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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Silavin
Having achieved his original goal of keeping up with adventurer activities, Riku returned to the Management Floor of Amamiya Tower.
Roman and Arisa have remained in the Airika Kingdom to continue their activities there.
When Riku left Airika Kingdom, Arisa saw him off at the Transfer Gate on the Airika Kingdom side, but nothing else of note happened.
When Riku returned to the Tower, he was immediately greeted by Gazeran, who pulled him along and took him straight to the Administration Floor. And on the Administration Floor, his Mother and Father were already waiting, arms folded.
Arisa had informed Gazeran that Riku would be returning. This was evident from the fact that Floria, who should have been busy with her duties as Queen, was waiting for him to return.
Riku, greeted by his parents, looked puzzled for a moment, but then quickly smiled.
He had never been separated from Floria for such a long time, let alone Kousuke. It was only natural that he would smile when he met his Mother after such a long time.
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“So? How did you like watching the adventurers in action?”
In the room they usually use for meetings, Kousuke asked Riku about the time he was working with Roman and the others.
“Well, there were some things that were just as I expected, but there were also many things that were different.”
“I see.” Kousuke was thinking that the jobs that children typically imagine what it would be like, which was often vastly different from reality.
He was going to ask Riku in detail about what he had seen on this trip, but first he wanted to ask how Riku himself felt.
“What do you mean by ‘it was different’?”
“Well, I thought that adventurers would just use weapons to defeat monsters, but I found out that advance preparation is vital.”
“I see.”
Floria’s expression showed that she was interested in what Riku had to say.
To begin with, Floria had rarely been active as an adventurer, even when she was a princess.
She had gone with Kousuke and the others to attack the Tower of the Four Elements, but that was an exception to the rule.
It was a raid with Kouhi and Mitsuki. Thus, they did not need any advance preparation.
There was no way she could use the Towers’ conquest as a reference.
As a result, she did not know the details of what ordinary adventurers do.
Of course, the way Roman and his friends worked was not common to all adventurers. In fact, it could be said that the minority of adventurers investigates information in as much detail as Roman and his friends.
However, those who have graduated from the training school have been taught such things were the basics they needed to do.
Whether they act in accordance with what they have learned after graduation was up to the individual, but it was also true that most graduates do act in accordance with what they have been taught.
After that, she listened to his tale, while skillfully eliciting more information about Riku’s experiences.
As Queen, Floria’s job was to draw out and listen to what other people had to say.
She managed to get Riku, a child, to talk to her, and she managed to get him to talk from start to finish.
In addition, Kousuke also checked with Kouhi, who had been by Riku’s side the whole time, and there were no flaws in the details.
Floria was able to hear some interesting stories, but she did not force Riku to tell her too much when talking to him. After all, the whole experience was secondary. The most important thing to ask him was how he feels about adventurers and what he wanted to do from now on.
The rest, Floria could always ask about it later.
Kousuke asked one last question to Riku, who looked satisfied as if he had finally finished speaking his mind.
“So, do you still want to be an adventurer?”
“…Yeah!”
There was a short pause, but Riku nodded vigorously.
“I see. So? What did you think you’re lacking in right now?”
After thinking for a while, Riku slowly replied to Kousuke’s slightly more in-depth question.
“First, my own fighting ability. As it is now, I am completely useless.”
As a Prince, he had a personal tutor who taught him how to use a sword. However, he realized that the skills he had acquired so far were almost completely useless in a real battle.
“There are also so many things I don’t know about, so I want to study a lot.”
“That is to be expected.”
Before setting out on this adventure, Riku had only wanted to become an adventurer. Seeing real combat changed his mind on certain things.
His desire to become an adventurer has not disappeared. Rather, the desire had become clearer than before.
If he wanted to become an adventurer with his current mindset, Kousuke would not be opposed to it.
Kousuke thought about this as he watched Riku, who had still clung on to his dream, but had at least been exposed to a little bit of that reality.
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After hearing Riku’s experience, Floria continued speaking to Kousuke without returning to the castle with him.
“From the way he’s acting, it looks like he hasn’t given up yet.”
“That’s true. But well, if he’s going to keep going like this, then I guess that’s fine, right?”
“You really think so?”
“Yeah. Well, he’s still a kid, and he might hit a wall somewhere and may take a different path.”
“Is that how it will go?”
“That’s just how it goes in life.”
Having lived her life as a Princess since birth, Floria had little sense of deciding her own path in life. As a result, she even felt confused by Riku, who was pushing forward with such strong passion.
On the other hand, Kousuke had experienced something similar before coming to this world. To a certain extent, he had more experience in this than Floria.
“What if he doesn’t give up?”
“There’s nothing we can do about it. At worst, he’ll just spend his whole life as a low- or mid-rank adventurer.”
In a way, Floria let out a sigh at Kousuke’s words, which were dismissive.
“…That’s harsh.”
“You’re right. That’s just what it means to forge your own path.”
“I see…”
In this world, it was natural for parents to provide jobs for their children, or to pass on jobs to them. If the child takes up the same job as their parents, to a certain extent, they could provide support.
However, when the child decides on their own path, there were times when such support could not be done.
It was not a question of which was better. Rather, what the child would eventually make of it in life.
Kousuke decided to change the subject, as Floria had gone quiet, seemingly lost in her own thoughts.
“Still, I didn’t expect there to be such a difference in how adventurers does things between the Eastern Continent and this one.”
“Oh, that. I thought the same.”
For Kousuke, there was a part of him that assumed that common sense in the Central Continent was common sense throughout the world.
Meanwhile, Floria was not familiar with the activities of adventurers to begin with.
“Regardless of how they handle ranks, it would be better to create some kind of standard on how they operate.”
If each region adopted its own rules, it was a barrier to adventurers. They would not be able to move around to other Continents as much.
It was only natural that each branch would want to operate in a way that suits them.
“I don’t know. I think the Crown is probably thinking about this already.”
In a sense, Floria, who was not particularly interested in this matter, showed a stance of leaving it entirely to Crown.
In the first place, Floria, who was the Queen of Razequa Amamiya, was not in a position to interfere with the way Crown was run.
“Kousuke, if you want to talk to me about Crown’s management, I’ll be happy to listen. But, I don’t really want to interfere.”
“No, that’s not what I mean, you know?”
Kousuke replied with a wry smile.
If Kousuke, who had become a living god, were to interfere, there was a great possibility that his rules would be adopted instead of Crown finding their own way.
It would be better for him not to say anything than to end up in a situation like that.
Floria nodded in agreement as Kousuke continued to display his usual attitude.
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