Time returned, and that night Ray and Sett came to the city of Gilm.
　The center of the city of Gilm, where there was a building too large to be called a mansion... but too small to be called a castle.
　"Since it was a remote city, it was built for the occasion rather than for the appearance, and it gave an impression that it was a rough building."
　The owner of this building. It is the Larkus frontier who governs the city of Gilm.
　It was not only the town of Gilm, but also the surrounding area that Larkus ruled, but there was only the town of Gilm, no matter how much land he ruled.
　Naturally, the Larkus frontiers, who had ruled the city of Gilm, took action to make their territory flourish, but the presence of monsters forced them to give up building new villages and towns.
　Because, at night, monsters usually run rampant on the streets outside the city.In the midst of all this, there is no carpenter to take on the job of building a house.Some people built their houses only during the day and stayed in the town of Gilmoo at night, but the house that they were supposed to build the next morning was destroyed, so they couldn't do anything about it.
　In order to prevent this, some people tried to build an outer wall first, but not all of them could be built overnight, and the next morning, all of the outer walls in the middle of construction were destroyed.
　Originally, the town of Gilm was created as the base of the kingdom of Mileana on the frontier.The only way to create this city against monsters that appear every night was through the sheer power of defeating all the monsters that appear every night after night.In order to do so, nearly half of the armies of the kingdom of Milliana, known as the great powers of the Central Continent, gathered there until the completion of the city of Gilm, so you can see how large it was.
　In any case, the lord of the town of Gilm, who was created in such a way, looked up to heaven when he saw the report submitted in his office.
　Then, after the next job, I took a sip or two of the wine I was going to drink and took a deep breath.
　After that, they check their faces by looking at the mirror displayed in the room.
　The person in the mirror was a middle-aged man in his 40s, which gave the impression that he was rather strong.Also, the beard around his mouth must have strengthened his impression.
　After a deep breath, he returned to his office desk and looked over the documents he had been looking at.
　It was written that a man had entered the city of Gilm.This town of Gilm is the only one in the Larkus frontier counties, so it is large in size and has a large population.Normally, when a stranger enters such a city, the information will not go up to the lord of the town, Count Larx.Well, unless he is a violent criminal, or a successor to the great nobility of the royal capital.
　However, the contents of the report before the Count Larx was comparable.

"...a man with a rank A monster, Gryphon?"

　Once you read it, you read it over and over again, but no matter how many times you read it, it doesn't change.

"Isn't it a dream or a vision?"Should I be happy or sad?"

　A man with a rank A monster.and, as far as the report goes, he is an aspiring adventurer.If this is true and true, then the city has acquired the most powerful military power.
　These days, there is something unnatural about the movements of monsters, so if you think of it as purely a military force, you can call it Tensuke.

"But the timing is too good."

　Look at the papers... no, muttering, glaring at him.
　Larkus, who breathed a deep sigh, rings the bell near him.As soon as he did, a knock on the door rang out into the room.

"Let's go in.
"Excuse me, sir, but may I call you, Mr. Bordersman?"

　It was a man in his twenties who entered the room, saying so.He is a man who plays a secretarial role under Larkus.

"Yes, did you say the captain of the guard, Langa?"Call him.I'd like to hear about the report submitted."
"All right.at once."

　He took his orders, saluted them quickly, and looked over the report again, seeing off his subordinates who were leaving the room.

"""Monster abnormal behavior."At this time, some rare species have been identified.either cause trouble, or be the Lord of salvation... hopefully the latter."As Larkes muttered, he heard another knock on the door.

"Let's go in.
"Yes, this is Langa, the captain of the Guard.I've heard that you'em."

　Observing Langa glaringly, he saw a strong face and a heavy beard.He opened his mouth with a smile on his face, somewhat resembling him.

"Yes, I called you on the report that was submitted."
"Yes,"
"This report says that a person who is familiar with the Gryphon of the Rank A monster has entered the city."
"There is no doubt about it,"
"...what was the man like? Tell me what you think."

　Langa recalls Ray's appearance in the daytime in the words of Larkus.His figure was so impressive that he could remember it without much trouble.

"First of all, in terms of appearance, I was only as tall as my chest."
"That's... very small,"

　The Larkus frontier, who had envisioned a giant man for the desire of an adventurer with a Gryphon, nodded that he was quite different from his expectations.

"In terms of appearance, I think it's fair to say that he has more handsome features with red hair and blue eyes.He wrapped himself in a robe that seemed to be some kind of magic item, and had a scythe that was longer than his height as a weapon.I have also confirmed that I have magic items like the item box."
"...really?"

　I thought I was looking at him suspiciously.
　Langa nods at his gaze.

"Yes, I'm sure,"
"What's that conspicuous figure?"

　Small build, robes that seem to be magic items, and scythe that exceeds your height.This is a rare item in the world: a box-like magic item, and a glyphon.If you associate these images with your mind, you can only leave a conspicuous impression.Larx was thinking about the possibility of being a spy or agent from another country, but such a person could not stand out as such.

"What do you do after you enter the city?"
"According to the report, he went straight to the Adventurer's Guild.After registering as a guild, they had a conflict with the D-ranked adventurers."

　Conflicts with adventurers.Larkus's cheek twitched when he heard it.

"So is the boy's aim to destroy the adventurers of the city of Gilm?"
"No, according to the information that came to me, the adventurers connected the object with a connection."

　When he heard those words, he breathed out a sigh of relief.The adventurers' presence is the same for the city of Gilm.Both as a military force and as an economy. If by any means the city of Gillum were to be wiped out of it, it would probably soon be destroyed.Langa's words were sufficient to exhale a sigh of relief for Larkus, who judged so.

"As far as I'm concerned, I don't think he's going to act inconspicuously."
"Yes, I think so, too."
"So, is there any possibility of being a spy or agent from another country?"
"Yes, sir,"Perhaps, but I think it's quite unlikely.""What is the basis?"
"Some of the boys were very out of touch with common sense, and I didn't know they had to pay taxes to get into the city.and above all, I had no money, not to mention gold, but silver or copper."

　He frowned at the explanation, but this was not due to the sense of crisis he had just felt.

"You don't know common sense, you don't have money?" ... Where did you live before?

　Currency has spread sufficiently in the Central Continent at least.and yet it was strange that he did not have a single piece of copper to come into town.

"According to him, I've been living in the mountains with my magician..."
"But?"
"Well, I used the word witchcraft, not magic."
"...what?"

　Magic and magic. They are both words for the same thing, but the word magic has long gone out of fashion.In the first place, most people today probably don't know the word witchcraft.

"How deep is it in the mountains?"

　At this point, though he muttered, he had largely ruled out the possibility of Ray being a spy or agent of another country.

"He didn't know where it was, either.However, after practicing magic, I was thrown into the forest of evil by the transfer of magic to become an adventurer."
"The Devil Forest?"

　He moaned low.It is a forest located about 10 days' walk from this city, slime for low-ranked monsters, or wild beasts that are not monsters in the first place.If you look at the top of the list, even the species of dragons live in the forest of evil beasts.It's a forest of evil.

"Yes, it seems that they killed water bears and jalm, so they sold the fur and used it as a tax."
"Down with the rank C water bear.Well, it's not so funny, for it's accompanied by a Gryphon."

　Water bears are rank C and Jalm are rank F demons.However, the rank of Jalm is only one, and if there is a crowd, the rank will jump up to D.

"First of all, as far as I can tell you, it seems unlikely that you are from another country."
"Yes, I think so myself.There are certainly quite a few military capabilities, but you don't have to make them stand out so much to infiltrate.If I had one, it would be a line called 囮."

　Say so much and shake your head as if you noticed something.

"There's no point in making anyone who has a monster like a Gryphon do the trick.I think there are many other uses."

　Langa's words make Larx nod.

"Yes, I think so, too.However, it is also true that there is no possibility of an emergency.Did you say Ray, the boy? Take care of him."
"Is that an order to watch?"
"No, it doesn't mean to command or watch.It means that you should pay attention to it means that you should pay attention to it.As far as I can tell you, I don't think I'm good at interacting with people, perhaps because I lived with my master.for even though he is an adventurer enough to take care of the Gryphon, he does not want to lose such a valuable man in a trifle.Be especially careful of the aristocrats.If they are in contact, contact them and we will deal with them."
"All right,"

　The aristocratic faction, which is a faction centered around the great aristocracy.In today's Kingdom of Milliana, three factions, the royal faction, the aristocracy faction and the neutrality faction, are engaged in a power struggle.Well, it's about 6:3:1 in proportion, and there are an overwhelmingly small number of neutrals to which Larkus belongs.
　However, it is also true that the aristocratic group, which was a huge faction, often interfered with him because of his small power.If such men had made fun of a boy named Ray, who was accompanied by a Rank A monster called Gryphon, he was a Larkus frontier with a look of bitterness on his face in anticipation of the events that followed.A day after Ray entered the city of Gilm, a party was fighting against monsters a few hours away from the city.

"d*mn it!"

　A large man swung down his huge axe, shouting abuse.

"Giggle!"

　Although the ant had its head cut off by a swinging axe, it continued to move even though it screamed at the end of the day.

"Bargas! Be careful!"

　A man with a long sword and shield calls out to their leader and shields ants that have lost their heads and thrust them into Vargas.At the same time, a man who approaches quickly cuts off the headless ant's leg, and the battle ends.

"O, Vargas! I told you I couldn't go as usual!"

　Zolito, a man with a long sword and shield, yells at Vargas.

`I know! But why do we have to deal with these little fish!'

　He shook his axe to the ground in frustration.The axe, which was shaken down, hollows out the ground and scatters earth and sand and stones around it.

"Calm down, don't forget that we are in debt.If you imitate me to trample down, I'm sure I'm the one you're after."

　The voice of a man with a dagger struck his tongue impatiently.
　Debt. Yes, the Rank D adventurer group, Takanotsume, is now in debt.
　It all started at the time of the launch, which captured the place where traps about the magic of the labyrinth had been set up.
　Vargas, who was originally rough and crude, got involved with someone who came to register with the adventurer's guild, but the person involved was bad.He had fought a duel in front of the guild as if it were a buy word, and had been defeated in a fine way.and all the weapons and money he had were carried away by the roots, and all that remained was his broken body.
　In particular, in Vargas, they were losing the magic item Battleax that they had just obtained in the labyrinth.
　Then, having been injured, he had to ask the hospital or a wizard who could use the healing magic to recover, but the Falcon's claws had all their money taken by Ray, and he didn't even have the money left to eat for the day, let alone to pay for the treatment.
　But Falcon's Nail is a Rank D adventurer's party.In other words, they have reasonable credibility and achievements.Thanks to his trust and achievements, he was able to borrow medical treatment and living expenses from the guild to a guild.and, of course, he had to pay back the money he had borrowed, and for that reason he accepted the request to subdue Soldier Ant.
　As for the weapons, he kept the ones he had used before the weapons he had been robbed of by Ray as a reserve, so he only had to pay for treatment and living expenses in debt.
　As long as I am in debt from the guild, I can hardly pretend to take it down.Guilds are in close contact with branches around the world with magic items, and they know they'll be arranged for them as soon as they can.If that happens, they will be targeted by the bounty hunters who aim for themselves.In that case it would be a prize-winning head only for capture, but the Falcon's claws, who did not want to be such a prize-winning head, desperately made a request.

"Who is the goblin's mouth?"

　Denying the disgraceful party name given to Ray.