Chapter 109: Guilds.

Chapter 109: Guilds.

Ahh, that was filling. If you had not mentioned it, I would have forgotten to eat, Tasianna. Hie hie. I giggled with reddened cheeks.

I would presume so; you ate multiple dishes at the inn, in addition to whatever we picked up on the way, Tasianna commented. However, wasnt it too little? Dont you eat more, Miss Saori?

The blush on my face intensified as I began scratching my cheeks with a wry smile. I would, yes, but the stares I got from the adventurers were suffocating, he he. We usually eat in private, no?

For lunch, we decided to try out the tavern next to the hunters guild. As adventurers needed to travel from town to town to fulfill their quests, similar to Kushlekzar and the saurians, both the hunters and mercenary guilds had set up inns next to their guild houses for their members exclusive use.

While inns, places for travelers to find lodging, were common in town, it was very well possible not enough rooms would be available for adventurers, especially when other travelers like merchants and vagrants were around. With winter making travel difficult, it seems most inns were fully reserved according to the hunters I asked.

As the inn also acted as a tavern to serve drinks and warm food, I thought this was a good time to learn how townspeople ate and listen to gossip. Id tried village food, the food of a nobles chef, lizardmen swamp cuisine, and my own cooking style with Peolyncian ingredients. I learned about medieval European foods from books but never tasted them myself. There were medieval fairs on Earth, but I never had the opportunity to attend them. In this life, I wanted to correct that.

One of my goals in my past life was to travel the world with my mother to honor my late fathers wish. My father believed enjoying a cultures cuisine as part of the whole experience as lifes hardship molded a regions specialties. I didnt consider myself a certified chef, but I do believe in my cooking. If I want to become better, then I should try as many dishes as possible and experiment with as many new ingredients as I could get my hands on, like those Firwood frost cones.

For example, Yokohama, the city I was born and raised in, belonged to the Kanagawa prefecture and had a regional specialty called shirasu, which translates to whitebait or baby sardines in English. The shirasu heaven of the prefecture, Enoshima island, made tons of dishes and snacks with them, of which I liked the shirasu don the most. A bowl of rice with some raw baby sardines. Ahh, heavenly.

Its only south of Tokyo and you can easily get to the Kanagawa prefecture by train, so I would recommend any tourist to try them. I may be dead on Earth, but I will still support my prefecture!

Anyway, while on our way to the hunters guilds inn, we also visited a few eateries. Most of them only served one or two dishes, but each dish was made with passion by the locals. It made my home chefs heart flourish. I believe Hestia would like them too, even if they were mostly made with greens.

The hunters inn, on the other hand, was quite bizarre if I still had the mindset I had on Earth. Most of the meat or dishes with meat in them were made from monster products, so they had a very unique taste due to the texture. I also learned the kitchen was connected with the eatery in the hunters guilds main hall, so I guess we could hang out while looking at the Quest board, ha!

The smell of ale and cider was so pungentI need to come back after I finish visiting the guilds. I need some alcohol!

After eating my fill, we greeted Melia, took a look at the Quest board, and then made our way to the mercenary guild. It wasnt far from the hunters guild, so we made it there in no time.

Similar to the hunters guild, it was rowdy and full of mercenaries ranging from tall, buff men with hunks of metal shaped into weapons to beastman women of various subraces. It was around lunchtime now, so it was relatively calmer than our second visit to the hunters guild.

Saori and Tasianna, correct? Thank you for coming back to the guild!

This was Rachael, a human receptionist of the mercenary guild who had apparently been assigned to be our exclusive handler, much like Melia. Unlike Melia, this orange-haired girl who looked around 17 was energetic and full of passion whenever she spoke to anybody, reminding me a bit of an unrestrained Hestia.

Good afternoon, Rachael, how are you today? Are we eligible for the promotion?

Ah, yes, I have confirmed it with the Boss. He has received a report made by the Depths Serpents party, and they have acknowledged your names as valued participants, Rachael replied with a thumbs up. We have also questioned the guild members youve mentioned. They have safely made it back to Firwood and given their full support on the matter. A rising C rank party and multiple D rankers have attested that the three of you were an invaluable help during the Quest, which means your party has received the 4 D rank points. Congratulations. You, Tasianna, and Lady Hestia are now F rank mercs!

To get promoted to the next rank in either adventurer guild, you had to gain a certain number of rank points through Questing. While the circumstance of us gaining D rank at the hunters guild was abnormal, our beginner rank of G at the mercenary guild was the norm for any new member, no matter how strong. We had to work our way up here like anybody else.

The bandit Quest wed received from Colwyn should have given us 4 D rank points, which should be enough for an F rank promotion, however, the guild worked independently from the kingdoms nobles. They wanted to investigate our claim by finding evidence for our participation. That was why they needed the reports from Kushlekzars party Depth Serpents and the mercenaries we rescued during the bandit raid. They were our witnesses and I was glad to see everything worked out smoothly.

Tasianna and I handed over our IDs for the promotion to Rachael. Normally, a promotion interview would be scheduled to assess our characters and ability to improve, but that wasnt necessary since four C rankers endorsed us: Kushlekzar, Grazlahta, Krim-Slak, and Akasht. The saurians might be in a different town now, but it seems they couldnt stop helping us.

Unfortunately, Hestia wasnt here so she couldnt get promoted just yet, but she can do that next time shes here.

Oh, that reminded me. Saori, has Lady Hestia already registered your party? I mean, giving you guys an official party name, thats what I meant. Considering what the three of you can actually do, it would be a total waste to not market yourself better! One name is easier to remember, after all, she said with an excited smile after handing our IDs back.

Being our exclusive handler, she was the only one in the mercenary guild aside from the guild master to be privy to our information. She had to know who and what we were, to support us correctly. I was a bit worried her friskiness might cause her to accidentally leak some information, but the guild master seemed to trust her enough to give her this much responsibility.

After thanking her for the promotion, I shook my head to her question. We have not. I will leave the name choice to Lady Hestia. Anyway, are there any interesting Quests?

Hunters Guild Membership Rank: D

Fulfilled Quests: 4

Points: 1 D, 3 G

Rank Total: 1 D / 40 D

Mercenary Guild Membership Rank: F

Fulfilled Quests: 2

Points: 4 D, 1 F

Rank Total: 12 F / 15 F

I should ask Melia or Rachael for an explanation of the rank point system. More details would be nice but having Hestia around would save me the effort of explaining it to her. Ill see if there are three F rank Quests we can do to earn another promotion.

Tasianna and I went over to the board, scouring the board for any Quests, just like wed done at the hunters guild. While there were a couple of Quests I would imagine a mercenary to do, like escorting merchants like bodyguards, home security, and headhunting; there were also more peaceful options like being shop bouncers, package transporters, or even service personnel for shops and stalls. Hunters focused on monsters, while mercs handled humanoid related jobs.

Eventually, somebody interrupted us while we were looking at the board, speaking loudly to catch our attention. Hey, you two, looking for a Quest to do? Turning around, three adolescent humans geared in basic gambesons stood before us, each carrying either an arming sword, mace, or spear. Prudent enough, all three had wooden heater shield strapped on their left arm.

While there were quite a few adventurers who looked like they were cosplaying fantasy warriors, it seems there were also those who looked more grounded, like actual medieval European mercenaries you would read from books. These three gave me that impression, at least.

You ladies were looking at the board for a while, so I thought you two might be looking for a Quest. We have an easy F rank one and with you two, well have a full party, the young mercenary with the mace offered with a friendly smile.

While Tasianna gave his party the stink eye, visibly annoyed, I bowed and politely declined, Thank you for the offer, but we are not looking for any help. We were only inspecting the board for Quests.

Rachael went upstairs to the guild masterDid they time this or was this a coincidence?

Waving his hand in a joking manner, the sword wielder spoke instead of his friend, Oh, come on now, no need to be so cold. You guys are G ranks, right? Just joined the guild? Were F ranks, and we just want to help our juniors. In this line of work, it can get really dangerous, so getting some help once in a while isnt bad.

Before I could respond, Tasianna jerked her head to their direction, scowling at them as she growled, Leave! in a low-pitched tone. Even her [Terror Aura Lv. 1] could be terrifying if she began cooling the air around her with [Cryokinesis]. Her patience was at her limits.

Hey, hey, what is that kinda attitude?! Although having intimidated all three, the spear user among them bravely stepped forward, reproaching Tasianna with a slightly pale face. Were just here to help, ok! You three obviously have no weapons or protective gear so either you two are mages or idiots who think joining the mercenary guild is easy money. Pah! Learn to work with others or get the fuck out of here!

The guildhall is loud with everybody speaking, they probably didnt hear our conversation with Rachael. That should explain it, I believe.

Yeah, yeah! Hes right! the two others said in unison, having regained their morale from their friends speech. Three front liners, two back liners. A solid composition. Besides, you two are girls, so why not just take the free help and be happy about it?!

The people around us are mostly watching with interest or outright ignoring us. The receptionists look annoyed but arent intervening. Was this normal? I guess, if you joined a guild focused on dealing with people, you had to have the necessary people skills.

Sighing in exasperation, I discreetly took out a token from my storage before this argument escalated even further. Tasianna looked like she would explode any second now. I would ask to please leave us alone. We appreciate your help, but it is not necessary. With a blue squared token in my hand, I showed it off to them, not forgetting to flaunt the serpent symbol on it.

While the three were confused at what I was showing, around 16 mercenaries quickly rose from their seats, rushed over to the three, and placed their hands on their shoulders. Enough flirting, you hot-bloods, they all said and began pulling them away from us. The three complained and tried to resist but it was futile against all those muscles.

Urgh, those lizardmen are everywhere was all they muttered as they quickly removed themselves back to the guilds bar.

Interesting.

Without giving it any thought to just what the saurians had done to them to cause this reaction, we left the guild without taking a Quest. Seeing as Tasianna was still annoyed by what had happened, I had to help her cool down first before continuing our guild visits.

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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