Today, I dropped by the rchant guild first thing in the morning and was – as expected – brought to the reception office. This happens every ti I co here, so I’ve already gotten used to it.
“Welco, Ryouma. Are you hiring again?” [Grisiera]
“Yes, but there’s sothing I’d like to consult with you about first.” [Ryouma]
“Hmm? What is it?” [Grisiera]
I explained to her the situation.
“I see… Well, the ones I introduced to you on the first day were also like that, so… Alright. If there’s soone you think you can trust, bring him here. It’s not like it’s a cri or anything, so we’ll be able to process the papers quickly.” [Grisiera]
“Alright. When I find one, I’ll bring him then. Thanks.” [Ryouma]
“Yeah. Good luck.” [Grisiera]
Our conversation smoothly ended just like that, so I was about to leave, but then she suddenly called out to .
“Wait, Ryouma. I forgot I had sothing to tell you. Take a seat first.” [Grisiera]
“What is it?” [Ryouma]
Though I’d just stood up, I sat back down again.
“It’s about those ruffians that ca to your store before. I did so digging around on my own, and I managed to find out where they’re from. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find out who commissioned them. Regardless, there’s a high probability that they’re involved with the people from the dark guild, so do be careful.” [Grisiera]
“The dark guild…” [Ryouma]
That’s no different than a criminal organization, right?
“Is that an organization of thieves and assassins?” [Ryouma]
“That’s right. But they’re not just involved with smallti cris. They’re also involved with smuggling, the procuring of tools to commit cris, and they also act as an interdiary to contact people who specialize in cris. Basically, they do a lot of illegal stuff. They’re not all just thieves or ruffians who can only bark. There are killers among them too, so do be careful.” [Grisiera]
“I will. Thank you for your warning.” [Ryouma]
“Don’t ntion it. Also, you’re going to visit Taylor, right? Take this with you.” [Grisiera]
The guild master called out to soone outside, and then a clerk entered the room with a glass vial. The vial was filled with green liquid, and at the bottom could be seen so fine powder deposited.
dicine?
After the guild master checked that it was the right product, the clerk stored the vial into a wooden box.
Judging from the color, viscosity, and the fine powder deposited at the bottom, I’m guessing that the dicine is probably a nutrient of so sort. A powerful one too.
“Curious?” [Grisiera]
“Sorry. A little.” [Ryouma]
I don’t want to stick my nose into sothing I have no business being involved with, but it’s true that I’m curious.
“You were the one who suggested that dicine to Wogan, no? But I suppose if you knew what sort of dicine this was, I doubt you’d be so curious. Regardless, it’s not for anything serious. Don’t worry. It’s just that when one grows old, there are tis when they just can’t quite get rid of the fatigue. That’s all.” [Grisiera] [1]
The guild master wrote sothing while talking to . After a while, she handed a letter.
“Please pass this letter for . This box is a regular thing, so he’ll understand once you give it to him. I told him in the letter that you’ll be giving it to him directly. I also told him to help you out with what you’re planning.” [Grisiera]
“Thank you very much.” [Ryouma]
“Give the old man my regards too, alright?” [Grisiera]
After the guild master saw off, I left the guild.
“And that’s the gist of it. So I was thinking of hiring so people I’ve found through the guild or have them register at the guild.” [Ryouma]
“I see…” [Taylor]
Because I had sothing I needed to deliver, I was able to get a face-to-face eting with the branch head of the tars guild, Taylor. I told him the sa stuff I told the guild master of the rchants guild, but while the rchant guild master didn’t mind at all, the tar guild master seed to be in deep thought.
“…Hmm? Oh, I beg your pardon. I can prepare so tea, if you’d like.” [Taylor]
“Oh, you needn’t mind . Is there a problem, though?” [Ryouma]
“Rather than a problem… Why don’t you take a seat and I’ll explain.” [Taylor]
The guild master of the tars guild stood up and walked over to a corner of the room, where a small shelf was. From that, he took out a tea set. He also had a magic tool that resembled a stove, and he used that to start making tea.
“You make the tea yourself?” [Ryouma]
“It’s not worth the effort to call people just to have them make tea. Besides, making my own allows a short reprieve from all the work.” [Taylor]
The guild master was quite skilled at making tea. The way he moved his hands seed no lesser than the maids of the duke’s family.
When the guild master ca back with our tea, he started explaining.
“Now then… There’s nothing wrong with your proposal itself. I also don’t mind if you bring soone you believe trustworthy here. And of course, you may also hire a person that’s currently affiliated with an organization. That sort of stuff just falls under the normal operations of the guild. Now, I would like the guild to support your store, but there are so things worrying .” [Taylor]
“What do you an?” [Ryouma]
“Hmm. If your store starts hiring from the tars guild, then that would an more jobs for us. As you build one branch store after another, the number of jobs that people can take will also increase. From the perspective of the guild, that’s sothing to be happy about. Moreover, your store needs slis, which is one of the reasons why I want the guild to support it. Do you rember what I told you when you registered?” [Ryouma]
“…You an the part where you said there’s no job for to do?” [Ryouma]
The guild master nodded.
“The tar guild gives jobs depending on whether a tar’s monster looks up to the task or not. If it looks up to the task, then we can give them a job, and if not, then naturally, we don’t. In exchange, we also give out recomndations when we think they’re up to it. That being said, there are certain types of monsters that are simply not cut out for certain things.
So have difficulty finding work, so find work but the salary is low, and so are simply too high-maintenance. There are a good number of tars who’ve had difficulties making ends et because of such reasons.
Because as much as we’d like to provide everyone a job, there’s a limit to the number of jobs we do have… This has also led to so tars trying to ta monsters that they are not compatible with and failing.” [Taylor]
So, they try to provide as much variety in work as possible, but clearly, there’s still a limit to that.
After a while, he started talking about the slis.
“Slis are renowned to be weak, slow, and generally useless, but every tar has been indebted to them at least once in their life.” [Taylor]
“Because they use them to practice?” [Ryouma
“Exactly. I’ve been the guild master of this branch for a long ti now, and I’ve heard many situations where a tar was unable to ta anything past a sli. As for those who couldn’t even ta a sli, well, they’re just really not cut out for taming.
Slis are really easy to form a contract with, so they’re often used for training.
…I don’t know how much your store pays its workers, but if tars can start making a living with just slis, then the number of tars that are struggling to make ends et should decrease. That’s what I think.
I know it’s really selfish of to say that when I told you before that I didn’t have any work for you, but…” [Taylor]
“No, that’s…” [Ryouma]
I know that the guild master was simply helpless regarding that, so I don’t bla him.
“Well, if you don’t consider it an issue, then thank you. In any case, this is why I want to support your store. There’s just one problem… The upper brass of the guild.” [Taylor]
The guild master nodded as he took a sip out of his black tea.
He’d added sugar to it, so it was fairly sweet, but the face the guild master was making was bitter.
“If it were just supporting you, then my authority would be more than enough, but if it were the guild itself to support you, I will have to report to the upper brass. It wouldn’t be strange if they started ddling then.” [Taylor]
So, in other words, the guild will beco shareholders? Or will they make listen to them since they’re supporting ?
“There are also so people that simply refuse to change their minds on the uselessness of slis.” [Taylor]
“…You an like people who had to endure a life of hardship, until they were able to finally make a stable living? I suppose so people from that crowd would have sothing to say if they see tars making good inco just from slis, which are said to be the weakest and easiest monster to capture.” [Ryouma]
It would be a pain if they got mad at over that. I don’t feel like closing my store either.
“But then again, from the rumors I’ve heard, it seems you don’t need any support. I don’t know if the recruitnt will go well, but I’ll try calling out my personal trustworthy connections and see if I can get you a few people.” [Taylor]
“Thank you very much.” [Ryouma]
“If I couldn’t do this much, that would simply be too sorry. By the way, are you busy today?” [Taylor]
“Oh, I was thinking of going to the adventurers guild after this, actually. To et up with soone who might be able to introduce to so candidate employees.” [Ryouma]
“That’s rather fast. I thought you’d be taking your ti more.” [Taylor]
“I changed my mind after hearing your part. Originally, I was planning on taking my ti, but just as you said, the more stores I put up, the more jobs there will be, which ans that there will be less people struggling to make ends et. So, I thought I’d work a bit more proactively.
In any case, I’ve mostly made up my mind to hire so new people, so I feel it would be best if I could talk to them as soon as possible, so I can also think about the things that I need to consider.”
“Hmm… I’m glad you’re thinking about it, but you don’t really to mind it too much. Incidentally, since I’ve brought out this tea already, won’t you accompany until we finish it?” [Taylor]
“Gladly.” [Ryouma]
The guild master of the tars guild poured another helping of black tea from the swaying teapot and into my cup.
Compared to the more serious atmosphere when we were talking earlier, our conversation over black tea was much more relaxed.
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