You know... you were the one who told me to take it easy!
But, sir, I don't believe we can be too hard on a simple scout.
No, that's why he's not a scout, he's one of their generals.
His level of competence would not make him a general. He was only a lowly scout.

　The group of us returned from the frontier small city of Pickus.
　In the lord's office, Rillpop, one of the three heroes of the frontier city of Batcombe, Hero of the Great Sword, and Rillpop, who had captured the group without a care in the world, were clamoring with the guard chief dog people, Gugus.
　Normally, Rillpop is an obedient person, but when it comes to matters of battle, he can be quite stubborn.
But even so, I didn't know that a beast-magician specialized in battle has such amazing strength...
　Gazing at the two of them from the side, Foldente laughed with a chuckle.

　The other day, Lil Pop was stuck in a distortion of time and space and was transferred from the demon world to this world.
　Until now, she had been devoting herself daily to being an apprentice guard who faithfully obeyed Gugs' orders, so everyone, including Foldente, had been unable to measure her abilities, but this one incident revealed part of her abilities.......

　For the time being, although all of Batcombe's great sword hero party was captured, what to do after this depends on how Batcombe's side comes out, but Batcombe's troops that were deployed near the city border with the frontier city of Gehemorse immediately and unilaterally declared the end of the exercise and withdrew.
　Thanks to this, Geghemorse finally got ready to take a break.
　After that, the patrol in the Batcombe territory by the three heroes was carried out in a big way, but there was also a party of great sword heroes firmly present there.
　The Great Sword Hero was a man, and it was obvious that he was a different person from the Great Sword Hero who was currently being held in Liberty Village, but Batcombe did not release any statements regarding this 'previous' Great Sword Hero party.
　In other words, the Great Sword Hero is here, and there is no Great Sword Hero who was detained after attacking somewhere without permission, right?　This is the attitude that I have.

　In the meantime, I tried to approach Batcombe about handing over a group of great sword heroes to him, but
There are no soldiers in Batcombe.
　He was all over the place and didn't seem to be responding to the conversation at all.

Well, I don't know what to do...
　At my words, the four people gathered in the lord's room, Foldente, Erdena and Gugs, all folded their arms and frowned.
I know that Batcombe won't admit it honestly because of the city's membership, but.......I didn't expect it to be boiled or roasted, do as you please.......
　At Foldente's words, everyone nodded widely and sighed loudly.

　Although they exchanged opinions about this and that, no particular plan came up, so in the end, they decided to leave it up to their own wishes.

　After telling them this, the two strongmen of the bow and magic chose to have them immediately released and leave the city.
　In contrast, the hero of the great sword and the two strong men of the great shield offered to let me think about it for a moment, and so, in the meantime, although we have guards to watch over them, there is no real restraint, and the town is allowed to go out and walk freely in the treatment of the accommodation of the town hall to keep them.
　We were looking around the city for a while, but we noticed the existence of the underground labyrinth (dungeon) on the way.
"...Is this the place to test your skills? ...in a city like this?
　They spent more than half a day in the underground labyrinth (dungeon) after that, even though they were dubious about it.

　The next day.
'My lord, I want you to hire me as an apprentice to this village guard!
　And the two of them offered to do so, well, it was only natural in light of this trend.......

　As soon as they became apprentices to the guards, they took the lead in performing patrol duties under Rillpop without reluctance.
　During their breaks and off-duty hours, they would spend their days tackling the underground labyrinth (dungeon) together.

　Incidentally, the highest they have reached at this stage is the seventh level of the party/advanced level.

　

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　A messenger from the small frontier city of Pickus arrived from the small frontier city of Pickus to thank us for our recent visit.

　It's a thank you for repelling an attack from Batcombe, but since that Batcombe does not officially acknowledge the fact, it's ostensibly a ceremonial greeting.

　When we met with him in the reception room of the town hall, the lord's elf Krome repeatedly bowed his head while thanking us for the other day's visit, but since the number of times he did so was so high, we were rather fearful.
　Once again, he offered to continue our friendship in the future, which we agreed to do, and then the rest of the conversation turned into small talk.
　As a reward, we were able to get permission to set up a Liberty Village branch sales office in the town hall of the small frontier city of Picks as a thank you.
　This was a very nice offer, as I had been thinking of doing some sales in the surrounding cities.
　We made a promise to visit the small frontier city of Pickus later to confirm the location and to discuss the details.

I didn't expect the attack on Batcombe, but thanks to that, we were able to have a good talk and it turned out okay.
　Foldente chuckles at that.
　That's exactly what I said, and I agreed with him.

　For the time being, I have to think about what to sell at Picks, how to assign personnel to the store and how to replenish the supply chain, and so on, and I have to give it shape before I go to Picks.
　All I could do was sigh and think about how much more work there is to do.

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　The mass production of magic stones made from human skeleton bones at the fairy's magic workshop in Eldena's magic workshop has also started to take off, and recently they have started selling not only drop items from the underground labyrinth (dungeon), but also at stores and public sales outlets on the street.
''........This!　Isn't that better quality than the magic stones in King's Landing.......
It is very popular with wizards and mages who come to the village to see the underground labyrinth (dungeon).
　There are many people who offer to visit the magic workshop, but this is a trade secret, so I have to decline the offer.

　It's not a good idea to show the way Erdena, who used alter ego magic, is working with dozens of people....

　In Eldena's magic workshop, Yome, an owl person (Owlpeople) who helps with the work, has had her study of pharmacy continued by Eldena's alter ego in between work, and she works hard at this and that on a daily basis.

　In the meantime, she, who is also a cleric, has come up with a little item.

　The pieces of bones of skeletons, which are the raw materials from the creation of the magic stone, were packed in a small cloth bag and used to pray for blessings in the church, which is a so-called amulet.
　When I sold these pieces at the store as a blessing for those who challenge the underground maze (dungeon), they sold reasonably well at first, but then
'I challenged you with this amulet and you dropped a rare item!
　The popularity of the game exploded when an adventurer started to say, "I don't want to be a part of this,
　Now, Yome had become so busy that he didn't have time to help Erdena.
　........By the way, since Yome can't use alter ego magic, he has to work alone, and the amulet wasn't produced in time, and before you know it, it was treated as a rare item in a different sense, as if you were lucky if you could buy it at the shop.......

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　In proportion to the increase in the number of visitors to the village who come for the underground labyrinth (dungeon), the number of complaints and requests to the town hall is also increasing.
　Although it is the lord's job to deal with them, this is quite a painful task.

　For requests related to security, Googus has given orders to the leader guards to focus on the areas where the requests have been made, but recently, with the addition of Daiken-san and Daiken-san, in addition to Lil Pop, whose activities at the recent Picks have been pervasive, the effect has been immense.
　There are many complaints about the lack of accommodations, so we are adding more accommodations in the hot spring village while adding more accommodations in the vicinity of Kaidogai, but since there are many people who sit down to challenge the underground labyrinth (dungeon) and stay for long periods of time, the situation here is not improving very well. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to consider building communal facilities (apartments). If so, the population will be included in the permanent population and the village population will increase. If that happens, the possibility of the village being upgraded to an outlying small city will increase, and I think there is room for consideration.

　While I was thinking about this and that while I was preparing the documents
Why don't we take a break?
　And Erdena brought me a tray of tea and cookies on a tray.
　She had just taken a short break, too.
'This is how we used to take a break together in the labs in King's Landing, isn't it?
　We sipped our tea together, remembering our former workplace.
　I thought again, although the surroundings have changed in many ways, it's nice to have someone with whom I can share the same kind of time with.