The first day of the exploration journey ended without any problems.

　As planned, they had arrived at the entrance of the Demonic Forest from Yuguhanotes as planned.

　They were going to walk around in the Devil's Forest in the remaining five days to check for any traces of the 'Abyssal Walkers' (Abyssal Walkers).


''I'm sorry, Mister Flick. I'm sorry for helping you prepare for the encampment.


　Myth, who is a knight captain under the frontier count, called out to me as I was preparing for the encampment with the knights in my escort.


''No, don't worry about it. We consider this to be one of our escort duties. More importantly, are those two okay?


　Myth, the Knight Captain, followed my gaze.

　Ahead of him was Noelia, who was reading a book and didn't seem to be listening at all, and the frontier count, who was silenced (silenced) and was trying his best to appeal to me for something with no voice.


'Oh, don't mind me, that's an everyday occurrence. Lloyd-sama is also an overprotective person, so he can't help but be concerned about his only daughter, Noelia-sama. Especially since this is the first time Noelia-sama is with someone who has shown interest in something other than magic.


　Mais chuckled at the sight of the two of them.


　Apparently, that was always the case.

　In my case, I was an orphan, so I don't remember fighting with the director who served as my substitute parent at all.

　It was just that every once in a while, Alfine would play a prank on me and get angry.


　Looking at the two of them, I suddenly remembered the memories I had with the Director and his wife from my orphanage days.


　I hope the director and his wife are doing well. ......

　It was last spring when I returned to see Alfine and her face for the first time in a long time.

　I hope they're both quite old, and I hope they're not sick or anything ...... and I have to send them money.


　Along with the memories that came back to me, I remembered something that had been bothering me about the orphanage.


　It's time for me to stabilize my life and income here, and I'd like to resume sending money to the orphanage.

　But if I send them in Fynn's name, Alfine might find out where they are, right?

　After all, since it's come to this, donating money to the orphanage in Flick's name seems to be the least of the problems.


　I decided to start sending money to the orphanage again from this success fee.


I'm not going to send money to the orphanage again. ....... I've been wondering all day if there is something wrong with my participation. That's the normal state of affairs.

Well, it's a little different to be exact, but it's similar. But still, Flick-dono seems to be used to traveling. I've heard from Noelia-sama that you've been an adventurer for less than a month yet: ......


　Mais seemed to be observing me as I was deftly preparing for the encampment.


'Before I became an adventurer, I worked as a servant for a traveling merchant, so I'm good at this sort of thing.


　Due to the Alfine connection, I can't say that my previous job was as a platinum grade adventurer in the royal capital.

　So I'm going to say that before I became an adventurer, I was working for a traveling merchant as a servant.


　By the way, the sword skill, if asked, was also learned for self-defense from the traveling merchant, he replied that he learned it from the traveling merchant.

　Everyone looks at me delicately when I tell them that, but they won't pursue it any further, so I insist on saying so.


''Oh, so your previous job was as a menial worker for a traveling merchant? I see, then it's no wonder you're so good at preparing an encampment.''


　Myth put his hand on his chin and nodded his head in agreement with me.


　I knew that if I told him properly, he would agree with me.

　Why do I get a subtle look when I talk to Rebecca and the young adventurers .......


''More than that, I'm surprised that the knights are quite adept at preparing the encampment. Knights are noblemen, and they don't normally get ready for an encampment, do they?


　When I followed Alfine, who had received the title of sword saint and become a swordsmanship master, and participated in the training of the knights of the Kingsguard in their outdoor activities, I was overwhelmed by the severity of the situation.

　They were the sons of nobles, and they couldn't even make a fire by themselves, because they couldn't even build a tent properly.


　In comparison, the knights of the frontier county were adept at building fires and erecting tents in a deft manner.


''Those knights were promoted from adventurers. They're former platinum grade adventurers, so they're used to preparing for an encampment.''


　You had recruited an adventurer as a knight? Then it was understandable that they were good at preparing for the encampment.

　Nevertheless, even though knights are a position linked to the nobility, even though they are the lowest class, the frontier count seems to employ quite a few of them.


　Even when Alfine was given the title of sword saint, just by saying that the king would give him the status of a knight, there should have been a fierce opposition from the Kingsguard knights.

　Thanks to this, they even held a match in front of the king's royal pew, and in that match, Alfine beat all the knights of the Kingsguard who were proud of their skills and made them recognize their abilities and became a nobleman as a knight.


　Even if you were that skilled as an adventurer, there must be a high barrier to becoming a nobleman from the common people, though: .......

　Is the frontier count a person who doesn't care much about his origins?


　I was curious about the personality of the frontier earl who employs adventurers as knights, so I decided to ask Mais.


''The Count of the Frontier is a great nobleman, yet he recruits an adventurer, a commoner, as a knight?''

You are a great nobleman now, but Lloyd-sama is an adventurer by nature. Noelia's mother's family, the Enestrosa family, and he rose to the rank of frontier count.


　I hadn't heard of the Ygghanotes Frontier Count being a former adventurer: ......

　I've heard that he was the hero in The Great Raid, when he led a group of highly skilled platinum-grade adventurers into the Abyssal Forest, destroying the source of the outbreak, which was filled with Abyssal Walkers.

　He was a low-ranking nobleman, but due to his achievements, he was seized as the Earl of the Frontier in the Yggkhanotes and became a great nobleman.


You're not the only one.

Many people of Lord Flick's age may not know this. We lost a lot of veteran adventurers in The Great Raid.


　The mature Mais looked just like the adults in the village who were talking about The Great Raid.


''Could it be Lord Mais, too?''

'Yes, I'm an adventurer who was in Master Lloyd and Lady Florina's party.


　Myth, the knight captain, who could be called the Count of the Frontier's one arm, was also a former adventurer.

　Moreover, it seems that he was a member of the adventurer's party that the Count of the Frontier led.


　One of them had a name that I didn't know.

　I was curious, so I asked him while I was at it.


'Who is Lady Florina?'

'This is the name of your mother, Lady Noelia. She was the youngest daughter of the House of Enestrosa, but she was an unusual person who ran away from home when her parents didn't like her fiancé, who had been recommended to her by her parents, and became a sorceress and adventurer on the frontier because she had a talent for magic.

　I see ...... Lady Florina seems to be an unusual person.


　The only thing I've heard from Mais is that Noelia's mother seems to be someone who acts quite outlandishly similar to Noelia.

　Nevertheless, I've never heard of the wife of the famous frontier earl from the residents of the city, nor from the adventurers, though.


It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with your friends and family," said Noelia-sama. If Florina were alive, I don't think the father-daughter relationship would have been as strained as it was. ...... It's a shame that we lost so many people in The Great Raid.

Perhaps Lady Florina will die in The Great Raid?

...... Yes, I was disowned by my parents for having Noelia-sama and being disowned by Lloyd-sama's son-in-law, and the 'Great Raid' began while I was preparing to give birth. You'll be able to find out more about the fact that it's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for. I've done that. Thanks to that, our father-daughter relationship is as you saw earlier.


　Mais had turned his gaze again to the frontier count and Noelia.

　It is a very good idea to be able to have a good time with them.


"The 'Abyssal Walkers' (Abyssal Walkers) investigation team in the Demon Boundary Forest has been going every year as a name for me to visit the graves of Florina-sama and other adventurers who have scattered on behalf of Lloyd-sama. ...... It's not only that, but also the fact that it's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.


　The mature knight captain, Myth, chuckled again at the sight of Noelia and the frontier count.


''Is that so? I mean, from what you said earlier, Noelia is twenty years old this year?''

Yes, you were born just before the end of The Great Raid, so you'll be twenty years old this year.


　I completely thought Noelia was younger than me.

　His body was quite small and he had a childish face, so I definitely thought he was younger than me.

　You were the same age: .......


　When he found out that Noelia was the same age as he was, he suddenly felt ashamed of the fact that he had been dealing with her as a younger child.


''Flick-dono also looks quite young, but you behave quite calmly for that. I wonder if this is also something you've cultivated from working as a traveling merchant's servant?''

'I guess so. I think it's normal for me: ......

'Well, Master Lloyd is also a groom, and he's the one who's always said that he wants to bring out the world a young man who is capable, so there's no problem with Lord Frick--'


　Mais was about to say something when the frontier earl called out to him.

　He bailed lightly and ran to the frontier earl.


　I wonder what he wanted to say at the end: .......

　Still, I didn't realize that Noelia was the same age and had lost one parent in The Great Raid .......

　I thought she was a nobleman's daughter and behaved quite differently, but maybe she's closer to me in her roots.


　I've come to feel a little closer to Noelia.