First, we need a house.

"In that case, I am the chief of this village, hope that you will be able to protect this village like what is written in this letter!" Stating that, Hartuis began to laugh happily there. Seemingly, he was pleased with the arrival of a warrior who could protect this village, in some emergencies.

... I see, it seems that the content of the letter only says that I am a warrior who will be assigned to protect this village, huh?

Hearing Hartuis' words, Riot also began to think about that, with a calm face.

Ah, right...

At that point, Riot finally remembered something he had been eager to know since his arrival in this village, "... Excuse me, Mr.Hartuis. Where will I live since now on this village?"

"Hm? Oh, right..." Hearing the question from Riot, Hartuis began to look around his village.

"... What about that house?" After staring around for a while, Hartuis also pointed to a house.

"... That house?" There, there stood a wooden house that looked quite old but still looked liveable.

"Yes, that house has not been lived in by the old owner of the house for quite a long time. Well, after all, I'm also pretty sure the homeowner himself now already has a super big house in town or something, anyway. So - that house is undoubtedly not what he needs anymore." As he walked closer to the house, Hartuis began to explain it to Riot, to convince him that this house could be lived in by him.

However, Riot became curious about something else, "Don't need it anymore? Is the old owner of this house someone great?" Tilting his head, Riot also asked Hartuis about it.

"Great, huh... I thought he was pretty great. Have you ever heard about Daniel Huirloft? He is an S-Rank hunter now." Staring into the distance, Hartuis also asked Riot about it.

"Daniel Huirloft...? I thought I'd heard him somewhere before. What's wrong with him?" Riot retorted.

Standing in front of the old house, Hartuis also opened his mouth back, "Originally, he was just an ordinary white-haired boy I found lost in the middle of the forest 10 years ago when I was still 20 years old. We've even lived in the same house as brothers, before."

"However, when he was 16 years old and I was 25 years old, he suddenly came up with the idea of becoming strong, and finally started practicing using the wooden sword I made for him. At first, I thought he was just playing with that sword. But, one day, he suddenly showed me a big tree that he had managed to cut down, using only the wooden sword." Smiling at the old house, Hartuis also told Riot about it.

"... He sounded like a very talented guy, 'isn't it...?" A little surprised, Riot also gave a reply like that.

"Yes, after that, he also became the pride of this village, and was often tasked with eradicating the monsters that would sometimes come to ravage our fields."

After saying that, Hartuis also began to make a face that looked a little lonely, "At least, until 3 years ago. At that time, he suddenly decided to go to the big town, to find a job, but never returned to this village again since then. All I know about him is just about him already got succeeded as a hunter, who has to have nickname Storm blades now." Saying that Hartuis also ended his story.

"Mr.Hartuis..."

"Oops, let's just get the story here, because it's just going to destroy the atmosphere. Well, the point is, you can stay here as long as you want. Although, you should also fix some of those weathered wooden boards, okay? I have to go back to work first!" Realizing that he had destroyed the atmosphere with his story, Hartuis began to try to take the conversation back, before starting to go somewhere.

Hmm... Great people are not entirely good either, huh? Thinking back to the story from Hartuis, it also crossed Riot's mind.

"Although Mr.Hartuis has said that this house needs to be repaired, it is already better than my old house, anyway - or not." Walking around the house, Riot began to think that this house was honestly still pretty good for him until he found, a big hole in the back of the wooden house.

"It seems, I surely have to fix it, yes." Staring at the hole that was more than 3 meters in size, Riot finally came to the decision.

... It's going to take a while, but I think I'll be able to fix it eventually. Instead of that what is more, important now is... That girl.

Thinking about that, Riot began to turn his eyes to a girl who had been asleep while sitting on the fence surrounding this house; Ketyah.

***

2 hours later.

After Riot escorts the sleeping Ketyah back to her mother, Riot is currently walking in the west forest of Seihul village.

In Riot's hands at this time, there was an axe that he had borrowed from a villager who was often in charge of cutting down trees in the forest.

*Tap* *tap* *tap*

Passing through a cool forest full of greenery, Riot began to stare intently at the surrounding environment.

... I guessed it. My entire senses have improved drastically since I came to this world. This is not something extraordinary when compared to the strength of other heroes, but...

"... This is especially useful to me, who is looking for wood and some vegetables in the forest because now I can even tell what can be good or not, just with a glance." Muttering that, Riot began to collect all the edible plants and fruits, and finally put them in the basket on his back.

"Okay, it seems that this is much enough, or even too much?" Looking at his basket that had been filled with many fruits and plants, Riot also muttered about it.

Well, I can give some to other villagers, so - this is not a problem. For now, let's find a tree that I can use to fix the hole...

Deciding on that, Riot began to walk deeper into the forest.

Without realizing the existence of a swarm of goblins, who had precisely made a fairly large nest in there.