We spent one night in the city of Surie, but the next day, a powerful demon or something like that showed up and shut down the carriage service.

　Do we wait for the situation to pass, or do we force our way through?
　First of all, we need something to decide.

　Iris and I have decided to split up to gather information.

I'm going to go to the Adventurer's Guild. What do you think Iris should do?
I'm going to ...... and I'm going to go to the meeting place.

　A meeting place?
　I've never heard of it.
　What kind of meeting place is this?

Ko doesn't realize it, but I'm a dragonborn.

　Iris pointed to the dragon horns that stretched out from above her ears on pins and needles.

'You mean the meeting place of the dragon race?'
Not only do dragons come here, but also elves, dwarves and beastmen. Every city has its own sub-human meeting place. There is always a meeting place for sub-humans in every city. There is also information and items that are not available to the public, so it is useful in its own way.

　In short, it's the "back route".
　It's the kind of thing that tickles the fancy of second graders.

"Is it okay to reveal the meeting place to an outsider?
I can teach you. You're right, though, you can't go into the meeting hall. ...... Not that there isn't a way, though, if you really want to go there.

　Should I disguise myself?
　When I was thinking about ...... and so on, I got an unexpected answer from Iris.

"Well, if you invite me as my girlfriend or something like that, it's just barely safe, but ...... haha, I'm just kidding, just kidding, so don't worry about it, yeah ......

　Iris is embarrassed by her own joke and looks down with a bright red face.
　What a bewildering air.
　A wife on the street sighs, "That's so new. ......" and passes by.

　Iris eventually poofed up and looked up.　Good luck gathering information, Ko, too! He said quickly and ran towards the back alley.

　...... eh.

'Anyway, let's go to the Adventurer's Guild.

　I start walking.

　This town ...... Surie is a bit of a tourist destination.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of people who are interested in this, but I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of people who are interested in this, and I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of people who are interested in this.
　If I were to compare it to Sekigahara, it would be like Sekigahara.

　There are many tourists on the main street, but they all have uneasy expressions on their faces.
　It's probably because of the demons.
　The fact that the carriage had stopped seems to be already known, and there were rumors all over the place.

''Isn't a demon so bad ...... that the regular service stops?
'I heard that the Countess of Mayard's territory was very safe: ......
It's not just the county. We've got demons going on all over the kingdom.
'I heard there's a horde of demons on Oonen's side, too.　And I heard there was a black dragon.
I know that. It looks like someone named "The Dragonslayer" killed it. Huh, I wonder if you can come to this town and destroy the demon. ...... If you kill him, I'll give you a lot of free services in my shop.

Dragonslayer.
　...... I don't really want to come forward.



　Soon, we arrived at the Adventurer's Guild.
　The guild's building is two stories high, but it is large on the side and has a cafeteria attached to it.
　There were three windows, two of which were already filled.
　In the remaining one, a brown-haired, petite receptionist sat down.

''Excuse me, may I?''
Yes!　You're ordering a quest!

　The receptionist smiled a big smile and said ...... strange things.
　Ordering?

I'm a newcomer, but I'm confident in my observation and deduction skills. Your brother is wearing a very expensive-looking dress, isn't he?

　As the receptionist said, I'm wearing a suit now.
　Of course, it's made of Fenrir fabric.

''There's no way an adventurer would wear such a high class thing, and brother, you're a young master of some big business association. I want to carry my luggage to the port city before the due date, but I can't leave the city because of the demons. One or two, hire a high-ranking adventurer and force your way through!　Do you ever think about things like that?
'No, I'm an adventurer: ......

　Apparently, I've misled them because of my clothes.
　I open the item box and select the Diabolos Armor.
　The suit disappears, and in its place, a jet black armor and cape appear.

　I wonder, does this make me feel a little more adventurer-like?
　If you look at the receptionist, she freezes with a pouting expression.

''Eh ......?　What?　Yah, yah, yah, armor, it's so darned ant. ......

　A murmur like that escapes from the receptionist's mouth.
　The polite language is broken, but maybe this is the real deal.

It's a good idea to be able to have a look at your guild card, if you don't mind.
Yeah, check it out.

　I take out my guild card and hand it to the receptionist.
　The receptionist checks it through the silver box and rolls her ...... eyes.

'......F rank!　Such a demon king-like armor, yet it's a fledgling F-rank!

　His voice was very loud and echoed throughout the lobby.
　There were many adventurers in the lobby, and they all looked at each other at the same time.

''That brother, he's an F-rank? If he's just starting out, we should be kind to him.''
You're a rookie, but your armor is top-notch. The ones who have a full complement of protective gear will grow. He's a promising prospect.
Do you want to invite him to a party while he's unnamed: ......?

　You can say whatever you want, but, well, it's an outside opinion anyway.
　Just let it go.
　As I shrugged my shoulders, again, the receptionist shouted loudly.

''Defeat history, 2208 dark boas, 1812 Lonely Wolf males, 2463 females, 2028 black goats, 2184 punchy bits: ...... What the hell, this can't be true!

　The receptionist must have been very surprised, and her tone had returned to normal.

''Besides, the Black Dragon of Extreme Extinction is ....... Don't tell me it's Onen's 《Dragon Slayer》 ......!
Yeah.

　I nodded.
　After making such a fuss about it, there was no need to go to the trouble of hiding my identity.
　In fact, revealing my identity would make the information gathering go more smoothly.

　The receptionist said, "Heeeeeeeeeeeee! He stood up from his seat, shouting.
　Then he began to bow his head at a tremendous rate.

''Shh, excuse me!　I... I... I... welcome to the Adventurers' Guild.　Uh, uh, yeah!　I'm new, and I'll get the guildmaster anyway!　Even my seniors told me to throw it all up to the top when I was in trouble!

　I'm just trying to get information on the demons, I didn't need to drag them out to the guild master.
　Although I thought ......, the receptionist was already dashing as fast as she could to the back of the guild.

　She's an energetic newcomer.
　I don't know if I should be shouting out personal information like F-rank or 《Dragon Slayer》, but I'm sure that's a lecture course from the "senior".
　The older sister working as a receptionist at the next window seemed to be a 'senior' and had an extremely grim expression on her face.

　Soon after, the guild master came over and I got the materials about demons.
　I see.

　This is something ...... a demon that looks like it can be tried in many ways.

　At about the same time I finished reading the materials, one of the guild staffers comes running into the lobby.

''Oh, my God!　It's the monster!　We're approaching the city!