episode_0488

The atmosphere of the Iron Horde Adventurer’s Guild wasn’t too bad.

Because it was a region where supply and demand were always similar in terms of material procurement and monster subjugation, people were naturally psychologically comfortable when they had enough to eat and live.

“Hello. What brings you here?”

“Could you please register me as an adventurer… Ah, uh, uhm.”

“Yes?”

“… Please register as an adventurer.”

“Huh? Oh, yes… .”

I quickly corrected myself because the habitual, informal speech that was always ingrained in my mouth was coming out. The assassins were basically characters who spoke informally and gave short answers.

If I was going to pretend to be an assassin from the beginning, it would be best if I didn’t let anyone know that I had experience working as a maid in a nobleman’s mansion, that I had attended Luminor Academy, and that I could use magic.

“If you want to register as an adventurer, you must fill out the registration form… . If you have any experience from another village, you can submit that as well.”

“… None.”

“Yes. Then I will help you fill out the form. What is your name?”

“Li… Lee.”

“Are you Lily? Do you have a last name?”

“… Yeah.”

… Come to think of it, it might have been better to use a different name altogether rather than Lily.

Although I regretted it later, my alias had already been written on the documents, so it was too late to correct it. If I had come now and said something different, I might have been treated as a criminal who had moved to another town to change my identity.

Well, it might actually be easier to avoid being tracked down by such a common name. There are more than a few commoners named Lily.

Originally, in this fantasy world, it was common for commoner girls to be named after flowers or jewels, so this was a more natural way to disguise them.

“If you have no experience in other adventurer’s guilds, you will have to start as an F-rank adventurer according to internal regulations. Is that okay?”

“… It doesn’t matter.”

“Yes, I understand. And our Adventurer’s Guild is charging one Imperial Silver Coin as an Adventurer Registration Fee. Is that okay? The registration fee is to guarantee your identity as an Adventurer. If necessary, you can leave your items and borrow money from the Guild.”

One silver coin as a deposit for registering as an adventurer. It wasn’t a small amount, but it wasn’t an unreasonable amount.

It might have been a lot of money for a commoner who was forced to become an adventurer because it was hard to make a living, but it didn’t really matter to me at the moment.

-widely.

“Here.”

“… Yes. I definitely received one Imperial Silver Coin! ”

Wouldn’t it have been better to just pretend to hesitate a little and then take it out?

The receptionist looked at me with slightly suspicious eyes as I took out a large sum of money, a single silver coin, without hesitation, but she didn’t really ask any questions and was just doing her job.

“The Adventurer’s Pass will be released in 2-3 days, but you can start adventure activities from today.”

“… Should I get the work done here?”

“Basically, we introduce appropriate tasks directly to adventurers. Some requests are also posted on the request board, so if you wish to receive a request, please tell us about the request and we will help you receive it.

Since you are currently an F-rank adventurer, you can only accept F-rank requests, and for higher-rank requests, you must be accompanied by another party member of a higher rank… .”

… In this way, the guild staff was kind to the adventurers from start to finish. It’s not for nothing that male adventurers in fantasy worlds harass female guild staff.

Perhaps the reality is that the unfriendly guild staff have already been wronged by ill-tempered adventurers or something like that.

As I was vaguely thinking about that and vaguely listening to what I already knew, the receptionist came over and offered me a party favor.

“If the adventurer wishes, we can help them form a party with adventurers of similar rank in our guild… .”

“I don’t need it. Just give me something I can do on my own.”

“… Are you okay? Some monsters are difficult to deal with without the help of your companions, so you might end up in danger. ”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s easier to go alone.”

“… Okay. Then I will introduce a quest that F-class adventurers can complete alone.”

I understand that the receptionist was concerned about me and wanted to introduce me to a colleague, but it was an unnecessary kindness to me right now.

First of all, my skill level itself would be too high to fit in with F-class adventurers, and more than anything, there’s no way there’d be a decent guy among the F-class adventurers who form parties through guilds without a proper fixed party.

After receiving a subjugation request that could be received by even a single F-rank, I left the Adventurer’s Guild.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

-Phew!

‘Keruhuk…!’

“… Was this the twentieth time?”

I didn’t really count after five. After receiving the goblin subjugation request, I was killing goblins I saw in their habitat and collecting their ears as proof of subjugation.

The F-rank quest I originally received for subjugation only had five, but it wouldn’t hurt to collect as many as possible.

For simple subjugation requests like this, it didn’t really matter if you exceeded the quota. It was like sending out a subjugation request that asked you to catch about 100 monsters, dividing it into groups according to the level of an F-class adventurer.

After spending some time in the goblin habitat until dinnertime and defeating about thirty goblins, I took the defeat tokens to the guild. The Adventurer’s Guild staff looked slightly surprised.

“… You said Ms. Lily, right? Did you catch them all by yourself?”

“Yeah… Oh, no, yeah.”

-Ppaan… .

The Adventurer’s Guild receptionist, Yang, looked at me with a strangely suspicious look for about a second before quickly looking away.

Since I was skilled but did not have an adventurer’s card and was an assassin class, it was natural for them to think of me as a criminal or a member of a thieves’ guild, but as a receptionist for the guild, it was impossible for them to openly show such suspicions.

The basic mindset of the Adventurer’s Guild was that if you were a skilled adventurer, it didn’t matter if you were a criminal, as long as you didn’t show it. Since the main business was purchasing and selling materials, it had no choice but to operate in a way that pursued profit.

“Yes, Miss Lily. The quest to subdue 32 goblins has been completed.”

“Yeah.”

“I’ve settled 64 in total, 2 copper coins per goblin. Is there anything else you need?”

“No, not really.”

“Yes, goodbye, adventurer!”

“Yeah.”

… I guess this would be a decent debut for the assassin Lily.

Starting tomorrow, let’s go back to the same receptionist window. It can’t be helped since it takes time to get promoted to E-class, but at least that receptionist will have confirmed that I’m not at the level of an F-class.

If you gradually increase the level of your requests like this and raise your level, you will be able to naturally blend in with the town. The adventurer level badge you raise here will be able to be used as proof of identity when you go to another town later.

‘If I raise it too quickly, it will be noticeable… Let’s raise it to just D-rank in one year.’

Just by getting to D-rank, you’ve proven that your skills are above average for an adventurer. In addition, you’ll also receive various benefits from the guild.

It was the second day, and I had a quick dinner of bread and meat stew on the first floor of the inn I was staying at and went to bed satisfied.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

… About two weeks have passed since I started working in the Iron Horde Adventurer’s Guild.

There were a lot of things going on, but none of them were anything special. They were just daily things that were too detailed to list one by one.

Every day, I go to the Adventurer’s Guild to receive subjugation requests, and in the evening, I fill a sack with monster subjugation tokens and submit them to the receptionist.

At first, the receptionist was suspicious of me for suddenly showing up without any ID, but now she seemed to think of me as just someone with good skills, and after completing several requests normally, I became a ‘useful new adventurer’ and naturally blended in with the Iron Horde Adventurer’s Guild.

As soon as you open the guild door and enter, you will find yourself having conversations like this on a daily basis.

-Bam!

“Oh, Miss Lily. You’re early again?”

“Yeah.”

“Do you have any plans today? If it’s okay with you, would you like to go hunt hobgoblins with me?”

“I hate it.”

“… Oh, you’re being grumpy today too. Well, if you change your mind, just tell me anytime.”

“Ms. Lily, are you going out on a subjugation mission alone today?”

“Yeah.”

“Would you mind taking a useful archer with you? If Lily just buys you some time up front, I’ll cover you from behind!”

“No need. I’m better off alone.”

“Yes… .”

Now that they know I’m a useful assassin, there are quite a few people who come to me with party suggestions like this. Of course, they just remember my name, and I still don’t even know the receptionist’s name.

I tended to reject almost all incoming party offers. The skill gap was too big to go with other F-class or E-class adventurers, and the guys who wanted to go on a subjugation mission alone probably didn’t have anything to do with the request alone.

Even though my face was half-covered by a mask, my breasts, which were uselessly conspicuous, kept drawing men’s attention, so I couldn’t help it.

‘If it was a girls’ party, I might give it some thought, but I would never do it with guys.’

As a former unicorn, I cannot tolerate dating-like behavior, such as going on monster subjugation requests with a man alone.

Even if my heart never touches Ethan again, never.