In a quiet forest. Two men and a woman were walking around, armed and armed. They were adventurers and had come to this place on request.

　As for their rank, they are C-ranked. I feel like I'm finally becoming an adventurer. They've been adventurers for about a year now, and they're slowly building up their experience and growing.

The first thing that comes to mind is that I'm not going to be able to tell you about the alchemist that's been going around lately.
What's that?

　The boy shook his head at the topic the girl had broached.

''It seems there's an alchemist in the Adventurer's Guild who had multiple potions that looked like elixirs.
'Yeah you're looking at it wrong indeed. What's the advantage of being an adventurer if you're rich enough to have multiple elixirs?

　Unlike the girl who spoke in a devouring manner, the boy's reaction was bland.

'Well, that's just the way it usually is. d*mn, that's not very flippant.

　The girl's lips twitched in a boring manner and she kicked at the dirt without a second thought. The boy couldn't help but sigh at the childlike gesture.

'Then come up with something a little more believable to talk about. 'More importantly, you need to focus now. We're here on a request.
So stiff.
You're just too loose.

　The troubled boy's troubled appearance is just like a hard worker.

''That said, is there really a demon in this place?　I hadn't heard anything like that before.
'Well, sure but as long as the request is out there, you're there. If you didn't see them, though, you'll have to report them as such.

　The two received a request to defeat the demons. It is a place that I have never heard of a demon appearing until now, so I was suspicious, but there was no other request that looked good, so I accepted the form.

　However, there is no sign of wildlife, let alone demons. It would be nice if we could find some traces, but I have no idea what that is even.

''There's ... nothing here.''
'Well - what do you think, do you want to go home for the day?'
It's about to get dark and...

　Just as they were about to agree on a plan to leave, they saw something in their vision.

'Is that ... a hut?'
I guess so.

　A single, slightly larger wooden hut stands alone in an open area. The two men are puzzled by the sudden appearance of an obvious artifact.

"There are people living in this place...?
If that's the case, you're a strange man...

　They approached the hut with caution, and the boy tapped discreetly on the door.

'Excuse me, is anyone here?'

　I waited for a few seconds, but there was no answer. I didn't hear any particular noise from inside the hut either.

''........Is he not there?''
Maybe....

　I would have liked to ask for information on the demon if there was anyone out there, but it didn't seem to work out that way.

'What do we do now?'
I can't go in there without permission, so I guess I'll just have to leave.

　It's possible that there are people inside and they are just sleeping.
　They give up on getting information and decide to leave the hut.

　But--.

What the f*ck is that?

　A thicket of trees on the far side of the hut. Floating in the shadows are bright red eyes that remind me of blood. And it's not just one or two. It's not a very large number, but it's an uncountable number.

　The roar of the beast makes their eardrums tremble.

''What the hell is this number.......d*mn it, let's get away!
Uh-huh!

　As soon as the two of them started running, wolf-shaped demons jumped out of the bushes. Just from a quick glance, there are more than ten of them. If it developed into a battle, they would definitely die first.

''Why is this sudden...!

　The boy swears incessantly as he runs through the forest. His footing is poor and his steps are unsteady.

　In the midst of all this.

"Yikes!

　The girl slipped and fell over.
　There was no way she could miss that fatal gap, and the wolf who was leading the charge from behind attacked her.

''You're not going to let them...!

　But the boy stepped in between and caught the wolf's fangs. The fangs dug into his left arm and intense pain hit the boy.

'Oh, thank you.'
Come on. Run!

　I get nine deaths, but the situation is still tense. I quickly get up and start running again.

''Huh ... hah ...''

　The boy is breathing wildly and repeatedly.
　Blood was constantly dripping from the wounds on his left arm, and his strength was exhausted. His attention was distracted - he was unable to react to the appearance of a new enemy.

''........What?''

　The next thing I knew, the sods (...) were right next to me.
　That monster turned on the boy without mercy.



　*****



　The sky is tinted orange and a thin beam of light is falling through the clouds. It's nearing dinner time in the city, and the scene of children who have finished playing are hurrying home.

　In the midst of all this, Wraith, who had finished his request at Daisy's shop, was also walking towards the Adventurer's Guild.

''Daisy, I wonder when I'll be able to remember...''

　Remembering Daisy, who looks burly with dark circles under her eyes, Wraith exhales that she's still got a long way to go.

　Daisy can be too rooted. As for Wraith, she's worried that she'll break her body. I didn't want her to fall down again, so I took a precaution.

''But I can't believe you're the same age as me with that...''

　There was no part of his uneven, infantile body that was remotely feminine. The one time Lace had blurted out such a thing in front of him, he had stepped on his toes with his full weight.
　The next time he said something similar, there was no telling what would happen.

''Oh, scary, scary...''

　Wraith imagines Daisy's face and her body shakes with a burr.
　And while she's thinking these futile thoughts, she notices that there's something a little strange about her surroundings.

　Looking in the direction of the city's entrance, they are talking about something that looks serious.

''What's going on?''

　Wraith spoke to an adventurer nearby.

''Hmm, no, I was told that two bloody adventurers are at the entrance of the city right now...''
What's going on?
You've been attacked by a monster. I heard that one of them is badly wounded. Maybe they're not going to make it...

　Wraith doesn't hear the end of the story and starts running. The place she's aiming for is the place she was talking about, the entrance to the city.

''Make it in time...!

　I kept running, praying, and it didn't take me more than a few minutes to get there. There was a wall of people at the entrance and I could hear someone screaming in pain.

'Get out of my way!'

　Wraith pushed his way through the crowd and forced his way out to the center. The scene that jumped into view was a boy with wounds all over his body, holding a girl covered in blood.

''Someone, help this guy...!

　The boy is crying and asking around for help, despite the fact that he too is wounded. But the girl's wounds were, by all accounts, fatal. Her back was torn wide open and she was bleeding profusely.

　The people around them may have realized that they can no longer be saved, but their expressions were uniformly dark.

　In such a situation, Wraith rushed to the boy's side.

''You are........''
Come on, let's see your scars!
'Oh, yeah...'

　Wraith saw the girl's wounds up close and immediately activated 'Analysis (Analyze)'.

''The lack of blood, the corrosion of the wound.......and the poison?

　After grasping the girl's condition in an instant, he opened his bag to save her.

　What I took out was an elixir and a green potion.

'Let me hurry up and drink from the green potion!

　Wraith directs the boy holding the girl. In the meantime, he fishes through his bag again, but gradually his expression becomes distorted with impatience.

''Huh........a potion that matches the poison.......!

　He couldn't find a potion that fit the poison that was invading the girl's veins. At this rate, even if she healed her wounds, she would die from the poison.

'Then--we can make it now.

　Without hesitation, Wraith took out white water, cukra grass and a small knife from his bag and turned the cukra grass into a potion and mixed it with the white water.

　He then cut his own fingertips with the knife and mixed a drop of blood into the white water and potion mixture. This is to make sure that the correct blood information, without any poison, is contained in the potion.

　We have confirmed that the girl's blood type is the same as Wraith's through 'Analysis (Analysis)' beforehand.

And this is the last one!

　Wraith handed the last potion to the boy and watched as the girl finished it all.

　When the girl finishes the green potion, the corroded and purple area returns to its original skin tone, and the wounds on her back immediately close up as she drinks the elixir.

　The clear potion that Wraith gave him at the end did not change his appearance, but it should have eliminated the poison in the girl's body.

　The boy's eyes widened in surprise at the change in the girl's body, but Wraith didn't care and invoked 'Analysis (Analyze)' again.

''........It's okay, thank God.''

　As soon as Wraith's words echoed in the quiet space, the place was filled with tremendous cheers.