After transitioning to the first floor of the ruins, Cain walked leisurely along the cobblestones to the exit.
　Initially, he could have gone straight back to the mansion, but he remembered that he had been accepted at the dungeon entrance and written his name down, so he decided to return to the ground floor once he got there.
　In a few minutes, he reached the exit and Cain saw the sun for the first time in hours.

'Hmmm... nice day.'

　Cain stretched his body towards the sky before heading to the reception desk.
　The receptionist was waiting for him, who was worried about him a lot when he entered. When he looked at Cain's face, his cheeks relaxed and a look of relief appeared on his face.

I'm so glad you're okay, Cain-kun. I'm really glad ....... I was surprised to hear that the party that came back earlier dove to the eleventh floor of the dungeon with just one child.

　Cain was relieved to hear that the members of the Silver Wolf Fang who met at that place also returned safely. He then left the building, stating that he had left the dungeon.
　Outside, there were members of the Silver Wolf Fang who were loading the demonic materials into a wagon to the city.
　That member, Aili, gave a big smile and waved when he spotted Cain. The members who followed their gaze at Aili's appearance loosened their cheeks when they realized that Cain was ahead of them.

''Cain-kun!　You're okay. We were just back ourselves. We're going back to the city of Drincoll. Come back with us!

　Aili ran up to me and suddenly hugged me.

'Aili!　Doesn't that bother you?　They made it to that floor. You're supposed to be stronger than us, ...... right?

　Then Destra came up behind him and stopped Aili.

'Indeed!'

　Aili nodded at Destra's words and let go of Cain.

'Cain, thank you for that time. I'm going back to Drintle now. Will you come with me?

"Um, ......

　For Cain, who could return to the city in an instant with the transfer, there was no need to ride in a stagecoach, but he gave up early due to Aili's strong solicitation and decided to accompany her.
　The stagecoach is regularly operated by the Chamber of Commerce due to its cobblestone maintenance, and since Destra paid for it, Cain also got in. He got into a carriage with a sail that could hold about ten people, and after that, the wagons carrying the materials that the adventurers had collected proceeded to the city.

I moved to this town after hearing rumors about it, and it was a good decision. Looks like we're going to have a good drink this time too.

　One of the members shouts out, looking forward to the party in town.

''Yes, we've only been in town for a month, but the money we're making is a far cry from when we were in a different city.

　Destra nodded at his words.

'Yeah, yeah, and the city is safe!　It's great because it's well supported by the adventurers!

　Aili nodded as well.
　Cain nodded as if he was satisfied with his words. The situation of the city's management situation was almost entirely left to brother Alec, but he loosened his cheeks at the fact that it was running well.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're doing.　Would you like to be a member of our team?

　Aili tried to invite Cain to join the group, but Cain shook his head at her words.

''It's true that I'm an adventurer, but I happened to be in Drintle today, but I'm usually in the royal capital. I'm sorry, but--

　The members looked disappointed at Cain's words, but Destra won over Aili.

'Aili, Cain is stronger than any of our members. If we were to team up, we wouldn't be strong enough.'

　Aili's expression darkened a bit at Destra's words.

''Cain, with your skills, your adventurer rank is already advanced, right?　Otherwise, there's no way I'd have permission to enter a dungeon at that age. And you can't do that alone: ......

　Cain nodded silently at Destra's words. As expected, he wasn't going to show the golden card (A-rank) until he showed it to her.
　While they were talking, the stagecoach arrived at the west gate in Drintle.
　The young guards working at the gate as a receptionist were handling one after another, checking their identities with their guild cards.

''You can come in, next!''

　The silver wolf fangs ducked through the gates, each showing a silver (C-rank) guild card. Cain followed suit.
　Cain also had no choice but to take out his gold-colored A-ranked adventurer card and showed it to the guards.

''Yes, next!　Wait a minute, that card is your--

　A-ranked adventurers were less than 1% of all adventurers. Even in the adventurer's city of Drintru, that was a rare thing. Even more so, it was unlikely that a child would play a golden (A-rank) card.
　The young guard, who was suspicious, stopped Cain. At that moment, the captain of the guard, who had been monitoring the whole thing behind him, comes running in.

'Let the boy go straight through.

But...

Just let me through.

I understand.

　The young guard wasn't convinced, but he let Cain through. Cain thanked the guard captain for his concern and bowed his head lightly. The Captain of the Guards bowed his head lightly as well, though he was a little afraid to do so.
　The captain of the guard knew Cain, and also the deputy (Alec) had ordered him to treat Cain the same as any other when he was an adventurer. I stopped the young guard because I thought that if I were to reveal that he was a lord here, that would cause a stir.
　Of course, when the guard captain explained to him later, the young guard let out a scream when he found out that the child's identity was the lord.


''Cain-kun, let's go to the guild together to exchange materials.

　For some reason, Cain nodded resignedly as Aili held his hand and seemed to have no veto power.
　The members of the Silver Wolf Fang also seemed to be expecting about redemption this time, having defeated the Minotaur, which was a B-rank of higher rank.
　For some reason, they walked through the city while being led by Aili's hand and came to the Adventurer's Guild.
　Aili didn't mind and opened the door and walked through the halls of the guild.
　Cain drew jealous glances from those around him as Aili held his hand.
　In no small measure, Aili was also a beautiful woman.
　Of the members, Destra and Aili headed to the reception desk while the others headed to the tavern attached to the guild.
　Cain, of course, by holding hands with Aili, headed to the reception desk together.

''I'd like to ask you to redeem the materials. It's the Minotaur on the tenth floor of the dungeon.''

　Destra tells the receptionist with enthusiasm. People around her cheered when they heard that she had defeated the minotaur, which is said to be the middle boss of the class.
　Cain also announced that he had defeated the Minotaur as well, and received a voucher for the material storage area.
　The material storage area behind the guild is responsible for buying the demons that adventurers have defeated, dismantling them and distributing them.
　Cain, who was with the Silver Wolf Fang, accompanied them to the demon storage yard and was told by the guild staff to place the demon materials at the designated location.
　The members of the Silver Wolf Fang put them in the designated place from the wagon as if they were familiar with it.
　After all, they don't have an item box or magic bag (magic bag), and they leave the materials with the highest conversion rate.
　However, since all minotaur materials are expensive, it seemed that he brought them while cutting parts of them. The minotaur placed on the floor was a common one with reddish-brown skin.

'That ....... It's the wrong color .......

　Cain muttered as he watched the material being placed.
　Aili finished placing their materials and came back to Cain.

''Huh?　Mr. Cain, what's the material?

'Well, ....... Its .......

　I debated what to do, but I had no choice but to bring out the minotaur material.

　I put the demon material on the bag that looked like it was taken out of a magic bag (magic bag) style.
　There came out a minotaur that was completely different in skin color and size from the minotaur that the silver wolf's fangs had placed there.

「「「「「............」」」」」

It's a minotaur, isn't it ......?

　Both the guild staff and the adventurers who are in charge of dismantling it to Cain, who asks fearfully, are immensely disappointed when they see the headless minotaur that came out.
　The last severed head is placed deep in the chest of the laying minotaur.

''This is ...... a Minotaur Org, a higher species of Minotaur!　That's S-rated material!　Call the Guildmaster at once!

　The staff who were working elsewhere also stopped their work once and came over to take a peek at the rarely seen material, their eyes sparkling. The young staff member hurriedly ran to call the guild master.

''What, S-rank ......!

Seriously: "Seriously: ......

　Next, a crowd of staff and adventurers gathered around the Minotaur Org material.
　Cain thought about running away, but Aili firmly caught his arm.
　Immediately, the guild master rushed over to the material storage area.

''S-ranked materials, ......?　Is it true!

　Guildmaster Lixetu also voiced his admiration when he actually saw the material.
　The material was completely undamaged and had only been cut on its neck with a flash of light. With this much material, it would be expensive. And then Lixetu's gaze met with the defeated Cain.

''Oh, my lord--''

'Guildmaster!　We have other materials to discuss!

　After interrupting Lixetu's voice, Cain approached Lixetu and overheard him, so that he wouldn't be exposed as a lord.

''Please don't call me lord here. I'm Cain, the adventurer.''

"-All right, my lord. We'll deal with it that way.

　They spoke secretly and nodded to each other.

'That's a magnificent minotaur augmentation, by the way. I've never seen it in such a beautiful state. --This is Ryo ...... no, Cain-dono is ......

　Lixetu muttered as he looked at the material.
　Then Cain began to speak to Lixetu in a whisper.

''Actually, I still have a lot of material for the demons on the fifteenth floor: ....... As expected, I can't put them out here .......''

　With a large number of staff and adventurers, we didn't intend to put out more than a hundred earth dragons (earth dragons) or more than twenty meters of rock dragons (rock dragons).

''--Well, then we'll ask them individually.

　Lixetu turned and looked over at the staff and the adventurers, telling them to disperse.

'This is all the material, it's going to take some time, okay?'

　Cain nodded at Lixetu's words. The material was originally intended to be secretly released, but thanks to being caught by Aili and the others, they had to stop and release the material. As expected, he had no intention of bringing out any more.

Cain-kun, this is an S-class material.　I was in that dungeon!　If this comes up in our time: ......

　Aili, a member of the Silver Wolf Fang still nearby, shuddered as she remembered the situation when she fought the Minotaur.

''Yes, ...... it came out in the boss room over there.

　The members of the group paled at those words. It was probably because if they had come out at their own time if they were not good at it, they would have been wiped out for sure.

''I have something I want to talk to the Guildmaster about now, so here it is: ......

　I was going to leave and talk to Rixette once, but then a receptionist came running in.

''Guildmaster, you have a visitor. It's ...... ah, my lord!　I beg your pardon.

　The words of the receptionist, Ness, stopped everyone from moving.


「「「「「 ri-lii, my lord! 」」」」

　Ness blurted out to the best of her ability that she and Lixetu had been silent.

''My lord also has a deputy, Baron Alec, here to see you, would you like to meet him?

　And then he followed up with more.

　Both Cain and Lixetu sighed loudly at those words.