The Guild housed quite a few people, but some way or another, they had a room for the three to sleep in. The party was relieved that their trip wasn’t in vain.
They were taken to a rest room and laid down on the beds. It definitely was better than sleeping outside.
“By the way, what are you going to do from now on?”
Arnold asked, whereupon Hiiro answered while closing his eyes.
“…It would be bad to just slip by the checkpoint, right?”
“Yeah, unless you have an official ≪Visa≫.”
“Do you?”
“Yeah, for Muir and me.”
“How did you get it?”
“Wait, you don’t even know that? How did you want to cross the border?”
“Talk my way through and if that doesn’t work… through force.”
“Scary! Normally I would laugh at your stupidity, but now that I know of your magic, it only sounds scary!”
Arnold feared that he would cross the border by beating the clerks with his ≪Word Magic≫, because his power was more than able to.
“Listen, the ≪Visa≫ is issued at the Guild. Look.”
Saying so, he showed him a piece of paper slightly bigger than a train ticket. Written on it were the issued and expiration date.
“Then I can just get one here…”
“No, even if you apply for one here, it takes quite some time until it’s approved, you know?”
“…Seriously?”
“Seriously. Usually you get it from the Guild in the capital of the country. And even then, it takes around one week. In your case, you apply for it here, then the Guild in the capital verifies it and you only get your ≪Visa≫ once they approve.”
First you applied for it, then your personal history and origins were investigated. Needless to say, you wouldn’t get an approval when you had a criminal record. But if there were no problems and a valid reason for crossing the border, the Guild Master gave his approval on the permit. That was the ≪Visa≫.
“Oho, so the Guild Master in the capital is quite the big shot?”
“Come again? You were in the capital, right? How come you don’t know?”
“I had no interest.”
“…..Hah. Listen and remember this well, Hiiro. Do you know how many SSS rank adventurer are amongst the humans?”
“Three, I think?”
“Yeah and one of them is the Guild Master in the capital.”
“Mm.”
“Don’t give me a ‘mm’!”
That was Hiiro’s only reaction, since he had no interest in other people.
“He’s amazing, you know? Only people with superior strength and popularity are chosen for the position. They even say his physical ability is equal to a beastman. Truly a monster.”
“I understand that this monster is lost in his status and prestige.”
“H- Hey… It’s certainly said that the Guild Master has an equal power to the King in emergencies, but… aren’t you going too far?”
“Dun care.”
“….Haah. Anyway, his name is…”
“Mh? Oh, it’s been a while, Vale!”
“It has indeed been a while, Judom-sama.”
The man that greeted Vale, the caption of the second division of the ≪Victorias≫ army, with a generous smile was Judom Lankars.
He wore a splendid white beard, but was only in his late 40s. His shortly trimmed white hair had other reasons than from old age.
His gentle expression gave off an aura that put even children at ease. But his abnormal figure became obvious when standing.
The height of his body was over two metre and his trained arms looked as hard and robust as steel.
His whole body was so muscular that you would think his clothes would rip on the slightest movement.
“Fuhaha. Stop with the sama. You’re a prominent captain yourself now!”
He clapped Vale on his back while laughing openhearted. But even though it should’ve been a light pat, it felt like a strike that gradually cut down his HP to Vale.
“*COUGH* I- I see that you have not changed, Judom-sama.”
Vale showed a happy smile while rubbing his back.
“So, what’s up? It’s rare for you to come here.”
“I came here to ask a favour of you, the Guild Master.”
Currently they were inside the Guild, in the room of the Guild Master.
“Oho, something troublesome again? Forget it, I’m retired. Leave the frontlines to the youngsters.”
“What are you talking about! Even now, no one is able to hold a candle to you as an adventurer!”
“Fuhaha! You’re giving me too much credit! Besides, I heard that the Heroes were summoned. …It’s their era now, right?”
Judom asked with a slightly sharp gaze, but Vale didn’t notice it.
“No, no, a strong person is always in demand. Especially someone as strong as you.”
Hearing Vale’s answer, Judom clouded his expression a bit, but brightened it up again right away.
“And I tell you, my era is over. As I am right now, I am only a close match for a SS rank. I can’t move around like in my SSS rank days anymore.”
Judom said kind of self-deprecating with an insightful expression.
“You are being too modest. …Just now you said to leave the front lines to the youngsters.”
“Yeah, I did.”
“I would like to ask you to train these youngsters for battle.”
“…..The Heroes?”
“Yes.”
For a while, the two gazed at each other. Judom looked at Vale, who confronted him with an earnest look, and laughed faintly.
“The same look as back then, when you asked to become my disciple.”
“Although you turned me down in the end. Back then you said to me: You’re not good enough to be my disciple. I only take in someone that can fight on the same level as me.”
“Did I really say that?”
Judom smiling, reminiscing about his juvenility.
“And now people, who can fight on your level, have appeared.”
“…….Is that so.”
Wiping off his smile, he answered Vale.
“Please teach them! It is for the sake of the future of us ‘Humas’!”
“For the future of ‘Humas’, huh…”
Vale looked at him with determined eyes, with straightforward eyes. Judom took out his pipe and lighted it. Then he slowly blew out some smoke.
“Hey, Vale.”
“Yes?”
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