After the meeting with the president, I asked Jessica to go through the promotion process.

"Take me out for a drink tonight and reward me with 5 big gold coins as a promotion reward."

After buying my brother a set of futons, I returned to the base and found him lying in the attic, exhausted, with a Schuler on his lap.

"Meow! What's the matter, brother! "

"It's okay, it's just that I'm tired from training"

According to Schuller, who answered on behalf of his brother, after returning from the guild, he went to the training at his own request, but his body, which continued to live a hard life in the slums, screamed.

"Haha it's good to work hard, but first you have to get your body in shape."

"I'm sorry I'm embarrassed"

"I can understand the rush but nothing gets better all of a sudden, so let's take it one step at a time."

"Do you understand?"

Even so, seeing Shure lying on my lap and stroking her made me feel like a mother and a child.

"If Schuler is happy with me as an older brother, I think I can live a carefree life."

"Woo, Hua Wuming is thinking about something rude"

"Meow! There is no such thing."

"When Hua Wuming lies, it's easy to see through because his beard twitches"

"Meow! Beard"

"Whew, that's a lie."

"Gunununu, I've been toyed with by Shure again."

"My goal is to be a cool adventurer"

At lunch, five chariots plus my brother went to the noodle shop.

The manager asked if we were six people today, but for my brother, who was a little tired, half a portion seemed to be fine.

While eating, Sergio asked for a call from the guild leader.

"What does an old man in Córdoba do? Hua Wuming looked funny, so I called him, but wasn't that the only reason? ”

"Yes, I've been promoted to the C rank and received a bounty from yesterday's incident."

"Oh, it's still early, it's already C-level, okay, if it's Hua Wuming, naturally I have to go up."

Leos and Gard nodded casually, and Schuller was as triumphant as ever.

"It's the first time I've met you, but the president is an adventurer, right?"

"That's right, he was originally an A-class adventurer.

"You hot old man, you can't learn Hua Wuming."

Listening to the words of Serujo and the others, the guild leader seemed to have the same feelings as Mr. Zeor.

It seems that he has reached the age where it is a little difficult to continue as an adventurer, so he decides to take it easy and become the guildmaster of Viscount Lagat, far away from the royal capital.

"He was supposed to be more laid-back, but because he was in the position of president, he complained that he was too busy."

"But it's Leos. If Hua Wuming likes you, the chariot is likely to receive a crusade request. "

"You might be tempted to see Hua Wuming's tricks, but you'd better be prepared."

"Conquest, orcs? Or an ogre? ”

Leos's answer was no.

"This is a bandit."

"Speaking of thieves, are they human?"

"Yes, they are people, but they are thieves. If you think thieves are human too, they will kill you. ”

"That's right, Hua Wuming, kill all those who attack like bandits, don't think they are people. Even if they are captured alive and handed over to the authorities, they will only be executed. ”

As Sergio said, the laws here are stricter than in Huaxia.

A thief who obstructs traffic on the highway will not only receive retaliation, but even a reward.

If they were captured alive, it would be useful to find out where they were hiding, but it seemed that the death penalty was the only punishment once they were handed over to the authorities.

“？ Maybe the sixty people I caught yesterday"

"Those guys, even in the city, take hostages and ask for money, so they will most likely be hanged."

Hearing Leios' words, the figure of the rider adventurer came to my mind.

When I checked with my brother, it was the person who had been charged with a large sum of money for the violent acts.

After telling him about his encounter with Leios and the back-alley attack, he bowed his head to his brother.

"I'm sorry, big brother, I think you have a grudge against the cat clan because of me."

"Don't worry, the story over there isn't unusual, and it feels good to be hanged."

"To be ashamed of anger, to be ashamed of humiliation, to oppress the weak, and on the contrary to be oppressed, to go astray, and to be executed, there is no room for sympathy anywhere."

It was only natural for Gad to say this in surprise.

According to Leos, there were adventurers who fell into the underworld because of alcoholism, women, gambling.

It seems that most of the people in the underworld who pride themselves on their power, such as bodyguards and conflict agents, are degenerate adventurers.

"And then that werewolf bodyguard with a big scar on his cheek"

"Hua Wuming, what did you just say!"

When I started talking about the powerful werewolves I encountered in the slums, Shure came up to me with great strength.

"Nia, Niat?"

"You mean a werewolf with a big scar on his cheek?"

"Yes, yes"

"Which one? Right? Left? ”

"Left cheek"

"Instruct me, I'm going to kill him!"

"Oops, oops, wait a minute! At this time, they may not be able to come out. "

"Hey, quiet.

As Sergio said, Schuler, who usually doesn't make any sound, suddenly made a loud noise, got up from his chair, raised his voice, and attracted the attention of the entire store.

"For the time being, we may not be able to talk here, so let's finish our meal and head back to the base."

"Well, I'm sorry, Hua Wuming."

Schule came to his senses, accepted Leos's offer, and sat down, but he didn't seem to care as he brought the pasta to his lips.

The conversation about my rank and rewards suddenly turned into a wake-up call.

Back at the base, I listened to Schuler's story while drinking Calfe brewed by Leos.

By the time Schuller returned, he seemed to have regained his composure.

"First of all, are the 'Silent Explorers' and the 'Slum Bodyguards' the same person? Let's start with this. ”

Schuller does not seem to have any objections to Sergio's proposal.

"Tell me the shape of the wound of the person Hua Wuming saw"

"That's how it felt like me to be slashed under the corner of my left eye by a sword to my chin."

"How old are you...?"

"I don't know if he's ten or fifteen years older than Shure"

"Sajong has no doubt."

He wasn't as upset as he was at the noodle shop, but Shuler was so angry that he couldn't hide it.

"What is silence?"

"I will never forgive the enemy who slaughtered my cousin's entire family."

"It happened 13 years ago."

The territory of Escalante, where Shuler was born and raised, is a land of martial arts, where generations of knight commanders have been born, and there seem to be many martial arts dojos in the territory.

Schuller had a cousin named Lilia, who was five years older than him.

Lilia had a good relationship with them, just like sisters, married the young master of the martial arts, gave birth to children, and established a happy family.

It appears that Zozon appeared when Lilia's child was two years old.

Sajong seems to have applied to compete at the kenjutsu dojo run by Lilia's husband.

In the territory of Escalante, where martial arts are prevalent, it is not uncommon for warriors to sign up for dojo competitions of other sects to test their martial arts, and Sajong is one of them.

After a fierce battle, Lilia's husband, the master of the dojo, wins, while Sajong graciously admits defeat.

After this match, Sajong began to travel to the dojo run by Lilia's husband.

Samune's skill is undeniable, and he started a fierce battle with the dojo master and began to practice and compete with the dojo disciples.

"I played a game before, but at that time I was too different in strength and was treated like a child"

It seems that Sajong was respected by Lilia's husband and disciples because he was polite and good at teaching.

"But Lilia wasn't the only one who didn't get along with Sajong, she only told me the reason once, but she said her eyes were sometimes not normal."

"And then tragedy struck." That night, Lilia's husband was going out to a party at the martial arts dojo, so he was supposed to be the answering machine until Sajong, who happened to come to practice, came home.

In addition to Sajong, there are also many martial artists who have applied for competitions of other genres, and some of them seem to be unwilling to admit defeat and leave with an irreverent attitude, and some seem to hold a grudge.

There have also been incidents of attacks in other martial arts dojos, and there is a rule in the dojo that those who have completed their training should stay behind as guards.

It seems that the husband and the first disciple of the dojo owner, Lilia, went out to greet them, while Sajong and the second disciple stayed in the dojo to act as answering machines.

However, when the dojo master and the first apprentice returned, Lilia, the child, and the second apprentice were all mercilessly hacked to death.

In the dojo, Zuozun waited for him with a bloodstained sword in his hand, and launched an attack on the dojo master and the first disciple.

He drank at the party, and because of his drunkenness, both the master of the dojo and the first apprentice were hacked to death.

It seems that the scar on Sazong's left cheek was cut by the master of the dojo at this time.

Everyone in the dojo was hacked to death by Sazun's own hands, but one of the disciples who lived near the dojo seemed to have witnessed this scene on the way home from the outing, and felt a little strange.

This disciple had just entered the school and felt that he was not Sajong's opponent, so he hid in the shadows and watched.

After Sajong fled the dojo, the apprentice informed the authorities, and they immediately arranged for him, but his whereabouts are said to be unknown.

"If that person is Sajong, then I can't let him escape. Even if I end up stabbing him, I'll stop him. ”

From Shure's clear statement, I felt the sharp murderous aura like an unsheathed Chinese knife.