The interior of the Adventurers Guild looked similar in layout to that ruined guild. As Geese had said, there were a few people who appeared to be adventurers looking at notices posted on the wall. Other than that, I could see two women at the reception counter. The adjoining tavern seemed to be empty. I followed Geese to the reception.
"Miranda, please handle this one's adventurer registration and magic stone exchange."
"My, my, is this Geese's girlfriend?"
"No, she's not. Seems she came from a frontier village with just magic stones, so I brought her along while also collecting the entrance tax."
The woman called Miranda appeared to be in her late twenties. Her eyes were a bit sharp, but she looked at me with some concern.
"Ah, I see. Um, can you write?"
"Yes, that's not a problem."
"Then, please fill out what you can on this form. Also, can you give me the magic stones you want to exchange? I'll appraise them now."
"Yes, please."
I took a handful of magic stones from my robe pocket and put them in the provided box. Then I looked at the form given to me. It only had fields for place of origin, name, age, and special skills. I guess I can leave the place of origin blank? I'll write Ellie for the name, and for age... let's go with seventeen. Yes, I'm eternally seventeen. As for the special skills section, what should I write? Well, I guess I can leave this blank, too.
"Is this okay?"
Miranda took the form, quickly looked it over, and muttered, "Well, for someone from a frontier village, being able to write at all is pretty good," before giving me the OK.
"Now, please place your hand on this magic stone."
A wooden card about the size of a palm was placed on top of the form I had just filled out, and on top of that was a perfectly round magic stone about the size of a fist. Hmm, it looks like a transfer magic stone. When I placed my hand on the magic stone, I felt a small amount of magical power being absorbed. It glowed dully for a moment, and then information seemed to be transferred onto the wooden card.
"Alright, that's good. This is your adventurer card. It also serves as identification, so don't lose it. We can reissue it, but there's a penalty, so be careful."
Looking at the adventurer card, I saw a crest with a sword and shield on the front. On the back, my name was written as Ellie, and my age as seventeen. The place of origin, which I don't remember writing, was listed as Dana Capital, and the special skills section was blank.
"Thank you very much."
"And this is the money from exchanging your magic stones earlier. I'll take one silver coin as the guild registration fee. And five copper coins for the entrance tax. I'll give you the remaining ten silver coins and eight copper coins."
"Yes, thank you very much."
I carelessly tossed the lined-up money into my robe pocket.
"Geese, you're free to go now. I'll take care of the rest."
"Then I'll leave the rest to you. Ellie, was it? Don't do anything reckless."
"My, my, that's unlike you, Geese."
"I'm the same as always."
After receiving the copper coins from Miranda, Geese raised one hand and left the guild.
"Now then, let me explain about the Adventurers Guild in more detail."
"Please do."
To summarize what Miranda told me:
Adventurers have ranks: Wood, Bronze, Iron, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Mithril, in seven stages. Beginners usually start at Wood rank. So, since my adventurer's card is made of wood, my rank is Wood rank. Regarding ranks, each town's guild has the discretion to raise ranks up to Silver.
Requests are posted on the bulletin board every morning, and it's basically first-come, first-served. However, this is a local rule, and it might be different in other towns. There are no restrictions on which ranks can accept which requests, but if you fail, there are penalties, and your adventurer rank might be lowered. You might also have your adventurer qualification revoked, or if you can't pay the penalty fee, you might be handed over to the country or the noble governing that town. If handed over to a noble, you'll be imprisoned, then undergo an assessment and be assigned labor.
Currently, this country has abolished the slave system, and even for minor crimes, you'll be released after completing your assigned labor. However, for serious crimes, you'll simply be executed. In the past, regardless of whether it was a minor or serious crime, once you fell into slavery, there was no chance of release. Most slaves were sent to mines, where they either ruined their health from mine poisoning or died in cave-ins.
While you might wonder what the point of ranks is if anyone can accept any request regardless of rank, each town's guild usually writes recommended ranks on the request forms as a guideline. For escort requests and such, the recruitment requirements clearly state the minimum rank required, so even though you can technically accept requests outside your rank, you'll be rejected for these.
There are also standing requests, which aren't on a first-come, first-served basis. For monster subjugation, you just need to bring in the designated proof of extermination. They also buy medicinal herbs and such at any time, so you can bring those in whenever.
"I think that's enough explanation for today, as it might be too much to take in all at once. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask anytime. We're relatively free except during the busy morning hours and at night."
"Thank you very much, Miranda."
"By the way, this is Sarara next to me."
"I'm Sarara, but everyone calls me Sara, so you can call me that too, Ellie-chan."
Sara appeared to be a woman in her early twenties with short light brown hair.
"Sara-san, it's nice to meet you."
After finishing the greetings, I realized I had missed lunch. I was thinking of looking for an inn while buying a light lunch somewhere and exploring the town when Sara called out to me.
[EN: This is the end of the preview translation, so this is free for pickup and I won't continue releases for now.]
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