"Don't you know? It's the type of stone that has gems inside it."

"... Oh, is it Jingdong Stone? I see, then this look too..."

Natsuki seemed to think of something and nodded as he was convinced, but it was refreshing to me.

"Well, what is Jing Dong Shi?

"Uh... is it amethyst easy to imagine? See, when you go to a tourist destination, you go to a souvenir shop..."

"Ooh! That one! That was before you cut it!

Toya seemed to be the same one who didn't understand, and to Natsuki's explanation, he nodded violently.

Surely that outer part, it feels like I've seen it, it's just a stone.

Yet beautiful inside. Very strange.

Is that it? I do want to crack that.

No, I'd rather cut it spiffy.

And I have the means.

Yes, "spatial separation (plain shift)".

"Hey, Halka -"

"No."

"Yes."

I don't think so.

He told me to leave it to the pros.

If you say so, you can't even deny it.

"What do you want to do? Do you sell these to guilds? I'd be happy as a guild if you could sell it, but I think it would be more expensive if you brought it into the store for the price, right?

"Is that good? Still."

"Yes, because it's also our job to support the adventurers. What's the best store in this town?"

That's what Mr. Diola told me about the store...

"Ah. I know that store."

"... that's an odd encounter. You know me, too."

"Really? There's a nao in the gem that doesn't seem to have any edge?

"Oh, because... I just bought it"

It was Hulka's finger that Chirali and I turned our gaze on.

I'm wearing gloves now, so I can't see them, but underneath, maybe, there's got to be a ring.

Hulka immediately seemed to understand the meaning of my gaze, and slipped away from his gaze as he lit up his mouth.

"Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's the store."

"Did you know? Over there, you can get a good appraisal, and you can trust it to be a gem or an accessory. If it's going to be a hassle, there are ways to go pinning..."

"Is there anything about pinning being more expensive to sell or technically superior?

"It won't change, will it? Except if you stretch your legs to Wang Du. If you don't need a gem right now, there are some ways to just get it coarsely processed and keep it in that condition. Shouldn't we talk about it around there?

I see. So is that.

Nothing, we don't need accessories... maybe we can't make them at all to see how the women are doing.

"Thank you, Mr. Diola. I'll try to get there."

"Yes. - Wait a minute, please"

Are you still looking forward to the Hulkas, too, holding us back like Mr. Diora was a little panicked when he quickly retrieved the raw stones on his desk and tried to get up.

"What could it be? Iron Golem is going to leave it in the warehouse properly..."

"Yeah, that one, please. But that's not it. I'm talking about Mr. Hulka's Adventurer Rank."

"Adventurer Rank... Speaking of which, there was something like that."

Diora tells me that Hulka puts her hand on her mouth as if it were "Ah," and returns a love (and puffy) reaction as she snorts.

And that's the same for us outside of Hulka.

When was the last time you ranked up?

About six months ago, I think it was when we defeated Darls Bear, so was it around spring?

I didn't really care, so I don't really remember.

To us like that, Mr. Diola sighs a little tired.

"Don't forget...... A lot of adventurers are drawn to increasing their ranks, aren't they?

"What, because when you're in this town, you don't want to be aware of rank?

"If you look at the bulletin board, there's no such thing as a high-rank exclusive request."

"Right. Benefits also because it's high rank - oh, you had a low appraisal fee. That's a blessing."

"'High Rank Awesome!' I don't even know what to say."

"Really, you don't, do you? Are we strong in the first place?

To our very honest thoughts, Mr. Diola gets stuck with the word "ugly".

"... don't tell me all you can't deny. Don't you have a choice? Because it's rural. And Nao, Nao and the others are a lot stronger than average adventurers."

"Really...?

Of course, I feel stronger than I did when I came here, and I think it's better than the adventurers guarding the wood around here.

But he attacked me when I was escorting Master Ilias, and I couldn't beat a bandit soldier.

Here in the Reinium Kingdom, I also heard that the soldiers of the National Army are not comparable to the leading soldiers of Viscount Nenas...

Even if Mr. Diola appreciates me, I get skeptical.

And that seems to have been the same for Hulka...

"Average, right. Doesn't that include adventurers who are engaged in day-to-day work?

"No, just skip those who don't fight at all."

"So if you take 100 of the strongest of adventurers, and one of the weakest, around which?

"... three, no, twenty-five, maybe?

"You're not strong at all!

I accidentally put a scratch on Diola's answer, which bothered me for quite some time.

"No, he said he had no choice! Because the top level is really outrageous! That's also why it's a rank rating system. Simply because if you rank them side by side in strength, they'll all be one or two."

"Uh-huh, that's definitely not motivating."

"Right? It doesn't have to be strong to go up, that's the rank system I'm happy with. Mary and Meetia would be happy to be ranked higher, wouldn't they?

You didn't think we could do it, but it was Mr. Diola asking Mary and the others...

"Hmm? I don't know."

"When we are partying with the Hulkas, we are also very aware of the ranks…"

"Come on. Not the adventurers you can earn, after all. When the rank rises, the client pays more, so it's usually important, right? For adventurers without money."

In addition to his combat abilities, Adventurer Rank also represents his level of trust from the Adventurer Alliance.

For this reason, you will need at least rank three, and in many cases four or more, to receive a request for an escort, and as long as the rank increases, you will only get more rewards when escorting.

In other words, if you're an adventurer who goes to the main job around it, whether it ranks higher or not is a big part of your income.

- I hardly accept requests for escorts. It has nothing to do with us.

"Well, good. Exactly, since you all seem to be in a bad mood as you are in Rank Five, I'm going to take you up to six."

"What's wrong with you?

"Yeah, a little. As usual, I'm not contracting for guild work, but besides all that diving into the dungeons and delivering results, I'm also not causing any problems. Given the benefits we're bringing to the Alliance."

Around there, they still have something called balance.

But when you think about it, you've heard stories about high ranking adventurers that even noble opponents can contend with to some extent.

At Baron Diaz's wedding, that's what we had a nobleman who's been hanging on to Hulka, and even though there's a block by Viscount Nenas, isn't it bad that we'll be able to fight it ourselves?

Now, what an impossible story to live in seclusion so that nobility can't keep an eye on you, and I've never crossed many means of self-defense.

"By the way, Mr. Diola, how can you increase your rank more?

"Is that it? Mr. Nao, are you interested?

"Yeah, actually, because there was a nobleman who tried to get his hands on Hulka at a wedding I went to the other day at Master Ilias' request to escort him. I wish I could fight it."

"Ho. You're loved, Mr. Hulka."

With a grin with Nyonyo, Haruka was slightly gazed at by Diola, but Haruka was one of the best.