"It's fragile,"

　a herd of bicorns that have been ravaging the neighborhood for some time. The four adventurers, who were supposed to have poison horns, melted away as easily as butter on a heated iron plate.
　As Marca muttered as she watched, Coan nods with a small smile around her mouth.

"There is no way that the individual powers of the bi-corns could match the forces of the Ray's, but if they had been a little smarter monsters, they might have been able to work together and make the most of it at the expense of the little ones."
"Well, after all, it was a low-rank monster."

　As for the muttering Marka, bicorns, which are classified as rank D in individuals and rank C in groups, are by no means easy for ordinary adventurers to knock down. This time, it was the presence of all the Rank C adventurers, and even the substandard presence of Ray and Sett that cleared it up so easily.
　If we had asked ordinary adventurers to subdue the bicorn herd, some would have been injured, and some might have been the worst killed.
　The two horns growing from the forehead of the bicorn were toxic enough, and the horseshoe blow from the body, which was about one size larger than the average horse, or the horse-shaped monster's tusks for biting off meat, were such a threat.

"... anyway, the subjugation of the bicorn herd is complete. Then, next time..."

　Arnicht, listening to Marka's words, looks around. The examiner's residence nods at the sight.

"We didn't expect them to struggle with a bunch of bicorns from the beginning. for there's a man with a different name."
"Then from now on..."
"Yes, please do as planned."

　Arnicht nods at the residence, and Orchid nods at the same time.

(Even though it's necessary for guild examinations... I don't like to deceive people very much.)

　Marka breathed a little, but understood that it was necessary to be a high-ranking adventurer, so he went down with everyone to defeat the bicorn herd.





"Well, it was quite easy," Is this rank B? Well, it's not that strange for my ability."

　Lovre mutters cheekily in front of nearly 30 Bicorn bodies lying on the ground.
　His spear in his hand had slaughtered nearly five bicorns, and he may well want to brag about the results of the war.

"Ray has killed a lot more than you have."
"But I can't believe you're going to throw a spear at me and attack me long distances, especially considering the price of a disposable spear." How can you afford it?"

　Ray, who doesn't seem to care about Lobre coming to look at him, immediately cuts off the tail, which is a proving part of Bicorn's punishment, and the two horns, which are the most dangerous parts.
　Originally, I would like to peel off the skin here, take out the magic stones, and cut the meat, but I decided that I wouldn't have time to do it in the middle of the ranking examination.
　Understanding this, Seto also takes Ray's fallen body under him, grasping it with his claws.

(...can't you carry Bicorn's body with us on your back?)

　Stee, watching Seth, nodded her head inward.
　But Ray doesn't seem to care about it, and instead arranges the corpses of Bicorns with their horns and tails cut off in the grass.
　Even though it was temporary, the monster was knocked down at this party, so as long as the share was not decided, materials such as horns and tails were put together in one place.

"You've all had a hard time. Let's conclude that this test, too, has completed the killing of the bicorn herd."
"I think I have more to say than that."

　Lovre murmuring to Marca at the words of the residence.
　Marka himself is listening to the residence's explanation, keeping silent while receiving the gaze.
　Stee, himself, had a momentary glance at the orchide, as he thought he had hidden it.
　Only the Onz remains silent and silent.
　Perhaps he was not watching it, but the residence blew a magic whistle out of his pocket and signaled the coachman to call.

"Oh, I'll leave it up to you to sort out the bicorns. I don't think you'll be able to leave right away, either, so it's good to discuss it for a while."
"Well, can we decide on our own? Well, this is a rank-up exam..."

　Stee asks timidly, but the residence nods that there is no problem and returns to conversation with the aristocrats.
　The rank-up exam participants were watching it, but eventually they decided that there was really no problem. Talk about how to separate nearly 30 bicorns.
　...without realizing that the nobles, including the residence, care about themselves.

"Well, what shall I do? I think I can safely take the bicorn I've knocked down as my share."
"Well, that's too little of Mr. Onds' share of the assistance." I'm pretty much proud that you've killed him with a spear, but it's because you've followed him to check him and to block him from attacking him?"
"Well, well, it's true that I was able to knock him down because of the support of my uncle... oh, yes. What do you think of Ray? After all, there's no doubt that you beat the most this time. Considering Seto's contribution, I'm sure."

　Lovre asks Ray as if to divert from the subject.
　When Stee hears Lovre's words, she stops in spite of herself.
　Even Stee has to admit that Ray has been the most successful in defeating the bi-corns. But, conversely, if Ray decides that every bicorn he's knocked down is his share, he can't oppose it. For Ray would feel as if he had snatched the prey he had knocked down.
　But Stee's worries are quickly solved by words that come out of Ray's mouth.

"Well, we don't have to think about who knocked it down, do we just have to share it together. I'll take the rest as a share of Seto's
"...well, I don't mind if Ray says so."

　Lovre talks like he's disappointed, but if the number he's killed is taken as it is, he's got five of them. However, if we were to divide them all together, it would be seven, so the increase in the share would bring a small smile to the lips.

"Well, what's good about Lovre asking? If you take the portion you beat, you'll get quite a portion of Rey's portion, including Sett's portion.
"I don't mind, at least two magical stones are available. Well, I'm a little interested in bicorn meat."
"Grull".

　The interest in meat coming out of Ray's mouth is more likely to be in favor of Seto than Ray himself. In fact, he was gleefully gurgling at Ray's words and looking at the corpse of Bicorn lying on the grass.
　But if Ray was asked if he was interested in bicorn meat, he would answer, "That's not the case.

"If Ray, who is also the most meritorious man, says so, I wonder if that's the case. Lovre, will you?"
"I don't like the feeling of being handed over, but there's nothing better than making money."

　He seemed a little dissatisfied, but I guess it's no problem that his share will increase. Lovre nods to Stee's question.

"What about you, Mr. Ons? I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I've always left it to you to help.

　Onds, who had been in charge of supporting Bicorn when he approached Stee, the archer, and so on, nodding silently, perhaps because he had no particular objection.
　Thus Ray's opinion on the share will be taken in.
　Without knowing that Marka and Coan, who had been listening to Ray's interaction, let out a sigh of relief.

"Then there are nine of us and nine of us, and seven of us, respectively." So, what shall we do? We don't have time to rip it off here, do we?"

　Rather than asking questions, the residence nods in response to Ray's question, which was asked to confirm.

"I'm sorry, but take the bicorn home by yourself."
"Wait a minute! I told you to take it home. What do you want me to do with these seven?"

　The bicorns are bigger than regular horses and will weigh well over 500 kg. Seven of them. Three and a half tons by simple calculation. As a matter of course, it was impossible to bring that amount home personally. Even if there was a carriage, it would be impossible to carry it with such a large quantity.... yes. It's just normal.

"Oh, ... Ray, can you do that?"
"All right. I'll take them all in the item box first, and share them with the city later."
"Yes, that's all right,"
"... Oh, I see."

　At Stee's words, Lovre finally remembers the existence of the item box and breathes a sigh of relief.
　Next to Lovre, Ray would store the corpses of the bicorns in the meadow one after another in a mistling.
　Of course, not only the corpse, but also the horns and tails that have been cut off in advance.
　It takes less than ten minutes to store things in a mistling.

"Well, I'll go back to the city of Gillum," After that, one interview will be held in the guild."
"...what!"
"What?"
"What?"

　Lovre, Stee, and Ray raise their voices in the order of residence.
　But the Onz alone remained silent as usual, without any particular words.
　But when they said so, the residence shrugged its shoulders as if nothing had happened, and tried to get into the carriage which had come close to it."

"Hey, wait! Why do I have to do interviews!? As for the rank-up exam, it's a punishment for the bicorn herd!"
"It was an examination to subdue a herd of bicorns, but that's not all I can say." It's just one of the tests. Most of the time, it's not possible to decide what to do with the Bicorn-like Rank D monsters, the C monsters, and the interviews.

　The last words of the residence to include Lovre shut up as if he didn't understand the content and didn't want to be accurate.
　But Ray and Stee both nodded convincingly.
　It was because I didn't think the content of the upgrade examination to Rank B was this high.

(No, rather than this, as the residence said, this is only one of the tests. And then, after the examination is over, it's a series of examinations that are suddenly told. ...it's a nasty test.)

　mutter inwardly, and look at Lovre, who bites his teeth and is frustrated.
　But Ray didn't seem to have to say anything to Lovre. Lovre had a sharp lover.

"Here, Lovre," I'll get into the carriage quickly. You don't want to lose points in a place like this, do you?"

　The words of the second half are whispered so that only Lovre can hear them, and Lovre enters the carriage with his eyes wide open.
　It was as tastelessly decorated a carriage as it was here.
　Ray also gets into the Duke of Quento's carriage, where Marka rides, and Onds gets into the Guild's carriage as well.
　When the three wagons were ready, they left the site of the Bicorn massacre with Sett walking outside.