That night, when I was introduced by the Alliance and decided to hire Alexia at the White Wolf store, me and Garnett took to the Spring Leaf Pavilion to get dinner.

The spring pavilion is flourishing as usual, and many non-guests are coming, like us.

"Welcome! Now there's an empty seat... Oh, was it Mr. Luke? Evening!"

Sylvia, the billboard girl, smiles at us.

The busyness of the dining room space is undoubtedly the best of the day, and Sylvia seems to be doing multiple jobs simultaneously.

We can't just chat and pull back in this situation, so we just finish our brief greetings and head to the empty table.

Along the way, I came across the girls face-to-face like every day.

"Oh, isn't that Lord Luke?"

"Is the manager having dinner too?

".................. Komban, is..."

I've been staying at the Spring Pavilion, Sakura, Erica, and Noir for a long time.

From what I've seen, apparently the three of us just finished our meal.

Me and Garnett are the residential part of the White Wolf store, and they're asleep at the Spring Young Leaf Pavilion, so I don't know in detail how I live my usual daily life.

Hey, do we often act together in this combination?

"Yes, Store Manager! It's a medicine bottle for potions, but could you order another larger size as well? That's about all I want."

While expressing the approximate size with both hands, Erica has taken up consultations about the containers to be used in the manufacture of the goods.

"Fine, but isn't that a little too much?

"A lot of uncles drink vitality restoration potions as they rehydrate. You know, the hunters, the kikori people."

"Oh, you even had an adventurer like that. You don't break your body."

"If it's enough to hold my thirst, I'm fine. It's a request from a lot of people who move their bodies and sweat."

Next to me and Erica discussing the product, Sakura and Garnett have a conversation that has nothing to do with management.

"Well, now he's stable."

"You just said one thing yet. It's not magic, it's physical strength. It's the feeling of being shredded at once."

"Huh. If it's easy to use, I would have liked to have one of my matches."

"I just want this one too, but it's going to be very tricky. Is it time to rely on Lord Luke... well, wait for the temper"

After a whole conversation like that, we go to an empty table in the dining room space, and the three of us try to get to their room.

- Shortly afterwards, I subtly stopped calling the noir.

"Noir, do you have a minute?

"... please, did...?

Let Garnett get a seat, take Sakura and Erica back to their room first, and me and Noir will move to the corner of the dining room space.

Make sure that the conversation is as inaudible as possible to other guests, then cut the conversation as low as possible.

"Have you ever heard of Julia from the Brave Party who has a friend named Alexia?

"Alexia......? Uh... yeah, there was... and I think..."

"What was that story about?

Noir was asked questions he had never expected and twisted his neck as he felt down and put his hand to his mouth.

I can't help remembering the details right away.

Rather, it's as amazing as I remembered it existed.

Anyway, if you try to be a noir, you're just an old friend of a friend, not an old friend of a colleague. Yeah, it's just someone I've never met in person.

"... as a child, an old friend... sure now... some kind of technician... sorry, that's about all..."

"Right. I'm sorry, but one more thing. What was Julia like when we were talking about that?

"What?... uh... so serene that I've never seen it... yeah, I was... serene, soft, happy, I was laughing..."

In the short time I was employed by a brave party, Julia never showed such an attitude.

That's not about the narrow range against me.

Even when I was dealing with the valiant Falcon, it wasn't the kind of atmosphere I could call calm and soft.

He said he was always distracted, or even when he laughed, it was an expression with invincible and strong pillows, and it never gave him a peek at weakness or softness.

Even Noir, who had been my companion longer than me, said the serenity when talking about Alexia was' as much as I've ever seen '.

Again, I guess for Julia, Alexia was special in a completely different way than the brave Falcon.

"Luke... how did you hear that...?

"The talent sent by the Adventurer Alliance was Alexia."

Noir rounds his eyes under his long forehead.

"And he was an adventurer at some point when he was partying with me. You're afraid of coincidences."

"... Luke... to the adventurer... because his face, it's wide. But could... Alexia, looking for Julia, be here..."

For a moment, I wondered if I should respond honestly.

But there's no point in falling for it here.

It's about that Alexia. If you find out that Noir was a member of the Brave Party, you'll be happy to listen to Julia, and you'll be revealing the circumstances from yourself.

That would be bad for Noir, but you'd better hit the lead and explain the situation now and get your mind ready.

"Actually..."

Briefly communicate daytime events to Noir.

Although Noir looked a little surprised, he immediately accepted the situation and listened to me in a calm manner.

"... that's why. I know it's bad for you, but it could be a brave party entanglement for a while."

"It's okay... I don't care... from..."

Noir grabbed his hand in front of his chest and smiled somewhere mixed with sadness.

"Important, fight people... ready. Same... so... I'm sure it'll work, I think..."

"... what are you talking about? It's the same thing."

Surely an old friend would be very important.

It would be very painful to consolidate our readiness to give ourselves guidance.

But I'm supposed to feel much harder and torn apart when I'm ready to hang my blood splitting flesh parents - the twin sisters I've been with since the moment I was born.

Then Noir blinked unexpectedly, and smiled hauntingly.

"Thanks, Luke"