Vol. 9 - Chapter 449 - Two More Helpers! What do you mean Hannah finally has a believer?!

After the spectacle with Hannah's alchemy (?), we were about to disband when Celestine came to Hannah for some advice.

"Hannah-sama, there's something I need your help with."

"What is it? As long as it's something I can do."

"Your words are enough. It's about the applications of ‹Helper›. We don't have enough candidates applying, so I was thinking if Hannah-san can introduce one or two prospective candidates since you carry enough weight in the ‹Production Major›."

"Understood. I will inquire around, though I can't guarantee anyone would show up. So please don't hold high hopes, alright?"

Oh, so it was about the ‹Helper› recruitment huh. It was rare for Celestine to actually ask of her, so I guess lack of prospective candidates or enough applications had forced him to switch to scouting.

Well, Hannah was taking her classes in the school building of ‹Dungeon Production Major› and she also had lots of acquaintances there. She was indeed the best person to ask for.

And then the next day, Hannah brought along an unexpected person.

"Merina-senpai?"

"Yahoo, Zephyr-kun! Your favourite Merina-senpai is here to make her debut as ‹Helper›~!"Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

Merina-senpai, the facilitator of ‹Eden› and ‹Arc-Arcadia› at ‹Variety Firm›, said while greeting with a wave of hand.

Appearance wise, she was like a beautiful older sister archetype, a tiny bit smaller than Lana in stature with fluffy ash blonde hair cascading behind her back. She had a serene feature as her eyes, enveloped in soft warmth, looked into our direction.

So, Senpai was the one Hannah had in mind? Way to rock, Hannah~.

Senpai's job was ‹Secretary›, placed in top among mid-ranking jobs.

It was an excellent support job in the game which would help guilds automatically sell the selected articles when they get their own guild house after reaching C-rank. By setting the items in the ‹Item Box› to be 'for sale' individually, the mechanism would automatically take out items for sale and when the stock is dried up, it will replenish it from the ‹Item Box›.

It allowed items to be sold for a price higher than usual, but since they were sold at stores, the selling speed was slow. Well, the downside really wasn't much of a problem if there was ‹Merchant› supporting the sale. Their presence makes the product sell faster and for a higher price.

In fact, it would also provide assistance in automatic buying by selecting the item you wanted and the price you're willing to pay; it truly was an excellent job that cut short the steps one needed to go through.

In the game as well, most of the time, the ‹Helper› would either be from the ‹Merchant› category or ‹Staff› category. ‹Secretary› comes in ‹Staff› category.

And even by Nico's words, Satowa in his current believer like attitude was like a completely different person.

Well, at least Nico and Celestine were on the same page that he was diligent when it comes to handling tasks. So I don't have to be worried about this but...... he was a guy. I should strike the nail now than never.

"I am Zephyr, guildmaster of ‹Eden›. There's something I would like to make sure of. While ‹Eden› and ‹Arc-Arcadia› both have girls in majority and we won't find fault in getting along with them, even if you were to date, but that's on the premise that it doesn't cause trouble for others or guild. The contract would be dissolved should that happen."

"Yes, of course that's a valid concern! Even I would like to keep Hannah-sama out of trouble at all cost!"

"Huh, I am not asking you to go that far. Just be mindful of your actions, that's all."

Sheesh, that's why believers like him were tough nuts...

Even Hannah was having a troubled smile. Right, I should also tell her to be upfront if there's something he doesn't like. She wasn't the type to be vocal much in such matters.

But on the other hand, I had yet to know Satoru was someone with brimming motivation, capable of handling the majority of tasks with ease.

"I am surprised you're here, Merina-senpai. What about ‹Variety Firm›?"

"Ah, don't worry about it. They have enough manpower to operate even without me, and honestly, that was just a part-time job I had looked for during summer vacation. I heard about the remuneration from Hannah so I decided to hope."

"Oh, so that was just a part-time job. Hmm, then I guess we will have to handle the request like ‹High Mana Grass› etc from the general counter?"

"You really are slow on uptake, Zephyr-kun. I will be handling that as well. I haven't ended my membership there yet, so I am still in charge of the counter. Everything will proceed as it has been until now."

"It's truly a big help in that case,"

I see, so Senpai wouldn't usually be on the counter anymore but she would be the same exclusive facilitator for us. As expected of our senior.

"But are you sure about the contract period? I mean, if you want to keep it part-time for summer vacation..."

"No-no, it's completely all okay! The reward is nice and I should be able to keep this post till my 3rd year~. No, if job hunting goes hitchfree, I should be able to keep doing it till graduation as well~."

Oh, nice. It would be reassuring to have a capable senior joining in the rank. This also solved all the doubts I had.

In this way, ‹Eden› gained two new ‹Helper› as we continued our stride for the upcoming challenges.