Chapter 10 (2/2)

What should I do… I need to know the way back at the least If I’ to walk back, I have to be prepared to walk for at least half a day When I was eating fried sweet potatoes I bought from the stall with a troubled expression, a soldier caht…?

“What’s wrong, ojou-chan Making such a face… did so happen?”

“Ah, no… I just wanted to know the way to the forest”

“The forest? Ah, the forest with a ‘forest of the lost’ inside?”

“Yes!”

Looks like the development of ‘Oi! I haven’t seen you around… you’re not from this country, are you!?’ I was afraid of didn’t happen What a relief

“Haha, so you’re also an aspiring adventurer like the previous person! That forest can be reached by heading out of the southern gate and heading to the left at the crossroad When you go out, you can get a copy of a ate”

“ID…?”

“Aah It’s needed to get in and out of the city If you don’t have one, you can register at the adventurer guild to get one”

“Mn, thank you!”

“Sure thing But, the forest outside the forest of the lost is one for beginners, but if you accidentally stumble into the forest of the lost you can’t come back, so be careful!”

“Yes!”

I waved goodbye to the friendly soldier as leaving with a smile Looks like he spoke softly to me because I look like a child No, I’ No, it … let’s say it’s nice

“First, let’s go to the adventurer guild… I re like that at the main street”

To begin with, I can’t go out without an ID

Since it’s urgent now, I’ll have to go to the adventurer guild

I turned around and started walking towards to the adventurer guild

When I cae building ca con with a sword and a shi+eld, and there were burly people entering and exiting I wonder if they’re adventurers

Following the adventurer guild

The place was cleaner than I expected and had 5 reception counters There were materials purchase, requests reception and other There were two counters each for buying materials and requests reception The counters for materials were more spacious than the other two kinds, for space to loadfurs and fangs on that space

I headed to the ‘other’ counter and asked the lady at the counter about IDs The receptionist lady showed me the form and politely explained it for me

“Anyone can register as an adventurer after they turn 10 Also, once you register, the guild issues an ID The ID is also called a guild card and the achieveistering as an adventurer, a registerer state check and 5 silver coins are necessary Will you be registering?”

“Yes, please Also… what’s a registerer state check?”

“The state check is the process of looking into the registerer using a uarantee the person Fros like criminal records are shown”

“I see… Thank you I’d like to register”

I filled out the form and handed it over to the receptionist lady

I needed to fill in e… and my job I wondered if I should fill it in as ‘chemister’, but since it wasn’t necessary to fill it in and I didn’t want to reveal I left it blank Plus, I’m 15… there should be no problem even if I don’t have a job Probably

“Yes, there are no problems here For the job… it’s possible to find out your aptitude and write that in What would you like to do?”

“Eh! That’s possible? Then please!”

“Okay Then, it’ll be done while checking your status Please place your palm on the crystal here”

“Yes……”

After saying that, she took out a crystal the size of a person’s face Pure white, it was like snow Froh the s, it was glittering a rainbow shade

When I placed my hand on that, I felt that it wasn’t as cold as I expected

Then a while later, the crystal shone green with letters

〈Kusunoki Hinami〉

Age: 15

Lv 1

Current state: Healthy

Criminal records: None

Job aptitude: Chemister

Ohh… even though I thought it should be alright, I felt relieved after confir that the criminal record ritten as none

“Looks like the status isn’t shown”

“Ah… that’s private information, so it’s not shown here But it’s properly shown on the guild card, so… be careful”

“Yes”

“Here is Hinauild card”

Suddenly, a plate the size of a driving license was ejected out of the crystal Gosh, that surprisedheart, I breathed deeply for a bit Seeing hed a bit

“Then, let uild card’ can be used everywhere in 〈Letisreel〉 to prove your status The owner’s infore and job is shown However, by reciting, ‘Status,’ the status is shown Likewise, reciting, ‘Skill,’ or ‘Divine Protection,’ reveals those too I wouldn’t reco them off… but soly depending on the situation

“I see… that’s very convenient”

“Yes Then, on the other side, your ation record and the current status of your request is written Also, reciting, ‘Map,’ shows the map of the country you are currently in, so please use it to your convenience”

It’s flawless… the guild card

When I recited, “Map,” to test the guild card, a hologra…!! By the way, I only have the do people that have map data for other places

“Finally, about the colour of the plate”

“Colour…?”

“Yes The colour denotes the rank of the adventurers Froreen), B rank (blue), A rank (gold) and S rank (black) As you can see, Hinami-san, yours is copper so your rank is D”

There was inforuild card, a copper-shaded plate

I see… so this is how the rank could be discerned

“The rank increases according to your contribution to the guild and your ability, so please work hard”

“Yes, thank you!”

I said goodbye to the lady and was going to leave behind the reception desk… but then I remembered that I can’t return ho to the forest, I want to tag along… but would there be one? According to Alfred-san, there weren’t any people going to that forest ever since it turned into a ‘forest of the lost’…

“Is so?”

Maybe noticing that I orrying about soain No… maybe it’s natural to speak out if I just stand in one place? Sorry about inconveniencing you But I need to know

“Frankly… I want to get to the ‘forest of the lost’ but I can’t go alone because of theif there’s a party headed that way…”

“Ah… but there aren’t any parties headed to that ‘forest of the lost’ Before it turned into one, it was a popular spot for beginners, but no one goes there now It doesn’t mean much for experienced people either… since it’s a small forest”

“I see…”

“M—n… an escort request can be ood results

E escorts…!?

It can’t be helped if I want to return home safely

“No, I want to put up a request please…!”

“Well… the adventurers who take escort requests are so to a small forest”

“I-I see…”

“Then the choices are to gather a party on your on your own, or buy a curse-slave as a party , it’s possible to tame a monster…”

The lady provided 2 alternatives Kind…! And summoners exist too It feels nice unlike a chemister for some reason… I wonder if it’s possible to summon spirits? More importantly, I have to think what I’ll do next!

First plan Gathering a party on aht… there won’t be weird people that lets me into a party

Second plan Slave… I don’t knohat ‘curse’ is… but what’s certain is that I’ll be buying a slave

But… for a japanese person like h hurdle In addition, I don’t think I can buy soold coins……

Maybe taking pity for as troubled, the lady spoke out kindly for me

“It’s hard, isn’t it? Indeed, even with rookie adventurers getting a party is hard Then there’s the curse-slaves… M—n, let’s see See that male adventurer over there? Ah, and also the female adventurer that just came in”

“Hm…? Ah, yes, I can see them”

“Their party members are all curse-slaves”

“Eh!”

My…! I didn’t think it’d be that natural to have slaves

“Since there’s theover loot, there are quite a lot of people for curse-slaves Also, the curse-slaves are freed after a 5 years contract so there are quite a lot of people doing curse-slave liberation activities”

“Liberation activities?”

“Yes Curse-slaves are those that wish to dispel their ‘curse’ The ‘curse’ is dispelled after 5 years of servitude from a contract”

“Then, what is the ‘curse’?”

I know theof slave But what could the ‘curse’ in front of that?

The lady looked surprised, so it aveon slaves…!

“The ‘curse’ is a raved on the chest… a malediction”

“A malediction…? So that can be dispelled by 5 years of servitude?”

“Yes People ish to dispel their ‘curse’ become ‘curse-slaves’ People who do not wish to be dispelled are called curse-holders”

I see…? This really is a different world, there are so s I wonder what the condition for the ‘curse’ to be afflicted is

I was listening to the explanation for a long ti behind me…!

“I see… Then I’ll go see some!”

“Yes, that ht be for the best”

“Yes Thank you very much!”

I decided to take a look the curse-slaves first It’s a system that didn’t exist in japan, but it see a slave to dispel the ‘curse’… that’s hoas, so slavery is bad, but maybe the system itself isn’t bad…?

Mmn, it’s hard

It’d be nice if I can return home safely…