I'm back in town.
　I'm not sure if I should head to the guild to sell the materials.
　It's not that I'm in need of money, but recently I had a huge surplus of goblin materials.

　It's not that there's a limit to how many I can have, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep holding on to them.
　After thinking about it for a bit, I decided to leave Val at the inn and then go to the guild.
　I went in through the back door of the inn and headed to my room.

''Ah, Lelius-senpai. Where have you been?　.... hmm?　What's that pretty girl?

　It was Ristina-san with a glint in her eye.
　Ristina-san, who was cleaning the hallway, approached us with a broom in her hand.

　Then she brings her face closer to Val and smiles at him.
　Val let out a high-pitched 'va' and Ristina-san glanced at me.

'She's cute, isn't she? What kind of animal is it?
Ah, the Dragon Children.
'Oh, really?　I heard that dragons are pretty hard to keep, is it safe?
Val's so quiet and smart, it's almost like he can handle it.
Wow, that's nice. Is it okay if I pat your head?
You'll be fine.

　I released Val in my arms and it pattered and flew away.
　When Ristina-san lightly patted its head, Val purred modestly.
　It seemed to be slightly shy, after all.

''Kawaii.''

　Ristina-san stroked Val.
　Val seemed to have gotten used to Ristina-san and was rubbing her cheek on his hand.

''I'm going to the guild after this, so Val, can you go back to your room?
"Va.

　Val squeaked with conviction.
　There would be no need to take Val to the guild.
　It could be stressful for Val.

''Since that's the case, Ristina-san, you should get back to work.
'I know - please take care of your seniors, too.

　Do we really know?
　Mr. Ristina stroked Val's head until I left the hallway.
　After leaving the inn, we walked through the city.

　The guild is located close to the central district of the city.
　The main facilities of the city are usually clustered in the central district.
　As I was heading towards the central district, the moon soon came out.

　I could see the gates closing in the distance.
　During the night, there would be no access to the outside and inside of the city. I'm sure the area around the gates will be crowded with people who were able to get inside just in time by now.

　Soon the guild was in sight.
　On the way, I walked down the street where there were several shops that were aimed at the adventurer class, and I arrived at the guild.
　As we got closer to the guild, it became noisy.

　The adventurers would also come in the evening and into the night to deliver the fruits of their day.
　I think I might have been shifty.
　I thought about switching to the next vacation, but the next one was in three days.

　I also wanted to go to the guild once, so I ended up heading straight for it.
　I entered the guild, but it was still full of people.
　I went to the board first to wait for the number of people to decrease.

　It's not that I'm an idiot who is about to receive a request.
　The request gives me a good idea of the situation in this city right now.
　When I glanced at it, I saw that the urgent request to collect medicinal herbs had been returned to the permanent request position.

　In addition to ranked requests, there is also a place for emergency and permanent requests.
　A permanent request is a list of materials and other items that the guild is always looking for.
　For example, to make clothing for people to use on a daily basis.

　Kinusheep, Asasheep, Watasheep, and each of the hairs that can be harvested from these are often used as material for clothing, so they are placed in the permanent requests.
　The rest of the city's garbage collection was the same.

　For now, I can see that the city's medicinal herb problem has been solved.
　I was relieved to hear that the problem of medicinal herbs in the city had been solved, but I was concerned about the one new request that had been added to the urgent request list.

　It's to take out the bloodmouths that have been breeding in the underground waterways.
　It's closely related to our lives, so I look at the other requests, wondering if anyone will accept the request.
　The number of requests for defeat and other requests have increased since the last time I saw them, but there is nothing remarkable.

　There's nothing like a mass recruitment for harvesting requests and the like.
　The only problem now is the rats.

　The reception area is getting pretty empty, so I get in line.
　As I stood in line, the occasional adventurer came down the stairs and made a lot of noise, but it was enough to make me laugh.

　Upstairs was the cafeteria. It's a dining room set up by the guild for adventurers only.
　It's open until late at night, and many adventurers are said to be drinking and eating there and making noise.
　I've never been there, so I don't know what kind of place it is. I've never been there either, so I don't know what kind of place it is.

　The echoing laughter bothered me a bit, but when I got home, Val was there.
　I want to see Val as soon as possible, so let's just sell the materials and then go home.

''Sorry for the wait. What can I do for you today?
We're here to sell you the material. This is the material.

　I take out a large bag, divided into parts.
　Goblin horns, fangs and claws.
　The horns and claws are said to be slightly more effective when mixed with potions.

　Claws are said to become simple bombs when mixed with magical stones.
　However, its power is quite modest compared to a weapon break. At best, it can only be used to surprise demons.

　As for the meat, I stopped. Goblin meat isn't particularly tasty, and since it's raw, the guild has trouble handling it.
　The staff member who received it counts the materials.
　In the meantime, I decided to ask the staff.

'I have an urgent request for Bloodmouth.　Did anyone else take it?
''Ah, no.
Is that so?
'Yes. Bloodmouth itself is an easy monster to hunt, you know.
Well.....
Are you interested in the offer?
'Well if it's so easy to take it, I guess I'd be a little concerned about it.
'Really?　So let me explain a few things to you.

　The staff member started talking about the urgent request with a woozy smile.

　The request was made by the church. This is because the church uses purification magic to treat the sewage.
　I'm sure they found mice during that process. It's also a bizarre number of them.

　Bloodmouths are not strong monsters.
　But they have a cowardly nature, and when they see a person, they run away immediately.
　That's why the only way to kill them is to set traps and kill them one by one.

　This is a very sober and painful task, and adventurers are reluctant to take it on.
　The church will prepare traps for you, but you have to set them, and after the rats are caught, you have to defeat them.
　Because of this repetition, it takes a lot of time.

''What kind of thing is a trap?''
We leave food that the mouse species likes to eat.
...I see.
'How about it!　Would you like to take it!
''Well yes. Me, I've got another job, so I'll take it on the next break if no one else has taken it yet.
'Really?　No one is going to take it anyway, so I'll be waiting for you!

　...No, that would be a bad idea, wouldn't it?
　I gave a wry smile and left the guild.
　I had been walking for a while after I left the guild.

　I found a small mouse skulking around in an alleyway.
　It seemed to be scavenging for some food.
　I activated my visual enhancement and followed the mouse's whereabouts with my bird's eye view.

　The mouse was scrounging for food nearby again at some distance.
　.........food, huh?
　There was a spit-roast in the alleyway that someone had probably thrown away.

　That's where the mice are coming from.
　As I retrieved the skewers, I thought to myself.
　........What happens if I eat food with a poison attack on it?

　With that thought in mind, I gave its bait a poison attack and left it there.
　After watching it with visual enhancement for a while, the mouse came over.
　The mouse took a mouthful of that skewer and immediately collapsed.

　.........Heh, I see the poison is activated.
　With this, it wouldn't be difficult to exterminate the mouse at once, right?
　It's not that I'm in need of money, but I might be able to accomplish that smoothly.