Registering As An Adventurer
Chapter 2
Registering As An Adventurer
I walked boldly into the Guild without breaking any stride. The Guild was empty as it was sometime after, noon. Most of the adventurers were out on their quest. Some, who were not, were milling around and about in the area. They were boasting or asking about each other's adventures. I tuned them out, not wanting to hear their drivel. I already heard much of it in the capital.
Seeing one of the receptionists was free, I started walking in her direction. Seeing me walking to her, the receptionist plastered a smile on her face. Well, I have to give her points for trying but I could easily see it was a fake one. I saw much of it in the capital as well. If it was old me he would have raised an eyebrow at seeing her fake smile. I would have even ordered her not to do that in front of me. But I have matured since then.
She was only doing what is taught to her. She was obviously in this line for quite some time. She could be even the first receptionist that this town had been assigned to by the guild.
I checked her out while walking towards her. Black hair, green eyes, average figure, average height. I would say that her age was 20+ easily.
It is quite difficult to judge anyone's age here. Everyone looks just damn pretty. Everyone was always in their peak appearance till their 30's. After that, they start to age a little. They only start to age heavily once they pass the 50-year mark (not many reach that age). Even then, some look good till they are in their 60's. Once they reach that point, they quickly start to age. Very few lived till their 50's so I didn't have many instances where I could observe them.
This is not the only freaky thing. Their appearance is also quite different than the humans of my previous world. They have big eyes, many types of eye and hair colors, and a few other things.
Considering, this is a magical fictional world, I was not surprised.
I looked at the receptionist again.
She was wearing a gentle expression. Her immaculate outfit was impeccably kept. Her black hair was down giving her a mature look. A quick glance around the hall left me no doubt that her work as a receptionist was demanding here too. And that she showed none of the strained demeanor that was all too common among professional receptionist was a sign of how well she knew her job.
"Welcome to the Adventurers Guild of Water Town! What can I do for you today?" She said wearing a fake smile. If I hadn't dealt with this type before I wouldn't have been able to distinguish it. Still, I know she just wanted to be polite. There was a saying in the Guild that you don't send the adventure with anything other than a smile. I still haven't been able to discern from where that saying originated. I would love to have more than a few words with that person.
"Hello! I am here to register as an adventure" I said in a perfectly calm voice mimicking her fake smile. But, she wouldn't be able to distinguish my smile from a real one as I had tons of practice with it in the capital back when I had to deal with the nobles.
"Is that… right?" She said. Her sweet expression momentarily slipping as she hesitated briefly, seeming at a loss of words. I felt her eyes moving from my face down my body.
'Oh right'
I already hid my royal clothes when I started the journey. And in place of it, I wore some normal clothes, well as normal as a commoner could. I got them from a corpse of a man I found just outside the capital while journeying here. I already washed the blood off it but it still had a few holes from the arrows that were used to kill the man. Judging by nothing else I found on the body, I suspected that he was killed by the bandits.
At that time, it helped me hide my identity by wearing these commoner clothes. Moreover, the journey had left me bedraggled. She probably thought I was some other street urchin aiming to be Adventurer. Well, it's her loss if she can't see talent when she sees one.
She resumed her smile with practiced ease and said "I see. Can you read and write?" She asked.
"Yes," I curtly replied feeling a little offended even if I know she is just doing her job thoroughly, though I had to give her some points as there was not even a hint of mockery in her tone.
"Then fill this out, please. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask. You can leave the 'Abilities' and 'Adventure History' spots Blank. The guild will fill those later" She said giving me a white sheet.
It was the Adventure sheet. Black letters paraded across the light brown vellum. I nodded and took the sheet and pen from her hands.
Name: Sasuke (Obviously a lie. Can't tell my real name without making a scene)
Age: 15 (Actually it is 14 but they won't accept my form otherwise. Although they can't tell whether I am younger, I look older due to the mature vibes I give. At least that's what I tell myself)
Sex: Male
Class: Mage (I would actually come under Multi-class as I was a Warrior, Archer, Scout, Hunter, and Healer too. But I didn't mention them, as that would have been suspicious)
Hair color: Red
Eye color: Black
Body Type: Lean and Muscled
Weight: 76 KG
Height: 5'7 (168 cm)
Skills: Magic (Actually, I was skilled in hand to hand combat and almost all weapons too. But I didn't mention them, as that would have been suspicious)
Spells: 3
Miracles: Nil
Abilities:
Adventure History: Nil
Now I know what you are saying. How could I write my name when the characters call each other by their profession?
Well, truthfully the canon's naming is a load of bull. Think for a second. There are many people who are in the same profession. How can they be called without getting confused about who is who?
Simple! We differentiate them from each other, by their original name.
Moreover, think – what would have Goblin Slayer filled in his sheet for the name. He couldn't have written Goblin Slayer as the name came after he started to get recognized for his goblin slaying. He wasn't born with that name. His sister would have called him a different name.
I suspected that either the author was just being lazy or he wanted to do something different when he named the characters.
In any case, I filled out the form in no time and handed the finished sheet to her. She was surprised to see me write it in surprisingly good handwriting and a short time, as she looked up at my face when she looked at the sheet for the first time.
I just raised my eyebrow and stared back.
"Yes I can write in good handwriting, and yes I am, educated," my expression said it all.
She blushed a little at getting caught and instantly looked down.
At least all that time I had to spent practicing calligraphy was for some good. Then again, it also helped in my runes too. I gave a short prayer to my mom for forcing me to sit on the calligraphy lessons while I was young.
Once the receptionist read it, fully, she again looked at me. No doubt thinking about how I can know about Magic when I am obviously a street-urchin. I just raised an eyebrow again. She even blushed again. But instead of looking down, she started to speak up. Words somehow froze in her mouth. She maybe thought otherwise and didn't say anything.
'She probably thinks I graduated from some Magical academy and got robbed or something' I realized judging by her expression.
While I was thinking that, she then took a silver stylus and carved a series of flowing letters into a white porcelain tile. She then slid the tile across the desk to me. I looked it over and discovered it bore the same information as my adventure sheet in closely spaced and small letters.
"This will serve as your Identification. It is very important. It will be used to corroborate your identity if something happens to you so try not to lose it, Okay" She said full in lecture mode.
'Maybe she was trying to cover her mistake by lecturing me' I mused
I just nodded not wanting to imagine my death so horrific that they will need some tag to identify my identity. Even so, they can't identify my real identity anyway.
That thought gave me a pause for a moment.
In case I died, there would be no way to deliver that message to my family, especially my brother. While I disliked his attitude for being subservient to the king, he was still the boy whom this body's previous occupant sparred and played with. When I hijacked his body, he did leave an impression on me.
I shook my head of the stray thoughts.
The receptionist didn't notice my thoughts wander and continued without pausing "The quests are posted over there" She indicated a corkboard that covered almost an entire wall. Well it appears I will not be out of the job easily "Choose ones that are appropriate to your level, of course" She said in the end
"Personally..." She continued "...I'd recommend getting your feet wet by cleaning the sewers," She said
I just nodded and slipped the tile into my pocket. Pickings were slim since a huge crowd of adventurers has been going over all morning. And in no way was I going to those 'Sewers' quests. I have already killed so it doesn't bother me anymore. Moreover, some greenhorns could take that quest. Chances of fatality are low on those quests after all, compared to the goblin quests which are also porcelain rank quests.
I also wondered how they can have the 'Rat' and 'Cockroach' problem. This was Water Town after all. I distinctly remembered that they didn't have such a problem when Goblin slayer visited it.
'Maybe they ceased to exist when Sword Maiden came into the picture' I mused.
Just thinking about her makes my cock goes all stiff. I couldn't wait for the day when I meet her. Then again she will still be a pre-teen for now. Moreover, I remember that she didn't have those amazing breasts during her teen years when she was on the secret mission to defeat the Demon Lord.
Shaking my thoughts away I looked over there searching for 'Goblins' related quests. I didn't have to look around much. Like in the novel, veteran adventurers didn't take it so newbie adventurers had to deal with the Goblins.
Surprisingly there was only 1 quest. Apparently, a village by the northern river was facing some Goblin problem. First, they only stole some corps but later got bold and started stealing livestock. They also injured a young man on guard when he tried to stop them from kidnapping a girl. The quest was only a day old. Thankfully, it was also a porcelain-ranked quest.
I took it to the receptionist. She checked the quest sheet and nodded.
"The Reward for this quest could is 5 silver coins. Are you sure you want to take this? It could be dangerous without a party" She asked
Yeah, I totally forgot to tell you how the rewards work. It was actually my idea which my father agreed on later. The capital gives a certain amount of money to the guilds that are all over the place. The capital already assigned a certain amount of coins for certain monsters when the adventurer guild was started.
Still, sometimes it is not enough and in that case, quest givers give some money from their pocket. But at least this way the villagers won't become stingy and come to the Guild only when their options are dire.
Villagers still praise me to this day for that.
What? You thought I would do all of that, free.
Like hell, I will.
No, I wasn't that noble.
I couldn't gain any monetary reward for that and I didn't even need that after enjoying half a decade of royal life at that time. There was only one thing that I needed, and that was popularity. So, I started a rumor which ironically, was the truth.
Even now, after the last incident which led me to the banishment, small folk loves me. Judging by the number of people I heard gossiping, my banishment still remains the most popular news.
I also proposed an EMI payment method in case someone doesn't have the money but it was rejected by my father, our 'benevolent' king. Let's not talk about that man. Even thinking about him makes me so angry.
Still, I wasn't here for the money. Sure 5 Silver coins seem a little less for a party but for a single man it was more than enough.
'Well judging by the quest, there should be a maximum of a dozen goblins as otherwise, they would have easily kidnapped the girls by now. They are most probably wanderers' I thought.
Still, I can't be fully sure about that unless and until I go there.
I just nodded at her question.
"Very well" She sighed and then explained to me the outline of the quest which I had already read.
She looked at me like I was a dead man walking.
On one hand, I found it good that she was worrying over no named urchin. On the other hand, I was a little annoyed that she would underestimate me even if I wrote my abilities. Even if I didn't fully disclose my abilities, they were quite more than most porcelain-ranked adventurers. But then again she may have thought that I lied in my sheet. It wasn't that uncommon for newbies to lie in their sheets.
Although I wanted to ask for other Goblin related quest that newbie adventurers took, I decided not to do that. I was only 10th rank after all. She wouldn't tell me about any other quest – which I was certain of. She already thinks that I will lose my life doing this quest.
'First I have to show her my prowess and only then will she take me seriously' I mused.
God that sounded lewd when I think about it.
I shook my head of any lust-filled thoughts.
'I really need to get to a brothel. It's been weeks since I had any release' I thought with amusement.
I just nodded to her and went back to my room but not before buying an adventure tool kit and potions for a few copper coins. The adventure kit contained a rope and some other things that can prove useful during a quest.
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