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[Funny……]
A few days after the day Ryu was attacked by adventurers.
Daniel, the master of the Adventurers’ Guild, was puzzled.
A dozen adventurers had disappeared. This meant that most of the adventurers who had participated in the raid were gone. (Many of them had left town voluntarily.)
At first he thought they had stopped stopping by the Adventurers’ Guild because they were taking requests at the Commercial Guild, but apparently that was not the case.
There were rumors that Ryu was taking revenge against the adventurers because of a grudge.
At the same time, Daniel knew that Jorma and the others were making moves against Ryu.
If Jorma and the others were going to get rid of Ryu, so be it. Daniel thought that there was no way he would be able to fight back with that many people.
But no way……
Since then, Ryu has continued to show up at the guild every day. Jorma and the others have disappeared.
Is that what’s going on……?
The number of adventurers in the guild has decreased dramatically, but fortunately–although it’s strange to say this–the number of requests has also decreased dramatically, so there haven’t been any particular problems.
Besides, there is now an A-rank party called “Red Meteor” staying in town. Daniel had a vague hope that the Adventurers’ Guild’s reputation would improve and the situation would improve once they became active again.
The Red Meteor is a party of four: A-rank adventurers Amira and Jojo, B-rank Cha Cha, and their leader, the aristocrat Big.
Although an A-rank party, Big’s rank is actually B. The party is A-ranked because of the presence of two A-rank adventurers, Amira and Jojo, and because of the aristocrat’s connections.
Big’s rank of “B” was also obtained through the nobility’s connections, and in reality, Big’s ability was equivalent to a “D”.
In fact, this party was formed by Big’s father, who paid a large sum of money to hire the A-rank party “Meteor,” which was formed by Amira and his friends.
The “Red Meteor” is currently gathering information on dungeons. On that day, the members of the Red Meteor were waiting for someone at a bar attached to an Adventurer’s Guild.
(Recently, the Commercial Guild has also set up their own bars, so adventurers who have fulfilled the requests they received at the Commercial Guild can now drink there, and the Adventurers’ Guild bar is now deserted.)
Soon after, Ryu appeared at the Adventurers’ Guild as usual.
After taking a glance at the request board and confirming that nothing had changed, he was about to head for the purchase counter when he was approached by Big, the leader of the Red Meteor.
The Red Meteor was waiting for Ryu.
Big [Hey, Liu, how are you?]
Ryu [……..]
Ryu tried to ignore him, but Big stopped him by grabbing his arm.
Big [Wait a sec, Ryu, we’re friends, don’t ignore me.]
Ryu [I don’t remember ever being friends with you. I’m busy, so leave me alone.]
Ryu shook off Big’s hand and headed for the purchasing counter.
As usual, he went to the warehouse to collect materials that had already been dismantled and to retrieve materials for new dismantling requests.
Lately, Ryu had been carrying a larger bag, which he used to transport the materials.
To be precise, he was “pretending” to carry them.
Storage magic that could be put in and out of an empty bag was too rare, and it became troublesome because he was always being looked at curiously, questioned, and scouted persistently everywhere he went.
So, he decided to make the bag look like a “magic bag” with a space-expanding interior by taking things in and out of the bag.
Of course, the bag was not a magic tool, but just an ordinary bag. Ryu put his hand into the bag and made it look like he was taking things in and out of the bag, but he was simply taking things in and out of the subspace storage as usual.
Those who first saw Ryu use subspace storage naturally knew about it, but Ryu kept them in the dark.
Since those who can use subspace storage magic are extremely rare, everyone understands that it would surely cause a commotion if they were discovered, so the matter was considered an unspoken secret.
Thanks to this, he succeeded in misleading those who got to know him afterwards into thinking that Ryu had a very sophisticated magic bag.
If you observed him closely, you would know that he did not take things in and out of the bag, but not many people had the opportunity to see him do so, and it was difficult to observe him that closely, so it had a deceptive effect at first glance.
Then again, sometimes someone tries to steal the bag.
But Ryu can read their malicious intentions.
With his divine eye ability, he can read minds. He also has the ability to foresee danger and foresee the near future. (This is an ability he requested from the goddess when he was reincarnated so that he would not be deceived by malicious people.)
However, even if they are found to harbor malicious intent, they have not committed any crime at that stage, so they cannot be judged by the rules of human society.
But if you specifically steal, it does not matter if you catch the person as guilty or even kill him or her in some cases.
It was a trap of Ryu’s to dare to show many gaps by loose handling of the bag.
When he was taking materials in and out of the Adventurer’s Guild warehouse, Ryu noticed that Big and other Red Meteor members were watching him from the shadows, so he dared to take out the materials at an angle that would be in the bag’s shadow.
Big [This is awesome……]
Big and the others seemed amazed at the performance of Ryu’s magic bag. They seemed very interested in Ryu’s bag.
Then, Big came up to Liu and said.
[Hey, you want to join us in the dungeon?]
Big and his friends had not recruited Ryu to join their party, but rather wanted to hire him as a temporary porter.
With Ryu’s magic bag, he could bring a large amount of supplies into the dungeon. The more supplies, the longer they can stay in the dungeon. If one can carry a large amount of supplies in a single bag, it will be a great help in the dungeon.
Ryu had no intention of befriending Big (he could have made it through the dungeon on his own), but he dared to accept the offer because he had read the malicious intent behind Big’s gentlemanly attitude.
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