An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29 (29歳独身中堅冒険者の日常)

Careful not to fall, all right?

I know!

I'm afraid your shop, Succubus Wings,

has gone out of business.

Did sales crash that hard?!

No, the shop more crashed literally.

Literally?

Th-The damn building collapsed?!

Must be karma, I'm telling you!

I started out in the slums with nothing,

and I finally had a place of my own!

Y-You don't gotta cry...

Please, Hajime.

Would you come with me when I head back to the city?

I need to rebuild, so I can't afford to pay you much...

But I'm so anxious!

Yanago, huh?

Please, Hajime!

You're twisting my arm here.

Thank you, Hajime!

It will be a relief to have a man's help.

Got 'em.

The girls are all okay, right?

Yes. The one silver lining in all this.

Well, that's good.

But if someone was behind all this...

I will show them hell.

AN ADVENTURER'S DAILY GRIND AT AGE 29

DECISIVE BATTLE IN THE DUNGEON ATTACK!

That's one big building!

Sure enough.

Heck yeah!

Wow!

Come on, hurry!

Good thinking!

Man, these walls still cast the longest shadows.

Okay, enough trying to sound profound. Let's move along.

I wasn't trying to sound profound!

My store!

It's pulverized.

Someone made a real mess of things.

Hey! You're supposed to stay behind the line!

Wait, boss?

If it isn't Maribel! What're you doing?

Part-time work!

Things've been a real mess, y'know?

The store got flattened!

And would you believe...

Why, it's been ages, Veronica!

Jessie Freckles...

Do not mention my freckles!

HIDDEN WITH MAKEUP

Anyway, it's a real shame what happened to your store here.

You did this, didn't you? You're dead.

I-It wasn't me!

A mist dragon trying to take roost just happened to land on it!

It's the truth.

The guild made an announcement of it this morning.

A mist dragon flying through overnight tried to roost on the roof,

but the weight was too much to bear and it collapsed.

Damn it!

The dragon policy was the one option I didn't take when I got monster insurance!

You should honestly be grateful.

I'm taking good care of all your girls now that they've got nowhere to go!

Lucky you, Veronica.

This lady seems real nice.

She's not doing this out of the kindness of her heart! Not her!

All part of the deal.

I'll take care of your girls until you're ready to employ them again,

and in exchange...

You will release Master Rishat from his slavery!

Rishat?

Rishat?

Rishat?

Oh, Spot.

This is what I mean! You need to stop treating him like that!

Come to think of it, you're in love with him, aren't you?

Well, then...

If you front me the entire cost of rebuilding, I'll consider it.

How greedy can you be?!

Well, I had a feeling you wouldn't agree readily.

So why don't we settle this over a dungeon attack?

If you win, I'll furnish half your reconstruction expenses.

But if you lose, then you'll set Master Rishat free,

and you'll work for me from now on!

Fine. You're on!

I mean, I said that, but this is actually kind of terrible...

Huh? But the food's great.

I didn't mean our meal.

Your opponent makes a habit of buying up all the dungeon maps,

and she has Toraverse in her employ.

Yeah, that sums it up.

PARTY SPECIALIZING IN THE DUNGEON "GOWEN'S ALTAR"

Well, then she's definitely got the upper hand.

I hate that woman!

You needn't worry!

If you lose, I will also lose my place at your side.

Therefore, I, Rishat...

will be getting serious, starting tomorrow!

Maybe it'd be okay if you lost?

No! I'm going to get my rebuilding costs comped!

These rabbit cutlets in miso sauce are tasty, Hajime!

Sure are.

"GOWEN'S ALTAR"

So, you've come, Veronica!

Ready to do this?

Not at all!

Thank you so much!

What are you hitting Master Rishat for?!

This will be a five-on-five team battle.

The team to defeat the boss of the middle floors,

the Resurrection Monster, will be the winner.

Let the dungeon attack begin!

The order was for maximum speed!

Then let's go all out!

Yeah!

Hey! Don't leave me behind!

Master Rishat!

Ba-dump! Oh, Master Rishat...

What are you doing, idiot?!

Don't go getting your masochist on in the middle of a showdown!

Beg your pardon.

The trap just looked so appealing... I couldn't resist.

Hey! What do you think you're doing to Master Rishat?!

Oh, put a sock in it!

What a joke.

Those tiger people ran ahead!

Our lady's gonna lose!

Hey!

Harder, please!

Looks like a dead end.

Rirui the bronze-rank adventurer...

has hit a dead end!

A h-hidden opening?!

MEANWHILE...

A treasure chest!

Aw, those are for grown-ups.

Just try it on.

The gear you find in dungeon chests always

sizes itself for whoever finds it first.

I'm so strong!

Yeah, I dunno about that part.

There's no time to stand around! We must make haste!

Sure, sure.

THE RESURRECTION MONSTER SHACHIHOKO WALKER

Hajime, look at that weird gold thing.

I figure that's gotta be the boss monster.

What'd I just say?!

Don't try and stop me, Hajime!

Yeah, tough luck.

You've got no shot tackling that head-on at your level!

If you're that determined, keep your distance and use some damn magic.

But Hajime...

Rirui's magic is just a shower.

Well, give it a try anyway.

You've leveled up, and you've got new gear.

Rirui thinks she's stronger with a blade than a bo staff, but...

That's a real staff. No bo about it.

So just give it a try, okay?

Yeah, looks like you've got more potential in this department, Rirui.

What?!

Our prey!

Rirui landed the finishing blow!

You're a feisty one, aren't you?

You brat...