"Hmm? Isn't that Guildmaster and Mr. Petra?

"Really. What can I do for you?

"Didn't you come to visit?

"The Alliance Master? Going out of your way for a mock fight? I don't think we're gonna have that much time."

"Is that so too?"

As we tour mock warfare between another party, Guildmaster and Mr. Petra enter the training ground. According to Mr. Hang, the Alliance Master rarely shows his face in this simulation or in the training field.

The Alliance Master called in Grimhardt, the leader of "Grimm", and Audrey, the leader of "Fine", to start talking.

"Talk to two of the C-rank parties? Is it urgent?

"I don't feel like I'm stuffed for it."

"Right. It's not urgent."

"" Wow!?

Surprised. I didn't realize that Mr. Petra, who was supposed to be here with the Alliance Master, was coming this close. I'm surprised you don't like how we react. Petra flutters her cheeks a little, but all this won't be bad for us.

"So, like what?

"Oh, yeah, yeah. Little Fairies, please."

"Huh?"

"It's a request for nomination from the Alliance. I don't mind if you take it as a compulsory request."

Mandatory Request. That's a request for the Alliance to force adventurers to leave the job to them in case of high urgency. Adventurers who sign up for the guild basically have no right to reject it. but......

"What the hell!?

"Eh!? What does that mean? He said it wasn't something of high urgency!

Yes, Mr Petra himself denies the urgency this time. Yet it is clearly an abuse of the Alliance's authority that a compulsory request to be issued in an emergency should come to us.

If the Alliance uses adventurers of its own accord, the order of the kingdom breaks down. Adventurers are highly capable of dropping a single city.

So various conditions will be necessary for the Alliance to issue a compulsory request. By its very nature, issuing a compulsory request is easy. However, the guild that issued the compulsory request will be audited by the guild headquarters after that. Was it necessary to issue a compulsory request, was the appointee reasonable, and was the remuneration appropriate? They are to be examined.

"Including that, there is more explanation than the master. Follow me."

……

"Lily, go"

"Urania......"

"Listen. Let's start there."

I am urged to do so by Urania and reluctantly follow Mr. Petra. Already the Alliance Master seemed to be talking to both "Grimm" and "Fine" and waiting for us.

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"Let's get straight to it. This request is an investigation."

"" "Huh?

We were surprised by this, both "Grimm" and "Fine". Normally, the compulsory request is investigated by the Alliance's own investigators for high-urgency incidents, disasters, etc., and an adventurer is nominated based on its contents.

Yet this time, he asked me to start with the investigation. This obviously cannot be normal.

"Ah well, isn't it impossible to be surprised? Well, I'll explain it to you for now, so I'll wrap up the questions at the end.

First of all, this survey is two days east of Motoshi, the street at the foot of Spiritual Mountain. I think I remember "Grimm" or Lily, but that's where the flock of 18 goblins came out.

Fortunately, this has already been exterminated, but Alliance investigators' reports indicate they're likely to have escaped from something.

What I want you guys to do is investigate that 'something'. You can think of it as an investigation, including whether it exists, how threatened it is if it exists, whether it is possible to crusade, and if possible even that crusade.

Yeah, and then the ice statue of the 18 goblins was properly confirmed. So this is an extra reward. Take it, Grimm. "

"Whoa!?

Guildmaster throws a leather bag at Grimhardt for saying so. Grimhardt receives the leather bag and offers it to me silently.

"What?"

"This is what Lily should receive. We can't take it."

"Hmm...... then split the mountains. I'll tell you what, don't hesitate!

I know what Grimhardt has to say, but it's hard to accept the money with pleasure. In the first place, I was not an adventurer at the time about those goblins, and I could see that they had taken their prey unilaterally, and if Grimm hadn't gathered proof of his crusade and reported it to the Alliance, he wouldn't have received an extra reward.

So this time I decided to split it it into mountains. It's a good reward and enough for six people.

"... ok. I'll borrow this one."

"I don't need that either..."

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? Eighteen goblins isn't C-rank, not B-rank! Crusade that!? With" Grimm "and his kid!?

"Fine" Via just pinches her mouth when she can't stand it. Other "Fine" faces seem to be the same, so "Grimm" became the way to describe my encounter.

Although "Fine" said he was half-hearted, he sometimes watched my magic in mock warfare and seemed to believe me hard. Though I didn't seem convinced.

"Are we done talking? So, what are you going to do? Do you want to take it? Do you not?

"You don't have a choice not to take it, do you?

"Practically."

"Then you have to take it, right?

"Do that."

If you kick a compulsory request, you will be stripped of your guild card after being judged unwilling to continue the adventurer. So there's essentially no option here, so we only have one option.

But, well, sometimes the investigation is the Lord this time, and everyone seems to take it easy. Mandatory requests, by their very nature, always carry the risk of losing lives, but this time they are allowed to escape if it is impossible to eliminate them by ourselves.

Furthermore, by its very nature, the reward is higher than making ordinary requests, and it also makes a contribution to the guild, which makes it a shortcut to ranking up.

Honestly, this request is delicious, except that it's compulsory. Of course, I wouldn't belittle something like 18 goblins escaping.

"All right, then I'll do the receipt process this way. I need a quick fix."

"Yes!" "Whoa!" "I get it!

With a fragmented response, we started discussing how to prepare for our departure.