Volume 2
Chapter 27
Spoke to the
Guild Master
Translator : PolterGlast
【Sage's POV】
"Wow, I never
expected the renowned Sage of the Forest, Lufoi-sama, to visit us. I'm
surprised."
The man in front of me
was quite humble.
Currently, I am at the
adventurer's guild in the town nearest to that forest, accompanied by the girl
beside me.
The reason for my
visit was to gather and share information. If that monster was already known, I
wanted to get any information that I could, and to warn this town that a
monster so powerful that even I, with my considerable abilities, had
instinctively chosen to flee, had appeared nearby.
That monster didn't
seem to have given up on us. But it had received some kind of communication and
reluctantly left the scene, or so it seemed. At least, I couldn't be optimistic
about never seeing that monster again. I needed to get as much information as I
could and take some kind of countermeasure.
Besides, it would be
better for the people of this town to die fighting rather than being
slaughtered without knowing anything. If I told them now, they could leave this
town. Well, I don't know if she'll come to this town.
I told the guild
master in front of me about the incident with the monster.
"───Such a monster...? And
besides..."
The guild master
widened his eyes and put his hand to his mouth, deep in thought.
It's only natural to
be confused when told something like this so suddenly. In fact, if I were him,
I would have laughed it off as "a joke."
However, the fact that
he didn't dismiss it as "the absurd ramblings of an old man" from the
beginning is probably because I was once called a sage and held a certain
position. Because I am a former person of status, he cannot simply ignore my
words.
"It's no wonder
you're confused. But it's the truth, believe me."
"………I'll believe
it for the time being. So... where is that monster now?"
"As I said
before, it disappeared. I have no idea where it is."
"………Any chance
you're being followed?"
"If it was going
to follow us, there would be no point in letting me and this girl escape. Well,
I don't know what kind of thinking that weirdo has, so I can't say for
sure."
"………"
The guild master's
face turned serious.
"First of all,
there's no information about such a monster within this guild───is that correct?"
"Y-Yeah... I've
never heard of anything manipulating plants."
"It's not like it
appeared within the last ten years, either... What kind of monster is it?"
"………"
Silence fell over the
room.
But I couldn't stay
silent. So, I decided to change the subject.
"By the way,
guild master, what happened in this town? All the residents seem to be on
edge."
"………"
The guild master's
heavy expression didn't change even with this topic.
"………What's wrong?
What happened?"
"……………Actually,
you see..."
□□□
“A rebellion among the adventurers, you say?”
"Yes... it's a
shameful thing."
Despite his large
frame, the guild master averted his gaze and shrank.
"The cause of the
rebellion is unknown, and the ringleaders, the rank 5 adventurers Tekiru
Shitsuha and Faith Yuukina, are nowhere to be found. What a blunder, guild
master."
"………"
"U-Um,"
A woman who seemed to
be the deputy guild master, standing behind the guild master, interjected.
"What is
it?"
"Well, there's a
reason why we couldn't handle it. And... you see, at that time, we were
dispatched by the Adventurer's Guild headquarters in the country of Yuknited.
So, that's why... it's not that the guild master is incompetent or anything
like that───"
"No one said
anything like that, but... even if that's true, that excuse won't work."
"───!?"
"Why do you think
the guild has former white-ranked adventurers and rank 5s as guild masters and
other staff? Even if there was a shortage, we believed that with such
abilities, you could respond flexibly. If we were to accept your statement now,
it would be like accusing the guild of having a flawed system in the first
place."
"───!"
"Besides, even if
you were going on a business trip, wouldn't the guild master and at most the
deputy guild master accompany you? What about the other staff? There must have
been other staff who could still fight. What were they doing?"
"………We didn't
expect almost all the adventurers to rebel, so our response was
delayed..."
"If the guild
master and deputy guild master had been reminding the staff on a daily basis,
there wouldn't have been such a delay. Are all the staff here so incompetent
that they can't act even if they're told what to do?"
"...!"
The deputy guild
master frowned and bit her lip hard upon hearing my words.
That's right, in every
guild, white-ranked and rank-5 adventurers are always scouted and dispatched as
staff.
How do they find
white-ranked adventurers, who are almost like phantom figures, is a story for
another time───but in fact,
white-ranked adventurers are found from time to time, though rarely.
So why are they called
phantoms? The answer is simple: as soon as it is discovered that someone has
the power of a white-ranked adventurer, they are invited to join the guild.
They are offered very favorable treatment, so few refuse───in fact, almost none.
Therefore, other adventurers never even see the mark of a white-ranked
adventurer.
The reason why the
headquarters goes to such lengths to recruit such talented people is to
stabilize the profession of adventurers.
No one would entrust a
job to someone they don't trust. Without requests, you can't make money.
Therefore, they have established a system where they can always keep an eye on
the adventurers and discipline them by placing those with authority at the top.
It was only through such efforts that they were finally able to gain trust.
Well, that was a long
time ago, when the guild was first established.
This system is still
in place today, and therefore, the guild staff are responsible for overseeing
both the guild and the adventurers.
If the staff sent to
protect the trust of the adventurers are like this, one cannot help but wonder
what the purpose of the guild staff is.
"But───"
"Enough!"
The guild master
interrupted the deputy guild master, who was still trying to make some excuse.
"Enough, be
quiet, Wik."
"───!"
"………"
I could only sigh at
the two of them.
Both of them are too
inexperienced to be in charge of a guild. Why did the guild headquarters
entrust such a novice with a guild?
"………Well, never mind. I'm
not in a position to supervise this place. It would be strange for me, who has
no position, to scold you. Rather───what was the request from the guild headquarters? It's unheard of for
the guild headquarters to summon staff directly. I'm more curious about
that."
"………"
The guild master's
face remained clouded even when asked that.
"………The headquarters───ordered us to assemble
all the staff to Yuknited."
"………What?"
"This country───the Lucivia Empire,
has declared war on Yuknited."
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