Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... now, all the time..."

"Hmm? Lent. Are you back?"

When I opened the door of Lorraine's house with a single word stained to myself, Lorraine happened to notice me walking near the front door and said so.

"Oh, there you are. Just fine. Look, it's a souvenir."

"A souvenir? Wouldn't happen to be a special country dish, would it? Well, there's not so much resistance here..."

"No, you're not."

Lorraine tilts her neck when I hand her the cup I got from the magic bag, near Krask village, at the source of the bone man.

"Is this... a cup? It's not gonna be a gift."

"Even I don't bring dirty stuff as a gift to see it so far in boulders..."

When I dropped my shoulder and said that, Lorraine laughed, too.

"I know. Just kidding. But... I don't know why this is a souvenir."

"Let's talk about that now. It could be a long time, so you should sit down."

"Right. Then you should leave your stuff. Let's make some tea."

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"... well, that was pretty tough. It was a request for the exorcism of a few boners."

That's what Lorraine said as she rinsed her tea.

Words after hearing a rough overview of my request and how I got the cup.

"I was unexpected, too. Well, a boner is gushing from some source, I wasn't expecting that much, but I didn't expect him to even come out as a bone knight."

"That's rare indeed. It would be if the herd of dozens were large enough to be made up, but it doesn't seem that far..."

This is saying that the greater the size of a herd of demons, the more likely it is that powerful demons will be born.

Sometimes goblins, for example, appear as individuals called generals or kings kings, which are the individuals who lead them if they are larger in number, and any demons tend to be more or less like that.

Demon King, is said to be its ultimate, and therefore the number of distributions is so great that it is not only the strength of the Demon King's individual itself that is said to be destroying a nation, but also the strength of the armies it possesses.

However, no one has actually witnessed how the Demon King will be born......

No, maybe he's actually somewhere, but at least he's not left in the literature or anything.

Either way, that's what demons are for, so it's inevitable that there are quite a bunch of demons where there are strong individuals.

However, this time it is not in such a situation, which is why it is unusual.

It just doesn't mean it's absolutely impossible.

"The place where it happened was behind the cave. It was easy to accumulate evil, maybe. In fact, I felt quite evil..."

"It would be possible to say that that was the place on the terrain. It's also said to be one of the reasons for the emergence of powerful demons deep in the labyrinth."

Of course, I can't say all about that because it also involves the so-called "Existential Evolution", where demons become more contentious with each other.

The demons are full of things we don't know for sure.

Today's sense of common sense is the strongest area of tomorrow's insanity.

I guess that's why I enjoy studying it and don't attract people like Lorraine to it.

"Whatever it is, I left the evil distractions scattered, so it shouldn't be a problem for a while. If anything happens, the Adventurers' Guild is going to put together an investigation team, so you might know something."

"Well, why don't you ask me to give you some information later... So, I mean, this cup was buried in such a place... maybe you, you thought this had something to do with this one?

Lorraine looked at me with anticipation.

But I shake my head to the side and answer.

"It's not like that. However, there was a lot of discomfort. Of course you should look into what you can look into... to that extent. Besides, it could be some kind of treasure in a place like that. I hope it sells for a good price."

"... what. Is that normal appraisal work? You certainly don't feel that suspicious from a glance. It doesn't seem like a curse."

"I knew it was just an old cup?

"No, I don't know that yet... or at least it's not just a cup. At the very least, I can see through magic. It doesn't look that strange... but I can also see that it has changed to the extent that I would like to examine it in detail. I haven't seen much of it."

"So you're not suspicious?

"I don't know about these sorts of magic props... you know, but I've never seen them from the labyrinth. They're commonplace, such as configurations. Many of them may be pointless defects. So there's a good chance that this is the same thing...... But it seems difficult to find out. Not many of these senseless craftings are likely to be helpful when making other magic items."

I mean, I guess you're saying it sounds like an interesting product to the extent that it satisfies Lorraine's taste.

"Has it become a souvenir?

"Oh, enough. Looks like you'll be busy for a while..."

"Good for you. It was worth bringing."

"I appreciate these souvenirs. By the way, are you on vacation from now on?

After Lorraine puts the cup on the table, she changes her story and asks me that, so I answer.

"No, I'm going to visit Crope's."

"Hmm? Didn't you just go get that sword in the meantime? Did you break it?

"If you break it to a boulder in such a short period of time, the clope will cry... it wasn't, they called it in. I don't know what it's for, but he's got a request."

"Well, come back from the request. Yeah, well, the nomination request is a good economy."

"You can't always say that. They might ask me to collect goblin hipsters or something."

"Isn't that in the boulder...?

Lorraine with a frown root, but I can't say it's impossible.

Lorraine, too, but Crope, too, is quite a stranger.

"I can't say anything because I've been asked to do something similar before... anyway, I'll go"

"Oh, okay. By the time I get back, I'll be done checking on this guy, too."

It's about the cup.

"Can you do it that fast?

"... if you can't make it, Lent, you can make it"

"Is that what you mean? I get it. I'll buy you some ingredients on the way home."