"To move on, sir," the Guild Master continued, "I presume that presenting all those goblins ears as proof of subjugation means that you want to improve your rank?"
Oh, I nearly forgot about that . Well, it's because of a certain someone who took me to a goblin village that I collected that many goblin ears in one request .
"If that's so then I can raise you to C rank using my authority as Guild Master . " he went on .
"Eh? I'm ranked G at the moment and I only really wanted to go up to F rank so I could move around without getting demoted out of the Guild altogether after a month . Jumping straight up to C rank, is that really OK?"
"It's not a problem, any Guild Master such as myself can do so in exceptional circumstances . The bigger problem for us is that someone who has contracted with a Fenrir is only rank G . "
I'd planned to rise from rank G to rank F but I'm suddenly going to become C-ranked . If I'm rank C then I'm safe from demotion for six months even if I don't complete any requests .
"Even if you decide not to rise to rank C there are some requests we would like you to consider . "
Ah, it's like that is it? I wouldn't need to be rank C to do these 'requests'?
"Ummm, I'd be inclined to turn the requests down, I must admit . " However there was another party involved . "Fer?"
"You're wanting to go up in rank, right? So what's the problem?"
"Well, it's a pain . . . "
"The requests, there's no problem taking them as I'd help you get them done quick . "
"Pardon me for interrupting but since the requests would actually be of rank A or even rank S difficulty, in reality we would be asking Fenrir-sama to carry them out for us . " the Guild Master said to Fer .
Ah, that's where he was going with this . I understand now . "Fer, you OK with this?"
"Huh, I don't understand this A or S stuff but there ain't anything that can beat me after all . " he said matter-of-factly . Of course he'd say something like that . . .
"Oh, that's very good . You see, high-ranking requests don't appear often . If you became an A rank or even S-ranked Adventurer then the number of requests that are worthy of your attention is very limited . Usually such high-ranking Adventurers are only called upon specially when an emergency arises . Other than that then they are free to do as they please . "
So there are only a few really high-ranked Adventurers and they don't have to grind the levels like other people to maintain their rankings? Of course if the Guild needs an A or S-ranked Adventurer in a hurry they can't always guarantee having any of them around . The Guild Master went on to explain .
"So that's why, if you're travelling around, we'd appreciate it if you could let the Guild offices in any city you're in know that you're available if a high-ranked request turns up . "
Well, we'd be visiting the Adventurers Guild anywhere we went just to get meat so it seems OK for me to go up to rank C thanks to the Guild Master using his authority . One moment though, is it fine for me to accept rank A requests as a rank C adventurer?
"Is rank C really sufficient?" I inquired .
"Ah, that's not a problem . Each Guild office in this country will be contacted and the situation explained to them . Any such requests they might want you to take would come directly from the Guild Master so your rank would not be relevant . "
I see . "Fer, you good with this? If we're travelling around then we're gonna have to ask the Adventurers Guild to do the dismantling if you want meat . "
"Yeah, of course . I'm fine with it . Besides I enjoy a good fight every now and then . I get kinda flabby if I don't exert myself properly once in a while . "
"Sui will fight as well-" Sui piped up telepathically, having been following the discussion quietly until then .
Ah, right right . I patted a trembling Sui to calm her down .
"That seems OK then . " I agreed .
"Oh, we're extremely grateful . I'll get in touch with the other Guild offices at once to inform them . The Adventurers of this country know each other quite well and the news will spread quickly, I believe . I will also order them to not bother you or get in your way . "
Thanks . This Guild Master really knows his business . That should solve a lot of problems .
"So if I go through the high-ranking requests we have and narrow them down, can I give you a request tomorrow perhaps?"
Tomorrow I had planned to go to Lambert-san's shop and visit the Merchants Guild too but I'd be coming to the Adventurers Guild as well to collect the meat and sell the other items . Since the Guild Master helped us out then I'll visit the Adventurers Guild first thing tomorrow .
"Okay, I'm planning on coming back into the Guild tomorrow anyway in connection with some purchases . " As I spoke I had a sudden thought . If everybody's going to know about Fer being a Fenris then I don't have to be quite as secretive as I've needed to be until now, and my Item Box is full of monsters like Orc King and Blue Ogre which I thought I'd have to hide forever .
"Ummm, would it be OK if you bought some other monsters from me?"
"Eh, more monsters? There shouldn't be a problem . " The Guild Master still looked puzzled so I explained further .
"You see, I thought they would cause us trouble if I tried to sell them and we wanted to avoid notice so I've kept them tucked away instead . Since the Guild Master has come to an arrangement with Fer and the fact he's a Fenris will be widely known soon then I figure it should be OK to sell them now . . . "
"I see . So what sort of monsters do you have?" He leaned forward, obviously interested .
"Eh, well there's a Chimaera and an Orthros . In addition there's an Orc King and a Blue Ogre and-"
The Guild Master's face froze as I spoke . "W- w- wait, did you just say 'Chimaera' . A- a- and 'Orthros'?" He put his head in his hands as if he was close to fainting . Ah, maybe I had said the wrong thing but after a second or two the Guild Master stood up shakily .
"Please follow me, I wish to confirm this . " I picked up Sui's bag and then Fer and I followed him out of his office and down to the Guild's warehouse where I had been the day before .
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