Hajime's party were currently inside the reception room of the adventurer guild.
They were served with high-grade teas along with the cakes, and they unreservedly drank it while they waited for five minutes. The one who kicked the door open and jumped inside was Ilwa Chang who requested Hajime's party to rescue Will.
"Will! Are you safe!? Do you have any injury!?"
Casting aside his calm atmosphere from the past meeting, he didn't even greet them as Ilwa was confirming Will's safety when he saw him. It might be because he was very worried about him.
"Ilwa-san... I am sorry. It was because I said something unreasonable that you were troubled ..."
"... What are you saying... It was me who introduced you to a dangerous commission... You really are safe... I can't face Greille and Sarria if something happened to Will... They are also quite worried about you. It'll be better if you quickly show your face to relieve them. I have reported to them about your safety. That information came to Fhuren several days ago..."
"Father and Mama are... I understand. I will immediately go to meet them."
Ilwa told Will where his parent stayed and nodded, telling him to go. Will once again expressed his gratitude to Ilwa as he bowed, then he formally greeted Hajime's party before he, as promised, went outside the room. For Hajime, he was glad it went well, but he seemed dissatisfied because he didn't make proper thanks.
After Will went outside, Ilwa formally looked at Hajime. Ilwa was smiling with a calm expression, then he deeply bowed to Hajime.
"Hajime-kun, thank you very much for this. I never thought you'd really bring Will back alive. I can't express my gratitude with words."
"Well, Will survived because he has good luck."
"Fufu, is that so? There is certainly that... but isn't it the truth that you protected him from tens of thousands of demonic beasts? Goddess's Sword-sama?"
While he smiled radiantly, Ilwa called Hajime with his nickname from the previous battle against the large crowd of demonic beasts. Hajime's cheeks cramped. Apparently, the guild's branch head owned the method to transmit the information faster than Hajime's movement.
"... That information spread quite fast, huh."
"It is because of the guild executives. There's also the artifact for long-distance report. And I also have my subordinate to follow you. Though I said that, he seemed to have been always left behind to wander around because of those unexpected movement type artifacts... It was the first time I heard him complaining. After all, he held the greatest ability to gather information."
Ilwa said as he smiled wryly. It seemed he hired an observer since the beginning. It was a natural measure as a guild's branch head, so Hajime wasn't angry. Rather, he quite sympathized with the branch head's direct subordinate when he thought of him always rushing around because of him.
"Even so, the situation was truly a serious one. I never thought the accident in the Northern Mountain Ranges area to be a sign for such great disaster... It was truly a good thing I asked you for that request. I'm also interested in the power that could annihilate tens of thousands of demonic beasts... Can you let me hear it? Just what on earth had happened?