No matter what happens, everyday life begins again.

We returned to the city of Atratia after defeating the bandits, and ate, drank, made noise, and slept again.
I usually try not to drink too much, but yesterday I got a little drunk again, and I remember arguing with Cyril about something unimportant.

Washing away the extraordinary with the ordinary.
Maybe that's what rest means to adventurers.



When I woke up the next morning, I prepared myself first, and then performed my morning routine of measuring my magical element (mana measure).
This is a spell to measure the amount of magical elements in your body, and it is one of the first spells you learn at the academy.



I look at the figures obtained by the effect of the spell, and recognize the hypothesis I've had for the past few days as definite.

Ever since I started as an adventurer, I've had the feeling that my own magical capacity has been increasing.
I had considered the possibility that it was within the margin of error, but today's figures seem to indicate that this is not the case.

The total amount of magical elements can vary somewhat depending on the physical condition of the day.
It can vary up to 10% up or down depending on how you are feeling that day, so even if you see a slight increase compared to the previous day, it would be premature to immediately assume that this is a significant increase in your total amount of magical elements.

On the morning of the day I began my activities as an adventurer, my total magical element was 105 points, the next morning it was 109 points, the morning after that 108 points, then 109 points, 112 points, 113 points, 111 points, and today it is 117 points.
I think it is time to recognize that this is a significant increase in the total amount of magical elements.

To begin with, the total amount of magical elements can be increased by training as well as by inborn differences.
It is a common knowledge that the total amount of magical energy can be increased by taking enough rest after using magical energy to the limit, which is written in the textbooks of the academy.

However, the increase in the total amount of magical energy by doing so usually has a 'head start'.
The amount of magical material that grows rapidly when you first start training eventually decreases, and by the time you've been training for about three years, you've reached a point where you can't see any further growth.

Naturally, I was in that range, and I should not have been able to see any significant increase in the total amount of magical elements anymore.
Nevertheless, it is very interesting that such a phenomenon is occurring.

However, I do have an idea about this phenomenon.
In the records of past adventurers, there are many cases in which their abilities have grown dramatically through their adventures.
If you think that my case is one of them, there is a precedent.

On the other hand, there are also many cases that disprove the fact that there was no significant growth in ability even though I continued to be an adventurer.
I don't know the specific cause of this, but I should think that in my case, I happened to fit the conditions of the "growing" one.

In any case, there is too little information to understand the cause.
I'll look into it later, when I find something.

Now, next.
Once the measurement of the magical elements is complete, the next step is to count the money.
How close are we to our goal of 700 gold coins?

Before I received the quest to exterminate the undead, I had saved about eleven gold coins since I started as an adventurer...

'...... So after deducting living expenses, I'm left with 35 gold coins.

I said to myself in my private room as I counted the number of gold coins I had taken out of my gold coin bag.

My personal income was six gold coins and a quarter from the undead extermination and thirty gold coins and three quarters from the bandit extermination, for a total of thirty-seven gold coins.
The cost of living for those four days is about two gold coins, for a total of thirty-five gold coins.
The total amount you have saved since you began your adventuring life is 46 gold coins.

With this, I have 654 gold coins left to reach my goal.
Although we are still a long way from our goal, considering that we have only been adventurers for about a week, we are saving about six to seven gold coins per day, which is an impressive pace for a F-rank adventurer.
As you advance in rank, you'll be able to accept quests with higher rewards, so there's no need to panic.

I counted the number of gold coins buried in the garden of the chief's house in the village of Filia, and found a total of 123.
This amount was more than five times the market price for a party of F-rank adventurers, and it warmed our pockets greatly.
Normally, you should not be able to earn this much.

Then, I put the gold coins I took out for counting into a small bag and put it away in my pocket.
Then I wrote down the total amount of magical elements and the receipts and disbursements of money on separate sheets of paper, rolled them up, tied them together, and put them in my luggage bag.

Incidentally, the paper used for these entries was also created by magic.
The spell of Create Paper, along with the spell of Cloth Form, has become an indispensable part of today's urban society.

In some cases, parchment is still traditionally used, but in general, magically created 'paper' is used as recording paper.

The parchment used for adventurer registration at the adventurer's guild, for example, is a waste of money, and there is a growing consensus that paper should be used.
However, this is only a matter of time, and paper will eventually replace parchment.

Every time an adventurer dives into ancient ruins and discovers a new spellbook, society undergoes a major change.
When you think about it, the role of adventurers in society should not be taken lightly, but it seems that the hard-headed members of the powerful class are unable to recognize this.

This is why adventurers are always at the bottom of the social ladder.
High rank adventurers are treated differently, but D rank adventurers and below are treated as if they were thugs and snobs, and even C rank adventurers are treated slightly differently.

Only a handful of adventurers, B-rank and above, tend to be respected by the townspeople.

I wonder if my father would approve of my choice if I went that far.

'...... Good grief. I don't know how long I'm going to be a child.

I let out a self-mocking chuckle alone in my room.

When I think of my father, I realize that my mental age drops.
I started out as an adventurer thinking that it didn't matter who approved of me or what I did, but it seems I still can't get rid of my childish desire to have everything.

Disgusted with myself, I left my room and headed downstairs to the dining room to have breakfast.