Shizuku Akechi

With his match business doing a roaring trade, life is good for Shiro in Ruffaltio, the fantastical world on the other side of his late grandma’s closet. Too bad a little local drama is keeping him from just kicking back and letting the cash roll in. Instead, he’s charged with producing an item that will impress a visiting inspector into opening a branch of the capital guild in town. But since Shiro is new to this world, he has no idea what kinds of products adventurers need, so he sets out on a “trial adventure” of his own to get a taste of the lifestyle. Will he and his escorts survive their foray into the monster-infested forest to the east of town? Even if all goes well, bigger questions are brewing in the background. Is this capital guild all it’s cracked up to be? What will its presence mean for the town’s existing Adventurers’ Guild, the Silver Moon? And can Shiro navigate all of these potential perils while running a business as people start to take notice of his start-up?