--The first thing to do is to get out of that labyrinth, the Millennium Corridor of the Abyss, and a month has passed since I arrived in Green Hollow Town.

　Although there was a lot of anxiety at the beginning, the weapon shop is doing well, and the residents of the town seem to be accepting it reasonably well.

　What I didn't expect was that the number of non-adventurers' customers was still higher than I expected.

　Not only do they come to the store to buy knives or request repairs, but there are also cases where we go out and do the work.

　And today, we have several such requests.

　On a closed day, I was out of town all morning - an episode from the day.










Locking up is good. Well, let's start with the hunters' association.

　I check the locks on the doors and windows, change the small sign lowered on the front door to 'Closed', and then leave for the center of town.

　The White Wolf Store is located on the outskirts of Green Hollow Town.

　It's located on the road to the nearest dungeon, the Sundial Forest.

　It's a little inconvenient for me to go into town to do my own shopping, but it's not a bad location for a weapon shop that mainly targets adventurers.

''Ah. Good morning, Luke-san.
Good morning, Sylvia.

　I passed Sylvia who was preparing to open the inn's storefront.

　Although the time was still early in the morning, the town was already awake.

　Green Hollow's main industries are hunting and forestry, as well as the hospitality industry, which focuses on hot springs.

　In addition to these, the business for new adventurers visiting the 'Sundial Forest' has been booming lately.

　They only grow enough farm produce to feed the town's residents, and if anything, they have to buy from neighboring towns to make ends meet.

　In the days when taxes were paid in crops rather than cash, the land might have been quite a hardship.

'Um, the hunting association is ...... over here?'

　Relying on a simple handwritten map, I walked to a building in one part of town.

　There, a man who looked like a painting of the image of 'The Hunter' was waiting for my arrival.

'Oh, here he comes!　I've been waiting for you, Mr. White Wolf!
Hi. You were asked to restore a hunting tool, right?
Yeah. Normally we fix it ourselves, but every once in a while we get a professional to give it a good clean up.

　The hut he was led to had a large collection of spears, bows and arrows, and rugged blades that were supposed to be used for hunting.

　The same thing had been done in my adventuring days as a fundraiser.

　Because I couldn't receive high reward requests because I was ranked E for all years, so I was earning pennies by [restoring] other adventurers' weapons and tools.

''It was a request in the name of a coalition of union members, wasn't it?
A little money for every one of us. How long is this gonna take?
I can finish this before lunch.
Okay, you know what to do.

　So, we'll get to work on it immediately.

　It's a lot of work, but [restoration] is easy.
　Since it has been well maintained on a regular basis, the main thing is to fix the minor damage that has accumulated.

'(Being entrusted with this kind of business tool, does that mean that you've been trusted in your own way?　(I'd be happy if that were the case.)

　With this in mind, I continued to work in silence until before noon.










　After the work at the hunting association, I headed to fulfill a request from the town hall.

　Our destination is not in the town, but on the outskirts of town in the opposite direction of the White Wolf Store.
　It's one of several routes down the mountain.

　As we walked along a mountain path wide enough for wagons to pass, we came to a ravine with a river running underneath the cliff.

'Oh, I've been waiting for you. Look at this guy.

　A member of the crowd gathered in front of the canyon calls out to me.

The bridge fell down in the last storm. The last storm knocked down the bridge," said a man in the crowd. It's been damaged for a long time, but a strong storm has doomed it.
I see. ...... It's as busted as you can get.

　The bridge girders have fallen into the ravine and large pieces of wreckage are scattered across the river.

　The river is not fast enough and the water level is not that great, so most of the bridge debris seems to have been left behind.

There's a detour, so we've been postponing the repair work. So we decided that it would be faster to have the bridge repaired than to rebuild it.
'The Mayor told me what's going on. I also told him we need half of the bridge wreckage: ......
As you can see, I've got all the people I need to pull it off.

　The representative of the group pointed to the people gathered along the canyon.
　It's about half inhabitants and half adventurers.

　As far as the map goes, this bridge is the shortest route from Green Hollow to the next town.

　No matter how many detours there are, there are still a lot of people who would like to be able to use the shortest route.

...... hmm?　You're a cherry.

　There was a very familiar face in the crowd.

'I thought I'd help. If the bridge is repaired, I'll be able to help, and fortunately, I have the best skills for it.

　Sakura tapped her chest proudly.

　Come to think of it, I had never asked what skills Sakura had.

　It's the first thing I'd check if I'm forming a party as an adventurer, but right now I'm on leave from my adventuring career.

'Well, let's pull up the wreckage first. With half of the bridge girders, the rest can be repaired with ordinary wood.
Yes, sir. I'll go down to the river and you can throw a rope. I'll go tie it to the appropriate wreckage.
Are you okay on your own?
'Yes. I'll leave the pulling up to you guys.

　Sakura told that to the other sides and kicked the ground lightly as if she was starting to run.

''--[Shrinkage]!

　The next moment, Sakura's figure disappeared without a trace.

'Nah ......!'

　The townspeople, as well as me, were surprised by the suddenness of the event, but some of the adventurers seemed to accept it as a matter of course.

　Not long after that, I heard Sakura's voice from the stream below the cliff.

'Lord Luke!　Rope, please!
I'm surprised. A fast-moving system?
'No, I thought it was more like instantaneous travel!　We'll talk later!

　At any rate, we're going to start the [repair] work on the collapsed bridge.

　Throwing a rope from above into the stream, Sakura ties it to a reasonably sized piece of debris, and it takes a dozen or so people, including horses for hauling, to pull it up.

　This is a lot of work, but it should be cheaper in time and cost than building a new one from scratch.

Okay, we should have enough wreckage for that.

　Gathering the collected wreckage and the prepared wood near the bridge, I collectively activate 【Restoration】.

　As long as I have enough materials, the rest is instantaneous.

　With the same eye-popping speed as when the store was 【Restore】, the wooden bridge is restored to its like-new appearance.

......【Restoration】completed!
'Whoa!　Holy shit, it's shiny!
So we won't have to go far!

　The crowd that participated in the work cheered.

　The [Restoration] skill is not a skill that can create anything at will, but as long as you're prepared, this is what you can do.

　While being thrown words of gratitude and praise, I call out to Sakura who has returned with the [Shrinkage] skill.

''You'll do it. You've got skills like that too.''
'I still haven't worked out enough, but I can help you with this much.

　Sakura says that this [Shrinkage] skill belongs to instantaneous movement, not high speed movement.

　The distance she can move and the weight she can carry depends on her skill level, and according to her, she is still inexperienced.

　At best, he can only carry 'a distance where you can see the opponent's face clearly' and 'clothing and equipment weight'.

　It's also not a small amount of magic power consumption, and the drawback is that if you fire repeatedly, you will quickly run out of breath.

''However, ...... it's true to say this, but if you had such a skill, wouldn't you have been easily beaten even against a dragon?''
''Hahaha ...... I'm embarrassed. When my sword broke in the first attack, my mind went blank for a moment. In the meantime, a little .......

　As we chatted about this, Sakura and I made our way back to the town of Green Hollow Town.

''Oops. I have some business to attend to at the Guild House, so I'll have to excuse myself around here.
Yeah, I'll see you later.

　I left Sakura and wandered down Main Street in Green Hollow towards home.

'Well, I guess that's it for today's request. I think I'll go to Sylvia's and grab a bite to eat and go home.

　Just as I was about to change my direction of travel with that thought, the three men in armor stopped to surround me.

　They weren't adventurers. They're knight armor-clad in full-face helmets.
　They're even wearing a matching cloak with a symbol on it, politely.

　-- it doesn't seem to be a legitimate errand by any stretch of the imagination.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

　Of course, I knew it wasn't that kind of thing.

'What's wrong?　If you want to order weapons, you'll have to go to the store.