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Oh, it’s just Lilia. I was worried for nothing.

Anyways, I just need to capture Rigolo.

Putting force into my legs, I took off by kicking the ground and accelerated explosively. I caught up with the gryphon in an instant and tackled him.

「*Kuke!?　Kukekei!*」 (Rigolo)

「Give it up. I’m going to wash you.」 (Izayoi)

I picked up the struggling Rigolo and carried him on my shoulder.

「P-Please wait a second. What’s going on?」 (Lilia)

「Hmm? Oh, it’s Lilia. As you can see, Rigolo was planning to escape, so I’m about to punish him. Also, weren’t you supposed to be in the guild?」 (Izayoi)

「Since I expected to have spare time, I was going to see how you were doing.」 (Lilia)

「If you had spare time, you could talk to the other guild staff members...... Ahh.」 (Izayoi)

「Please don’t look at me with those eyes full of pity! That isn’t the case. Various people have come asking about you and that gryphon, so I only came after being fed up with it.」 (Lilia)

「*Kukeke?*」 (Rigolo)

「Umm, although you are calmly carrying the gryphon on your shoulder, hasn’t it got to be at least 100 kilograms?」 (Lilia)

「Hmm, well...... With this weight, I think it should be about 120 kilograms or so?」 (Izayoi)

「120 kilograms......Even with the brute strength of a giant, that wouldn’t be enough, but someone as slender as you is carrying gryphon-san on his shoulder. It’s rather unsettling.」 (Lilia)

「When I was a kid I had to swing weapons that weighed at least 300 kilograms every day. This much is nothing.」 (Izayoi)

「Eeh......?」 (Lilia)

Lilia’s face twitched.

「I don’t have the leisure for something like talking to you. I have to wash Rigolo in the garden at home.」 (Izayoi)

「*Kukeke, Kukeke......*」 (Rigolo)

I’m not letting Rigolo, who’s struggling on my shoulder, escape. I strengthened my grip and brought him along.

I left Lilia standing listlessly nearby. I have work to do when I get back.

「At any rate, you’ve become rather cute haven’t you. Did you go to the barber-san?」 (Lilia)

「......Ichayoi did.」 (Tear)

「Eh? Izayoi-san?　......Are you telling me he cut your hair?」 (Lilia)

「*Kukeke!*」 (Rigolo)

「T-the same thing happened to gryphon-san I see...... Contrary to your ferocity in battle, you have a sense of aesthetic, don’t you? You’re becoming more and more mysterious.」 (Lilia)

「Do you want me to cut yours too? I might accidentally cut it wrong.」 (Izayoi)

「I will have to refuse. Please do not brandish your knife!」 (Lilia)

「By the way, what are you planning to do with the child and her gryphon? This morning, the guild was wondering how much strength you had.」 (Lilia)

「Aah, that, huh? I didn’t intend for it to be anything special. It’s just I thought I’d make them strong enough so n.o.body would mess around with them.」 (Izayoi)

「As I thought you’re a muscle brain aren’t you......」 (Lilia)

「Well, this is the quickest way to deal with it.」 (Izayoi)

I’m going to make Tear a first-rate adventurer. That’s what I’ve decided to do during these next two weeks.

Though I’ll respect her wishes, as it stands she only has the strength of the A-rank gryphon. It’s approximately equivalent to five King-cla.s.s professionals.

This country has at least 200 knights with strength equal to or above King cla.s.s. I want them to have the strength of at least 20 people at King cla.s.s.

......I’ll check Tear’s statistics.

(Astrea, can you appraise Tear’s abilities?) (Izayoi)

............

(Oi, Astrea.) (Izayoi)

............

(......If it’s not Astrea, then it’s no good. I need you Astrea.) (Izayoi)

『*Kufu*......It, it can’t be helped then～ Geez, if Izayoi didn’t have Astrea-chan around he wouldn’t be able to do anything, it can’t be helped at all～』 (Astrea)

I’m thankful for Astrea’s simple-mindedness.

『Since this Astrea-chan is the first wife, I’ll be watching the new girl closely.』 (Astrea)

After she said that, a status window appeared in my vision.

Tear　《Inherent t.i.tle 【Beast King】》　《Inherent Magic【Beast Manipulation Arts】》

【Magic Capacity】《Tier 2》

【Magic Apt.i.tude】【Fire】《None》　【Water】《None》　【Wind】《None》　【Earth】《None》

【Contracted Monsters】《Rigolo》

【Individual Combat Ability】《None》

......What the h.e.l.l is this?

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