"... Is he Hikaru after all?

"Soluz cares a lot about you. I don't know. I think we're all Silverface."

"Sarah doesn't care too much. It's dangerous if you don't see if the heart of someone with power is right."

"You don't like Hikaru more than you don't like Silver Face!

There were four people chatting while walking in the woods: the Rank B Adventurer Party "Four Stars of the East". Even though we say we're chatting, the Grand Dream Continent's Great Forest is full of dangerous monsters and they never fail to be vigilant.

I've been walking out in the morning for 4 hours and I've already finished 5 big monsters by the time I get here.

"I didn't expect you to find hope in picking up materials. We haven't been asked to collect materials for a long time."

"Hikaru's been looking into it a lot, so it looks like this whole adventurer guild stock has gone up a lot. ~"

"Four Stars of the East" has not participated in the summit held in Dreammaker. I just connected the information I hear leaking, but I'm pretty sure the meeting went well because the representatives of the guild are in a good mood afterwards.

They decided to establish an Alliance branch in Dreammaker as well as Lans Harvest. It's good for adventurers to make more money.

"Well...... it's time to get closer to your destination. Let's all keep our heads together."

When Soluz says, the look on the face of a member who had been bickering until then turns into something seriously extreme.

They came into the woods because they were going up to the walls for a liquor platter - and late at night - and the adventurers were saying this.

There was a little smoke going up in the back of the forest.

I checked at noon and I can't see. If I were to raise the curse, it would be something I would do at a conspicuous noon...... and most of the adventurers didn't believe the word. I thought it would be an illusion in the eyes after being drunk.

But the solution was different. Offering to the guild to see where that smoke had gone up, he asked permission if he would be back in a day.

"Everybody stop."

Sarah, who leads the way, says sharply. Soluz pulls his sword out instantly, and Shufi and Celica hide themselves in the trees.

Sarah's nose twitched.

"... smells. Smoky smell."

They gaze and nod at each other. What that adventurer was saying wasn't a lie --.

Proceeding carefully, the solution, which is not of the scourge (Rogue) type, was also able to smell the smell of smoke.

"This is..."

There were traces of burning. It was obvious it wasn't meant to raise the curse. There were bird feathers scattered and bones rolled.

"... it's still a smoke cooker"

Smoke visible only at night. I was wondering if that meant "eating while I was hiding." Or to spend the night while keeping warm.

Either way,

"I'm pretty sure there's someone out there!

Celica put her arms together and strained her chest. Although no one knows why I put my chest up.

"Footprints follow this way... probably human. He's dragging his leg."

Even if you look at the ground Sarah pointed at, the mundane human being doesn't know. But never before has Sarah said that and made a mistake.

And they will soon know who the person is.

Grussel, who tried to receive the documents, glanced at him. After yesterday's fierce battle, he was suffering from severe muscle pain. Although I was treated with restorative magic for internal bleeding, the muscle pain and fatigue were left intact because it would be better to have stamina.

Nevertheless, even then, I have to assume it's very convenient from a dreammaker who didn't have restorative magic.

'No, that was amazing. Master Grussel's fight!

More humans come to Grussell's office today than usual. It comes even though it's not a lot of business. That's how we're going to talk about yesterday.

'It's not great. In fact, it was the Beast King who won. "

"That's because of the weapon, isn't it? The Beast King wants another rematch with Master Grussel."

'... I want you to give me a break about that'

Relax, Grussel sighed. The job stops altogether after being asked to fight like that so many times. That should be the same for Gerhardt, but he's out on the training field again today and he's rumbling around —— and when I heard that, just as Grussel doubted his ears.

Grussel doesn't know that that probably Gotholt works enough to turn his eyes.

That's when we were talking about it.

"Master Grussel!

Gin jumped into my room.

"What's wrong? Knock about it. '

'Shh, excuse me...... but not anywhere!

That's right, Grussel also noticed that this disturbance of Jin was strange.

'... traitor, Koukimar has been caught and taken by adventurers'

!!

The usually calm and sedentary Grussel changes his expression and rises.

"Where are you now!

'It's a detention area. I'll show you.'

Grussel also threw out visitors and ran out.

Jin knows about Koukimar because he is a companion to Koukimar's brother, Wakamar, and his expedition to Randsharvest with Silver Face.

Also, Grussel had already heard about the situation because his position was in position. Teng Himself, who killed Düinkler, who was a lodging enemy for Güssel and also a formidable ally to gain —— that makes his blood hot as a boil.

This time, the monster who pushed over to Dreammaker also knows that Koukimal is pulling the thread behind him, and that Silverface and his companion Garrickson destroyed Koukimal. Life and death were unknown. The army was also looking for Koukimar —— I had no idea an adventurer would find him first.

'I didn't see any giant birds on board, and the battle didn't seem to take place during the captivity because Koukimar himself was badly injured'

"That's more than anything."

"Ahead… we are in the central room"

Koukimar was the only one currently placed here because the detention area was also emptied once when we abandoned this country.

Behind the murderous passage, there were three barns, in the center —— a man in worn out clothes.

He lay down on a small chair, but his hands were chained together, and he also had heavy stones on his right leg. He's not around his left leg because he's missing a tip from his left knee.

There was a bandage wrapped around it, after the treatment was also given.

"You Koukimal......"

To the Koukimal with his face up, Grussel opens his eyes. The white-eyed part is dyed black —— it was the first time that Grussel looked at Koukimal.

"Are you the commander-in-chief here? What are you gonna do with me?"

"I don't care"

'... what?

'This is the front line of the battle area. Stabilize, there's nothing to do until the king is here'

"Are you an idiot?

"What?"

Gin stirs up rude remarks with a spell, but Grussell holds them down with his hands.

'... I'm a Dreammaker national. Responsible for upholding national laws'

'That's what you call stupid. It's the eagle sitting right in front of you who destroyed this country. After the country was destroyed, there was no law or anything. "

"A country is what people make. As long as we have the people, this country will survive... yes, the king said '

…………

If you think of a dead Duinkler, you want to kill him with this hand right now. But if you go down that outer road, you're nothing like Koukimal. Besides —— seeing what he looked like, Grussel felt his anger disappear inside him.

Pathetic, I thought.

This old man has lived long enough to abandon a country that was more than his only heart, and distract himself only to avenge that country.

And it also ended in failure.

"Let's go, Jin."

'What? Yes, okay? Interrogation...'

"So what do we do? Look at your face. Okay. This man has attacked our country risking his life. I can't get any information from interrogation. It's a waste of time.

"Ha, ha..."

It seemed like enough gin, but when Grussel walks out, he follows behind it.

'... wait'

Koukimal, call it off.

"The existence of this country has already come to the knowledge of our Lord. The bearer of a mighty power that man cannot even fathom, no matter how he resists. It's about escaping from this earth at best."

…………

Grussel looks back slowly.

'We are back to fight. More than in ancient times, man has compensated for his weakness by wisdom and beaten his mighty power.'

'Ha ha. You can squeeze in the wisdom you don't have.'

'... I heard you were a wise man, but that's no big deal'

'What...?

"The operation you set up was also being nursed by Silverface. Your wisdom is nothing but shallow wisdom. We assemble wisdom and hone it into wisdom. At the end of the day, we win."

…………

Now it's really time to put the silent kookimal down and Grussel walked out.

Out of the dim holding area, spring sunlight is pouring down outside.

"...... gin"

"Yes."

Says Grussel as he narrows his eyes to his eyelids.

"In the end, we will win."

To himself, to Ginn, as I say, Grussel declared once again.