episode_0046

Upon confirming that Eshilly had opened her eyes, I immediately got up and approached her.

“Oh, um… I’m sorry. I dozed off for a moment…”

“Oh, it’s okay. Well, I doze off occasionally too.”

It really didn’t matter.

Ever since I found out how busy Eshilly was, I didn’t feel like saying anything.

In fact, I felt like I wanted to take care of her even more.

With that thought in mind, I brought up the main topic.

“So, I came to try to get promoted to the Gold Rank, have all the achievements been fulfilled?”

Although the achievements were greatly fulfilled after capturing the one-eyed bandits last time, it was still possible that something unexpected had happened.

It wouldn’t hurt to ask.

“Um… just a moment.”

Eshilly brought some documents from around her, rummaged through them for a moment, and soon laughed as she spoke.

“The achievements are lacking!”

“What?”

The achievements were lacking.

I felt a bit dizzy.

I had thought everything was fulfilled, and I had been avoiding that chaos all this time.

It was embarrassing to think about my actions so far, stirring up trouble at the guild and even spending money at the Harang Hotel to ask about the Gold Rank.

Lost in disappointment, Eshilly chuckled and said, “Don’t be too disappointed. If you succeed in one major mission, you can be promoted to the Gold Rank.”

“A major mission?”

“Yes. Since your achievements are still lacking… if there’s just a little left, I can promote you at my discretion. Um, haha…”

In essence, the point of her words was this.

It’s difficult to promote you to the Gold Rank even if you use the authority of an adventurer guild receptionist because you haven’t accumulated enough achievements.

Honestly, I had considered the possibility, but it was a bit disorienting.

Not just a little left, but I had to solve a major mission.

It seemed like I would have to carry money with me for a while.

“Ah… I understand…”

As I was about to leave the adventurer guild in disappointment, Eshilly called out to me from behind.

“Yujin! There’s a fairly major request that has come in, would you like to do it? If you do this, you might be able to get promoted.”

“Really?”

I was a bit surprised.

To offer a request like this right away.

That’s why I decided to just listen to the request.

If the request seemed strange, I would reject it immediately.

“Yes!”

“Could you tell me what the request is about? I think I need to hear that before making a decision.”

In the past, I would have accepted it right away, but now I had a little bit of time.

It meant I could listen to the request and decide whether to accept it or not.

If it seemed too risky, I could just not take the request.

“This time, Kurontoom is looking for an adventurer with a large-scale firepower killing technique. They plan to completely wipe out the remnants of monsters this time.”

“Hmm… just a moment.”

Kurontoom.

There were people who were specifically asked about Kurontoom.

So I opened the gallery.

I could search for it, but there was no need to search.

There were people who would answer immediately if I asked about Kurontoom.

It was convenient to think of it as Namuwiki.

With that in mind, I wrote a post.

[Author: RealTrash]

[Title: What happens if you urinate in Kurontoom? Urgent]

[Content: How’s the situation in Kurontoom these days? Please explain in detail.]

After writing the post, I asked Eshilly for a moment of patience.

“Just a moment. I need to think.”

“Oh, sure.”

I pretended to sit at a random table and checked the gallery while pretending to think.

I decided to check one post before enough comments were made.

[Author: DieIllegally]

[Title: Looking for knights to come to the battlefield (1/9999)]

L: If you just tank, I’ll buff you up. Only adventurers of Gold rank or higher, let’s go.

ㄴ: The conditions are so strict, lol.

ㄴ: What’s so tough about being Gold rank, lol.

ㄴ: If you’re Gold rank, that’s tough. Some people don’t know anything about the world.

L: Who even came up with the name Gold rank, lol.

ㄴIllegalDeath: Of course, you should be Gold rank, lol.

ㄴIllegalDeath: At least you should be Gold rank to tank properly.

L: Is this for real? I’m curious.

ㄴIllegalDeath: Yeah.

ㄴIllegalDeath: It’s real.

L: This announcement is so aggressive, it’s like a call to arms, lol.

L: They should have just called it Platinum rank, lol.

ㄴIllegalDeath: I was going to write it like that, but it seemed too aggressive.

ㄴIllegalDeath: So I just went with Gold rank, lol.

“..I can’t even apply.”

You can only apply if you’re Gold rank or higher.

Ignoring the Silver rank was no different.

But there was nothing I could do.

Just strive to reach Gold rank.

With that thought in mind, I checked the comments on the post I had written.

[Author: This is really annoying.]

[Title: What happens if you urinate in public in Kultoon? Urgent]

[Content: Kultoon’s current situation is good, but more details would be helpful.]

L: I heard Kultoon’s situation is good these days.

ㄴ: Yeah, it’s pretty good.

ㄴ: How good is it then?

ㄴ: Just good.

L: It doesn’t seem that good, lol.

ㄴ: Oh no.

ㄴ: They said it was good above…

L: Damn, the title is so clickbaity.

L: So I posted a picture of public urination.

ㄴ: This is really controversial, lol.

ㄴKutlu: Why does everything have to be controversial?

ㄴ: But most of the time, there’s controversy if there’s a problem, right?

I started to feel a bit anxious.

Because I hadn’t seen the comments I was looking for yet.

So I slowly checked the comments below.

LPerus: Kultoon is a bit chaotic these days because of the Necromancer, but overall it’s fine.

ㄴPerus: It’s just the right amount of chaos. Similar to other cities.

ㄴPerus: So the conclusion is that it should be fine to visit, do you have any plans to go?

Perus seemed to be strangely hopeful about me.

After all, the more combat power, the better.

With that thought in mind, I left a comment.

Since Perus always leaves kind comments for me, it seemed right to reciprocate with kindness.

ㄴThisIsReallyAnnoying: Oh, I don’t have any plans to go.

ㄴThisIsReallyAnnoying: I have things to do as well.

Even though Perus guaranteed that the atmosphere in Kultoon wasn’t bad, I did consider going, but there was no need to inform others about it.

It’s better to keep my identity hidden.

Revealing my identity unnecessarily could lead to threats in reality.

Of course, I was exposed to someone I didn’t know last time… but it seemed like hardly anyone knew yet.

With that thought in mind, I approached Esilly and spoke.

“So I’ll accept that request. Do I go alone this time?”

“Oh, yes. I think you should go alone this time. There are already many adventurers over there.”

“Then I’ll come by tomorrow morning, so please prepare the relevant materials. I’ll look at them before I go.”

“Okay.”

I haven’t asked Esilly for much, but this time, going to a different place seemed to require some materials.

So I asked Esilly for the materials.

I was a little grateful to Esilly, who always helped me.

As a receptionist, she didn’t have to go this far.

Feeling thankful, I said goodbye and left the adventurer guild.

Squeak-

Now, I walked home, hearing the familiar sound of the adventurer guild’s door opening.

“Oh.”

That’s right.

I decided to buy Tanghulu.

I almost forgot about it.

While I was thinking about it, I immediately went to the Tanghulu shop and bought one.

The flavor was Trillolos flavor.

I hadn’t tried it before, but it looked delicious, so I ordered one and headed home.

“Mmm, not bad.”

Fortunately, my house was safe.

I was worried that someone might have broken in.

Feeling relieved, I opened the door and went inside, only to be greeted by a mouse.

Squeak!

I’m not particularly fond of mice, so I just greeted it briefly.

Basil was carrying it, so it was just following along.

After exchanging greetings, I went downstairs.

Knock knock.

As I knocked on the door, a cautious voice came from inside, and a woman with black hair peeked out.

“Hello.”

“Oh, did you have something to eat?”

“I haven’t eaten anything yet.”

“Then please have this.”

With that, she handed me the Tanghulu she had in her hand.

“Thank you. To eat this every day… it’s truly touching.”

“Oh, it’s nothing… you’re taking care of the house.”

Basil could be considered as doing her part just by guarding the house when I’m not around.

With that thought in mind, I handed her the Tanghulu and went back upstairs.

I was starting to feel tired.

I was also feeling sleepy.

So, I set up alarm magic and a barrier around me before going to sleep.

It’s not that I don’t trust Basil, but… there’s always a chance of the unknown.

That’s why I was taking precautions.

With that thought, I fell asleep.