Chapter 138.1
“Yes, you may pass . Do your best at your exam . ” [Guard]
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“Thank you very much . ” [Ryouma]
The guard watching the gates seemed to have misunderstood since he encouraged me, but either way, I passed through the gates .
When I did, a scene unlike the north or the south greeted me .
“So this is how it looks here…” [Ryouma]
Wooden fences were erected on either side of the road and cattle and horses could be seen inside of the enclosure . There were also large-type monsters I’ve never seen before peacefully passing their time . It was like a farm .
After walking for a while, a large building came to view . That’s probably the tamer guild branch . But because of the silo-like towers lined up beside it, the whole place really looked like a farm .
“Excuse me . ” [Ryouma]
The atmosphere inside was also different from the guild . Everyone was wearing work clothes . If I didn’t know any better, I would have mistaken this place for a resting area . When I took a closer look, I saw that the people standing directly in front of the receptionist were wearing casual clothing that seemed easy to move in .
“Welcome . ” [Receptionist]
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The female receptionist must’ve thought I was confused, as she called out to me .
“Good day . I heard I could get the monster affinity diagnosis here . Here are my documents and guild card . ” [Ryouma]
“Thank you . Ryouma Takebayashi-kun… I see it’s your first time . The assembly hall is inside . If you go straight through that passage, you’ll find a room at the end . Please enter that room and pass this to the staff inside . ” [Receptionist]
“Thank you very much . ” [Ryouma]
I did as the receptionist told me to and passed by the left of the reception desk, then went through the hallway inside .
When I entered the room at the end, I noticed there were benches lined up along the right side of the room, while on the left side were five counters .
It was like the waiting room of a bank .
There weren’t a lot of people taking the affinity diagnosis, though .
Only two of the counters were open and there wasn’t even a single person waiting on the bench .
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“Ah, please take a seat in front of an open counter and wait . ” [Receptionist 2]
The woman in charge rang a bell . She was probably calling the staff .
I took a seat in front of the nearest counter, and at roughly the same time, I heard the sound of a door opening from the direction of the counter .
“Sorry to keep you wait— Oh? Ryoumkun . ” [Taylor]
“Branch Head!” [Ryouma]
The staff that came was for some reason Branch Head Taylor himself .
“What are you doing here?” [Ryouma]
“This is also a part of the tamer guild . So from time to time, I go here to do work while observing . If I don’t do stuff like this, I won’t have any opportunities to meet the youths and I’ll forget what the current atmosphere at the guild is like .
So you came here for the affinity diagnosis, huh . Come to think of it, I didn’t recommend you to take it during your registration . ” [Taylor]
“We went straight to the adventurers guild afterwards, so it can’t be helped . Besides, I didn’t have any intention of changing my monsters at the time, so… Oh, but please don’t be mistaken, I still don’t plan on changing my monsters . ” [Ryouma]
“It’s fine . I don’t mind . There’s no harm in knowing what monsters you’re compatible with . ” [Taylor]
The branch head filled out some documents on the other side of the counter, then as he carried those with him on one hand, he pointed toward a door opposite the door I entered .
“Let’s get this started quickly then . The monsters meant for the diagnosis are gathered on the other side of that door . ” [Taylor]
There were two doors beside each other across the counter . When I passed through one of the doors, a stench immediately wafted up to my nose .
This stench… Zoo? No, I think the stench might actually be closer to that of a pet shop .
There were a large number of cages inside the room, inside of which were various monsters . There was a slime, of course . There were also small rats and cave bats that I’ve already gotten used to seeing since coming to this town . There’s also the crew bird that I once formed a contract with .
“This is the room where we gather small-type monsters . If you go further in, you’ll find the slightly bigger medium-type monsters . Further in and you’ll find the large-type monsters . ” [Taylor]
Branch Head Taylor explained as he came out of the other door .
“As you can see, all of these monsters have been prepared here for you to form a contract with, but we can forget the slime and the rimel birds since we already know those . Are there any other monsters you’ve formed a contract with before?” [Taylor]
“I’ve contracted with the crew bird once . ” [Ryouma]
“Did you experience any problems then? Did it properly listen to you? Could you understand its emotions?” [Taylor]
I was fine at both of those . I was even able to share vision with it .
“If that’s your first time practicing with it, then your compatibility with it must’ve been good…” [Taylor]
The branch head started filling out the paper . I took a peek at the paper, and it turns out he was putting a mark on a table on which was listed the names of many monsters .
“Curious?” [Taylor]
“Yes, a little . ” [Ryouma]
I honestly answered that and the branch head faintly smiled .
“This table covers which monsters you’ve successfully formed a contract with and which ones you failed with . In the case of success, the examinee’s thoughts on the contract are requested and the examiner then grades the contract in four levels . The diagnosis will look for the common points from these results to find out which monsters you’re likely to be compatible with . It’s because of that that there’s so many monsters here . ” [Taylor]
If I’m supposed to form a contract with every monster here, this is going to take a lot of time and mana .