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Chapter title: Urgent Request from the Royal Capital
「Alright, I guess we’re done for the day.」
「We’re done here too.」
After finishing today’s work, we headed back to the adventurer’s guild.
「I’m getting used to the job

.」
Serena hummed in a good mood as she lined up beside me.
「It’s been exactly one week today. You get used to it when you’re doing this many requests a day.」
The monsters that appear around this town are not very strong, as I found out after doing the job. I’ve tried to look at them with my [analytical eye], but they’re at most level 30.
The monsters in the Lost Forest were at least level 100, so there was little danger to me and Serena.
『Marie did her best too.』
「Yes, yes. Marie did a great job too.」
「Hmm. Marie-chan?」
Serena reacted to the word Marie.
I’m currently under contract with Marie. Thanks to this, I can communicate with her in my head.
Marie doesn’t like to be seen in front of people, so in the city she talks only in my head like this.
When I told Serena what Marie said, she said

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「That’s true. It’s been a great help to me because she tells me everything from where to look for enemies to where to find goods.」
Thanks to Marie, we’re getting three requests a day.
The guild’s rules allow for only one request at a time, but if there’s still time left after completing it, you can continue working.
Most adventurers don’t want to work that hard to earn money, so they stop after one request, but we wanted to raise our ranks quickly, so we worked hard.
「This achievement would bring both our party rank and adventurer rank to D.」
We raised our adventurer rank to E on the way. If we become D rank, the range of requests that can be received will increase, so I would like to take this opportunity to earn money.
「It seems like we’re getting a lot of attention lately.」
Serena said this as we entered the Adventurer’s Guild.
「Is that so?」
「We’ve been promoted to E rank within four days of signing up, and now we’re being promoted to D rank. I’ve heard that the speed at which we’ve been promoted so far is one of the top ten in the adventurer’s guild here.」
「We’re not number one, huh?」
It’s interesting to see that there are people who are better than us who have trudged through the lost forest.
「They say the number one got it in two hours and thirty five minutes.」
「How did they do that?」
「They registered, went outside the city as fast as they could, and killed an A-rank monster by themselves.」
That’s a hell of a guy.
「It’s someone with an amazing unique skill set and they overpowered a read dragon.」
「That’s awesome
」
It’s hard to believe that they could overpower a Red Dragon, let alone have the guts to do so.
「Well, now that we know the attention we’re getting, let’s move up the ranks.」
I said, and headed for the reception desk.
There was a lot of noise in front of the reception desk. Even the adventurers who normally relax freely in the nearby tavern have gathered in front of the counter.
『Er, so this request can be accepted by D rankers and above.』
The receptionist uses a loudspeaker to make everyone listen. However, since I was in the middle of speaking, I couldn’t understand what she was saying.
「Hey, good work. Have you been working hard today?」
Then Mr. Russell spotted us and walked up to us through the crowd.
「What’s this all about?」
I guess he was going to explain it to me, Mr. Russell, brought his face closer to mine.
「I heard that they are gathering skilled adventurers at the request of Royal Capital.」
「There is an adventurer’s guild in Royal Capital, isn’t there?　Don’t they have an adventurer’s guild in the capital?」
I’m sure they have more adventurers than we do.
「It seems that they’ve been sent to explore a new dungeon at the most inopportune time. They’re short on manpower.」
「In other words, this request is urgent, isn’t it?」
「Why do you say that?」
While we were talking, Serena asked a question.
「If there’s no time limit, it wouldn’t be a problem to wait for the high-ranked adventurers to come back from the dungeon, right? However, there are circumstances in which it is necessary to hurry to get adventurers from other towns.」
It’s not just this town, but all the surrounding towns must have been contacted.
「That’s right. If it’s urgent, then it’s definitely job that pays well.」
Russell-san also agreed with my guess.
It may be more risky, though, because you can’t prepare for it

.
While I was thinking about it

「Elt and Serena, what are your adventurer ranks, right now?」
「I’m going to complete the request, and I’m about to move up to rank D」
「Hou, as expected. Does this mean that you can accept this request?」
That’s true, but

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「Hey, Elt. Let’s accept this request.」
Serena also seems to be enthusiastic about it.
Certainly, I would like to accept such a request that pays well.
「What kind of work is this?」
But that’s only after I’ve confirmed what the request is about.
「I’ve heard that this request is from the government, and they’re in need of a large number of adventurers. You can get a commission, but if you do well, you might even be recruited as a solider.」
I was convinced by his words. Russell and the others are going to accept the request.
「Look, the request is
」
We were surprised to hear Russell’s words. What he said was――
【Investigation of the Lost Forest】
――Because it was