CH 66

"Roland, Knowing the Templates of This World."

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

“Roland, Knowing the Templates of This World.”

I followed the road down a busy thoroughfare and after a short while, a large building came into view. Near the entrance, I saw a sign with a familiar picture of a sword and shield. It seemed that I had arrived at the Adventurers’ Guild.

Upon entering the building through the open entrance without a door, I found several reception counters in the front of the building. There was a line of adventurers lined up in front of the reception counters.

The bar is on the left side as you face the front, and a large bulletin board is on the right side for putting up request forms. To the left of the reception counter is a wide staircase to the second floor.

The Adventurers’ Guild of ORARGRAND is a three-story building, with the first floor being used mainly for clerical work. The second floor is used as a meeting place to discuss large-scale and top-secret requests, as well as a sleeping area for adventurers who could not find accommodations.

Finally, the third floor is a reference room where books containing various information are stored and managed, an exclusive office assigned to guild employees with certain positions, and a dormitory for the exclusive use of guild employees.

“Next person, please–”

I quietly waited in line for the adventurers until it was my turn, and finally, the receptionist called out to me. The receptionist was a woman in her late teens with green hair and glasses. Her breasts were especially nice and seemed to be a G size.

……huh? I remembered saying this compliment somewhere, and at that moment, I looked at the woman’s face in front of me and yelled out.

“The Joey’s form!”

“W-what is it suddenly!? My name is Murian.”

“I’m at the point of no return!”

As soon as Murian, the receptionist, said her name, I knew this world’s template. Apparently, the receptionist at the Adventurers’ Guild in this world has the same specifications as the character who appeared in a certain game that was very popular in my previous life.

The specifications are that they all have the same appearance. When the protagonist of that game arrives in a new town, there is a female character who works as a nurse in a facility that restores his strength, but she is a different person who looks exactly the same.

This time, each of them seems to be addressed by a similar name, which is also somewhat similar in wording.

“Please calm down for now.”

“Yes, that’s right. I’m sorry for being so distraught all of a sudden. But that’s the thing. Do you remember the names Marian and Mirian?”

“Yes? Those are the names of my cousin’s twin sisters.”

“I knew it…….”

Murian replies to my question with a tilt of her head. She looks just like the receptionist I met before, and her gesture is nothing short of adorable……Oops, no time to waste on this. Let’s get things done quickly. 

Incidentally, I came to the guild for two reasons: to ask for recommendations for lodging in this town and to ask about dungeons.

Adventurers were lined up behind me, and I was under silent pressure to hurry up, so I composed myself and quickly told them what I wanted to do.

“I’m new in town, so I’d like some recommendations on where to stay, and I’d like to know what the rules are about dungeons.”

“Certainly, I will be happy to help you. First of all, I would like to recommend [Fallen Leaves in Autumn] and [Summer Sunlight Through the Trees]. I also hear that the [Winter Withered Branches] have a good reputation these days.”

“…”

If there are people here now who have seen me live in this world, I would like to ask them a question. …Do you have any unpleasant feelings?

I find myself thinking of the bewitching middle-aged woman at the inn where I stayed in Laresta and Rendark, and her daughter’s face that resembles hers, which I can never say is my imagination.

“……that one is probably the Jenny form.”

“Did you say something?”

“No, nothing. Tell me about the dungeon.”

“Understood.”

Having already reached the point of resignation, I decided to accept that that was the way it was and listened to the explanation about the dungeon.

The dungeon is composed of several layers, and the lower the level, the higher ranked and stronger the monsters that appear. This is all I know so far.

In proportion to this, the contents of the treasure chests that are occasionally created become more valuable. It is said that some adventurers spend all day searching the same level for the contents of treasure chests.

It is said that there are a total of 100 levels in the ORARGRAND dungeon, but this is not certain. The highest dungeon in ORARGRAND in the history of mankind is the 86th level, and it is said that the person who reached the highest level was a party of former SSS-ranked adventurers.

Each level of the dungeon is equipped with several transfer portals, which allow visitors to go to a place they have been to by touching the portals.

The transfer portals seem to be created at the same time as the dungeon is being built, and although scholars around the world have been investigating the mechanism for many years, they do not seem to know much about the details.

The first regulation regarding dungeon entry is that only adventurers or hired escorts are allowed to enter the dungeon. I have no problem with this because I am a C-rank.

As for specific restrictions on entry, the lowest rank, F, is allowed to enter up to three levels, and the entry restrictions for other ranks are as follows.

F Up to 3 levels

E up to 7 levels

D up to 15 levels

C up to 20 levels

B up to 30 levels

A up to 50 levels

S and above No limit

In the past, there were no clear restrictions on entry, but in recent years, many lives have been lost due to the number of reckless adventurers who conquered levels that were not suited to their abilities, and this rule was apparently established to take advantage of that.

My rank right now is C-rank, which means I am allowed to attack up to the 20th level. I don’t know how difficult the dungeon here is, so I’ll just go and have a look after exploring the town for now.

“Is there anything else I can help you with?”

“No, it’s fine. Thank you. …Ah, that’s right. I have one more question…..”

“I don’t have a boyfriend, okay?”

“……what are you talking about?”

“Yeah? Aren’t you hitting on me?”

“….”

Murian’s preposterous response made me narrow my eyes. She had mistakenly thought that I was one of those adventurers who had been hitting on her for a meal or a date as soon as they saw her.

…… Hey, come on, I’m a twelve-year-old, okay? Do you really think that a nice, innocent twelve-year-old boy would do such a thing? ……What, you think I’d do that? No, I don’t, I would never!

“Is there an employee named Nicole here at the guild? I’m sure there is, anyway.”

“Why are you so sure? There is no Nicole.”

“……Really?”

“Yes. Oh, but we do have a staff member named Sacole, though?”

“–There’s one more!?”

I was again struck by the odd plunge into the fact that Nicole, whom I expected to be there anyway, is not, and instead, there is a staff member named Sacole.

The fact that Nicole, who was supposed to be in the category of Joey’s form, is not there makes me feel the laxity of this world. ……Let’s be more thorough there, Mr. World, shall we?

I left the reception desk immediately so as not to disturb the other adventurers.

I had come to the third adventurer’s guild in this world, and I had learned a terrible lesson, but since there was basically no harm done, I decided to accept it as such.

Now that I had taken care of business at the Adventurers’ Guild, I decided to go to one of the inns that Murian had recommended.