Chapter 538: A Normal Adventurer’s Guild

Chapter 538: A Normal Adventurer’s Guild

After we completed the procedures at the Academy of Magic, we were now at the Adventurer’s Guild.

「It looks, normal?」

「Woof」

Fran and Urushi tilted their heads when they saw the Adventurer’s Guild building. They had seen a lot of special buildings in this city, and they were expecting too much from the Adventurer’s Guild.

However, the guild’s building used brick as the exterior, which was quite common in this town. It was almost twice the size of the nearby building, but it was not too huge.

『Let’s just go inside for the time being』

「Nn」

「Woof!」

When we passed through the guild’s door, we found that the interior was normal too. The floor, the ceiling, the walls, and the reception counter were just as plain as the others.

It was just like any other Adventurer’s Guild, where adventurers were struggling to decide which requests to accept, or negotiating in vain with the receptionist to raise the purchase price of materials.

However, there was one group of people that caught Fran’s attention.

「A lot of kids?」

『They’re probably older than Fran... I guess, they are students at the Academy of Magic』

The boys and girls wore leather cloaks of reasonable quality. On the shoulders of their cloak was an emblem of an upside-down wave. The emblem looked familiar to me. I’m sure it was on the flag of the magic academy that we had seen on the back entrance.

Some of them were standing in line at the counter, others were looking at the request forms. If they hadn’t been wearing the cloaks of the Academy of Magic, I would have thought they were just ordinary fledgling adventurers.

I was wondering if students of the Academy of Magic were allowed to become an adventurer. But I guess, they were allowed to do so since they’re wearing their cloaks so proudly like this.

『I wonder why these students would be adventurers』

Well, we’ll probably find out about it when she becomes an instructor.

『Let’s say hello to the guild for now』

We were going to stay in this town for a while after all. Well, that was, if she doesn’t fail the interview though. In that case, as a high-ranked adventurer, Fran needed to report to the local guild to stay. It was not mandatory, but it was recommended for us to do so.

After all, it was important to know the whereabouts of high-ranked adventurers in case of emergency.

「Hey」

「Yes. Welcome to the Adventurer’s Guild, how may I help you?」

「Nn. I came to say hello because I might be staying in this town for a while. Here’s my card」

「Aah, I see. I’ll take a look at your card then」

The lady at the reception desk then took the card from Fran. She then looked surprised for a moment. However, she soon regained her business smile.

「P-please wait for a moment while someone from the higher-ups comes」

「Okay」

He was a skilled warrior, and his magic power was much higher than that of most magicians. In addition, he was very good at eliminating his presence and seems to have a quite high all-around ability.

The man approached the reception desk rather quickly and whispered to the receptionist. Well, I could hear him though.

「The emergency beacon went off. What’s going on?」

Apparently, there was a mechanism where if we do something at the reception desk, something would make a sound in the Guild Master’s room. This could come in handy in case of robbery. But I don’t think any robbers would be dumb enough to break into the Adventurer’s Guild though.

「As a matter of fact, a high-ranked adventurer came to report on her stay」

「Oh? What’s her rank?」

「It’s B」

「And where she is now?」

「That kid over there」

Drill-san, who took her hand away once to admonish Fran, and the lady at the reception desk who pointed at Fran who was asked by her with 「Go home then!」 but Fran replied with

「I’m not going home」. And the guild master seemed to understand what was going on in an instant.

「Hey, can I have a word?」

「Eh? Umm, who are you? We still have a business here」

「Well, I have some business with her too」

「...What kind of business do you have with her? I’m her guardian」

Drill-san stepped forward to protect Fran. As an upperclassman, I guess she was trying to protect her underclassmen.

The guild master looked like a young man on the outside, so he looked like a suspicious man. But it was no surprise that a low-level adventurer had never met the Guild master.

「Guardians? Is that so?」

「...No」

「Eh?」

Fran was troubled for a moment, probably because she felt sorry for Drill-san. She was not very good at talking, so she kind of got her involved with the guild master in a weird way.

「Well, I’m Khinabar, and I’m the Master of this guild」

「Eeh?」

「Nn. Adventurer, Fran」

「Eeh?」

「I never thought I’d see someone with an alias. You’re welcome here」

「Eeeh?」

Fran then bowed her head to the Blonde Drill-san, who was too surprised and stunned to know about her.

「I’m sorry」

I’m sorry too, Blonde Drill-san.