Chapter 105 Bear-san Becomes A Rank C Adventurer

I went to the Commerce Guild, which I hadnt been to for a while.

I took a quick look around for Mylene-san, who was always slacking off, but the Guild Master wasnt sitting at the reception desk. It was possible that I wouldnt be able to see that scene for some time. I felt sad when I thought about that, but for the employees, it was probably something to be happy about.

As I was thinking about which reception desk I should go to, since she wasnt here, I noticed Riana, who had taken care of me when I bought the plots of lands, so I decided to go to hers.

Yuna-san, welcome. What business might you have here today? Is there any problem with the land you bought the other day?

Thats not it. I have no problems with it. On the contrary, I was thinking if it was really okay for you to sell it to me that cheaply.

No problem, I heard the story about Mireera from the guild master the other day. Keeping that in mind, the land was a cheap price to pay. You will have a commerce rank of S in the future.

She said something huge.

I heard that rank S was for the major merchants, like the ones in the capital. I didnt think that I would ever become one of those, and I didnt even want to.

Rank S is just a dream.

When I said that, Riana got closer to me and whispered.

No, its not a dream. In the last meeting, I heard that it has been decided that a part of the tunnel fee will be put on Yuna-sans card. If that happens, I think it will make up quite a sum. Thats why, you will definitely become one in a few years.

Wait They are talking about that in the meetings?!

Riana placed her finger on her mouth to signal me to lower my voice.

Dont worry, Yuna-san, only a few people, such as the person in charge of finances and the direct subordinates of the guild master, know about it.

Mylene-san is the guild master, right? Arent all of you her subordinates?

Thats not a good way of putting it. Some people can subst.i.tute for the guild master. They take over her tasks, when she isnt here.

That means you, Riana, are her subst.i.tute?

Im not that important. Im just your receptionist when she isnt here.

What was with that? Her being my personal receptionist

I believe its because I was in charge of you when you were buying the plots of land. Thats why, please call for me when the guild master isnt here, okay? If I am unable to help you, I will relay everything to the guild master.

Riana bowed, so I ended up bowing as well.

Still, why would my guild rank go up when I receive the tunnel fee?

The rank will go up because the profits made with the fee are taxed.

In other words, it was like I was running a business with the tunnel.

Commerce rank, huh. There didnt seem to be any benefits from ranking up, though.

So, Yuna-san, why did you come here today?

Ah, I had almost forgotten.

I asked Riana about the honey problem.

It seems that obtaining honey has become hard recently, so the prices were suddenly raised. Do you know the reason?

About that, huh. It seems monsters appeared around the bee tree.

The bee tree?

I must have misheard that, right?

Its a beehive, right?

Monsters appeared at the beehive?

Yuna-san, its not a beehive, its the bee tree.

It seemed that I had not heard it wrong.

Whats a bee tree?

A monster appeared at this bee tree?

Yes, thats the information we received.

By the way, whats a bee tree?

Yuna-san, you dont know?

Yes, this is the first time I have heard about it.

The bee trees are trees where the bees that collect nectar make their nests. Theyre giant trees, where several tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of bees crowd together, and the whole giant tree becomes a beehive.

Hundreds of thousands of bees sounds really gross, though.

Isnt it dangerous to pick honey with so many bees around?

The bees are docile, so there arent any problems if you dont attack them first. Also, the people who go to gather it are experts, so theres no danger.

So, there were specialists who gathered the honey.

Well, we had those in j.a.pan as well, though.

So, do we know what kind of monsters appeared?

If they were weak, I would promptly kill them.

Someone who went to gather the honey said that it was a goblin herd. He saw them swarming the bee tree. We already sent a request to the Adventurers Guild, so I think that it will be resolved soon.

If it was just goblins, the adventurers should be able to defeat them, so I didnt think I would have to act.

Thanks. I will go to the Adventurers Guild to see whats happening.

I thanked Riana and left the Commerce Guild to head to the Adventurers Guild.

I saw less adventurers than normal when I entered. The adventurers who saw me took a step back for some reason. I wouldnt do anything, you know. I wasnt scary, okay?

While thinking like that, I approached Helen-san at the reception desk.

Yuna-san, what is it?

What is it? If you asked any adventurer why they came to the Adventurers Guild, they would be troubled. Well, I havent really been coming here recently, though.

I have something to ask, you see.

Something to ask, is it? Before that, Yuna-san, can I have your guild card please?

Why?

Guild Master told me to rank you up when you came.

Rank up?

Yes. Cliff-sama came here just yesterday and talked about you with our guild master. I dont know exactly what they were talking about, but the guild master told me to rank you up while holding his head.

Was it possible that they had talked about the Kraken? It made sense if that was the case.

The Kraken was a request with a rank that had not yet been decided, so I couldnt accept it. That was why it had been put on hold.

Also, I have a message from the guild master. Choose the rank you want. Yuna-san, what the h.e.l.l did you do? He said you could even choose to be rank A.

Did he hear about what had happened in the capital as well?

Hmmm, what do you mean?

If Yuna-san wants to become rank A, then you will become one. By the way, you cant choose rank S, okay? You can become rank S only if you have the recommendation of multiple guild masters, after all.

I dont mind keeping the rank I have now.

I have an additional message from the guild master.If you dont rank up, my reputation will go down, so you have to rank up.

Then I guess I will have you raise my rank by one.

I was rank D, if I remembered correctly.

Is that okay? You could become rank A, you know. Its not something you can become just by saying it, you know?

n.o.body would believe me if I told them I was rank A, right? Thats why a decent rank is enough.

Is it really okay?

I nodded.

I understand. I will raise Yuna-sans rank by one level, and bring it up to rank C.

She operated the crystal and raised my rank on the guild card.

Becoming rank C in just a few months is really incredible, but really, what did you do? You could even become a rank A

Well, I dont really know myself.

Really?

Helen-san looked at me dubiously.

She might find out about the Kraken soon, but there was no way I would tell her about the ten thousand monsters at the capital.

More importantly, I came here to ask you something.

Hmm I understand. Please tell me next time, okay? So, what do you want to ask me?

Regarding the honey incident, I have heard that monsters appeared at the bee tree. I was wondering how the request was going.

Honey, you say?

We are selling honey products at our shop, but we are troubled by the sudden rise in honey prices.

Hmm. Please wait for a minute.

Helen-san operated the crystal.

A party accepted the request the other day. They havent completed it yet, though.

Are those adventurers alright?

Yes, I think they should be. The request is goblin extermination. If there are only fifty goblins, they should be able to complete it without problems.

It was okay then.

I didnt know exactly when it would happen, but the honey prices should be back to normal in a few days.

Ah, it seems that those adventurers are back.

Helen-san looked towards the entrance.

A party of five people entered.

They looked strange, though.

From their expressions, it didnt look like they had completed the mission. Yet, they also didnt seem to have any injuries from failing.

The adventurers approached the reception desk and shouted.

Hey! It was different from what was written in the request!

The girl working at the reception was shocked.

What was the request?

The men began to speak.

When they arrived at the place where there should have been a goblin herd, they came across a herd of orcs.

The adventurers came back without fighting when they saw that.

A herd of orcs, huh. There was a big gap between a goblins and an orcs strength. They had no choice but to flee without fighting.

The adventurers wanted to cancel the request.

Is the request be treated as a failure, then?

We will put that on hold. If the next party that accepts the request finds orcs, it wont be treated as a failure. There was a mistake in the contents of the request, after all.

The adventurers were still complaining when they left the guild.

Just like that, there was no one who accepted the honey request. In that case, we wouldnt be able to procure it.

Is it okay if I accept this request?

I dont mind if it is Yuna-san, but do you plan on going alone?

Thats right.

I dont think I have to worry about you, who can kill a Black Viper, but you are still a girl, so dont push yourself too hard, okay?

Thank you. I will take care.

I thanked her obediently.

I will process this now, so please wait a moment.

I pulled out my guild card again and she registered the request.

I asked her for the location of the bee tree and where the party saw the orcs, then left the Adventurers Guild.