Tris, the northern territorial capital of the Kingdom of Stridia. I looked up at the signs shaking in the wind of a plaster-walled building that stood closer to the downtown area. The building of the Tris branch of the Adventurers Association (Guild), which is renovated from a closed inn, can hear the noise. I've been away for less than three years, but I miss this vibrant air terribly.

Ki. When you push open the candy glossy wooden door at the beginning of the season, the hints clatter. The noise in the room stopped for a moment, and a gaze shone through my eyes. Some familiar faces I haven't seen in a long time, and some unfamiliar faces have increased. Most of them quickly lost interest and returned to the chat, but some of the acquaintances casually sent their greetings. Then he answered with one hand and went to the counter, and the red-haired man in the middle stopped and looked up at the man.

"Hey, it's been a while, Alec."

The man stretches out his modest hand and approaches. While holding his hand tightly, Alec smiled again.

The S-Class Adventurer is finally an Alliance Master. Should I say congratulations on your appointment?

"My ancestors are hiding, thank you for letting me sit in an empty seat. I thought it was time to calm down, so I was just fine.... but this trip was quite relaxing anyway."

Well... I've been in custody for a long time for a rough client. "

You just got back.

"No, a month ago. I've been resting at home for a while."

I see.

Zach, who is the guild master, smiled loudly.

"If you have enough energy, why don't you ask me for one favor? I'm asking for rank A, but I'm in trouble because I don't have enough party members."

"... was there a rough one here too?"

I looked at the request form handed over and unexpectedly frowned.

"Manticore crusade in the depths of Fibrian native forests. I see, we can't get together. I came to the trouble with the difficulty."

It takes ten days just to go back and forth. If you consider the path while dealing with the beast you encounter on the road, you can't return to the half-moon. The lush, moist air of the lush forest is hardly comfortable, and we have to survive the half-month journey on an uncomfortable bed far from hard, salty portable food and sleep. Though expensive remuneration is added to on-the-go expenses, it is never a good job considering the period of detention and the difficulty of the crusade due to the request, as well as the unpleasant journey that lasts for half a month.

An Adventurers' Association (Alliance) for the World is not a charity. For adventurers, it's a technique for living and getting food. Even though the reward amount was somewhat low, it was usual to concentrate on the difficulty, the achievement rate, and the requests with a good compensation balance.

"It's been two months (with a lid). The tourist union has me too. There are some of them who say they can do it, but I'm sending them out, and they look a little anxious. I was just about to leave. If a swordsman like S-Class would take over, a slight shortfall would be no problem."

"... I don't know if I'm going back to life in the wilderness..."

Though there was a rest period of one month, I went back to work for a long time. To be honest, I just wanted to ask you to show me your face and get ready. When he exhaled for a long time without hiding his depressed face, Zach smiled as if he had a good idea.

"If you really want to do it, I'll give you one of my best friends for the party. I'm just running out of time. I'll pay his salary for the homecoming."

"An employment-type adventurer. I don't know, but it's generous. Are you strong?

"No, it's a complete backup magician. It's not a good fight at all, but just taking it with you increases your chances of success."

"... huh? Looks like you've got a lot of luck."

I felt like I had been caught talking about making money with my eyebrows and spits, and when I turned a confused gaze, Zack said confidently that he would know if I took him.

"It is thanks to him that the success and achievement rate of the Tris Branch's high-difficulty request has outstripped that of other branches in the past year. If you feel comfortable, you can't join a low-level party because you can't train, but this request meets the conditions. Take him with you, it won't hurt."

He wants to take care of this abandoned request as he pushes his lucky magician to hurt his pocket.

"... okay, let's take it. Please meet with the members."

Saying yes, Zach shook his red hair and smiled satisfactorily.

As a member of the assassination squad, he was joined by the familiar double swordsman and the therapist's woman, a bowman who only knows his face and name. All of them are high-ranking adventurers above class B, but they have a skewed look on the back. Well, this is certainly a bit unforgiving as a Manticore crusader.

And the magician woman in question. Carrying an unusual slime as a user, the woman had a cream-colored skin rarely seen in the northwestern part of the continent and a flat face with glossy black hair and dark brown eyes close to black. I wonder if it is Oriental. Not a conspicuous and beautiful face, but a gentle and modest smile was an impressive woman. I wonder if she is about 20 years old from her glossy skin and facial expression, and I am surprised to hear that she is as old as she was in her mid-thirties. Ellen, a therapist, was stuck wondering if it was a secret of youth, but she was from an ethnic group that looked young with a child's face compared to other ethnic groups.

But it doesn't matter what it looks like. All we need is that ability. The woman named herself the unfamiliar housekeeper. Offers hands-on cooking and chores other than combat during adventures. Others seemed to know the rumors, and were sparkling when they heard she was coming with them. Clemens, a double swordsman who had worked several times, said that she guaranteed her strength.

Then why don't we take a look around?

After completing the introduction and the meeting, the company was dissolved and decided to leave early the next morning.