CH 253

The receptionist at the Adventurers’ Guild “Village of the Dragon People” branch introduced herself as Ryuko.

She said that she and Ragune were childhood friends.

They have been through the hell of the dragon people’s unique “training” together, so they don’t have many good memories of each other. Therefore, when Tauro mentioned Ragune, he heard the usual line, “Kill me…”.

I can’t hear about the past…*

Tauro laughed inwardly and decided not to make that kind of small talk.

“──That means the procedure is complete. Please ask the client, the chief, for more details.”

Ryuko, the receptionist, replied with a big smile, perhaps satisfied with her first job as a receptionist.

“Speaking of which, do you have a branch manager here?”

Tauro looked around the back of the room for the branch manager, whom he had not seen yet.

“He is here, but he usually dives in the shallower levels of the dungeon to provide support to the capturers.”

“Heh. What tier would you say the shallow tier is?”

Tauro asked for reference.

“─ About 50 layers. Once you dive, you may not come back for almost a month, so you probably go back and forth between those layers.”

…50 layers is shallow! And I think I would be worried if I didn’t come back for about a month, but……after all, the senses of the dragon people are peculiar….

Tauro smiled wryly and listened with even more interest.

‘What exactly do you do as support?”

“Huh? Well…I thin out the monsters in the dungeon, report the discovery of new rooms, make maps, and investigate the ecology of the monsters. Tauro-kun, don’t you and the other humans do this?”

As is common practice among the dragon people, the receptionist Ryuko twists her head and asks back.

“We rarely have the chance to dive into dungeons. The dungeons themselves are controlled by the state, so we can’t even get close to them.”

“Is that so? We dragon people often go into dungeons as part of our training, and dungeons offer many benefits, so we are usually free to come and go as we please……. Oh, I remember the branch manager saying that he monitors the comings and goings of outsiders. …… But Tauro, you’ll be fine, you’re the savior of the village. Thank you again.”

Ryuko, the receptionist, said and thanked him.

Since I came to this village, every time I meet a villager, they thank me instead of saying hello.

Some of them cried and thanked him, saying thatshe had saved them when they were actually sick and about to die.

There were in fact many such people, but when the garrison appeared out of nowhere, they intervened to prevent Tauro-dono from getting into trouble.

The villagers had no intention of bothering their benefactor, so for the past few days they had taken to thanking him instead of greeting him.

Tauro also thanked the receptionist Ryuko for the formalities and left the guild.

The fact that a quest had been issued would mean that the capture group was ready to go.

The time had finally come for Tauro to help out, and he headed for the chief’s house with high spirits.

“Welcome Tauro-dono. I see that you have accepted the quest. Did I do it right? I was nervous when I wrote the request form for the first time. Wahaha!”

The chief joked that he enjoyed his first experience and suggested he take a seat.

Tauro nodded and thanked him as he took his seat.

“ I am very thankful for your help. I was honestly in a panic because there were no quests at all in this village. So, about this time, ……. Are you finally going to capture the dungeon?”

Tauro mentioned the dungeon attack, which would take up most of his time in the village.

“Yes, it will happen. But don’t worry. I don’t intend to ask you to do anything dangerous. As I mentioned in the request form, all I need you to do is to take the attackers to and from the “transfer room” on the ground and by the stairs down one level, and send them to the lowest level from there. If you do not leave the “transfer room,” which is a shelter, there is almost no danger even if you go to the lowest level. Please do not leave the “Transfer Room” at the lower level. ……”

Chief Ryuga reminded Tauro for his own safety.

“I understand. So when do we leave?”

Tauro asked, full of enthusiasm.

“─ ─ ─ Before that, tomorrow, you will see the dungeon and actually go to the “transfer room” on the first level. There, could you lightly experiment with using ‘spatial transfer’ to move to a shallower level?”

Ryuga asked to quiet Tauro’s enthusiasm.

“Haha, sorry. You’re right. I forgot that I have never used spatial transfer in a dungeon. Where should I go tomorrow?”

“Then, please meet me first thing in the morning in front of the village main gate.”

“Okay. I will see you tomorrow.”

Tauro was inwardly fired up for his first quest in the village of the Dragon People.