The next day. The Adventurers’ Guild took the lead in holding a meeting, and a bounty was placed on the joint names of all the guilds in Ilstadt for the subjugation of the Red Horn.
The total reward for subjugating the Red Horn was 80,000 gold coins. In addition, they will be granted the status of honorary citizen of Ilstadt.
Souya had no idea how much the title of honorary citizen was worth when he heard the news, but he could easily imagine that it was a pragmatic title that would benefit their life based in Ilstadt, just by the fact that it would give them a semi-permanent discount on all monetary transactions involving all guilds.
However, Souya assures that such rewards are not worth the cost of subjugating a powerful demon that has destroyed several villages.
He was one of the most vicious demons he had ever faced, including when he was Silver Rei.
Even if you are promised a life of honor in Ilstadt and enough gold coins to last a lifetime, if you die before you see it, it’s the end of the world.
The information that the demonization electrum was in progress was only added as uncertain information, “There is a possibility of Demonization” because only Souya and Shamil had witnessed it. This point may be a cause of underestimating the enemy.
However, Souya’s thoughts aside, the rewards for subjugating the enemy that Ilstadt had offered would be disseminated to the Royal Capital and other cities from now on.
This is expected to attract top adventurers to Ilstadt, which has a shortage of them. For those who are thinking of retiring after this subjugation and taking up permanent residence in Ilstadt as an honorary citizen, defeating the Silver Demon may not seem like a bad challenge at first glance.
It is a situation where I can honestly say that I would like some help in addition to the platinum-class adventurers I know now, so if they were to catch on, I would have welcomed them in any way possible.
Right now, the only person Souya knows who can be considered a definite standby force is Louise, the receptionist, who is only allowed to move out of town in these situations.
There is no guarantee that Souya will be there the next time there is an emergency. He needed to gather more adventurers he could rely on.
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Five more days after the announcement of the reward for subjugating the Red Horn in Ilstadt.
As usual, Souya was guiding Mia’s studies in a vacant room at the Adventurers’ Guild.
His body was completely healed from the fatigue and he could start her next request without any problem.
He is anxious to hear back from Aisha, the priestess of the god of knowledge Luster, who is headed to Lunes, but it is a week away from one way, and it will take at least another week or more before he hears back.
Shamil, the familiar, who became blank-class, went on his first adventure yesterday with Siren and Phyllis. It seems that Seran, who was available, also accompanied them.
I didn’t hear the details of the request, but if three platinum-class adventurers are working together, it must be a very difficult request. We prayed that the adventure would be safe and that the results would be commensurate with the level of difficulty.
“Mia-kun. Do you remember the Thrail Forest?”
Souya asked Mia during a short pause after he had finished teaching her.
“Souya-san, is that about Connie-kun? …… Of course, I can’t forget it.”
“I see …… Then, do you see what I’m trying to say?”
Mia thought for a few moments, but eventually began to spin the words.
“…… I’m counting on that miracle. That’s what you’re saying, aren’t you, Souya-san?”
Mia told him half-heartedly. She sees through my thoughts.
Souya closed his eyes. He was unsure whether or not to nod at Mia’s answer, even though he had come up with it himself.
Souya fully remembers that that was part of the miracle called Divine Possession, which is to let god itself possess her. For some reason, this was something that had slipped from his memory until recently, and he had been unable to recall it clearly since then, as well as when he first saw it in the Thrail Forest.
I could only think that my memory was protected in this respect.
As a result, the miracles she has wrought have unlimited potential. I can now clearly recall that 20 years ago, the saint of the six heroes confronted the Gold Demon, Arch Demon by using the power of the supreme god Luminous in her body through divine possession.
The reason why the White Saint was the strongest of the Six Heroes. She may be qualified to approach it.
“Mia-kun. If you are going to follow me, you may have to rely on such miracles to survive in the future …… But, I’m not going to ask you to make that happen. It would be best if it didn’t.”
“If I need to, I will make a wish to the Earth Mother Goddess Mikaela-sama, as I did then …… But, I don’t know if she will respond. It took me hours and I am an inexperienced cleric, after all.”
“You have once taken the Earth Mother Goddess Mikaela down in your body. I think those who have such experience will find it easier to cause divine possession the second time around.”
This is Souya’s guess.
It is a hopeful observation that anything that can be done once is easily reproduced a second time. Souya can only think of one person who is able to use divine possession at will.
“No, you can’t …… After all, I don’t want that to happen.”
“…… I guess that means I’m not good enough for you. I’m sorry.”
“No. I can’t say anything positive about the physical strain …… Mia-kun, please forget about it.”
Souya was bittersweet, as if he had screwed up, realizing that he had been cowardly in his denial after his relying manner.
It would not be surprising if something bad happened to her under the influence of the divine possession. Imagining this, he felt pain.
Perhaps he is feeling weak against a formidable and terrifying foe. I had spoken too much of my own thoughts to say that she should just forget that that happened. It was obvious that her stubborn nature would make her overreact if she were to be forced into a situation that would make her think she really needed it.
“Hey! Souya! Mia!”
At that moment, with a knock at the door, Merylou appeared with her voice.
Merylou had been feeling down for the past few days, but her voice seemed to have regained some of its energy.
“…… Hey there, Merylou-kun. What’s the matter? Did you have some kind of request?”
“Oh, there’s a job I can take as a Silver-class …… I’d like to take it with Souya and Mia, if you’re both okay with it.”
She had a look of wanting to take the job at all costs.
Perhaps it was her desire to dispel the heavy memories of Lingen that lay in her mind.
(A request. It’s what adventurers are supposed to do. If it sounds like something it would be okay to accept, there is no reason to refuse.)
Souya felt the same way. Shamil is moving with an elite party in the form of a rental. He could not just continue to take a leisurely vacation.
The success of the next request would make me rank up as a Silver-class. Of course, I am not obsessed with that, but if I celebrate my promotion like I did the other day, it might give me some motivation.
“Since Merylou-kun brought it up all the way here …… Mia-kun, let’s just listen to what it’s about.”
“I understand ……Souya-san, I will forget what just happened, so don’t worry so much.”
In response to Mia’s words, Merylou looked at her with curious eyes.
From the indescribable look on her face, she may have been imagining strange things.
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The next day. The Adventurers’ Guild took the lead in holding a meeting, and a bounty was placed on the joint names of all the guilds in Ilstadt for the subjugation of the Red Horn.
The total reward for subjugating the Red Horn was 80,000 gold coins. In addition, they will be granted the status of honorary citizen of Ilstadt.
Souya had no idea how much the title of honorary citizen was worth when he heard the news, but he could easily imagine that it was a pragmatic title that would benefit their life based in Ilstadt, just by the fact that it would give them a semi-permanent discount on all monetary transactions involving all guilds.
However, Souya assures that such rewards are not worth the cost of subjugating a powerful demon that has destroyed several villages.
He was one of the most vicious demons he had ever faced, including when he was Silver Rei.
Even if you are promised a life of honor in Ilstadt and enough gold coins to last a lifetime, if you die before you see it, it’s the end of the world.
The information that the demonization electrum was in progress was only added as uncertain information, “There is a possibility of Demonization” because only Souya and Shamil had witnessed it. This point may be a cause of underestimating the enemy.
However, Souya’s thoughts aside, the rewards for subjugating the enemy that Ilstadt had offered would be disseminated to the Royal Capital and other cities from now on.
This is expected to attract top adventurers to Ilstadt, which has a shortage of them. For those who are thinking of retiring after this subjugation and taking up permanent residence in Ilstadt as an honorary citizen, defeating the Silver Demon may not seem like a bad challenge at first glance.
It is a situation where I can honestly say that I would like some help in addition to the platinum-class adventurers I know now, so if they were to catch on, I would have welcomed them in any way possible.
Right now, the only person Souya knows who can be considered a definite standby force is Louise, the receptionist, who is only allowed to move out of town in these situations.
There is no guarantee that Souya will be there the next time there is an emergency. He needed to gather more adventurers he could rely on.
◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇
Five more days after the announcement of the reward for subjugating the Red Horn in Ilstadt.
As usual, Souya was guiding Mia’s studies in a vacant room at the Adventurers’ Guild.
His body was completely healed from the fatigue and he could start her next request without any problem.
He is anxious to hear back from Aisha, the priestess of the god of knowledge Luster, who is headed to Lunes, but it is a week away from one way, and it will take at least another week or more before he hears back.
Shamil, the familiar, who became blank-class, went on his first adventure yesterday with Siren and Phyllis. It seems that Seran, who was available, also accompanied them.
I didn’t hear the details of the request, but if three platinum-class adventurers are working together, it must be a very difficult request. We prayed that the adventure would be safe and that the results would be commensurate with the level of difficulty.
“Mia-kun. Do you remember the Thrail Forest?”
Souya asked Mia during a short pause after he had finished teaching her.
“Souya-san, is that about Connie-kun? …… Of course, I can’t forget it.”
“I see …… Then, do you see what I’m trying to say?”
Mia thought for a few moments, but eventually began to spin the words.
“…… I’m counting on that miracle. That’s what you’re saying, aren’t you, Souya-san?”
Mia told him half-heartedly. She sees through my thoughts.
Souya closed his eyes. He was unsure whether or not to nod at Mia’s answer, even though he had come up with it himself.
Souya fully remembers that that was part of the miracle called Divine Possession, which is to let god itself possess her. For some reason, this was something that had slipped from his memory until recently, and he had been unable to recall it clearly since then, as well as when he first saw it in the Thrail Forest.
I could only think that my memory was protected in this respect.
As a result, the miracles she has wrought have unlimited potential. I can now clearly recall that 20 years ago, the saint of the six heroes confronted the Gold Demon, Arch Demon by using the power of the supreme god Luminous in her body through divine possession.
The reason why the White Saint was the strongest of the Six Heroes. She may be qualified to approach it.
“Mia-kun. If you are going to follow me, you may have to rely on such miracles to survive in the future …… But, I’m not going to ask you to make that happen. It would be best if it didn’t.”
“If I need to, I will make a wish to the Earth Mother Goddess Mikaela-sama, as I did then …… But, I don’t know if she will respond. It took me hours and I am an inexperienced cleric, after all.”
“You have once taken the Earth Mother Goddess Mikaela down in your body. I think those who have such experience will find it easier to cause divine possession the second time around.”
This is Souya’s guess.
It is a hopeful observation that anything that can be done once is easily reproduced a second time. Souya can only think of one person who is able to use divine possession at will.
“No, you can’t …… After all, I don’t want that to happen.”
“…… I guess that means I’m not good enough for you. I’m sorry.”
“No. I can’t say anything positive about the physical strain …… Mia-kun, please forget about it.”
Souya was bittersweet, as if he had screwed up, realizing that he had been cowardly in his denial after his relying manner.
It would not be surprising if something bad happened to her under the influence of the divine possession. Imagining this, he felt pain.
Perhaps he is feeling weak against a formidable and terrifying foe. I had spoken too much of my own thoughts to say that she should just forget that that happened. It was obvious that her stubborn nature would make her overreact if she were to be forced into a situation that would make her think she really needed it.
“Hey! Souya! Mia!”
At that moment, with a knock at the door, Merylou appeared with her voice.
Merylou had been feeling down for the past few days, but her voice seemed to have regained some of its energy.
“…… Hey there, Merylou-kun. What’s the matter? Did you have some kind of request?”
“Oh, there’s a job I can take as a Silver-class …… I’d like to take it with Souya and Mia, if you’re both okay with it.”
She had a look of wanting to take the job at all costs.
Perhaps it was her desire to dispel the heavy memories of Lingen that lay in her mind.
(A request. It’s what adventurers are supposed to do. If it sounds like something it would be okay to accept, there is no reason to refuse.)
Souya felt the same way. Shamil is moving with an elite party in the form of a rental. He could not just continue to take a leisurely vacation.
The success of the next request would make me rank up as a Silver-class. Of course, I am not obsessed with that, but if I celebrate my promotion like I did the other day, it might give me some motivation.
“Since Merylou-kun brought it up all the way here …… Mia-kun, let’s just listen to what it’s about.”
“I understand ……Souya-san, I will forget what just happened, so don’t worry so much.”
In response to Mia’s words, Merylou looked at her with curious eyes.
From the indescribable look on her face, she may have been imagining strange things.
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