At the royal castle in Glendale.

"Tina. Long time no see.

It's been a while. But didn't you come to Mai and Mei's birthday party earlier this month?

　Tina was alone in King Jill's office.

It's been a month since that party!　You guys should have more dinners. You should have more dinners, even every day if you want. I'll provide the funds and food at my own expense.

Well, that's ......

Your Majesty, as I've told you many times before, you must be considerate of your guards.

　Cain, Hurt's brother who brought Tina here, tries to warn Jill.

You don't need an escort to get to the safest place in the world.

But the journey is...
"That's no problem. Just call Halt at the Co-League and he'll come and get you.

　Jill shows Cain a palm-sized crystal. It's a communication device that Halt gave to the royalty of the countries he's close to. This spell can not only communicate with Halt, but also with the royalty of other countries to whom he gave the same spell.

　It is small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand, and requires no magical power to operate. It was one of the best magic tools among the legendary ones.

　The bracelets that Hurt gives to everyone in the Elnor family are even more powerful than these.


...... But it's not good for the king of a country to interfere too much with a particular people.

I'm Hurt's friend!　What's wrong with going to a friend's house?

　I'm a friend of Haruto's!" "You can't go to a friend's house?" Cain was trying to get Jill to change her mind in a roundabout way, but she was blinded by Tina's home-cooked food, and he realized he had to go straight to her.

My brother is a married man too. No matter how well you and Haruto know each other, some of his family members may be troubled by your visit.

Is that so?

Yeah. Well, ......, of course you can come and visit us. Well, maybe twice a month.

　Jill visited the Elnor family once every three days at most. Since there were many people from the royal family in Elnor, there were few people who would be intimidated by Jill's visits.

　But this was a visit from the king of a country. As the head of the family, he should be the one to deal with Jill, so Halt always made it a point to be near her when she came. Hurt didn't mind it much, but some of his wives didn't like the fact that he took away their time.

"Twice a month?　Oh, no. ......

That's about right, Your Majesty.

I'm sorry. If you'd like, I could bring you some of my own cooking if you'd like.

A request?　What do you mean, "request"?

Master Halt will soon become a C-rank adventurer. He's also planning to start a clan, though it's not confirmed yet.

Oh!　So that means...

Your Majesty. Are you going to send a request to Halt's clan as a state?

That's fine. I've even ordered the Adventurer's Guild to procure food for us out of selfishness, so it'll only be a little more frequent from now on.

We're also grateful for the steady flow of requests from the government.

　Jill would be satisfied with the same food that the rest of the Elnor family eats. There's no need to make a fancy meal for him.

　The rewards of meal delivery alone are not great. However, there is a rating for the clan that depends on how many requests you complete. If it is a request from the government, even if it is a simple request, the clan will gain a lot.

"I see. Then I'll have to encourage Halt when he takes the promotion test.

Please don't go without me. I'll be right behind you.

Okay, okay. By the way, where do you plan to build a clan house?　If you want, I can give you some of my land.

Oh, uh, Your Majesty, .......

Oh, I've got an idea. I've got an idea. Why don't we set up a clan base in the royal castle?

No, my king.

Don't worry about the base. I already have my eye on a good piece of land. I'm here today to ask you a favor in that regard.

"Good. You can ask anything you want.

　No matter what Tina said, Jill was going to grant it. Jill was going to allow it, no matter what Tina said, because she thought it would allow Halt to establish a clan in the country, and she would have a steady supply of Tina's homemade food.


The other day, the country's largest adventurer clan collapsed. ...... You know about that, right?

Oh, that's right. That was a tough one.

　Shiliu and the rest of the top ranks of Notorious came to the Royal Knights' chambers, and they all confessed to their crimes. All of them had confessed to their crimes, and they had even brought proof of their own wrongdoings and crimes.



　Of course, this was due to the brainwashing of Kikiyo and Yoko.

　The scandal of the nation's largest clan caused a bit of a stir in Glendale's upper echelons. However, some of them were aware of what Notorious was doing, so they dealt with it quickly and quietly.

Incidentally, I don't think the people know about that yet.

That's for sure. Tina, what if you...?

I didn't do anything.

　One day, adventurers disappeared from Notorious, but it didn't cause much of a stir. This was because the adventurers involved, as well as their families and clan members, had been brainwashed by the nine-tailed fox that had become a divine beast.

　Punishment for the guilty.
　Peace for the victims.

　The money that Notorious had collected by breaking the law was used to help the victims. What was left over from Shillue and the others' spending was covered by an anonymous donation from a certain business association.


...... Well, it's over now. Let's not pry any further. So, what is your main wish?

"The land on which the Notorious Clan House stood. I'd like you to sell it.

　The land belonged to the state because all the top brass of the clan were captured by the state.

　A prime piece of land in King's Landing. It would take an A-rank adventurer a lifetime to buy a hundredth of the land.

　With the financial power of the H&T Trading Company, which Tina controls, it would be possible to buy it. But...


"Good. Let's see, how about ten of Tina's home-cooked meals?

　The king of this country offered ten meals in exchange for land that a hundred A-rank adventurers could barely afford in their lifetime.