Lately, a strange rumor has been whispered in the Center Guild.

''Aranzir's son is there.

　Most of the reactions of those who came in contact with the rumor were confused.
　Arantzill is a great brave man. Aranzir was a hero who would remain in the history of not only the Adventurer's Guild, but the entire human race.
　Arantzill has a son.
　It was unheard of for anyone.

'Isn't Master Aranzir supposed to be single?
Then you couldn't possibly have children. ...an illegitimate child?
'No, it's not widely known, but Master Alanziel was married for a time...'
''What's the first time I've heard of that!''

　Both the top and bottom couldn't help but make a fuss.

　If it was a child, it might not have anything to do with the person in question, but even so, the person in the middle of the vortex was the strongest and bravest.
　When it comes to his son, who may be the inheritor of his talent, it was not surprising that interest would be drawn to him.

　From the elite adventurers who belonged to the Center Guild, to the soldiers who served as guards, to the clerks, cooks, and maids.
　The rumors of Aranzir's son were all over the place.

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　And it wasn't just the lower levels that were buoyant....
　The wave of unrest had swept over the highest peaks of power.

　The Center Guild Board of Directors meeting.

　The agenda for the hastily set up emergency meeting was naturally regarding the soon-to-arrive Dariel.

''That........Are you sure you're sure?''

　One of the board members says in an upturned voice.

'How did you know that Master Aranziel had a son?　I have never overheard such a story...?

　The Center Guild Directors who were present could not hide their uneasiness at this sudden news.
　All of them boasted of their quick ears to survive in the halls of power.
　This bolt from the sky scratched their confidence.

''Mm, I'm surprised too.''

　That was said by the President of the Center Guild.
　He is also the organizer of this emergency meeting.

It's a sudden turn of events. It was Roeselwy that started it.
I understand you are not in attendance, Mr. Roselwy?　Are you sick...?
He's dead.

　Once again, the report froze the board members.
　The news of the death of an active board member was unsettling enough for them to hear in the middle of the meeting.

"He's dead?　How did this happen?　You were the youngest of all of them.
I'm sure there are many people on the board who would rather die before him.

　Some of the board members had the audacity to make silly jokes....
　Basically, the emergency meeting was repeatedly shocked and unable to calm down for even a moment.

'I'll give you a brief history of events,'

　The President of the Center Guild tells us the story of the recent disturbance that occurred in the village of Lax.

　Roselwy learned of the existence of Aranzir's son from a certain source.
　Out of ambition, he approached him and tried to take him in, but was rejected.
　To make up for this, he gathered a group of thug adventurers from all over and attacked the village where he lived.

　The account was cleverly blurred to the point and only scratched out the bare minimum, but it was impossible not to talk about the mayhem.
　It was a shura that could destroy or not destroy a single village, so they would be accused of a breach of trust if they kept this secret.
　The guilds around the country are already in a panic when they find out one after another that the problematic child who had been missing had joined the raiding party.

According to the investigation, it seems that Roselwy was approached by an unidentified suspicious party and made to take part in the wrongdoing.
Who are the unidentified suspects?
I don't know. That's why we don't know who we are.
What a disappointing report, isn't it?

　The successive members of the board of directors shrugged their shoulders.
　At this point in time, neither the identity nor the details of the inferno had yet been conveyed to the humans.

　Among the humans, the inferno still remained an uncanny monster.

It seems that he is the one who seduced adventurers from all over the world and turned them into a mob. So he's the main culprit. It seems that Roselwy is just a flanker.
That's also not very good behavior for a Center Guild director.

　Ridicule leaked out from the board members, not at Roselwy's conduct that overstepped humanity's bounds, but at the body that couldn't even mastermind the conspiracy.

　It was against the body that had failed to even become the mastermind of the conspiracy.

　In order to rise to the position of director of the Center Guild, one must have not only financial resources and power, but also the wisdom to use them in all directions.
　Everyone sitting in the director's seat now had a certain amount of confidence in their own cleverness.

　So, even if they were to do something wrong, they subconsciously believe that they should be on the side of the users rather than being used.
　The wise man manipulates the fool, not the other way around.

　A wise man should always put himself in a position to take advantage of others, and as the director of the Center Guild, he should never be taken advantage of.

　Roselwy had violated that prohibition, and it was enough to be ridiculed.

''So........so Roselwy died?
He was found useless and had to be disposed of. Let us all pray for his soul.

　For a few moments, a silence passed over the conference table.
　It was silence for the sake of silence, but it was inevitable that the silent air could not hide the emptiness.

'It doesn't matter,'

　I could have continued with a few more silent prayers, but the topic of censoring quickly shifted.

''I'm concerned about the culprit who is said to have used Lord Roselwy. To put the story in perspective, that person is the one who caused the commotion.
They may continue to act rudely against our guild in the future. Considering the scale of the incident, shouldn't we take measures to deal with it?
"He is no longer with us.

　The place went quiet again as the chancellor declared.
　The situation changed at a dizzying pace.
　The directors of the sea and mountains felt that they were being left far behind.

''That unidentified and suspicious person has already been cut down and finished. The man who did this is Arantzill's son.
.........huh?

　This is where the first shock comes back.
　Yes, that's what they've been assembled for today.

"A man named Dariel.
Well is it really, really true?　Are you related to Lord Arantziel?
I've been there. I've seen it with my own eyes. Well, I've seen it with my own eyes.

　The faces of the guild directors tightened again at that affirmation.

　It was just an individual's opinion.
　However, if that individual was the words of the guild's highest authority, the President of the Center Guild, the implications would be different.

You are very much like your father," he said, "The way you look, the way you look, the way you look like you would be torn apart if you touched him. I'm at a loss to tell you that this is not a father and son thing.

　The Board of Directors also had the opportunity to meet with the previous brave man, Arantzill, because of their duties.
　However, everyone was reluctant to take that precious opportunity...........to meet face to face with the strongest brave man.

　It was because the fierce atmosphere that the brave man emitted was too strong for a non-combatant like the board members to face him properly.

　When he was in active service, Arantzill was such a gnarly blade of extraction.
　No one liked to touch it.

"Is that..., is that..., like that...?
No, he's not as glaring as his father. It's a little milder than that. But even so, it's still an unconcealably sharp cut. And yet his sharpness is unmistakable, like that of a father and son.

　I'll use an analogy.
　If it's like Aranziel carries an invisible blade with him at all times in a bare body.
　Although Dariel kept it in a scabbard, it was as if he had his hand on the hilt so that he could cut without an iaido whenever necessary.

　Even though the chancellor explained it like that, it didn't quite make sense to the other board members.

　And why did you approach it alone?
You know that. You know the one.
Huh?
"Roselwy's roasted liver.

　Everyone came up with an idea after being told that much.

　A plan to increase the production of brave men.

　No, there wasn't an official name for the plan.
　It was an attempt to increase the success rate of defeating the Demon King by simultaneously electing more than one brave man, which was originally limited to one per generation.

　However, under the plan, the three newly elected heroes were defeated. They were all defeated and the plan was decidedly aborted.
　Naturally, Roselwy's position as the planner is in jeopardy, and he is forced to step down.

It seems that Roselwy wanted to gain a new pawn and turn the board upside down.
''You don't mean to tell me that Arantzill-sama's son is the new brave...?

　The air in the troupe converged again as the thought occurred to them.

　I wondered if the son who inherits the Arantzill bloodline would himself be qualified to become a brave man.
　In terms of bloodline, he was perfect, but the final quality required of a brave man was strength.

　However, considering Roselwy's approval and also the achievement of finishing off the mastermind of the earlier disturbance.
　The second generation of the Great Brave could also be the Great Brave.

But he refuses to be a brave man. I hear he wants to live a quiet life...

　More words from the chancellor, and the air in the room becomes more and more confused.

''You don't want the honor of a brave man that everyone wants?''
'In the first place, we now have a fine brave man named Radie. I didn't want to cause Dariel's safety to be compromised by disrespecting her. So I decided to do something about it.

　But here's where it gets confusing for the entire Center Guild.

'I have decided to invite Dariel, son of Aranziel, to join us. Let us all actually assess and judge the man and establish a good relationship with him.