Vol 11 Chapter 199 (1/2)
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… In the Guild’s changing room, Rühe looked at her own uniform
Its skirt was a little short, and it had been made flashi+er than what the other receptionists wore
Taking it in her hands, she breathed out a sigh Around her were other fe
Those near her wore not the chest-e exceedingly normal ones in their stead
Taking a sidelong glance at them, Rühe looked back at her own uniform
“That’s right, , but… did they really have to give me a shorter skirt to compensate?”
Letting out complaints, she slipped into her receptionist uniform
After she finished changing, she headed for the reference room on her way to the counter It was to confir the data on their request success rate and evaluations, she was to make use of them at her desk
Exiting the reference room, Rühe made her way to the room the Guild Cards were stored In it, the cards for the adventurers designated to newbie training were kept separately
She checked each one, and le ble with had perished, Rühe had made it a habbit to commute to that room
With a load of data in her hands, she turned to leave the room, only to run into Marianne at the doorway
“… Ah”
With Rühe’s small build, she had to look up see her
“Oh, did you come to check them?”
Keeping her smile, she lowered her head to Marianne, and left For all she’d made fun of her, she couldn’t look her in the eyes anymore
She had bragged of how she got along with a proficient adventurer, yet Marianne was stuck with newbies… what’s e of the guild designated new recruits
When her acquaintances’ party had suffered a heavy blow altogether, leaving only one survivor behind, the talks ca fresh recruits herself
And after brooding for a while, Rühe had accepted the offer
Hurriedly showing her face behind the lines of counters, she greeted the supervisor on duty
“Good ”
Her superior looked at her, and smiled
“Yeah, Morning You’re a little early Your counter isn’t vacant yet, so why not talk a bit before you take over?”
“S-sure”
Whenever the counters rotated shi+fts, there was a rule a receptionists to take over the previous station’s work There was still a little time before that was to happen, so her superior had called her to a halt
She showed her a number of documents
“The truth is, there are a fe adventurers I’d like you to look after They’re young, but there are quite a few parties of twos and threes See, our neighbors our in a bit of a panic since Bahnseim rushed in, and there are quite a few people who ran our way”
In a land that was once a neighboring country, Bahnseiating thethe land
Within all that, those that had lost their places to be And those that lost their statuses had flowed into Beim
“T-this many?”
Of the nues, one of the country
All the others were tightly packed with the sned up at the East Branch
Her superior offered an explanation
“No, at the start, you just have to offer an explanation We’ll also do an introductory et tricked by the big city, and find the in an alleyway by toet some parties short on hands to call out to them Anyways, just know you won’t need to look after all of them”
When she heard the entire force would be dealing with them, Rühe felt relieved The adventurers she already had under her were already beyond her, and she couldn’t look after such a large addition
“That’s a relief Anymore will be…”
Looking at Rühe, the superior nodded
“Well, with all their insufficiencies, ers also have to consider a lot when they send jobs around to the you don’t know, just ask Marianne”
After giving a bitter smile, Rühe parted with her superior, and headed for the front counter…
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… After lunch
Having finished her break, and returned to the counter, Rühe faced adventurers who’d returned from a request
Making sure not to let her sood looks at her opponents, she dealt with them
“T-that’s no good Abandoning a request part-way through In that case, the Guild can’t offer a reward, you know?”
In her head, she wanted to apologize to the requester for sending the request to such useless new adventurers The fact she would likely actually have to go apologize on her next day off made Rühe’s head hurt
The two-man adventurer party before her eyes sat in their chairs with the gri an arards to her
“Even if you say it like that, it’s just troubling We did half of it, so fork over half”
As they sluggishly dean branching off fro to different counters
The flow of people was completely different around Rühe’s counter alone
(What not? This isn’t going s off to other counters…)
Just because she was the newbie charge, that didn’t mean she wasn’t to deal with other adventurers If it was busy enough, she would ith them, and if she was free, it was only natural she would help Keeping adventurers waiting, and getting behind on as troublesome to the Guild as well
Her opponents were youths who had becoer than Rühe, but their tones were as if they were looking down on her from above
“Hey, can’t you be just a bit more flexible? We don’t want to be here anyht?”
With many instances of troubleso At the start, they had worked noretting a little bit ofaround with it
“If you don’t fulfill the request, you don’t get the reward Be it half, or eighty percent, there are sos they simply aren’t allowed”
No matter how many times she explained it, the two of them weren’t satisfied
Their voices gradually becaher
“You’re supposed to be in charge of us, right? Then do your job properly”
“And let me just tell you today’s requestor was the absolute worst He kept sending strange jobs around to us And he kept shouting, ‘take this seriously,’ and ‘don’t rest,’ never shut up”
To the tho had started standing out with their troublesome conduct, Rühe desperately explained
“And isn’t that natural if you sit down and stop working outside of break times…”
When her tone got a little rougher as well, one of the adventurers clicked his tongue
“Che, the hell’s this When it’s ourfood on your table Hah, the last newbie instructor was a huge-jugged beauty, yet we get stuck with a shorty like you? Just doesn’t motivate me at all”
Rühe hung her head
Long ago, when she herself was a newbie, she recalled how her paperas slow, and there were times the adventurers would yell at her
(Come to think of it, back then, the one who helped me was him)
She remembered the adventurer who’d died
As that was going on, the surrounding receptionists approached to follow through for her But before they could, a voice came from behind the adventurers
“… How long you going ‘ta lounge about there? When I thought I found an e the saain I’m in a hurry here Why not think for a second?”
Behind thee sword over his back
The two stood, and glared at hiathered, their equipment on a different level from the party of two
“What, you want to fight?”
When Erhart threatened them, the adventurers hurriedly left the counter In the first place, they had failed at their request, and therefore hadn’t brought the necessary paperwork
When they left the guild in a rush, a staff member approached Erhart’s party
“This is troubling Personal strife between adventurers on the Guild’s premise is strictly forbidden”
When the bespectacled male receptionist cautioned him, Erhart scratched his head
“S-sorry for that”
But continuing on with his reprimand, the receptionist…
“In that case, finish up your business here”
Without bla him any further, he released Erhart’s party at once The male receptionist approached Rühe
“I apologize for notit in time When you have those sorts come in, step back, and rely on a receptionist with a scary face Also, could you handle their paperwork?”
“Y-yes!”
When Rühe gave her reply, Erhart talked ao to the counter alone
Taking a seat in front of her desk, it seemed he had borrowed the Guild’s showers He handed a report over to Rühe
Accepting it, she confirmed its contents
(Monster subjugation around Beiiven evaluation is【B】)
The report of Erhart’s party, who’d returned from outside the city, was filled with relatively favorable assessments
“Um, your evaluation is【B】 Splendid work I’ll prepare the reward at once, but ill you do about the next request?”