--The development of winter clothes requested by the Knights of the Ash Hawk, and the search for a means to improve Garnett's fighting ability.

　There is a lot of work to be done, but in the meantime, the original work of the White Wolf Store also jumps in one after another.

　And the one who brought in the biggest job of the day was Sylvia, the innkeeper who had been with him since before he opened his shop.

''Hello, Luke. May I have a moment of your time?
What's the matter, are we talking business?
Yes. I have a special favor to ask you on a more personal level.

　I lead Sylvia, with her usual smiling face, to the space in the back of the store.

　As was the case with Oswald of the Ash Hawk Knights, when it would be too long to talk to him in the storefront, I always try to discuss it at the back of the store.

　But in Sylvia's case, apart from that, she often visited the living space, so there was less of a sense that she was visiting for business.

　If anything, the atmosphere is no different than the usual friends coming to visit as usual.

''Well, you see, ...... I have a number of things I want to order under the name of Spring Wakabatei.
What is that, Erica's pills?　The rest is per Noir's Magical Tools or ......

　Sylvia handed me the order form she took out of her bag and smiled a little annoyed as she handed it to me.

''A large adventuring party has booked me for an extended stay, and they asked me to prepare some supplies for them before they arrive. I've been charged a commensurate additional fee, so I don't have a problem with that.
'I see, from what I've seen at ......, it's not something your average innkeeper would procure.

　From the order form, it seems that they want a set of things that the adventurer needs, including a replacement for weapons and armor.

　Food and new clothes would not be a problem at the Spring Wakaba-Tei.

　However, a set of equipment for the members and a number of other minor tools that adventurers deal with are not something that the innkeepers can procure from the vendors they normally deal with.

''Luke-san has been an adventurer for a long time, so I thought he must be familiar with them.
'Then you could have asked the Guildhouse to do it for you.
''But I think that would only end up getting the story from the guild to the White Wolf Store.
Uh, ...... sure.

　If we asked the town's guildhouse to procure these things, the guildhouse would leave the actual procuring to an outside contractor.

　In Green Hollow Town, such a request is almost always made to the White Wolf Shop.

　I'm sure it would be quicker to make a request directly to them using my connection to Sylvia and me rather than going through the trouble of doing so.

I'm sure you'll be able to find it. Can you leave the preserved food to Wakaba-Tei of Spring?
Yes, I'll need the ones we can't provide.
'But then again, I can't believe these guys ...... asked the innkeeper where I was staying to do this.

　As I read through the documents, there was a light mention of the situation with that large party.

　Apparently they were in the middle of a dungeon in a different land, and they were planning to move to Green Hollow on their way back after finishing their search and resting up at a hot spring inn before challenging the "Ark of the Elements".

　It seems that they did not directly bring in the reservations for lodging and requests for supplies themselves, but rather left it to someone else in advance so that it would arrive in time for their planned return.

　What an efficiency-based approach, or something like that.

　It seems that as a result of trying to efficiently navigate the dungeon we are currently attacking and the Ark of the Elements, we ended up moving to Green Hollow right after escaping and taking up lodging, which is a bit of a forced march.

''The leader is ranked B? Maybe he's in a hurry to get promoted to the A rank and is trying to accumulate achievements in a short period of time.
I don't know if it's safe to work so hard.
'Not well. They're planning to take a rest at the spa, so I guess it's not entirely unthinkable, but ...... I'll have them increase the production of the potions as well, although it's not on the order form. I'm sure we'll need it.
'Thank you. I'm still glad I talked to Luke about it.

　Sylvia smiled with a relieved look on her face.

　It's a softness that's completely different from the troubled smile she had earlier.

　Nevertheless - the leader of this party, the B-ranked adventurer who leads this party, but it was a name I had never heard of in any way.

　I can't possibly know all of the adventurers, and there are more adventurers that I don't know about, but I can still imagine some of them when it comes to 'I've never heard of them even though they are B-ranked'.

　My guess is that it's either an adventurer who has been active in other areas, or an adventurer who has recently skyrocketed in rank.

　If it's the former, I can't help but think wistfully that Green Hollow Town and the Ark of the Elements have become famous as well.

''I'll ask the head of the Guild branch, Florence, what kind of people these guys are later. It's easier to take care of them if you know them in advance.
Thank you so much for everything: ...... Oh, yeah. This is totally off topic, but I wanted to tell you something.

　Sylvia popped her hand in front of her chest and pulled out another stack of papers from her bag.

'I heard that the residential part of the White Wolf Store ...... was going to build a bath for Luke and Garnett's home, so I asked a contractor I know a lot of questions about it.
Are you sure?　Sorry, I didn't ask for it.

　I've been thinking about the idea of building a bath in my home for a long time, but I haven't been able to make any progress because of all the big jobs I've been doing in Asropolis and whatnot.

　I was thinking that I needed to start planning in earnest if I was going to carry it out, so Sylvia's concern was well-received.

I think the construction work can be done at a discount if you ask the company you're hiring to build our extension. If you also use Alexia-san's finesse, I'm sure you'll end up with a pretty useful bath.
The big bathhouse is nice, but sometimes it's a pain in the ass to get out of town here every night.
''Even though it's nominal, Luke-san is also the Lord of Green Hollow. I don't mind this level of luxury.

　Sylvia chuckles as she looks at me with a troubled face.

　It's true that I'm treated as the lord of Green Hollow and the surrounding area, but that's only the territory as a budget source for the White Wolf Knights.

　I don't have any intention of playing lord, and I'd be troubled if I was asked to act like a lord.

''By the way, it's the fee for using the source, but if you're a lord, you don't have to bother paying it, do you?　And it's a territory that includes the source.
'It's fine. It's just for the budget of the knights and has nothing to do with the white wolf store. Even if it's not a legal matter, it's just a personal vendetta.
'You're really serious. That's the nice thing about it.

　Sylvia praised me straight away, and I looked away, somewhat tickled by Sylvia's praise.

　Totally, I was glad Garnett wasn't here.
　If he had been there, I don't know what he would have told me later.