Chapter 46

Ultimately, I arrived at the guild without being able to debut my new fashionable set of armor. But, at least I had signed for it? I just needed to hurry up and make some money and then that dragon armor set would be mine. Currently, I had two golds, sixty silvers, and about six hundred coppers. The coppers were divided into six bags and stashed away in the hollow bag. I could exchange them for silvers, but the convenience store clerk in me wanted to keep them, just in case.

Regardless, I was in need of sixty-five more gold pieces. My calculations are wrong, you say? Hey, I wouldn’t exactly be able to live if I emptied my entire wallet!

“As expected for the Spiris guild… It’s big and beautiful.”

“The quality of adventurers seems high as well. Like that great sword-wielder over there, I have no doubt that he is very skilled.”

We looked about, like two country bumpkins until a guild member called out to us.

“Is it your first time here?”

“First time in this guild, yes. We are from Fhiraldo.”

“Ah…you must be that Asagi that Fiona was talking about. The one who killed the wyvern.”

Apparently, that story had already made the rounds. Even more, I was now the one who killed it. It was really the soldiers who did that, I had just slid in a single attack.

“I have heard about you from Fiona. She said to treat you well. And in regards to the wyvern, Harold, from the west district guards also visited and said to give you the reward for slaying it. As you were ‘the biggest reason that they were able to kill it.’”

“Uh.”

He said what!? All I did was throw a sword of ice at it. The rest was achieved by the guards!

“Harold brought in eight wyvern claws, twenty-four teeth, two sets of wing membrane, one jaw plate, and one heart. And they are all to be given to you.”

So saying, the guild member showed me the list. Yes, it was all there. At the bottom were the words ‘Give all of the above items to Asagi’ in tidy letters.

“Oh, but surely the other guardsmen will not be happy about this? I mean, they are having their glory taken away by some adventurer.”

Wouldn’t they? That was a wyvern! A dragon. It was a great feat to have been able to kill it. I couldn’t see a scenario where they wouldn’t be angry about me taking that away from them. But it would be even worse if their anger was directed toward Harold.

“Well, this list is hardly the entirety of what can be collected from a wyvern.”

“Is that right? But these are the rare ones, aren’t they?”

“The materials with the highest demand are the scales and the hide.’

Ah…neither of those were listed.

“But even then, that won’t make up for what they are losing, right?”

“As for that, Harold is to pay the difference. They are likely all at a bar right about now.”

The guild member chuckled. Ahhh… I guess he would be buying quite a few drinks today then…

“So, I can take all of this…?”

“Yes. The materials themselves are in storage here at the guild. Just submit this list at the ‘Rewards’ counter when you wish to withdraw them.”

“I understand.”

I receive the list. Suddenly, I was now the owner of a bunch of wyvern materials…I would have to thank Harold when I got the chance.

Next, Daniela and I went over to the Rewards counter. Fiona was not there. Which wasn’t too surprising.

“Hello. We would like to convert this proof of slaying orcs into money.”

“Orcs, I see. Yes, of course. Please give me your status cards.”

I hand over six orc fangs and the cards.

“Also, this.”

I slide over the list.

“Let me see. ….Yes, Asagi. So you wish to receive the items here?”

“Yes, please…”

“Asagi.”

“…What?”

The communicatively impaired master Daniela butted in. This was rare.

“Are you not going to convert them into gold?”

“…Ah, I didn’t think of that!”

I had only thought of receiving them. But converting them to gold would bring me so much closer to my goal, wouldn’t it!?

“How much would all of this be if converted?”

“Uhh, with the current market… I’m sorry, it will take a moment to calculate all of this. Please have a seat over there while you wait.”

There were some chairs off to the side.

“Alright. Thank you.”

“Yes. It will just take a moment.”

We move away from the counter and wait on the chairs. I was bored. There was nothing to do… Still, I was thankful for Daniela’s idea. Let’s talk about that.

“Ahh, I feel stupid. I hadn’t even thought of doing that.”

“Those materials are of great quality. Of course, they would pay good money if you sold them. And what use would you have of them otherwise?”

“Uhh… I was really just thinking about how it was a lot of rare materials. Maybe I have a habit of hoarding things.”

“Hehe. You do have some peculiar habits, Asagi.”

Rude. Collecting odd items is its own subculture. I’m very popular with girls who are into that.

“You have other peculiar habits as well, you know?”

“What? Name them.”

“You are are always running your fingers through your hair. You do it especially when you are thinking about something.”

“Oh, I never noticed.”

“Hehe. I see it often. Though, it does show your pretty dark eyes when you do it.”

Ahh, she really paid attention…a little too much perhaps? Haha. Was this love?

“As an elf, you have the most beautiful eyes, I’ve always thought. I rate those clear green pupils highly.”

“Ahh, these eyes. Eyes of this type will change colors. Apparently, they were different when I was born, but it came out when I was a child.”

She said, then moved her face away with a faraway look in her eyes. I wondered if it was her old homeland that she was seeing.

Where she was born, her family, and her friends. An emotion that I couldn’t express overwhelmed me as I looked at she, who had lost everything. It pained my heart. Was it sympathy? Or…

“Asagi. Sorry to keep you waiting.”

With that, I moved my fixed stare away from Daniela and looked towards the counter. The guild member was now calling me. Right, we needed to collect the reward.

“With regards to the orcs, there was no quest issued during that time, so you will only be paid for the materials collected. Is that alright?”

“Yes, that is fine.”

“Thank you.”

The tray in front of us held three golds and sixty silvers. It was more than I had expected. I suppose it was because they were considered to be the ‘enemies of all humankind’ or something.

“And as for the wyvern materials,”

Here we go. This was important. I gulped and perked up my ears.

“Thirty silver pieces per claw, twenty silver pieces per tooth, three gold pieces for a single set of wing membranes, ten gold pieces for one jaw plate and twenty-five gold pieces for the wyvern heart.”

What, was this real…did I mishear that?

“A wyvern had not been killed recently, so the prices have gone up. Adding everything up and converting the results, it will be fifty-seven gold pieces.”

“…”

I look at Daniela. I hardly knew what to do with myself. She smiled at me. And with that, I was certain, something very good had just happened.

“Yes, I would like to convert it all.”

“Thank you. Please wait a moment then.”

So saying, the guild worked disappeared in the back again. I could hardly feel my feet as I wobbled back to our seats and slumped into the chair.

“Daniela…am I dreaming?”

“What are you on about? …This is real. Go fetch your reward.”

She slaps me on the shoulder. I take in several deep breaths. I had not expected the wyvern materials to sell for so much… Together with the reward for the orcs, I now had sixty golds and sixty silvers. I would only need four more golds and forty silvers to reach my goal. Now I would really need to go and thank Harold.

I sat dazed until I was called again. But this time when I got up from the chair, I felt so light as if I had suddenly grown wings.