Since we got back from fishing, we haven't had any particular work to do until the scheduled date for the escort request arrived, so we spent our days relaxing.

Cooking, alchemy, magic, and more combining routine training with hobbies and benefits.

Days spent doing that.

Mary, who admires me like a brother, is cute for her meatier and hard-working training, and the home vegetable garden, whose achievements show up smoothly.

Come here. It's about the first anniversary, but isn't this the first time you've had a quiet day?

I don't know... yeah, warm nostalgia makes you feel calm, doesn't it?

Even if you can't work anymore, just think you can live enough, and the room is completely different.

Red Strike Ox, great.

Well, sometimes the end comes in those calm days.

- Well, I'm not exaggerating, but it's time for work.

Mary and the others will be joining us this time, so we plan to move to the pinning with a little extra time.

Running on my feet and traveling is no different, but unlike last time, neither Mary nor Meetier will run on their own.

It's usually abuse to run this age for dozens of kilometers in Japan, but common sense and race are different in this world.

You can't run at exactly the same speed as us, but as far as daily jogging goes, if you slow down, you'll be able to run without any particular problems.

That's why I'm here today to pick up the Red Strike Ox milk to be transported to the Adventurer's Guild, just over a week before the scheduled departure date for the escort.

"I've been waiting for you! I mean, can you make it!?"

"Yeah, it's okay, it's okay. Because I can afford a few days."

When we showed our faces to the guild, Mr. Diola was in a hurry or came out of the counter like he was in a panic.

To Mr. Diora like that. Hulka waves patsy and responds gently.

In fact, if we do everything we can, we can get there in a day, from here to the pinning.

This time, I plan to spend one night in Kerg with Mary's father's grave and stop at the temple there, but it is still a two-day itinerary.

If Meatier snaps along the way, there's plenty of room for recovery.

"I hope so...... I'll give you the Red Strike Ox milk."

Mr. Diola nodded with a slightly disturbing look, arranging the milk bottles removed from the magic bag on the counter.

That's basically the same thing we delivered, but if you look closely, the seal is stamped after the lid of the bottle is tightly sealed with wax.

Is this an unopened sign?

"What's this, Mr. Diola?

"This is a mark inspected in the guild. That's a kind of quality assurance. If something goes wrong, it will not be the responsibility of the person who has collected it."

"Thank you for that."

Regardless of the common ingredients like demonic meat, when it becomes as rare as Red Strike Ox milk, it's easy to find out who has collected it.

In case they even put poison in it, they said, 'It was in there from the beginning!' I can't stand to be impersonated with sin.

I guess the guarantee by the guild is a mechanism that provides reassurance for the buyer, while also protecting the adventurer.

That's right, there's just something about taking a commission.

A different sense of security than direct sales.

If you think of it as insurance, the fees collected by the Alliance are also cheap.

By the way, with this seal in place, they can store it for some time, even at room temperature.

Like long life milk in Japan, is it sterile and sealed, or is it dealt with in a different way? I have magic and alchemy, so I feel like I can handle it if I want to.

"Even though it's conservable, it tastes better fresh, so don't let it out of your magic bag, okay? In the unlikely event of a crack, please make an offer with your pinning guild"

"For once, I have a spare... but can I get this treatment on the other guild?

This time it was delivered to the Alliance for 115 bottles.

The amount we collect is more than that, and at least it's just a useless substitute for us right now, and it's still fattening our magic bags.

"Yes, but it usually takes about a day, so be careful"

"Copy that. I don't plan on getting it out of the magic bag until it's handed over, so I'm sure it's okay."

"If you have milk, give it to your direct client - the Viscount's representative. Please show this reference to the gatekeeper for the escort request and we'll take care of it."

The next thing Mr. Diola gave me was a handover certificate for the milk and a reference letter to request an escort.

After I show this to the Viscount, he just needs to follow the instructions over there.

Essentially, it is only an escort on the way back and forth, so it seems that you are allowed to move freely after you reach the other side, but in some cases it is possible that the client will ask you for something, so it is' ad hoc around there '.

As for Diola, if she asks for anything, she wants me to do everything possible.

However, depending on the details of the request, a different fee may be charged.

If it's difficult to negotiate here, Mr. Diola will also negotiate when he returns.

What an exhaustion.

"That's a lot of generous support, but is this what it is?

"It depends on the request, but if it's a nobleman's request, it stays."

"That sounds pretty tough, huh?

"Yeah, well, it's tough, but when you didn't, it's more tough later..."

Mr. Diola lays down her eyes with a sad look on her face.

What's floating ahead of that gaze?

At least it doesn't seem like a pleasant memory.

"Oh, but you're all at ease! Thank you very much, for being polite."

"... if you're going to deal with it normally, you can't be polite to noble opponents anyway?

"It's fine! In that 'normal'! There are so many adventurers who can't do it normally... no, because you can't do the majority"

Given the adventurer's origins, that's no choice either.

I never go to school, I come out of town grown up or not and live in an adventurer with no good pattern.

You won't get a chance to wear courtesy in that condition.

In that regard, the adventurers from the Orphanage of the Temple seem to have a relatively good reputation, regardless of whether they are strong or not, for the occasional gift of the education of Mr. Ishka and his neighborhood.

"Because no one normally asks the adventurer to be courteous of the nobility. If you were there, that person would surely be branded a fool in aristocratic society. Because if you need that kind of talent, use your own knight. When you can't do that, guess what."

"It's a lot easier for us to say that."

"Yes, go easy. I don't care if the escort is safe anymore, feel like it!

"No, that's just about it. But you'll do your best."

"Yes, please, thank you"

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We had breakfast a little early the next morning and left for Kerg.

It's already late summer, but I've never been cooler because I run.

Pacemaker Toya leads the way, behind which Meatier and Mary. We run like we're surrounded.

As long as you're running down the street, you're unlikely to be raided, but it's a one-off caution.

"This time, we can run, too!

"That's about it!

A little slower than we travel alone, but still fast enough.

Running at such speed, Mary and Meatier smile.

When I came to Raffan, he had just recovered from the burns, and he had physical problems, so he was going to be carried away by us.

In contrast, this time, we can now travel on our own feet, and I guess that makes us happy.

"Mary and Meatier have been training hard these past few months, haven't they?

"Yeah! I did my best!

At least when we were at home, the two of us never skipped training, and perhaps even when we weren't there, the two of us continued training.

Otherwise, no matter how many beasts you are, you can't expect to gain strength so far.

I don't know how long it will last...

Put my concerns elsewhere, a few hours later, we were having lunch in Kerg.

How long does it take to travel without Mary and the others? You're within your expectations.

"But there's more recovery going on than I thought?

"At least the broken and burnt houses were removed. I can still see the open space."

"And you look like a soldier. I knew there were still a lot of them. Before the commotion, when I first came, I almost didn't see it"

Even before we go into the cafeteria, we see soldiers patrolling on several occasions.

The Sacred Virgin Church of Satomi has the mastermind caught, and I don't feel so worried about it, but is there another source of concern?

"Aristocrat-associated, maybe. I also heard stories of nobles who had ruined their lives, and nobles who had dyed their hands illegally."

"I feel good if I catch you gossip, but isn't that why?

"Well, there must be a different part to our common sense"

Is it possible, like Japan, that workers' rights are protected more than necessary, and that wrongdoing civil servants are not easily decapitated, or something?

Normally, I find it difficult to think about it, but given the fact that there is a lot of marginal hiring, it may be difficult depending on the referral or something.

"But you're relieved that there doesn't seem to be a problem with security. Viscount Nenas, various?

"Right. I didn't even see anyone on the street."

It may simply have gone unnoticed, but at least it should definitely be better than in a situation where a child with a big burn and rolling on the side of the road was left unattended.

"After this, take the inn. Is it the temple?

Mary and I shook our heads reluctantly.

"Um, we're not good, are we? You don't have to stop by the temple."

"Yeah. I'm praying properly in Lord Advastris' temple."

"Is that what it is...?

They don't have much of a relationship where the common people don't make individual graves or what we think of as a 'grave visit' feeling.

For once, the remains of the two fathers should be buried in this temple, but that seems to be the feeling of praying in the temple if necessary (because it's good anywhere).

The mother should also be dead, but not even where the remains are, so much so that the two of them did not know.

"I'm here because of you, so why don't you stop by? Don't think you can donate a little. It's going to be tough in this orphanage."

"Oh, right. Yes, then."

"I got it."

Two people nodded at Toya's words, and after lunch we stopped by the temple to pray and make some donations.

We were going to pay the donation together, but we were both concerned about the orphanage, or because our father was buried, claiming to pay from our own pennies and throwing jarrah in the coin box.

In fact, I don't know what's going on with the orphanage today, but I just want to think it's improving because I didn't hear a training-room-style voice like that then, at least, when I left the temple behind.

After leaving the temple, he picked up the inn and went to bed early, also considering the fatigue of Marys.

The next day I get up early in the morning and leave Kerg in the morning to keep running.

The itinerary went well thanks to two people who didn't show the fatigue the day before, and we knocked through the pinning gates as planned.