"Well... I don't know what to do until I've decided on the details of the tournament..."
There are only a few things I can do beyond not deciding on a day, and I can only come up with enough to check my weapons and protective gear and get my body in shape, but I feel like spending just that is something different.
"Then why don't you go to the guild? Just a peek at what kind of request you have, you're gonna have plenty of time."
"So is that. There may be some interesting requests."
Following Grandpa's advice, I decided to take Slalin and the others to the Alliance. By the way, only the family members of the Slalins accompany the Alliance (though Gol and Jill are tucked into their bags as usual). Looks like Grandpa was planning on enjoying the bath today, getting dressed and all, and Amur and Blanca, respectively, are going to be ready for the tournament. Also, if those two and I see each other frequently before the tournament, they may question the fairness of the tournament, so Hannah has asked me to refrain from visiting the Viscount's residence unless I have business.
"So, I didn't dare come... that's a lot of people"
The Alliance had nearly doubled the number of adventurers than it had been when it came before, and it was quite crowded. Guess from what I hear, apparently the early hearers of the tournament were gathering in Nanao.
The adventurers in the Alliance accounted for many of the beasts they thought operated in the Southern Autonomous Region, but some of them seemed to be people and elves, and some of them seemed to know me.
I had been fingered from time to time but no one spoke to me, so I proceeded to the bulletin board on which the requisition was affixed. In front of the bulletin board, a crowd was made, but it was mainly gathered where high-ranking requests were posted, so before the C-rank request, it was less than I thought.
Still, it wasn't a very slow situation, so I appropriately peeled off the requisition that caught my eye and headed to the counter. Incidentally, the request I was to receive was for you to conduct an investigation into the deer demons and make a compromise.
The deer demons have a high appetite on top of a large number, and when left alone, they even come to the fields they made near the city and devour their crops. Strength itself seems to be enough to defeat even D-rank adventurers, but it's troublesome to search in the woods on top of fast escape feet, so they're asking for the C-rank above one.
When I got the request, I headed to the woods quickly, but something unexpected happened when I arrived in the woods. That's...
"I never thought Gol and Jill would be so shaky"
Gol and Jill, who used to pull on their bags, played with the big shag.
When they arrived in the woods, they jumped out of their bags, climbed trees, flew to the next tree, ran around branches, and didn't come back. Fortunately, there seemed to be enough reason left to play in a position not too far from me, but still my liver was cold when Rockbird was about to grab my gol.
Nothing happened because I immediately magically shot him off, but still Gol and Jill kept playing. Sometimes if you can't play in the woods or something, you might get stressed out.
They played around for about an hour and then finally came back to me, but they were pulling right into the bag. After all, I guess the two are basically drawstring physiques.
I started searching for deer after the two of them came back, but I couldn't quite find them. I tried searching for deer in 'Explore' a few times, but all I could find were regular deer that weren't demons. Well, they also designate deer as a vermin, so I made a compromise while securing meat, but I was going to deal with the demon, so there was a shortage.
When I was traveling using Exploration for several times,
"Hmm?"
"Gru......"
I accidentally noticed signs of something and stopped. At the same time, Shiloumal roared low and entered a state of battle.
It was the big deer who showed up to me and Shiloumal noticing and noticing.
"Is he the target of this one... and he's big. Not really, but he's not the kind of demon you can defeat in D-rank."
While I was talking to myself, I kept my attitude in order to be able to unleash magic at any time without distracting myself from the deer.
The deer was about the size of a little smaller than Ryden and had big, splendid horns growing on his head. The feeling of seeing it is like a heraldic, but it is definitely like a demon because the tip of the corner is pointy and the pattern of the body changes subtly to assimilate around it.
"Sounds like you have 'cover-up' skills. Didn't you get caught up in 'Exploration' earlier because of that? Shiloumal, turn around behind him. Be careful, there may be other individuals around you. Slalin asks to follow Shiloumal. Solomon, find out if there's anyone else hiding from the air... let's go!
"Gaw"
"Cuy."
After giving instructions, they each moved on to action. The deer flipped on the spot trying to escape from us, but because of the giant it had been turned into Shiloumal first.
So you decided to be ready, and the deer lowered themselves and horned at Shiloumal. I don't know if you've forgotten my existence, or if you thought Shiloumal was more dangerous, but it's full of gaps and I'm turning my back, so I decided not to hesitate to let you attack me from behind.
"Whoa, there's a gap."
"Vo......"
His neck was defenseless because he was lowering himself and pointing the corner toward Shiloumal, so he cut his neck off from behind with a halvard in one slice. The deer looked like they were trying to intimidate Shiloumal, but they were going to lose their lives before they finished ringing.
"Gaw...... garu?
"Cuy, cuy!
"Gaaaaaa!"
Shiloumaru, who had not turned up, seemed unfortunate, but soon realized that Solomon was raising his voice to let him know something, and with tremendous momentum he proceeded to where Solomon had shown him.
"I knew you had other people... Sularin, we're going to collect them"
He recovered the deer demons rolling in front of him and went after Shiloumal with Slalin. Then, after a while of running, the deer body, supposedly retained by Shiloumal, was rolling. When I retrieve it and raise my face, I see deer bodies rolling a few meters away, and another few meters away, deer bodies rolling a little bit. In the end, the deer demons I recovered were six combined with the ones I defeated.
Shiloumal sat and waited at the last head, looking very satisfied.
"Well done, Shiloumal"
"Waw."
"Is this all the deer?
Shiloumal, who acted on his own before I gave him instructions to crusade the deer, but in that situation, he likely would have escaped if he hadn't chased him right away, so this time it would be Shiloumal's manners. After a lot of praise, I asked if there were any other deer, but Shiloumal had made a report that felt like he was not there or could not be found, with a ringing and body language.
No matter how many 'cover-up' skills you had, you can't delude Shiloumal's nose because it won't eliminate it until it smells. Therefore, I believed in Shiloumal's report and decided to return to Nanao. Just in case, we decided to let Shiloumal mark the trees there and make them think that there were powerful demons living around here. Now for a while, monsters weaker than deer and other vermin and silowmalls will no longer lean on them.
On my way back to Nanao, I explored my surroundings to keep in mind if anything was hidden, but all I could find was a regular deer, and Shiloumal only intimidated me a little, and I didn't hunt because he was running away as much as a detachment.
"Excuse me. I have a report about this request."
"Good luck. Can I help you?
As soon as he entered the guild, he headed to the reception, where he retrieved the requisition and began reporting. Fortunately, the receptionist in charge was available when I received the request, and he seemed to remember me from the other side, and immediately perceived that something was wrong.
"The requisition says something like 'demons that can be dealt with in D-rank, but are C-ranked because they are searches in the woods,' and I actually got those explanations, but demons that I thought would qualify for this request with deer demons that were in the woods were difficult to deal with in D-rank"
I would like to show you the demons that I have been crusading against as evidence, so when I asked if there was any place where I could put the demons out, I said there was a demolition station behind the guild, so I also decided to call the guild executives to make sure.
After a short wait, he went to the demolition station and was introduced to the deputy guild chief with a thin tiger beast man at the demolition station before us. There were several other officials, who seemed to be interested in what would come out.
When they put out all the deer demons they had just crusaded in the presence of the deputy guild chief, the officials, starting with the deputy guild chief, said, "Ugh! I was surprised to hear such a feeling."
Whatever this deer demon is, it's a B-rank demon called 'Spear Elk'. In common sense, I'm not the kind of demon that can deal with D-rank adventurers. Besides, since you act in the herd, I think it's a request for difficulty like being sent to more than one A-rank adventurer or a B-rank or higher party.
"Sorry! It's totally this one's fall!
The deputy guild manager looked at the contents of the requisition and the spear elk in front of him and immediately lowered his head. Plus, as an apology, they say the guild will do free spear elk and deer dismantling. In addition, they buy Spear Elk materials for sale to the Alliance at a regular 20% increase.
I'm surprised at all the sudden low profile and favorable conditions. Am I up to something? thought, but the deputy guild chief who read my complexion like that,
"Actually, I worked for the guild here on Hannah's nomination..."
This deputy guild chief, Hannah's distant relative, seems to have been unable to raise his head to Hannah for a long time (or treat him like a subordinate).
How scared of Hannah, when I said I would take that condition, the deputy guild chief had a relief look on his face...
"Huh."
I suddenly reacted to the voice I heard and it solidified like a stone statue.
"I recommended you to the deputy guild chief to prevent these things from happening, and you're not just making mistakes, you're trying to get rid of them, right?
"No, you know, this is what I'm trying to get rid of... or why here!
In response to the Deputy Guild Manager's question, Hannah laughed nicely,
"Do you think there's anything like sending only one person on our side to an organization like the Adventurer Alliance?
That's what happened. I don't know who it is, but I'm guessing this guild has someone like Hannah's spy. And I guess that spy passed this case on to Hannah.
"I can't believe I have to discuss this with you once. I got nothing this time because it was Tenma who got this request... but if a regular C-rank adventurer was getting it, it wouldn't have been weird if the dead were out. Oh, you don't have to worry about this story because we have permission from the Alliance Commander. Come on, shall we go?
"I don't like it. Huh!
The deputy guild chief was pulled out of the demolition station by Mr. Hannah screaming.
"Dear Tenma, if you don't mind, we can still do the demolition now, but will time be all right? And are there any hopes of selling sites, etc?
"Time is fine. The sales site is… Spear Elk is not very tasty, so I will sell it except for the Demon Nucleus and the two-headed fur. And then we'd like you to dismantle the deer."
Other officials who remained at the dismantling station began to do their jobs pale without being slightly upset that the deputy guild chief had been taken away.
Only a bunch of demolition professionals were gathering on the boulder, and the giant Spear Elk was instantly dismantled. Even the spear elk does, so it was placed on the desk divided by site before it even reached the deer enough.
In the end, at the hands of several officials, the six spear elks were dismantled in just over an hour, and the deer with ten were rose in less than half an hour.
"This will be the purchase amount. Including the meaning of this apology, it is also possible to ask Tenma to take the B-rank promotion exam, what will you do?
A woman who had staffed the staff after the deputy guild chief left has been diagnosing me with a B-rank promotion exam, but after a few thoughts, she declined this time.
The woman was surprised that I quit, and she asked me why, so I succinctly,
"I belong to the royalty, so I want to do the promotion in the King's Capital. Perhaps with this delivery request and previous achievements, it will be possible to take the promotion exam in the guild of Wangdu."
I said. Normally, it would still be judged to be inexperienced, but it would also judge the guild of the Wang Capital, as it has achieved more achievements than that (such as winning militant tournaments and coup crackdown on the crusade of the Dragon of the Earth). In other words, the royal family (especially Maria) recommends or supposedly does.
When the woman asked why, she nodded as if she remembered my relationship with the royal family and was convinced.
Just because I'm a royalty, I don't have a problem taking a promotion exam outside of Wang Capital, but putting in a report to the royal family and then getting promoted is more effective for my appeal that I'm a royalty, and most importantly, I don't have to be heard of stupidity later on. Mainly Maria's......
"It was a disaster."
Returning to the inn and telling Grandpa about this request, Grandpa was laughing with words of sympathy. Well, if I were in Grandpa's shoes, I'd react the same way.
And when I said that I was diagnosed with a promotion exam in this case but I refused, I said that it was the right decision to make this time with a turnaround and a serious face. Apparently, Grandpa also imagined when he was asked about the stupidity of Maria and the king. Grandpa is strong for a king who was a godson at one time, but doesn't seem to be able to get out strong on boulders for Maria who didn't have much contact with him.
"I'm sorry I'm talking to you. I'm seeing a messenger from Master Hannah right now, can I let you through?
As the two of us were talking, a buddy called from across the door. I was a little uncomfortable when I heard about the messenger from Hannah, but she gave me permission to go through with it.
The envoy was not Blanca as expected (if it were Blanca in the first place, he would come here directly without letting his companions through), but a Viscount's subordinate who looked familiar but never spoke, and the content was that Hannah wanted to invite him to an apologetic dinner. Originally, until the end of the tournament, it was Hannah's side who said it shouldn't fit too well, but she wants to take the form of an apology immediately because the matter of this guild has been known to other adventurers and others. Upon hearing the story, my grandfather and I were convinced that we had communicated our willingness to participate to the messenger and asked him to return after hearing the time.
"Until the scheduled time, two more hours... that's pretty steep. Grandpa, what do you think the slurrins should do in this case?
"Hmm... normally it would be easier for me to leave a message, but this time I can tell you that the slurins are also the victims, so I wouldn't have a problem taking them. But until I get clearance, I'm gonna have to wait in my bag."
That's why we decided to go all the way. Well, amongst the top three Viscounts, Amur won't be opposed to the presence of his family, and Hannah seems to like Slalin, so Viscount Robo won't say anything if he just takes them. In the first place, Hannah seems to be hosting this dinner party, so they're going to complain about not taking Slalin.
He said the Viscount carriage would pick him up before the hour (he said he could walk to the other side, but the Viscount had some face, so it was about a few minutes away, but a carriage was to be prepared), so he hurried to take a bath (and Shiloumar and Solomon), and decided to relax until time after he was clean.
"Tenma, Lord Merlin, I'm sorry for all of a sudden"
On a carriage that came an hour ago, when I arrived at the Viscount's house shaken for a few minutes, Blanca, who was waiting at the entrance, apologized for the opening best. Briefly, Hannah also noticed that she had forgotten to confirm my plans since the dinner party was about to be held because of a rapid decision.
In addition, Viscount Robo didn't have very good feelings about me being the guest of honor after the last time, and Blanca told me, "My brother may be involved in the temper, but be as patient as possible."
When I was invited to this dinner party, I was told that if Viscount Robo and I were to fight, they might think that the Southern Autonomous Region had sold the fight to the Royal Family.
If this is a personal fight between me and Viscount Robo, I have no particular problem with it (though Viscount Robo will still do a lot more damage), but if this is in the position of being the head of the Royal Apostle and the Southern Autonomous Region, it could be a Royal vs. Viscount War as it is.
So Blanca went on to say, "Instead, me and my sister-in-law (Hannah) will deal with my brother (Viscount Robo)". By the way, when we said we were going to deal with each other, we also said, "My brother could die... but we have no choice". The killer at that time would almost certainly be Mr. Hannah.
"Well, I'll keep that in mind, too. However, if it seems like it's too much time, I'll leave on the way. And we're leaving the south as it is."
"Please. Ning Ro, I'd appreciate it if you did. Then, at worst, one brother's sacrifice adds a piece."
It's a terrible way to put it, but it was a statement that could be taken for granted if Viscount Robo and a large number of the lives of the Southern Autonomous Communities (although Mr. Sana's specific gravity would account for the majority of them) were put on the scale. I have a short temper, too, so let's be really careful.
"I'm sorry I pulled over here. I'll show you to the venue. Follow me."
After a little talk, Blanca started guiding us like she remembered her role.
The place they took me to wasn't the room where I last met Viscount Robo, it was a bigger room than there. They say that's where they use it for banquets, celebrations, etc., and the floor was covered with tatami, but they can also party in a standing meal format, except for tatami, where the slab floor appears.
"Tenma and Lord Merlin's seats are reserved for those in the upper seat"
Blanca showed us around pointing to the deepest table. Viscount Robo and Hannah sat at that table, and there were Sannah and Amur at the table near it. Blanca sat next to Sana 'a after we got to her seat, and Viscount Robo, who saw it through, stood up with Hannah.
"I know you're all listening, but this time in my misery, the royal messengers, Lord Tenma Ootri and Lord Merlin... excuse me, I made Lord Merlin Ootri uncomfortable. So this dinner party is also meant to be an apology to both names. It's supposed to be rude in these seats, but for those reasons, enjoy it to the extent that it doesn't bother you around."
"… than this, we will hold a dinner party. Cheers."
"" "" "Cheers!
The dinner party thus began, but the greeting was somewhat uncomfortable. The first time Hannah re-mentioned her grandfather's name was because his grandfather glanced at Hannah (who would deny it, but he had a pretty sharp eye), but Viscount Robo's lines were considerably smaller for the amount of Hannah's lines. Perhaps it has something to do with the chilling of Viscount Robo at the last time Hannah said, "To the extent that it does not cause trouble" (which he would also deny, but was sharply eyed enough to illusion that the ambient temperature had dropped a few degrees).
In other words, Viscount Robo had some sort of plan, but he supposedly ended up greeting Hannah too easily because she stabbed him with a nail first. Probably was thinking about something that wasn't even busy.
I still don't know what I'm thinking, but I thought it would be nice if the food continued to taste good. At least, I want you to just stop bleeding. Because I lose my appetite...... maybe.