The ability to use ranged spells instead of having to go up close and personal with the enemy is invaluable to my current playstyle of hanging around in the backline while supporting Roxanne and Sherry who are now fighting together in the vanguard, and their teamwork is getting better and better by the day. As for the bonuses to our Stats such as increased STR or increased DEX, neither of usually pays them any mind and we fight without relying on them too much, so these are never a problem whenever I switch my Jobs around, although if I have a choice, then I always prefer to leave the Jobs that increase my overall INT stat, because the higher the INT stat, the more damage my offensive spells are going to be doing.
When I was in the middle of thinking about such things related to my Stats, Jobs and their Bonus Skills, Gozer, the leader of the Knight Order and the Duke spoke the words that I did not expect to hear, and that I initially took for some kind of verbal trap.
Forgive me if what I am about to say is going to sound disrespectful, but.. you are of Human race, correct?
Huh? Oh, y-yes, I am most definitely a Human, I have no doubts about it.
Then it would seem that there really are some truly excellent Humans in the world after all.
Eh? N-No, Mr. Duke, I think there has been a misunderstanding here, or rather, that you are misunderstanding something here!
Yes, excellent indeed.
Well, I would not mind that, especially since I might have some business to do around here in the future, but for the time being, I think it would be high time for me to be o my way. I need to get back to work, after all.
With that said, I stood up from my seat. Talking to this man was actually more fun than I have expected, but if I stay here for too long doing nothing but chatting with him, then I am afraid that I might just lose any sense of time which would cause me to miss my appointed meeting with Sherry back at the library in Imperial City.
Ah, yes, of course. It was not my intention to be holding you back here for so long, so do forgive me for that. However, about you going back to work, I do not think that it is going to be necessary.
Huh? Why is that?
Before I came here I went to collect the report from the Knights who have been partnered with you during the distribution of supplies and they have informed me that you have done everything that was expected of you, so that means that your work for today is over and you are free to return home if you wish, Kaga Michio.
So they actually checked in with the Knights who were together with me because we finished everything so fast that they must have found it suspicious that I was resting back there even without anyone telling me that my work was officially over? I guess that is understandable, but wait, did he just addressed me with my full name? But how does he even.. oh. Ooohhh, I see. Before I was dispatched to Bode from Quratars Adventurers Guild, I had to fill in the form with my personal information, and I also had to state my name when we arrived here and the Dukes officials were explaining the specifics of the commission to us and it did not even cross my mind to come up with some sort of pseudonym because I thought that it is going to be too much of a bother, and as a result of that, they now know my full name. As for whether or not that I is going to prove to be a bad thing or not. I guess only time will tell.
Now that my talk with the Duke was over, Gozer escorted me out of his office and brought me to a large room that looked like a foyer or a lobby, where I could presumably use my Warpto leave the castle and go back home to Quartar. He then bowed to me and promptly left the room, leaving me alone in it.