I hunted all over the monster, but I wanted to spare you the odd thing. Hikaru didn't bring home any of the material from the monster he defeated.

I'm not in trouble with the money. Now, spending inconspicuously was supposed to be number one —— though.

"Dear Hikaru!!"

Upon entering the city, guards told me to head to the Adventurer's Guild, and it was Paula's voice waiting for Hikaru, who came.

By the way, the sun is already setting.

The guild was supposed to be closed for hours, but there was still Jill on the counter. When I look at Hikaru, he makes his face shine, but soon Paula turns to a mushy face because she has stopped by.

"... what?

Hikaru said without hesitation, but Paula didn't mind.

"Welcome home. This is how I waited to see Hikaru."

"... No, it's just not possible to extend the closing time of the guild. What's going on?

"Guess what."

Says Pia with a smile on his face at Paula's attitude.

"Actually, I want you to testify too..."

"Testimony? About the betrayal of the adventurers?

"It's not. They accepted you right away. I mean, they also listen to what they say and judge, it's gonna be like"

"I see... then information about goblins, is that it?"

Jill interrupts there.

"As a guild, I want to keep track of the reality of goblins. You're gonna let me talk to you, right?

"Oh, oh... I don't mind that though. What the fuck is this?

Hikaru's arm was grabbed by a gut.

And Jill was trying to make his way out-- outside.

"Atashi, I'm hungry"

"Right."

"I'm hungry because Hikaru took the time to get the information that a very important goblin outbreak didn't just take me home"

…………

"I have a delicious pasta shop?

"Wait. You want me to come back?

"Hey, hey! What do you mean!? Do you want to be Hikaru you are!

I even pinched my mouth to Paula.

"Oh? I'd love to, if you would?

Tomorrow, not if Lavia is eating with Jill when it comes to being escorted - actually, eating with Jill, rather than having a conversation, was also a necessity for tomorrow's operation.

"... well, fine. I wanted to ask you something, too. Can the guild be vacated?

"Because Mr. Unken is still here. I told you before. One of the receptionists and a sub-master are traveling to Wang Capital. They're coming home. That welcome."

"Yeah."

Hikaru also had some thoughts about this, but now don't ask.

"So, what about those three?

When I leave the guild, Paula, Pier and Priscilla follow me too.

"... you can't help it. I wanted to hear about Goblin. Hikaru-kun."

"Are you gonna make me pay?

"I'll probably get it out myself."

"What do you think..."

From what I've seen, the threesome doesn't look like they have that kind of money. It seemed to Hikaru that more than 100 guillans in a pie, like Jill would go, would be quite "expensive" for them.

Jill brought in about two bottles back from the front street —— an alley that would never have come in without a purpose. There was pasta magic, a restaurant focused on pasta so that it was sandwiched while the dwellings were lined up.

(its naming sense)

When I opened the wooden door as I penetrated inside, the store was small as it appeared, and there were only two box seats besides the counter.

"Hey, Jill."

A sloppy bear-like store manager, who was hitting the cooking behind the counter, raises his hand to Jill. He was booked. He was put through to the box seat.

It was a four-person seat, so one chair was added, and the nubbled Priscilla sat there nubbled. The moment I sat down, it was Hikaru's best to avoid staring at his chest swaying loosely.

Next to Hikaru, Jill sat, and across the street, it was Paula. Pier sat in an empty seat —— Pier's, his hand holding the menu was trembling.

"Tall! Too expensive! You can't pay for this!

-Coloured pasta with braised beef and cedar spring grass--210 guillans

- Oil pasta with seafood ——160 guillans

· [New Arrival] Red Horn Rabbit Green Sauce Pasta--590 Gillans

It was an amount that even Hikaru would inadvertently whistle about.

Especially the Redhorn Rabbit amount sucks.

"Store manager, this girl is Hikaru"

To the store manager, who came all the way out to pick up the order, Jill said,

"Whoa... that's really sweet"

"That would usually be small compared to you," Hikaru solitary, looking up at a height that was likely to be close to two meters. It's not like I'm small. I want to think so.

There was a reason the manager came himself.

"Right or right. Thanks for your help. I haven't bought any Redhorn Rabbits lately. Not yet if it's soaring, but it hasn't arrived in the first place. Then there's nothing I can do. Then all of a sudden, I heard from you that you were in. She came in today. I checked to see what happened and you, the freshly entered adventurer, hunted it. That's why I told Jill, follow me. He said I'd let him eat."

Apparently it was the Redhorn Rabbit that chose this store.

"Right. I was wondering what kind of store they bought it from, too."

"What do you say? Why don't you grate it directly to us? I'll buy you some colors."

It was Jill.

"Hey, hey, manager! You can't do that! If you do that, the Adventurer Guild will be slapped from the Wholesale Chamber of Commerce of Meat!

"Wahaha! It's a joke, a joke. But this is as good as it gets, right? Hey, kid. I'm worried about the Red Horn Rabbit's gut..."

Because of his professional soul as a cook, the manager's eyes are on Hikaru.

"You're gonna throw this away, aren't you? Bring it home next time. I want to cook it somehow. If it doesn't go into circulation in the first place, I can buy it directly. All right, kid?

"... Hikaru, it is"

"What?"

"Do you call your dealer a 'boy'?

When Hikaru scorned the manager, the look on the manager's face became all the more true.

"... Exactly. I'm sorry, Hikaru. I like you. I'll treat you today, so eat whatever you want! Instead, think about Motsu! —— Jill, except for the liquor bill. Pay it right?"

"Ugh."

When I heard about the store manager's treat —— or how much I expected it to be -- Jill made his expression shine, but he's been stabbed in the nail.

Hikaru looked at Jill on the side.

…………

"Oh, you don't drink that much, do you? Because you know what I'm talking about."

…………

"Hikaru, don't look at me like that with cold eyes!

Often, I wondered how much I was drinking... and Hikaru freaked out.

The Paulas on the front are pompous.

"--That's right. No matter how much you eat, it's free. But you can pay for a drink."

"Yes, okay?

"Pier, your eyes are too blind. Hikaru is surprised, Jurl."

"Yodale wow, Priscilla!?"

Pier and Priscilla rejoicing in a suddenly descending "food-free" declaration.

Only Paula seemed sorry.

"Excuse me... Dear Hikaru. I didn't know this would happen..."

"I didn't even know. I mean, would you stop putting 'Dear' on it? I'd be younger."

"Oh, really? … if your husband says so"

"Why did you upgrade it?

"I am your, O, slave of the night"

"If you can't tell me in the light, don't tell me you can't. And don't ever talk like that again, okay? No, I mean it."

That's how the meal started --.

"--So Hikaru, how did you get rid of the goblins?

Pier and Priscilla continued to eat silently when the food was brought. Even though the way we talked was sooo (...), the way we ate there was a light gap in the courteous peer.

All the pasta was delicious. This is the first pasta in the world —— except for the roasted noodles —— but Hikaru has also found it delicious enough. The flavor of oil and spices gets better, but it's not enough somewhere... well, I was thinking alone about the lack of garlic, etc.

"Mr. Unken told me. The possibility of a goblin."

"That's why I don't know how to get rid of the herd."

"Dear Hikaru, it must be. Right?"

"Paula shut up. I can't go on."

Jill appropriately treats Paula, who grins and lifts her.

"... they call the goblin acting in the herd collectively the 'goblin family'. Especially since the controlled herd has a chain of command around the boss."

"Right. You knew him well, didn't you? Is that from Mr. Unken, too?

"No, it was in the drawings in the library"

"Drawings from the library...... that old, thick book. It's great to read it."

"You deserve to read it. Sometimes life depends on death without information."

Ha, Jill shut her mouth as if.

At this moment —— Jill's chest is filled with thoughts.

Jill always thought he was a "lucky" boy about Hikaru.

But isn't that different?

This boy has no special powers —— and Jill thinks —— but isn't he mobilizing all the knowledge he's examined to be an "adventurer"?

Even about this goblin, I was listening to Paula and the others half the time. Adventurers exaggerate.

"More than 100 goblins? Actually, 10 or 20, right? Did Hikaru get rid of that?" Hmm. "I thought maybe I could put it on and go to dinner.

"... Hikaru, could there have been a goblin leader?

"I don't know the name, but there was like a goblin bigger than the manager here and a side with a horn. I attacked the crowd thinking if I slapped the boss, it would be confusing."

"As such!? You were safe!?"

"Ouch."

"Ah."

Suddenly he grabbed me by the shoulder.

That's how reckless it was.

The herd, whose goblin leader has been confirmed, is crusaded by an Adventurer's Guild in a neighboring city working together. Because if you leave it alone, villages away from the city will be attacked and goblins will breed in large quantities.

This is similar to pest control. It's the iron rule to wipe it out while the damage is small.

"I'm here, so you're safe."

"Oh, right...... sorry. You attacked the Goblin leader and got away well. Did you throw something? Bow?"

"... oh I applied that juice because there was poisonous grass growing nearby, I hit a stone"

Hikaru lied. BOSS GOBLIN —— Hikaru killed the goblin leader, but it's just a hassle to say it and get noticed if you believe it.

Weakened by poison.

This was a pre-thought muscle piece.

"I thought you couldn't leave the herd without attacking the boss. It's a good place to fight the whole herd."

"Yes, it is."

…………

…………

…………

Then Paula, Pier and Priscilla squeeze. These are the ones who were fighting "against the whole herd". I wonder how reckless our actions were once again staining ourselves.

Pier opened his mouth.

"Um... Hikaru. Thank you so much for your help. How can we repay you?

"Let's dedicate these three chastities (for the first time)"

It is Priscilla, who is nubbly but hard to get into.

"That's a great idea!!!!"

"Shit, it was a reward for Paula"

"Come on! Hikaru's the one who's in trouble for getting that! Right? You don't need it, do you?

For some reason, Jill is desperately grabbing Hikaru's arm and rocking it.

If they're new to it too, that's it-- what a thoughtful Hikaru spirit restores calm.

"I don't mind giving back or anything. I don't need it."

"But then..."

"Then I just want to ask for one thing. This is for Jill, too."

"What?"

Jill sees Hikaru by being called his own name as well.

"I hope you don't tell anyone about this one. I want to be a quiet adventurer. It's ridiculous to increase your chances of getting tangled up by other adventurers yourself."

Jill nodded with a mysterious face, knowing that Hikaru was entangled in other adventurers - nothing else, because of herself.

"Right. There's also an investigation into your betrayal of the party, and the goblin thing fuels civil anxiety when it spreads. So please don't say anything else about this."

"Oh no..."

Though I thought I could have a crumbling physical relationship with the person I felt destined for —— and Paula with a flinching, desperate face.

"This story is over."

Hikaru said clearly.

I also felt a little wasted -- that's not what I need to think about right now.

"Mr. Jill, I wanted to ask you something."

That's what you said.

"Are the adventurers already in Pond following in escort to Wang Du?

That is an adventurer who undertook the escort of Lavia.

I don't know what they were talking about. The Paulas were decent, but I guess they realized it was a story that had nothing to do with them, they started eating as they shared their thoughts on the meal.

"... what do you do when you hear that? I won't say any more..."

"A business traveler's coming home from Wang Du, isn't he? I just thought I'd come with you."

"Ha. Hikaru, you're weirdly sharp."

"I'm just listening as a public tale. You'd be an armed adventurer, and I can't help but be interested."

"Well...... so is that. Yeah, I'm scheduled to arrive tonight."

"It's already dark tonight. The gate's closed, isn't it?

"Associates of all kinds of guilds are allowed to go through with it for special reasons. Seems like their King's Capital arrived pretty late, and they're traveling from there, so at this time--"

"Wait a minute." Them "?

"Right? The adventurer in charge of the escort is a party of four, all women"

Hikaru thinks.

A woman. I thought it was a man —— because the escort was a woman?

"So, the Adventurer Rank is B"

"Buho."

It was Peer who erupted.

"Bi, bi, bi, b!?"

"Dirty"

"That's dirty..."

"It's dirty, Pier"

"Scythe"

".................. sorry"

Pier apologizes for taking a heavy fire.

"Is B amazing?

When Hikaru hits,

"Hey, the highest rank for a Pond resident adventurer is in a place called D. There must be one A in Wang Du, and only 10 B's besides them."

"... I think there are quite a few of them."

"Hehe. You've never been to Wang Du? If you go by the population ratio to Pound, you go 40 times or 50 times."

"Are you serious?"

Is it that big?

The memory of the King's capital by Roland is faint, but it's mostly in the carriage or in the library of this mansion.

"Adventurer Rank B's party name is' Four Stars in the East '. I haven't seen Atashi before, but he's got a 100% completion rate so far."

Hikaru carved the information into his memory.

When Jill and I broke up, it was around 10: 00 at night.

It's a pretty late hour in this world at 10 o'clock at night, and the city is sleeping except for the taverns and some nights of the city.

(Lights on)

It was the Adventurer's Alliance that Hikaru headed for.

It is tomorrow that Lavia will be escorted. I don't know what time tomorrow is.

Then "money earner" and "rank (point) earner" had to be done yesterday and today.

The last thing you will need was "information," but even if you don't have enough "information," as long as you have "skills" —— that is, it's possible to overturn your predicament as long as you have a point. Besides, I expected that the most necessary "information", the adventurer of the convoy, i.e. the person Hikaru had to get out, would arrive the day before the convoy.

"Gathering information" will be the night of the second day, as originally planned.

(Well, I wonder what he looks like)

Enter through the back entrance, not the front entrance where the armor is descending. The key is not on. I knew immediately where people were. Because I'm a quiet adventurer guild and that's all I hear.

Of course, all "covert" related is turned on.

"Ha. Guildmaster, you care too much."

It was a good man with the right width who told me to laugh it off. Next to him stands some tired looking, shady beauty.

It was the Adventurer Guild submaster and receptionist who was on his way to King's Capital.

"Don't worry about not going on schedule, you're weirder"

It was Unken who answered. After all, he seemed to be an Alliance Master as Hikaru stands out.

"The... what did you say? You guys..."

"It's" The Distant Beauty Star ". I'm C-ranked, right? I just wanted to say thank you for coming to such a second-rate city."

It's the 30s and the bumpy adventurer who's got a nasty attitude.

That's three.

Hikaru said, "Oh?" What I thought was that the voice was a man.

Hikaru has clear ears in the hallway.

It's likely that you won't notice when you open the door and go in, but your opponent's adventurer heard it was rank B, and you couldn't take the risk of wondering what Unken's "intuition" 4 would do.

"How do you expect the three of us to escort him? Essentials of escort are at least 4 people. Place at least one person in front, right, left and rear -"

"You know, Mr. Jii. We're all C-ranked. I've never heard of a bandit raiding us on a street trip, and we can pay back where we were attacked. There's no way a girl and kid can get away with it, is there?

Hikaru recalls Jill's information.

His name is "Four Oriental Stars," his composition is "Four Women," and his rank is "B." It's not the same information Hikaru was hearing.

There is some problem and the "Oriental Four Stars" can't come, which would mean that it was the men who came instead.

And Unken is worried about it--.

…………

"We're not some sort of substitute for the 'Orient'. I'm expected to have better arms than those guys. What is this attitude? You can go back to King's Landing, right?

"Well, that's troublesome. What's going on?"

Rub hands and the submaster asks how you're feeling.

"Then you know what I mean, right? After this--"

"Yes. Yes. The store is closed down."

"Wait. Tomorrow's your escort mission, and you're on a night trip?

"Guildmaster, you won't mind leaving after noon. If you leave at noon, you'll arrive after midnight."

…………

"Then that's what I'm talking about. Let's go, Master Nogusa."

"Ooh. It's a good store, isn't it?

"It's already --"

3 people who were taken away by the submaster. Hikaru leaves the door at once. The four leave without realizing Hikaru.

When I checked inside just before the door closed, there were two left: Unken and the receptionist.

It was the first receptionist I'd ever seen for Hikaru.

Just softly ear the door to make sure there's no leaked information.

I heard Unken's deep sigh.

"It's lamentable... what's going on with Wang Du's guild?"

"Ha... Hi, it seems that the war has begun and the Wang Capital Guild is raising the Adventurer Rank as much as possible. By raising it, you can take a lot of money from the state if you get a wartime request."

"It's lamentable..."

"Ha..."

Then there was a report on the work, and the story seemed to be over.

Hikaru left the scene.

(Contains)

This was lucky.

Even though I'm lucky to have just one less eye for surveillance, it's down to the quality of the adventurer (apparently).

Hikaru had confirmed the soul boards of three adventurers who were only five metres from the hallway.

Here's the soulboard of the leader-like man who named himself Nogusa.

[Soulboard] Nogusa-Garage

Age 31 Grade 38

33

[Vitality]

[Natural Resilience] 2

[Stamina] 2

[Immunity]

[Magic Resistance] 1

[Disease Immunity] 1

[Toxin Immunity] 1

[Sensory acuteness]

[Hearing] 1

[Magic]

[Magic Power] 2

[Spiritual aptitude]

[Sat] 3

[Muscle Strength]

[Muscle Strength] 6

[Armed Proficiency]

[Sword] 4

[Armor] 2

[Mental Strength]

[Strength of Mind] 4

[Intuition]

[Intuition] 1

[Detection]

[Life Detection] 1

It would be the magic swordsman type. There is 1 "Life Detection" but you cannot probe Hikaru to this extent.

The other two were the same.

Hikaru left for Pond at night to gather the last "information".

The rescue mission is tomorrow.