I had agreed with accepting the designated request for subjugating the wyvern discovered at Firestone Mountain. However...
"We of the adventurers' guild of Labyrinth City Knossos thank you from the depths of our hearts, Miss Scarlet. As the request would normally be for a B rank party, you will be promoted to B rank yourself upon completion as a special reward in addition to the normal compensation."
"Ah, about that."
What she had said didn't sit well with me. While it was nice to be recognized for my efforts and ability, being publicly recognized and acknowledged as an extraordinary individual was something that had a tendency to bring unwanted attention.
"Is something the matter?"
"Rather than that, I'd like a slightly different reward."
"Hahaha! I knew I was right to like you! What do you want? A magical weapon? Maybe some armour? Or maybe the honour of duelling me, a former A rank!"
No, I don't want of that, especially that last one.
(And what honour? You just requested to duel me a few minutes ago!)
"No, not that. I want you to alter the official record of the request to something more appropriate of my rank."
"Haaa?! What the hell is that?!"
"Guild master, shut up please."
"...Yes ma'am."
With a single glare accompanied with some cold words that even left some collateral on my side as a chill went up my spine, the giant of a guild master shrunk into his seat, managing to actually look almost normal sized somehow.
"Am I correct to presume that you don't desire fame and glory?"
"That's one way to put it."
"That is fine. It is a request directly from the guild, so it won't be difficult to make the alteration. Officially the request will an emergency acquisition of the liver of a stray obsidian draco with the client's identity being confidential. That way even if someone were to grow suspicious, both you and we would have plausible deniability. As well as that, we will offer an additional reward in place of the rank increase we had originally promised."
That sounded really good for me. There weren't really any complaints from my end at all.
"What the hell are you doing Peitho! You're the one who yelled at me for..."
"Guild master, shut up please."
"...Yes ma'am."
"And for that matter, you agreed to rank up someone who wasn't ready in exchange for doing a private request for you, under the table at that. Of course I'd have to reprimand you for doing such a foolish thing. What kind of guild master asks an adventurer to go two countries over just to bring back a bottle of liqueur, then promises to give that same adventurer a free rank up in place of paying them?!"
(What the hell?!)
"And unlike your instance, what Miss Scarlet is requesting would normally be considered nothing but a worse deal. While I do want such a talented adventurer to reach a rank appropriate to her skill as fast as possible, taking the circumstances of the individual in question as best as possible is part of the core values of the adventurer's guild!"
"Yes ma'am."
"Furthermore…!"
As the woman's rant continued, I tuned the two out and instead diverted my attention.
(Is it that good? Maybe I'm actually looking forward to this.)
(These two weren't about to go suggest going after one for real now, are they?)
Thankfully Alicia sped up along with me, or at least benefited from my high stats to be able to match my current speed, allowing us to have a conversation in between a blink of time for the rest of the world.
I had agreed with accepting the designated request for subjugating the wyvern discovered at Firestone Mountain. However...
"We of the adventurers' guild of Labyrinth City Knossos thank you from the depths of our hearts, Miss Scarlet. As the request would normally be for a B rank party, you will be promoted to B rank yourself upon completion as a special reward in addition to the normal compensation."
"Ah, about that."
What she had said didn't sit well with me. While it was nice to be recognized for my efforts and ability, being publicly recognized and acknowledged as an extraordinary individual was something that had a tendency to bring unwanted attention.
"Is something the matter?"
"Rather than that, I'd like a slightly different reward."
"Hahaha! I knew I was right to like you! What do you want? A magical weapon? Maybe some armour? Or maybe the honour of duelling me, a former A rank!"
No, I don't want of that, especially that last one.
(And what honour? You just requested to duel me a few minutes ago!)
"No, not that. I want you to alter the official record of the request to something more appropriate of my rank."
"Haaa?! What the hell is that?!"
"Guild master, shut up please."
"...Yes ma'am."
With a single glare accompanied with some cold words that even left some collateral on my side as a chill went up my spine, the giant of a guild master shrunk into his seat, managing to actually look almost normal sized somehow.
"Am I correct to presume that you don't desire fame and glory?"
"That's one way to put it."
"That is fine. It is a request directly from the guild, so it won't be difficult to make the alteration. Officially the request will an emergency acquisition of the liver of a stray obsidian draco with the client's identity being confidential. That way even if someone were to grow suspicious, both you and we would have plausible deniability. As well as that, we will offer an additional reward in place of the rank increase we had originally promised."
That sounded really good for me. There weren't really any complaints from my end at all.
"What the hell are you doing Peitho! You're the one who yelled at me for..."
"Guild master, shut up please."
"...Yes ma'am."
"And for that matter, you agreed to rank up someone who wasn't ready in exchange for doing a private request for you, under the table at that. Of course I'd have to reprimand you for doing such a foolish thing. What kind of guild master asks an adventurer to go two countries over just to bring back a bottle of liqueur, then promises to give that same adventurer a free rank up in place of paying them?!"
(What the hell?!)
"And unlike your instance, what Miss Scarlet is requesting would normally be considered nothing but a worse deal. While I do want such a talented adventurer to reach a rank appropriate to her skill as fast as possible, taking the circumstances of the individual in question as best as possible is part of the core values of the adventurer's guild!"
"Yes ma'am."
"Furthermore…!"
As the woman's rant continued, I tuned the two out and instead diverted my attention.
(Is it that good? Maybe I'm actually looking forward to this.)
(These two weren't about to go suggest going after one for real now, are they?)
Thankfully Alicia sped up along with me, or at least benefited from my high stats to be able to match my current speed, allowing us to have a conversation in between a blink of time for the rest of the world.
