Hahaha! Flourishing!

◈

After straightening the backs of the grandfather and grandmother.

Quite a lot of hunched elderly people and those who had lost arms, legs.

Or patients who had lost fingers in accidents began to visit.

“KWAAAAAAACK!!”

“Heal!”

“I’m dying… Huh? C-could it be! My back is perfectly straight!”

“Nngh!”

“Heal!”

“What!? My f-finger has grown back! N-now I can devote myself to cooking again!”

It seemed like it had turned into a screaming orthopedic clinic at times.

But still, only patients who truly couldn’t be healed at the temple came to me.

By the way, I once asked about the treatment fees.

Apparently, the temple doesn’t charge very high fees for treatment.

They already receive quite a lot in donations or something.

While I continued providing treatments like that.

“Yaaay! It’s finally here! The A-rank adventurer license!”

Our Strongest Trio was finally able to be promoted to A-rank.

“T-this is the A-A-A-rank license…!”

“This is the first time I’ve seen one up close!”

“Congratulations to all of you!”

“Uwahaha! Ah, but it came a bit late.”

“I’m sorry. It seems headquarters is still busy, so the application was processed late. But!”

Thump! Dendeli placed a large pouch on the desk.

“At the same time, the payment for the materials you sold has also arrived!”

“Ohhh!”

“W-wow, that’s a l-lot…”

“We’ve become rich!”

“Kuuuu!”

This is the reward for defeating a disaster-class monster!

I’m thrilled!

But…

“How do we carry this around?”

It looks like it would be extremely heavy just to carry.

“Jin-sang-nim! How about purchasing an inventory with this opportunity!”

“Inventory?”

Like in status screens?

“Yes, an inventory is a backpack enchanted with very expensive spatial magic. But with an inventory, it’s convenient to move large amounts of luggage and it’s perfect for storing food! With this much money, Jin-sang-nim can certainly afford to buy one!”

“Ohhh.”

Inventory!

It’s standard in games, but in reality, it’s an overpowered item!

So it really exists!

“Where can I buy an inventory?”

“The Adventurer’s Guild has an inventory in our possession! I recommend buying that one!”

“Oh! But is it okay to buy the guild’s?”

“It’s fine! In fact, it doesn’t suit the guild.”

“Huh? Why not?”

“Well… the guild has many documents and items that need to be stored. But… if we put everything in the inventory and later forget what we put in there, it could be a disaster when we take everything out…”

“Wow.”

That would be a big problem.

“Luna-noona, Physique-noona, what do you think about buying an inventory?”

“I-I think it’s fine.”

“I agree! With an inventory! We can store more luggage and more money!”

“Great! Then give us that inventory!”

“Yes! Thank you! I’ll take the amount from this pouch!”

“Okay.”

At my answer, Dendeli took gold coins from the large money pouch she had brought out.

That amount was certainly a lot, but.

Since the money we earned from defeating the Mountain Turtle was incredibly enormous, it felt like she didn’t take that much relatively speaking.

“Please wait a moment! I’ll bring the inventory!”

After saying that and leaving, Dendeli returned with a large backpack that looked like a mountaineering backpack.

“This is the inventory!”

“Well, there’s nothing inside, right?”

“Yes! Please try using it right away!”

“Physique-noona!”

“Understood!”

I immediately received the backpack and opened the entrance.

At my signal, Physique-noona took the large money pouch and pushed it into the bag.

And then, oh my, how amazing.

The money pouch, which clearly looked much larger than the inventory, went in with a plop!

“”Ohhh.””

I, Luna-noona, and Physique-noona gazed in admiration at that sight simultaneously.

So amazing.

I closed the bag’s opening and tried wearing it.

Oh! Ohhhh!

“Luna-noona! Physique-noona! This is awesome! I can only feel the weight of the bag itself!”

“A-amazing!”

“Incredible!”

“Heheh! The inventory definitely lives up to its price! It’s so expensive that only someone like Jin-sang-nim could afford it…”

“Ah, but is the small pouch attached to the side also an inventory…”

“That’s just an auxiliary pouch.”

That’s disappointing.

◈

After acquiring the inventory.

My shoulder armor and shield, which I had commissioned using the Mountain Turtle materials, were also completed.

“Ohhh! It looks really solid just by looking at it!”

“Hahaha! That’s because of the materials! I enjoyed making it! Hmm, but I didn’t know that Jin-sang Benefactor-nim would use a shield too.”

What I ordered was shoulder, chest, and back armor, protection for the thigh area, and a medium-sized shield.

Also with a groove on one side of the shield where my spear could fit.

I also asked for an enchantment that would allow me to see outside from inside the shield when I infused it with mana.

“Well, I don’t use it yet, but I should practice from now on. It’s a bit uneasy with just a spear, so I need equipment to protect my body, right?”

“Uwahaha! That’s right! Oh, that groove is for what I think it is, right? To attack safely by blocking with the shield and thrusting through the groove?”

“Yes! Plus, I can see outside by infusing mana. If the distance is close enough, I can aim and then extend my Yeoui spear… Stab!”

“Keu! That’s an interesting method. Of course, that’s only possible if you have a lot of mana like Jin-sang Benefactor-nim. Making it transparent from the inside consumes quite a bit of mana.”

“Ahem! Before my mana, that’s not even a drop of water!”

“Kahaha! That’s right! Benefactor-nim is the healer who played an active role in the Miracle of Kellion! And lately, aren’t you called a saint in Gallio?”

“A saint?”

“Hmm? Didn’t you know? You’ve been given the nickname ‘saint’ for healing wounds that could never be healed while smiling brightly.”

Saint… me, a saint?

“Ehehehe.”

“That laugh doesn’t suit a saint.”

Shut up.

“Luna-noona! Physique-noona! They call me a saint!”

“Y-yes! Jin-sang deserves to be called that! J-Jin-sang is amazing!”

“That’s right! Jin-sang’s abilities! Are probably so great that even the Holy Maiden couldn’t match them!”

“It feels too good when you praise me like that~ Uhahaha! Great! Then let’s go on a quest to test the new equipment!”

◈

The performance of the new equipment was excellent.

The extremely hard Iron Golem.

The shoulder armor and shield made from the Mountain Turtle’s shell, which was even harder than the Iron Golem, demonstrated their capabilities thoroughly.

The shield easily blocked attacks from goblins without budging.

Even when I directly blocked a golem’s strike with the shield as a test, it was perfectly fine.

CLAAAANG!

“Uguguguguguk!”

Instead, when blocking one hit, my whole body vibrated with a zing! and I thought I was going to die from the pain, but I could recover immediately with Heal.

Hmph, this is because of my daily training that it ended at this level!

The fighting technique using the shield’s gimmick worked very well too.

While it can’t extend as fast as when I infuse it with mana.

It still has enough power to extend steadily even with three people hanging on it.

Plus, the basic extension speed is fast too.

“Extend, Yeoui!”

Whoosh!

-Kugeeeek!

After blocking an attack with the shield, extending the spear immediately provided enough power to penetrate a goblin’s body by surprise.

Hmm~ this is much stronger than my untrained thrusting.

By the way, using the poke-poke attack method, I could pierce a golem’s mana stone more than 20 times from a distance until it broke and the golem collapsed.

Spaaaaarta!

Well, it works on slow monsters like golems, but not on agile ones…

Still, I’ve grown too, that’s what I’m saying~!

And so we completed quests smoothly!

While I quickly handled the treatments.

We earned an enormous amount of money.

No way…! No way!

To think that I, who at first could barely make a living by serving at the guild every day!

Would earn this much money…!

Sniff sniff, I’m moved.

“J-Jin-sang? W-why are you crying?”

“Did something sad happen?”

“Making lots of money feels so good…!”

“Oh, I-I see.”

“These are tears of joy!”

While spending fulfilling days earning money, seeing patients smile, and completing rewarding quests, one day.

“Haaah… we worked hard on quests today! We defeated many monsters!”

“We did. We caught a lot of Plants today.”

Plants, tree-shaped monsters that inhabit the rocky areas of Gallio, looked skinny but had sharp branches that required sufficient caution.

Well! It was nothing for our Strongest~ Trio!

But there were many of them, so it took a long time.

After completing the quest and taking a quick wash, we headed back to the temple, but.

“There are no patients today.”

“What? None?”

“Yes. This is all thanks to Brother Jin-sang’s hard work.”

“Ohhh, that’s good news.”

“Yes, it’s really fortunate.”

Hmm… then shall I take a good rest today!

“Luna-noona! Let’s go!”

“O-okay!”

I was about to return to the inn with Luna.

Right at that moment.

“Jin-sang! Wait a moment!”

“Yes?”

Physique-noona called out to me and stopped me.

“What is it, Physique-noona?”

“I need to talk with Jin-sang! Just the two of us! So let’s go to my room together!”

“Talk about what?”

“Yes!”

“Um, th-that… P-Physique? C-can’t I be t-there too?”

“I’m sorry, Luna! But I really want to talk with Jin-sang alone!”

“B-b-but…”

Luna-noona put her fists on her stomach and rolled her eyes.

Then Physique-noona spread her arms wide and hugged Luna-noona.

“Don’t worry, Luna!”

Hug!

“Kyaa! P-Physique?”

“There’s nothing for Luna to worry about… I think it’s better to do that together.”

She spoke so softly that I honestly couldn’t hear what she was saying.

When Physique-noona let go, Luna-noona’s face turned bright red and she nodded.

“O-okay! I u-understand. J-Jin-sang. I’ll g-go ahead!”

“Huh? Yes! Go ahead!”

And after Luna-noona left the temple.

Physique-noona smiled brightly and said to me.

“Now! Let’s go too!”