Kuro no Shoukanshi Chapter 3

I arrived at the adventurer’s guild. The building housing was quite imposing.

Well then, I guess I should have a look inside!

『What’s this strange tension?』 (Merufina)

“I can’t explain it properly, but my excitement has increased.” (Kelvin)

When I entered, the first thing I saw was the reception counter.

The Misses (musume-tachi) who worked as guild receptionists were dealing with adventurers. However there was no cute young woman among them.

To the side of the counter there was a bar. And despite it being daytime there already was a person drinking sake.

It was a typical guild right out of a RPG. It was just as I imagined and that made me happy. I thought it would only be muscular middle-aged man (ossan-tachi) but there were quite a few young woman and man, too.

I lined up at the queue for the counter and waited a little while. My turn came around.

“h.e.l.lo! What sort of business do you have?” (Receptionist)

It was a sweet girl with light brown braided hair who greeted me in an energetic voice. Energetic girls sure are nice~.

“I want to register as an adventurer.” (Kelvin)

“Registration it is, I understand. Then, please fill out this form here. Do you need someone else to write it for you?” (Receptionist)

“No, it’s alright.” (Kelvin)

Language comprehension, that’s what enabled me to write and read the words here and was acquired when I was transferred to this world.

It was thanks to Merufina-sama-sama.1

Only name and occupation are required to be filled out, huh?

It was fairly simple.

Name is Kelvin and occupation is Green Magician … duh

“Kelvin it is. Please wait a moment.” (Receptionist)

There is a reason why I set the occupation as Green Magician.

Summoner was a cla.s.s of an extremely rare degree in this world.

There was an occupation with a similar ability though, Beastmaster.

This one didn’t use summoning magic but used a method of taming monsters and training them into pets. There is no MP used and it’s possible to have the trained monster serve you at all times. By increasing the skill rank you could tame more pets, it seems. In other words, the same as a summoner.

The merit of a summoner is to not being limited to only monsters as you can likewise possess humans, elves and golems who are valid as an inorganic creature, too. Furthermore, there was status up, communication with your followers and the possibility to summon them wherever you like as long as it is in range of your magic. As compensation for using part of your MP, the reward was large.

Becoming such a summoner was restricted to very few people. Most likely one person per nation. As soon as they are discovered they are targeted by the higher-ups of a nation.

To me, who wanted to freely enjoy this fantasy world, such a thing would be an obstacle. Thus I wanted to conceal my summoner cla.s.s as much as possible.

“I’m sorry to have you kept waiting. This will serve as proof of guild membership.” (Receptionist)

She handed me the guild certification.

It was a blue card with wings drawn on it. There was an “F” written atop of it.

“Let me explain the simple guild system next.” (Receptionist)

Going by her explanation, adventurers are split into seven ranks.

She showed a board.

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Rank F (Beginner) <—>

Rank E (Novice)

Rank D (Amateur)

Rank C (Advanced)

Rank B (Expert)

Rank A (Monster) <—>

Rank S (G.o.dlike) 2

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My name is written down in lovely characters next to my rank.

Un, that’s easy to understand.

“As Kelvin-san has just registered, you start as an F-Rank. You can accept a request at any area that has a guild. Requests are split by ranks and posted on a bulletin board for all adventurers to see.” (Receptionist)

“In other words, I can only accept F-Rank requests right now?” (Kelvin)

“It is possible to accept requests that are one rank above your own. However, please be warned that you have to pay the penalty for contract breach in case you fail a request.” (Receptionist)

Uh huh, that means I can’t recklessly challenge higher ranking requests.

“If you succeed in completing requests 10 times your adventurer rank will rise. Even if you complete higher ranking requests, the number required for a rank up remains the same. However, please be careful as from C-Rank onward there will be examinations for raising your rank.” (Receptionist)

“Roger that.” (Kelvin)

“There are 4 kinds of requests: Subjugation, Escort, Harvest and Special. For subjugation requests, please don’t forget to bring a part of the targets body as proof that you defeated it.” (Receptionist)

Mu~, sounds like proof is necessary.

With this excessive hunting is improbable as I won’t be able to hold all the proofs.

“Is there a reasonable request for a beginner?” (Kelvin)

“Well, let’s see. I recommend these.” (Receptionist)

Subjugation of 3 x blue slimes.

Harvesting of 5 x medical herbs.

Search for pet cat (Special request)

Those were the basic run-downs of the requests.

That means special requests didn’t belong to any other request type, huh?

『Master,3 how about accepting the request to subjugate 3 blue slimes? In the first place, those are ideal monsters for your summoning magic.』 (Merufina)

Un, so we were thinking the same, huh?

I want to try out the summoning magic soon, too.

Of course, somewhere where it doesn’t attract public notice.

“I would like to accept the subjugation request of the blue slimes.” (Kelvin)

“I understand. Here you go.” (Receptionist)

After receiving the request formally, I left the adventurer’s guild.

A little while later I heard that she (the receptionist) is called Angie. I will be often taken care of by her from now on.

Now then, next would be preparing my equipment. As I have no extra money to spare currently, it will be limited to weapons and recovery items.

『A wood rod it is. Although it has no physical attack power, there is a weak magic attack boost dwelling within. It will likely help you with your magic.』 (Merufina)

Most of my money was spent on this.

For the sake of today’s inn charges, off I go!

Translation Notes:

1 Yea, twice to increase the grat.i.tude I guess.

2 Translation would be inhuman, but with such a fantasy world … more like not measurable by any scale. But that is hard to put in one word, so it had to be of course… ;)

3 She calls him “anata-sama.” You could also translate it as “darling” but since she uses keigo and gives off a meek flair, I opted for master.