became commonly sold. Have you noticed anything lately, Takumi?

Takumi replied with a few reminders to Morgan's inquiry.

"You do have more monsters and more crusade requests lately than the number of requests...... Is something wrong?

"I don't know. Now I'm asking other adventurers to do some research. I think I asked for the Black Meteor..."

Takumi, the first to know that Walnut had received such a request, asked as if she remembered while wondering if she could do something about it as well.

"Really...... Oh, I'd like the three of us to go on a tour with the Knights tomorrow, okay?

"Oh! If you show your men the invitation, I'll tell them to let you through, so you can come. Then it's time for me to stop being rude."

Then I wanted to talk to Morgan a little more, but he said he needed a separate matter soon after this, and Takumi dropped Morgan off as he decided he would have another chance to talk at the Knights tomorrow.

And when I saw if there was any new material in the store for a while, something was in the back of the store and decorated the case.

"What material? Is this...?

Inside the case was a single monster scaly object. Overall, it looked pale but there was some sort of black aura swirling from the center of the scale. When I asked the clerk, some adventurer discovered the ruins in the deepest part of the site when he explored them sinking into the sea.

The store clerk seems to have seen it for the first time and doesn't know the price, so it doesn't seem to be for sale. The adventurer who brought this was concerned, but the clerk didn't tell the boulder because it would also be personal information.

When I left the store after seeing all the other things, it was already a lot darker outside.

And I felt a gaze from somewhere when Takumi started walking to get back to the inn.

(Mm...?)

Takumi's perception of being seen stopping and looking around disappeared.

(What...? Well, I'm tired and let's go home...)

Covering his mouth with his hands, Takumi returned to the inn as if nothing had happened.