Duke Asteria and I headed to the Adventurers' Guild Headquarters in our carriage first.

"Oh my!"

Fiona sat at the counter, surprised to see me as I entered the Adventurer’s Guild.

I smiled and asked after seeing Fiona, "How have you been?”

"We've been well, of course. Den, did you get hurt anywhere?” Fiona tried to answer me with a smile.

"Why would I get hurt? I was just telling them to do this and that from behind,” I replied.

Fiona saw Duke Asteria coming in from behind and bowed with a serious expression, "It's an honor to have you visit the Adventurers' Guild." She didn’t say his name in consideration of the adventurers around her.

Duke Asteria smiled at such consideration and waved in greeting. "Is Glont up there?"

"Yes, that's correct. I’ll guide you,” Fiona said as she tried to get up from the counter.

Duke Asteria waved his hand and pointed at me. "Huh-huh, it's fine. What's the point of taking away time from a busy person? This friend is enough for guidance.”

I smiled playfully and joked to Fiona, "It was passed on to me by Hameln."

Fiona covered her mouth and laughed at my joke. "Hohoho, I heard...