'Manager Luke!　This way please!
I've been expecting you, Luke!　d*mn it, where have you been selling the oil?

　Both Leila and Travis, in an attitude that can only be described as 'a mutual friend showed up when I was having trouble dispelling the delicate atmosphere,' urge me to come to the place where Leila had been earlier.

　Garnett pulls up another chair and places that one in front of Travis, while he himself shifts the chair Layla was sitting in to the side and sits down.

'Wow, I'm around here!　Mr. Travis, we'll see you again at ...... for the rest of the story!

　Leila ran out of the room at a quick pace.

　While watching her back, Alexia shook her head, smiling and saying goodbye.

''I'll go back to the sales floor as well. And as for the example(-) plan(-), the plan is going to boil down to the point where we can put it into action soon.
Are you sure?　That's good to hear.
'But the lowest cost means is relying on Luke-kun's skills, isn't it? If that's the way you're going to be employed, I'll need a lot of help.
...... Yeah. It's my job. I'm going to take responsibility for it.

　I respond to Alexia with an air of casualness, even though I couldn't help but put my hand over my right eye.

　And just as Alexia leaves the room and I sit back in my chair, Travis purposefully gives a loud cough.

'Ah, let me get right to it, but let me get to the point.
Sorry to keep you waiting. Let's get started.

　It was obvious that he was in a hurry to avoid being dug up for being with Layla, but he decided to let her talk to him without pursuing it in depth.

　If I tease him poorly, it could make him stubborn and have the opposite effect.
　It's best to keep them quiet for the time being.

In fact, I heard that you were planning to ask the dwarves of Asropolis about the Adamant, so I made inquiries as a matter of fact. I've compiled the results in this notebook.
......!　You did that to me?

　I catch the notebook Travis slips on the table and picks it up.

'It may have been unnecessary, but I needed to gather some information on another matter.
Thanks for the help. I haven't had a chance to visit the dungeons very often.

　I pass on my sincere thanks to Travis.

　Even though the travel routes in the dungeon are being improved, the travel time to Athropolis on the second level is a journey that requires us to see roughly two days.

　Even if it's not too far, it's still a bit difficult to go there when you have other work to do, so a round trip of four days, or around five days if you include your stay in the area, is a bit difficult.

　It was impossible for me not to be grateful for a solution to this problem.

I just wanted to add a few words while I was asking about another matter, so I may not have been able to find out much about it.
If you can't do it, neither can I. I'm going to have to be grateful for that.

　I don't have much doubt about the accuracy of the information in my notebook.

　It's a good thing that you're not a crooked person like I am, but when you're able to achieve A-rank status by virtue of your ability, you can be considered one of the best adventurers in the world in terms of information gathering ability.

　Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to achieve enough success to reach the A-rank.

　It's not really a problem, though, because the adventurers who actually do the interviewing were not Travis himself, but his party members.

　Because the 'information gathering ability' of the adventurers who lead the party is an evaluation that includes making the party members use it well to gather information.

'Which one ......?'

　I quickly flipped through the page lightly and looked over the contents for a bit.

　At the same time, Travis also added a brief verbal explanation.

'From what we've been able to find out, apparently there was a tradition in the dwarven society of the second level that 'Ivaldi struck the Sword of Adamant' as well.
Did they know it was the sword of the Demon King Gandalf?
No, they don't know who he struck it for. To them, too, the adamant is a legendary metal, and the fact that they struck a weapon with it seems to be a mythical subject in and of itself.

　I inwardly agree that it would be so.

　If it had been handed down that Ivaldi had made a sword for the Demon King Gandalf, it would have been in the ears of the knights and guilds by now.

　It's natural to think that the Adamant thing is 'not relevant to the people on earth, so there's no point in teaching it,' but that's not the case with the information about Gandalf.

'And here's the thing, some of the dwarves were working on recreating the technique by which Ivaldi fashioned the adamant. The actual adamant does not exist in their possession, but they thought that the technique could be used for normal smithing as well.
But looking at the ...... planner, I'm not so sure about the results.
'But we've been given a wrap-up of what we've been able to find out at this point. Tell me you wouldn't be so stingy for a man who has saved the day twice in Aslopolis' predicament.

　Travis laughed boldly at that.

　It may indeed be an objective fact that he had saved Aslopolis twice, but it was beyond embarrassing to be put into words again.

　The first time was when we fixed the luminescent function of the ceiling on the second level, which had stopped functioning at dawn, as a condition for turning the neutral city of Asropolis into a base for adventurers to explore.

　And the second time was when I fought off Agat Ram, who was planning to assassinate Administrator Fulacinus, with the local demons.

　The former was a cooperation for our benefit, and the latter was an enmity due to events and personal reasons, so it tickled me to be described as a savior or something.

'Anyway, I'm glad to be of service. I don't feel comfortable being relied upon all the time, you know.

　Travis was about to get up from his chair and start preparing to leave, but he stopped abruptly and added a few words.

'...... Oops, yeah. I almost forgot something important.
What's going on?
''I heard that Theodore has embarked on a search for the fourth level and that you are involved in it. So I'm going to send one of the adventurers on the second level to explore the fourth level: .......

　After a brief pretense of thought, Travis said a name that was familiar to me.

'After all, it would be nice to have someone who is kindred spirits with you. I'll try to talk to Siranui Sakura, no inconvenience there, right?