Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi

The next day.

Marwin's intel was collected a little last night.

So far, I'm grabbing where he lives.

Later, when are we going?

That's on hold, for one thing. I have another errand to do today.

Today is the day for the results of the Adventurer Screening.

At the same time, it was the day that the old man told me to show my face.

For one thing, today, I decided to go to the guild with the blacksmith.

The blacksmith was the first one on his way.

I'm looking forward to seeing how much stuff you've got.

I can use enough of the sword I'm using right now, but I've never moved on to keeping something superior.

When you go outside, it's the same crowd.

But it's more vibrant all over the city than yesterday.

"Hey, Io. Is it any more noisy today?"

"Oh. Something must have happened"

The cause of the noise was immediately apparent.

"Extra, extra!" cried the newspaper all over the city.

The contents of this came to my ear at the temptation of those who walked in the city.

"Hey, is this article serious? The kingdom has successfully crusaded the Nara Labyrinth..."

"Oh. Not long ago, the kingdom officially announced it. The wreckage of the earthly demon has been unveiled in majesty in the king's capital."

"Rock Cave Dragon, right? They're usually a few times bigger than individuals."

I see.

Finally, the kingdom unveiled the crusade of the labyrinth.

I thought it was time to come.

"The most powerful magician in the kingdom, Luisas Gilburne!"

"The legend of life with the hero Amatsu hunting down the Demon King's army, right? I haven't heard your name in a long time, but you're saying your arm wasn't fading."

"Damn, you can do a labyrinth crusade flow in every country. It's almost time for an adventurer's labyrinth crusade in the Union, isn't it?"

"We want to follow the kingdom."

"The Great Demon"?

So much so that the kingdom is important to Luisas.

I can't believe I've offended all those faults and been awarded credit instead of punishment.

I guess the right arm defect also means an injury to honor.

"Is it all that guy's handle? That's a little uncomfortable. For the last time, to the habit of just being lightly ravaged."

Certainly not funny.

But all I'm waiting for is regret, despair and death for that man.

Now, at best, I hope it's in false honor.

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Then a dozen minutes later.

We arrived at the blacksmith.

"Welcome!"

When I went inside, Nymel rang, just like before.

"Ah! Customers who helped me!"

When I looked at my face, I smiled and ran over.

Like patting a cat's ear, it's closer to a dog than a cat.

"Thank you so much for yesterday. When I was surrounded, I thought I was dead."

"When it comes to cat race (warcat) it would be famous for its fast escape. Ignore those people and get out of here."

"Ah, a strange customer"

"My head is not weird!"

As Elfi complained about Nymel, another came out of the back.

"Oh, you're my sister's benefactor."

It's not that old man, it's Misha the adventurer.

"Does Mr. Misha work in this shop too?"

"I guess it's Nymel who works, and Atashi is enough to help occasionally. Atashi is mostly an adventurer. I'm in the store today because I didn't happen to have a job in it."

"I see...... Have adventurers been doing this for a long time?"

What Misha does is sophisticated.

It has the suppleness characteristic of the cat race (Warcat) and will show agile movement if it becomes a battle.

"You just started the adventurer a few years ago. Well, I've had quite a few fights before I became an adventurer."

"You impudent bastard!" Misha said with her eyes narrowed as she looked at Nymel, who was in trouble because he was tangled up in Elfi.

"Before I came to this city, I lived in a cat race (Warcat) settlement. I was near the Empire, but I was caught in a battle between humans and the Demon King's Army. The demons attacked the village. So I couldn't help but learn to fight to protect everyone."

"... as always, you don't see the Demon King's Army"

They're ruthless people, except for their own kind.

Even though Orteguia has not been resurrected, the Demon King's Army is moving around.

There is no full-scale war, but battles like skirmishes are said to be frequent.

Misha's settlement must have gotten caught up in it, too.

"... in the end, I couldn't live there anymore and I just had to escape. Atashi arrived in the Union wandering to see if there was a place where Nymel and I could live."

"So, are you playing adventurer?"

"Hey, I had no idea what to do with Atashi at the time because I didn't know right or left. My grandfather at this store picked up my guys and told me all kinds of things. He gave me a place to live."

"That's... you're a kind person"

"Oh, I appreciate it"

Isn't the old man trying to do something with these cat races (warcats)?

For a moment, such an idea passed my head, sighed and forgot.

When I was interacting with Misha, the back door opened and an old man came out about it.

In his hand, he holds a sword.

The body of the earthly demon general and the sword made by the demon stone that encloses a high concentration of magic.

There was intense magic from his wet glow.

"I tapped into the limits I could make. Take it."

When you take the sword in your hand, it conveys a firm weight.

But it's not too heavy, it's not too light, it's the best salt plum weight I can handle.

The moment I grabbed the sword and let the magic flow, my body became lighter.

"I think I get it, but that's a magic grant (magic item) - the Devil's Sword. Just gripping it works"

In addition to sharp cleavage, high magic conductivity.

In addition, the power of this sword is exerted when the sword is grasped "with its feet on the ground".

"Strengthens the body to" Magic Defense. "And sucks up power from the earth, healing magic, little by little."

Wouldn't that be a good sword?

Say as Elfi, who was coming next door at some point, was interested.

Sure, it's a better sword than I ever imagined.

If you buy it in a regular shop, it's not strange that it's enough to build one of the mansions.

"Awesome..."

"That's as much as I want a pair of balls."

Nymel and Misha also have the look of surprise when they see my sword.

"How much will you pay for a blacksmith?"

That's all I got.

It's no surprise they took a considerable amount of money.

As far as money is concerned, I have stolen a considerable amount from the kingdom, so there will be nothing I cannot pay.

But the old man reached for the porch and took control of me.

"I don't want it. I don't feel like putting an amount on that sword. I'll just give it to you."

"... it's on a boulder"

"Besides, I heard the idiot inside was taken care of. This is a thank you. Take it."

An old man gives a nymmel with his jaw, like that.

Nymel bows his head to Pecori and this way.

"They say it's a thank you. You should have it."

"... oh"

"There's nothing cheaper than that. All right, I'm gonna go buy some sweets for the money I was supposed to pay."

"That's not going"

I bow my head to the old man and give him a sword on my waist belt.

The weight is pleasant.

"It is a sword that encloses the power of the earth. You can call it a jade knife."

Jade knife.

It is more than a broken treasure sword in the battle against the earthly demons.

I don't want this on the boulder to be a "Blake Magic" bullet.

"Speaking of which, you were both under scrutiny, weren't you? If you're going to the guild, will you stay with Atashi? I need to talk to you for a second."

"It's okay."

I got a good weapon.

Adventurer registration next.

Once you've registered, you can finally step into the labyrinth.

Before that, I'd like to do something else for you.

"... hey"

It's time to thank you and get out of the store.

Trying to follow Elfi and Misha, who left first, the old man called me off.

"The demonic crystals you brought were packed with a significant amount of magic. That's not a lined cave dragon."

"Yeah, well."

"It was announced today, the labyrinth crusade of the kingdom. The defeated earthly demon general... was a rock cave dragon."

"- Is that it?"

The old man's sharp gaze turns on me.

I don't want to do anything harmful before they build me a weapon.

If you want to get in the way...

"No, it's nothing"

But the old man shook his head and pursued no further.

"More than that, thank you again. I don't know what that is, like a grandson."

"... you just came to the Union, you took them away, didn't you? How so?"

It's none of my business.

But I wondered why this old man did that.

"... about thirty years ago. At the time, the battle between man and the Demon King's Army was the worst period. The Demon King's army has attacked this Union as well. That's when I was saved by someone."

"Someone...?"

With a nostalgic look, the old man speaks.

"Oh. I'm a" hero "now. They say what. He stood up for me as a stranger.... That's when I heard that. I don't know how you helped me."

"… what did the person say?"

"I helped because I wanted to. That's what he said."

So, the old man said.

"I saw two people in trouble and I helped them because I wanted to. That's all."

――――

"... well, actually, the clerk kept stopping, so I just wanted a replacement worker."

The old man told me to tear it up and turned his back on me.

"Can you tell me your name?"

"It's Zoltz."

That's all I said, the old man walked into the back room.

I'll open the door and leave the store, too.

It was an unfamiliar name.

But I remember saying that someday.

"What... I helped because I wanted to,"

... crap.

But for some reason, I was told to say it.