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Chapter 35: Special request

Mirei says.

“If it's about the matter in the magic tool maker's workshop, the knights have already ----“

“I know. I just want to check it out too. It's to keep it under my control, so that I can move easily."

“I will not say anything nya. I'm going to go to the guild and make a request on behalf of your Highness, then.”

“Without mentioning my name, of course.”

“I know nya. I would like to submit it as a special request using the name of a trading company that your Highness has in mind.”

"Please do so. The trading company is also a victim of theft, so we can call it an investigation.”

“Do you want any information you can get?”

“Yes. Whatever I do, I need information and a hand."

Mirei said she would comply with everything and do as Radius wished.

She continued, tail wagging, her tone familiar and flirtatious.

"I'm sure your Highness will soon be able to figure out all the bandits all by yourself, anyway, don't you think?"

“If I do, that's fine, and if I find information that I'm not aware of, all the more better.”

"Fufu.. I understand.”

There is not a single thing to object to.

“I'm going to start getting ready now. nya”

She turns her back on him to leave his room, but immediately looked at him again.

"Oh, by the way, Your Highness. I heard that the production system for the potion that you developed last year is ready to increase. I hear that they will be released sequentially throughout the country nya.”

“That's good news. Let me know if there is any more news.”

"Yes nya! Well then, I'm going to leave you now!”

After Mirei left, Radius rested his upper body on the balcony railing.

Looking down, he could see the earth far below. He looked out over the imperial city without fear, even though he was at a height that would surely kill him if he fell.

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Two days later, Ren left the mansion in the morning and headed for the guild.

It wasn’t because he was told to do so by a knight of the Lion Sanctuary. One of the things he realized was that he needed to earn money.

He hadn’t been able to save up money before, but now he had to pay for the entrance exam for the Imperial Military Academy and tuition fees after he passed the exam.

It’s not that he hasn’t saved money in the past, but he has worked hard to send money back to his village.

In order to do so in the future, he decided to hunt occasionally.

The adventurers' guild in Elendil was very different from the one in Clausel.

First of all, the building itself is several times larger, and the adventurers who come and go are more competent. The equipment of the adventurers in the guild is more powerful than the one in Clausel.

Strong monsters do not appear near towns, but they travel by magic ship or magic train.

Therefore, guilds in large cities were convenient bases for their activities.

(...... Hmmm-)

Ren thinks as he walks through the guild.

Inside the guild, like Clausel's, there was also a bar and a restaurant, and it was crowded with many adventurers from this time of the day.

Surprisingly, however, Ren's figure did not float above the crowd.

Unlike those in Clausel, there were many boys and girls about the same age as Ren in this guild.

Perhaps they wanted a simple job to earn some extra money, or perhaps they were trying to make ends meet.

Ren walked through the crowd to the bulletin board where the request forms were posted. Somehow, he decided to take a look at it because he felt like it.

There was a brand-new request form on the board.

Ren looked at it closely.

(Is this a special request?)

It was a request form for a special request that he had just talked about at the Lion's Sanctuary just a few days ago.

The client's name is listed as "Arne Verde trading company”. The workshop of a magic tool craftsman belonging to the trading company has been robbed, and the request is to find out information about thieves.

It stated that they wanted information about the thieves, even if it was only a little information.

“Does that concern you?"

A woman, a guild employee who came next to Ren, called out.

“Well.... a little bit.”

“Good! Then please come to the counter so I can explain it to you!”

“Huh? Umm---- huh?"

Then, Ren was pulled by the staff member on the arm vigorously and went straight to the counter. He thought it was pushy, but he didn't resist and went straight to the counter.

The staff member who came to face him immediately opened her mouth so as not to let Ren escape.

“Here is the starting fee, the information fee, a special reward for valuable information, and the rest is at ----.”

“Wait a minute! You’re in too much of a hurry!”

Ren waited at the strength of this momentum.

He didn’t know if it was too late for that, he sighed.

“What's the matter with you? You suddenly pulled me here out of the blue. I don’t really understand why you’re giving me all this.”

“I-I'm sorry! In fact, there's a reason why we'd like you to accept the offer. Between you and me, we'll even give you a little extra reward!”

(Something is not right...)

I feel like there is a very good reason for this.

The guild wouldn’t normally consider adding a special reward to the offer, even if it was just out of the blue.

Ren took an involuntary half step back.

“Oh, wait! There's a reason for this!”

“.....I'll listen to you."

I sigh for the umpteenth time.

“First of all, do you know about the Arne Verde Trading Company?”

“I do. The company has been developing new potions as well as new medicines, including antidotes that are being sold as new medicines never seen before.”

It is undoubtedly the most vigorous trading company among the new trading companies.

For the potions that are sold, Ren was also indebted to them during the Legend of the Seven Heroes era.

“Oh, you seem to know a lot about it.”

“Thank you very much. So, what's up with this Arne Verde Trading Company?”

“......Actually.”

She said that since they put up the request, there have only been two people who have accepted the request.

If it is said that it has only been up for a short time, it makes sense, but even so.

Even inquiries from adventurers, which are usually plentiful, have been few and far between.

Since the other party, the Arne Verde trading company, hasn’t set a limit on the number of people, I take it that the guild must want as large a group as possible.

“We, the Elendil branch, have also been taken care of by the Arne verde trading company,"

The guilds have also been treated very kindly when they sell other trade goods to them.

Therefore, the Elendil branch would like to respond to the wishes of the other party.

However, since they have only received two people so far, they are having trouble keeping up appearances with the other party.

(Let's muddy the waters.)

He understood the situation, but Ren has no intention of accepting the special request.

Regretting his earlier reply, which could have gone either way, Ren replied, "I think it would be better to ask an adult, not a kid like me”.

But the guild official laughed.

“---- Steel-eating gargoyle."

Ren's eyebrows lifted.

“The other day, when you came to our guild, we confirmed a lot of things. I received some information about Ren-sama at that time.”

"...... I see. Is that what you meant?”

“So I thought it would be great if Ren-sama was interested. That is the reason why I asked you to join me earlier.”

In this case, he felt that it would be wrong to refuse just because it would be too much trouble.

Although he had not given up on the idea, Ren straightened his posture and asked the staff to listen to him more carefully than before.

“I'm the son of a knight in the service of the Clausel family, as I'm sure you understand.”

“Yes. I will not do anything to violate your position, and I will not make such a request of you. As a member of a guild that is neutral in all things, I give you my word.”

"----then, please continue."

"Yes. The Arne Verde trading company has informed us that—”

The thieves stole nothing but documents and disappeared, paying no attention to the money.

The main goal of the Arne Verde trading company is to recover those documents, and they are asking those who accept their requests to find out information about the bandits.

At present, they haven’t been able to find out where the bandits have escaped to.

However, the Arne Verde trading company seems to be convinced that the bandits' clues indicate that more than a few to a dozen people are responsible for the crime.

“How can they be so sure of the number of people they are dealing with?”

“From the traces. The fact that a workshop with strong defenses was broken into leads them to believe that there are several skilled thieves....”

"Isn't it possible, on the other hand, that there is only one person who is extremely skilled?"

“Probably not. At about the same time, there was a theft at a workshop owned by another trading company.”

The guild official suggested that the scale of the theft was calculated backwards from that.

“Well, the most important thing, then, is that we have a lead on where to look for information on the bandits.”

If you have no idea where to look at all, it is inevitable that you will run into difficulties.

The guild official shook her head in front of Ren, who thought there would be at least one clue to that.

Ren is almost drooping at one point.

"...... If I can't get any information and have nothing to the Arne Verde trading company, what will happen?”

“Nothing! There is no penalty for this request and even the Arne Verde trading company wouldn’t have any problem with the matter through our guild!”

“If that’s the case, then.....”

(And information on cases like this is always good to know.)

Now that he was living in Elendil, he felt there was no harm in accepting the request. And if he didn't have to worry about problems if he didn't get the information, that was even better.

“And tell me one last thing. Why are so few people taking this request?"

“...... It’s difficult for people just starting out, and those who are good at what they do end up doing more lucrative work.”

“The latter would make more money hunting elsewhere.”

“You are right. If the requests are more about research, this tends to be the case.”

Ren shrugged his shoulders when he heard her reply and said “I understand everything”

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In the end, I decided to accept the special request.

I'm not in it for the reward money, but out of a desire to have the opportunity to search for information myself.

In light of the demon king’s cult in the Baldor Mountains, it would be impossible for Ren not to be concerned here.

So Ren was walking along the mountain path, thinking about the special request.

He had also asked Lessard about this special request, just in case.

Since the other party was a big trading company, he couldn’t ignore it as his father was a knight in the service of the Clausel family, so he decided to ask Lessard.

Lessard granted Ren freedom, saying, "No problem”.

He trusted Ren and laughed and told him not to worry about it.

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