While I was stroking Val's body in the room, I was creating the Mithril Sword.
　Having obtained the materials, I could create the weapon by using Mithril for the time being - but.

　This did not go as well as I wanted.
　It seems that with my current level, creating a Mithril sword is difficult.
　It's not that I can't do it, but I've been using only rank D to E mithril swords.

　His current level is 20.
　I still can't even make platinum magic ore equipment, so it might be inevitable.
　However, even so, there were times when he would witness a rank B or other mithril sword, albeit with a low probability.

　In other words, it's not that I can't do it at all.
　I would spend all my magic power every day before I went to bed to create it.
　Today's highest rank was a C-rank.

　........I should have stopped when I had a B rank.


　''Zero.


　Those days lasted for about a week.
　My level went up to 22. Is it because it's difficult to create a mithril sword?
　It felt like it was growing fast.

　However, I don't feel like I can create a Mithril Sword S rank at all.
　I didn't think it would be this hard to create.
　Maybe it's because my level has gone up, I've seen a few B ranks here and there.

　However, there hasn't even been an A-rank yet.
　Is there a limit to the number of ranks by level?　Shall we compromise on a B grade?
　We can rebuild it again later.

　But when you get to this point, there's a part of you that's wilful.
　Two days have passed since then, and that's when the process was repeated.
　I stopped to put the hammer back into the material.

'S-rank!

　He ponies out of the A and suddenly comes out of nowhere, and I yelp.
　Val, who was wagging her tail in my lap, swings her tail in surprise.
　He struck me in the cheek with a scoop.

　.........I hold the Mithril Sword S rank in my hand, reflecting on the fact that I suddenly raised my voice.
　It's a single-edged sword with a blue blade.

　I check it several times as I pull it out of its scabbard.
　I have 300 skill granting points left over. After granting an ability-enhancing skill for now, I wielded the sword a few times.

　It's light.
　Can it really slay enemies with this? It's a sword so light that it makes me feel uneasy.
　........I want to try it out.

　With that thought in mind, I immediately ran out of the room.
　Originally, today was my day off.
　Val also followed me pudgyly.


　00


　I joined the guild, and with Val in my arms, I search for the request.

'Whoa, Lelius. You're not at the inn today, are you?

　The one who comes here is Mr. Warrior.
　He comes to us with other adventurers.
　This is the party that Mr. Warrior is working with.

　There are four of them, Warrior and one other person is E rank.
　The other two are D-ranked.
　When I came to the guild, I would occasionally meet the people I had fought with before in this way.
　After giving a light bow, his companions headed towards the board.

　Mr. Warrior was the only one left in front of me.

'Yes, sir. Do you have a request today, Mr. Warrior and the others?　Is it a labyrinth?
We're going in the maze. Well, unless you got something better to offer me.

　It's either a request or a labyrinth, depending on what's going on that day.

'But if it's not the first thing in the morning, that means it's already mostly confirmed in the labyrinth, right?
Well.

　Requests are basically put up first thing in the morning.
　Good requests - those with good pay, or good clients (like cute and cool) - are usually taken immediately.

　That's why most of the remaining requests are ones that not many people want to take.
　As far as I can tell, most of them are just like that.

"Is Lelius still acting alone?
Valu!
'Hahaha, bad bad. Val was there too, right?

　Val muffled in my arms.
　Val had come to the guild with me several times, and the four of us who worked together before already knew about it.
　I also knew that it was a dragon, but it is rare in this city, but still, it's not too strange to be a pet.

　There was a small buzz in the guild again as a lucky guy in that he was able to find a dragon egg, he said.

''But the two of you with Val you're a party of one and one, right?''
'Basically, yes. And in my case, part of me wants to work at the inn.
'Oh, yeah. I think we could go higher if we had just one adventurer, don't you think?
'I don't know.　But I think I just need to work slowly at the pace I'm at now.

　It's not that we need to be in such a hurry.
　However, what I was a little curious about was that I wanted to fight a little more different kinds of demons as well.

　Becoming a rank E didn't mean that my adventurer life would change much from before.
　However, if things continue as they are now, I won't be able to get new demon materials.
　That's because the city is peaceful these days. It's a good thing, but since there are no demons moving in or anything like that, we can't get new materials.

　It's also possible that the combination of demon materials can enhance weapons.
　Maybe, depending on the combination, it's possible to make something stronger than what we have now.

　However, in this area, the only thing I can do is the E rank labyrinth I challenged with Mea-san.
　He would get a request for a long trip that would take several days.
　Mr. Warrior's friends arrived with the request form.

　Mr. Warrior laughed and said, "Well then," and joined the party.
　A party, huh?
　I'm with Val, but that doesn't mean I don't have a longing to be with more people like them.

　I checked my request and then headed out of the city, only to see what I could easily accomplish outside.

　After walking for a while, I spotted a group of goblins.
　There were six of them.
　As expected, it would be a bit tough.

　The skills given to the current equipment were not such as poisonous attacks on the arrows, but were fortified with those that strengthened their physical abilities.
　This is what I was using when I worked with Warrior and the others.

　For safety's sake, shall I switch skills?　
　You're gonna be okay with Val being there.
　Besides. I also wanted to test the power of the Mithril Sword after dealing with this number.