Soon after returning to Merck's hostel, Senior Adventurer Lyla welcomed me.
After that, Merck came out with the same moody expression, and we finally realized that we were back in the Hendir kingdom.
"I'm going..."
Three days have passed since I returned to the kingdom of Hendir.
In front of the inn's entrance, Reefa's face, which is about to die, is shrinking her little back even further.
It's like a student who has to go to school on summer vacation...
"Don't you like it enough to look like that?"
"Yeah."
You don't have to nod so confidently...
However, do you know that learning in the castle is important to Rifa, and it seems that reluctance is the only way to get there properly.
"Knowledge is a force for those who are allowed to think. It is no other way to make use of it. Encouraging, Rifa."
"Because."
Reefa nodded at Shif's encouragement.
As a schedule, is it about half a month to a month?
It's a long story, but we have to help Rifa not to break his heart in everyday life.
"I'll try my best for now."
"Yeah, keep it up."
"Well, I usually come home this afternoon."
She waved towards the castle.
When I was dropping her off, Lyla, a blue-haired girl, came in from behind.
"Where did Rifa go?"
Ah, just now.
"That's right.... Kate, what about you?"
"I'm going to the guild now."
Jessica gave me permission, so let's get a quick request from the Alliance.
"Ah, well, I'll go too, so wait!"
While laughing bitterly at Lyla as she went upstairs in a hurry, I checked the luggage I had just prepared.
I don't take my usual combat knife and now I only have a lime water bottle and a bag containing money and medicinal herbs from this world.
Well, I'm not going to fight, so I wonder if this is okay.
"Mm-hmm. Let's do it slowly for the time being!"
"Cu!"
I nodded to Sif and Lime, who agreed with me. [M]
Long time no see.
I'm looking forward to it.
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Adventurer Alliance heading with Lyla after the baggage is ready.
She didn't seem so surprised when I told her to avoid a fight request. [M]
Hmm, I know how much you want to make a big request for an expedition home! And, Kate, I know even more about that noise when you return to the Kingdom of Filgen! I know!!
——— And since you understood me so much, I didn't need any trouble explaining to you the excuses I was thinking about.
... the veterans are different after all!!
With that in mind, after I broke up with Lyla in the Alliance, I went to the reception looking at the faces of the familiar Alliance.
Mai-san, it's been a long time.
"... ah! It's been a long time, Mr. Kite! Sif and Lime are looking good."
Um, your plump servant is as bright as ever.
"Cu"
Mai, the Guild employee I met for the first time.
She seemed to be at the reception today, and the look on my face brightened my face. [M]
"I heard you were on an expedition to the Kingdom of Philgen, but you were fine!? I heard you were in the march of a giant beast!"
"Hahaha, I helped you defeat it, but it wasn't dangerous. Lifa's not here right now, but she's fine."
I see. I'm so glad. "
Let's move on to the client story, explaining it as if it wasn't a problem.
In my case, if I get caught up in too much prying, I'm going to get worn out.
"Besides, is it okay to accept the request now?"
"Of course I'm fine. Is it a combat system as usual?"
"No, for a while, I'm thinking of accepting a request that isn't related to a crusade or extermination...."
"Ah, after you get caught up in a big fight. Um, okay. I'll look for it."
Mai scrolls around with a bundle of requests.
He will carefully present me one by one, whispering, "This is good" and "This is good".
Er, is there anything you can start now?
Well, here it is.
Show me one of them.
We need sudden help! Please ask someone who is proud of his power! .
Looks like an architectural job. I asked for a favor this morning and I saw that it was pretty stuck that I wanted you to come right away.
"I accept this request."
"Yes, good luck with that."
Having completed the procedure quickly, I bowed back to Mai, who waved at me, and went to where my client was.
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The contents of the request were architectural work as expected.
My client seems to be a carpenter who does architecture by his hand without using magic, but today one of his men is unable to come due to a sudden illness, so he decided to make a request.
"When....."
"Don't push yourself, Kate."
Transport the large amount of wood loaded on the carriage to the location of the building to be built.
The first instruction was quite simple, but even today, I feel the work is painful.
Anyway, the sky is a blue sky without clouds.
The sun that shines on me always pours on me, and it's chaotic, hot and painful.
"Hakuro, I'm sorry. May I ask for the wind?"
Wow!
Hakuro, a translucent wolf that appears from my body, makes the wind.
All right, the heat of the sunshine hasn't changed, but this is a little better.
When I wipe my forehead with the wood on my shoulder down where I was instructed, I get an unexpected slap on my back.
"Wow."
"Ha ha ha, hey, thank God. Brother! My young man did it to my waist!"
It is my client, Kitan, who taps his back so energetically.
I'm a carpenter, 62 years old, but I can't imagine how healthy he is from his age.
"Hahaha, I've also received a request, so I'll do my best until the end."
"Oh, I trust the guild adventurer here!"
Rick told me on the test to become an adventurer that the guild is built on trust.
Just as the leading adventurers have responded to the trust of the people of this country, so must I.
Hmm? It's a little heavy.
Hold one loaded in a carriage to carry the next timber.
However, since the wood was about the same size as the previous one, it weighs quite a bit.
"Don't use physical strengthening."
"I know. Yo, whoa!"
In the meantime, grab the wood and pull it up to the side to get it off the carriage.
When I put my strength in my hand, I pulled it unexpectedly from my right hand to baca! Something broke.
At that moment, you lose your balance and posture behind you.
"--- Huh?"
The sound of wood falling on the ground.
I didn't fall down as fast as I could, but what was the sound I heard at hand...?
Looking at it at hand, I found fragments of broken wood in my hand and partially scraped wood at my feet. [M]
"This is...."
Did I break it with my bare hands?
It's true that I put a lot of effort into it, but no matter how soft a tree is, I can't handle it with my bare hands...
"Oops, what's up!?"
Listening to the sound of wood falling, Kitan comes.
He looked alternately at my hand and the wood and sighed. [M]
"Looks like it was corroded. What do you mean, they're sending in rotten timber?... whoa, are you hurt?"
"Eh, yeah...."
"I'm sorry. I'll make sure the other lumber isn't rotting, so you can rest a little. You look pale, and you'd better get some moisture while you can."
"Ha, yes, thank you...."
Leave the scene staring at your palm.
Until now, I had no idea how powerful I was.
But what just happened...
"... Schiff"
"No, my pussy didn't use physical fortification."
Really?
I took the wood with my bare hands without using physical reinforcement.
The wood might have really rotted, but if it had been done with the power of the elemental elements, it would not have been possible to think of it when we were in the original world.
Sif looks up at me with great concern, but I am confused by the changes that have happened to me.
I used a lot of strength without physical strengthening -
"Finally, I'm debating my muscles, too."
"No, wait, that's not what I was worried about."
--Because after all the training, my grip exploded.
I've always dreamed of crushing apples with one hand or something in my heart, but now I feel like I can do it.
"But more than that, I'm asking you! I have to explain to Kitan that maybe it's not because of corrosion."
"Oh, wow. Sometimes, I'm surprised at the unpredictable positivity of your body....."
Don't crush it by mistake next time.
With that in mind, I went to the carriage again to get back to the lumber job.