Transition to Another World, Landmines Included

"But is Freddy and Cyrus okay? She's been with us for days."

"Ugh. Actually, I, I'm about to suck. Thanks to Haruka, there is no extra cost of treatment..."

"I need to pay for my living."

It was us who trained to be careful not to get hurt, but if we just did it for a long time every day, even if we didn't have to break a bone, terrible hitting and so on would really happen.

Me and Toya can get a clean, refreshing cure if we go back to the inn, but Cyrus and Freddie can't do that.

But even for me, I wondered if I could just leave him alone, and if the Freddies were badly injured, I would take them to the inn and get Hulka to heal them.

Since then, for some reason, Freddie has called Halka 'Mr.'.

Me and Toya are abandoned.

No, it's not like you're putting 'em on me.

"I don't have a problem with that, do I? It's like I'm retired."

"Really? You were escorting the branch manager or something, weren't you?

"Including that, my job now feels like running with the guild. If that's not the case, I'm pretty free. I've been working until this year, and I've been able to save up a lot."

"Heh, I mean, Cyrus is a winning adventurer"

Cyrus smiled and waved bitterly at Toya, who said it looked a little funny.

"It's not such a good idea. Well, I don't know what to say to myself, but I can't go wrong with the intrusion. To the extent that it was wise,"

Still, given that the majority of adventurers would lose their lives before retiring, I guess Cyrus, who was able to build up storage and take it to a semi-retired state, is as wise and powerful as he put it.

"Finally, it's still like half the work."

"Hmm? Work......? You're gonna train with us?

"Well, there's one thing you need to do to measure your skills."

"... what the hell? Isn't that disturbing?

Toya frowned and stared at Cyrus with a slightly tight gaze, but Cyrus continued his words with a gentle bitter smile.

"It's not that pointy. I heard you guys seem free. If you don't seem to have a problem with your strengths, I thought maybe we could work together."

"Heh, I see. So, you didn't just listen to me, did you check for yourself?

"That's what happened. And even if we have the strength, if we work together, it's compatible."

Speaking of which, Cyrus never saw us fight in person.

I know you've been asking via the guild about where we've caught Satomi and our achievements, but I can also nod that if we're going to work together, we'll be cautious without peppering them.

And I guess it's because of that prudence that I've been able to survive.

You're suddenly too scared to throw a wild party or in a situation where your real life was at stake.

"So we passed?

"Passed, too. I don't need to tell you. And, Freddy, because of this, why don't you come with me? It's a direct request from the Alliance, so the rewards aren't bad, are they?

"If Mr. Cyrus were to ask me out, there's no way I'd say no!

"Oh, well. Toya, how about you guys?

"I don't care, I can't answer without asking what it is. See?"

I nod again to Toya, who looks at me and confirms it.

"Right. Ask for work after considering the dangers. Of course you do."

Maybe Freddie trusts Cyrus, but only in the last few days have we been properly involved with Cyrus.

I know they're trustworthy people, but they're not familiar with each other enough to be trustworthy.

"You're right. This has to do with the fact that I've been out of town for a while now, but there's been a bit of a problem."

Yeah, I prefaced, and Cyrus started talking.

Here near the town of Kerg, two rivers flow.

To the east is the relatively large Noria River, which flows from Sarlstadt to Mijara.

Flowing west is the Petras River, which runs far west of Raffan and further west than our “dungeons of heat shelter”.

Even though it is most 'nearby', the distance from Kerg to the Noria River is farther than the distance from Raffan to Sarlstadt, and the Petras River, which is somewhat nearer than that, is not close enough to be seen directly from Kerg.

And it is the one nearby, the one on the western side of the Petras River, where the problem is going on this time.

Some of the agriculture taking place around Kerg uses hydrophobic drainage drawn from this Petras River, but there were reports from people who were doing maintenance on this that 'there is something giant about the Petras River'.

It was unconfirmed information, but in this world, demons usually exist, so I can't make cheap decisions like 'mistakes in sight anyway'.

This season is just spring.

In the unlikely event that hydrophobics are to be destroyed, there will be a huge impact on agriculture.

Soon a request was made to the Adventurer Guild by a deputy in this town, and Cyrus was dispatched as a preliminary investigation.

"So, you found something?

"I'm not sure, but it looks like it."

"Hmm? You're not sure, are you?

"You're just a shadow. Swimming in the river, what the hell? Did you see that?

"What. Check it out."

Toya shrugs her shoulders and shakes her head, but if Cyrus is told that, he denies the idea with a pretty serious look.

"Don't be silly! What if they attack me close to bad? When I'm alone."

"That's what you do, right? The purpose is to investigate."

"It's a joke. Exactly, I don't think you should do that alone. If you don't come home, it doesn't make sense."

"Right? What an adventurer can do is be discreet."

"I guess. - But an unidentified organism..."

Mmm, and Toya starts worrying with a serious look.

I concentrated everyone's gaze on what to say...

"Petosey or Peto for UMA on the Petras River"

It didn't matter what happened out of Toya's mouth.

Cyrus raises his eyebrows with a frightened look at those words that only his hometown (classmate) understands.

"What the hell?

"No, I thought we should name that giant creature."

"... do as you please. Well, the report needs a name, and if you want to, I'll take care of it."

Cyrus sighed and reached for Yale, but Toya's roared "mummy" again and turned his gaze to mine.

I have no choice but to think a little too.

"- It's a river, and it's either Peto, isn't it?

"No, wouldn't that naming convention apply if it wasn't cute?

"I see. It makes sense. So, it's Petosey?

"I'm just curious that it's not a lake... But I've been thinking, what the hell is a 'sea'?

"Probably a suffix to give it a nickname or something. I'll put it after Loch Ness, so it's supposed to be" Sea, "and it's supposed to be" ie, "so if you're going to apply it to the Petras, it's supposed to be" Petey, "or" Petrasy. "

"I see, then -"

"Is Petey not good? I'm sure she's not that cute."

A complaint came in from a serious facial meetier before Toya said 'which way'.

Then, if you also turn your gaze to Mary, Mary will give you a light answer.

"I don't really understand what you guys are saying, but it's hard to say Petrassi, and Petrossi is good, right? … if you work too hard to name it and become attached, it will be hard to kill."

Probably doesn't have the appearance of attachment.

But, well, I can agree with Mary that it's hard to say.

"All right, then adopt that. The unidentified organism is in Petosey. So, Cyrus. Is that supposed to mean an invitation to Petosey's crusade request?

Honestly, I didn't think it mattered either, so I adopted the proposal of Sacrifice and Mary, and looking at Cyrus, who had already vacated several glasses of ale, looked back at this one with a slightly reddened eye.