---- ha!

　I get up with a gabari.
　After three seconds, I realize that this is Badgold's Inn.

　What's wrong with me?

Master!

　Terra hugged me.

　Oh, I see. I .......

'I'm sorry, Terra ......, it was my fault.'

　I got caught up in it.

　Master and spirit are one and the same. Terra nearly died when her stupid master took her along. Because even though he was so desperate to stop me, I didn't stop.

　When I came up with the idea of a prolin dungeon attack, I was buoyed by the idea that it was the best idea ever, but in reality, it was a picture-perfect idea. It was an unfeasible, silly idea. I almost lost everything because I was dancing for the short-term rewards.

'Don't apologize, Master~. I should have given you some good advice a long time ago: ......

　Terra says something like that. I jumped off the bed without a second thought.

'No!　It's not your fault!　I did all of this on my own, and Terra did nothing wrong!

　While shouting that, I suddenly feel uncomfortable.

　Huh? Is my body light?　And something about the skirt: ......

'No, I knew - ...... that the master was taking a liking to Mr. Second.



　Favors!　Me? !　That guy?　I'm not kidding!

'The fact that you're blushing like that is proof enough~'
No, it's not!　It's impossible!
Then why did he do that?　You're trying to get to Prolin?　You wanted to come to town with me?
Yeah, it's...

　I'm at a loss for a reply. Why: ...... Huh?　Why did I do that ......?

It's called a favor. It's called a favor, Master.

　Favors?　This is?
　Is it a favor to ask for approval, to look at me, and to want to have more conversation with me?

　.............

　...... I see. ...... This is what I mean about liking it.

'I should have pointed it out to you earlier. Then the master wouldn't be dying~...... such and such an embarrassment~......

　.................. hmm?

'What?　Wait a minute. Huh?　Shame?

　Yeah, I had a second helping me. Yeah, it's a shame. But it's not a shame that I'm aware of. I'll apologize afterwards, and, you know, it might be too convenient, but if you'd like, you know, um, .......

　No, it's not. I don't want you to be my friend or think about ...... if you want to be a friend.

　That thing was pretty cool at ...... too. The aura of the seven colors, the instantaneous movement, and the powerful sword techniques that a spiritist can't possibly use, they're just mind-blowing. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends and family.　Is it better not to fall in love with him?　It's impossible, right?

　I mean, no, no, no!　Not that!

What's the shame in that: ......?

　I had a fierce bad feeling about it. The uncomfortable feeling I was having subtly, could it be .......

''Master was falling down with a bloody nose when Second-san rescued him~. When Second-san gave the unconscious master a potion to drink, he instantly recovered~, and then he was carried back here~......

　You gave me a potion to drink. I thought immediate recovery potions at the level of curing that condition were pretty expensive. I guess I'd better color it back. No, by the way, a bloody nose is ...... a bit embarrassing. Oops, my clothes are pretty dirty too...

　.............
　Ah, le ......?　Do I have a skirt like this?

"Actually, Master, I was masturbating at the time... ...... ugh!




　Really? Did I mishear that?

......, Terra?　What did you just say?

I was wetting myself!



　F*ck!!!!!!!




　　* * * *



Oh, ......'s, well, uh, uh, ......!

　Dawn. When I was awakened by a violent knock, I went out to see what was going on, to find Cherie with a bright red face at the door, behaving very uncomfortably and squirming.

'What?'

　He says intimidatingly with his still sleepy half-open eyes. I was in a bit of a foul mood, partly because of what happened yesterday.

'Hey, this ......!

　Then, with a bash, he handed me something roughly. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a letter.

'Gee, I'm sorry!　And thank you!　I'll see you soon!

　Sherry whirled her eyes around in a half-sobbing manner, letting smoke come out of the top of her head, and then she left with her hands and feet together in a jerky, tin doll-like motion. The spinning vertical rolls twitched and bounced next to his head.

'Second-san, I will always remember this favor. Please tell the Great King so~

　Terra said with a smile and bowed deeply, then followed Shelly.

　...... What were those guys?

　After a hasty goodbye that I don't understand, I look through the letter anyway.
　In the letter, he wrote at length about how he wanted to apologize, be grateful, and see me again. I asked him earlier when we were saying goodbye.　I want to tweak it. How anticlimactic.

　I nodded my head at the honest letter, which is so unlike the tsuntsubotchi Lady Cherie, and I fell asleep twice.



'A strategy meeting.
Yeah!

　While having lunch, we held a meeting as usual to decide on our future policy. The reason why I deliberately call it a strategy meeting instead of just a meeting is simply because if I say it this way, Eco, who loves "strategy," will be happy.

　Oh, come to think of it, Sherry went back to Renyadaw after all. And the receptionist at the inn handed me a bag of gold coins, containing about 2 million CL. He said it was payment for his help. He's a surprisingly disciplined guy.

　Hmm ...... I feel like it's less noisy and more peaceful, and I feel like I'm kind of lonely. Well, he said he'd see you again and we'll see each other eventually. I think I can put up with a little bit of that nagging now.

　Well, let's get back to it and have a meeting.

First things first, Sylvia. I'm going to tell you what to do.
All right, I'm here to see you.

　Sylvia, who has been growing rapidly in recent years, is very motivated to develop herself. All of the 【Bowmanship】 skills she has learned are high-dan, all of her 【Magic Arts】 are high-dan, and her 【Magic Archery】 is also on the verge of being high-dan. If he continues to progress like this, he will be able to reach all 9 levels in a matter of seconds.

　By the way, the 【Magic Art】 skills include 《Synergy》 and 《Tamebombing》 as well as 《Magic Archery》. Both of them are offensive skills to generate firepower and must be remembered if you are going to be a magic archer.

Sylvia should aim for the ninth dan with all the skills. In addition, you must learn the synergy and tame attack of the magic archery. And if you can afford it, learn the Dragon Horse Archery and Dragon King Archery.
'Mm, wait. Didn't Lord Second-dono say that both Ryoma and Dragon King are trash skills?
''Ah. It's an unusable skill, it consumes a lot of money and the amount of experience required is high. It's rubbish to say the least. But it only has firepower. Besides, most importantly, you have to make all of your skills ninth-dan in order to win the title.
'Ho, to win the title ...... to win the title!

　Oh, it's been a while since I've had a reaction.

"Who?!
You.
Me?
Eventually, your goal is to win an archery title.
'Kyu, the title of the archery: ......'

　I'm sure I'll have to take it away from you eventually.

"Yes, it's over. Next, eco-eco~
Yes!

　I left Silvia stunned and told Eco the policy.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. Once you've mastered it, you'll be able to raise it to the first level and then learn the recovery magic. After that, when there is room, I'll learn all the remaining shield technique skills and aim for the title.
Wakashikutto!
...... Yeah, I don't know what that means, but I get it.

　He strokes Eco's chin and makes her close her open mouth. Do you really think she knows what she's doing?

And finally, Yukari.
Yes, master.

　When I called Yukari's name, she responded as if she had been waiting for me and soothed and leaned in soundlessly. It's a bit scary.

''Ah ...... Yukari, let's continue to raise up to Blacksmithing 9-dan and then we can learn the granting magic and raise it to 9-dan.''
Granting spells, sir?
Yeah. It's a skill that grants special effects to equipment. This one will be in trouble if it's a ninth dan.
In a bad way: ......

　Hearing my words, Yukari nodded with a blazing glint in her eyes, "I understand, leave it to me," she said. You may feel like you're leaving too much to Yukari to do with blacksmithing, granting, secretary, and personal care, but if she can do it this happily, it should be fine.

''By the way, what is your master's policy?''

　Suddenly, the questions come flying in. ''Right, should I tell you my plans as well?

''Firstly, I'm going to learn the Dragon King Sword Art. Secondly, I will raise my spirit possession to a higher level. Thirdly, I'll learn the transformation skill. And fourth, ...... well, I'll tell you about this when the time comes. And fifthly, the four no kata at Mine. Sixth, learn the Corporal Kata at Mine. And seventh, you'll win the title of swordsmanship.

'...... Wait a minute. Too many tweaks.
Transformation?
The prospect is so specific it's frightening: ......

　The Transformation that he was going to learn would require him to complete a fairly cumbersome quest. However, compared to Ryoma/Long King, it's a bit better.

　Transformation is a buffing skill similar to Spiritual Possession. It allows you to temporarily increase your own status by a large amount. Once I learn this, I'm finally ready. Preparations for the Fourth Objective are in order.

Well, anyway, let's gain experience with Proline, and also make some money with Mithril. I'm going to spend the next two months going back and forth between Proline and the inn, so take care of that.

　Everyone nodded dependably as I said that.

　It was definitively clear that poor Mithril Golem-kun was going to be hunted in large numbers by Awale at this moment as well. You're okay with that?

But it's so typical of Lord Second to make a fortune on the side.
"At this rate, he'll probably buy a multi-billion CL mansion with a pop. "In addition."
Hang in there!　Oh!

　We all said "Oh!" at the sudden Eco's command. I replied, "I'm sorry," and our first test rally was over.



　　* * * *



　Outside the inn. There are two shadows in the distance, secretly observing the Second and the others as they discuss.

　They are Countess Sherry Lumberjack, a sixteen-year-old A-ranked adventurer and genius spirit magician, and her spirit.

　Sherry was still staring at Second in the distance with a slight blush. She couldn't help but wonder what happened "after" she gave him the letter. She has been here for about an hour now, since Second started eating in the ground floor tavern, where she has been observing. People call this a stalker.

'Master~, someone's coming up to you~'
What?

　Her emissary, the great spirit of earth, Terra, announced the approach of someone.

''--Oh, um!　You're Sherri Lumberjack, aren't you?

　The man who showed up was a long, reddish-brown man with long hair. He's shrinking his high height as much as possible and showing off his lower stature.

'What?　I'm sorry to interrupt you. Who are you?

　Sherry glared at the man, still speaking harshly. The man hurriedly took a step back, bowed his head and opened his mouth.

'S-Sorry!　I'm a huge fan of Master Cherie's.　His name is Serum!　I'm an adventurer rank C, 19 years old, and I'm still training as a spiritist!

　He is a spiritist man who calls himself Salem. The way he humbles himself with his pecking order makes him look like a petulant person, and he seems to make you feel better.

　But that doesn't work with Sherry. She always thinks that it's natural for her to be on top and the other party to be on the bottom, and that's why she always asks for more. She is always looking for more than that, for example, to get down on her knees or lick her shoes. But when they actually do it, it's like, "That's disgusting! I can't actually do anything about it at the earliest when I speak to her, because I'm going to call her names.

'Shut up. So what?　I'm busy right now.

　Sherri is getting more and more sullen as her passionate (stalking) behavior is interrupted. She began to think, "If the conversation is going to go on too long, I'll just ignore it now.

'Myself, I really wanted to see the Great Spirit of the Earth up close and personal!　No, wow!　Compared to Nymphe, his aura is definitely different!
I'm sorry for being an aura-less spirit, Lord.

　Before he knew it, Salem had summoned a genie. It was a genie named Nymphe.

　On the other hand, Shelly finally decided to ignore it. She gives Terra a 'I'll take care of the rest' kind of look.

''Oh, could you possibly be the wind~''
''Yes. I am Nymphe, Spirit of the Wind. It's a pleasure to meet you, Master Normides.
Yeah?　It's nice to see you too!

　Nymphe and Terra hit it off and got into a spirit discussion.

　Selam asked Sherry this and that, but she was completely ignored, and even though she couldn't get into the spirit discussion, she was left and right.

''-- Come to think of it, I met the Great King last night.
But for the Great King?

　Nymphe's loud voice in response to Terra's casual comment gave Salem the opportunity to enter the conversation.

'Daioh?　Is that the Great Spirit King?!
　I took a bite, like I was curious.

''Yes. It's the pinnacle of the spirit world. He is a scary person.
''I have yet to meet him. For a wooden spirit like me, he is a heavenly figure.
'That's an awesome genie!　Where are you?
It's that guy, Mr. Second, he's using it. He's right over there...

What?

　The sudden shout was Sherry.

　Sherry seemed to be ignoring it, but she was listening to the conversation.
　The Great Spirit King Angolmore - the pinnacle of the spirit world, higher than the great spirits of the earth. When did Terra meet with such an awesome being?　I was just thinking about it when the name of the second jumped in.

'...... right, hey Terra?　Why didn't you tell me?　I can't believe that Second is using such a, such a ridiculous genie: ...... such ......

　What was I that I was so proud of in the Great Spirit of the Earth ...... and a clattering, shaking Shelly. Again, I'm red to my ears.
　It's a good thing that this is the only person she approved of, the Second, but if anyone other than the Second had been using the Great Spirit Lord as an emissary, she might have gone wild with jealousy again. Not in a favored direction.

''I had forgotten~''
"Ooh, they're sulking!　It's not super~important!
I'm sorry, Master.
Huh ....... That's enough. ......

　A spiritist who uses the Great Spirit King as an emissary. That's no way to be an enemy, Sherry agreed.
　Of course, she was more than a little jealous. But she was even happier than that. It was a pleasure for her to know that the only person she recognized was strong.

'...... Huh?　By the way, where did that creepy longhair go?
You've got long hair over there.
Duh!

　Seram was walking with Nymphe towards the tavern on the first floor of the inn where Second was. He was probably a spirit fanatic. He was probably acting in order to get a glimpse of the spirit lord, just as he did with Terra.

''Ni, ni, ni, I'm running away, Terra!

　Sherry said, "The Second will find out! And impatiently, he decides to flee the town of Badgold.

'Yes~, Master~'

　Terra was smiling somewhat happily as she followed behind him.