episode_0084

“Nice to meet you, Baron Youngsik Ain Frostgarm.”

The Imperial Mansion of the Marquis of Jude, with soft but slightly fast and lively music playing.

Aristocrats of various positions come together and actively engage in political activities under the name of a ball.

And a female ferret greets me with an incredibly serious face in front of me.

“My name is Juniki Fairwild, and I am the head of the Fairwild Mercenary and Adventurer Guild Management and Support Office, also known as the Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild.”

A female ferret with pure white fur and black fur around her eyes hands me a business card in a nervous voice.

“…This is Ain Frostgarm. What brings me here…?”

“I came in secretly… Ahem, I came here because they said it was a nice place.”

If you came looking for me, you must have sneaked in.

I took the business card and put it in my pocket, thinking for a moment.

I am also familiar with the Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild. This is because in Academy Story 2, the guild that the player belongs to when focusing on external activities (adventuring, dungeon exploration, commissions, etc.) is the Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild.

This guild is located in Hegemonia, a city with an academy, but it is a small guild that is barely hanging on, being overshadowed by several large-scale adventurer guilds.

However, such large guilds do not accept academy students as guild members for safety reasons, and academy students do not necessarily do the menial work of adventurers or mercenaries, so the only guild that players can join if they wish is the Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild.

“Hello, Mr. Fairwild. What do you want from me…?”

In response to my question, Zucchini still looked tense as she continued to ramble on about how she was impressed by Tri-Conflict and heard that you had even attempted a mock dungeon. If you are interested in outside activities, please join the Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild.

“Okay, I’ll join.”

“Sign up, uh, yeah… huh?!”

I accept the guild membership without a second thought. Juniki’s expression became that of a fool.

Because, as Juniki said, I was interested in activities outside of the academy.

I won’t neglect the academy and just wander around outside, but I won’t be stuck in the academy and just study either.

Because there are quite a few items in Academy Story 2 that are convenient to have or that are at the level of ‘Why wouldn’t I use such a good item in such an easy difficulty dungeon?’

“Well, then! I brought the application form…”

Juniki fumbles around and takes out a piece of paper from his small side bag.

Meanwhile, a group of females who found me talking to Juniki gathered around us in groups of three or five.

“What? What’s going on?”

“What contract? What did you buy, Ain?”

Hoyo shows curiosity, and Lulu looks closely at the membership application form that Juniki took out.

“Yes, Adventurer’s Guild membership application form.”

“Adventurer’s Guild? Doesn’t the Adventurer’s Guild not accept Academy students?”

At the end of the night, Ion and Bandi nodded.

“Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild? I’ve never heard of it before.”

“Me too.”

The females tilted their heads in confusion. It was understandable, considering the small adventurer’s guild. But surprisingly, Ion seemed to know.

“Ah, this guy is Juniki Fairwild. I know he used to be a fairly famous mercenary and adventurer from the Lionheart Adventurer’s Guild. I heard he left the guild and opened a new office.”

“That’s right!”

“Oh, but Juniki Fairwild wasn’t on the invitation list…”

As Bandi tilted his head, Juniki began to sweat profusely, and Lulu and Elfin’s expressions crumpled.

“Then you came in secretly without being invited…?”

“How rude.”

“That, that, that, that…!!”

When Juniki was embarrassed and tried to defend himself, I stood in front of them.

“Haha, it’s okay. I’ll do what I invited you to do. I’m also interested in the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“…”

Lulu and Elfin still looked displeased with my defense, but they didn’t say anything to Juniki anymore.

“, thank you! Ain Youngshik! ”

I write my name and sign on the application form for the Fairwild Guild that Juniki hands me after defending me like that.

“Thank you so much! Ain Youngshik. I won’t force you to do any activities… That…”

“Are you saying you want to use me for marketing? That’s fine.”

I readily nod to Juniki’s cautious words. There is a reason why it is easy to allow people to use the name as they wish.

Unfortunately, the Fairwild Guild will not grow unless players directly participate in guild activities.

Conversely, if a player sets an external activity as a goal for the turn, the Fairwild Guild will also grow along with it.

The production company may have made this and that for the purpose of making the game fun to play without thinking, but surprisingly, there were many people who found greater enjoyment in growing the Fairwild Guild than in the Academy.

That’s why there’s so much content, from small mods related to the Fairwild Guild to large mods that shake up the very foundations of the game.

So far, things that you would expect to see in large-scale mode have been found all over the Academy, so Fairwild Guild content will be plentiful.

“…It looks fun.”

The one who showed the most interest in my actions was Ion. It couldn’t be otherwise, because Ion was more interested in wandering knights who went on adventures with commoners than in territorial knights belonging to the Knights Templar.

“Are there any more applicants, Guild Master?”

Juniki, who was so surprised by Ion’s unexpected words that he almost jumped (he actually jumped), hurriedly took out a few more application forms.

“There are a lot of applicants who want to join!”

Ion, who received the letter of hope from her, writes his name and signature in a cheerful handwriting.

“I thought about it, but the people you’re interested in or involved with are pretty interesting. And, putting your name on the Adventurer’s Guild means you’re interested in activities outside of the Academy. It’ll be easier to move around if you’re in the same guild.”

In fact, if Ion, the only daughter of the Moratium Dukes, were to make a move, it would be difficult to stop even a guild that is incomparable to the Fairwild Guild, but Ion’s opinion is quite reasonable.

“Mo… The Duke of Moratium is in our group…”

Juniki mutters with a dreamy expression on his face.

“Really? Then me too!”

Hoyodo quickly became interested in Ion’s actions. It’s probably an extremely simple action with the thought that “I joined -> Ion joined -> I’ll join too”, but I’m happy about it. Because I really need their help when I do external activities.

“Oh my, are you talking about Countess Iron Foxtrot?”

“Yeah, since Ain and Ion have joined, I should join too.”

“Oh, I see!”

Even though Lulu didn’t plan on joining, Hoyo persuaded her and she pretended not to give in and joined.

“Us too?”

“Of course! Isn’t the Adventurer’s Guild full of people who know how to fight? My mom said that.”

Hoyo also encourages Night and Bandi to join. The reason is very simple. ‘The Miscellaneous Book Study Group is always together’ or something like that.

“That’s true, but what can I do… Well, I guess I’d like to have a group of males with me. Is that okay, Guild Master?”

“Oh, yes! Who in the world would say anything bad about the Duke of Knight Sustained? Welcome! ”

That night, too, Bandi was writing a letter of intent and seemed to be calculating something closely.

“Hmm… promotional effect… deal… development potential… ah…”

Then he came up with a rather bold move.

“Elfin, do you want to join?”

“Me? I don’t think it’s good to join easily outside of the Imperial Family and individual groups…”

Elfin answered like that, but at Bandi’s gesture, he bent down slightly so that she could whisper.

“… …I see… That’s okay.”

I don’t know what Bandi did to convince him, but Elfin nodded several times after hearing her explanation and signed his name on the application form.

“My name has been put on the list, so be careful not to act rashly and bring shame on the royal family, Guild Master.”

“Yes, deposit!!”

Juniki answered like that, feeling very nervous at Elfin’s subtle expression and remark.

Eventually, all of us joined the Fairwild Adventurer’s Guild, and Juniki was about to jump for joy… when Bandi said, “Would you like to talk to me alone for a moment?” and with a look of doubt and tension on his face, he followed Bandi and disappeared somewhere.

“I didn’t know Elfin would join.”

“I thought Bandi’s opinion was plausible.”

“If that’s what you think, then I won’t ask.”

“It’s nothing special.”

After a while, Juniki disappeared and Bandiman came back again.

“Who is the guild master?”

“I sent it. There’s a lot to do.”

Bandi smiled brightly. Judging from the fact that she said she had a lot to do, it seems she had fully demonstrated her commercial talents.

“I did some calculations here and there and I think it would be good to try my hand at this industry. It’s a bit impulsive, but I’ve also set long-term goals.”

“Long-term goals?”

Bandi smiled slightly at my question mixed with doubt.

“It’s also connected to the North, your hometown. Mercenaries and adventurers are reluctant to go to the North, so I thought it might be of some help to your family if you made good use of it.”

Even though we haven’t known each other for that long, seeing that he’s able to come up with this, I can feel once again that he’s no ordinary student, as if he’s proof that Bandido Academy is a student.

“Okay, so who wants to dance with Ain first?”

As the orchestra’s performance grew more exciting, Lulu lightly let out a sigh.