Batt: "Oh, speaking of Ryuujin, he asked me who commissioned this mission, and I told him I didn't know. He said he was going to ask the Guild Master directly..."

Banks: "Ryuujin said that?! Well, he shouldn't be able to discuss the client's identity."

Batt: "He's probably going to force it out of him."

Raitou: "He's capable of doing that."

Banks' face turned pale.

Shouou: "I'm sorry for you."

Raitou: "We're out of this. Consider the mission a failure. We'll pay the penalty. Dealing with him is your problem, Guild Master."

Shouou: "You should capture Ryu yourself, Guild Master. You're a former S-rank adventurer, right?"

Banks: "You guys couldn't beat him together. How am I, a retired adventurer, supposed to win?!"

Banks held his head in his hands.

There was nothing to do, there was no one else who could capture Ryu, so he had no choice but to report the failure to the client.

As Banks despaired, Raitou and the others were about to leave, but Batt quickly said he had another report. He asked them to stay.

Raitou: "Is this something we're involved in?"

Batt: "Yeah... It's not completely unrelated. Will you listen?"

Banks: "What is it? Is there something else?"

Batt: "Yeah... Starting today, the adventurer Batt will be gone. I'll leave the rest to you."

Banks: "Are you going somewhere?"

Batt: "No, I'm disappearing. Or rather, I never really existed..."

Batt's magic spell for changing her appearance began to unravel. Her body became slightly more slender, and her face transformed into that of a young girl.

" " " "!?" " " " "

Lean: "I'm sorry for deceiving you. My name is Lean, and I'm Batt's twin sister. My brother died a few years ago. I've been pretending to be Batt ever since."

" " " "What?" " " " "

Raitou: "I had no idea..."

Lean: "Everyone here met me after Batt died. There's no way you would have known."

Banks: "...But why are you revealing it now? "

Lean: "...Because I lost to Ryuujin."

Banks: "Did he tell you to do this?"

Lean: "No. I decided to stop pretending to be Batt if I ever lost to someone. It was difficult to continue pretending to be my brother anyway."

Shouou: "Well... Lean, was it? It doesn't matter if you were pretending to be someone else. There's no problem with it. Rank fraud is a serious crime, but..."

Banks: "Batt became S-rank two years ago. By then, Batt was actually Lean, right?"

Lean: "That's right. I started impersonating my brother when he was still B-rank. Then, I became A-rank and S-rank, and it was always me as Batt. It was my brother's dream to become an S-rank adventurer. I wanted to fulfill it for him."

Shouou: "So, that means Lean is the one who reached S-rank?"

Lean: "Well, yes. That's how it turned out. Of course, the power of the bow my brother left me was a big factor."

Raitou: "Then there's no problem, right? It's a surprise that Batt was actually a woman, but that's common enough."

Banks: "Y-Yes, I guess so. So, you're going to act as Lean from now on?"

Lean: "No, I'm thinking of returning to my hometown."

Banks: "What? That's a problem! The capital will lose an S-rank adventurer."

Lean: "That's why I wanted to tell everyone. It means that "The Fiery Phantom" and "The Midnight Wind" will be the top adventurers in the capital's Guild from now on."

Banks: "You're quitting adventuring?"

Lean: "I don't know. I just want to go back to my hometown and visit my brother's grave. I haven't been back for a long time. I want to take some time to relax and think about my future."

Banks: "...Are you leaving soon?"

Lean: "Yes. I'm planning to stay in the capital for another two or three days."

Banks: "Alright..."

Raitou: "Ah, if the discussion is over, we'll take our leave."

Since Banks didn't answer, he took it as an agreement and got up again. But then he stopped and said:

Raitou: "Banks, you might want to meet Ryuujin before you report this to the client. You don't want him as an enemy."

Banks: "You think so?"

Raitou: "I don't know who the client is, but even if they are royalty... No, actually, he's probably more troublesome than royalty."

Shouou: "Yeah, if he gets serious, the capital might be destroyed..."

Banks: "Really?!"

Shouou: "Just kidding. Not that bad. But if you mess with him, the Adventurer's Guild might be destroyed. Don't get us involved if you're going to war with him."

Banks: "..."

Raitou: "But... Now that he's shown up in the capital, I have a feeling there will be trouble in a variety of ways."

Raitou and the others left, laughing.

Lean bowed her head and left too.

Banks, left alone, muttered:

"I've received too much information in just one day..."

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