Act 2: Chapter 18: Philia's Registration Card

Act 2: Chapter 18: Philia's Registration Card

After resting for the rest of the day in the inn, I visited Manarak’s adventurer’s guild along with Pomera and Philia.

It turns out, it was possible to create 《Adamant Ore》 from lower-ranking ore with alchemy by using Philia’s 《Dream Sand》 as the catalyst.

The problem was... we don’t have enough money to conduct the alchemy experiment.

Thus we came up with a plan to get more money by finishing commissions for the adventurers.

At the level Pomera, Philia, and I was, any kind of commission should be a walk in the park for us.

Thus, the more commissions we completed, the more money we could get for the alchemy experiment.

... But then, doing that might pull unwanted attention from the other transferees or those dangerous 《JinMaRyuu》.

I mean, we did run across that mysterious mage in a robe who treated Philia’s magic like child play right after I came to this city.Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

We should cut corners to avoid standing out in a bad way and becoming targets for dangerous people.

Manarak’s adventurer’s guild was more elegant and stylish compared to Aarburgh’s adventurer guild. The stone flooring was polished beautifully to the point of showing our reflections when we walked on it.

Even their personnel were at least pleasing to the eyes– not thug-like people.

Naturally, since the name of this was the Magic City Manarak, you can find mages every now and then.

「Since we’re C-rank adventurers now, we should be able to pick a commission that give us a lot of reward.」

I muttered as I confirmed the adventurer’s card which I received back in Aarburgh.

「Considering Kanata-san, I think we can finish C-rank commissions in no time...」

Pomera told me so.

Unfortunately, that’s for the adventurer’s guild to decide.

Moreover, there was nothing bad about playing safe by gathering money with safe commissions.

「Philia too! Can Philia become an adventurer, too?」

Philia asked me with gleaming eyes full of curiosity.

It seems she wanted to become an adventurer... screw that, she might be just curious what being an adventurer means.

「You can. Well, since the registration fee is on me, let’s create a registration card for you too, Philia.」

Philia raised her arms in delight when I told her so while patting her head.

「YAAAY! THANKS, KANATA! PHILIA, HAPPY!」

「No 《Graviburn》 either!!」

Though it might be just the right attack when you consider its small AOE, the guild would still get destroyed as a result.

Rather, even a small portion of Philia’s power would definitely cause a huge uproar if it was known by the public.

Color already drained from Pomera’s face as she held onto Philia.

「K-Kanata-san... isn’t there any other way around?」

She asked with a timid voice, on the verge of crying.

Any other way around... is it?

「... Philia-chan is really strong in spite of her age, but I also have no intention to take her to the battle too often. She’s a genius indeed but she’s far too young. She has the ability to become an adventurer, there’s actually no rule that forbid her from becoming an adventurer either, and we’re going to take a break after this...」

I took out a few additional coins aside from the one required for the registration fee and pushed it toward the guild’s staff.

The said staff person didn’t say anything for a moment and then, their lips turned into a grin.

「Huhm, I guess it really can’t be helped since you’re saying so. I’ll trust you for now.」

The staff quickly took the coins while making small guts pose.

... And here I was expecting them to get enraged, only to find out that these guys were willing to overlook this matter with a bribe.

Will this guild really be okay if this matter spreads outside?

In this way, we could finally register Philia as an adventurer and got a registration card for her.

「YA~Y! Now, Philia is an adventurer too!」

Philia was making merry while raising her registration card.

I heaved a sigh of relief. At least this guild was safe from destruction for now.

「And then, we’re also going to take a commission, but... do you have a suitable commission for C-rank adventurers?」

「There’s... well, rather it’s a priority commission for C-rank adventurers and above. There’s a large-scale black spider’s 《Monster Parade》 in the forest near this city.」

「Black... spider.」

Hearing that, I recalled a certain incident on the way to Manarak.

Our group was raided by monsters on the way toward this city.

It seems, there was a sudden rise in monster appearances in the surrounding of Manarak.