(Wn) Chapter 186 (1/2)

The First Preliminary Round

Upon arriving, we found the venue to be surprisingly quiet Further consideration iven that the first preliminary round wasn’t actually open to the public

Men we presu, their bodies exuding auras of passion and excitement

『It looks like they’re handling all the reception stuff over by the entrance』

「Nn」

Fran approached the receptionist in her usual, calm manner, with Urushi+ hidden in her shadow He’d actually chosen to hide there on his own volition, as he kneould’ve ended up having to do once we got into the waiting room anyways

「I’ spectators today The second preliminary round starts tomorrow You’ll have to come back then」

The receptionist did the usual thing and treated Fran as a non-participant despite the fact that she had ht Fran to be an adventurer that’d just joined up or so

I was a bit confused as to why the receptionist didn’t recognize Fran given the guild had announced that she’d hit C rank and all that I only ca the receptionist and finding out that he wasn’t actually associated with the guild, and was instead a civil servant working under the local ;ord

「Participant」

「R-Really? What’s your name?」

「Fran」

「Let’s see… Oh, there it is Wait, you really are participating in the tournament?」

「Nn」

「Are you sure you want to? There aren’t any healing services available for the first preliet hurt really badly It’s okay for you to back out if you want」

The receptionist see Fran any favours That said, she wasn’t getting irritated either, seeing as how she could tell that he was only saying what he was because he was actually concerned for her safety

「Not problem」

「I’ht?」

「Thanks Bye」

「Make sure you surrender if you feel like you’re outclassed, okay!? And do it before you get hurt! It’ll be too late for you to regret your choices if you do!」

The receptionist wasn’t able to leave his desk, so he ended up voicing his concerns by shouting them at Fran as she headed inside

Meeting the receptionist was prettythat happened thereafter went rather sot inside was an old adventurer, one skilled enough to tell that Fran was er than she looked

In fact, he’d even ended up looking at the other participants with a look of pity, asat her as if she was mere prey

「Heh Looks like the last participant’s just a brat!」

「I guess that means this’ll effectively just be a 4 way free for all then」

「You do know that this tournaht? I’ a na with some kid」

The other 4 participants were already present Half of them looked like mercenaries, and the other half like adventurers

All but 1 of the participants had ended up looking down on Fran The sole individual to regard her with a stern gaze was also the only person bothered appraising immediately It turned out that he was actually a decently strong adventurer; his stats indicated that he was at least D ranked, which in turn meant he probably knew exactly ere

「Take your places, we’ll soon begin」

The oldlike a referee However, he was interrupted by the less skilled adventurer before he could continue giving directions

He approached the old ht

「Look, I get that kid’s qualified for this and all, but she really shouldn’t be here I’ part in this tournaoing down in infairl like her just to get past the preliminaries!」

「Say what you want I don’t have the authority to disqualify her」

「Hey kid! Back out, right now! This is a ame!」

He likely would have continued yelling at us if the other adventurer hadn’t called out to him

「I’ot here then?」

「Arrived yesterday What of it?」

「I see…」

The h He seeuessed that the other adventurer had only just in Ulmutt, and hence, had yet to hear about Fran Fro the other e and urged him to start the match

「We should probably begin if you want the tourney to stay on schedule」

「Co me!」

「Look, ht the kid, then just forfeit」

「He’s right You’re getting really annoying」

「What did you say!?」

The two mercenaries joined the fray, which ulti contest in which they all glared at one another