A short time later, I was called to the guild master's office.
　I was called into the Guildmaster's office to say that another request had come my way.
　Quena and Sheila seemed to have been called in at the same time.


'Jade and Sheila cleared it on the first try, didn't they? I'm not sure if Kåñëa cleared it the second time. Well, you may not be aware of it, but that's what I've been asked to do before.


　As he said it, Riff put three request forms on the desk for us.
　I take each one.
　This time, instead of the client, his name was proudly written in the requesting organization column as 'Association of Brave Men'.


''Well, of course.''


　I looked at the request form with a tone of voice that Quena just knew next to me.
　I had a dim hunch, too, but Sheila had a "?" over her head. He floated a mark.


''Jide, Kåñëa, and Sheila. You have been officially selected by the Guild Headquarters of the Kingdom of Kuzeera as candidates for the next heroic party. Jade and Kåñëa are brave in aptitude, and Sheila is a knight.
"Oh,


　Sheila and I breathe together.


　A party for the brave.
　I've at least heard of them. It is said that they were once a representative of the human race fighting against the demon king. I've been told that even now that the conflict with the demon tribe has subsided, they are still being gathered from different countries as the hope of the human race by generations.
　However, a question came to mind.


''Isn't the human race supposed to be chosen by an oracle of a goddess?
Yeah. Aye. I thought you were not familiar with Jade. There are several ways a brave man can be chosen.


　Riff explained to me.


　The first is when the oracle is received from a goddess like I said.
　However, there was a condition for this, that the oracle would only be entrusted to the demon tribe if a demon king was born with an aggressive purpose such as 'continental domination' on their side.
　Right now, there are at least skirmishes happening, but since there's not much of a war, it's unlikely.


　The second is when an organization tentatively called the heroic association selects the members of the heroic party, like this one.
　The second is that the organization tentatively called the heroic association will select members for the heroic party, such as the guild, knights and mercenary troops.
　The criteria are kept secret by the association.
　But even if they are not goddesses, they are chosen by the association, and brave people are the target of admiration and hope among the human race.


　The guild asks you to carry out a request multiple times, and then lists the candidates in order of success.
　The first time for me and Sheila, and the second time for Kåñëa, is the number of times they've successfully carried out the request. They're all good fighters.
　They haven't been called up because they're in another country, but I wonder what happened to Weeg.


'But hey, doesn't that mean they're fake after all, if the goddess didn't choose them?
"Mm. Hmm. It's not official. It's not an official position. Still, the best of the best are chosen for their strength and heart, which is why they are chosen as the brave men of the tribe. Although there are many who disagree, saying it's impolite.
This is just a token of the economy.
To put it mildly. In fact, it's only the human race that gets excited, and since they aren't chosen by the Goddess, they don't get any special help from other races.
Do you get help from other species when a goddess chooses you?
There's a tribe that got saved by a party of heroes.
Wow. That makes sense.


　In the end, it's all a sham.
　But if you're chosen as a brave man, you'll be more famous, and you'll be blessed within the human race.
　That's probably why they don't tell anyone when they first accept the request.
　Because I'm too nervous to bring out my true strength.
　Even so, it seemed that Quena, Weeg and others knew about it.


It's up to you whether or not you accept this request. You can get the request money without accomplishing it, as before. However, if this is accomplished, you will officially be one step closer to being a candidate for a brave party from the guild.


　Candidates for heroes from the guild.
　The only thing here is that they are listed as candidates for each organization's heroic party.
　In other words, perhaps if you get to the next one or so, you'll be a member of a party member approved by the brave association.


''Yeah, just in case, but if you don't accept the request, you won't lose any points.
Hmm. Oh, man.
Hmm. There are a lot of people who don't want to show off and say it's a hassle. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them. The only ones that are produced by the guild are the A-ranked ones.


　Heh. I see.
　When I received that request, I had the impression that it was a pretty strong group of adventurers. And although I pulled it off when I was there, Quena was quite good at it too. It's a good thing that you can't get rid of them, because they were able to take on multiple wyverns and defeat quite a few without suffering a single wound.
　How good were the other S-Ranks?
　Soria had met them in the Holy Republic, but she couldn't see them in person until they were capable. Even so, he was able to heal a large number of wounded people who would have been there in no time, so it's clear that he has considerable skill: ....... That's right.


"Is Soria taking it too?　We're a kingdom, but he's in the Holy Republic, right?　And they called me 'The Saint of the Light Star'. ......
Yes, Thoria is already established as the only saint of the party of the brave.
Not a candidate?
Yes, he was famous from an early age. That's because he was famous since he was a child. The Society of the Brave bowed to the Holy Republic and asked for help.


　I wondered how it would be since it has the word "saint" in its two names, but it's already confirmed. That's great.
　That's probably why Weeg also mentioned Soria's name.


''Well, since it's a request, there's no reason to refuse--''
Wait a minute, Jed.


　I was about to accept the request when Kåñëa interrupted me from the side.
　Kåñëa continues.


'--I want you to refuse this request.