19 目的でしたっけ？ (2/2)

I don't like that vibe. You're embarrassing me.

Why don't you come work at my family's house?

Captain, you're making a mistake. You should be recruiting for the Order.

Because I've already been rejected by the Order!

You're both rejected. Both are rejected.

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That's enough.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, but I'd like to know how you handle skills over here. How do you verify them, how do you hire them... and how do you pay them?

”Over here? As the protector of the country, I'll let you know which one it is, but I'll answer your question. When you become an adult at the age of 12, you will be issued a guild card to check your skills before you start working. This is the first time you know your skills. This is the case for all people, nobility and royalty alike. For some reason, you cannot get a card if you are under 12 years old. This is a common coming-of-age ritual. The card shows your name and your guild, but only if you choose to display your status and skills. Well, at that point, only about one in twenty people have skills. I see.

I see. If only you can see your skills, then people can't know that you're a skill holder unnecessarily. I don't know. Isn't that strange? Because the goddess said that even normal people have one or two. I don't know what you're talking about!

Doesn't every normal person have at least one or two skills?

”That means you'll have one or two skills by the time you grow up and die. Soldiers, knights and adventurers who go into battle have a few more, but you don't hear of craftsmen getting skills related to their work very often. I'm sorry.

I guess I totally f*cked up. Well, no matter! You can't change the past by worrying about it.

So, where are you from? You'll tell me, won't you? You don't know how to use a guild card, that's obvious. You don't even know what a guild card does. I don't get it. Don't give me some lame excuse like you don't remember. It'll get you in a lot of trouble. I'm sorry.

Well, what exactly do you mean by ”a lot of trouble”?

Like being questioned about being a spy in front of a councilor with the skills to know for sure?

I knew these guys were trouble. They deserve it? If you can blame someone else, blame someone else... for your own peace of mind.