Step into the Adventurers' Guild.
　Head to the huge bulletin board in the center with mission requests.
　Basically, it's a low-difficulty mission request form with the occasional high-difficulty one mixed in.
　My eyes were naturally looking for a request to kill a certain demon.

　--An ancient dragon.

　It was the one that burned my daughters' homeland to the ground and the only thing I've never been able to defeat in my life as an adventurer.

　--I guess there's no sign of the requisition. No sightings either.

　I shouldn't be surprised.
　Ancient dragons are S-ranked demons, designated as disaster.
　If someone saw something, word should spread throughout the capital.
　It's impossible that I wouldn't hear about it.
　Still, I visit the Adventurer's Guild every day to check it out, only because I'm unusually obsessed.
　He must be defeated.
　To keep him from being like the second and third daughters.

Hey. Dad. Did you come by to visit again today?　What?　Perhaps you came to check on me to see how I was doing?

　Anna came to me.

"Anna's got a good job. I'm not worried about you.
"Hmm. Just kidding. Thanks. So Monica told me that you're on the message board every day. Is there a mission you're looking for?
Well. Yeah, pretty much.
If you tell me, I'll let you know when the request comes in.
Really?　Well, I'll do you a favor. If you have any sightings of the Ancient Dragon, you need to let me know.
"Hmm. Ancient Dragon: ......
What's going on?
No. I just thought, maybe it's a coincidence. Maybe we'll get to meet the Ancient Dragon soon.
What? I blurted out.
''Actually, there have been sightings of a giant monster at the volcano Duego. I'm not sure if it was an ancient dragon or not, but ....... I think it's not very likely. Giant monsters in the volcano can be limited in number. A survey team will be sent out soon to corroborate the sightings.

　I didn't expect to get a clue this fast.
　Was it coincidence or inevitability?
　Maybe we're meant to be drawn to each other.

That's right, Mt. Duego. We'll be right there.
Dad. Just a minute.

　Anna stopped me.

"If we're going to the volcano, let me make some demands.
"Conditions?
"Don't go it alone, form a party. And that includes two or more people with adventurer ranks higher than B. If there really is an Ancient Dragon, we can't send out just one, Dad.
''You have a B rank or higher. ....... Even if the Adventurer's Guild is just short of people, who would be willing to help us with a project that doesn't pay out?

　That's not going to be easy.

And on one condition... that I come with you.
Anna?
Yeah. I'm gonna have to follow my dad. --Oh, the guild will be fine. It's time for me to take a vacation.
Why?　It's dangerous, you know.
"So that's why. I want to help my dad too. Besides, you can go to ......
And?
Nope. The other reason is nai ... --anyway, I can't let you go to the volcano unless you let me go with you.
I don't care if you say so.

　Reluctantly, I've decided to allow Anna to come along.
　If we really had to face the Ancient Dragon, the sparks would fall on Anna who was with me.
　Understanding that, Anna said she wanted to go.


　She's a working man now.
　I don't have the authority, not even as a father, to thwart her decision-making. All I can do is protect my beloved daughter at all costs.

Deal. Thanks. Dad.

　Anna winked at me.
　It's a cute gesture.

''Now we've accomplished the requirement of having Anna with us, but the problem is the number of adventurers above the rank of B.''
Is there something for me?
"In the meantime, I'll call on the Knights and the Magical Academy. Maybe they can help us.

　★

In that case, I'll go with you.

　The Knight's Training Ground.
　When I told her what had happened, Elsa offered to help me.

"Are you sure?　I won't even get paid for it.
There is no greater reward for me than to fight alongside you, Father. And if Anna's coming with me, I should be with her.
Why?
'Well, that's the . I heard it was an overnight survey, so I thought it would be unfair for ...... Anna to be the only one to spend time in the water with your father." ......

　Elsa was mumbling something in a whisper, tapping the fingers of her hands together . I couldn't hear it because of the volume of the mosquito's buzzing voice .

''?''
'Anyway!　I'm coming with you!

　Elsa has agreed to accompany me. An S-ranked adventurer, Elsa, the sage of swords, would be a great help to me.

　☆

Dad!　I'm going on a trip too!

　Magic Academy .
　As soon as I walked into the classroom to talk to Meryl, she said so even though I hadn't said anything.

''Meryl. How did you know?
I'll be watching you all the time. If Anna and Elsa go, then of course I'll go too, because I love my dad so much. If everyone else is going, I won't be able to cook or do the laundry by myself.
'It's a very imposing and pathetic thing to say: ....... After all, we're not traveling. We're going to investigate to see if there are any strong demons out there.
Yes, sir.

　Meryl raised her hands in the air in amusement .

　...... Do you really know what you're doing?　Anyway, I'm grateful that Meryl, a wizard who is known as a wise man, is coming.

　With this, we've cleared Anna's condition.
　With Elsa, an S-ranked adventurer, and Meryl, a non-adventurer but with A- to S-ranked abilities, there should be no problem.
　In the end, though, everyone in the party had become family.
　As for their strength, they should be the strongest in King's Landing. no matter what kind of demon appeared.