Adventurer Registration
There’s only one thing to do now that we signed the contract.
I couldn’t venture into the unseen lands yesterday, but today is different.
「Myormiles-kun. Do you have any plans after this?」
「Hoho! But, are you aware that I have high standards for these things?」
「Please leave it to me! I am completely certain that you shall be pleased!」
And thus we spend the night drinking.
And like that for a week.
Of course, I’m not just messing around the whole day.
I also didn’t forget to order Kaijin and Gerudo to lay a road all the way here.
Though we just finished one construction spree, everyone seemed eager to start another.
After giving out orders, I would come back and spend the night drinking; that’s how busily I spent every day.
Upon receiving my orders the city livened up with action.
The money I made from selling medium grade medicine (high potions) totaled 110 gold coins. Combined with what I already had, I currently have 126.
Since that’s quite a large sum I planned to splurge to my heart’s content, but there was nothing I wanted to buy.
He probably intended to ensure favorable relations considering our future joint endeavors.
Myormiles is definitely a useful man.
But I’m not letting my guard down.
He also lends out money at the highest interest rate, and I’ve seen many potential customers visit him daily.
As expected of a licensed merchant, he has many ways of making profit.
Debt is a frightening thing. It can always be used.
This whole week I’ve been trying to ascertain his character with intention of confirming viability of future cooperation.
Signed the contract and arranged future deliveries.
I let Myormiles know my intentions.
「Thanks for the past week. I’ll come to hang out again!」
「Yeah. In two months I’ll send a group to guard and lead you to my city.
「Understood!」
We parted after this exchange.
I didn’t understand why at first, but after thinking for a moment it made sense: shop owner who normally acts arrogantly suddenly acts so humble to a child–certainly a bizarre scene.
And so, I left the shop.
After leaving I headed straight for the Freedom Association.
Of course, I’m planning on going to get it, but I also need to finally get an ID in this world.
Otherwise, I’d have to go from country to country demanding identification every time I visited, and that would be pain.
After registering, unless some troubles come up, I should probably make my way towards the Ingrasia Kingdom.
Without delay, I lined up to the receptionist.
They seem pretty free at noon, so I quickly got to see somebody.
「Registration, please/」
「Little girl, isn’t it a bit too soon for you?」
The receptionist lady softly rebuked my request.
That’s to be expected, considering my appearance. It’s still a pain, though.
「I don’t mind, there’s no problem.」
After I said so the receptionist lady reluctantly handed me the registration form.
Name, age, specialty, birthplace, and such.
So I only filled in the name and identified myself as a swordsman.
You can join more than one, so it’s not something to fret about.
I decided on the Subjugation Division.
「Little girl, that’s a dangerous one. Are you sure?」
The worried receptionist said, but I told her not to mind it.
I wondered if she’d give up, but
「In that case, let’s hold a trial.
So, I can’t recognize you without a trial first.
What will you do? It’s alright to give up, you know?」
Just joining the Freedom Association would make you an F rank. To join Combat Specialized Divisions, however, you would need to be at least E rank, huh?
I see.
「In that case, please put me to a test.」
I decided to accept the trial.
The receptionist lady stood up and went inside. Then, she brought a man.
He’ll probably oversee the test.
「You are being tested, huh? Whatever. Come at me.」
He said, and had us move to another building.
The bored adventurers who saw this began to murmur among themselves.
「Oi oi, that small child isn’t planning on testing, right?
「Wanna bet on whether she passes or not?」
「But, she did have a strange sword on her hip. Never seen one like that before!」
「Seemed pretty skillful too…」
They whispered to each other.
In the end, they wandered after us to observe.
The test was held in a building as large as a gymnasium.
For that purpose, a proctor from every guild is always present.
Similarly, the man in front of me, albeit young, is missing a leg.
He probably lost it performing his duties and became a proctor instead.
「I’ll say this ahead of time. If you pass, you become E rank, and are allowed to subsequently challenge D and C rank, and above.
Do you understand?」
F-points are obtained from F rank requests.
Doing the same thing over and over, after all, only troubles everybody.
「No problem.」
I answered, and the proctor nodded in return.
And, pointing at the ground,
「The test will be conducted within a magic circle. Enter it. After you finish your preparations, we begin.」
Where he pointed lay a twenty meter in diameter magic circle.
Some people were excitedly looking this way.
「I’m ready!」
I shouted.
「Alright. In that case, defeat the opponent before you!」
The proctor said, and poured magic into the circle.
And a single hound appeared before me.
Faster than the dog could growl, and maybe even faster than it could show fear of me.
I decapitated it in a single slash.
「Yo. Defeated, next one please!」
I was welcomed by silence.
「A-amazing…」
I heard that whisper.
The proctor for the first time showed confusion.
「You… weren’t a beginner?」
「Sorry, you can only test up to B here; B+ rank and above are conducted at the headquarters only.
「Is that so… Got it! In that case, I’ll go up to B, please.」
It’s a pain, so let’s get it over with.
Nodding at my words, and after having regained his composure, the proctor summons the next opponent.
D → Hound Wolf
C+ → Giant Bat
I’m smoothly cutting through every foe he summons.
In any case, I’ve been able to cut down my opponents with a single slash thus far.
And after defeating it, I was already up to rank C+.
The next one is rank B.
「Superb. To think you were so skilled…
「No problem. Please send it in!」
Thus, the last enemy was summoned.
That’s the first time I’ve seen a demon race. I kind of want to eat it and obtain its abilities.
「That monster is a lesser demon! Physical attacks won’t work against it.
Now, what will you do? You should give up now! Wounds from this thing might just kill you!」
The proctor exclaimed, somewhat excited.
But what should I do? I don’t really want to show my skills or magic.
Then, he fired four fire balls at me. As expected of a B rank monster. Truly amazing.
However, did the three idiots really defeat this thing alone?
「Hey, isn’t a lesser demon something you challenge with a team?」
「Hey, hey. Defeating that alone is impossible. That’s like a rank B+ test!」
I heard such exclamations.
Hmph. I guess some hazing is to be expected. Whatever.
The lesser demon was annoyed at the fact that I kept dodging its attacks, so it came at me with its four arms.
I have no choice, let’s envelop the sword with magic. A magic sword.
Now, all I need is to slash at it.
The lesser demon was cut in half by my sword, turned into rubbish, and disappeared.
「Yo. The end? Is that good enough for B rank?」
The audience was silent for a moment, but…
「Amazing~!!! Girl, you’re so cool!」
「You perverts! Don’t mind them and form a party with us!」
And other similar grand statements resounded throughout the hall.
The proctor also seemed to have calmed down or something, saying
「Wonderful! You pass! You pass with flying colors.」
He shook my hand.
And, ignoring the requests from the audience, I proceeded back into the main building to finish the formalities.
I was recognized as a B rank adventurer and received the appropriate card.
Name: Rimuru
Specialty: Sword
Division: Subjugation
That’s what the card reads. It seems they didn’t include the sections I left blank.
I received the card and said my thanks.
As expected of a professional. She’s quick to rectify her behavior.
Leaving them behind, I proceeded to impose on Fuze. I had someone lead the way.
When I entered, Fuze turned to me and exclaimed,
「Oi oi, you’re standing out too much!
A magic sword, right? Even enchanters can’t use that much power, so you’ve done it now!」
「Seriously… I didn’t even have the time to…
So, there’s few people who use one.
I’ll silence the proctor, but be more careful from now on!」
Infusing magic into a sword – though you’d expect it to be a common technique – it’s actually really difficult.
Though I pay it no mind, it seems that I have many high grade skills. So having selected this one on a whim, I stood out too much.
But I should be more mindful from now on.
「Thanks. I’ll be more careful from now on. And, I’m off!」
「Right! Pass my regards to the headquarters. And be careful!」
After thanking Fuze and picking up my introduction letter, I left the Freedom Association.
Arranged support for my city, and even formed diplomatic relationships with a country.
If possible, I would rather not fight against humans. Forming a friendly relationship and cooperating with them from now on would be best.
And thus ended my stay in Brumund.
To meet Freedom Association Headquarter’s Grand Master Kagurazaka Yuuki.
I thus resumed my journey to meet a fellow world traveler.