Chapter 105

Bear-san Becomes A Rank C Adventurer

I went to the Commerce Guild, which I hadn’t been to for a while .

I took a quick look around for Mylene-san, who was always slacking off, but the Guild Master wasn’t sitting at the reception desk . It was possible that I wouldn’t be able to see that scene for some time . I felt sad when I thought about that, but for the employees, it was probably something to be happy about .

As I was thinking about which reception desk I should go to, since she wasn’t here, I noticed Riana, who had taken care of me when I bought the plots of lands, so I decided to go to hers .

「Yuna-san, welcome . What business might you have here today? Is there any problem with the land you bought the other day?」

「That’s not it . I have no problems with it . On the contrary, I was thinking if it was really okay for you to sell it to me that cheaply . 」

「No problem, I heard the story about Mireera from the guild master the other day . Keeping that in mind, the land was a cheap price to pay . You will have a commerce rank of S in the future . 」

She said something huge .

I heard that rank S was for the major merchants, like the ones in the capital . I didn’t think that I would ever become one of those, and I didn’t even want to .

「Rank S is just a dream . 」

When I said that, Riana got closer to me and whispered .

「No, it’s not a dream . In the last meeting, I heard that it has been decided that a part of the tunnel fee will be put on Yuna-san’s card . If that happens, I think it will make up quite a sum . That’s why, you will definitely become one in a few years . 」

「Wait… They are talking about that in the meetings?!」

Riana placed her finger on her mouth to signal me to lower my voice .

「Don’t worry, Yuna-san, only a few people, such as the person in charge of finances and the direct subordinates of the guild master, know about it . 」

「Mylene-san is the guild master, right? Aren’t all of you her subordinates?」

「That’s not a good way of putting it . Some people can substitute for the guild master . They take over her tasks, when she isn’t here . 」

「That means you, Riana, are her substitute?」

「I’m not that important . I’m just your receptionist when she isn’t here . 」

What was with that? Her being my personal receptionist…

「I believe it’s because I was in charge of you when you were buying the plots of land . That’s why, please call for me when the guild master isn’t here, okay? If I am unable to help you, I will relay everything to the guild master . 」

Riana bowed, so I ended up bowing as well .

「Still, why would my guild rank go up when I receive the tunnel fee?」

「The rank will go up because the profits made with the fee are taxed . 」

In other words, it was like I was running a business with the tunnel .

Commerce rank, huh . There didn’t seem to be any benefits from ranking up, though .

「So, Yuna-san, why did you come here today?」

Ah, I had almost forgotten .

I asked Riana about the honey problem .

「It seems that obtaining honey has become hard recently, so the prices were suddenly raised . Do you know the reason?」

「About that, huh . It seems monsters appeared around the bee tree . 」

The bee tree?

I must have misheard that, right?

It’s a beehive, right?

「Monsters appeared at the beehive?」

「Yuna-san, it’s not a beehive, it’s the bee tree . 」

It seemed that I had not heard it wrong .

What’s a bee tree?

「A monster appeared at this bee tree?」

「Yes, that’s the information we received . 」

「By the way, what’s a bee tree?」

「Yuna-san, you don’t know?」

「Yes, this is the first time I have heard about it . 」

「The bee trees are trees where the bees that collect nectar make their nests . They’re giant trees, where several tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of bees crowd together, and the whole giant tree becomes a beehive . 」

Hundreds of thousands of bees sounds really gross, though .

「Isn’t it dangerous to pick honey with so many bees around?」

「The bees are docile, so there aren’t any problems if you don’t attack them first . Also, the people who go to gather it are experts, so there’s no danger . 」

So, there were specialists who gathered the honey .

Well, we had those in Japan as well, though .

「So, do we know what kind of monsters appeared?」

If they were weak, I would promptly kill them .

「Someone who went to gather the honey said that it was a goblin herd . He saw them swarming the bee tree . We already sent a request to the Adventurer’s Guild, so I think that it will be resolved soon . 」

If it was just goblins, the adventurers should be able to defeat them, so I didn’t think I would have to act .

「Thanks . I will go to the Adventurer’s Guild to see what’s happening . 」

I thanked Riana and left the Commerce Guild to head to the Adventurer’s Guild .

I saw less adventurers than normal when I entered . The adventurers who saw me took a step back for some reason . I wouldn’t do anything, you know . I wasn’t scary, okay?

While thinking like that, I approached Helen-san at the reception desk .

「Yuna-san, what is it?」

What is it? If you asked any adventurer why they came to the Adventurer’s Guild, they would be troubled . Well, I haven’t really been coming here recently, though .

「I have something to ask, you see . 」

「Something to ask, is it? Before that, Yuna-san, can I have your guild card please?」

「Why?」

「Guild Master told me to rank you up when you came . 」

「Rank up?」

「Yes . Cliff-sama came here just yesterday and talked about you with our guild master . I don’t know exactly what they were talking about, but the guild master told me to rank you up while holding his head . 」

Was it possible that they had talked about the Kraken? It made sense if that was the case .

The Kraken was a request with a rank that had not yet been decided, so I couldn’t accept it . That was why it had been put on hold .

「Also, I have a message from the guild master . 『Choose the rank you want . 』 Yuna-san, what the hell did you do? He said you could even choose to be rank A . 」

Did he hear about what had happened in the capital as well?

「Hmmm, what do you mean?」

「If Yuna-san wants to become rank A, then you will become one . By the way, you can’t choose rank S, okay? You can become rank S only if you have the recommendation of multiple guild masters, after all . 」

「I don’t mind keeping the rank I have now . 」

「I have an additional message from the guild master . 『If you don’t rank up, my reputation will go down, so you have to rank up . 』」

「…Then I guess I will have you raise my rank by one . 」

I was rank D, if I remembered correctly .

「Is that okay? You could become rank A, you know . It’s not something you can become just by saying it, you know?」

「Nobody would believe me if I told them I was rank A, right? That’s why a decent rank is enough . 」

「Is it really okay?」

I nodded .

「I understand . I will raise Yuna-san’s rank by one level, and bring it up to rank C . 」

She operated the crystal and raised my rank on the guild card .

「Becoming rank C in just a few months is really incredible, but really, what did you do? You could even become a rank A…」

「Well, I don’t really know myself . 」

「Really?」

Helen-san looked at me dubiously .

She might find out about the Kraken soon, but there was no way I would tell her about the ten thousand monsters at the capital .

「More importantly, I came here to ask you something . 」

「Hmm… I understand . Please tell me next time, okay? So, what do you want to ask me?」

「Regarding the honey incident, I have heard that monsters appeared at the bee tree . I was wondering how the request was going . 」

「Honey, you say?」

「We are selling honey products at our shop, but we are troubled by the sudden rise in honey prices . 」

「Hmm . Please wait for a minute . 」

Helen-san operated the crystal .

「A party accepted the request the other day . They haven’t completed it yet, though . 」

「Are those adventurers alright?」

「Yes, I think they should be . The request is goblin extermination . If there are only fifty goblins, they should be able to complete it without problems . 」

It was okay then .

I didn’t know exactly when it would happen, but the honey prices should be back to normal in a few days .

「Ah, it seems that those adventurers are back . 」

Helen-san looked towards the entrance .

A party of five people entered .

They looked strange, though .

From their expressions, it didn’t look like they had completed the mission . Yet, they also didn’t seem to have any injuries from failing .

The adventurers approached the reception desk and shouted .

「Hey! It was different from what was written in the request!」

The girl working at the reception was shocked .

「What was the request?」

The men began to speak .

When they arrived at the place where there should have been a goblin herd, they came across a herd of orcs .

The adventurers came back without fighting when they saw that .

A herd of orcs, huh . There was a big gap between a goblin’s and an orc’s strength . They had no choice but to flee without fighting .

The adventurers wanted to cancel the request .

「Is the request be treated as a failure, then?」

「We will put that on hold . If the next party that accepts the request finds orcs, it won’t be treated as a failure . There was a mistake in the contents of the request, after all . 」

The adventurers were still complaining when they left the guild .

Just like that, there was no one who accepted the honey request . In that case, we wouldn’t be able to procure it .

「Is it okay if I accept this request?」

「 I don’t mind if it is Yuna-san, but do you plan on going alone?」

「That’s right . 」

「I don’t think I have to worry about you, who can kill a Black Viper, but you are still a girl, so don’t push yourself too hard, okay?」

「Thank you . I will take care . 」

I thanked her obediently .

「I will process this now, so please wait a moment . 」

I pulled out my guild card again and she registered the request .

I asked her for the location of the bee tree and where the party saw the orcs, then left the Adventurer’s Guild .