“I would like to decide whether or not I want to accept after I meet the other members . ”

“Very well . It is part of the basics, determining for yourself whether you can trust party members . Do you mind if it is thirty minutes from now?”

“That’s fine . ”

The man heard my reply and then started writing something down . He then handed it over to a different guild worker .

It was probably a notice to have the other members gather here .

“Alright, everyone will be here in thirty minutes . You can do whatever you want in the meantime . ”

“Okay . ”

Thirty minutes was too short to go out and explore .

I guess I could just kill time by looking at the quest board .

…Thirty minutes later .

There were now four of us gathered together at the guild .

One man with intimidating eyes and two younger women .

The girls were both pretty but had equipment that looked like it had seen a lot of use, and they seemed like veterans .

“Rodis . D-Rank, Short-sword wielder . ”

The man with the angry look said .

Apparently, you introduced yourself by saying your rank and job within the guild .

“E-Rank, Archer . My name’s Tina . I team up with Lisa as Adventurers . ”

“I’m also E-Rank and use a spear . Call me Lisa . I always work with Lisa . I’ve never seen you two before . ”

So Rodis was D-Rank and the girls were E-Rank .

My rank had gone up before coming to Kiria, so it was now F-Rank .

It had gone up all at once because my promotion had been delayed due to the monster outbreak .

But…I was still the lowest in this group .

I hoped they wouldn’t turn me down because of that .

With that worry in my head, I introduced myself .

“F-Rank Tamer . I’m Yuji . I was chosen because I’m a B-Rank Scout, but this will be my first time fighting in a party . ”

When I said this, Rodis immediately opened his mouth .

“Hey . What do you think you’re doing, bringing some F-Rank Tamer with no experience? Even if it’s an investigation, it’s still inside of the forest . He will be no use to us if he can’t at least fight . ”

Rodis did not seem to welcome the idea of me joining .

Well, I had a feeling this would happen .

As he said, no one would want an inexperienced and low-rank guy to have their back .

As I was wondering how to respond, the girls group replied instead .

“He may be a Tamer, but he’s also a B-Rank Scout, you know? If he is a good enough Scout to get that certification, that should be more than enough . ”

“We’re not so weak as to be killed by weak monsters . And we should prioritize staying out of sight of strong ones or avoiding getting ambushed . ”

Apparently, they agreed with letting me in… Or more accurately, they wanted a B-Rank Scout in their party .

I hadn’t known it was such a famous certification .

“If anything, I’m against having Rodis join . I’ve never been in a party with him before, but the rumors are not good, you know?”

“That’s true . I hear bad things . I agree, Rodis should be excluded from the team . ”

Now Rodis was the one was being attacked .

He apparently had a bad reputation .

“Hey, wait a minute . If I leave, then there will only be two fighters . That’s too few for even an investigation team . …And you say that my reputation is bad . But what exactly did I do?”

“Well, it’s not like there is any evidence…”

“Alright . If you agree to let Yuji in, we will agree to let you in . Do we have a deal?”

“…Fine . Do whatever you like . ”

Things moved rapidly without my input .

I hadn’t even said anything about deciding to join .

‘What do you think? Can we trust them?’

‘Hmmm…I don’t know!’

‘But, won’t it be fine as long as we watch?’

True . I could deal with anything as long as the slimes kept guard .

If I saw anything suspicious I could make the slimes monitors .

Besides, I had never fought in a party like this before .

It would be a good experience to fight while being cautious of enemies as well as party members .

And as practice, doing it with a small party seemed ideal .

I would be at a loss if I had to stay on my guard in a large party out of nowhere .

“Oh, right, we haven’t even asked you yet . We all decided now . But what about you, Yuji? Are you fine with this party?”

“Yeah . I’d like to join . ”

I answered Lisa’s question immediately .

And with that, our party was formed .