Chapter 110: The investigation Team

The next day, Aeris revealed her true identity to Shin and Rumeya.

The two of them were meekly delighted at the mere mention of nobility.

‘I’ve never talked to a nobleman before!’ That’s how it was.

Tauro reminded them that Aeris was still generous for a noble, but that other noblemen were usually more concerned with etiquette and position, so they should be careful.

He also asked them to keep this matter a secret and to treat Aeris as they had always treated her.

It was a strange thing for Tauro to ask, but Aeris nodded next to him and said

“Please keep working with me.”

Aeris asked politely as she bowed her head.

The two of them hurriedly bowed their heads as well.

” Got it!”

They replied.

Tauro laughed at the scene, and they followed suit, and the place was filled with laughter.

A few days later.

The Adventurer’s Guild received a message.

A survey team was coming to the village from the royal capital.

It was a result of the Adventurers’ Guild’s report on the dungeon to the country, and judging from the quick response, it seems that the investigation of the newly born dungeon might provide a clue to the attack on the ever-growing number of dungeons managed by the country.

The existence of the dungeon core was only one of the hypotheses the country knew about, and they probably didn’t know what would happen if it was destroyed, or that when it was destroyed, it was supposed to produce items that the destroyer wanted.

Contacting the guild was the way forward for the investigation team, and they gave a designated quest only for the teams that participated in the attack, but the other teams didn’t like it.

This was because even though it was a request from the government, the reward was very low.

The reward was on the level of what an E-ranked team would receive (which was still on the low side), so Chloe quickly referred the matter to team “Black Golden Wings”.

“Please, Tauro-kun! You’re the only ones left!”

It was hard for the E-ranked team to refuse a request from Chloe, the branch manager.

However, Tauro didn’t want to accept this offer either.

In addition to the small reward, the time commitment was long, and there was also the fear that the fragments of the dungeon core and the bow of Artemis that Tauro had obtained would be taken away as part of the investigation.

The other party was a national investigation team, anything could happen.

But that doesn’t mean I want to embarrass Chloe by refusing.

Reluctantly, Tauro and his team, the “Black Golden Wings”, took on the quest to guide the investigation team.

The day the investigation team was scheduled to visit the village.

Tauro and his team were waiting at the entrance of the village.

A group of people came from afar.

The group astride horses in armor, instantly recognizable as the knights of the royal capital, followed by two carriages, one in front and the other behind.

The number of knights alone was probably thirty.

I had imagined that it would be a small group since they were stingy with the commission fee, but the investigation team is larger than I had expected.

The investigation team arrived at the village.

From the carriage, a thin, scholarly-looking man wearing a square hat, a loose purple outfit, and glasses got off.

His assistant, a woman with red hair and a similar yellow outfit as the scholar, followed him down.

“You are the adventurers who will be guiding us, right? Well, well, well…. You guys are interesting…! And you’re the leader? You’re still a kid, that’s amazing! My name is Sharga, nice to meet you.”

The scholarly man who introduced himself as Sharga was surprisingly friendly.

Tauro, who had been preparing himself, was taken aback, but when he was asked to shake hands, he did so and introduced himself as Tauro.

“Well then, Tauro-san.  I wonder if you can take me to the mountain village near the site immediately.  If we start now, we should be able to get there by evening, right?”

Sharga was in a hurry, as if he couldn’t contain his excitement.

“Sharga-dono, you were supposed to stay here for the night and arrive at the site at noon tomorrow, right? Besides, it wasn’t the shortest trip from the Royal Capital, so please let your men rest.”

The man who seemed to be the captain of the knight order said, trying to appease Sharga.

“Yes, sir! You’re asking for too much, we can’t go on like this.”

The female assistant also tried to get him to calm down.

“Hmm…..I want to go right away though. All right, we’ll stay here today. Now, can you show us the inn first?”

Tauro and the others nodded and led the way to the “Resting Pavilion” that they had booked in advance.

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