Slime Reincarnation Chapter 24: Side Story 2: The Guild Master’s Melancholy – Pa

BANG!

The large doors of the Adventurers’ Guild burst open with great force.

Irina had returned much sooner than expected. I was sure she would be out there arguing back and forth with the shopkeepers, but here she was already.

Next to Irina stood a suspicious figure completely wrapped in a flesh-colored robe, holding a mage’s staff.

"Guild Master! I’ve brought my master with !"

"He’s here... Co this way."

I pointed to the counter. I positioned myself behind it.

"Sit there."

When I gave the order, Irina plopped down heavily into the chair. Then she pointed at the robed figure beside her and excitedly declared:

"Here he is! This is my master, Lord Yabe!"

He actually exists?! A master?! For real? Seriously?

"So... this suspicious robed mage is your so-called master?"

"How rude! My master, Lord Yabe, is an amazing person!"

Irina stood up angrily. It didn’t look like she had just brought along so random guy...

"So, your na?"

"...Yabe."

The man called Yabe tapped his mage’s staff on the floor once and answered. At the very least, I had never received any reports about such a suspicious person being around.

"My master knows everything! It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him the Sage of the Forest!"

Irina proudly praised her master, calling him a sage.

"No, I’m not a sage."

"Master?"

"Yes. If you’re going to call sothing, call Great Archmage."

...What the hell is this guy? He’s calling himself a Great Archmage. People who brag about themselves like this are usually worthless. That’s basically a given.

"What do you an, ’Great Archmage’..."

To see through this guy’s disguise, I activated .

"Gwaaah! My eyes! My eyes again!"

Damn it! I had hoped maybe, just maybe... but when I activated it, Irina’s backpack, which had been shining so brightly before, was now completely dark. Instead, the one emitting an overwhelmingly intense light was this suspicious robed figure—Yabe.

"Shit... So they really are separate..."

I pressed my right eye and groaned.

Wait, he was hiding inside the backpack?!

What the hell were you thinking?! This makes no sense! Why were you inside the backpack in the first place?!

How did you even fit in there?

And more importantly, your current robed form is clearly much larger than when you were inside the backpack!?

I had a terrible feeling about this, but I had no choice. I needed to confirm.

I activated and looked at Irina first.

"Hmm...? Only 5...?"

As expected, Irina herself wasn’t anything special. I had thought there might be so secret behind the magic power in her backpack, but...

Then I looked at Yabe.

BWOOSH!

Blood suddenly gushed out of my nose.

Splurt splurt splurt...

"F-f-f-fifty-three... hundred thousand...? So there really is no mistake...?"

Irina peered at worriedly. My body started shaking uncontrollably again. Blood kept pouring from my nose, and I wet myself.

That 530,000 magic power value... it wasn’t coming from so trump-card magic tool hidden in Irina’s backpack. It was this man called Yabe. I couldn’t see his face, but from his voice I could tell he was male.

In other words, this man nad Yabe was an "existence" possessing a staggering 530,000 magic power.

If this man beca our ally, the Adventurers’ Guild would gain overwhelming military strength. But if he beca our enemy, the town of Sorenarini could very well be wiped off the map without a trace.

Rulers would feel this threat even more strongly.

Would they desperately try to bring him in...? Or would they eliminate him before he beca a danger?

"G-Guild Master, are you okay? Let’s rest in the back for a bit."

Vice Guild Master Sarina offered her shoulder.

Ahh... I have never been so grateful that I made this kind woman my vice master as I am today.

"H-hey! What about the money exchange?!"

Irina shot up from her chair with a clatter.

"The appraisal for the monster materials is already finished... You can receive the paynt at the counter."

For now, I needed to think of counterasures as the Guild. And quickly.

I’d give them the money for the monster subjugation first to calm them down. We needed ti on our side too.

After receiving the gold, Yabe left the guild without registering as an adventurer.

Whew. If he doesn’t belong to the guild, then I don’t have to supervise him either.

Or so I thought as I tried to catch my breath and asked Sarina to make so tea...

"Big sis~! I’ve decided I want to register as an adventurer after all!"

"BFOO!"

I violently spat out the tea I had just started drinking.

He ca back?! And he wants to register as an adventurer?!

Ugh... my head hurts...

Soon after, the receptionist Ram ca into the room.

"Guild Master, I’m very sorry, but could you please look at this adventurer application form...?"

She placed the form in front of .

"W-what the hell is this?!"

The headache doubled. As expected from a man with 530,000 magic power...

"Sorry, but could you call the others for ?"

Ram left the room to summon the rest of the staff.

Damn it... What am I even supposed to say to him? If this guy actually registers with the guild, what the hell am I going to do?

This isn’t on the level of "a promising young adventurer with so talent."

A guy who looks like a Demon Lord... there’s no way we can handle him...

"Hey there, Guild Master. What’s up?"

He strolled in casually as if nothing was wrong.

"What do you an ’what’s up’?! Why did you co back to register?!"

BANG! I slamd the application form on the desk and shouted.

I knew I was being unreasonable, but after feeling relieved when he left earlier without registering, my irritation had only grown.

"Ehh~? Because it’s inconvenient to enter and leave town without an ID, right?"

God damn it... He’s registering for such a mundane reason!

"Well, yeah, that’s true, but... what exactly do you want to do here?"

"Huh? Nothing special. I’ll just hunt monsters and sell them for money. That’s about it."

Money? With that much power, you could do whatever the hell you wanted!

Why are you doing sothing as small-ti as hunting monsters for cash?

Go beco a court mage for so king or sothing... The Adventurers’ Guild can’t handle soone like you...

"Na: Yabe... What the hell? Age: ’Unknown.’ Are you screwing with ...? Occupation: Great Archmage... My head hurts..."

I felt dizzy. Soone bring headache dicine.

"? ?"

"Yeah, cool, right?"

He looked proud of himself, though I couldn’t see his face under the robe.

"Servant beasts: Wolf Fang Clan, 60 mbers total... Summons: the Four Great Spirits... You really do have everything, don’t you?!"

I couldn’t help but snap. What the hell is this guy?! It’s not just his 530,000 magic power?!

Sixty servant beasts and the Four Great Spirits... I feel like this one guy could win a war all by himself...

"I’ve made so friends, at least."

He said it with a hint of happiness.

"Normally people don’t call servant beasts and summoned spirits ’friends’..."

I couldn’t stop sighing.

"That would make extrely lonely, so rejected."

Well, with that monstrous amount of magic power, it’s no wonder he can’t make normal friends.

"Haaah... Fine, I’ll approve your registration. But don’t cause any problems, got it?! If anything you don’t understand cos up, co consult imdiately! Don’t act on your own! Understood?!"

"Yeah, yeah, got it, got it. Nice to work with you."

He turned around and tried to leave imdiately. This guy definitely doesn’t get it, does he?!

"Wait a second. One more question. Do you have any intention of raising your adventurer rank?"

"Nope."

He answered instantly. Of course he doesn’t!

If he has no ambition to raise his rank, that ans he has zero interest in fa or power.

Then what does he want...? What is he seeking...?

"...Understood. You may go."

"See ya. I’ll be back for more monster buybacks. Irina, let’s go shopping."

"Understood, Master. Let’s head out shopping right away."

(For now, there’s nothing I can do but keep an eye on them...)

As I watched the two of them leave, I steeled my resolve.