episode_0007

The next morning, I naturally woke up and prepared to move to the village.

First, I woke up Lily, who was still deeply asleep due to my sleep magic, and led her outside the cave while she was still half-asleep.

She seemed clueless about what had happened to her body last night, but on our way back to the village, she kept tapping and prodding her chest and buttocks as if she felt some changes in her body.

“Look forward to it, you’ll grow even more from now on. Lily, I will modify your body according to my taste…”

Putting aside thoughts of how to train Lily, I finally entered the village with her.

“Oh, you must be adventurers. Please come in.”

An old gatekeeper greeted us.

Lily’s hometown was a peaceful village located at the edge of the Rayfen Kingdom, where there were few people and not much influence from monsters, dungeons, or great palaces.

Despite this, the Adventurer’s Guild was right in the center of the village. After the discovery of the great palace, adventurer guilds were inevitably built in all villages, except for the Elven Kingdom.

After successfully collecting herbs, Lily went to report to the receptionist at the guild, and I approached a seemingly idle receptionist to go through the adventurer registration process.

But then, I heard some rather unpleasant remarks from behind.

“Hey, looks like a cute lady has just arrived here? What’s someone like her doing in this remote place?”

“Haha, yeah. Judging by her clothes, she must be some kind of noble from the outskirts, but there’s really nothing for her to do here~”

Clearly, an annoying and arrogant group directed snide remarks at me. Seeing that no one around was intervening, they seemed to be the toughest ones around here.

Nevertheless, I continued with the adventurer registration at the guild.

“Hello, I’m here today to register as an adventurer.”

“Ah, I see. If you place your hand on the modification bead here, the status window will appear, recording personal information. Please raise your hand.”

“Oh, okay.”

For now, my status window has been changed from a deceitful skill to human Annya Ford, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

The receptionist scribbled something roughly on the modification bead and said to me, “Annya Ford, I see you’re wearing a robe. Are you in the magician profession?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

As soon as I mentioned being a magician, I heard an unpleasant sound coming from behind me again.

“Hmph, a magician? Just someone who puts on a fancy robe at home and comes out to show off.”

“This isn’t a child’s play area~ This is where we come to make money.”

I glared at them with disdain, but all that came back was dismissive language. They just see me as a joke.

The receptionist simply sighed and tried to dissuade me, “Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. Those people are the highest-ranked ones here. I can’t even move a muscle. Besides, they haven’t done nothing, so we can’t strip them of their adventurer qualifications.”

“Oh, I see. But hasn’t their trust score been affected in these matters?”

The trust score indicates how reliable an adventurer is, whether they commit crimes or not. The lower the trust score, the harder it is for the adventurer to find parties or quests.

“Ugh… that’s also a problem… Even though they go around here dealing with demons and such, they still engage in looting… It’s a frustrating situation where we can’t just expel them.”

I just looked at them with pitiful eyes. They’re grown men and they’re doing this kind of thing. They’re complete trash.

Suddenly, Lilly approached me and said, “Annya… those people are the strongest ones here…”

“Hey, Lilly! Do you know that noble person over there?”

“Kiki, other than being that kind of person, are you just a village prostitute? You’re just jumping around because you barely awakened a skill! Kikikiki”

“…”

Unable to hold back my anger, I approached them.

“You…! Aren’t you supposed to take the certification exam…!”

Ignoring the receptionist’s call, I walked over.

Finally reaching the group, I was still being mocked by them.

“Oh dear, noble lady. How come you’ve graced us with your presence here?”

“Kiki, are you trying to start a fight with us?”

“…”

The receptionists behind me, Lily, and the other adventurers inside the guild building all turned to look at me.

I emitted magical power to overwhelm them.

*****

[Owned Skills]

Legendary – Overwhelm LvMAX: Sends out a wave of magical power within a specific range, immobilizing the opponent for a few seconds.

*****

“Cough, cough!”

“Ugh! Ugh!”

The group hit head-on by my overwhelming skill struggled to breathe and collapsed to the ground.

Approaching them, I pressed firmly on the ankle of the one who seemed to be their leader and spoke.

-Squish

“Aaah! My ankle! My ankle!”

“Listen carefully.”

Speaking in a serious and low voice, I threatened them.

“If you so much as touch Lily, that day will be your doomsday. Got it?”

“Sob! Yes, yes! We understand! Please, my ankle…”

“Ankle? Oh, this?”

-Crunch

“Aaaahhh!!!!”

I crushed their ankle underfoot.

That’s what happens when you mess with someone. Where is my faithful succubus queen sitting and mocking someone?

Grabbing the ankle, I left those thugs writhing on the ground and returned to the receptionist.

“So, about the certification exam?”

“…Ah. Ah! Right this way…”

The receptionist, looking flustered, finally regained composure and led me down the corridor.

“Hello… You’re definitely not a boxer or a detective, right?”

“Huh? No? I’m a magician, you know?”

“You easily overwhelmed the rough group like that…”

“Oh, that’s because my brothers raised me tough. This is a piece of cake.”

“Oh, ahahaha…”

The receptionist looked at me as if something was fascinating.

Well, there’s probably no one around here who can beat me with physical strength.

After walking for dozens of minutes with Lily, we arrived at a wide testing ground.

According to the receptionist, the grade is determined by hitting a certain number of targets.

Of course, it’s not just about the quantity. Various factors such as casting time, speed, and accuracy are measured.

Rather than showing off my full power, I intentionally hit about 7 out of 20 targets that were flying towards me. I even deliberately missed some.

I thought I might not get the same grade…

“Congratulations! Anya, you’re starting directly with a silver grade! It’s the first in our village!”

Huh? Wha-what? I intentionally only vaguely hit 7 out of 20, but I got a silver grade???

Wait, then if you hit all 20, can’t you immediately become platinum?

What’s this absurd testing system?

Give me back my life starting from scratch in this otherworldly world.

Of course, it’s not something to say from the perspective of someone with fraudulent abilities, but still, I want to try gathering herbs, running errands, and even dealing with low-level monsters!

Restore my sensibilities!

Before I could complain, Lily said to me,

“Anya, since it’s your first time as an adventurer, how about starting with simple quests together with me?”

Lily, you’re my savior. Of course, we should do it together!

To prevent favoritism, adventurers of a certain grade or higher are generally not allowed to take quests below their grade, but it’s possible when working with other adventurers! Thank you, Lily!

“Okay, Lily! Since it’s my first time as a real adventurer, let’s climb up from the bottom together!”

“Great! But do you have a place to stay?”

Hmm, come to think of it, I don’t.

Staying at an inn requires money, and I don’t have any right now.

So, there’s only one option in the end!

“If there’s nowhere else… How about staying at my place for a while, Anya?”

Nice!! I knew I could count on Anya!

“Of course, that’s great! I’d be really grateful if you did that!”

“Okay, Anya! Then let’s go to my house together!”

That’s how it was decided that I would stay at Lily and Louis’s house, but I was so excited that I didn’t notice the wicked plan being whispered from behind.

“So, what should we do with that girl who broke her ankle and Lily?”

“They’re staying together. At night, we’ll throw a sedative through the window. When the vial breaks and the sedative spreads, those two will go into heat.”

“And then?”

“Well, what else. It’s obvious. Hehe.

It’s our cute girls’ education time. Hehehe.”