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“Hmm..I guess I’ll have to start working again.”

The next morning. Despite the big commotion at dawn, Aion and the girls were able to sleep without any unusual symptoms.

He also didn’t feel any special energy, so he was sleeping comfortably, and they started their morning as usual, but an unexpected variable occurred to them…

Aion said, looking at the visibly empty item box.

Until recently, the item box was filled with various ingredients and food, but now, due to the appearance of one family member, the ingredients are completely empty, as if there is a financial crisis.

“Hehehe, the food is delicious.”

And the culprit, unaware of Aion’s true circumstances, was smiling brightly and patting his plump belly that was as high as a mountain.

The culprit who stole the food was a human-turned-dog… no, it was Hine.

Hine transformed into a human after eating the unknown meat that Aion brought her some time ago.

When Aion first encountered her transformation, he thought it was a good thing. He thought that if Hine had changed into a human form, then even if Aion were to leave the house, Hine would protect them like an older sister, and he was relieved.

His happiness did not last long.

Of course, Hine, who had turned into a human, did not cause any major problems, so she lived without any particular problems.

There was one minor problem: how much food she ate at each meal.

Hine, who had turned into a human, ate all the food Aion had given her, as if he had been possessed by a spirit.

As I tried to match Hine’s pace, who ate more than I expected, the ingredients he had prepared were quickly used up.

“I can’t tell you to stop eating..”

Of course, if you tell Hine this, she will have to reduce the amount she eats, but Aion is trying to please them as much as possible when it comes to food, so he eventually decides to go out to earn money and do quests.

Aion, who was originally an adventurer and had spent a lot of money in a short period of time, got up from his seat to go out and earn money.

“I’ll go to work.”

“Have a nice day, mister.”

“Take care on your way back..”

“Master, should I go with you?!”

“Arthur. If you go together, you’ll just be a burden, so stay home and take good care of Dana and Fre.”

Aion responded to Hine’s words with a playful tone and went out of the house alone.

“Today, I think we should do a quest that will give us as much money as possible. If we keep going like this, we’ll all end up on the street.”

Aion made a private joke and went on his way.

In fact, even if she eats a certain amount, it doesn’t have much of an impact on Aion’s wallet.

Aion had hunted monsters every day for a short period of three years, so he had some wealth and he was able to live off of it.

“You never know what will happen to people. It’s better to save as much as you can while you can.”

It was clear that the more money he had, the richer and happier he and the girls would be, so Aion headed to the guild with the most steps.

***

“Hmm….”

Aion arrived at the guild after walking for such a long time.

He looked at the requests on the bulletin board and sank to his knees.

That was understandable, since it had been a long time since he had been to the guild, but there were no quests that particularly caught his attention.

Above all, I couldn’t find any requests that would make money, which was one of the biggest reasons I came to the guild.

The remaining commissions were all mediocre, as no one had already chosen the players.

While Aion was looking at the remaining requests and thinking about them.

“Hello, Aion Adventurer.”

A man approached Aion, who was staring intently at the bulletin board, and spoke to him in a friendly manner.

He turned his head at the low voice.

Aion was a little wary, but the man who spoke to him was someone he knew, so Aion let his guard down and smiled.

“Nice to meet you, Guild Leader. I should have come and seen you, but I’m busy…”

The man who spoke to Aion was the guild leader who ran this guild, and they were on a relationship that was slightly lower than that of close friends.

Before Aion joined this guild, the reputation of this guild among the citizens was not very good.

One of the reasons was that most of the adventurers who had previously belonged to this guild had bad personalities and were also a mess in terms of their work, so the man who had once been the guild leader was seriously considering whether or not he should close the guild.

Since Aion joined his guild as an adventurer, the guild leader’s face has always had a smile on it.

Just as there is no law that says a person must die unconditionally, a treasure called Aion suddenly appeared next to him as he was despairing.

The guild leader also actively supported Aion, and his business literally became a huge success.

Guilds that had grown to a level where they could compete with guilds that were once impossible to compete with did not just rest on their momentary luck, but continued to pursue change.

In the process, the guild began to slowly change the perception it had built up over a long period of time by expelling all adventurers who had a bad reputation.

In a short period of time, many adventurers left the guild and it was a bit unstable, but Aion worked hard to take care of their share and they were able to keep their lifeline.

The guild gradually grew in size by actively recruiting new talent.

With their growth, other guilds that had previously considered Aion’s guild a loser soon began to view them as competitors.

Behind the scenes, he tried to lure Aion into his guild by offering a high amount of money without the guild leader knowing.

Aion didn’t care about the promise of a higher salary, thinking of his connection with the guild leader.

As time passed, the guild he belonged to grew into a large guild that was well-known by those around him, and the two people who had overcome difficult times together had become incredibly close.

“This, this… Since I’ve met such a precious person, I think I should give you something in return to feel better… If you have time, would you like to have tea with me?”

The guild leader asked, looking at Aion, who was like a benefactor to him.

Aion accepted the guild leader’s offer, and so they entered a secret room within the guild.

“Every time I enter this room, I feel something new. It’s like I’m in another world, cut off from the rest of the world.”

Aion looked around the room he had entered with and said.

The guild leader smiled awkwardly and answered Aion’s words.

“Hehe.. is that so? I think so too.”

So the two sat down and talked.

The guild master said to Aion, handing him some snacks and warm tea that he had gotten from somewhere unknown.

“If there is anything lacking, please let me know. I will prepare it right away.”

“Thank you. If I finish them, how many can I take home?”

Aion asked him to give them some sweets that tasted better than he thought.

The guild leader nodded with a bright smile at Aion’s words.

“Of course. If you tell me before you go home, I will prepare it generously.”

The guild leader smiled and answered Aion’s words.

“I guess I haven’t seen you often lately, so I haven’t been able to ask how you’re doing. I hope you’re doing well.”

The guild leader began talking to him with a gentle smile.

“Well..if you say it’s safe, then it is safe. Except that it costs a lot of money because I have a family.”

“You have a family? Do you have a lover or a partner?”

The guild master looked at Aion with a surprised expression, and Aion realized that he had misunderstood the guild master’s appearance and waved his hand and said.

“They are family. Unfortunately, they are not lovers or children.”

“I see. Then congratulations. As a father of one, I also know the sense of responsibility that the Aion adventurer must feel.”

“It’s better than I thought to know that there’s someone who knows my struggles. As the guild leader said, I’m worried because I have a lot of people to feed and I’m spending a lot of money these days.”

“If you are thinking that way, Adventurer…I can lend you money.”

“How much can you lend me?”

Aion’s playfulness was aroused by the guild leader’s words, and he asked a question lightly, mixing in a joke.

“All the money I have. I can give it to you, Adventurer. From what I’ve seen so far, you are the kind of person who brings better gifts along with money. If I can make a debt to someone like that, I can give you all the money I have.”

The guild leader spoke with a confident voice, showing that he trusted Aion very much.

After hearing the guild leader’s words, the room where Aion and the guild leader were was filled with an unidentifiable silence.