Chapter 2
Adventurer Guild
—Raust—
It was the early morning of the next day of the party with the city folks .
Narsena and I stayed up late yesterday, so we went to the adventurer guild while feeling sleepy .
「It had been a long time since we could go to the city, I wish we could take it a bit more slowly…」
On the way to the guild, Narsena stood still and suddenly leaked that remark .
Narsena who said this, from times to times, would look back to the city in reluctance .
I also shared that sentiment .
Returning to the city after a long time, it might be only for a short while, but we have not been able to do so for the last two days after we defeated the mutated hydra .
The guild seemed to worry about the hydra that was mutated in a short period of time, and so we were detained in the guild and asked for information about the hydra .
As a result, we were exhausted in just two days .
To be honest, I wanted to just rest in the inn today .
「…Sorry, if possible I want us that take that request . 」
「No no, please don’t worry! I also agree that we should receive that request . 」
……However, for us, despite being exhausted, we couldn’t take the option to rest .
The cause was the request that was posted recently .
It might be groundless, but Narsena and I felt that request was dangerous .
That was why, in order to increase the certainty of success, Narsena and I decided to take the request on our own .
…After all, we understood how terrible it would be if worst came to worst .
I was determined to solve the problem before it came to that point .
That way, we could live our daily life without worry .
「…No, that’s not the only problem . 」
However, at that moment, I remembered a certain concerning remark .
「The guild……」
That remark was something concerning the adventurer guild .
I murmured that as the words Marry-san said while she was drunk last night came to my mind .
……The words that mention that the guild was raising the price of materials as if the guild was trying to drive them away .
It was an unthinkable remark .
Normally, the guild and the city that handle the material was inseparable, aside from some degree of fraud, it was impossible to do something that would drive the city folks away .
The city was selling equipment to strengthen adventurers and then selling the material purchased from the adventurer that had become stronger .
And the city developed with the material obtained from the guild .
That was the relationship between the city and the guild . If there were no people in the city, the number of adventurers would decrease and the guild would suffer greatly .
Considering that, Marry-san’s remark was unbelievable and should be considered drunken nonsense .
…Even so, I had my doubt toward the guild .
Marry-san’s face when she said that was serious .
I didn’t think it was a lie considering her expression .
And even without that, I couldn’t trust the guild .
I was reminded of Hanzam, the guild staff’s attitude when I explained about the mutated hydra yesterday .
While I was talking, Hanzam was listening eagerly to me .
He looked so serious that the image I had for the guild staffs was about to change .
But while listening to me, Hanzam was always calm .
No surprise nor relief .
……It was as if the hydra mutation was just a trivial matter .
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I had a bad feeling when I saw his attitude .
And then, while incomparable, the request was also concerning .
「…Not much I can do, huh?」
However, all concerns about the guild were just in my mind .
Understanding that, I let out a sigh .
No matter how suspicious, I couldn’t do anything as long as the worst was just in my imagination .
After all, I didn’t even consider what the guild might be thinking .
Considering nothing I could do about this now, I decided to focus on the more pressing matter, the request .
Yesterday, I was unable to take the request because of various disturbance, but now was early morning .
This was the time when there were no adventurers .
During this time, there wouldn’t be any competitors .
……Well, considering the request, even with many adventurers around, the chance there would be any competitors was minuscule .
But this was still the best time to go to the guild .
「Let’s hurry, Narsena . 」
「Yes!」
After deciding that, we ran all the way to the guild……
There were few adventurers in the guild as we thought .
Although not zero, the number was clearly less than in the daytime .
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Moreover, it seemed the adventurers were busy enough they came early in the morning .
From time to time, they would eye us, but ended up leaving the guild without saying anything .
「Good . 」
Looking at the scene, I laughed that no one would disturb me and walked to the reception .
「Nice to meet you . I’m Nancy . 」
「Hahhaahh……」
…… . But tens of seconds later, we understood that our enemy was not only adventurers .
「I~ want to get along with Onii-san~~」
In front of me was a woman with a touchy-feely tone of voice, she was Nancy, one of the receptionists in the guild .
「Kh!」
Narsena was clearly irritated with her .
Apparently, Nancy calling me Onii-san was what got into her head .
In such situation I was about to sigh .
Honestly, I didn’t want to be called Onii-san by her, even before, I already had a bad impression about her .
After all, even though she might think this was the first time we met, I remembered she was also speaking ill of me .
……Incidentally, at that time, she didn’t talk like this .
Honestly, I wanted her to quit, because she gave me goosebumps .
「Haha……」
But despite that, I couldn’t move away from her .
…The reason was the other guild staffs that sent us sparkling glance this way .
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Narsena and I were not actually recognized as a first-class adventurer .
First-class adventurer was just a common name, it was officially called exclusive adventurers .
The condition was for the party to be officially certified by the guild and had a dedicated guild staff assigned to the party .
In other words, nevermind having a dedicated guild staff, we who weren’t officially recognized as a party had no way to become a first-class adventurer no matter how strong we were .
…That was why we were being targeted by the guild staff that saw this as an opportunity .
It was not only the adventurers that got the benefit of the exclusive adventurer system .
The guild staff that belonged to the first-class adventurers would also be treated well .
That was why the guild staffs were trying to befriend us who might become future exclusive adventurers .
As long as they could qualify as a dedicated guild staff, they could make an arrangement with the suitable adventurer and forcibly make them into exclusive adventurers .
「Onii-sannnn~ you’re really coo~l . 」
……It seemed the other receptionists were also aiming for the straight road to fame and rich like Nancy .
…I didn’t have any intention on becoming an exclusive adventurer, being surrounded in the guild, or marrying the receptionist .
But in this situation, I wouldn’t be able to take the request unless I agree .
I understood that from the line of sight of the other receptionists . I got the urge to escape from here .
……Honestly, It was a really troublesome place to be in .
But running away here wouldn’t solve the problem .
Understanding that reality, I was about to sigh .
「This guy shouldn’t be an exclusive adventurer, after all, they’re the members of my party . 」
「……Huh?」
——It was at that moment someone put their hand on my shoulder and said that .