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

[I'll be explaining it from here, so it's alright.]

[Understood. Well then, processing the quest for Kusunoki Aoi-sama and Yuzuki Hina-sama…… completed.]

After some unfamiliar exchange, Hapti-san received the sheet of paper and left the counter, and we followed suit.

Thereupon, pointing towards the dining area…… cafeteria attached to the lobby, the four of us went there and sat at a table.

[……Now then, you look a little confused, don't you, Aoi and Hina? But first, a little explanation for Kaito. As you can imagine, the quest number is a number used to manage the quests. It is written on the quest form along to match the date it was issued. For example, quests issued from the first day of the first Fire month would be quests on the series number 11xx.]

[I see.]

[Alright then, Aoi and Hina, your questions.]

[Yes. Errr……. We were taught in the course that quest numbers start from 1001……]

[Quests on the series number 1xxx's are Normal Quests, quests on the series number 2xxx's are Guild-Issued Quests, and quests on the series number 3000's are Designated Quests.]

After giving a quick explanation to me, Hapti-san urged the two of them, and Hina-chan and Aoi-chan asked questions with curious expressions on their faces.

[Unnn, that's right. Normally, there are no quest numbers that start with 0…… for the public, that is. Well, they actually do exist, just not open in the public. It's a number that's used for what's commonly known as ”Special Designated Quests”. They're quests that are quite special, and their number is randomly assigned between 0001 to 0999, regardless of the turn they were issued.]

[Special Designated Quests?]

[Yes, to put it simply…… These numbers are used for special quests, such as quests from extremely high-ranking people or quests that need to be solved in secrecy. These quests had a feature that ”they aren't recorded in the adventurer's personal record”.]

In other words, they're top-secret quests, right? I see, that's why the receptionist's expression suddenly became stern……

[……Unnn? But Alice arranged for you to escort them on this mission today anyway, right? Why both with such a quest?]

[Ahh, it's something simple. Because I'll be their escort this time, I want the two of them to have experience fighting monsters while I'm here…… However, the receptionist would be held responsible if she ”assigned a new adventurer to work in a monster-infested area for their first job”. It's a measure to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.]

Now that she mentioned it, that certainly was a good reason. For both of them, the best way to experience their first battle would be in a safe situation where they have an escort.

[That's why Phantasmal King-sama made sure to prevent that from happening…… Incidentally, the client this time is the Guildmaster of Symphonia Kingdom's Adventurer's Guild, and as you might have already expected, they're Phantasmal King-sama's subordinate. The quest is to investigate a special area, with no required reports, no deadline, and no obligation to report anything other than what the client deems necessary…… Well, in essence, it's just a quest that only has the area written on it.]

Even though she was quite nonchalant when she said it, the head of the Adventurer's Guild is also Alice's subordinate huh….. I don't know if I should say that it's to be expected or not, but they seriously are everywhere.

As I was thinking about this, Hapti-san, who was looking at the quest form, held it out to me.

[……Here, Kaito. It seems like the client has a message for you.]

[……Eh? Why?]

Tilting my head, I looked at it, wondering why the head of the Adventurer's Guild would bother to write a message to me on the quest form……

”I have been comfortably using the gloves you've given me. Once again, I express my deepest gratitude.”

……A- Ahhh, I see, so that's how it is…… The Guildmaster of Symphonia Kingdom's Adventurer's Guild…… it was actually ”Catastro-san”!?

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [That was an unexpected reappearance…… No, I guess I can't really say that she appeared huh…… However, how is it that even when she had such a position and also on the payroll of being Phantasmal King's executive subordinate, and still unable to eat?]

? ? ? : [That decaying narcissist will soon be buying all the fancy clothes, jewelry and art today. She says that what her beautiful self wears must always be the best…… Moreover, even though she feels hungry, her appearance itself doesn't change because she is already transformed, so she's putting off food expenses to the fullest extent. In other words, she's reaping what she sowed.]

Serious-senpai : [……The Ten Demons really is a group of perverts huh?]