Guildmaster

"I wonder what he meant by me hitting the alarm?" While they're gone, I start to examine the table more closely.

As far as I can tell, it seems completely normal. But then I look down and notice that the table leg seems to be in a little indent in the floor. Moving it back to its original position, I watch as the indent pops back out.

"Huh," I mutter, "so they put a panic button in here. Makes sense if either client or adventurer gets rowdy during negotiations. Or if it's a trap for one of them."

Good thing I bumped into the table, who knows how things would have turned out otherwise!

My curiosity satisfied, I sit on the couch to wait as I was asked.

After what I estimate to be twenty minutes pass, I'm thinking about just walking out.

Ten more minutes pass and I decide to do it.

Five more minutes pass and I'm getting up to leave.

It's then that someone finally shows up. The young man who can't be much older than me bows. "Apologies miss Seka, the guildmaster wishes to speak with you.

I nod at him. "Very well, lead the way." As we walk, one worry makes its way through my mind.

'I really hope they don't find out I'm from another world...'

Afterall, the guildmaster is nearly always depicted as being one of the most experienced living adventurers. Hopefully this is the trope of them being more of a desk jockey. Though a guildmaster who only deals with people would pose their own pitfalls in regards to learning my secret...

I continue to randomly worry as we make our way to a set of stairs leading to the third floor. Instead of a hallway, there's just a door. The young man knocks and a feminine voice tells us to enter. He pushes the door open and we enter.

"Presenting miss Seka, E-rank adventurer." No fluff, just the cold hard facts. Not that there's any fluff to add. It would be weird if he did manage to add fluff to my introduction!

The guildmaster nods and waves him off. "Good, you may leave now." He turns and walks out the door. The guildmaster's voice follows him and he stumbles at what he hears. "I did not mean you, miss Seka."

'Seriously, did she really think I brought her just to SEE the guildmaster!? Is she stupid?' The young man has some rather rude thoughts as he leaves, while Seka clicks her tongue in disappointment.

'Oh well, it was worth a shot.' I close the door and turn back towards the guildmaster.

The first thing that comes to mind when I look at her is 'gorilla'. This isn't just about how big she is, though she does look like she would be six feet standing up. No, she looks like an actual gorilla. Coarse black hair covers nearly every part of her exposed skin except for her face. She has an eyepatch over her right eye, but other than that I would say that she looks rather pretty.

Of course, my eyes travel to the most prominent thing about her. Her giant chest! I was never a good judge of cup sizes, but they're easily the size of watermelons. If it wasn't for her muscular build, I get the feeling that they would look ridiculous. As it is though, they fit her well.

While I'm lost in my chesty musings, she speaks. "Something to say, Seka?"

Still lost in my thoughts, I respond on autopilot. "Just thinking about how your chest fits your build."

She says nothing, but soon enough my mind catches up with my mouth and I freeze.

Silence permeates the room as I break out into a cold sweat. 'What the f*ck! Why would I say that!? Should I have added more points into wisdom? But the damn thing will change in a week!'

While I'm panicking, I hear a small sound come from the guildmaster. I look at them, but they haven't made any kind of move. I brush it off and they finally speak.

"What's this I hear about you being sexually assaulted by one of the guild's employees?" Her tone is neutral, but has a firm undertone, as if stating that she'll know if I lie.

So I look her straight in the eyes and speak the truth.

"I have no idea."

We hold eye contact for a few minutes before she quirks an eyebrow.

"Really?" She holds up a piece of paper. "Because according to this report, one of our female employees was found on top of you in a compromising position."

I nod. "Yep."

"..."

"..."

When it becomes clear that I'm not inclined to continue, she prompts me. "Would you care to clarify?"

"Nope"

"..."

Her eye twitches at my immediate response. I mean, what can I say? Your employee wanted to buy and cut off my tail? As if! Wait! Maybe I can give a technical truth...

"But since I don't want to make things difficult, I suppose I can tell you what happened."

Her eye twitches again and I frown. "Are you feeling ok? Do you have something in your eye?"

Another twitch. "No. Please just tell me your side of the story."

I shrug. Not my problem if she has something in her eye. "Well, to sum things up. She wanted to pay me for my body. I refused, but she refused my refusal."

I stop and we enter another staring contest. "...Is that all? Nothing else happened?" Her voice has a trace of irritation in it, and I work to suppress a smirk.

'I still got it.'

I pretend to think, tapping my chin for a moment before something comes to mind. "Oh yes! Before that, she was conducting an examination of my behind. She said that she thought it was 'interesting'."

She stares at me before reaching under her desk and pulling out a translucent orb. "This is a truth orb. If you place your hand on it and say something, it will glow either red or green. Green is for truth, red is for lies. Please place your hand on the orb."

I do as she asks, sweat drops dotting my forehead.

"Now, has everything you stated since entering this room been the truth?"

My hand tightens on the orb and I give a confident nod.

Another eye twitch. "You need to state it out loud."

"...Oh. Yes ma'am."

Nothing happens to the orb.

I send her a look of confusion.

She sighs. "Say, 'everything I've said since entering this room has been the truth'."

I repeat after her and the orb glows a bright green.

She stares at the orb, as if challenging it to change colors. It doesn't though, it just shines green.

Another sigh and she reaches into a drawer. From it she pulls out five gold, which she places on the desk in front of me. "Please accept this as compensation for the trouble my employee has caused."

My eyes bulge and I quickly swipe the coins from the desk. This is a small fortune! I might have enhanced my speed with just a smidge of wind magic since the guildmaster is blinking at the spot the coins were in surprise.

I hurriedly start backing to the door, working the handle behind my back. "Trouble? What trouble! As far as I'm concerned there wasn't any kind of trouble whatsoever! Anyways, thank you for your time and goodbye!"

I rush out of the room before she can say anything else. Heh, now that I'm rich, I'm gonna head to that nice inn I was told about earlier! What was it called again? Lady's Boutique?