Chapter 150: Dragon Agito


    “We will obtain Kona in our grasps!”


    “Why are you singing the song of invaders?”


    Niels disagreed with the lyrics that Ryo sang.


    “Recently, I feel like Niels has be more like Abel …”


    “Abel isn’t so half-hearted.”


    Niels reacted to the name ‘Abel’ that Ryo said.


    While listening to such conversations, Etho and Amon followed withughter.


    On the way from the City of Rune to the vige of Kona.


    They left the City of Rune at dawn and would arrive at Kona in the evening.


    “Apart from the unknown insects, I’m worried about the monstrosity.”


    Amon raised the question to nobody in particr.


    “That’s right. They didn’t indicate the name of the monster but called it a monstrosity. What the hell is there?”


    Etho answers while tilting his head.


    “No matter what, I’ll slice it in half!”


    Niels vomited a muscle-brain line.


    He was the party leader.


    Ryo was convinced that the ability required for a party leader was not intelligence, but the ability to keep members motivated.While ncing at Niels.


    “Ryo, you’re thinking about something very rude right now.”


    “Wha-what-are-you-talking-about.”


    Ryo replied incoherently to Niels’ sharp catch.


    Still, Niels looked at Ryo with a keen gaze.


    “I just felt that Niels’ have amazing qualities as a party leader.”


    Ryo said proudly.


    He was not lying.


    “O-oh. If that’s the case, well …”


    Niels was simple-minded.


    Etho and Amon were watching the scene with slightly troubled faces.


    “Ryo was …”


    “He was having rude thoughts.”


    The two whispered softly.


    That was how the four people arrived at the vige.


    It was about 2 pm.


    They were able to arrive a little earlier than nned.


    It was a vige … it was a vige but it looked quite populous.


    Houses lined up facing the road.And in the back, there was a vast coffee ntation.


    “I heard but this is …”


    Niels muttered.


    “The poption is over 5,000 … so it’s almost a city.”


    Etho muttered.


    “Why is it still a vige?”


    Amon said in a normal loud voice.


    “That’s because this is under the direct control of the royal family.”


    The three were surprised and looked back.


    Ryo wasn’t surprised because he knew someone was approaching, but he was surprised that the vige was under the direct control of the royal family.


    (Does His Majesty also like coffee?)


    The person who spoke from behind was a man in his mid-40s.


    A tall man with, a graceful way of walking, brown skin, ck eyes, and chestnut-colored hair.


    Ryo felt that he didn’t have the air of a farmer which may be rted to the clothes he was wearing.


    A thin but very well-tailored shirt, three-quarter length trousers, and sandals on his feet.


    “Oops, excuse me. My name is Goro Ganda, dispatched to this vige of Kona as a local magistrate. Please call me Goro.”


    (Goro? It’s a Japanese name, but … his face is Latin? His features are deep)


    “Sorry for thete introductions. We’re from the adventurer party 『Room No. 10』 from the City of Rune. I’m Niels, and this is Etho, Amon, and Ryo. We epted the request from this vige sent to the City of Rune.”


    When Niels said so, Etho took out the request eptance form from his bag and handed it to Goro.


    Goro verified it.


    “Yes, it is urate. First of all, let’s go to the magistrate building. I will exin there. Amodation has also been readied so you will be staying there.”


    Then Goro took the lead and started walking.


    “As you know, this request was also made to the Adventurer’s Guild in Kyradea. There are also adventurersing from there, but they will arrive by the evening. So I’m sorry but let me exin further once they arrive.”


    “Okay, please don’t worry about it.”


    Niels politely answered Goro’s request.


    So he could properly converse with clients in such a manner.


    (He’s doing good even for a muscle-brain)


    For some reason, Ryo nodded with a condescending attitude.


    It was pretty rude.


    “This is the amodation where you will be staying, and due to the nature of this vige, bureaucrats and aristocrats oftene from the Royal Capital and other cities. This is the ce used for amodation in such cases.”


    “Is it okay for us to stay in such a ce?”


    Niels answered Goro’s exnation in a hurry.


    “Of course, it’s possible because I decide as the magistrate. It’s a waste to not use it when we have it, right?”


    Goro exined that with a chuckle.


    Ryo, who had the image of magistrates being overbearing toward adventurers andmoners, liked Goro, who did not take such an attitude.


    Of course, the image of an overbearing magistrate was also Ryo’s selfish imagination and he had never actually met such a magistrate.


    The meeting room in the magistrate building.It was the room next to the magistrate’s office.


    There was a fairlyrge round table in the room where the magistrate held meetings and received reports from each department.


    “Please take a seat over there.”


    Goro said and sat in the front seat in the center.


    The four of them sat on his right-hand side.


    The Kyradea group who willeter would sit in the vacant left-hand seats.


    When the four sat down, drinks were brought in without dy.


    Of course, it was ‘Kona coffee’.


    “Because you came to Kona, you have to drink Kona coffee first. The talk will start after that.”


    Goro rmended the coffee with a nice smile.


    The room was instantly filled with the aroma of coffee.


    Not only for four people but of course for Goro as well.


    When Goro picked it up, he brought it in front of his face and inhaled the scent.


    By that time, each of the four had picked up a cup, inhaled the scent, and drank a little.


    (It’s different from ‘Hawaii Kona’ on Earth after all … It’s different, but it’s very delicious. The fact that there is almost no misceneous taste is evidence that it was roasted after carefully removing the defective beans. There are people sincere toward coffee … and the extraction was not by a drip type … but a press type. Did she mention French press … when mom was still alive …)


    Ryo was drinking coffee while soaking in nostalgic memories.


    Goro looked at him with interest.


    That was because he was a lot more naturalpared to the other three drinking nervously.


    It was normal that Goro’s eyes were attracted to him.


    But he didn’t ask questions there.Goro wouldn’t do such inelegant acts.


    Goro knew that foods, drinks, and their tastes and aromas can bring back memories of the past.


    Sometimes there are memories that others shouldn’t step into.


    That’s why he didn’t ask such a boorish question.


    The man named Goro Ganda was a very talented man.


    After talking for about an hour, he was informed that the adventurers from Kyradea had arrived.


    “Then I will be picking them up, so please wait here.”


    Then Goro left the room.


    The remaining four talked in whispers.


    “The magistrate is a decent person.”


    “Yes, he’s really nice.”


    “The rest that remains to be seen are the Kyradea adventurers.”


    Etho and Amon praised Goro, while Niels worried about Kyradea’s adventurers.


    “This vige is under the direct control of the royal family. No wonder they can ask two adventurer guilds.”


    “Yeah……”


    When Ryo conveyed his thoughts, Niels couldn’t say anything.


    “Niels … Did you forget to tell Ryo?”


    Etho pointed out the reason with a bitter smile.


    “You’re terrible……”


    Ryo sank to the round table.


    While doing that, Goro came back with the Kyradea adventurers.


    “These are the Kyradea’s adventurers, 『Dragon Agito』, and those are Rune’s adventurers, 『Room No. 10』.”


    『Dragon Agito』 consisted of three men and two women, for a total of five members.


    『Room No. 10』 consisted of four men.


    Each introduced themselves and sat at the round table.


    And, of course, coffee was brought in.


    The four people from Room 10 enjoyed themselves again.


    Ryo enjoyed its aroma and tasted it again.


    The three people from Room 10 were desperately showing a feeling of being more ustomed to it than before.


    But … none of the five members of Kyradea’s 『Dragon Agito』 drank.


    As expected, Goro also noticed the situation.


    “Do you not like Kona coffee?”


    Goro asked the five people serenely, neither intimidating nor bad.


    The Swordsman who seemed to be the leader answered.


    “No, it’s not an issue with the coffee. I just don’t want to drink or eat in the same ce as these guys.”


    When he heard that, Ryo almost spat out his coffee.


    He had coffee in his mouth, so he was d he didn’t spit it out.


    Instead, he looked sideways worried that Niels would snap, but Niels was holding back.


    In front of the client, it was third-ss to be unable to suppress your emotions.


    In fact, Abel had drilled that into Niels thoroughly.


    Ryo was surprised that Niels didn’t explode because he didn’t know that, but Etho and Amon nodded a little.


    Niels was definitely growing.


    When the leader of Dragon Agito said that, only Etho noticed that Goro’s eyes narrowed slightly.


    And he sighed in his heart.


    (Why would you make the client feel unpleasant from the beginning? This may be a very troublesome party.)


    “Okay, so let’s start exining this request. I will ept questions at the end.”


    Then Goro began to exin the request.


    “Insects that we have never seen before have damaged the coffee trees. Currently, about 5% of the total tree has been affected. It is difficult to identify the insects … Previously, we called an expert from the Royal Capital to take a look but they couldn’t identify their characteristics. Currently, we use the method of looking for each insect by sight and crushing them by hand. Please let us know if there is a better method. That is the first part. The other part is to solve the continued disappearance of people.”


    Speaking until there, Goro spread a map of the vige on the round table.


    “This is a map of the vige. We know that thest ce we saw the disappeared people were near the entrance to the eastern forest. However, the eastern forest is very deep and has many monsters. No monsters have evere near the vige, so we don’t know if the reason for their disappearance is a monster or something else. If it was a monster, subjugate the monster. If it’s another reason, I’d like you to investigate the reason.”


    After taking a breath, Goro continued.


    “If you have any questions, please go ahead.”


    When Goro asked, the leader Swordsman of 『Dragon Agito』 raised his hand and asked.


    “I don’t feel like cooperating with these guys. It’s more efficient if we investigate the people’s disappearance and have them investigate the insects.”


    (So there really are people who are hostile from the beginning. I want to know the intention of the Kyradea Adventurer’s Guild for sending such people.)


    Ryo was thinking in his heart, being careful not to show his expression.


    “It doesn’t matter how you proceed. However, please do not disturb the lives of the vige and the vigers. This is under the direct control of the royal family. The vigers are the direct vassals of His Majesty the King. Please be aware.”


    Goro said thest sentence very seriously and in a strict tone for the first time since they met.


    As expected, the facial expressions of the members of Dragon Agito also stiffened.


    “So, are the members from Room No. 10 agreeable to the work distribution?”


    Goro returned to his original mild atmosphere and asked Niels.


    Niels confirmed with Etho at a nce.He replied when he saw Etho nod slightly.


    “Yes, we are okay with that arrangement.”


    The members from Dragon Agito were surprised at that answer.


    On the contrary, they thought they would re-up.


    Investigation of insects that was known to be impossible … was not the job for D-rank adventurers.


    However, as long as Room No. 10 epted it, the division of tasks was decided.


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