Hi. You must be Hurt, right?

　When we arrived at the Adventurer's Guild in Glendale's royal capital, we were greeted by a woman with beautiful green hair.

　I think she's quite strong.
　The aura she wears isn't your average adventurer's.

　She seems to know me, so she must be someone who knows that we're going to take the test for promotion to the C-rank today.

'Yes. I'm Halt-Elnor.

'I am Irina. I'm the master of this adventurer's guild.

"What?

　He's a guild master?

　We're the guild of the royal capital, after all... So that means he's a thing, right?

　It means I'm also the master of the entire country, the Adventurer's Guild.

So you're a guild master. It's nice to meet you. But........why would such a great person come to meet us?

I hear you have become the husband of the hero, Lady Tina Halibel. You have been a very good friend to me for many years. That's why I'm here to greet you.

　Once I transferred to this world and traveled with Tina to defeat the Demon King. Back then, I wasn't the only one who came here as a brave warrior, there were also four other brave men who came here.

　The four heroes who came here with me returned to their home world after defeating the Demon King. Of course, so did I.

　The Tina who remained here is said to have been the world's best fighting force after we were gone, responding to emergency summonses from the Adventurer's Guild whenever a dangerous S-ranked demon appeared.

　If it wasn't for her, Irina told me that it wouldn't have been surprising if a number of countries had been destroyed.

''I've always wanted to thank Tina-sama in particular for her past once again, but.... His Majesty the King stopped me from interfering with the Elnor family from the Guild's side.

Oh, really?

　Jill, the king of this country, has promised to protect us. Perhaps he was trying to prevent the guild from contacting us and imposing a nasty request on us.

'But now, you will be C-ranked adventurers. That means you'll be the main adventurer of our guild. If that's the case, there's no problem for me, the guild master, to say hello to you.

　We've been registered with this guild for quite some time now, so I think Irina, the guild master, could have spoken to us at any time.......

　Well, I guess that's how powerful the king's advice is.

''By the way, where is Tina-sama?　I've been looking forward to meeting you for the first time in almost thirty years.

　Well, it's been 30 years...
　How old is this guy, how old is he?

Tina isn't here this time because she's not taking the promotion exam.

''What?!''

　Irina-san seemed very disappointed when she found out that Tina wasn't coming.

　Although we used to interact with each other in the past, it seems that Tina stopped showing up at the guild after she became the guild master.

　And after we registered with the guild, she was ordered by the king to avoid contact with us. That's why she's been looking forward to this day.

'So, when will Tina-sama take her promotion exam?

I think it's long overdue. Well she's pregnant right now, and she's waiting in my mansion to take care of things.

What ...? Lady Tina's pregnant. No, no. That's great news. But....

　Perhaps Irina was quite fond of Tina. She wants to see Tina, but she can't force herself to come and see her because of the king's orders. Irina looked quite conflicted.

''If you would like, why don't you come visit us?''

"Y-You're sure?!

　Of course, as long as I check with Tina and she says it's okay. Somehow my gut tells me that Irina doesn't seem to be a bad person, so it probably won't be a problem.

'You knew Tina in the past, right?　If so, I think my wife would be welcome to join us.

　I want to set up an adventurer's clan, so I think I should have a good relationship with a guild that will turn in requests. As long as Tina doesn't mind, I'd like to be good friends with Irina as well.

''Oh, thanks!　Just once, check with Lady Tina. I was wondering if it's okay for me to visit you.

'I understand. By the way, I understand that you've known my wife for about thirty years....

　I'm still curious about the difference in appearance and age.

''Ah. This is still me, I have elven blood in me. That's why I've lived much longer than I look. By the way, the position of master isn't a hereditary one or anything, right?　By sheer force, I took it from the former master.

　I see. I see.

　The master of an adventurer's guild needs to be strong enough to unite a handful of rough adventurers. Even though she looks young and beautiful, Irina is a master because she's also a half-elf.

　In other words, she's just like Tina.

　Apparently, in this world, a half-breed (half) of multiple races tends to be stronger. Tina also had the blood of a brave man in her, so it seems she was able to become that strong.


Is that so? Well I'm sorry, I had to make the lady talk about her age.

I'm used to it. Don't worry, I'm used to it. But it's a pain in the ass to explain every time, so you don't show up in front of adventurers very often these days.

　Indeed, we didn't know the face and name of Irina, the head of the Adventurer's Guild, until today, even though we belonged to it. We didn't need to know, that's one thing. Maybe Tina would have known it, though.

　........Oh.

　Irina, who is said to have elven blood in her, is very beautiful, so maybe Tina was trying to keep me from meeting her.

　If Tina doesn't show interest in me, she basically only gives me the bare minimum explanation. This is especially true if a woman is involved.


I'm not sure what we're standing here talking about. Well, come on inside. Good luck with your promotion today.

Yes!

　We were led by Irina to the promotion exam room.