The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

4 – Killing the Thirsty One (1)

“Hello.”

I greeted the official who was still sitting on the porch.

“I’m here because of the previous request. Lucas Guild.”

When I showed the poster in my hand, the official told me to go see Mr. Clemence at the civil affairs office.

“Mr. Clemence? Isn’t he in charge of immigration?”

“He’s also in charge of the guild. But wasn’t he the one who came yesterday? He’s moving from the Grand Test.”

“That’s right. I joined the Lucas guild. I’m an adventurer after all.”

“Ah, that’s right. Go see Mr. Clemence.”

As I was about to go inside, I heard a government official muttering to himself behind my back.

“The Lucas Guild…? Wasn’t that ruined…”

When I went to the office yesterday, Clemence peeked out his eyes like a crab through the partition.

“Come here for that request!”

“Hello, Mr. Clemence. I heard that he even handles guild requests. How far are you in charge?”

“Actually, guild management is the main job, and moving is a concurrent job. So you ended up in Lucas’s guild, right?”

“Yes. We finished talking with the guild leader.”

Clemence, realizing that the ‘story’ was his own expedient, put his finger to his lips in embarrassment.

“You know what?”

“I didn’t tell anyone.”

“Thank you. Have a seat. I’ll explain the request. But why did you take the mural?”

“I don’t think there’s any need to attach more because I’m going to solve the request.”

Clemence burst into laughter at my joke.

“I’d appreciate it if you would. There’s no uproar like this right now because of this.”

The outline of the request is an abnormal phenomenon in one of the main reservoirs in Schlesi.

Res Jovoire Reservoir, which collects water flowing from the Lumiere Mountains across the Duchy of Nantes….

No, what name is so difficult?

Anyway, there is such a reservoir, and it is a very important place to supply agricultural water to the vineyards.

But the water level in that reservoir has been dropping for no reason for some time now.

“As you said, doesn’t it naturally decrease as it is used for agricultural purposes?”

“That logic would have dried up decades ago.”

“Then it means that there is more outflow than inflow… Where is it leaking?”

“Our Water Resources Management Division has already conducted a field survey, and they say there is nothing wrong with the reservoir. The Agriculture Division also said that the consumption of agricultural water is the same as in a normal year.”

“That’s really odd.”

“So that’s why I even submitted this request in the end. There are many mercenaries and adventurers who have experienced strange things like this.”

It’s a water reduction problem that even city officials can’t figure out.

Then it may not be a matter of ‘common sense’.

“Okay. I’ll check it out.”

“Shall we go right now?”

Clemence got up from his chair and grabbed the straw hat hung behind him.

“Where are you going?”

“Eh? Are you going to the reservoir with Leonard?”

“Why? Do you have a lot of work?”

“Eh? That’s because I’m in charge of guild requests. It’s only natural that the official in charge accompanies me, right?”

“I see. Well, it doesn’t matter to me. Please introduce the city on the way, then.”

* * * * *

Clemence, wearing a narrow-brimmed straw hat, walked beside me and eagerly pointed here and there.

There’s a barbecue house over there, but don’t go there, as it’s always burned, Schlessy’s wine isn’t all good just because it’s expensive, there are ferocious and frightening dogs on the ranch outside the city, so be careful when you go nearby, the baguette from the bakery inside that alley is amazing, but it sells out too quickly, so you have to go early in the morning. You have to be careful because you can’t come out because you’re possessed, and so on.

I can’t tell if it’s useful information to help settle in the city or if it’s just a trivial daily story of Clemence.

In the late summer sunlight, I crossed the city and entered the outskirts of the city.

“Wow.”

Vineyards spread endlessly in the open, low hilly area.

In the sky above it, white cumulonimbus clouds unique to summer loom.

Compared to the bleak Grand Test Empire, which exudes a dark fantasy feel, there is no paradise here.

The Duchy of Nantes will be unlocked in the expansion pack, and the illustrations that were slightly revealed at that time were exactly like this.

“It’s really scenic.”

“Isn’t it? No matter how annoyed and headaches from work, looking at the vineyard like this makes me feel better.”

Me and Clemence walked through the vineyards along wide, flat, trodden dirt roads.

“That’s the reservoir.”

The place Clemence points to is the part where tributaries of low mountain ranges meet to form a valley.

The ridge itself was not very high, but it seemed relatively high because the other topography was so gentle.

The outlet part of the valley facing the vineyards was blocked with a straight man-made structure like a modern dam.

And water is flowing through the sluice gates and artificial channels in between.

It’s a way to send water down to the surrounding vineyards by utilizing the elevation of the terrain.

“Oh, it’s hard.”

Clemence walked up a rather steep hill and stood on top of the reservoir, taking off his straw hat and wiping the sweat from his forehead.

“Ha, that’s cool.”

Because it was a high place, the wind passing through the hilly area and the valley breeze were quite strong.

“This is the Les Jovoire Reservoir. It’s huge, isn’t it?”

Clements looked around the reservoir while wiping his sweat.

I didn’t know it from below, but when I stood on top of the beam, it was clear that the size of the reservoir was large.

A reservoir of this size could supply agricultural water to that vast vineyard.

But looking closely, it seems that the amount of water stored has definitely decreased.

Looking at the waji line on the other side of the mountain, there were quite a lot of soil where grass did not grow because it was usually full of water.

Looking at the exposed soil and the current water level, it’s really drastically reduced.

As I was looking at the reservoir, Clemence, who was wearing a straw hat again, started to walk somewhere.

There were several men gathered on the beam, looking at the reservoir and having a serious conversation.

“Hello! I’m from the Civil Service Office at City Hall.”

The men turned their heads at Clemence’s lively greeting.

“Ah, Mr. Clemence. What are you doing up to this point?”

“I posted a request for a water reservoir reduction, and one of Lucas’s guild members came and said he would solve it.”

The men tilted their heads as Clemence pointed at me.

“The Lucas Guild…? Wasn’t that already ruined?”

“No. I’m alive and well. I’m Leonard. I moved from the Grand Test.”

At my greeting, the men welcomed me and introduced themselves as reservoir maintenance workers.

“By the way, what exactly did Leonard do? Looking at the guild members, there are many soldiers or mercenaries.”

“I am a demon hunter.”

“Eh?!”

The management staff hesitantly backed away as they saw the hilt on my waist.

It’s probably because of the false rumor that you become a demon after dealing with the devil.

But demon hunters regularly go to the temple to shed tears of blood, donate expensive gold coins, and receive divine purification.

As you deal with demons, demonic energy continues to build up in your body, and your fighting power gradually decreases.

It’s like a meat slicing knife that is stained with grease and flesh and dulls its blade.

Compared to ordinary people who do not receive a lifelong sanctification, demon hunters are rather pure.

“Even though you’re a demon hunter, you’re in good spirits. You’re rolling your eyes and not foaming, so please explain the current situation.”

As Clemence made a defense that didn’t sound like a defense, the management staff laughed awkwardly.

“As you can see, the water has decreased a lot. It’s at a very serious level compared to the average year.”

“It looks like that to me.”

“If we continue like this, we might end up ruining all the vineyards we worked so hard for.”

“Were there any outliers?”

“There wasn’t. If there was, I would have figured it out and taken action.”

“Upstream too?”

One of the employees who replied that nothing happened raised his hand.

“No, when I think about it, I think something happened.”

“What is it?”

“The other day I went to the upper reaches of the reservoir to investigate. At that time, I got a strange feeling. Like the ground vibrating faintly?”

Then, thinking deeply, another employee snapped his fingers.

“Yes, that’s right! I felt it too! At first I thought it was an earthquake, but I thought it was because it was so faint. Did you too?”

Hmm, a faint vibration.

I still don’t know what it is.

You’d better go upstream and take a look.

“Can someone guide me there?”

Then one of the management staff stepped out and Clemence followed me.

* * * * *

There was a small trail upstream of the reservoir.

However, since it leads to a steep ridge, there were frequent sections that were cut off or had to climb on all fours.

In addition, the Rejovoir Reservoir looks like it is stretched vertically.

Clements, who was chasing after me, continued to gasp for breath and cry.

“Oh, I’m going to die… Did I study to die like that…”

“If others hear it, they’ll know who threatened me with a knife to become a civil servant.”

At those words, the management staff who followed, sweating profusely from the back, giggled and made fun of Clemence.

When we finally reached the upstream side, Clemence and the management staff all sat down on the floor and gasped for breath.

They let them rest and I walked some distance away.

It’s a faint vibration felt from the ground.

He knelt down and closed his eyes.

Activates ‘Blind Gaze’.

A demon hunter’s unique skill that raises the rest of the senses to the limit in exchange for temporary blindness.

I detected my surroundings with my highly sharpened senses, and immediately closed my eyes and smiled.

From the first quest, something very good was caught.

A big thing that can instantly increase my guild’s reputation and reputation.