Thus, the A-level promotion exam was successfully completed.
　As per the initial arrangement, there were about three people who passed, but they weren't Marika's older brothers. They were candidates from other guild branches.

　I thought I should go back to Lax Village now that it's all settled, but the board of directors is still in turmoil and I was told not to return until things settle down.
　What in the world are they discussing........?

　But there's nothing in particular to do if we sit around any longer.

　I was thinking of selling the mithril weapons produced in Lax Village, but after discussing it with Sakai-kun beforehand, he refused to give me the opportunity to do so, saying that it was unnecessary.
　He said.....

A really good product doesn't need a sales pitch to sell!　Our work is still selling well enough at this point!　If we increase production any more, it will affect the quality of the product, so we'll just keep it the way it is!

　.........
　It's a reliable word from the field, so I decided to follow it.

　So, finally, there's nothing to do, and I want to go home as soon as possible because I'm sure work is piling up day by day in Lax village.

　There..........

''It's Dariel!　This time!　This time I'm going to do it!

　Mr. Alanziel lured me out.

'I've asked around and I've figured out the best places to see!　Take Gran and his wife with you!
We haven't talked about this yet?

　Isn't that the first topic you struck out on when you first arrived!
　It's hard to say in front of Mr. Arantzill, who also did his best, so I decided to go with the help of my free time.

''........So what are you going to see?''
The statue of the fighting god stands in the center of the Central Guild.
Oh.

　The fighting god is that one.
　The god of battle who gave adventurers the power of aura. I remember hearing about it somewhere in the past.

For adventurers who fight with their aura, the God of War who gave them their aura is their guardian god. In the center guild, there is a huge statue in honor of the God of War.
Heh.
There are statues of fighting gods in various places, but the one at the Center Guild is the largest in the world. I heard that everyone who comes to visit it will surely worship it. Let's all come and see it!

　It became very touristy all at once.
　But I don't even know anything that looks that famous, Alanziel, you're really floating away.
　Let's just watch it together from now on and remember it.

　Then when I go to see it.........

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''Wow........you're really big.......?''

　Mareeka (who turned out to be three months pregnant) picked up Gran and let out an exclamation of admiration.
　It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you can see your own personal life.

How could they make it this big...?
It's a statue with a curious anecdote about its origins. It's not just a matter of time before you find yourself in a situation where you can't get a job.
Huh.

　Mr. Arantzill shows off the knowledge he's probably just acquired.
　All the while I was silent the whole time.

'And as for who created such a huge statue, it is said to be the world's first primordial brave man who was given the power of aura. He met the God of War in person and carved his image directly into the statue.
So this statue is the likeness of the God of War, isn't it?
That's right, all of the other statues of fighting gods were modeled on the giant statue here at the Center Guild...?

　I'm not going to be able to say a single word and just look up at the statue.
　I'm not sure if Arantzill-san was concerned about my lack of reaction, but he seemed anxious.

''Um, it's Dariel. ........by any chance you didn't like it?
No, that's not what I meant. But I wonder if what you just said is true...!

　The first brave man made this statue based on the fighting god he met in person.

"Hmm?　I don't know.　It was hundreds of years ago, or worse, over a thousand years ago. That's the truth, and it's beyond the reach of legend.
I think it's true.
Oh, I see. Dariel must be the type to dream of romance.

　Mr. Arantzill seemed happy to know his son's side of the story, but there was one important fact I couldn't mention.
　An astonishing fact that I couldn't tell anyone.
　This fighting god statue........

　........it looks just like the Demon King.

　It is said that the statue was created over a thousand years ago, but has anyone ever been able to notice this fact?
　I used to work for the Demon King's Army. Assistant to the Four Heavenly Kings.
　I once walked in on my boss, Lord Grandfather, and worshipped him in his audience.
　That's the Demon King's face!
　So I know!

　In the long history of this human race demon race, how many people have ever compared the two?

　There's no way anyone in the human race has ever faced the Demon Lord.
　It's the final goal of a brave man, and there is no way anyone else can see what lies beyond the unknown that a brave man can't reach even if he is able to overcome all odds.

　Even on the demon race side, if they are high in rank, they could have the honor of an audience with the demon king, but they wouldn't have any more reason to come all the way to the human race's headquarters than such a demon race.

''I noticed this.......am I the first ever to notice this?''

　I mean, Demon King.
　What are you doing here, Demon King?

　The faces of the Demon King and the fighting gods are the same, which means that the fighting gods and the Demon King are the same entity?
　So that means that the human race was given an aura by.........?

　........................

　.........let's not think about it.
　I feel like I probably shouldn't step in from there.

''Look Gran, this is the fighting God-sama~. It's magnificent, great~

　I played the role of a father working hard at family service in a tourist area.

'It's Dariel...!　I worshipped the fighting gods from my heart as a human being.　You don't have any more desire for the demon race.......!

　Seeing this, Aranzir-san was moved to tears.

''Oh yes. Did you get permission to do what I asked you to do?

　'What's that?' asked Mr. Arantzill.

'Oh that?　Well, I got it from the records department for you.

　Mr. Arantzill produced a book from his pocket.

'Don't carry a forbidden book carelessly in your pocket!
'But you want to know strange things, don't you? What do you want to know about the brave men of the past?
It's important to know the past.

　Since I've come to the Center Guild, there was something I wanted to look into.
　It's a really simple question, and if it's not an atheist, that's fine.......

''Just in case, when I was in Lux Village, I looked up the past heroes, but I couldn't find the name I was looking for. I thought I could find out if I came to the Center Guild.
"So that's the obliterator's code?　It's true that only the Center Guild has such a thing in its collection.

　I asked Aranziel-san to lend me a copy of this book from the secret library deep inside the Center Guild.
　Normally this is a bad book that is not forbidden.

In this book, there are names and records of past brave men and women, right?
Yeah, a pretty dangerous bunch of guys.

　That is the history of the guild for nearly a thousand years.
　During that time, hundreds of brave men and women were produced and left for various reasons.

　The achievements of such brave men were compiled in documents and became a history for the guild to authorize.
　But of course, there were brave men and women who were not authoritative, so it is preferable that they are not discussed.
　They didn't make any unexpected achievements, or on the contrary, they accumulated bad deeds.
　Especially the brave men with bad deeds can damage the authority of the guild, and are erased from history. They may not be found in ordinary books.

　That's what I thought.

　I knew there were four heavenly kings on the demon tribe's side who were also erased from history in that way.

''As I thought, what either camp does is not much different...''

　And with my impressions, I quickly flipped through the erased personals.
　Can I look at it in such a public place?　It's the kind of book that says, "I'm not sure if this is the right book for you," but it was supposed to contain the name of a brave man who had done so many ugly deeds in the past that he was pretending he didn't even exist, and it was supposed to be recorded in secret.

　I'm grateful for the meticulousness with which they secretly recorded the names of the ghettoes that I don't want to remember.
　Every time I turn a page, the name of an unknown brave man appears.

　Kitungard. Bage. Kachukiwa. Aboz. Free Olisee.

　Amongst a surprisingly large number of names, I finally found the one I was looking for.

　Siegfliegel.

　After a close reading of his section, it seems that he was a brave man who lived in a time about two hundred years ago.
　He had an aptitude for the slash aura and was an unparalleled wielder of swords in his time, but he went too far in seeking stronger enemies, calling it a way to improve himself. He went too far, challenging not only demons, but also his own kind to fight against them, crushing the Adventurer's Guild's precious strength.

　For that reason, he became a target of pursuit and was pursued by both the Demon King's army and the Adventurer's Guild, and in the end he was captured and executed.

　........This name was the only thing that bothered me.
　The guy from the inferno said.

"My own name is Siegfried Kruger. If you're interested, you might want to check it out.

　I was able to take out the guy myself on the spot, but I was still curious to find out.
　I even scavenged to the Center Guild's forbidden archives to find this name.
　How should I interpret this?

　The world is full of mysteries, including the statue of a fighting god with the same face as the Demon King.