Chapter 47 (2/2)

Even children from the slums were about ten when they started working as adventurers.

In her three years working as a receptionist, she had never seen such young children want to register.

”Umm… Don't you know that adventuring is really dangerous? It's too early for you, much less this girl over here.”

Of course, not all of the work was dangerous, but she didn't think such young children, especially the little girl, would be able to do the work.

The Guild valued its credibility.

If it failed to fulfill requests, its credibility would decrease.

Something else bothered her.

'No matter how you think of it, that girl is from a well-off family. Is it fine for her to become an adventurer?'

If they wandered the streets, she might get kidnapped.

The girl was hiding behind the boy, so she could only see her face.

”It's fine. Even though we look like this, we've already trained ourselves.”

'No no no'

In her mind, she shook her head.

'Just give up, please…'

At that moment, she heard the voice of a young Adventurer from the door. ”What is it, Lilia?”

”Oh? Aren't these the two brats from The Roost? ”

”Paul, do you know these kids?”

The eighteen-year-old Paul had finally graduated from being a novice Adventurer.

”Yeah, I don't think there is anybody who stays at The Roost that doesn't know who they are.”

Paul called out to Lilia, his crush, with a delighted expression.

But he soon frowned.

'Even though they're just brats, they're quite quick.'

After he had woken up, Paul had made his way from the Wandering Bird's Roost to the Adventurer's Guild through a back alley.

On the way there, he had seen the two kids at the inn's backyard swinging around wooden swords as they did every morning.

When he first saw them, he thought to himself: 'How nice, for them to be so lively this early in the morning.' But upon looking closer, he was surprised at how deftly they handled the swords and their bodies.

'Could they be faster than… Nope, nope. No way that's true!'

Paul shook his head, getting a puzzled look from Lilia.

”Ah, isn't it fine to let them just register? Apart from the little girl here, that boy can handle some work.”

He made a suggestion.

”Fine. Can you write your own name?”

”I can.”

Most of the kids from the slums couldn't write.

But the boy wrote his own name neatly on the doc.u.ments he was given.

All he had to fill out was his name and age.

Since many adventurers didn't have a fixed residence, that was not required.

”Wynn Byrd. So you're Wynn.”

As Lilia scanned over the doc.u.ments, she felt a tug on her sleeve.

”Leti also wants to do it!”

The girl exclaimed, while standing on the tip of her toes to reach as far as she could.

”Umm… It's a bit too early for you, young lady.”

”I wanna register!”

She had just been hiding behind the boy, behind Wynn’s back, but was now tugging on Lilia’s sleeve as hard as she could.

”Miss, Leti has also been training with me, so it's fine.”

In resignation, Lilia took out another registration sheet and handed it to the girl who called herself Leti.

”Are you also able to write?”

”I learned it from Onii-chan”

Shakily, she wrote the letters L, E, T, I onto the form.

”Please wait a moment.”

With a sigh, Lilia stood up.

She took out two plates from a locked box, and handed one to each of them.

”These are your registration cards. You have registered in the Simurgh's eastern branch of the Guild. It also serves as your identification, so please take care not to lose it.”

Lilia proceeded to explain the work of the Adventurer's Guild in an easy to understand manner for the two children.

As a novice, they couldn't accept requests from the bulletin board, and instead, they had to take jobs that the Guild a.s.signed them.

Only when the Guild acknowledged that a novice was ready would they be able to take requests from the board.

The guild card could also serve as identification papers.

To adventurers without a permanent residence, the proof of ident.i.ty was important. However, on the off chance that an adventurer inconvenienced the Guild by committing a crime, then not only would the adventurer have to pay a fine, but in serious cases, the Guild might send an a.s.sa.s.sin after them.

'Do these kids really get it?'

Wynn was nodding with a contemplative expression. Leti, on the other hand, had a blank expression on her face. Whenever Wynn nodded, she would follow suit.[1]

'These kids definitely do not get it.'

She was sure of it.

”Let's start with some simple jobs.”

After finis.h.i.+ng her explanation, Lilia took out a book listing the available requests and opened it in front of them.

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