episode_0026

Wow!

“ Bogie! ”

“Get behind!!!”

“Fuck!^#@%!@##$!@”

The moment I opened the guild door, glass shattered beneath my feet and harsh curses rang in my ears.

If the knight hadn’t opened the door first and stood in front of me, that glass would have hit my face.

‘I almost died as soon as I entered the guild.’

I used to think that guilds were places where people lived, but I think I need to correct my thinking.

I wanted to turn around and leave right away.

“Fight! Fight!”

“Hahaha!!”

“That’s right! Hit me harder!”

When a fight breaks out, isn’t it normal for someone around you to try to stop it?

Those who appeared to be mercenaries were actually cheering and encouraging the fight, holding beer in one hand.

“What is this… .”

The knight spoke to me in confusion.

“This is what a typical guild looks like.”

It was so confusing because the outside was peaceful and there was no battlefield inside the guild. I couldn’t understand why these people were acting like this.

“Why are you all fighting like this? Blood is flying… .”

After getting hurt like that, aren’t you going to come to our temple and ask for healing?

It was a sight that made my blood pressure rise just thinking about it.

Unless it has such great self-healing power that it can instantly heal itself even after getting hit like that, that’s all our job!

‘I thought it was hard to enter the labyrinth because mercenaries came here so often!’

I can’t hide my anger when I think that maybe those wounds weren’t from entering the labyrinth, but from beating each other up.

“This is something that can be resolved through dialogue… .”

“If it had been solved in such a noble way, wouldn’t those guys have been acting as mercenaries?”

It wasn’t the knight’s voice.

When I turned my head, a female mercenary I had never seen before was looking at me with her arms crossed.

The knight stopped the female mercenary and said:

“Don’t talk to me carelessly.”

“Are you a priest? I know you are a noble person, but aren’t you being too harsh? If you’re in the guild, you have to follow the rules.”

“I’m fine, sir.”

If you came to hire mercenaries, would it be okay to treat them with contempt?

I think we should show respect first.

“Hello. My name is Arthur, a priest of the sun god.”

“… I don’t think a noble person needs to know the name of a lowly mercenary, so I’ll skip the introduction. But what are you doing in such a shabby place?”

“I would like to entrust you with a request.”

“Request… . What kind of request is it?”

“You don’t need to know that. I will, sir.”

“How rough.”

The knight continued to show his wariness, as if he didn’t like the mercenary who approached him first.

There was no reason to go against the knight’s words and talk to the mercenary, so I greeted him and followed him inside.

“May the protection of the sun god be with you.”

“You wouldn’t expect manners from someone else, right?”

“Ignore.”

I followed the knight’s instructions and went a little further inside.

The fight that had left the surroundings in shambles was already over.

There was no need to distinguish which of the two won.

Because everyone who was fighting lost consciousness and collapsed.

‘I want to tell them to figure it out on their own and not worry about it.’

But in a situation where there were so many eyes watching me, I couldn’t just ignore them and pretend not to know.

This is because maintaining the dignity of a priest was also an essential evaluation item.

“Sir, just a moment.”

“Huh? Why are you like that, surely… .”

The expression on the knight’s face hardened as he confirmed where my gaze was fixed.

“How could I, a priest, turn away when he collapsed like that?”

“There is no reason for the priest to come forward.”

“I don’t know why you fought, but you’re hurt, so I can’t ignore you. Can’t you understand?”

“Haa~”

The knight sighed and said, “Okay.”

“If I see those guys doing something weird, I’ll use force right away. You have to understand that.”

“Yes. I will listen to you then, sir.”

I was about to head to the counter when I turned back again.

If I hadn’t kept the knight behind me, I might have just pretended not to be a priest and entrusted him with the task.

When you are a knight, you should act like a priest and keep your dignity. When will you act like a priest again like this?

“Excuse me. I am a priest, so may I treat you two?”

The mercenaries who were giggling and laughing around the two mercenaries who had no place to hide due to the fight turned their gazes towards me.

“Huh? A priest? Why is a priest here?”

“I came to make a request, but it seems like there’s a patient.”

“Ugh, if I treat these kids right away, they’ll probably fight again.”

What was surprising was that the surrounding mercenaries did not welcome treating patients who had passed out while fighting.

“Why don’t we just leave them alone? The priest must feel bad for them, but they’re both sick enough to deserve that. They’ll probably fight again once they get better.”

“Are things really that bad between you two?”

“This level of relationship is normal.”

“Please tell him to go to the temple and get treatment when he wakes up, because leaving his wound untreated is bad for his health.”

“You are a priest who can communicate well.”

I accepted the offer because I had no reason to refuse it, as I wanted to save energy while maintaining my image.

“By the way, did our priest say he came to make a request?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me what it is. I’m the boss here, so it’ll be easiest for you to tell me.”

“Ah… It’s nothing special, I just came here to find a mercenary who can buy books for me.”

“This is a request that suits you perfectly, Priest. Follow me.”

I looked at the knight, wondering if I could follow the mercenary, and he nodded as if it was okay.

I was surprised to hear that he had previously forbidden her from talking to the female mercenary, but now he said it was okay.

I don’t know the difference between male and female mercenaries.

I followed the mercenary’s instructions and went inside, where there was a small table.

“Have a seat. Hey! Customer service.”

“Yes~”

A woman with short hair and red lips appears, chewing gum.

A woman wearing a short skirt and a top that revealed her cleavage sat in front of me.

“I was wondering what was going on when you suddenly asked me to receive a guest, but it turns out you’re a priest.”

The guild staff member who saw my clothes looked at me with a look of surprise.

“Can I bring anyone?”

“That’s right. Anyway, what kind of request did our priest come here to make?”

I didn’t know because it was so narrow and shabby, but I had a feeling that it might be the guild’s VIP room.

“I don’t mean to ask you to do something big… .”

“The client is a priest, so what does the request level mean? Feel free to speak.”

“I want to buy a book, but I can’t move it myself.”

“Ah~! So you want the city to buy the books for you.”

“Yes.”

“It is recommended to hire a mercenary with high credit rating for book agency purchases.”

“I heard that it was a good idea to do so.”

“Mercenaries with high credit ratings tend to have a much higher hiring cost, even if they are of the same rank.”

“How much difference will it make?”

A senior healer was wealthy enough to not have to be obsessed with money.

But since I couldn’t be a fool, I pretended to ask the guild staff a question carefully.

It was also because priests should not pretend to be too wealthy.

“I think I can handle that much. Please hire someone with high credit.”

“Please write the title and author of the book you would like to purchase on this paper. If you would like to purchase the book from a certain place, please write the location as well.”

I don’t know exactly how many books there are about Cardinal Caria, so instead of writing them down, I just told the story.

“I don’t have a specific title, but I want to buy all the books related to Cardinal Caria.”

“Ah~! In that case, the commission fee will increase a bit more.”

“Yes. By the way, I need someone to keep buying books for me until I am satisfied.”

I don’t even know when I will be satisfied.

We must continue to dig into the records related to it until we get a hint of a new treatment.

So, I also said that it would be good if someone with plenty of time took charge.

“It will take some time until the right person is found. This kind of request is not a small request.”

“Uh… Is this a very difficult request?”

“Because it is a long-term request, an additional fee is charged, and because it involves collecting data on one person, an additional fee is charged.”

“Yes.”

“How long do you think it will take?”

“The faster the better.”

“That’s also an additional fee.”

There is nothing that is not money.

As the demands increased, the amount of money I had to pay also continued to increase.

“Then… if you do the math, it comes to this amount, including the commission fee, commission deposit, and guild introduction fee.”

Although he didn’t say the amount out loud, the amount written on the paper was extremely gruesome.

I’ve heard before that the mercenary guild is known for its money, but after completing one request, I think I understand why they say that.

“And this is the commission success fee. Since we want you to continue to investigate, you must be aware that additional fees will continue to be added. Do you agree?”

“Yes, I agree.”

The employee asked me to wait for a moment, then came back after quickly filling out a form.

“Please read the documents and sign them.”

I signed the document after reading it completely.

And he handed over the bag of money he had brought.

“You can give it to me later, but thank you.”

“Please take care of me.”

Even if you pay a lot of money to hire a mercenary, if you don’t get a good one, you could end up wasting your time.

“Don’t worry about the request. We are responsible for the lives of our mercenaries, so the guild won’t hire just anyone and give them to you.”

The mercenary who had been sitting still while I accepted the request eased my concerns.

“Yes. I’ll be waiting for you to introduce me to a good person.”

Every time I receive this kind of treatment, I feel comforted that my choices as a child were not wrong.

If I had chosen a different profession, I would never have received this kind of treatment from the guild.

It was a treatment that was possible because I was a priest.

In the past, I felt proud of the position I had worked so hard to achieve.

‘I don’t have a priest healer for this taste.’

I barely managed to calm the corners of my lips from twitching and got up from my seat.