Becoming Adventurers

Nezard had finally finished fixing up the room so that he can talk to Ren and the others. When the two groups entered the room, the first thing they noticed was the pile of documents scattered on a side of the room. The next thing that was quite noticeable were the magical staves decorated on the wall. To a novice of magic, the magical staffs were nothing more than decoration, but to someone like Ren when he saw the staffs his eyes squinted a bit. They were the strongest weapons he had seen in this world.

Next to the magical staff decoration were names of people, hundreds of names written on the wall. There were even letters beside the name of each, most of the names on the wall had the letter D on the side of their names.

"You guys can just stand there." The Guild Master who was sitting on the seat in the center of the room lazily spoke. Hilda who had entered the room alongside Ren, stood behind the Guild Master glaring at both groups, but most of her attention was on Ren. To her, the reason this whole charade started was because of him, and the most dangerous of the bunch was also him. So he required special attention.

Even though her spear broke, that wasn't really her main weapon, she still had a trump card she had yet to play. So the moment she notices any of them acting up, she will move.

"So let's get straight to the point since I just want this to end. What is it you want whoever you are?" Nezard didn't bother with anyone else as he looked Ren straight in the eyes while going directly to the point.

"First off, you can call me Ren."

"Okay then, Ren what is it that you want?"

"My wish isn't as extravagant as being a Guild Master. That seems like it would restrict my freedom too much." Ren happily smiled at Nezard who almost choked when he heard this. It wasn't like he didn't know the truth, but hearing it so directly from another person was a huge blow for him.

"Before I tell you what I wish for, can you tell the others who witnessed my fight to keep quiet about it."

"That's already been taken care of." This time it wasn't Nezard who answered but Hilda.

"Oh really? That was fast, well okay there is something I want to know before we proceed. Can you explain to me what happens when one registers as an adventurer, and what the usage of ranks are for." Nezard lazily looked at Hilda, who responded with a sigh before she spoke.

"After an adventurer registers, he or she is accompanied by a staff member of the guild, which is to be their proctor for the test. The test is what the guild uses to determine what rank to give the newly registered adventurers. Now in regards to the ranking. The ranking of an adventurer determines how skilled he or she is. Depending on one's rank the missions the adventurer could accept are different. If you have a low rank you can only do some simple gathering missions, while on the other hand if you have a high rank, most missions are available to you, but you won't be able to accept low-level missions. Also if you have a high rank and become famous there will be missions designated to you by name. Finally individual rank and party rank are different. The party rank is determined by the overall quality of every party member. Are there any questions?"

Hilda explained all of these things with a clear voice. Once she was done she even asked if they had any questions, she clearly didn't like either group, but she was still doing her job properly.

"I see thank you for the explanation, umm... What was your name again?" Even though Ren already heard her name from Nezard who called her out, he still wanted to hear it from her.

"Hilda Kirche." She reluctantly told her name, since she found no real reason not to tell him. Ren who heard her name as well as how reluctant she was found her defiance really cute. He couldn't help but smile at the girl, which resulted in Lara pouting deep inside while on the outside she still remained her stoic self. On the other hand, Valdel simply shrugged his shoulders.

"Well thank you for the explanation, Hilda. So about my wish, it's really quite simple to grant. After taking that test no matter what the result is. I want you to give me and my companion a B rank. Also, I want you to spread a rumor that a rising star has entered your branch of the adventurers guild. That's all I want isn't it simple? If you do that, I will spare the lives of these fools."

Ren looked at the idiotic party who cowered before his sight. It was at this point Nezard started to assess Ren, he couldn't understand what he was planning by asking for such things. Still, it didn't feel like doing as he requested would affect the guild in a bad way.

Actually, if he did as Ren requested, the prestige of his branch would rise... But that would also mean more work for him, which made Nezard a bit reluctant to agree.

"Why are you hesitating? I don't think that what I ask for is too much." Ren could easily detect the hesitation in Nezard's actions, yet he wasn't sure why Nezard should hesitate.

"Can you tell me, Ren, why do you want to become a B rank adventurer? With your skills, you could bypass all the ranks and head directly to rank A and after you gain a bit of recognition you could easily become S rank. The youngest adventurer to gain the S rank. Doesn't that sound enticing to you?"

Nezard wanted to clarify this point before he agreed to anything. Expecting this question Ren was able to respond immediately.

"I do want to become S ranked, but in due time. If I said I wanted attention, but not too much attention, would you understand that explanation of mine?"

Nezard looked at Ren who seem to have everything under control. He felt a bit uncomfortable being gazed by those dark eyes of his. It felt like he could see right through his soul. At this moment Nezard felt like he was making a deal with a devil.

"Fine then, no matter what the real results of the test will be. I will grant you three a B rank."

"Oh, it would be only the two of us that will register as adventurers. This guy over here is a student of the knight academy." Ren pointed at Valdel, who bowed at the Guild Master out of courtesy.

"I see... Well, then I shall assign Hilda as your proctor for the upcoming test. Since I believe that you don't want too many people to know about our deal." Hilda who heard Nezard's decision could only sigh once more. A job is a job, no matter how much she didn't want to do it. Still, with this role of hers, she could keep an eye on this person that felt like he would become the source of a lot of problems.

"Much appreciated Guild Master." With this deal, part two of his plan was done. Ren felt a bit disappointed since everything was going too smoothly. There can only be some fun to be had if some problem arises, which Ren hopes would happen.