“Eh?”
Yuki turned around to see who was calling at her and stood shocked at who she saw. There was a group of three males and three females who had similar features as Yuki did. I could probably guess that they were the other members summoned at the same time she did. There was also an young lady nearby the Heroes, but she was wearing the native ‘open dress’ with a silver tiara on her head. The who first called was actually the young lady wearing the native dress. She came over directly to Yuki and held her hands.
“Where have you been? We have been looking all over for you.”
“Well, things happened and I was forcefully brought out of the castle…”
“Is that so...I need to investigate this when I get back. I’m glad that you are safe and sound.
Well, would you like to introduce this person next to you?”
The young girl turned her attention from Yuki to me. Her eyes seemed to be gleaming with untold excitement. As for why, I can only guess as everyone else in the Adventurer’s Guild, if not the city, also had such a gleam in their eyes.
“My apologize, this person is actually the person who found and saved me.”
“Oh dear, let me introduce myself if you don’t already know, I am the first princess of this Cromwell Empire, Elestine Cromwell. A pleasure to meet you.”
Lifting the sides of her dress, she gave the most typical ladylike bow that you could do wearing a dress. I only returned her a similar bow in my adventuring outfit.
“A pleasure to meet you, Princess Elestine Cromwell. This one’s name is Illyanna, but you can call me Illya like Yuki does.”
“Then that is what I will do. Behind me are the other Heroes: Shimazaki Hikaru-sama, Noburo Shirasu-sama, Shiomi Miyako-sama, Tomoyuki Iori-sama, Shinsaku Philip-sama, and Sir Yoshitaka Jin-sama.”
The princess started from the closest person to her to the farthest, introducing them to me one by one. Besides the fact that their personality were a little different from how Yuki had explained them to be the night before, they looked like pretty average high school teenagers besides the middle-aged man Yoshitaka Jin.
“It is a pleasure to meet the other Heroes.”
They only nodded back to my greetings or they ignored it completely. I didn’t pay it much attention since I didn’t feel it was worth it for them either. Turning back to the princess, she still had the gleaming eyes as before.
“Umm… it might be rude to ask, but is your hair the truth?”
“If you asking about whether it’s like the legends, then I can only say if you really believe it, then it is.”
At first, the princess had a confused expression, but she then had a blush when she realized what I meant.
“Ahem, did you bring Yuki here to sign-up as an adventurer?”
“Eee, that was the plan. The other Heroes as well?”
“Yes, it would be good experience for them to experience fighting for the first time. Shall we go to the counter together.”
“Alright.”
Our group of nine walked up to the guild counter and occupied nine counters in total. In my counter was a young lady with long brown hair tied in a low ponytail, making her look more mature. She had long eyelashes that made her amber eyes more alluring. To top it off, the pair of black rimmed glasses along with her guild uniform made her look scholarly.
“Hello, welcome to the Adventurer’s Guild. How may I help you today?”
“I would like to sign-up to be an Adventurer”
“Oh, alright. Please fill this sheet out. If you need someone to write for you, it costs 1 silver coin.”
“That will be alright. I can write myself.”
Picking up the quill and sheet of paper the Guild receptionist handed out, I flew through the content and filled out almost everything except certain things that may make things more complicated like what my race is and my skills. Checking through a second time to make sure everything I filled out was ‘normal’, I handed the form and quill back.
“T-thank you, let me turn this in at the back. Please wait right here in the meantime.”
“Okay”
The receptionist quickly half walked half ran into the back room looking more nervous than when I first appeared before here. Occasionally, I saw her poke out from the back room with two other people and pointed at me. I only gave a smile back them when our eyes met. The Yuki, Princess, and the Heroes were basically got their Adventurer card and were now given a run down while I was still waiting. Yuki looked very cute when she was so focused on the explanation of the Guild functions. The Princess, on the other hand, raised her card in the air looking like a little kid who finally had a new toy. This poses a question on what the King has been doing to this Princess. The other Heroes had a multitude of emotions from excitement to worry.
“Sorry for the long wait. Many changes had to be made.”
Turning around back to the receptionist, I had a shocked expression for a few seconds before revert to my calm appearance. Standing behind the counter was no longer the brown hair glasses scholar girl, but a very pretty girl of the Elven race that put the Princess’ beauty into 3rd class goods. She had blonde hair reaching past her waist, aquamarine eyes, taller than any average man, and a big chest.
“Here is your Guild card that the Adventurer’s Guild will be supplying you.”
Sliding the card on the counter towards my side of the counter, it was a bronze plated card with nothing written on either side and it had an outer rim of rainbow colored metallic material.
“This is a special card given to you specifically because of your ‘Special’ status. I will also be assigned as your personal receptionist, so I will be handling all transactions you make in the Adventurer’s Guild. My name is Sheila W. Elswood, please take care of me.”
Glancing at the other’s card before glancing at my own, I pointed at the others before asking,
“They have a black border and I have this rainbow border. What is the difference?”
“All I can say is your card has more status than theirs. Well, do you have anything else to ask before we finalize the sign-up procedure.”
“Ah, can you tell me more about what the color of the card means and criterias for accepting Guild Missions?”
Though I can probably guess what they were from memories from my previous life, I still asked to confirm what was still valid and what wasn’t.
“Sure. All beginner adventurers start off at F Rank unless something compels the Guild to raise it. The strongest adventurers are the A Rank adventurers, but anomalies may come about and they are labeled as S Rank adventurers. The Guild card starts at Bronze and moves up from Iron, Black Iron, Silver, Gold, Mythril, Adamantite, and finally Orichalcum for S Rank. The border on your card is actually Orichalcum and the black border is Black Iron, so you can guess the level of treatment. As far as Guild Missions go, you can accept any assignment that is within one Rank of your own, dropping or failing a Mission you have accepted will result in a fine or confiscation of the Guild card in worse cases, and all materials you obtain from monsters can be sold to us here in the Adventurer’s Guild. And… I think that is about it for now I suppose… Oh! You can find me over at the special receptionist counter over there on the left side. It’s for all our ‘Special’ members with personal receptionists to use.”
“Okay”
“Well let’s go to the back room to finalize your Guild card.”
Following right behind Sheila to the back room behind the counter, I saw the other members were currently lining up in a line, each walking up to a stone pillar. At the pillar, they place their card in the center slot which has the perfect shape for the card to fit in and then place both their hands onto the pillar. After a bright glow, they took their card and stood to the side.
When it was finally my turn, I placed my Guild card onto the card slot on the pillar before placing my two hands into the hand imprint on the stone pillar. Waiting for a few seconds, the pillar then started to glow brightly for another few seconds and then subsided. Picking up the card, I noticed there were written engravings on it now.
Name
Illyanna
Rank
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Bronze
Privilege Rank
Orichalcum
Class
Beast Tamer
Profession
–
Status
Special
Coins Stored
0
Personal Data:
Height
167.6 cm
Weight
50 kg
B94
W78
H103
34D Cup
‘Hmm? Why is all that personal information in there!?’
Looking around the Character Status page, I didn’t find anywhere on it that had such information, but I noticed I had a Parameters tab at the top. Click open the Parameters tab did I find all my personal information like my height, weight, three sizes, and a ton more embarrassing information in there. Switching the option to lock mode, I made sure no one else would be able to read these information from now on. My body is safe as long as no one strips me or sees my Guild card…
“Alright. With this, the sign-up procedure is complete. Illyanna, I once again welcome you to the Adventurer’s Guild and hope we can better know each other more for time to come.”
“Thank you….Yuki.”
“Y-yes, Illya?”
“So what are you going to do now? Are you going to follow the other Heroes on your mission?”
Yuki stood there with her head down twiddling her fingers while moving her body from side to side, looking like she was in lots of trouble on what to do. After a few mins of moping around in place, she gave herself a double fist pump and looked up at me with a serious expression.
“If you allow it, I wish to stay with Illya”
Her serious expression only lasted for so long before it was replaced with an ever growing blush. Seeing this, I walked up close to her and placed my mouth near her ear.
“You are so cute when you act like this, I might just eat you up *slurp* phew~”
Whispering into her bright red ear, I gave it a lick before blowing into her ear, startling her into a jump. She was half covering her face in shock and embarrassment as the others in the room were looking at her.
“Well all jokes aside, I am fine with it if that is your decision, but you have to let the others know yourself.”
“Y-yes I will…”
Leaving with Sheila, I took the time to visit the Guild Mission board while Yuki went to talk, if not convince, the Princess and the other Heroes about her following me. Since I was only an F Rank, there were very few Mission at the range of E to F. The only ones that caught my attention was a simple goblin elimination quest, and an interesting resource collection quest. As I was about to head to the counter with those Missions, Yuki was walking over to me with the crew, waving happily with a smile, so I guess it was a success.
“Illya, its done~”
“Seems like it”
Glancing over at Yuki, the Princess asked once more with hope,
“Are you sure you want to leave the group and follow Lady Illya here, Yuki?”
“Yes please, I thank the Princess for all your hospitality you gave me until now.”
“Then so be it.”
The Princess walked over to me with a worried expression and gave me a deep bow this time.
“I hope you can take care of Yuki-sama. It was supposed to be my responsibilities, but I had failed her on the very first day. “
“Don’t worry Princess, I can take care of her.”
“That is great. Then we will take out leave to go find a Mission to do.”
“Oh, why don’t you do this one.”
Raising the goblin Mission I had just pulled off, I gave her group a questioning look. She looked happy about the Mission but worried that she may have stolen a Mission that I had wanted to do. What a nice Princess…
“You can take it, I have another Mission Yuki and I can do.”
“Princess, you can take the Mission since Illya-san offered it to us.”
“Yeah! Listen to Hikaru-chan. This is a great request to train as Heroes!”
The Princess could only take the Mission request after the eldest female of the group, Shimazaki Hikaru, spoke out. Tomoyuki Iori’s statement was irrelevant because it was quite a childish statement for a 17 year old grow man. Splitting up, we walked to our own receptionist table and they walked to their own. Walking over to the personal receptionist counter with Yuki, we were greeted with the waiting Sheila.
“Is this the request you want to accept?”
“Yes”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I know what you might be thinking, but it is really fine.”
“Alright then, as long as you know. Can I have both of your Guild cards?”
Collecting both of our cards, Sheila placed both of them on top of the request and held out a stamp she pulled from a drawer on top of the cards. A small magic circle was glowing midair between the stamp and Guild card and then disappeared.
You have accepted the quest: [ Procure Slime Lotion ]
Procure Slime Lotion Quest
Difficulty
F Rank
Mission
Find and slay Pink Lotion Slime & Collect 10 bottles of Lotion in the Magic Forest
Reward
20 Copper Coins per bottle on Request ( 10 Copper Coins for any extra bottles procured)
“Okay, it’s done. The request is accepted.”
“Thank you. Is there any good stores where we can purchase weapons and armor?”
“Weapons and armor you say? There is a decent one at the Crafting district nearby called Truff’s Weapons & Armors. If you follow the road down from here, you would eventually bump into it.”
“Thank you once again”
Taking back our card, we gave our greets to Sheila and left the Guild. On the main road, we followed Sheila’s direction and made our way towards the store. Unlike yesterday, there were a lot more people on the streets and there were numerous other races than the Huemans of the country. Along the way, we saw many small stalls on the side of the road selling food, trinkets, and other small objects. Eventually like Sheila had said, we saw the building with a big steam pipe in the middle. The sign on the front door said ‘ Truff’s Weapons & Armors. Walking in through the double doors, Yuki and I were amazed at the assortment of equipment on display.
“Welcome to Truff’s Weapons & Armors. What can I do for you two lasses?”
Standing at the counter of the store was a short stubby man, who was probably a dwarf, the old man asked us. He had fuzzy sharp hair like a porcupine, light tan skin, brown eyes, a bushy mustache, and a muscular body.
“We would like to buy some equipment for the both of us. I need a good bow, spear, and armor. She needs…”
“A sword, preferably a katana, and armor”
“Hmm…. let me see what I have in the back.”
The old man disappeared through the back door and came back shortly after with a large number of items. He split the equipment into two sides and counted everything to make sure it was all there.
“Tis left side is what I ‘ave for you, girly. ‘N tis right side is for the lassy. Let’s see, I have tis Shadow Crescent Bow. Still in pristine condition, used to be used by an Elf. It sturdy enough to use as a bow or bladed weapon. ‘N tis spear is made of iron with small bits of mythril mixed in. It has been shaped somewhat like a crescent blade and not many like it, so it been sitting in the back collectin’ dust. As for armor wise, the best I can offer for you is tis Silk Battle Robe. It a bit revealin, but it used by a female Elf. ”
“As fur lassy, I got tis Black Meteorite Katana. Forged ‘n crafted with black meteorite from them Daemon lands. Should be perfect for them fine hands lassy has. As for tis armor, it has a few quirks. As you see, tis armor was supposed to be made for the Queen herself, but she ain’t like it. I made little adjustments so lassy won’t embarrass herself wearing tis.”
Examining through my gear, I didn’t have any problems with what was brought out. Besides the Silk Battle Robe being a bit revealing around the upper chest and legs, that was about it. As a matter of fact, the gear was a lot more better than I had anticipated, so it was a win. Yuki’s equipment, on the other hand, might be a blunder. The katana was a newly crafted product so there wasn’t much to say about that. The armor, however, was made with the native culture in mind, meaning it had exposure in certain places. That could be a problem during battle if enemies attack those weak points. Thanks to the old man’s adjustments, it should be fine.
“Oh, tis is a quiver made of wyvern hide and 300 broad headed iron arrows”
“How much is all this old man?”
“The bow is 10 silver, tis spear is 25 silvers, the katana is 30 silvers, the armor is 5 silvers, and the robe is 45 silvers. The quiver is another 75 silvers and each arrow is 35 copper coins each. Total is 2 Gold and 95 Silver coins.
Pulling out 2 gold piece and 95 silver pieces, I placed them into the old man’s outstretched hand and collected our gear.
“T’ere is a changing room over to the side if you want to wear your equipment now, otherwise yur off to go on yur adventure now.”
Storing the gear into our inventory, we left the old man’s store. Along the way back to the inn, we visited the General store and a stall that sold bits on a stick. We purchased cleansing oil, small rags, tent set, two large pouches, and wrapped up bits on a stick for lunch. When we arrived back in our room at the inn, we began to strap up for war.
Stripping off the tank top and hot pants, I threw them into my inventory and pulled out a pair of Silky G-string panties. Apparently the tailor store only sold these types of inner wear, and they something only nobles would wear because they were expensive for such a small amount of fabric. If you think of it in a more larger scale, the large population of commoners are not wearing any underwear and nobles wear a sexy pair of G-strings. What an erotic country!
‘I need to learn Tailor for my profession when I have time to save myself the trouble.’
Pulling on the panties quickly, I then threw on the Silk Battle Robe, slipped on a pair of knee socks, and fit on a pair black heels. Why heels? Because this world said girls must wear heels for everything. Because the Silk Battle Dress leaves a diamond shaped space open on my back, I slipped the belt of the quiver and fastened it against my belly on the inside of the robe with the quiver hanging on my lower back. Strapping the Shadow Crescent Bow on my back and loading 100 arrows into the quiver, I was ready to go. Besides the fact my collarbone area being exposed, high slits being made on the sides of the dress up to the waist revealing the straps of the panties, and a large open area on my back, then it would be a great outfit.
Glancing over to Yuki, she had also just finished equipping everything I had bought for her. Yuki wore a thin black leotard with iron armor plates wrapping around her belly and supporting her breasts up, a pair of gauntlets, a pair of greaves, and the sheath of the katana was attached to her waist at the armor plates. Just like me, Yuki had her black hair tied up in a ponytail with a ribbon I made for her on the spot.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes, let’s go level up!”
“Hehe, don’t get scared when you see monsters and hide away~”
The quest required us to go to the Magic Forest to kill pink slimes for their lotions and it so happens that we came from the Magic Forest, so we made our way the East Gate and left.