“This is the requests rewards, would you like for it to be converted?”

“Yeah.”

After arriving in the HQ via the gate, I immediately took my rewards, the spirit seemed to stopped pestering me and slept within the sword once again.

The reward amounted to $4,323, even though its just slimes (though normally slimes are really tough) the reward was this big.

I decided not to sell the magic stones and try to experiment with them, I have some crazy ideas that I don’t know if it’ll work but if it did, it will be an outrageous addition to my arsenal.

The receptionist returns and asks for my guild card.

“Mr. June is an F-Rank, your overall reward totaled $4,323, the HQ will be taking 65% of that as service fee. Your total reward will be $1513.05 converting roughly to 81,704.7 pesos.”

“What!? 65!? I’ve never heard of this!” I shouted angrily.

“I was sure this was told the moment you have joined the HQ.”

“I never heard such a thing!”

“That is, my apologies, it seems someone has forgotten to tell you the bars set for each awakened’s rank.”

Her eyes became sharp, I felt like the hair in my body started to stand, her eyes were locked unto someone else’s, I followed her line of sight and saw the receptionist who took care of my registration.

“Hii!!!”

The girl began to cower in fear, as she felt the piercing gaze of the person in front of me.

“Idella, would you kindly come here for a moment?”

With a voice as mellow and soft, a raging storm seemed to be coated within those words.

“M-Manager? W-what is it?”

“I believe that you know of this personage, yes?”

“U-ughh… Y-yes, from this morning the newly registered awakened, June Carell was it?”

“That’s right, and did you know that someone forgot to something very important to him?”

“E-eh… umm… h-hii!!! I’m sorry!!!! I’m so sorry! Manager! Please forgive me! I-I did give him the pamphlet everything is written in there!”

“What did I say about cutting corners, Idella?”

“Hii!!!”

I was dumbfounded, I don’t even remember what I was doing here in the first place.

“Mr. Carell, our apologies this is a mistake in our part, but as I have said this is a bar set for those of a certain rank. If you would like, would you like to hear this set bars?”

“Uh… un, sure.”

“Very well, I shall start explaining.:

• Ranks| Privileges

o Rank F

 Use of Gate Transport 10% Discount.

 Free Coffee

 65% Service Fee + Tax

o Rank E

 Use of Gate Transport 15% Discount.

 Free Cofee, Donut (1 Box, once a day), Training Instructor (Paid, once every two months) and HQ Dorm Access (Monthly Payment)

 60% Service Fee + Tax

o Rank D

 Use of Gate Transport 25% Discount (Local and International), Free Gate Pass (Once a month)

 Free Cofee, HQ Dorm Access (Paid, Permanent Residence), HQ Shop Access (HQ-made Items for sale, Auction Houses available), Security Clearance Level 1.

 50% Service Fee + Tax

o Rank C

 Use of Gate Transport 35% Discount (Local and International), Free Gate Pass + Plus one (Once a month)

 Free Cofee, HQ Dorm Access (Paid, Permanent Residence), HQ Shop Access (HQ-made Items for sale, Auction Houses available), Security Clearance Level 2.

 40% Service Fee + Tax

o Rank B

 Use of Gate Transport 45% Discount, Free Gate Pass + Any number of company (Once a month, International Travel)

 Free Cofee, HQ Dorm Access (Paid, Permanent Residence), HQ Shop Access (HQ-made Items for sale, Auction Houses available), Security Clearance Level 3.

 25% Service Fee + Tax

o Rank A

 Free Use of Gate Transport (Local and International)

 Free Cofee, HQ Dorm Access (Paid, Permanent Residence), HQ Shop Access (HQ-made Items for sale, Auction Houses available), Security Clearance All Levels.

 Service Fee Exempted.

From what she told me, I summarized it like this, I am a normal person after all, honestly, I don’t understand most of it except for the fact that there is free coffee and donuts at rank E.

1 box per day! For free! Can you believe it!?

It was honestly worth risking my life to!

“With this, I have finished explaining everything to you. As such please do remember that we are not taking a percentage of your reward selfishly but due to HQ policies, if you don’t want your reward to have such a cut then, I suggest raising your rank as fast as you could, or alternatively, stop being an awakened altogether.”

She sharply spoke, it seems I’m hated.

I did act out earlier shouting and such, I guess I’m in the wrong too… probably.

“I’m sorry about my behavior, it’s just I was surprised.”

“no need to apologize, the receptionist in charge of your registration will be properly lectured and reprimanded. Very well, I must take my leave, the receptionist station needs to be supervised after all.”

“Ah, yes! Thank you for taking your time.”

She nods her head towards me and turned, walking towards the station where the receptionists were.

“Must be tough acting stiff all the time.”

If something goes wrong she’ll be the one who’ll take the brunt of the higher up’s after all, I guess its understandable.

I’ve read many forum posts about the hardships of those working within the circle that interacts with awakened after all.

Awakened people can be quite unreasonable after all, they have power that surpasses any normal human.

For me to lose my head there, I guess I’m no different than those awakened, huh? Or maybe because I’m just exhausted, anyway, I finished what I came here to do.

I did get my reward after all, albeit utterly decreased.