It's been a few days since I discovered the black Demon Light Stone.

I knew you'd never find anything.

"In the end, all I could find was a shard of the Demon Light Stone on the first day."

I've searched the beaches and caves over the past few days, but I haven't gotten any results.

Thanks to you, Luna complained about boo-boo, but if I could discover something every time, I wouldn't have a hard time.

Is Estelle walking next door tired because of it too, she puts one hand on her cheek and sighs.

"Estelle, are you tired?

"Oh, are you worried about me? Then why don't you give your brother a massage after you leave? Maybe my leg hurts a little."

"That's how cheap it is for you... yeah, okay"

I thought it would be better to have it sissy ha for a massage, but I didn't say that.

You're looking at me being massaged before, and your nomination means you want me to do it?

Unlike Knoll and Sisha, who move with hyeohyeoy even in poorly scaffolded places, Estelle always seemed to walk spicy.

Still, you've been hanging out with me for days without telling me how stupid you are, so I'm gonna have to massage you.

"Shall we cut the investigation here and report it to the association?"

"Yes! Are you done yet!

"At least let's do it until we find a koro with crab miso!

"You're changing your purpose..."

While exploring the cave, there was a massive scattering of methyl in the place where Knoll and Sisha were gathered.

Looks like he's knocking down the cancer after the investigation and looking for a crab miso in it.

As Knoll and the others frightened me, Luna and Friesia, who were seriously exploring me, approached me.

"It's finally over or I want to go home soon."

"Heihachi and the others have been doing this since before I was summoned. Oh, my God."

"Hmm, not really. It's not like I've been asked to do this all my life."

Because the hunting entity and the request of the association seemed to be at last......

Was it around B-rank promotion that I started working as an adventurer in earnest?

"That's right...... It was harder to help collect the demon stones of the Great Barn."

"Heihachi made me promise last time, but I wasn't sure."

"Sometimes you shouldn't know...... You must keep your word with Friesia and Ogura."

"Hmm? I don't know, but if Knoll says so much, I get it!

Friesia is convinced as she leans her neck that she felt something about Knoll speaking in a sad way.

I made him promise to hunt demon stones in a half-threatening way, but it looks like the Knolls are more afraid than they are in person.

When this investigation settles down, I guess I'll let Friesia experience enlistment into the Sisha demon stone hunt with me once.

He brought Sisha, Luna and Friesia home and took Nor and Esther to the Adventurers Association of Severia.

I thought I'd let Estelle go home too, but I'm sorry about the black Demon Light Stone, but she's asked me to come with her.

I'll have to do a nice massage when I get home.

Upon informing me at the reception that there had been progress in the investigation, Mr. Bence immediately set up a place for me to discuss it.

"This is what we found at the hunting ground where the sightings were located."

I went to the same upstairs room as before and took a seat with Mr. Bence.

Then place the box of Demonic Light Stones sealed by Estelle on your desk and ask them to unravel the magic and check the contents.

Apparently there's no problem, she's making small circles with one hand.

I then opened the map and told him which hunting grounds I had found.

"Is this the demonic stone that the demon of the example possessed? Is it okay if I touch it?

"Yeah, it's crushed, so it won't work anymore. I kept the magic sealed up so it wouldn't leak, but it didn't seem to make any particular difference in the box."

In Estelle's reply, Mr. Bence, after poking a few shards with his index finger, picks it up and looks at it seriously.

It's something I don't know how to handle... can I even hesitate to touch it?

"Um, I don't know anything if I look at it. I can't believe this little stone has caused such a freak."

"It's a shard, so if it's true, it's bigger."

"I see... I can't believe you started an investigation and discovered it so quickly. The boulders were recommended by the president of the association."

"I just happen to be lucky. I couldn't find anything but this."

"Don't be so modest. Even the adventurers who were investigating before you couldn't find a clue until now."

I'm not really going to be humble......

It's proof that Diabols was doing something, but we don't know anything more than that.

Betta, you're making me feel like I can't even tell you how complimented I am.

That's what I thought, just when Knoll muttered about it.

"But you didn't know why there was that demon there after all."

"Right. Uncle, I wonder if there have been any reports of any particular anomalies in that hunting ground? I didn't know what was wrong with us because we didn't know what was going on."

"It's where the Cancer Cave is, isn't it? I wonder if there are any strange reports in that neighborhood so far. I've been restricting access since the demon sighting report."

If it has the effect of an example Demon Light Stone, something must be going on around that sandy beach.

You haven't noticed anything strange because people who go from time to time don't go because they found Diabols and immediately placed restrictions on their access?

Speaking of strange things, there was about a shell scanner... but let's ask the whole question before then.

"What does it usually look like in a cave? It was in the cave that I found this demonic stone, so I want to know what's going on inside."

"Um, even if they say how it goes. There's just cancers over there, nothing unusual about it, is there? Everyone who goes is looking for seagrass on the nearby coast."

Grunt, nothing unusual in particular...... hmm? There's just a cancer?

"Are there no demons besides cancers? What about rare species..."

"There's a blue cancer of the top species. The crab miso you can take from that cancer's armor is excellent again."

"Can you take crab miso! Then we need to find it and go hunting!

"Yeah, now it's like shutting up"

When I heard the crab miso, I made a rattling noise and grabbed Knoll's shoulder up from the chair and let him sit back down.

Will you not react to my appetite when I'm serious?

I'm also concerned about a lot of crab misos that can be taken from blue crabs, but not now.

We haven't seen a single Blue Cancer on that coast.

Besides, from the mouthfeel...

"Isn't there a shellfish demon?

"Shellfish? Such a demon. I shouldn't have been in that hunting ground...... Around here, shellfish demons are about as good as shellfish in Cape Soln."

Wasn't there a shellfish after all?

What's this all about? The demons that were there disappeared, and other demons came out instead?

What comes to mind as the cause of this… the black demonic stone in front of you, huh?

"Some big cancers carried shellfish, but does my uncle know anything about that demon?

"I've heard of such demons... Ah, it seems that a long time ago there were reports of such demons raging somewhere..."

Apparently, Shell Cancer isn't the demon you see from time to time either.

It shouldn't have come out at all since I ran into him on the first day, so only that one should have been there.

Apparently, our question made Mr. Bence realize it, and he opened his eyes and began to odd.

"Is it possible that this demonic stone is causing an anomaly in Severia?!? Oh, what shall I do! I can't believe such a freak was already happening! Contact the president of the association now."

"Oh, calm down!

"So, but!

Surprised by so much agitation, Mr. Bence stood up and tried to get out of the room.

Even if you rush to stop it, you look confused with a blue look.

Dude, I'm not even going to be able to talk to you like this...

When I saw Mr. Bence like that, Estelle opened her mouth with a calm voice.

"My uncle is a branch manager, so don't panic and think. We're here for that investigation, so if there's any variation, we can deal with it. If the people who put together the information and make the decisions aren't cool, they're gonna be in trouble until we actually move."

"Ugh... right. I'm sorry, I can't see what's going on."

Because of what young Estelle told me, Mr. Bence took the handkerchief out of his pocket and sat back in his chair wiping cold sweat.

Phew, I didn't expect the Branch Manager to get upset so far.

I know about Quelles, so I thought you might be aware of the strangeness... but I can't help but be in a hurry when it happens.

If I had been in the same position, I might have run into the bathroom with abdominal pain by now.

Then I had a discussion with Mr. Bence, who regained his composure, and promised him that if anything strange happened based on this incident, he would contact us right away and head to the scene.