episode_0005

Honestly, if you look at my career, it wasn’t much.

Those who graduated from the Adventurer Academy are the same for all adventurers, unless they are truly old, senior adventurers.

The academy’s internal grades were also mediocre.

The only thing that stands out is that the written test always ranks at the top.

Although his abilities as an alchemist were notable, he was not much of a student.

Well… the Adventurer Academy literally focuses on exploring unexplored areas and dungeons, defeating monsters, and completing requests as an adventurer.

The alchemy section wasn’t really that important.

Since there is a large alchemist guild anyway, there is no reason for them to become adventurers.

At best, it’s a relationship of supplying and receiving consumables?

Anyway, Edin wasn’t a particularly outstanding student even when he was at the academy.

And the same goes for after graduation.

It is quite interesting that he was a party member of the warrior Claude, but his individual skills and performance are not that notable.

‘But if Lunarin said that…’

Lunarin is quite selective about people.

It’s not that I have a bad personality or that I’m arrogant or anything like that.

The standard for truly competent and talented people is very high.

To the extent that I think he deserves respect, he has to be at the level of Mureos, one of the top five wizards on the entire continent.

“You mean this guy is that amazing?”

If so, it might be fun to watch, Mureos thought.

‘Well, the results will come out during the test anyway.’

The test to select the next general store owner is in two days.

At that time, it will be revealed whether Lunarin was blindsided or whether what she said was true.

“Let’s go outside for the first time in a while.”

She smiled and said to her secretary.

“Set a schedule for 10 a.m. two days later. About 3 hours.”

“Yes? Um… I have a meeting with the teachers at that time.”

“It goes on just fine without me anyway.”

“Ha, but…”

The secretary looked at the schedule and at Mureos’ face in confusion.

But she didn’t react and just smiled quietly and looked at the secretary.

“Ha… I understand.”

The secretary, who realized from long experience that no matter what he said, there was no intention to change anything, sighed and began to revise the schedule.

#

“The test will be held here in two days.”

After filling out and submitting the application form, the security guard handed me a piece of paper with a location written on it.

“……”

A familiar place was written there.

Adventurer’s Guild Preta Branch.

To be exact, it was a multi-purpose room on the third floor inside the Preta branch.

‘You can see it from inside the Adventurer’s Guild building.’

It seems that you cannot enter the academy unless you are a faculty member or a student.

After all, the guild building is a place where hundreds and thousands of outsiders come and go every day, so it’s okay even if someone approaches with a bad purpose.

Among the judges, there will be people who use magic to detect lies, so those with evil intentions can be filtered out before they enter the academy.

Even if those who are filtered out run wild, the Preta branch is called the headquarters of the adventurer guild.

It is a place where countless adventurers visit every day.

Unless it was an S-rank adventurer level monster, it would be possible to suppress it in an instant.

Well, anyway, how many applicants will there be?

There must be many people who are much greater than me, right?

Basically, they are recruiting people who know how to do alchemy and can run a store, so there will be a lot of skilled alchemists gathered.

An alchemist is a profession that creates potions and various synthetic products.

Naturally, most of them have experience delivering things they made to general stores or selling them directly.

But I have never sold anything I made myself.

Since I was only making things to use while traveling with Claude, I didn’t really think about selling them until now.

It might even be sold in the first place.

The ones that cost a few bronze each at a general store were definitely less effective than the ones I made, so wouldn’t they be able to sell them for quite a bit more?

Still, I don’t think the quality is bad.

Yes, Lunalin also told me that I was talented.

If you fail the test, don’t be discouraged. Make a potion and sell it.

Since I’m a C-rank adventurer, I run and collect herbs while doing quests that I can do alone… and make potions with them.

If I make money like that, wouldn’t I be able to achieve my goal of opening my own store someday?

“Again, again. Were you thinking about what you would do if you fell?”

At that time, a familiar voice was heard from behind again.

“Huh! Hello, Lunarin Brettis.”

“Yes, you are having a hard time. Security guards.”

The security guards, who discovered her identity faster than me, tensed up and greeted her.

When I turned around, I saw Lunarin, a beautiful woman dressed in an outfit that made it hard to know where to put my eyes.

“How did you know?”

Are you using mind-reading skills, or has he already used his mind-reading magic on me?

How did they know I was thinking about what to do after failing the test?

“That was exactly the look on his face. An expression of low self-esteem.”

“……”

Hmm, you had that kind of expression on your face?

Thinking about failure every time.

It is a good but bad habit.

Adventurers must always prepare for failure.

That’s why I only think about my failure every time, and I think of that as a prerequisite.

He is the complete opposite of Claude, who always thinks only about his own success.

In fact, because Claude did that, I may have started thinking about failure even more.

…Okay, because I’m no longer an adventurer and I’m no longer part of Claude’s party.

There is no need to only think about failure like before.

Lunarin believed in me and pushed me.

I think it’s for the sake of her who believed in me that I think I’ll work hard and succeed.

“Sorry. I will do my best to pass.”

“Okay, but don’t try too hard. Because it could cause chaos.”

“…?”

She giggles while saying that.

I’m not sure what that means.

Is it like a joke of her own?

I don’t know, but I thought he was a very pretty person, even with that funny smiling face.

The security guards seemed to do the same, staring blankly at her with red faces.

#

“Is it okay?”

“Huh? What?”

A pretty female priest with short golden hair wearing a white robe, a symbol of purity.

Sophia, an A-rank adventurer with the nickname White Angel, asked Claude in a worried voice.

“Mr. Edin. Because I was suddenly cut from the party…”

What he was worried about was none other than Edin, who they had kicked out of the party yesterday.

“Ha, Sophia. Why are we worried about him? He’s the one who caused us trouble in the first place.”

Claude, who saw Sophia’s worried expression, smiled and said as if he was dumbfounded.

He truly thought so.

Edin is an obstacle to the party and a burden that only causes inconvenience.

“Okay, I guess I can live with it. Why are we worried?”

The same goes for Mary.

Edin, who was born as a commoner and did not change his status to become a warrior like Claude, was regarded as an insignificant being.

Of course, Sophia wasn’t truly worried about Edin either.

‘The way I am even worried about such an idiot, ah~ I am so kind. ‘Maybe I’m a saint?’

I was just intoxicated with myself pretending to be nice.

“But… at least give me money so I don’t starve when I go out…”

When Sophia tried to pretend to be nice and hypocritical again, Claude’s expression suddenly hardened.

“Hey. Stop it. Is that bastard important now?”

“…ugh.”

Claude frowned and glared at Sophia, as if he was annoyed that Edin’s name kept coming up.

This woman belongs to herself.

He felt bad when the woman he owned kept saying things about worrying about other men.

Even an old friend that he abandoned because he was useless.

He was in an even worse mood.

In the end, Sophia remembered once again that hypocrisy should be moderately low, and quietly kept her mouth shut.

“What is more important than that is the request. This is our party’s first A-rank request.”

Claude seemed to feel a little better when Sophia closed her mouth as he commanded, and he smiled again and started talking about the future.

This is the A rank request I received this time.

‘Clamp’, a village belonging to the territory of the capital city of Preta.

Since the territory of the capital itself was so large, even though it was a part of the village, it was a full day’s walk to the northwest.

Of course, since it was a distance that could be covered in three or four hours by carriage, they were traveling by carriage.

The content of the request is that a wyvern has recently settled in the ‘Valley of Twilight’, which is some distance away from the village.

I asked the imperial family for help, but it took a long time for them to go through various procedures to receive and resolve complaints.

So it seemed like a request was made to the Adventurer’s Guild.

A-rank monster Wyvern.

A monster that flies in the sky and tears apart enemies with powerful jaws and claws that can tear even steel apart.

Just looking at the object alone is so strong that it receives an A-rank difficulty rating.

However, if 15 of these things built a nest and created a colony, two teams of A-rank adventurers… about 7 to 8 people were needed.

However, Claude received the request with only his own party.

A fairly risky choice for a first-time A-rank request.

There were several other A-rank requests, but he deliberately chose this one.

‘So far, I’ve been working with the party and handling various things, so this is my first A-rank request in a few months.’

I deliberately prepared thoroughly.

After becoming an A-rank adventurer, I did not receive A-rank requests for about 3 months, but prepared by finding a party and getting together.

Even Edin, who was an obstacle in the middle, was eliminated.

In order to live up to the title of hero, I wanted to make my first A-rank request a success, even though it was a very difficult request.

‘Then my path to success will open faster.’

From the first A-rank request, two A-rank party teams can complete the required level of request?

Then, of course, the guild will recognize him even more, and he can become an S-rank adventurer more quickly.

‘My goal is not just to become a hero or an S-rank adventurer. The world’s strongest! The only one! In order to do that, we need to get through this intermediate process quickly.’

He had bigger ambitions.

That’s why I thought it wouldn’t work if I couldn’t achieve this level.

The Adventurer’s Guild also believed in him and did not stop him.

He is not an ordinary A-rank adventurer, but a strong man who has received the title of hero.

In fact, the ability itself is comparable to that of an S-rank adventurer, and as long as you accumulate enough experience and performance, you can be promoted to S-rank at any time.

That’s why I trusted him and left it to him.

His party members, Fiery Mary and White Angel Sophia, also have some bad reviews, but their skills as A-rank adventurers are clear.

…Claude’s arrogance and the adventurer’s guild’s complacency would lead to unfortunate results.

No one had thought of it yet.