Volume 1 - CH 10

Chapter 10 – Reporting to The Royal Capital Adventurer’s Guild

After recalling the past, Eto sighed deeply.

Many things have happened in the last two years. And he knew that those things were undoubtedly things that he cannot experience had he stayed at his home village.

However, Eto barely felt any gratitude towards those experiences. Because after having been discriminated against by the Hero and his party for about a year, the only thing he felt was exhaustion in his mind and body.

“I guess I will finally be able to get a break from those things once I finish my report in the royal capital.”

Muttering like that, Eto returned to finish the request he took along with the other adventurers. But it seems, the Goblin settlement had already been annihilated by the hands of other adventurers.

Having gathered enough money for his travel expenses to the royal capital, Eto immediately left the town. Then, while receiving some requests such as escorting in the town he visited along the way, Eto arrived at the royal capital in about half a month.

When he visited the Adventurer’s Guild, which is also the headquarters to get in touch with the Hero’s party, he was told to wait in a room inside the guild.

At that time, Eto started to feel worried about what their reaction would be after hearing his report. However, for the sake of regaining his life, Eto knew this is something that he cannot avoid. Plus, he also intended to report everything, including the treatment he received in the Hero’s party, without concealing anything.

After waiting for a while, the guild’s Grand Master and the Guild Master of the royal capital’s Adventurer’s Guild entered the room. They’re the ones who took care of Eto and his ex-party when they conducted a practical training to actually subjugate monsters around the royal capital before. By the way, the Grand Master is the head of the Adventurer’s Guild in the kingdom. His job is to supervise the Guild Master of each town.

“Although we’ve met Eto-san before, allow me to re-introduce ourselves. First of all, this is Trie-sama, the Grand Master, and I am Sidrake, the Guild Master of the royal capital’s Adventurer’s Guild. Pleased to meet you”

“Pleased to meet you, too. Thank you for giving me some of your time.”

After exchanging some words, Eto began to explain why Eto was alone in the royal capital. Without any falsehood, he explained the series of events that led him to be there.

“Please wait a moment. According to Eto-san’s story, Eto-san was banned from using your support magic by Hero-sama, right? Not only that, you also said that they didn’t give you a share of subjugation rewards, and they refused to give you accommodation and meals. Hence, Eto-san ended up taking some work from the adventurer guild by yourself to earn your living expenses?”

The Guild Master hastily asked to confirm the facts.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“When did it start?”

Then, the Grand Master, who had been listening to Eto’s story in silence, asked.

“It’s been a year since I’ve been treated like that.”

“Has Eto-kun told your situation to someone during that one year? Aren’t there knights, magicians, liaison, and others accompanying Hero’s party?”

“I did. Many times in fact. I told them to at least give me a share of the reward, and I also told them there is no way I could continue the journey without even being given a meal. However, one of them then said that since I was useless in battles, I should have been able to do some work in the Adventurer’s Guild to earn my own living expenses. And the others also agreed to that. Although the knights and magicians heard the conversation, they didn’t say anything. Because of that, I gave up making requests to them.”

Truth to be told, at this point of time, Eto’s anger has already disappeared. Because for him, all those things are already over. And right now, he is only fulfilling his obligation, which was to give a necessary report, before living his own life.

“I see. Understood. However, we have to confirm whether what Eto-san told us was true or not first, is that fine?”

Saying that, the Grand Master squinted his eyes, trying to read Eto.

“Of course, feel free to.”

Since Eto had expected it was unavoidable for them to suspect his report, he was able to receive the sharp look that the Grand Master gave him without panicking. And with that, his duty is finally over, and he decided to leave the rest to the guild.

After that, the guild asked whether he wanted them to provide him accommodation, but Eto politely declined. Then, he also told them to leave a message to the guild receptionist if they have business with him because he is thinking of accepting requests at the guild.

‘There is no way I want to leave everything, including my daily life, to the guild, when I am just about to start my adventure after all.’