Chapter 842: Rookie Adventurers and the Legendary Chivalrous Thief ④ (1/2)

<Author's Notes>

The second character rough draft illustration has been published in the Activity Report.

Since we were originally on our way to the guild, Hapti-san ended her conversation with Neun-san and Dr. Vier at some point, and went back to our original purpose, departing towards the Adventurer's Guild.

The place where we met them was close to the Adventurer's Guild already, so it didn't take us long to reach the guild.

Aoi-chan and Hina-chan had already arrived in this place to take the short course, but this was my first time visiting, so I was imagining what kind of place it would be…… but seeing the exterior of the guild, what first came to my mind was that it kinda looked like a city hall.

It was a large, plain-colored, function-oriented building that was well-cleaned and quite beautiful on the outside.

No, of course, I knew from Alice's explanation that this wasn't a rowdy place filled with ruffians like I imagined, but it was still a surprise to see it in person.

The inside of the building was also really beautiful, having a big counter that kinda looks like one of those ones in a hotel lobby, and looking around, I could also see some sort of cafeteria, and people are eating there.

[Well then,, I guess we should get our quest…… but before we do that, Kaito and I need to sign an agreement form as companions first.]

[Agreement form?]

[Unnn, to explain it simply…… If something happens to us while we're with your group, that would be our responsibility and we won't hold the guild responsible. Well, there are always people who complain unreasonably, so this is just a countermeasure. Incidentally, if you take a companion without informing the guild, or if you have a companion who hasn't signed the agreement, the adventurer who brought that companion will be held responsible and will be facing penalties.]

[I see.]

Thinking about it, I guess it was only natural. The Adventurer's Guild in this world was quite firm with the way they handle things, and from what Alice told me, they will cover some of the medical expenses if an adventurer is seriously injured…… It seems like they have some kind of worker's compensation system, and they seem to be taking a lot of responsibility as the adventurers' employer.

However, this is only for properly registered adventurers, and there is no need to take responsibility for companions who follow the adventurers without permission.

It's a very natural thing to do, but there are probably some people who don't understand something as natural as this. In order to avoid this unnecessary trouble though, it's necessary to have some kind of agreement.

As I thought to myself how they really do have a lot of systems in place, I looked over the documents Hapti-san brought me, I signed them.

[Incidentally, Aoi and Hina may have heard about it in the short course, but there are also quests posted on the bulletin board over there. However, the quests there are only environmental investigations, not for subjugating monsters.]

[Is that so? It might just be my own imagination, but I thought they'd just have to take the quests posted there and bring them to the counter themselves.]

[No, you'll basically be referred to quests at the Quest Counter. The Adventurer's Guild has a responsibility to mediate jobs. Most of the time, they referred jobs to adventurers based on their aptitude.]

Hapti explained my question in simple terms. The basic flow of the process is that you give your adventurer number, which is given to each adventurer when they registered, at the counter, and the receptionist will refer to them several quests based on your achievements.

This seems to be a measure to prevent those with insufficient skills from taking on dangerous quests. Therefore, quests that are safe but require a bit of work, such as periodic environmental investigations, or those that require a certain amount of time are posted on the bulletin board, and any adventurer can take on these quests regardless of their track record.

When we reached the counter while Hapti explained, the receptionist asked us to show our adventurer numbers, to which Aoi-chan and Hina-chan took out cards with numbers on them.

Adventurers really weren't required to show their adventurer's card, and they can just verbally tell the receptionist their adventurer numbers, but since there are many digits, most people show the card with the number they received at the short course.

[……This would be the first quest for the both of you huh. It looks like you have two companions, but since this is your first time, I recommend these quests……]

Just as the receptionist pulled out a file containing several pages, Hapti spoke.

[Quest number 0021, please.]

[……Understood.]

The receptionist's expression changed when Hapti-san said this and putting away the earlier file, she revealed a magic box from which she pulled out a sheet of paper.

[This is a Special Investigation Quest. Would you like to hear about the details?]