《Binary Soul》Chapter 17 - Treat clerks with patience and respect
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Treat clerks with patience and respect - yelling at them simply wastes everyone's time
> Ellie PoV
We leave the Old Boisterous Uncle's office.
"Ellie, you went too far!"
"But Kira hates that name, right?"
"Well, yes, I do, but Olboun didn't mean anything by it!"
"That's no excuse."
Even if that's true, I will not allow it.
"He needs to properly atone for his actions."
"Anyway, I'm telling you that was too much!"
Kira is too kind after all.
Kira needs to firmly stand up to these people.
But how do I convince Kira?
"... but I don't want Kira to hurt anymore..."
I use my secret technique!
"Uuuuu, I can't complain when you look at me like that...
Maybe you're right, I should've been a bit stricter with him."
Great success!
I don't like using this technique, but it's necessary for times like this.
I'm glad I practiced it.
We pick up our luggage on the way out of the barracks.
* * *
The Adventurer's Guild.
It's a large two-story building.
The first floor are the restaurant, receptionist and request board.
It's huge, you can probably fit 300 people in here and have room to spare.
The second floor is mostly study materials and utility rooms open to members.
We're here so I can register.
"Good day."
"Ah, welcome back Miss Quasse. I've not seen you around."
An old gentleman greets us from behind a counter.
He must be a receptionist.
His face is twitching for some reason.
"Yes, well, things happened.
Anyway, first I want to turn in proof of subjugation."
Kira hands over a bag filled with monster parts.
It's mostly Goblin ears, Troll jawbones and Orc snouts from the forest.
If adventurers turn in trophies like this, they get a bounty from the guild.
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The receptionist receives the bag and passes it to an assistant.
But doing things like this does not count towards rank promotion.
Since it’s hard to verify who killed what.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, I want to register this girl as my disciple."
The receptionist was surprised.
What's with that sneer?
It's a completely reasonable request, right?
Adventurers normally start out at the bottom - Rank G.
But since Kira will be my teacher, I can start at the same rank as Kira - Rank C.
This is so both of the teacher and disciple can work together right away.
However, the teacher stakes their reputation and their money on the disciple.
If the disciple fails a job, gets badly injured or killed, the teacher will be blamed.
Punishments from the guild include fines, demotions, expulsion and even imprisonment.
The teacher must also pay for any damages caused by their disciple.
Since the risk is high, disciples are rare.
Once a number of commissions are complete, the disciple contract is terminated.
The former disciple is then considered a full-fledged adventurer.
* * *
Filling out the documents took about 30 minutes.
The receptionist kept finding problems with the forms.
So we had to re-do them several times.
But I don't mind.
It's good he's thorough.
Unlike a certain guard captain.
When we finished with those, they said they need some of my blood.
What's with that creepy requirement?
However, since Kira said it was fine, then it must be fine.
I let them have a few drops.
After a few minutes they hand me my brand new adventurer's card.
It's a rectangular white piece of metal that fits in my palm.
This is a universally accepted form of identification.
It's impossible to make without the person being present at a guild.
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Their blood was used during the engraving process.
If someone else held this card, it would turn red.
What's with that creepy effect?
But, since it prevents identity theft, I won't mind it.
I read the engraving on the face of my card.
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Name: Ellie
Titles:
Team: Black Flame
Position: Scout
Rank: C
Status: Disciple (Kiressara mil Quasse)
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[Black Flame] is the team we made with Kira.
I'm a bit disappointed with the position of scout.
I wanted something cool like ninja or assassin.
Unfortunately, those were impossible.
And finally my status as Kira's disciple.
Seeing it written down made me a little happy.
I also asked Kira to show me her adventurer's card.
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Name: Kiressara mil Quasse
Titles: Red Sage
Team: Black Flame
Position: Support
Rank: C
Status: Active
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Titles are special awards given out by the guild for notable achievements.
Kira earned [Red Sage] by being amazing at magic.
Apparently there are only four people in the guild recognized as sages.
Other than Kira, there's also a [Black Sage], a [White Sage] and a [Green Sage].
The colors in the name are just decoration.
What's with that pointless distinction?
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