Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5

The Black Haired King ~The Rise of a Magical Swordsman Who Cannot Use Magic~ Chapter 5

「Heh, there are so many requests here.」

I, who had registered as an adventurer at the receptionist, went to the request board. The F rank requests I can take include things like cleaning the sewers, picking up garbage, babysitting, and walking someone’s pets.

For rank E people, they’d go out of town to collect medicinal herbs or mushrooms; subjugating white rabbits and goblins was also within the work range of E rank.

「Maybe I can do the white rabbit one…」

I took the white rabbit subjugating request from the board.

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White Rabbit Subjugation

Continuous Request

Please subjugate the white rabbits, a type of very fertile monster. White Rabbit meat is edible, so please retrieve their bodies. Thank you for your work.

Reward: One copper coin for one white rabbit body.

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I wondered what it meant by “Continuous Request”. I decided to try asking the receptionist. The counter of the woman from earlier was available, so I went to ask her.

「Excuse me, miss」

「Ara, did you decide on a request?」

「Yes, about that, I think I’ll go with ‘White Rabbit Subjugation’, but what does it mean by ‘Continuous Request’?」

I held out the sheet of paper that I took from the request board.

「Ah, ‘Continuous Request’ means that it can be repeated many times, in contrast to other requests that are limited to 2 times. White Rabbits and Goblins can be found in the forest one hour of walking away from this town, and they reproduce very fast. That’s why the requests to subjugate them are ‘Continuous Request’. If left alone, they’d attack the fields and harm the villagers. Therefore, they must be regularly exterminated.」

I see. It would be troublesome if they laid waste to the fields. Moreover, if it takes an hour to get there from here, it would take 2 hours round trip (…..you don’t say) … Un, the Sun won’t go down for another 6 hours, so it’s possible for me to return.

「I understand, I’ll take on this request」

「Very well, please lend me your Guild Card」

I handed over my guild card as told by the reception onee-san. She brought out a crystal from under her desk and held the card above it. I wondered what she was doing.

「Right, with this, you’ve accepted the request. Also, you must renew the registration every five times you complete the request」

She said while returning the card to me.

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Redius – F Rank

Birthplace – Gremond

Primary Weapon – Sword

Magic Element – N/A

Accepted Request(s):

White Rabbit Subjugation

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The information I wrote down during registration was there. And then, the request that I just accepted was also written on it. Pretty convenient, I must say. That crystal was probably a magic tool. I wasn’t sure, since the only magic tool I’d seen was the one which produced water for Gelman to bathe in back at home.

「Thank you very much. I’m off.」

「Yes, do your best.」

I bid farewell to the receptionist and left the Guild. As expected, n.o.body approached me because of my hair color. However, I picked up some stories about a war from their whispering.

I did hear my sister talk about this. It appeared that this kingdom, Albast, was in preparation to go to war with its western neighbor, the Britaris Kingdom. It was unknown when the war would start, but they were recruiting soldiers and preparing weapons for it.

A war, huh… If I was stronger I would’ve partic.i.p.ated, but, as I was now, I would only die in vain. I wondered if it was alright if I cast the matter aside, since it wasn’t

going to happen anytime soon.