The day after Lily beca crestfallen during the magic lessons, I was told that we were going to try out a small adventurers request in the royal capital. It feels like this is the first ti Im partyingno, no! Im not a loner! Im just a solo player!
And so we ca to the adventurers guild, but there were many people. There were also nurous receptionist windows. As expected, Harula was definitely a rural town in the countryside.
When I glanced around the place, I also saw several demi-humans I hadnt seen in Harula. There were also so dwarves, but there didnt seem to be any elves. Ah, but it would be rude if I stared too much so I should be careful. Ah, theres even soone with cat ears, how cute. I see, so in this world, demi-humans like beastn, elves, or dwarves were considered normal? I want to learn more about them.
I was in my cloak as usual. Of course, I was also wearing my glasses. Well, I was with Lily and Arisa so I dont think Ill be caught up in anything. Norn and Bell were also here. Eh? Isnt it hot since its still June? Its all good, I have an air-conditioning magic tool I made using magic stones inside my cloak, so the temperature is kept just right. Hooray for the Magic Confernt and Magic Tool Creation skill.
By the way, what kind of request are we getting?
I was under 13 years old and an E rank, while Lily and Alisa were over 13 years old and D ranks, so I could only accept requests that were suitable for low ranks. In other words, subjugating was impossible since I could only gather herbs or take on miscellaneous tasks. So it would be rather boring for them.
Its alright. There is a loophole for our situation. Yep. In so cases, there are gathering requests aside from the permanent one, such as a request to gather a specific rare herb~ Is that so? Yes, In the case of a gathering request that is too difficult to go alone, such as ones growing in the depths of a forest, Ren can still take on the request if there is a higher ranking adventurer accompanying you. Like when were partying up.
If its a herb that is difficult to gather and preserve, so adventurers might even hire escorts that have specialized gathering skills. So basically with this thod, even if a lower rank was in a party, a gathering request with a high reward could still be received.
Such a request would naturally lead to encounters with monsters. But the receptionist would usually overlook it unless it was too difficult for the party. So would this be considered practical use or abuse..hmm, the dark side of the guild?
Itll be fine, Ill protect Ren even if a monster cos out~ Who was it that was helped by Ren during the bandit attack? Besides I was also the one protecting Ren using my barrier magic!
Why are you two competing for ? I dont really understand whyI an, I have Norn and Bell protecting , so Im fine?
We went to the bulletin board where the requests were posted while bickering like that. The surrounding eyes were very painful so would the two of you quiet down a bit?
Hmm, this one should be good, right Arisa? Yes~ there arent any dangerous monsters in the forest there, so I guess itll do~? We also went there before so it should be alright~? Then well go with this one? Ren, is that alright? If you two are fine with it so am I. Im not familiar with this area anyways.
The two experienced people were saying it would be fine, so there shouldnt be any problems unless there were any irregularities. Norn and Bell would also be with us, and the two werent the type to just care about themselves in the event of an ergency.
As such, we accepted the request to gather a rare herb growing a bit back in the forest. Apparently, it was used as a strong pain reliever for dical use, and the demand for it was quite high.
However, it was difficult to find because it grew in the depths of the forest, and because it grew in darker areas. Searching around in darker areas could lead to being ambushed by monsters, so the request wasnt very popular.
But since we have two people to watch the surroundings, and with my expertise in gathering herbs, the request would be fairly easy. We could gather a lot and make so easy money this way.
Eh? What about self-prudence? Well, I want to show these two my positive points, right? So I should do my best instead, right?
And so we arrived at the forest that spread out to the east of the royal capital.
In this forest, the shallower areas were for beginners, and the deeper areas were for experts, so there was a wide array of demand for beginners and experts. Incidentally, there were more subjugating requests on the west side. The forest over here was small, so there were only goblins and lesser wolves, hence why it was for beginners.
It seems that higher ranking adventurers would usually go to the lake up north or deeper forest areas further north.
We traveled through the forest talking about such things while keeping watch on the surroundings. But both Norn and I have the Alert skill, so Arisa, theres no need for you to patrol that much. Well, Im not going to say anything to lower her motivation.
Additionally, I wasnt using any monster repellants. I had other people with , and it was good to get so hands-on experience sotis.
As we explored around, we also saw so adventurers along the way. So of them looked about 15 years old, and so looked around my age. We also didnt see any monsters, so the shallower areas did make sense for beginners.
But after going further in, the lower-ranking adventurers began to disappear. My Alert skill also began picking up monster reactions towards the way back. There were so goblins and lesser wolves, but there were also so orc detected further in.
There are two orcs towards the northeast about 1km away. What should we do? 1km away? .I didnt sense them at all~ I think it might be better to go around them since it would be troubleso. Orc..I want to eat at~ Arisa, lets think calmly for a bit. But its at~? Then, lets go defeat them? No. Ren, dont spoil Arisa. Eh~ spoil ~ No. Boo~ Boo~. Lily is stingy. Ill get mad, okay?
Well, the lack of tension is one thing but we continued on exploring in that sort of manner and reached a small spring in the back of the forest. Apparently, the herbs we were looking for tend to grow around this spring, it was considered a secret farming spot.
It seems that adventurers who didnt know about this secret spot would have to wander around to look for the herbs, so it would turn into a relatively tiring request for adventurers who didnt know about this place. As such, it was said to be a troubleso and unpopular request for those sort of adventurers.
I see, so thats why they chose this request.
I checked around using Appraisal and Detection and there were nurous herbs in the surroundings. There were even so areas that were completely untouched and gave off a trendous reaction. I instantly stored all of them. Even if all the herbs disappeared, it wouldnt matter since no one knew about them. Kahahaha.
After committing my horrible deed, we went around searching for the herbs to gather. Lily was preparing a camp and erecting a barrier. By the ti we return back to the royal capital after we finish gathering, it would be around midnight, so we decided to camp here today.
Arisa was watching the surroundings. Since I had the Alert skill, it wasnt sothing she really had to do. But it seed that Arisa was also trying to gain the Alert skill. She was a frontliner, so having the Alert skill would be beneficial for her.
Incidentally, Norn and Bell went hunting. I gave them permission since there was nothing for them to do. The two ran further into the forest, so they might end up hunting sothing ridiculousplease hold back a little?
And so we continued on gathering herbs.
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