episode_0496

“… And what else is there?”

“First, as a reward for subduing the Goblin King, you will receive ten gold coins and… .”

…Does this fucking kid really want to lose?

“Do you usually run the guild by putting up ten gold coins for the Goblin King subjugation quest? Or did you mistake me for the Goblin Lord?”

“Ha, but there is no support for the subjugation reward until the subjugation order is given in the territory. And the Goblin King’s internal organs are the only parts that can be sold as materials, but according to what you said, those parts will all explode and be unusable, right?”

“Then you shouldn’t have sent an E-class adventurer to a place where the Goblin King might appear in the first place.”

“That, that was something we didn’t expect, so there was nothing we could do about it.”

… The unexpected part is fucking crazy. It’s obvious why they only sent three reserve E-rank adventurers to subdue the goblin nest.

This problem arose because the cost of a low-level adventurer’s life was cheaper than the cost of hiring a high-level adventurer.

“They didn’t just send us because it would cost more money to use top adventurers to investigate if it was just dangerous.”

“No, that was not my intention… .”

◦ ◦ It doesn’t matter if you have a good excuse for the upgrade of the F -class adventure.

“… … .”

“ But I only come back to life, so I try to get rid of it with ten gold coins.

-Crack!!

“Sigh… … !”

The guild leader, unable to control his anger for a moment, shut his mouth and shrank back as he slammed the dagger down on the desk.

His eyes flickered to the dagger on the desk, then snapped out of his seat like a startled rabbit.

“Calm down, Adventurer! We fully understand your feelings, Adventurer… .”

“Guild Leader, I, that… .”

“Talk to me later. For now… … .”

“No… … That pattern… … Is it black… … .”

“… … What?”

A guy who is presumed to be the vice guild leader whispers something into the guild leader’s ear, and the guild leader looks surprised upon hearing this and his pupils dilate.

His face turned pale as he glanced at the dagger on the desk.

“What are you guys gossiping about?”

“… Oh, it’s nothing!”

With that answer, the two people hastily cleared away all the documents on the desk and whispered something to each other.

The moment he was about to feel a little hot-tempered at the sight of them gossiping amongst themselves in front of someone, it wasn’t long before the guild leader carefully placed the bag of gold coins on the desk.

“Hwa, definitely Young-ae… Ah, no, as the adventurer said, considering the danger of the Goblin King, ten gold coins seems to be an excessively over-estimated amount. This is the newly-established subjugation reward.”

“How much is it?”

“… Thirty gold coins. Well, since this was a sudden expedition, we didn’t have enough money to prepare the budget, so this is the maximum amount our guild can give you. ”

“… … .”

Thirty isn’t bad. Of course, it’s not a large amount for a Goblin King subjugation reward, but as the other person said, I’ve almost completely blown the parts that could have been used as materials.

I realized once again that the reward would change only after I made a fuss, and I put the gold bag and dagger back into my arms after checking its contents.

“I wish you had given it to me like this from the beginning.”

“Sorry, sorry! This is the first time an F-class adventurer has gone to subdue the Goblin King, so there was some confusion.”

“Originally, I would have tried to gauge the dungeon’s danger level by hunting down the three remaining F-class adventurers, but it would have been complicated if I came back alive.”

“Ah, no… . That, that was not my intention… .”

“When will the D-class adventurer pack come out?”

“One week… Oh, no, I’ll issue it within three days!”

“… Or something like that.”

Thinking that I had said everything that needed to be said and that I had received an appropriate amount of compensation, I stood up from my seat.

… I have to give ten of these to Mirif, who suffered with me. Of course, the share of the crippled person who fell behind is mine.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

Three days have passed since the Goblin King incident.

As the guild leader had promised, I received a D-class adventurer’s pass from the Adventurer’s Guild and immediately prepared to leave for another town.

I won’t be working for the Iron Horde Adventurer’s Guild again. I’ve been doing my best for two weeks, but after what happened, I feel like it’s a bit odd to stay here any longer.

By the way, I also made sure to give her the 10 gold coins that were supposed to be Mirif’s share. Although I said that I didn’t deserve it because I didn’t do anything special, I just gave it to her anyway.

Thanks to Mirif coming, I was saved, and he said that I didn’t have to worry because my share was 20 gold coins.

I had settled everything like this and renewed my adventurer’s pass, so I had to move to another town… but the problem was that I had no plan B prepared at all, as I was only thinking about arriving at Iron Horde.

‘The other towns where the Adventurer’s Guild is active are in the opposite direction from here… . And the fastest route, unfortunately, goes through the Blackwood Estate… .’

Well, I don’t think Blackwood’s guards will suddenly stop me and start questioning me after Harold lets me go, but you never know.

If we turned around and moved without passing through Blackwood Estate, it would mean riding a horse for almost ten days, so I was already feeling dizzy.

‘But I don’t feel like doing anything other than being an adventurer.’

If I look at the other-world reincarnation novels that I know, there were things like spreading food from Earth and changing the food culture, or writing famous classic literature and hitting it big, or things like that. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think that would actually work out well.

In the first place, when it comes to food, familiar things are the most delicious. If you look closely, the fried chicken restaurant that Geumbyeoljossegi made on the Island of Knowledge was popular because it had familiar elements like chicken cutlets.

And as for novels… I don’t have much knowledge of literature, but apart from that, people in this world don’t read books very much. Only a few students with a bit of brains and academia have reading as a hobby, but ordinary people who are busy making ends meet wouldn’t spend money on books.

Above all, it was a problem that these things went too well unexpectedly. I wasn’t trying to imitate something like ‘I want to live quietly, but the world won’t leave me alone’, and if I became famous for no reason, there was a greater chance that Ethan would find out where I was.

‘Well, for now, let’s go to the east of the empire where the Adventurer’s Guild is.’

With that in mind, I visited the Iron Horde Church to say my final goodbyes, and during our brief conversation, Mirif offered me a third option.

“So, Sister Lily is moving east to the empire?”

“Yeah.”

“Then, do you have any plans to move with the people from our church? I also have to move to another town because of my dispatch work.”

“Other villages?”

“A commercial city not far from the Iron Horde, called Ermia.”

The commercial city of Ermia.

I think I’ve heard about it through conversations with characters, but I don’t think it was a town implemented in the game.

Even though 『Luminor Academy』 is an open-world game, it was not designed so that you could visit every region within the empire.

In that sense, it was a bit disconcerting that it was a city I didn’t know about, but in a way it also piqued my interest.

At least if I go to a place where I don’t know the story at all, at least there will be less parts where I have to worry about talking about the original story.

“How long will you stay in Ermia?”

“Well, I think I’ll be there for a while because Ermia is short on priests right now. It might be a month at the shortest, or it might be over a year at the longest.”

“… Not bad.”

Rather than going to a town that you only vaguely know about, it might be better to go on a real adventure in an unfamiliar place.

More than anything, I felt a little sorry for breaking up with her so easily, as we had become close since we both saved each other’s lives.

I’ll spend a few days in Ermia, thinking about whether or not to settle down, and then move on. After all, since I’ve already quit the academy and my exclusive maid job, I have a lot of time left.

“When are you leaving?”

“We are planning to leave tomorrow morning. In addition to me, a junior priest, a mid-level priest brother, a senior priest sister, and a paladin brother from Ermia will be accompanying us.”

“… Is this a place I can go with?”

“Of course. Sister Lily saved my life, so I’m sure other people will like it too.”

“… Okay. If that’s the reason, I’ll go with you.”

“Yes, Sister Lily! I’ll pass it on to the church members!”

It’s not like I have the luxury of continuing my adventurer’s life right now.

I think it would be okay to take it a little more leisurely since we have this rare opportunity.