Chapter 155

Level 1 Guy: Chapter 155 – Job change recommendation

At night, the pub that specializes in beers, Villa De Edge .

I came here alone .

There are times when I would come here by myself to enjoy in peace because of how busy I am everyday, so once in a while it’s good to come here alone .

Thinking so, I came here by myself .

The usual waitress led me to my usual spot, and I would order the Coffee Beer that I’ve been obsessed with recently .

Thus, I was looking forward to it .

[Hah… . . ]

Someone sighed at the table beside me .

A pub—–or more like a sigh that you would usually hear in an Izakaya .

[Eh? Well if it isn’t Leon?] (Ryouta)

[Eh? Ah . ] (Leon)

The person was surprised when he saw me .

And that person over there was indeed Leon .

He ordered a pretty orthodox menu of beer and yakitori, but there was a puddle of water on the table… . . the water that spilled out from a few of the glasses with 5~6 glasses being drunk, and the yakitori was never touched as well .

He only drank the beers, it was that sort of circumstances .

[What’s wrong, having such a long sigh . ] (Ryouta)

[Ahh no… . . Uhh, I’m thankful for what you did before . ] (Leon)

[The tone of your voice doesn’t indicate that you just wanted to thank me, so what really happened?] (Ryouta)

[Eeh… . . it’s true that what you did really helped us, the client was extremely satisfied, and he even asked us to continue from now on, that’s what happened . ] (Leon)

[Ain’t that great?] (Ryouta)

[About that… . . all the merit went into the boss alone . ] (Leon)

[Un?] (Ryouta)

[Boss… . . Joel-san was the only one who gained the achievement . Well, she is the boss of the family, so I guess it can’t be helped . ]

Then Leon continued chugging his beer .

[So the higher ups gained the merits huh… . ] (Ryouta)

Leon nodded, and I caught a glimpse of his sight .

A boss that does nothing, and only when a project is completed they would pop out of nowhere, claiming that they did everything and getting the praise and achievements all by themselves .

In my previous world, the company that I worked for had a common occurence like this too .

[Well it can’t be help, it’s the boss . But still . ] (Leon)

Bam! He strongly slammed the cup on the table .

His face was beetroot red, and his eyes were staring on the ground .

[And I wonder how we’ll gonna handle any future jobs . What’s more, the other families don’t wanna take such a non profit job . ] (Leon)

[Aah… . . ] (Ryouta)

I understand what you mean .

They don’t think of the consequences, whether the job makes a profit or not, without even thinking they just accept it .

And the one doing everything would always be the lower employees… . .

Leon who was hit by such underlying techniques, came to the pub to vent his feelings, I completely understood how he feels .

I moved to sit beside him, looking at the waitress that was bringing my beer over, I gestured over to ask her to bring it over here .

Afterwards, I asked Leon .

[How about being independent? Instead of being stuck in such a family, isn’t it better to solo it? I’m sure you could still do your job as an adventurer . ] (Ryouta)

[I can’t… . . Within the family, I’m number 2, if I were to quit now, it’ll cause trouble to my other teammates . The younger members haven’t been taught yet, so they wouldn’t know how to operate in the family . ] (Leon)

[If they even depend on you… . then the more you should quit . ] (Ryouta)

[Un?] (Leon)

[Why not just have all of your teammates leave and be independent?] (Ryouta)

After saying that, Leon’s eyes were wide awake .

There was a ray of light as shown in his eyes .

[Doing that—–Ah, it’s impossible… . . ] (Leon)

[Why not?] (Ryouta)

[Even if I’m not around, the youngins would be in debt . The debt for their equipments . ] (Leon)

[Their equipments debt?] (Ryouta)

He furrowed his eyebrows! As he did that I finally understood .

[They’re a lot of those who come in bringing nothing but themselves, at first they would provide a weapon for them, but it usually breaks immediately . Then they’ll have to stomach their own weapons… . . and that’s when they’ll have to borrow money to repair it . ] (Leon)

[From Joel?] (Ryouta)

[Not directly from her .  Boss would usually be the guarantor(mediator(?) middle man(?)) of the Dungeon Association to borrow some cash . ] (Leon)

[That Dungeon Association… . . They even do these kinds of things huh . ] (Ryouta)

[Since it’s from the guarantor herself… . . to escape from this family, if you don’t pay off all your debts, it’s impossible to leave . Plus we don’t have that kind of money… . ] (Leon)

Leon sighed further, and drank his beer in one go .

Even though he wants to change job, but because of various reasons he can’t, to summarize it in one sentence, it’ll be [trouble with money] .

With a debt on your shoulder, you would live an unsafe life, and your salary would drop from time to time .

In many cases, [money] is always the cause of it .

I slightly thought about it, and asked Leon .

[Follow me . ] (Ryouta)

[Eh? W, where to . ] (Leon)

[Just come . ] (Ryouta)

Without replying Leon, I went ahead .

The location, Dungeon Association .

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In the middle of the night, plus both me and Leon who smelled like booze came and meet up with Clint .

Inside the Chairman’s office, Clint was asked me while hiding his surprised on top of his smile .

[What’s wrong Satou, coming here so late at night . ] (Clint)

[I heard that the Dungeon Association lends money to people . ] (Ryouta)

[It’s different from just lending money,  It’s a mutual aid for the adventurers . We even offer lower interests than the neigbouring countries . Of course we would like some trust in our adventurers too when lending money to them… . . ] (Clint)

Clint then looked at both me and Leon simultaneously .

[I don’t think Satou would be in need of some cash right?] (Clint)

[No, not me . ] (Ryouta)

I shook my head, and talked about what happened to Leon .

One of Joel Family’s member, he wants to be independent but the debt of his teammates were strangling their necks, which made them unable to leave .

[I see… . . that Joel’s… . ] (Clint)

[That?] (Leon)

[That . ] (Clint)

Clint nodded, Leon stared at him, and said .

[Although it’s good to offer bad weapons and armors to newcomers for free, but after it’s broken, the famous saying “You better buy a better equipment then”, and she makes you buy more expensive equipments . It’s technically not ripping somebody off, but if given to newcomers, then they’ll usually get stuck by this loop for a really long time . ] (Clint)

[Is that so?] (Ryouta)

[… . . ] (Leon)

Leon heavily nodded .

[Because it could be used for a long time, and it’s not like you’re lying to them… . . ] (Clint)

[But the malice is there . ] (Ryouta)

[… . . ] (Leon)

Leon kept quit, I’m sure the person himself understands the most .

I turned around and looked at Clint .

I could pay, if there is no choice then I could pay for the extent of breaking the loans for any new adventurers .

Though, I thought of something different .

Looking at Clint, I discussed about the idea that I just came up with .

[Since Joel is the guarantor of this debt, can I instead be the guarantor for them?] (Ryouta)

[Normally it’s impossible . ] (Clint)

[Normally?] (Ryouta)

[Yeap . ] (Clint)

Clint who immediately replied, one could see that Leon was discouraged which was conveyed through his expressions .

After he heard the word [normally] he was discouraged, but I could read between the lines of Clint .

If it really was impossible, he himself wouldn’t have said [normally] to begin with .

[Can you please do something about that . ] (Ryouta)

I bowed my head down .

[Wh, what, you don’t have to go that far—–] (Leon)

[I got it . ] (Clint)

Clint said, and Leon was like [Eh?] as he was surprised .

He didn’t know that it was just for show, and why we had to make such a roundabout why to agree to such things .

[… . . ]

When I saw Leon’s eyes clouded with deep emotions, I was convinced that he could remove any obstacles in his way .

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A few days later, rumours circulated throughout Shikuro town that everyone in the ridiculous leader’s family left .