The new revelations about the Abomination that the Humane Kingdom had made public with great fanfare had caused the people of the world, especially the human race, to tremble.

Some believed the announcement, others laughed at it, others were baffled, and the human race showed a variety of other reactions, but it could be said to be a natural reaction since the conventional wisdom was overturned.

Furthermore, there were rumors that not a few scholars in several countries, with the Humane Kingdom at the forefront, had begun researching the abomination.

There may be a day when a means is found to prevent the "annihilation" of babies born as an abomination, for which there is no countermeasure at present, and save the babies born as an abomination...maybe the day will come.





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At the Adventurer's Guild in the city of Farren.

Normally it would be a deserted lunchtime as adventurers go to their requests, but on that day, the place was bustling with what could be considered a noisy crowd.

It seems that people are concentrating on one of the many tables in the waiting room, and even the guild staff have troubled expressions on their faces.

''Virum-san, would you like to go to our party and request sometime? I found a request that sounds interesting.

Come with us! I have a request that I expect to be quite rewarding.

'Can you give High Sierra a ride for once? No?

'Miss Meldina, please teach me how to do water magic!

Oh, I wish you would tell me that!

'Kunalia, you should go on a date with me sometime. I found a place that serves great food the other day.

No, no, no, I'll be there!

It had been known for some time that they were highly skilled, but when they were promoted to rank A and formed a friendship with the Humane Kingdom, their level of popularity suddenly jumped.

The adventurers, who had been taking a step back because of the way they dealt with Kabakkas and the mercilessness of the brigands, are now trying desperately to build a relationship with Vilm's connection to the country, which seems to be very attractive to them.

Meldina, what should we do in this kind of case? Tell me about it. You're a senior, right?

'Wow, I don't understand! I've never been in this situation before either.

Vilm, who had been listening with his cheekbones, asked for a way to deal with the adventurers, but Meldina didn't seem to have any methods that came to mind either, and he shook his head with a troubled expression on his face.

If it was Virum before he went to the kingdom, he would probably hit them with one of the killing spells to force them to shut up, but he is currently in the middle of learning about the outside world.

Although he was fed up with the way the adventurers were making noise, he did not act on his emotions.

Incidentally, it seems that Kunaria is bowing down dutifully to the frivolous-looking men who asked her for a date, and refusing them.

''Yes, yes, that's enough. Wyrm-kun and the others are in trouble.''

It was Shazar, the guild master, who showed up while clapping his hands.

''It should be a rule in the Adventurer's Guild to refrain from excessive solicitation of others, right? If you're going to make any more noise, do I have to consider some sort of punishment as a violation of the rules?

''Oh no, Guildmaster. Hey, I was just talking to Virum and the others~

Yeah, yeah, yeah! So, Mr. Wilm, let's talk about it again next time!

The ones who were making a lot of noise seemed to be unwilling to continue until they were punished, and they disbanded like a scattering of spiderlings.

Virum and the others followed the scene with their eyes, but when the last one left the guild, the three of them all let out a sigh.

''Hee, I didn't think being surrounded by people would be this tiring. In a way, it was a new discovery...''

'I thought one of them called out to me and in an instant it was that situation. I didn't know what was going on.

Perhaps because of the relief of being released, Meldina and Cunaria seem to be weakening with their cheeks on the desk.

I'm sorry for making you wait even though I had you come to report on this matter. I'm sorry that I had to wait for you to come in to report on this case, but I was just concentrating on the report and the materials that were submitted to me, and I was concentrating on it too much.

'So that's why the guild staff didn't come out when they went to call for you. Thanks to that, I'm getting a lot of unnecessary fatigue over here.

'I'm really sorry. As an apology, I'll prepare a nice cup of tea and some sweets for you. Celica-kun, could you prepare them in my room?

Okay. I'll have it for you in a minute.

Shazar gave a slightly annoyed smile at Wyrm's sarcasm, but he soon regained his usual tone.

Although it was a sudden instruction, Celica, who had become accustomed to Shazar's repeated recklessness, retreated behind the counter without showing any signs of impatience.

''Well then, let's go to my room to hear the details.





Vilm and the others were ushered into the Guildmaster's room, which was exactly the same as when they visited before, and Shazar urged them to sit down on a chair.

There was already hot tea and high-class sweets on the table.

When Virum and the others took a breath, Shazal opened his mouth.

The first thing to do is to congratulate you on your promotion to A-rank. I wondered what was going on when I received the notice handwritten by Zeldia-sama. I wasn't worried about the request at all, but there was a good chance that the people of the kingdom would try to bring Virum-kun and Hinori (spirit beasts)-sama to my country.

'In fact, it sounds like you intended to do so. I didn't think you'd go beyond solicitation and say you wanted to form an equal friendship.

It's the kind of thing where a country recognizes its equality with that individual. I couldn't believe it when I heard the news, but if Hinori-sama showed up, it makes sense.

Starting with this exchange, the story follows a timeline of events that took place in the Kingdom of Humaneon.

On the road to requesting an escort, the accompanying of Hyshela who was rampaging in the inn town, the audience with King Zeldia, and the coup d'état by Bailudo.

After listening to the series of events, Shazar seems to be deep in thought with his hand over his mouth.

''Guildmaster, do you have any idea who this man Julius is?''

''Unfortunately... it's possible that it's a fake name, but I've never seen such a name for a high-ranking adventurer. I haven't even heard of a newcomer with the ability to go toe-to-toe with Wyrm-kun, and I think the line of adventurer is thin.

Well.... No one in the Humane Kingdom knew about that guy's existence either. There was no information in the Adventurer's Guild either. If he had that much power and was aiding in the coup, it's very likely that he's a spider from another country or someone who can't be seen on the stage.

Virum, who had seen that the Adventurer's Guild would have some information, showed slight disappointment, but he quickly switched his thoughts and began to consider it.

It was obvious that he wanted to locate Julius, who could be a threat to his family, and get a hold of his movements.

''I'll try to gather some information from the guild as well. In the meantime, I've returned to Farren for the first time in a long time. Why don't you take some time to rest your body for a while?

I... Yeah, I'll do that.

After deciding that there was no progress to be made by thinking about it further, Virum seemed to have decided to take Shazar's suggestion.

After that, he received a list of jobs that A-ranked adventurers could take orders for and an explanation of the precautions from Celica, and the day was dismissed.






On a side note...

After leaving the Adventurer's Guild, Virum and the others were surrounded by a greater density of people living in Farren, including adventurers and merchants, than before, and by the time we arrived at the "Dragon's Footsteps", the sun was setting.