Rank Confirmed
Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/37/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA
“Ohh, what’s this missy, you’re late.”
The one who called out to me is the old guy who talked to me when I first came to this guild.
“I heard from Scorching Flame missy. You’ll start from C-rank for now, huh.”
“Mm…?”
“C-rank is the rank where you’re seen as a full-fledged adventurer. As expected of someone Scorching Flame missy brought!”
“Haa…”
Leaving the report to Mireille was a mistake after all, maybe. I wanted A-rank if I could… I wanted an epithet too. I wanted a cool one…
‘Rita-chan looks blatantly disappointed lol’
‘The temperature gap with the old guy’
‘But C, huh. I thought she’d get special treatment one way or another’
‘Me too’
Well, it can’t be helped. Special treatment would earn resentment from other people. Yeah, this is fine. Yeah.
………… I wanted A-rank…
‘Rita-chan, cheer up’
‘The old guy is troubled’
‘It’s funny how he’s flustered because Rita-chan lost her energy’
That’s right. I’ll pull myself together. The old guy didn’t do anything wrong, and I don’t want to trouble him.
Anyway I should report to Mireille that I’m back. If I ask reception they’ll know where she is?
“Sorry. I have business so I’m going.”
“O-oh… I don’t get it but cheer up.”
“Mm. Thanks.”
I leave the old guy and go to reception. When the receptionist recognizes me, her face stiffens for some reason. What’s that reaction?
“We’ve been waiting, Lady Rita. Lady Mireille and the guildmaster are waiting. Please go to the branch chief’s office.”
The branch chief’s office. Um, the room we talked in last time? I only know that room, and if it’s wrong I’ll look again then.
I go up the stairs to the branch chief’s office on the third floor. When I knock, a voice saying come in arrives right away.
I open the door and go in. In the same positions as last time, Mireille and the guildmaster were sitting.
“Welcome back, Rita. We have been waiting.”
“Welcome back. Please.”
Prompted by the two, I sit next to Mireille. For some reason, both their expressions are stiff.
And, silence. What’s this silence. Too quiet, a little troubling.
‘What’s this atmosphere’
‘Mysterious tension’
‘I like it’
‘Perverts, go home!’
I wonder. What am I waiting for.
After I wait still for a little, the guildmaster moves first.
“First, an apology. I never imagined you were that Guardian…”
Ahh… She heard from Mireille. That’s why this weird silence…
“This is an S-rank guild card.”
Saying that, she hands me a gold card. I feel like that’s different from what I just heard. Wasn’t it C-rank?
“Not C-rank?”
“You heard from the other adventurers. If we made you S-rank from the start it could create awkward friction. So we made it C-rank, but the guild staff have been told the truth. You can take S-rank requests without issue.”
“Ohh… That’s really nice. By the way.”
“Yes.”
“Why the polite speech?”
“…………”
Ah, the guildmaster’s cheek twitched hard.
‘Stop iiit!’
‘Thought she was a commoner and talked, and she was worse than the boss’
‘Worried about the guildmaster’s stomach’
Mm. Apparently no good. But I’d rather things be as usual.
When I say that, the guildmaster lets out a sigh of relief.
“I’m glad to hear that. When I heard you were the Guardian of the Spirit Forest, I honestly didn’t feel alive.”
“Why?”
“Because with a single will of yours you can change the flow of mana in the world, can’t you? If you reduce the mana flowing around here, crops won’t grow.”
Wait. No no wait, really wait.
‘For real Rita-chan is the worst’
‘I’m disillusioned. I quit being Rita-chan’s fan’
‘I believed Rita-chan at least wouldn’t do that…!’
“I really don’t know that. What’s that mysterious ability. Just hearing it I can tell it’s bad.”
I say that in a small voice. I really don’t know an ability like that.
Or maybe I just don’t know…?
“I won’t do something like that.”
“I-I see? Then I’m relieved.”
She understood, right?
If she understood, maybe I should return this card once. It feels like special treatment because I’m the Guardian.
“What should I do with this card? I’m fine starting from C-rank?”
“That’s fine as it is. Your ability is more than sufficient.”
And so my rank is confirmed as S. But when talking with other adventurers it’s C-rank, that was the arrangement.
A little hard to follow, but I don’t want to be resented by other adventurers either, so that helps me more.