episode_0061

After the calamity caused by the appearance of a variant Mandragora was resolved in Kubele.

The atmosphere in the center of Kubele was in complete disarray due to its aftermath.

Several buildings were completely engulfed in flames, and while there were no fatalities, there were numerous injuries.

It was said that all the injured individuals had repeatedly received blows to the abdomen from the Mandragoras.

But most shocking of all was the fact that even the guild building had suffered fire damage.

Naturally, all the piles of documents stored in the guild were burnt to ashes, and the feared incident had come to pass.

Guild operations were completely paralyzed, and adventurers who were based in Kubele found it difficult to continue their activities.

It was a bitter situation.

I decided to observe the situation for the time being.

Kubele was like a second home to me.

Moreover, all my close acquaintances were here.

Filstone was found at the Kubele Refinery, unconscious with his face buried in the debris he had poured out.

He must have fallen victim to those variant Mandragoras who grabbed him by the hair and relentlessly targeted his abdomen.

I imagine him being punched by the Mandragoras until he lost consciousness, despite being immune to magical attacks.

Well, he brought it upon himself.

Afterward, news of the situation at the Kubele Guild quickly spread to the capital, and Filstone was arrested and taken into custody for his role in the incident.

Regardless of his intentions, the fact remains that he raised monsters and set them loose in the village, so his crime is far from light.

Naturally, he was stripped of his guild master position along with the arrest.

And word came that a new guild master sent from the capital was on their way to Kubele.

***

A few days later, upon hearing that the new guild master had finally arrived, I decided to visit the guild as well.

The guild building was still under repair, with one side of the wall only covered with a tarp to block the wind, and there were traces of scorch marks everywhere.

The guild’s document warehouse, where various documents were once stored under Filstone’s orders, was completely destroyed and gone.

Considering how tightly packed the documents were inside the building, I wonder how well they burned.

Hopefully, the new guild master will be somewhat normal.

In addition to myself, there were several other adventurers who had come to see the new master at the guild.

Adventurers who came to receive temporary documents for transferring, or those who hadn’t received their quest completion rewards due to the guild burning down, and so on.

Most of the adventurers present had business with the guild.

“Welcome. I am Algote, the new guild master of the Kubele Adventurer Guild starting today.”

After briefly introducing herself to the receptionist and the adventurers, the new guild master Algote surprisingly turned out to be a woman.

She was petite and looked quite young.

However, she had a fairly strong presence in her face compared to her appearance.

With curly blonde hair and a red hairpin, she wore a typical adventurer’s attire with two small swords strapped to her waist.

“Algote, the new master of the Kubele Adventurer Guild, was a female adventurer with a Gold rank qualification active in the capital city Pifnel.

She was hailed as a genius from a young age, once serving as a temporary fencing instructor for the knights, and had a six-month mercenary experience in the northern city of Arunhem.”

She was indeed an active adventurer.

Despite her small stature, she had a charisma in her gaze that captivated people’s attention.

She was someone to look forward to in many ways.

“I have assessed the situation in Kubele. Due to numerous issues in the guild’s previous operations, I will focus on restoring the guild to normal as quickly as possible. Starting today, I will issue transfer documents through the reception desk at the guild. And I will omit the various complex procedures and required documents that were previously in place. Oh, and be sure to have your adventurer badge with you.”

Algote addressed the adventurers.

“Until the normal business operations are restored, the existing tasks will be temporarily suspended. The reception area is divided into three sections: here is where simple documents are issued, here is where unpaid commission fees are settled, and here is where I will personally provide consultations. If you have the commission form, I will handle the settlement for you.”

On the spot, Algot arranged the receptionists, including Tina, at each temporary reception area.

Adventurers with urgent matters lined up in front of the reception area.

Wow, a guild master who really works properly.

Even Tina, who was a receptionist, had not shown up for work to the point where she hadn’t even seen her face.

I sat in the waiting area, observing the changed situation of the guild with interest.

“The processing has become incredibly fast…”

Tina quickly stamped the transfer declaration requested by the adventurer and handed it over.

Although it was called a transfer declaration, it was essentially just stamping the paper with the Kubele Guild seal.

There were no more complicated processes of signing and confirming as before.

Since she was originally a master at document processing, the work was streamlined, and she moved like a machine.

The reception area handling unpaid fees also seemed to be processing tasks quickly.

Previously, whenever something needed to be done in the guild, several documents would pop up, and multiple signatures were required.

But with the simplified process, all of those things had disappeared.

I also stood in line to consult directly with Guild Master Algot.

Although the records were probably burned down now, there was an issue I wanted to confirm.

“Hello, first of all, congratulations on becoming the master. I am Silver-ranked Unoah active in Kubele.”

“Yes, what seems to be the problem?”

As soon as I stood in front of him, Algot asked straightforwardly.

I explained to her in detail about the incidents that had occurred before.

The demon subjugation force led by Milaia.

Falling into a hole in the Horn Canyon, being declared dead instead of missing, and having the adventurer record erased.

Using the adventurer registration system to restore my adventurer rank.

After listening carefully to my words, Algot immediately gave me an answer.

“Since all of the guild’s previous records have been burned down anyway, there’s no need to document them again. Do you have the badge?”

“Oh, yes. I have it.”

I took out my Silver-ranked adventurer badge.

I even had two badges.

One was the original one, and the other was received when I registered again.

Under the operating policy, there was no way to return my badge that had been declared dead on paper, so I kept it as it was.

“Since the adventurers who will continue to be active in Kubele will only need to register the transfer, you can come and show it to us and register at that time. Oh, please return one of the two badges now. It could be misused.”

“Do I not need to fill out any documents?”

“The badge is sufficient.”

“What about the record that was declared dead?”

“You don’t need to worry about that. The guild is a place for managing adventurer ranks, commission acceptance, and inter-guild transfers, not for managing adventurer identities.”

I was moved by those words.

The era of receptionists writing complex documents in front of you without even knowing the content was over.

Listening further, it seemed that Philstone had been demanding unnecessary information from adventurers and documenting everything.

Although the operating methods of each regional guild were slightly different, Kubele was extreme.

There was no need to strictly manage adventurer identities like Philstone did in the first place.

The adventurer guild’s main tasks were commission acceptance, payment, and adventurer rank evaluation.

Of course, there were certainly administrative procedures that were necessary, but most issues were resolved by showing the badge.

If a special situation arose, the guild master could handle it directly.

When transferring the activity guild, the reason for reporting the transfer to the guild was to prepare for the kingdom’s summons and to understand the whereabouts of adventurers.

It was not a system used by guilds to record everything about adventurers, including their personal information, like the Philstone method.

In other words, Philstone was taking advantage of the guild’s autonomy in each region to commit unnecessary acts of abuse.

It was to operate the guild only with documents and rules without going to work.

I asked Algot, who seemed to be concerned about one more thing.

It was about the ownership issue of the Bellafork Manor, which had been consigned for proxy sales to the guild.

“Just one more thing, I have a manor that I entrusted to the guild for proxy sales in the past. What will happen to that? Will the guild take ownership of it because I am declared dead?”

“If the original owner is Miss Yunoa, then it is still a manor owned by Miss Yunoa. The matter entrusted to the guild is no longer valid. If you want to prove ownership, you can ask the former owner to leave a written record.”

“Then, does that mean that the previous document declaring me dead is no longer valid?”

Algot smiled slightly at my question.

“There was no death, so wouldn’t it be more strange to have the same person twice on paper? You seem quite troubled. As long as I manage the guild, such things will not happen again.”

Algot answered without any hesitation.

With the burning of the Kubele Adventurer Guild, all problems were neatly resolved.

The strange guild master obsessed with documents was replaced, and all my suspicious records tied to the guild disappeared.

Although it seemed that there would be great confusion with the loss of a huge amount of documents accumulated in the Kubele Guild, it was not the case.

All adventurers had badges suitable for their level, which was enough to prove their qualifications.

Above all, the fact that the guild master, who could exercise the most powerful authority in the guild, was present in the guild was significant.

Even situations that receptionists could not handle could be dealt with flexibly with the presence of the guild master.

Even the situation where the transfer records of adventurers belonging to Kubele were floating in the air was resolved without any problems.

Rather than dealing with millions of complex documents, having a guild master present in the guild was sometimes much more efficient.

Thus, under the new guild master, the Kubele Adventurer Guild quickly regained its function.