We continued our investigation of Lake Richnal over the next day to three days, but to the extent that we encountered two seemingly surviving large-onset Rex, we have not been able to detect any particular anomalies since.
After we had confirmed the whole thing, we hurried back to Severia after Lake Richnal.
When I arrived in town, I took a trip to the Adventurers' Association and asked Knoll and the others to wait and talk to Mr. Bence with me and Mr. Grett to explain how this anomaly happened.
Mr. Benth was very surprised when the two of us talked about what had happened since we arrived at Lake Richnal.
"No, no! I can't believe that kind of noise happened! As far as scale goes, you can definitely call it a great crusade! It would be awesome to solve that in just two parties! I'm so glad you asked Gret and Osakura to investigate!
"As far as we are concerned, I would like to thank the Branch Manager for introducing Mr. Ogura. If this was another B-rank party, I would have had to leave it and run away. Instead, we couldn't have done anything without the magician's son and the priest."
"I didn't know Mr. Grett would say that much, but a child named Estelle is still not the only one! Plus I'm convinced that Mr. Sisha and that Irina had a glimpse!
"I see that Irina, who serves the temple, was enough to take a glance... We were with more amazing party people than I ever imagined. Not only those two, but also the guy named Knoll was awesome. I'm surprised there was an adventurer like that, strong enough to defeat Crocodiles Rex alone."
"Les, I defeated Rex alone!? I didn't know Osakura-san's party was such a gathering... it's only a matter of time before we become A-rank adventurers!
"Haha... I'm glad you said that, but we're still short on experience as adventurers, so A-rank is fast."
"How humble! I get it! We are here to support Mr. Ogura and his team to become A-ranked!
Mr. Bence is looking at me with his hands clenched in front of his chest and his eyes glowing.
It is very difficult to be seen with such eyes.
Because we solved the anomaly from the temple, it seems that our rating has risen abnormally among Mr. Bence.
Even now in B-rank I'm busy with requests this way, and I might not have time to go on a demon stone hunt when I get to A-rank.
Honestly, it seems like the most difficult position to stand in right now... but if it does, it will be after the Demon Stone supply is more stable.
Well, you can think about that when the story comes up to A-rank.
"But it's called this one, I wonder what the hell is going on in this Sevaria. I've never seen anything strange happen to me to keep standing like this. Not to mention the Great Crusade... it's called an example demon, it really involves demons..."
"Demon, huh? Sometimes I go to places where demons are involved in exploration, but most of them are rumours. I can't believe such a demon is coming to this town... but if you experience this anomaly, you can't even say so."
Oh, are there other places related to demons, albeit rumors?
Even Sevaria is about as demonic as it used to be.
Once the anomaly in this town has been resolved, it seems like it would be a good idea to find out where the rumors are and what they're doing.
"Thanks to Mr. Okura and the others, there's no damage done, but I'm also worried that we've even had a great crusade. I've asked other adventurers to provide me with information, but lately I haven't had any clear information because of all the misperceptions I've reported with the demons in the examples. Looks like we haven't had much activity since we solved the temple case. I wish I could at least know where that demon is coming from..."
Mr. Bence puts his arms together and thinks hmm.
Though we solve the anomalies, we're just after them every time they take action.
But now that I've got a clue about this anomaly, it's now possible that they can set it up from here before they move.
"Maybe, but next time, we can get ahead of ourselves before the anomaly happens,"
"What!? It's amazing, Okura-san! That's the leader of the party they're at!
"Ah, no. I just talked to them and figured out the possibilities..."
"Leading the way... what did you find out about this anomaly?
I explained to Mr Grett and Mr Bence, who tilt their necks, the idea I had discussed with Estelle and the others the other day.
He said he might be doing something there to keep him from going to the island that Lake Richnal's anomaly is nearby.
"I see. Speaking of which, he was running off to the sea when we ran into him over there. But there's no chance he's doing it deliberately to make you think so?
"I can't deny that... I think there's a good chance there's something on the island, given the Lake Richnal anomaly. It doesn't seem like much of a place for people to stop by, and it should be great for hiding."
"Sure...... either way, now that I don't have a clue, it might be worth checking there out"
"If we're going to investigate the island, maybe we should get permission from the temple. The temple manages it, and only the temple people know how to navigate it. You should never go without permission because it's dangerous. I think Osakura and the others will be able to get permission soon."
"Yes, I was going to talk to Irina, so I'm going to ask her later"
I wonder if the remote island and the others felt like the sanctuary of the temple when I heard about Irina.
Besides, I'm suspicious that Mr. Bence would normally be able to get there by boat.
I don't know what's there, like the temple in front of me, and you should talk to the temple.
Having finished the conversation and the summary report, Mr. Bence paid me for this request for an investigation, and me and Mr. Grett left the Branch Manager's room behind.
What an extra reward of 35 million gills each for resolving this request, the massive occurrence of crocodiles.
I don't know the exact number, but this amount is due to an anomaly in which more than 10 Crocodiles Rex appeared.
He didn't just do this one, so he's going to report it to the Adventurers Association in Wang Du.
Rex is not a monster enough to be considered a great crusade on his own, but you think it's unprecedented that it comes out multiple at a time?
I feel like Lunlun with an unexpected reward, but I honestly can't be happy because I'm just a little anxious about what lies ahead.
He joined Knoll and the others waiting within the Adventurers' Association and began to say goodbye to Mr. Grett and the others because the request was also over.
"Osakura-san, it's been a pleasure to be with you this time. We also intend to actively look into anomalies in the future. We'd be happy to work with each other."
"It would be very comforting if I could work with Mr. Grett and the others. I'll tell you what I heard from the temple through the association."
I've taken care of Mr. Grett and the others, and I'm comfortable if you'll continue to cooperate.
... Speaking of greed, I just want you to be a part of the Demon Stone Hunting Group after Sevaria's anomaly is over.
They're trustworthy people, and you shouldn't have a problem giving them items from Gacha.
And I finished greeting him, and now I'm dissolved, and I thought, before that, Mr. Mars called out.
"You can always tell us if you need anything. I'll help you if I can."
"Yes, thank you"
"It's surprising that those who were so suspicious would say so far. You trusted us."
"Or don't get me wrong! I'm based in Seville, and if anything happens to me, I'm in trouble! Shit, we're going!
Having heard Sisha's words, Ms. Mars left the association with her face red and her hair sneezed.
Mr. Grett and the others laughed a little as they looked at it, and they bowed their heads gently to us and followed.
"You weren't honest until the end."
"But the response was a lot softer than when we met."
"Right. I don't know if I owe this to your brother and Sissha."
"Ugh, this is what it would be if it were in my hands! I'm a priest!
I put my hands on my hips and looked at the clergyman with his chest up, and both me and Estelle put their hands on their foreheads and sighed.
Sure, there are parts of it that could have been broken thanks to Sisha, but you definitely would have been amused about half of it......
While thanking Sisha, we also left the association and went straight home because the sun was falling.
"Mr. Luna! I'm home. Yo!
As soon as he arrives at home, Sisha runs towards Luna's room with a full smile on her face.
When I looked indoors again, I saw that it wasn't particularly rough and that it was peaceful in the house while we were away.
"Looks like the house wasn't rough this time and you were safe."
"Hmm, because Friesia is a good boy. You must have been close to Luna!
"I really hope so"
As Estelle puts her hand on her cheek and looks worried, she hears a doozy run around from the end of the room to which Sisha turned.
And as he made a bang of noise and opened the door, a sissy appeared to have changed his blood phase and panicked.
"Duh, what's going on?
"Mr. Luna is nowhere to be found! Mr. Knoll! Are there any Friesians in Mr. Mofoot's cabin!
"Hmm? I'm just going to take a look."
You think Luna's gone? It's already sunset and it's dark outside, and I thought you were asleep as usual, but you don't seem to be in your room.
You don't seem to see Freesia, or even in Mofft's cabin?
Yeah, I thought about it, too, but Nole came back alone with a mofoot in his arm to check on the cabin.
The white hairy balls held in her arms make her feel comfortable sleeping with the poop.
"There was only Mofft. What about the Freesia room?
"Already confirmed! Oh, where the hell have you been, Mr. Luna..."
"I'll be here as soon as I call you by your name. Does that mean you're not in the house?
If you're that hell-eared freesia, how many if you say your name! or something. It should come to the living room in a fuss.
Doesn't that mean you're still not in the house?
But when you do, you think Luna's out there, not the same way?
Sure, he'd asked me to escort him out of Friesia, but I don't think he'd go out late this evening.
I heard another bang of doors open the second my thoughts passed that I was in some kind of trouble...
I heard a noise from the front door, so I turned around, and there was a full-faced grin on Friesia.
"Ah! I knew you'd be back! Welcome back!
"It's just now. Were you outside?"
"Yeah! Luna, I was taking a proper walk!
When Friesia said so well with one hand up, Luna came into the house late.
"Phew, boy. If you think you ran suddenly, there were Heihachi and the others."
"Mr. Luna! Welcome back!"
"Um, I'm home. Sissha's back too."
Good, looks like you weren't in trouble.
But I didn't think you were taking a walk at night.
"You were out at this hour"
"I was taking a walk at night because Heihachi and the others might call me by day. Whatever happens to this punk, it's convenient to deceive him at night."
"We do have a lot of daylight to investigate, so we should avoid it. But Friesia often convinced me that."
"Hehe, the moon is beautiful and fun to walk at night too. Luna seems to have more fun at night!
"I'm not having fun with anything else. I just feel better without sunlight."
"Once again ~, I went out singing my nose - and I was!? Ouch! Luna, you're hurting me!
Friesia, who poked Luna's cheek with a tungtung and fingertips, was bitten by Luna as much as she wanted.
Ho, sounds like that Luna would be in a pretty good mood for a walk at night, too.
But I didn't think you were taking a walk at night thinking about us.
If you ask me, it's mostly daytime to do an investigation, and it's likely that it will be that time to call the Lunas.
Then I'd wait at home by day, and I'd rather go out after night than worry about calling.
If it's Freesia, I don't like it if it's not while the sun's up! Or something like that, but wasn't it so selfish?
"Seems like you didn't have a problem while we were gone for now."
"... it's okay, no problem"
Luna, who answered after a few moments, keeps her eyes off me and out of sight.
Hey, whatever you think, there just seems to be a problem.
"What is it between now and now? Maybe you did something to him, didn't you?
"I didn't do anything! I was just playing with Mofft for lunch and taking a proper walk with Luna at night! I can't believe I've changed. I've been out of town shooting demons!
"You're doing it! What are you doing, you!
"Yikes! Stop!"
When I saw Friesia, who answered well, I held my cheeks with both hands and crushed them gritty.
Seriously, what are you doing to me... what are you going to do if someone sees you!
"Why did you do that?
"I climbed the wall and found them being attacked outside during a walk. That's why Friesia shot through the demon. I'm sorry I couldn't stop you. There was no sign of anyone around us, so they shouldn't have seen us."
"I don't know if it would be a good idea to climb the wall and take a walk...... were you making it seem so dangerous that you wanted to get your hands on it?
"Yeah...... but I was so far away that it's okay!
"By the way, how far did you shoot through the demons?
"Um, I was wondering if Lapis was farther than I defeated a demon before. I just want you to rest assured that nobody's watching me!
Lapis is when you did your Friesian arm test in the Rugen Valley before.
That one was still close to a kilometer away... you mean you sniped more than that?
This guy feels pompous, but you're really good at your strength.
... Well, I think I helped people, so I should take a big look at it, but I don't want you to do it anywhere that's going to be noticeable.
Are you apologizing that Luna couldn't stop you because she hesitated to stop you when she saw you being attacked?
Sounds like there aren't any witnesses at all for once, but rumors may be spreading that someone watching or being helped from afar is coming to Brunne.
Looks like Friesia should be careful not to have a bow in town for a while.
Absolutely, Sevaria's anomaly just deepens the mystery, too, but it's a lot harder over here.