Temma, the city of Gunjo is in sight.

　Cain, the driver, announced that he was about to see Gunjo City.

"Cain. Head to the guard's station next to the main gate. When you get close, the guards should come out, so show the Duke of Sangha's family crest and follow their lead.

　After hearing Cain's report, Albert gave instructions while handing over the family crest of the Sangha Dukes' family. In case you're wondering, even in Gunjo City, there's a kind of entrance screening for entering inside, but since Albert is with him this time, he says that he can use the entrance that is almost free to enter instead of the general screening.
　When Cain proceeded with the carriage as Albert said, the guards standing at the entrance approached and began guiding the carriage after confirming the family crest of the Sanga duke family that Cain had produced.

''I will contact the knights, please wait for a while.

　The guards led the way into the city and I was wondering if I could move freely as it was, when one of the guards ran off with those words.

''Albert, what is it?''

''Yeah, this time it's a gathering of celebrities, including me, so I thought it would be a big deal if they found us, so I told the knights to come to escort us when we arrived. If they swarmed us, it wouldn't be a problem in terms of strength, but we can't eliminate them by force. Especially since Temma has been operating here for a long time, all sorts of people are likely to approach us,

　Albert's consideration was certainly appreciated. It was true that between the time he left Kukri Village and joining up with his grandfather, it was in Gunjo City that he lived the longest, and it was also the city where he officially started his activities as an adventurer. In that sense, those involved would be second only to the royal capital. Whether it was a friendly one or not.

''It looks like you're here.''

　One knight on horseback and a few fast-footed knights were coming towards them from the direction Cain had turned his head.

'Isn't that the Primera?'
'Yes. The fact that I'm coming means that the Fourth Squad, commanded by the Primera, will be escorting me.

　I think it's a natural progression for Albert to nominate the troops with his sister (Primera), but because of the conversation with Cain the day before, I have a hunch that he's planning something. Well, it's more comfortable for Primera to come than for the other captains to come, so even I'm grateful for that.

''Gunjo City Knights Unit 4, we will now arrive on escort duty!

　Primera, who was more nervous and stubborn than anyone else, saluted from her horse (...).

''Well Primera, don't you think it's disrespectful to your escort target?''

　There are three people of higher status than Primera in the target of this escort. One of them, Albert, his own brother, pointed out with dismay at his sister's mistake.

''I'm sorry!　Yikes!

　The panicked Primera was in too much of a hurry to dismount from her horse with her stirrups not fully removed, and caught her foot as she tried to dismount and escaped from the difficulty with Albert holding her just before she hit the ground.
　Then, looking embarrassed, she lightly adjusted her clothes.

'And so, as usual. My name is Primera von Sangha, Captain of the Fourth Squadron of the Knights of Gunjo City. I will be your escort this time!

　Again, he saluted in front of us. It's not the kind of face you would care about, but there are some of Primera's subordinates as well, so I guess that means you have to at least make sure you're on the right track. By the way, those subordinates are knights who have taught their deputies how to clean and sort in the past, so they must be familiar with Primera's mistakes. None of them showed any signs of surprise. Well, that might be a problem, but since the three people of higher status than Primera.......Albert, Cain, and Chris-san didn't show any particular signs of concern, it's probably just a matter of Primera ending up receiving a personal scolding later on.

''Well then, let the escort begin!

　When the Primera was about to give instructions to her men to start leading us in.

'Primera, you get in the carriage. We need to discuss our plans for the future. Temma, since that's the case, may I have Primera ride with you?

I don't mind.

　So it seems that the time for Primera's scolding was quickening. Hearing Albert's words, Primera looked reserved, but as soon as Albert ordered his deputy to refuse to leave, she meekly followed Albert's instructions and got into the carriage.

'Ah, yes. Sub-commander, please go first to the 'Fullness Pavilion'. When you come to Gunjo City, there are some people who need to be the first to greet you.''

　In Gunjo City, where I was until three years ago, the people I saw the longest time were definitely my father and wife. And I think they were the two people who gave me the most trouble and trouble. Incidentally, the second most annoying person I've had to deal with is undoubtedly Flute. After all, even though he wasn't a legitimate guild member, he had brought in a tremendous amount of prey and left most of the work to him.
　Since it would take time to stop by the 'Full stomach Pavilion' and then the guild, I'd like to ask for forgiveness by going to the 'Knight's Headquarters' from the 'Full stomach Pavilion' to complete the various formalities and then showing up for the third time.


''Isn't that Temma!　Why don't you at least give me a heads up that you're coming?

　As soon as we entered the Fullness Pavilion, an old man came running up to us. There was a line of customers lined up in front of the shop, many of whom were looking for sweets, but it was Albert's decision to put out the Duke of Sangha's family crest that made way for the customers like the Ten Commandments of Moses.

'It really is a temma!
'Ah!　It's been a long time since your wife...?

　The landlady arrived late and found a baby sleeping peacefully in her arms.

Oh, is that him?　She's our daughter, and she was just born this summer.

　I'm pretty sure the old man was close in age to Uncle Mark, so his wife must be close in age to both of them. That's why they had a child, which in this world means it's a pretty old birth... well, it's something I hear about occasionally in my past life, so it was less of a surprise than the other sides.
　By the way, I heard that my daughter's name is 'Soleil'. The moment I heard that, I unexpectedly thought, 'Isn't it Mineva?' and so on. Well, I didn't say it out loud, and for some reason I just thought it, so it must have looked like I was surprised from the sidelines...maybe.
　After that, I introduced them to Jeanne and the others that they didn't know, as the two of them had business to attend to, and we lightly talked about what had happened so far, and then I promised to show up again in the evening, and we were going to head to the Knights' headquarters.
　And then we went outside and were about to get into the carriage.

It really is Temma!
It's true!
The rumors were true!

　And Lily, Nellie, and Millie came running up to them. But

I won't touch the dancer!
Stop right there!
Stop, sir!　Stop!

　Amour, Jeanne and Aura blocked the path of the 'Wildcat Princess'.

''Why are you blocking me!''
Get out of my way!
I'm going to see Temma!

　Lily and the others are complaining to the three who are blocking their way, but Amour and the others don't seem to be willing to retreat. At any rate, they tried to call out to the three to stop them, but before they could, Amour was glaring at the Primera.

Primera, we'll do our job. We are to be guarded by the Petit Melas. We won't let anyone who doesn't know them come running to us!

　I scolded in a voice that the rest of my men could hear. Primera was still lost, though.

'Primera, Amur is right. Your job is to protect us, and your job is supposed to be to put our (...) safety first, even if it's someone Temma knows and I know, and that should be stopped first.

　As soon as he heard Albert's words, he stepped in between Lily and the others and Amour and took Lily and the others to a place a little further away, perhaps to persuade them.

'Albert......................'
Phew!

　Amour gave Albert a thumbs up, and Albert smiled lightly back at Amour. After all, it's not just me right now, there's a nobleman named Chris-san, the heir apparent of a great nobleman like Albert and Cain. If you're going to make sure, you can't let anyone get close to you. At least, while you have an escort.

''Then when you come to the Fullness Pavilion at night, we'll join you!
'Wash your head and wait, Amur!
I'll have Aura and her flabby chest!

　The three of them left a line like the three below...............................and went into the Manchuria Pavilion. Primera said that the three of them rented the room I used to use before and used it as a base of operations.

'You can call on me anytime!
"We're gonna get you back!　After all, jealousy is unseemly!
"...how is it that my name isn't mentioned?

　Amour and Aura were barking at The Wildcat Princess, but Jeanne asked, "Are you shady?　No features? He was troubled, but in Jeanne's case, he thought that she was simply caught up in Amour and Aura, or inspired by them.

　After the encounter with 'Wildcat Princess', Primera was warned by Albert again in the carriage on the way to the Knights' headquarters. As for me, I think there is no way around Primera's response at that time, but what Albert and Amour said makes sense in terms of dealing with her while on escort duty, so I couldn't protect Primera.

　After a while, we arrived at the Knights' headquarters, where the various procedures and guards were discussed during our stay in Gunjo City, and we heard the recent story of Gunjo City from the General Captain, Alan. One of them told me that something amazing was happening in the guild, but he didn't tell me what it was, but told me that it would be fun to see it in person. Among other things, we learned that Simon, the second troop leader, and Aida, the third troop leader, had gotten married and that Aida had retired because she was having a child. Finally, the Primera's faults (greeting on horseback and not stopping the Wildcat Princess) were exposed to Amur, and the Primera was scolded by Alan as well. As punishment for those things, she was made to leave the Order temporarily and accompany us during our stay, acting as a guide and link between us and the Order.
　I've heard that the second-in-command will take command of the fourth unit while Primera is away, but I've heard that there's no problem in terms of ability, as there was a proposal to replace Aida. Incidentally, the reason why the second-in-command declined to be the commander of the third unit was because it would be problematic for someone from another unit to suddenly rise to the top, and he was more concerned about Primera than anything else.


'So now it's the Guild. What about Albert?
'I'm thinking of showing up at the Guild once, too. But I'll have to go to the Gunjo City Council first.

　So, with the exception of Albert, the rest of the members decided to head to the guild. Albert, who suddenly decided to act alone, had a slightly lonely expression on his face, but since there would be secrets to report to the assembly, etc., there was no one to accompany him, since he would only be bored even if he followed them. Well, instead, a few people from the fourth unit would accompany them as guards, so it wasn't like they were completely alone.

''So, Primera, what's going on in the guild?''
'Well, that's ... I don't think you'll believe me if I say it with my mouth, so I think it's better if you see it in person.

　Since they wouldn't tell me anything when I asked, I decided to check directly with the guild, but from Primera's tone of voice, it didn't seem like a bad thing, so there wouldn't be any trouble... until I opened the guild's door.
　Opening the door of the adventurer's guild in the nostalgic Gunjo City, the first thing that jumped out at me was an unbelievable scene, though not a very good one.

''Temma, what's wrong?''


　What I saw was a sight I couldn't fully comprehend in my mind, and I reflexively closed the door... I opened the door again, ready to go, but I had the same reaction again.

'What the hell is going on here?'
I'm curious.

　When Cain and Chris saw the second rejection, they pushed me away, like they were curious, and opened the door and looked inside together, but....

I think I'm going blind. Maybe it's my head...
I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it to you, Temma.

　Cain and Chris had the same symptoms as I did. My grandfathers looked at us and seemed terribly confused. In the meantime.

You've been slamming doors and making too much noise for me to concentrate on work.　........I mean, it's Temma. If you're here, why don't you just go inside, what are you doing?

　The one who opened the door from inside and yelled at us was Max Belcap, the guild leader of the Gunjo City Adventurer's Guild.
　

Everybody get away!　He's an imposter!
Right!
Jeanne and Aura, run to the Order's headquarters at once!

　Me, Cain, and Chris took out our weapons and took up a defensive stance.

''Oh, hey........''

Don't move!　Where have you sent the real guild leader!
'Right. The real thing is a tired old man with no such fresh smile at all.
The fact that this kind of thing is sitting around so openly means that maybe the people in the building have already been beaten up or brainwashed... Mr. Temma, if the worst comes to the worst, please give me the magic of saying you got Rich done.

　The fake one in front of us has a surprised look on his face, but I guess that's just an act to get us to let our guard down. The grandpa didn't seem to understand what was going on. For the time being, they were ready to move at any time. In such a situation, Primera was the only one trying to stop us, but it was dangerous to approach unarmed, so Chris-san grabbed my sword and pulled me backwards.

　The first move!　I was just about to cut into the fake...

What's the fuss about?

　Along with a familiar voice from inside the guild, the person I wanted appeared along with a familiar voice............................but only part of it was too different from what I remembered. But it belonged to Mr. Flute, who I had heard so often........

(Oh!　(There was an "appraisal"!)

　I was so shocked that I realized that my usual method of confirmation had slipped my mind, and I hurriedly used the 'appraisal' on both of them....

Real....

　They were both the real guild leader and Mr. Flute.

'Cain, Mr. Chris it looks like it's real. Shiroumaru, please check it out!
'Wufu!　....chirp.

　 As a result.........

I knew it was a fake!
Shilomar, get away from me!

　And the bad trend continued, and Shiroumaru followed Chris's words and quickly left the guild leader.

'No, no, no!　Because it's real!

　The guild leader desperately insisted that he was the real thing, but Cain and Chris didn't believe him.

''Both of you, that person is the real Guild Chief!

　In the end, the two of them managed to believe that it was the real guild leader, thanks to the fact that Primera had convinced them to step in between.

''It's been a long time, Flute,''
Yes, it's been a really long time.

　When I left the guild leader, who was still looking at me with suspicion, and greeted Flute, he answered with the same smile as in the past.......but I still couldn't help but look at a certain part of Flute that had changed that I didn't remember.

'By the way, Flute-san.......what's that stomach (........)?'

　Mr. Flute's belly was bulging wide open.

''Actually I was attacked by the head of the guild........''

　At Flute's words, the guild leader named froze. This made them more truthful and the women's gazes sharpened. Even Primera, who seemed to know the reason the most among them, had a slightly sharper look at the guild chief.

The head of the guild unusually bought me dinner to reward me, but the alcohol served at that time seemed to be quite strong, so I woke up this morning to find the naked head of the guild asleep beside me... ...

　

'Wait a minute!　As I've said many times before, I warned you not to drink that stuff at such a pace because it's a pretty strong drink back then!

'But you've been drinking yourself a lot of low-degree stuff, haven't you?　And you only asked for tea at the end?

"You can't drink that much booze at that pace!　And I've been drinking some pretty strong stuff, too!

　After that, their lover's quarrel...or rather, the guild-length teasing by Mr. Flute continued. And that's what I found out.

So you are a lovebirds after all.

　When I said in a dumbfounded way, Mr. Flute's cheeks were red and the guild leader was embarrassed... Flute was cute, but the guild leader's (old man's) embarrassment was a bit creepy.

''After the old man and the wife, Flute-san has a child..............................so the celebrations continued.

Temma you look so old.

　Amour picked up on my muttering and pointed out that I looked like an old man... does he smell like an old man enough to say that?　And then I looked at Cain for some reason.

It's not the language, it's the way you said it, it's just that you sounded a little like my dad.

　I looked around at everyone's faces further and they all nodded at Cain's words.

''Well, that's where you've become more mature... but Temma-san, the celebration is still going on. Moreover, it's about someone who is related to Tenma-san.

　I felt our ladies' gaze sharpened when Mr. Flute said, 'It has something to do with me. Incidentally, Primera seemed to know who that person was and said, ''That's what I thought. I forgot to tell you.'' He had a look on his face like that.

' "First of all, please go inside the guild. It would be a nuisance to the others if you are making noise here. Besides, that 'related person' also works for the guild.

　So, with Flute's guidance, I decided to step into the Gunjo City Adventurer's Guild for a long time.