Chapter 4 (2/2)
“Y-yes, I will bring them now . ” The receptionist hurriedly withdraws towards the back of the building .
“Goshujin-sama, your method was somewhat lukewarm; it seems that it would have only made her more frustrated instead,” says Minnalis . “Should you not have gone a little further?”
“No . Why do you think we came here so early in the morning? If we performed any physical pressure on the receptionist, that would go to waste now, wouldn’t it?”
“That is, well, true . But the thought of being looked down upon by a blind pig is…”
I get the feeling that Minnalis-san is a little stricter than usual . The receptionist’s attitude irritated me as well, but to be honest, I don’t really care as long as she doesn’t make things difficult for us .
“These are the adventurer registration forms,” the receptionist says as she returns . “We can arrange for someone to fill it out on your behalf for one copper coin; will this be necessary?”
“No, there’s no need for that,” I tell her .
I hand one of the two forms to Minnalis and fill in the blanks .
We hand the forms to the receptionist when we’re done .
“Kaito-san and Minnalis-san, your ages are seventeen and sixteen, your races are human and rabbit beast-person and both of you use swordsmanship in combat . Your party name is ‘Scorn Road?’ Is this all correct?” the receptionist asks .
“Yes, we will go with that,” I say .
“Then I will make your Guild Cards with these details . The preparation of Guild Cards takes a little time, so please feel free to sit down over there while waiting . ” The receptionist points at a sofa next to a bookshelf . “The bookshelf contains some books with the details of what being an adventurer entails . If necessary, someone can explain these to you out loud later, but it seems that you have no problems reading and writing, so it would be splendid if you could read them while waiting . There are also monster guides with details such as the body parts used as proof of their extermination and their known weaknesses, as well as guides on medicinal and poisonous plants with details such as how and where they grow and what precautions need to be taken while harvesting them . Please read these if you wish . Now then, please excuse me . ”
Having told us everything she can, the receptionist leaves .
Since we do have some free time while we’re waiting, I do as the receptionist suggested and take a small pamphlet from the bookshelf .
The pamphlet in my hand is about adventurers . During my first time through this world, I used the appraisal ability of the Eight-eyed Transparent Tome Sword on the common kinds of monsters, medicinal herbs and poisonous plants and recorded their detailed data in the sword .
During my first time through this world, the fact that I was a Hero was found out and I was half-given special rights and placed at the highest rank without doing anything, so I don’t know the detailed workings of the adventurer occupation .
With that said, this stuff isn’t new information .
By completing Jobs and raising your rank, you can accept more requests .
Adventurers are not charged when entering or leaving cities .
Even when travelling across a nation, as long as it is not during a war, the guild confirms your social status so it is easy to go through .
But there are some things that I didn’t know .
In addition to individual adventurer ranks, there are apparently also party ranks that evaluate parties .
Even if all party members are E-rank adventurers, if they can use their coordination to work as well as D-rank adventurers, their party rank becomes D, and they can accept D-rank requests at the guild instead of being limited to E-rank requests .
And though I didn’t know this because I was a Hero during my first time through this world, only those who have been evaluated to be D-rank or above, whether it be as individuals or as a party, are allowed to enter the dungeons that are jointly managed by the nations and the guild .
This is a troubling fact .
We’ll be going into dungeons one day, but we can’t afford to raise our rank too much in one go and draw attention to ourselves . I should probably discuss things with Minnalis later to figure out what we should do .
Once I’ve gone through the pamphlet, I turn it over to see a pyramid drawn on the back, detailing the standards by which the guild evaluates ranks . A rough description and the color of the plates that the adventurers of each rank receive upon registration is written here .
From the top rank of SS, going by order:
SS (White): The heroes of legends and fairy tales
S (Black): Powerful, superhuman individuals
A (Red): Incredible geniuses
B (Yellow): Highly skilled individuals
C (Green): Veteran adventurers
D (Blue): Qualified adventurers
E (Gray): Learning adventurers
F (Purple): Amateurs
Apprentice: Cannot register
It’s something like this .
Apprentices don’t receive plates, so there is no color for them written there .
Now that I’ve finished looking at this as well, I close the pamphlet and return it to the bookshelf .
Still, things are going pretty well . Was I overthinking things after all? I wonder .
A little while later, I realize that I’ve carelessly triggered a flag . No, I’m forced to realize it .
“Gahaha! How lucky for us to find an Aural Rabbit!”
“Yeah, though it was real good at running and hiding . ”
“Let us hurry and receive our payment; I am looking forward to see how much it is worth!”
Three men with excessively loud voices have entered through the guild’s doors .
The moment I glance at them, I feel a sensation like an electrical shock passing across my skin .
“Goshujin-sama?” Minnalis calls out to me, as if having sensed the change in the atmosphere around me .
“… Ah, it really is like a curse of the cliché,” I murmur quietly with a small smile .
The only relationship I have with them is that I had a few drinks with them before .
But there is one detail that is particularly important to me .
… During my first time through this world, they treated me as criminals like everyone else and attacked me .