第４１４堀：冒険者ギルドの思惑 (Part1)
Chapter 414: The Adventurer's Guild's Intentions
Side: Kina, Weed Adventurer's Guild, Vice Master
Ugh, just as I thought, trouble has occurred.
As I led Viria and the others to the office, I felt like burying my head in my hands.
It seems the prejudice against young children among adventurers hasn't disappeared yet.
Well, the adventurers who have been in Weed for a long time are different, but due to trade, adventurers come from all over, so there are more adventurers who don't know Weed's common sense.
Anticipating this, I had adjusted the quest acceptance time for the children to start from noon.
As an adjustment, it wasn't publicly announced.
If I were to say it, it would be admitting that I was separating jobs based on their age as children.
In that case, the wind against the children could become even stronger, and they might be labeled as unusable adventurers from Weed's school in the future.
So, it has become an unspoken rule.
However, there was also a prospect that this unspoken rule would eventually disappear as the children of Weed grew up properly.
After all, the party of Mr. Mauve and the others is guiding them?
I mean, I'm not saying everyone is, but the children aiming to be adventurers at school, from my perspective, have grown considerably compared to beginner adventurers in many ways.
Also, with the Queen of Weed and the former representatives, who have mostly retired but are still young and working hard as assistants, their skills are beyond imagination.
"…Well, it was supposed to be in the future, but…"
I muttered to myself and looked at the three people following behind me.
"What?"
"?"
"Is something wrong, Kina-san?"
"No, I was just wondering if those idiots were following me."
I brushed it off casually and recalled their fighting style from earlier.
Dressa was called someone of noble status by Milly, so I expected her to have some skill, but not to this extent.
Hiiro's power with un-chanted magic, which is always outside of common sense, and Viria's skill is such that she can't be put into combat carelessly.
These three are exceptional, but after seeing the battle just now, I'm sure more idiots will try to recruit them unnecessarily.
I warned them, but there will definitely be idiots who try to recruit them.
Ah, my workload is increasing.
I thought becoming vice master would mean a salary increase and hooray!!, but with this much work, it's becoming unbearable.
Certainly, my salary has increased. I can now afford the things I want, and I have the good fortune of living alone in an apartment in Weed.
But I'm too busy to go shopping often, and no men are coming my way.
No, there are guys…
"I'm the vice master of the Adventurer's Guild."
"S-Sorry!!"
Are you kidding me?
I may use violence like Milly, but I'm kind! I don't use unreasonable violence!
And so, my position rose, and I became feared.
I'm jealous of Milly, who is married to Yuki-san!!
After all, most of my conversations with Milly are about work or Yuki-san.
And then, stories about other wives and their children.
Think about me, who has to listen to their bragging every day.
Grrr… I wish they would fall down out of hatred.
Ah, no. Milly has a baby in her belly, so falling down is not good.
Um, cutting fingers with a kitchen knife would also be bad…
Ah, I wish someone would just eat the strawberries from my strawberry shortcake!
That would be a shock!
As I was thinking about such things and heading to the office, the door opened, and Rock-san came out.
"What, you're emitting such a strong killing intent."
"Give me back my strawberries."
"No, I apologized for that many times. The strawberry shortcake was on the table, and since no one was there, I just casually ate a strawberry."
Yes, to hide nothing, the one who committed the devilish act of eating only the strawberries from my strawberry shortcake was none other than Rock-san, the Guild Master of the Weed Adventurer's Guild.
At that time, when I was about to eat the cake, I received a report of a problem at the reception, so I had to leave my seat temporarily.
And when I returned, I found the cake in a tragic state.
I was speechless.
"...That's terrible."
"...A deed that even demons would fear."
"Um… I think that's a bit much."
The three of them agreed.
You understand, right? It's too cruel.
"No, no. Don't stop explaining halfway. It sounds like I'm the bad guy."
"No, Rock-san is the bad guy."
"That's right."
"Bad."
"I think it's wrong to eat someone else's things without permission."
"That's why, afterwards, as you requested, I bought you a whole cake!! I was glared at by all the guild staff, so I've already paid enough with my wallet and my spirit!!"
I remember that too.
Well, it just goes to show that eating only the strawberries from a strawberry shortcake is a grave sin.
"More importantly, the three of you are here for that quest, right?"
"Ah, yes. There was trouble downstairs all of a sudden."
"Ah. Well, it's as expected. You handled it properly as a group of three, didn't you?"
"I was enough on my own."
"Is that so? Well, from now on, your morning work will increase, so you can handle those types of people as you did today. Of course, with a guild staff member present."
As expected, Rock-san had predicted today's trouble.
Considering Dressa's trouble rate, it's business as usual.
"Now, the previous incident is over. We're going to talk about the quest now, is that okay?"
"It's fine."
"Okay."
"Yes. It's okay."
After hearing their replies, Rock-san took a breath and began to speak.
"I believe you're aware of the job content, but I'll tell you from my end as well. The job that will be given to the three of you this time is information gathering in the adventurer's district. Ostensibly, it will be cleaning activities. Here are the armbands for that ostensible activity. Please put them on immediately, Kina."
"Yes."
I immediately received the armbands labeled "Special Cleaner" from Rock-san and handed them to the three of them.
"The upper arm on the left should be fine."
All three quickly put them on in the location Rock-san indicated.
"Hey. Speaking of which, if we're cleaners, don't we have work clothes?"
Ah, Dressa had accepted the cleaning job, hadn't she?
"Unfortunately, there are no work clothes for cleaning. This time, it's under the pretext that the Adventurer's Guild is establishing its own cleaning system, rather than the Weed government's cleaning department dispatching adventurers."
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"Um, what does that mean?"
"I don't understand."
All three tilted their heads, confused by the difficult wording.
"Rock-san. That's a bit too difficult."
"Ah, to put it simply. It means the guild is creating its own cleaning job in the adventurer's district. Dressa, you probably know this, but Weed's cleaning staff are completely insufficient. So, since the adventurer's district is under the jurisdiction of the Adventurer's Guild, we decided to clean it ourselves."
"I see."
"Cleaning my own room. Makes sense."
"No, Hiiro, your room is messy, you know?"