Magic Warrior Chapter 56 (Patreon)

Back in Town Again

We had to go to the guild in town to settle up the reward.

Dad said, "I'm tired, so I'll leave it to you," and we decided to pick it up.

I needed a dagger, and I also wanted to buy vinegar for making mayonnaise, which I didn't buy last time because of Claire's reaction.

She said some restaurants in town and other places use mayonnaise, but it's basically homemade.

Mom asked me to buy more soy sauce and gave me a silver coin.

We consume too much too fast, don't we? I'll buy a lot of soy sauce.

So the seven of us, Alphos-san, Reda-san, and the rest of the group, were going back to the town.

"We'll be back as soon as we can."

Reda-san played a lute and some kind of marching music, a marching song, which he said is a skill that increases the speed of movement.

I don't remember it, so it may not have existed in SeveChro.

"By the way, you can play any kind of music for the spell song."

The movement speed is maintained even when the song is changed from a march to a lullaby.

"I see."

"No, I think Reda is the only one who can maintain it to this exact different tune."

"I was fooled..."

Gina-san denied it.

I almost believed that anyone could do it. But I guess you can maintain it if you know some tricks.

Reda-san arrived in the town, playing almost all the way except for breaks, changing songs according to his mood. As the gate came into view, he heard the bell for 4:00 a.m.

The increased speed of travel seemed to have allowed us to arrive at noon. Fatigue seemed to have lessened as well.

Without the buff, the arrival time was about 1:00 p.m., so it was very early.

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"I think I'll go to the guild anyway."

With Reda-san, we had a free pass to the gate. There are some restrictions, but it appears to be possible with the Guildmaster's authority.

I think he told the gate guards that all of us were adventurers commissioned by the town of Gardia.

I think the three of us were only asked by Reda-san in the village, but I don't think we accepted the request as an official request.

Entering the town from the south gate, we found it to be a very urban town. I don't know what I would think if I knew about other big towns.

As I was walking towards the guild, I found that the clothing shop I usually use was closed and there was a sign saying that it would be closed for about a week.

The sign said, "Closed for about a week." I guess people who are not in town usually don't know how long the store will be closed.

"Thanks for your hard work, Reda-san."

When I entered the guild, I was greeted by a middle-aged male employee wearing lightly tinted glasses.

The glasses he was wearing seemed to be a luxury item, and I did not see many people wearing them. It appears that reading glasses used for paperwork and the like are quite common.

I was immediately taken to the Guildmaster's room.

"I'll just sit down and put out the materials for Queen and Demon Spider Demon. The others are too numerous, so please take them directly to the buyers."

The room was set up with luxurious tables and sofas, as if to accommodate the arrival of the nobles.

As we sat down, Alphos-san and the others who had been securing the materials laid out the shells and claws on the table.

"Then we will examine and evaluate them," said Alphos-san.

"As you asked."

The staff member who guided us gathered the materials and took them somewhere.

Was he in charge of some kind of material purchasing department?

"Thank you for your help in this case. As a guild master, I have to thank you."

Reda-san remained standing and bowed deeply.

"Hmm, Mina-chan and the others are pouting."

"...I know. This incident could have been a lot worse if Marc hadn't come to me directly."

Reda-san scratched and clawed his way back to the beginning.

It is seldom enough that something is wrong with the forest to send an investigation team immediately.

This time, my father happened to bring the story to Reda-san, and Reda-san left the guild in his spare time and headed directly to the village, so contact with the town was quickly established. Thanks to this, Alphos-san and the others were able to come to the village immediately.

If the investigation had been left unattended as a normal request, the village could have been destroyed without being noticed by the Spider Queen who had established a nest.

If that had happened, not only the village but also the forest and the town would have been damaged.

Well, I don't think the village would have been destroyed without anyone escaping because we were there, but there would have been casualties and houses in the village would have been destroyed on the battlefield.

"Also, according to the investigation of the Knights' Spider Queen, they might have come from the northern mountain range."

"Come to think of it, from what Mina-chan and the others said, the Queen seemed to be recovering from an injury, does that mean she escaped from the north?"

"What, does that mean there's something stronger?"

Claire asked back as she sipped the tea that had been served to her.

"It is the opinion of the Knights that they may have lost a power struggle with something and moved south. I hear that this is a common occurrence in the Misty Mountains of Nevia Montania, but I'll let the royal capital to be on the lookout for it, just in case."

The area of human activity in the Misty Mountains of Nevia Montagna is only a small part of the ore mined.

The labyrinthine caves with their many branches, labyrinthine dungeon-like areas, and extremely cold mountain tops with constant snowstorms are said to be not very hospitable environments for people to live in. There are some adventurers who boldly take up the challenge to see what is there, but it is said that many of them do not return.

"As for the reward, I think we will all receive one white gold coin and the purchase of unnecessary materials. To be honest, I think it's about cheap enough for me to have indirectly saved the town of Gardia, but I'm on a budget.... If there is anything else you would like me to do for you, I will ask you about it in the future."

The platinum coin is a coin that most people will never see in their lives, and it is worth 100 large gold coins.

I was expecting maybe 10 large gold coins at most, but it was 10 times more...

"Thank you for your patience. This is the amount for the purchase."

The bespectacled male employee returned with the material and left it with a piece of paper with the purchase price written on it.

It was properly segregated for easy understanding.

"That's a pretty good amount..."

"Yes, what should I do?"

Alphos-san and Gina-san are surprised.

I glanced at the paper and saw that the Queen's shell was a large one, with something like 10 large gold coins written on it.

"We don't need the material, so you can have Alphos-san and the others take as much as you need."

The three of us decided while we were in the village.

With my and Rilfana's production skills, materials such as shells are useless, so there is no use in having them.

If I thought hard about it, I might be able to use it to strengthen my armor, but I don't think I need it that much.

For me, if I want to strengthen my defense, I'd rather use metal armor.

"Also, I'll make an endorsement on Mina-chan's guild card.

"Endorsement?"

It seems to be a system for when a request is completed with a very high contribution to the guild. When the guild system was first established, the ranks were raised all at once, but various problems surfaced.

It is said that the purpose of this system is to prevent people from bribing clients and buying ranks with money.

If a person like us is judged only based on his or her combat ability and is promoted to Rank B, he or she will be overwhelmingly lacking in experience and knowledge of gathering and escorting. However, since the client has no way of knowing this, he hires them on the assumption that they have the skills of Rank B. As a result, if the request fails, the clients will not be able to hire them. As a result, if the request fails, both parties are unhappy.

To avoid such a situation, they do not raise the rank published on the card, but write information on the card such as "combat ability is equivalent to Rank B," "has experience in rescuing a town class," "succeeded in an urgent request from a nobleman," etc. This information is only available to the staff of each guild.

This information can only be referred to by the staff of each guild, but depending on the contents of the request, the guild may give priority to the request, and if the guild is good at what they do, they may be given a request of a higher rank than their current rank.

Alphos-San and his staff assured me that no one would refuse an endorsement because it is the same as a guarantee of trust from the guild. I thought that would not be a problem, so I agreed to do it.

The three of us also agreed to make a few changes to the content.

Rilfana will have "combat ability equal to Rank A" and Claire will have "combat ability equal to Rank C and support judgment equal to Rank B".

Me?

I am "Rank B" in combat ability, and "Rank A" in leadership and succession.

In addition to that, all three of them wrote "Cooperator for the relief request in the town of Gardia".

I heard that the endorsement means a minimum guarantee, so it is estimated a little lower, but it is a more detailed evaluation than I expected.

Since I did not meet the minimum criteria to move up to Rank D, my card was still marked as Rank E.

Mirell-san saw this and quietly let out a few words.

"...Notation fraud."