Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4: Relying on adventurers to protect me

The next morning ―

So then, shall I request help from the adventurer’s guild?

I could tell right away that the building facing the busy street was the adventurer’s guild, but since it was still early, the adventurer’s guild was packed with people.

Following how a template story unfolds, I stared hard at the adventurers, pretending not to recognise any of them.

This is how a client should act like.

Going straight to the counter and letting them know I am a client would not create a strong bond. I guess.

After queuing up for a while, it was finally my turn.

[Excuse me, I would like to request help.]

[Request help eh. What kind of help you need?]

[I would need protection to get to Veenen country. I don’t have a stage, hence it will just be walking however …… This is my first time requesting help from the adventurer’s guild, and I would like to know roughly how large the reward should be for this kind of request]

[Guarding while walking job request right? If it’s a bodyguard request, you will need to request help from C rank and above adventurers and also because it is by walking and would take several days, it would probably cost a minimum of 7 pieces of gold coins.]

7 pieces of gold coins are, in relation to how much I have currently, quite a painful sum of money, and the receptionist had even more to say about the price.

[Just that, as you already know, the stagecoach service has been suspended and there has been an increase in the requests for guard escorts. Taking that into account, it’ll be better if it is 8 pieces of gold, I think.]

Concerning the increase in requests here, adventurers would probably pick high reward jobs huh.

8 pieces of gold hmm, o~kay.

It might be a painfully large amount of money, but I won’t be able to escape the current situation without making some sacrifices.

[I got it. Requested for 8 pieces of gold coins. Also, you need to prepare your own meals, is that acceptable?]

Even though I am paying 8 pieces of gold coins, the receptionist tone was so strict that I added that I will bring my own meals.

It’s not like I hate cooking. Moreover, I have the skill that allows me to purchase and choose ingredients and probably can handle it myself.

[Well then, please do so.]

I left behind the reward of 8 pieces of gold coins as deposit at the adventurer’s guild.

The next day, the adventurer’s guild contacted me so I went down to have a look, and somehow my request had been accepted.

I did not foresee that my guards would be found swiftly, but I was nonetheless grateful that I could leave this country earlier.

The guild had recommended the C rank adventurer party known as “Iron Will”.

[I am Werner, the leader of Iron Will. Please entrust it to me.]

[My name is Makooda. (TN: sounds like McCord?) I will be in your care.]

It seems that only the aristocrats have surnames, thus to not attract suspicion, I purposefully named myself only with my surname, which also sounds foreign.

Werner-san seems to be in his early thirties, being a tall 190cm and has a tough-looking figure. He carried a gigantic s.h.i.+eld on his back and had a sword hanging from his waist.