Ch. 16

Released: 05/10/23

Translator: Ziru

The First Town, Solasidor

Reward GET!

Karina-chan here! I earned forty-eight silver coins in one day!

Seventy percent of that is my reward!! Maaan, I can already join the Merchant's Guild!

"… This is the amount of lumber that a large-scale lumberjack party would deliver."

"Right? … We were surprised too."

"It really was amazing. It's the first time I've seen Blade's explanation not be an exaggeration."

"Oh, you thought so too Shieldon? Same here."

My seniors had faraway looks in their eyes. Receptionist-san was calculating how much seventy percent would be…

Reward please. Hurry up.

"Alright, Karina. Here is your portion, four large silver coins."

"Eh? Wait a second, Senpai. My portion is thirty-three silver coins and six large copper coins, right? The monsters we hunted on the way should be offsetting the cost of the carriage, right? Isn't this a bit too much?"

"… Please take it. It's my pride as a senior… Damn it! You're going to be a big shot! I guarantee it!"

"Thanks sir!"

Looks like he hadn't made a mistake in his calculations.

Going with that, I took it without any more hesitation. It's my duty as a junior to save face for my seniors.

"I'll withdraw twenty-five silver coins for the Merchant's Guild registration fee then."

"We're affiliated with the Merchant's Guild, so you're fine as is."

There were apparently quite a few people who were both merchants and adventurers, so they were affiliated with the Merchant's Guild. How convenient.

"I'll also process your rank up. Congratulations, you're now E-rank."

"Huh, rank up? Hype. So I'm already leaving the newbie stage… It's only been three days since I registered though? Is that okay? What are the criteria?"

"You become E-rank once you earn one large silver coin in a month. It's based on whether you can live off of your income."

I see, so given I managed to earn four large silver coins in one day, I was definitely worthy of the rank up.

To become D-rank, you needed to earn two large silver coins in a month as well as being active for a certain period of time. To become C-rank, you needed to complete various requests and your credibility was also taken into account, so it was impossible to rank up immediately.

"Thinking about it, Blade-senpai and the others are pretty reliable adventurers, huh?"

"What are you on about, aren't we obviously reliable?"

"I mean, weren't you guys drunk the night you came up to me? Right?"

Blade-senpai choked at my words.

"… Hey, Karina, are you really going to become a merchant?"

"Yeppers. I can become a merchant much faster than planned thanks to you, Blade-senpai! I'm so grateful!"

"Oh, don't mention it. I was thinking of inviting you to join our party officially if you were interested, but guess that's not going to work out. We don't have enough to offer you."

Huh, he's pretty serious.

I thought he'd be more like, "I'll exploit this newbie who doesn't know anything~", but I guess not.

Not to the point that Goddess did, but I was expecting something that'd deserve a punishment game like, "Eiya~". I dunno.

"Oh, right, Senpai. How many silver coins do you think I'd need for a drinking party at Shun Lai Pavilion?"

"Hmm? What, you're going to see Haru-neesan? … Be careful not to get stripped naked again, yeah?"

"How about I treat you guys out as well as a thank you?"

"Come on, don't waste your money if you're trying to be a merchant. Besides, you've already repaid us enough with today's earnings. Don't worry about it."

Blade-senpai laughed, saying, "Let me be cool too."

"Well, just be careful to not get involved with any weirdos. I've heard that the merchant world isn't as kind as us adventurers… But I'm sure you'll be fine, Karina."

"Oh. Did you know? That's called a flag."

"F-flag? I don't get it."

It was definitely the flag that, once I became a merchant, I'd meet a swindler-like person!

Well, even if I got swindled and had my money stolen, I could just use spatial magic to get it back! Hehehe!

"Couldn't you just ask Nee-san for help if you're in trouble? She's the owner of the store, so she should be affiliated with the Merchant's Guild."

"That's a great idea!"

Now I had to go see Harumikazuchi-neesan even more!!