Legend

There was cheering all over the city.

An oak settlement said to have been built just outside their city. It's the return parade of the crusaders who went to defeat it, so I guess that's natural too.

"Look, I'm sitting on the podium of that leading carriage. That's Elk, leader of the Thunder God's Axe in Rank A Party."

"I know.... I mean, hey, that!

It was an unexpected presence that came into the man's eyes, whilst nodding at the words of the man next door.

Upper body of eagle on lower body of lion. And huge wings on its back. That is, it...

"Griffon!?

Why are you bringing more vicious monsters by going on an oak crusade? Such a question passes in the back of my brain for a moment, but I try to escape almost reflexively... I can get my collar caught by a guy next door who knew Elk's name.

"Whoa, what are you doing? We have to get out of here!

"Calm down. That Griffon is a Tamed Monster, so he won't attack people."

"Huh? Tame the griffon? What's the joke!?

"He said it wasn't a joke. Think about it. If that Griffon is a normal monster, why are you walking next to the carriage with him?"

……

If you do think about it, you can understand that what a man is saying is best. But the presence of Griffon was too great to be done with it.

"You, you know something?

"Oh. Haven't you heard a while ago about a hawk claw in front of the guild being beaten down by a rookie just registered by Rank D Party?

"With that said, I remember hearing such a story..."

"Actually, I was there. So, that tangled rookie was the one who was taming Griffon. That's the Griffon."

"... is that true?

"Oh, and that Griffon walks all over the city quite often. Take a good look around. There's hardly anyone out there trying to escape, is there?

The man tells me to look around, but certainly most residents are not trying to escape. On the contrary, it looks like he's doing it by explaining to those who are trying to escape from seeing Griffon. Yes, like yourself.

On the contrary, some residents watching the parade throw dried meat into the griffon.

And Griffon brilliantly catches the dried meat and other foods that have flown in with the couché, and swallows them as they are, 'Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr'.

"... what?

"Ah, oh. Even so, I can't imagine a rookie takin 'a griffon..."

"I thought so at first, too. I guess the same goes for the first time they've seen Griffon walking around the city. I'm just not listening to the fact that that Griffon did harm to anyone else. Besides, it's very popular with merchants who serve food open-air.... Well, some people say that the owner of that griffon is buying all the products in the open air without threading the gold"

"Merchants are amazing..."

If I were you, I'd run away if Griffon came, even as a guest. That's what I think... I realize.

"Hey, wait a minute. That Griffon owner just signed up for the guild, didn't he? Is that what you joined the Orc Crusaders for?

"If you say so... well, there's a griffon, so it doesn't matter about the orc?

"Uh, I see.... Nice. I don't even know Griffon, but if a strong monster can take a thyme, he can be an adventurer and leave the battle to the monsters to have fun and make money."

"Bye. I don't know if a monster's gonna taste like that."

With a bitter smile, I gently punch the man in the head.

"Yikes, sister, turn around!

At the same time, I heard voices like that in good time.

"Ouch, give me a little relief.... So, what's that?

Ask the man next door as he sees a woman being yellow voiced by the girls watching the parade.

"That's for sure...... you're Mileyne leading the scorching wind of Rank C Party. Sometimes a young man is quite powerful, and as you can see, he admires his sister."

"Sister, hey"

That's how the parade lasted until the Oak Crusaders reached the Alliance.

"Uh, I'm tired"

Having been made the whole city a exposer by the name of parade, Elk finally arrives in front of the guild and gets out of the carriage with a deep sigh.

That kind of fatigue engraved strongly on his face, backwards of how well he had fought the oak all night.

"Come on. Popular people are tough."

Bobbs also gets out of the carriage with a bitter smile at how Elk is doing.

"Damn, it's easy because I was in the carriage."

"I don't know what else to do, because only two of you can sit on your podium. Besides, the people in the city saw you, the leader of the Thunder God's Axe, and they finally realized they didn't have to be scared of the Orc threat."

"... I know. But you can tell me as much as you're stupid, right? This isn't my pattern in the first place."

"That's what I can't help. One way or another, the Lord of the City of Gilm, Larks Borderline, is your immediate nomination."

"Huh!

Bobbs calls out to the members of the crusader who stepped out of the other carriage, keeping the elk that turned that way unpopular.

"They all did a good job. Thanks to this, the oak threat has also left in this city, as we saw in the parade on the way here. Well, from now on, we're breaking up here today. Don't worry, I'll make sure you get it at the guild reception after tomorrow when it comes to rewards. Also, as I said in advance, the Oak Crusade Proof site usually buys three pieces of silver coins for five pieces of silver coins. Let us buy higher than usual for the superior species as well. However, be aware that the only way to buy it at that price is when you get paid for an oak crusade."

Everyone nods at the words, then each becomes a liquor store, an inn, a weapons store, a tool store and scattered all over the city.

Ray also took a step forward with Seto to put something in his belly in a nearby cafeteria or outdoor shop...

"Ray, you need to stay a little. We need to talk."

Bobbs stopped me.

"Gru?"

What's the matter with you? But I said, I'm gonna rub my head against it. I'm gonna gently stroke Seto's head, and then I'm gonna turn my gaze towards Bobbs.

"Didn't we talk about rewards after tomorrow?

"The rest of them. No, I don't mind you getting paid tomorrow either... but I need to talk to you about rank"

Show that dialogue how you think for a few seconds, but soon you stroke Seto's head again and take a few sandwiches out of the mysteries.

"Sorry, I'm just gonna run some errands, so Seto can eat this in his usual place and wait."

"Gru......"

Leaving a slightly dissatisfied ceto on the spot, Ray and Bobbs enter the guild.

Seto, who dropped off his back, rang a little and then took the sandwich to his usual place.

"Ah, Mr. Ray. Welcome home."

"Mr. Ray? Good, you're safe."

Rather than Ray and Bobbs coming into the guild...... looking at Ray, Lenora and Kenny sound happy.

"I'm sorry, but I need to talk to Ray. Be happy to see you again later."

Bobbs said that to the two of them and went up to the second floor of the guild, and Ray followed as he raised his hand gently to greet them again.

Kenny, who dropped that back off, sighed heavily just saying he had a heartfelt relief.

"Ah good. Ray, you're safe."

"Yeah, I'm sure glad about that..."

"Lenora?"

"Oak's, that would have been a pretty large group crusade, too, wouldn't it? I'm sure they'll let you know later about the details, but I'm sure some of them didn't make it back."

"... you can't help but say that. You must have signed up for the Alliance knowing that there was a danger to adventurers."

"Well, that's true... I figured it would be a bit less facial to know"

Lenora sighs small.

Adventurers are the ones with a lot of work that presupposes combat, like monster crusades, labyrinth exploration, and merchant escorts in the first place. Some of them request to collect, etc., but if they can be collected easily, they will collect them themselves without issuing a request. Naturally, the Alliance's main thing is that my client is in danger and can't pick it up.

Sometimes, more than the job of an adventurer presupposes such a danger, there are naturally dead people like this one. I understand that, but I still can't completely break it off with Lenora.

"Look, most people are back anyway, right? Then rejoice a little. That's why Lenore is physically indigent."

Poor Minister, Lenora was picky about the word, but opens her mouth under the guise of calm.

"I'm not a poor minister. Normal, normal. Average. I think it's better than having a body that's as appealing to men as someone else."

"... oh, who is that about?

"Well, I'm not referring to a specific individual, but do you have any idea?

"No, hey, at all. This is why a woman with small breasts says that her vessels are also small. Uh, uh, Ray, you're pathetic that a woman like this is half in charge, too. If I were you, I'd teach you a lot of other things."

"Kenny, it's you. Eh!

This is how the two people start to twitch each other, as usual. But the sad atmosphere that had covered Lenora until earlier had already vanished and returned to the usual Lenora.

"Have a seat."

Same room as when I heard about the Oak Crusaders. So now Ray is facing Bobbs.

Only when we first entered the room was the Oak Crusaders, the conference room with only two people in Ray was terribly large and felt like a killing landscape.

Putting your hips down to the recommended chair and facing each other for decades. Break that silence and Bobbs opens his mouth.

"I also have a lot of post-processing to do after this.... even when it comes to dark stars at night. So let me just get this straight, but your rank will go up to E-rank tomorrow."

"E? I thought it was an" F "even when it came up."

"Hmm. Given your accomplishments, the E-rank isn't enough. Supply transport, escort on the road by Seto, solo guerrilla during night raid execution. And most importantly, the destruction of the Oak King. There won't be just one rank up when it comes to this much merit. Regardless of C or D, you're G-ranked, especially. And..."

Bobbs at the end. Ray smiles in his heart when he sees how it goes.

(Stop talking about the dark stars at night and pay compensation…)

In a situation that could be described as a crisis in the city of Gilm, he strikes an ally party for his own desires. Given how badly that leads to bad hearsay and a loss of trust in the Adventurer Alliance, Bobbs' behavior isn't weird either.

"Well, it seems normal to apply to the guild after a certain number of assignments, so jumping over it and getting a higher rank can be a lot less hassle over here, and I have no particular complaints"

"Oh, I'm glad you said that, too. And remember, you're going to have to take the test to get to Rank D."

"... what?

Ray unwittingly listens back to Bobbs' words. Bobbs repeats himself again, as if he had anticipated that attitude.

"So soon you're going to have a rank-up exam," he says.

"Well, as a guild, you behaved big. You're going to rank me up three levels at a time."

"Well, that's why. I mean, given your strengths and the seto you're takin ', I think it's going to be okay if it's about B-rank... but this time convince me that it's Rank D"

"As far as I'm concerned, it's a wish or a fulfillment... okay?

"That's okay. In the first place, it's weird that someone who can defeat Rank B Monster Oak King by himself is G-ranked."

"... ok. So when's the rank-up exam gonna be?

"Come on, you can't even tell me that. It's the top management and the people in charge, not me."

That said, Bobbs thought the exam would be fielded on a day not so far away. Anyone in the guild knows that adventurers are always understaffed, and more importantly...

Bobbs focuses his consciousness on the letters in his pocket. It's a letter the Oak Crusaders received from an apostle from Gilm on their return. There are words to praise the oak crusade and the parade that took place earlier. And as soon as I got to the guild, it was written to tell Ray about the Rank E promotion and rank-up exams.

(This move is too early because I returned a few people with more information first. Indeed, Ray's strength would be comparable to Rank B... and Rank A if he did poorly. But still, this move...)

Bobbs himself, when he returned to the city of Gilm, was going to propose to the upper management a ranking up to Rank E and a ranking up exam to Rank D. But I decided that was only because Bobbs did this assignment with Ray, and I never thought that the upper management would move so quickly just to hear the report. I mean...

(Are you saying the upper management, including the Alliance Master, is also interested in Ray?... No, if you do poorly, the lord too?

It's a concern that I can say is impossible if it is, but I can follow the Griffon of the Rank A Monster in any way. Given that, I couldn't say enough.

"Well, anyway, I got the story. Soon I'll take the test to be Rank D, okay?

"Oh, you're gonna do that"

Ray nods at Bobbs' words and takes his seat as he does.

It was Bobbs who dropped that off and was somewhat excited to see what kind of commotion Ray was going to cause in the city of Gilm.