Chapter 57

Ch 57 — Aiming for F Rank

The next day I went to the Adventurers Guild with Fer and Sui . I figured it would be crowded later in the morning so I arrived early at the reception desk and got attended to promptly .

"Ummm, I'd like to enquire about something?"

"Yes, how can I help you?"

"I'm rank G right now, how do I get up to rank F?"

The receptionist was momentarily surprised but she gave me a complete explanation . It took a while but I couldn't complain since I had asked for it .

"You need to complete a series of requests to gain points to go up a rank and if you want to rise above rank C there's also an examination . " I don't plan to rise above C rank so that's not a problem for me .

"I understand I need points to rise in rank but how many do I need to go from rank G to rank F?"

"You need a hundred points to rise from rank G to rank F . " A hundred, is that really a lot or not?

"Rank G adventurers are limited to simple requests . Most of these are worth one or two points and a few are worth three points so it's very difficult to go up from rank G to rank F . " the receptionist explained .

It seemed that rank G was sort of a training period for beginning adventurers, learning about adventuring while they find out whether they're up to it . Those who can't cope with the job will quit or quickly fail which is why the number of points to rise to F rank is set so high . So that's how it works, hey? I wasn't told this when I first registered to become an adventurer .

I've re-registered now and I'm not planning to make a living by adventuring so how hard do I have to work to make it up to F rank?

"Oh, it takes someone who's keen to be an adventurer about three months or so to rise from rank G to rank F but average beginners will take about six months . Please do your best, Mukouda-san . "

Eh, that long?

Being an adventurer isn't really my thing so I didn't properly investigate what was required for the job to start with, and maybe the receptionist at the Adventurers Guild in Fariel didn't like adventurers to begin with . . .

Well, if it takes a keen beginner three months it's likely I'll take a bit longer so I'll be staying in this city for a while it seems . Going up to rank F from rank G takes a lot of effort but I don't want to fall back again . I told the receptionist that I understood .

This time would let me find out if I actually want to be an adventurer for real, I suppose, but putting my life on the line continuously isn't really my thing . No, I'll give it a miss . Once I'm up to F rank I'll stay there . Obviously .

However de-registration from G rank is only a month and it takes some effort to get up to F rank so a G-ranked adventurer can't accept requests that take him a long way from home . The receptionist laughed when I asked her about this . Basically there are no G-ranked requests that involve travelling any distance .

Right, in that case unless something untoward happens I'll stay here and rise up to F rank from my current G rank . It seems taking requests from the Adventurers Guild in the city you first registered until you achieve F rank is the normal thing to do . When I first registered at the Adventurers Guild back in Fariel I collected medicinal herbs and then immediately set off on a long trip . That wasn't a good idea .

The receptionist yesterday had also said something about the G rank de-registration period being the shortest but I hadn't really grasped the reasoning behind it . Having listened more closely this time I figure I'm not going to be a real adventurer but unless something goes wrong I'll just earn the points needed and move up to F rank . Well, I learned something new today .

I'll work hard with the help of the Adventurers Guild here and aim for the F rank .