Vol 9 Chapter 137 (2/2)
While it was her responsibility for sleeping in, it’s not like ere in a hurry this ti
We were only here to confirm what sort of requests they had
So I inclined s, to pick up a rumor or two
Ru adventurers
They weren’t all credible infor to them was of no loss to me
“Are the talks about how that Alette is going to get married true?”
“Haha, no way She’s just returning to her country earlier than planned”
“Flaminia-chan from the flower shop sure was pretty today I think I’ll buy sommore flowers on the way back”
“… You didn’t hear? Fla married next week, it seems”
“… That… can’t… be”
“I just heard, but it looks like Zayin and Lorphys are going to go at it again”
“They’ve always been glaring at one another regardless But they have their own selection of mercs over there, so it’s irrelevant over here Even if they called over, only the South Branch would be getting worked up”
“Don’t you have any stories of that Albano bastard getting injured or anything? Or perhapsa slip-up in the Labyrinth?”
“As if that Albano would make a mistake like that If he really was injured, then just how ht around now?”
They were all stories without much a connection to me
Atfor harm to come Albano-san’s way
From the Jewel, the Seventh let his voice
『Hmm, they can only develop a means of operation that invites in such hatred towards themselves That’s why I hate adventurers and mercenaries』
I decided to let that opinion of his go in one ear, and out the other And wait, he just plainly hated adventurers and mercs, and all his opinions on them seemed to come solely from emotion
I heard a calmer Fifth’s voice
『But whatever the generation, the rue too much Of love, and war, it isn’t so much different from my time at all』
The Fourth laughed as he spoke
『Even when it looks like it’s changed, it’s still the sa Is this sentie of us recorded souls?』
I listened to the voices of the Jewel, and the surrounding voices as I waited my turn
As the adventurers in front of us reduced, the counter grew closer
It seee of us this time would be Marianne-san
(Oh? How rare)
Marianne-san was a guild receptionist usually charged with taking care of newbie adventurers I found it a little odd to see her handling a normal receptions desk
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Our turn came around, and we sat down across Marianne-san to confirm the requests
She already knew about me, it seems
“Good work on the Labyrinth Subjugation And these are the sorts of requests we’d like you to take on this time”
She passed over some documents, but there were more than usual
Aria sitting beside me spoke
“Hey, isn’t that a bitto take up all of them?”
I picked one of the sheets up, and denied that statement
“No way It’s from here we’ll decide the requests we’ll accept If the travel distance is short, we’ll have to accept a number of them But too far will cost soet back, but… there sure are a lot this time”
Marianne-san shrugged her shoulders The reason her large chest looked as if it was bouncing must be the fault of that modified uniform of her’s
Whentowards them, Aria stepped on my foot
“Ow! What is it?”
“You were being rude, so I cautioned you”
Said Aria as she averted her eyes I endured the pain on the top of my foot as I turned my eyes back to the documents
Marianne was s a bit
What was presented tolist of the available requests, but there were five full pages of theh to indicate there was already a party that’d accepted them
(They’ve been crossed off starting with the uess it’s only natural)
I looked over the list, and sought confirain
“Isn’t it longer than usual?”
“It’s right after a Labyrinth subjugation, and there are quite a few parties that aren’t troubled for money at present And there are also ones with co Growths, that can’tcorps has been for est There’s this and that at therecalled, so even I’ve been placed on standard duty Ah…”
Re, Marianne-san asked me
“Has Erhart-kun’s party picked a quarrel with you since theood at heart Their s with power is too prevalent that I can’t help but worry”
Aria beside me heard the man’s name, and made a face as if she just recalled them
“That guy with the large sword, and tank top? Come to think of it, I haven’t met him since”
While Aria hadn’t uild
Whenever we met, he would o off somewhere else
“Not really Though it seems he still hates me”
Marianne-san made a bitter smile
“I see I’ him on my end, but… Now then, what shall you do? You can pick up a relatively favorable request now Or will you take the documents with you, and deliberate?”
I told her I’d take it back, and left the counter
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… Guild headquarters
The ones gathered were the staff her status from each branch
Sweeper Tanya… Tahnia was to accouard
The headquarters’room was too vast to even compare to the ones at the branches
One of the top brass infor
“To refresh you all on the current problem, skirmishes have already broke out on the border of Zayin and Lorphys That happens every year, and it’s nothing rare, but it cah”
Everyone’s eyes turned towards the receptionists of the East Branch
What Alette Baillet… a knight of Lorphys got her hands on was a rare metal known as mithril
And that was about to becoer for war
But those here didn’t really care about the war in itself
The probleuild
A man from the South Branch raised his hand, and declared
“At the South Branch, a nuun to move Equipment and food stuffs, consumable expenditure will also increase, surely”
A female staff of the North Branch
“A war in this season? How troublesome Because we hadn’t anticipated it, there’ll be quite a ruckus over changing plans So ar really break out?”
A West Branch receptionist laughed a little
“It’s true that it’s only a rueneration’s Holy Maiden loves her share of war The high priests seem like they’d be for it as well”
Tahnia’s superior looked over the documents in his hand with displeasure
In a small voice
“Good grief, even e’ve only just gotten theh our stock of Magic Stones Even though when the adventurers get busy ar, the price of Magic Stones rises”
Even if the price of Magic Stones rose, each guild would be obligated to buy theardless, or so he complained
The top brass passed down the guild’s policy on the matter
“As ays have, the guild will be assisting both ca called balance Without any excessive support, we’ll be uild at a loss”
Tahnia thought
(And that’s the hard part A wrong ets destroyed)
A receptionist of the West Branch raised his hand, and asked
“So what’s the scale the guild anticipates it’ll climb up to?”
Scale
On both sides, only the skirmishes of local lords, with a scale of thousands?
Or would the countries seriously try towith tens of thousands on the battlefield?
If it were just some disputes with a few hundred soldiers, those nor
With only a few dozen fighting, they weren’t even possible to report
Zayin and Lorphys weren’t the only countries out there
The top brass
“Zayin is going to change leadershi+p, so for a last spurt of glory, they’re sure toto the oods to that extent In contrast, Lorphys’ movements are dull They fall short in national power on a fundamental level Lorphys’ land will likely become the battlefield”
The guild anticipated Lorphys would be fighting a defensive battle
Tahnia anticipated the country to be laid waste to
She had conversed a number of times with Alette over the receptions desk, and she knew she wasn’t a bad person
(… Alette-san is going to hurry back home, isn’t she)
As a single acquaintance, she didn’t want her to die, but with reality as it was, the guild was going to use Alette’s homeland’s strife as a source of profit
Without her expression falling apart, Tahnia quietly watched over the