Ahh, that was filling. If you had not ntioned it, I would have forgotten to eat, Tasianna. Hie hie. I giggled with reddened cheeks.
I would presu so; you ate multiple dishes at the inn, in addition to whatever we picked up on the way, Tasianna comnted. However, wasnt it too little? Dont you eat more, Miss Saori?
The blush on my face intensified as I began scratching my cheeks with a wry smile. I would, yes, but the stares I got from the adventurers were suffocating, he he. We usually eat in private, no?
For lunch, we decided to try out the tavern next to the hunters guild. As adventurers needed to travel from town to town to fulfill their quests, similar to Kushlekzar and the saurians, both the hunters and rcenary guilds had set up inns next to their guild houses for their mbers exclusive use.
While inns, places for travelers to find lodging, were common in town, it was very well possible not enough rooms would be available for adventurers, especially when other travelers like rchants and vagrants were around. With winter making travel difficult, it seems most inns were fully reserved according to the hunters I asked.
As the inn also acted as a tavern to serve drinks and warm food, I thought this was a good ti to learn how townspeople ate and listen to gossip. Id tried village food, the food of a nobles chef, lizardn swamp cuisine, and my own cooking style with Peolyncian ingredients. I learned about dieval European foods from books but never tasted them myself. There were dieval fairs on Earth, but I never had the opportunity to attend them. In this life, I wanted to correct that.
One of my goals in my past life was to travel the world with my mother to honor my late fathers wish. My father believed enjoying a cultures cuisine as part of the whole experience as lifes hardship molded a regions specialties. I didnt consider myself a certified chef, but I do believe in my cooking. If I want to beco better, then I should try as many dishes as possible and experint with as many new ingredients as I could get my hands on, like those Firwood frost cones.
For example, Yokohama, the city I was born and raised in, belonged to the Kanagawa prefecture and had a regional specialty called shirasu, which translates to whitebait or baby sardines in English. The shirasu heaven of the prefecture, Enoshima island, made tons of dishes and snacks with them, of which I liked the shirasu don the most. A bowl of rice with so raw baby sardines. Ahh, heavenly.
Its only south of Tokyo and you can easily get to the Kanagawa prefecture by train, so I would recomnd any tourist to try them. I may be dead on Earth, but I will still support my prefecture!
Anyway, while on our way to the hunters guilds inn, we also visited a few eateries. Most of them only served one or two dishes, but each dish was made with passion by the locals. It made my ho chefs heart flourish. I believe Hestia would like them too, even if they were mostly made with greens.
The hunters inn, on the other hand, was quite bizarre if I still had the mindset I had on Earth. Most of the at or dishes with at in them were made from monster products, so they had a very unique taste due to the texture. I also learned the kitchen was connected with the eatery in the hunters guilds main hall, so I guess we could hang out while looking at the Quest board, ha!
The sll of ale and cider was so pungentI need to co back after I finish visiting the guilds. I need so alcohol!
After eating my fill, we greeted lia, took a look at the Quest board, and then made our way to the rcenary guild. It wasnt far from the hunters guild, so we made it there in no ti.
Similar to the hunters guild, it was rowdy and full of rcenaries ranging from tall, buff n with hunks of tal shaped into weapons to beastman won of various subraces. It was around lunchti now, so it was relatively calr than our second visit to the hunters guild.
Saori and Tasianna, correct? Thank you for coming back to the guild!
This was Rachael, a human receptionist of the rcenary guild who had apparently been assigned to be our exclusive handler, much like lia. Unlike lia, this orange-haired girl who looked around 17 was energetic and full of passion whenever she spoke to anybody, reminding a bit of an unrestrained Hestia.
Good afternoon, Rachael, how are you today? Are we eligible for the promotion?
Ah, yes, I have confird it with the Boss. He has received a report made by the Depths Serpents party, and they have acknowledged your nas as valued participants, Rachael replied with a thumbs up. We have also questioned the guild mbers youve ntioned. They have safely made it back to Firwood and given their full support on the matter. A rising C rank party and multiple D rankers have attested that the three of you were an invaluable help during the Quest, which ans your party has received the 4 D rank points. Congratulations. You, Tasianna, and Lady Hestia are now F rank rcs!
To get promoted to the next rank in either adventurer guild, you had to gain a certain number of rank points through Questing. While the circumstance of us gaining D rank at the hunters guild was abnormal, our beginner rank of G at the rcenary guild was the norm for any new mber, no matter how strong. We had to work our way up here like anybody else.
The bandit Quest wed received from Colwyn should have given us 4 D rank points, which should be enough for an F rank promotion, however, the guild worked independently from the kingdoms nobles. They wanted to investigate our claim by finding evidence for our participation. That was why they needed the reports from Kushlekzars party Depth Serpents and the rcenaries we rescued during the bandit raid. They were our witnesses and I was glad to see everything worked out smoothly.
Tasianna and I handed over our IDs for the promotion to Rachael. Normally, a promotion interview would be scheduled to assess our characters and ability to improve, but that wasnt necessary since four C rankers endorsed us: Kushlekzar, Grazlahta, Krim-Slak, and Akasht. The saurians might be in a different town now, but it seems they couldnt stop helping us.
Unfortunately, Hestia wasnt here so she couldnt get promoted just yet, but she can do that next ti shes here.
Oh, that reminded . Saori, has Lady Hestia already registered your party? I an, giving you guys an official party na, thats what I ant. Considering what the three of you can actually do, it would be a total waste to not market yourself better! One na is easier to rember, after all, she said with an excited smile after handing our IDs back.
Being our exclusive handler, she was the only one in the rcenary guild aside from the guild master to be privy to our information. She had to know who and what we were, to support us correctly. I was a bit worried her friskiness might cause her to accidentally leak so information, but the guild master seed to trust her enough to give her this much responsibility.
After thanking her for the promotion, I shook my head to her question. We have not. I will leave the na choice to Lady Hestia. Anyway, are there any interesting Quests?
Hunters Guild mbership Rank: D
Fulfilled Quests: 4
Points: 1 D, 3 G
Rank Total: 1 D / 40 D
rcenary Guild mbership Rank: F
Fulfilled Quests: 2
Points: 4 D, 1 F
Rank Total: 12 F / 15 F
I should ask lia or Rachael for an explanation of the rank point system. More details would be nice but having Hestia around would save the effort of explaining it to her. Ill see if there are three F rank Quests we can do to earn another promotion.
Tasianna and I went over to the board, scouring the board for any Quests, just like wed done at the hunters guild. While there were a couple of Quests I would imagine a rcenary to do, like escorting rchants like bodyguards, ho security, and headhunting; there were also more peaceful options like being shop bouncers, package transporters, or even service personnel for shops and stalls. Hunters focused on monsters, while rcs handled humanoid related jobs.
Eventually, sobody interrupted us while we were looking at the board, speaking loudly to catch our attention. Hey, you two, looking for a Quest to do? Turning around, three adolescent humans geared in basic gambesons stood before us, each carrying either an arming sword, mace, or spear. Prudent enough, all three had wooden heater shield strapped on their left arm.
While there were quite a few adventurers who looked like they were cosplaying fantasy warriors, it seems there were also those who looked more grounded, like actual dieval European rcenaries you would read from books. These three gave that impression, at least.
You ladies were looking at the board for a while, so I thought you two might be looking for a Quest. We have an easy F rank one and with you two, well have a full party, the young rcenary with the mace offered with a friendly smile.
While Tasianna gave his party the stink eye, visibly annoyed, I bowed and politely declined, Thank you for the offer, but we are not looking for any help. We were only inspecting the board for Quests.
Rachael went upstairs to the guild masterDid they ti this or was this a coincidence?
Waving his hand in a joking manner, the sword wielder spoke instead of his friend, Oh, co on now, no need to be so cold. You guys are G ranks, right? Just joined the guild? Were F ranks, and we just want to help our juniors. In this line of work, it can get really dangerous, so getting so help once in a while isnt bad.
Before I could respond, Tasianna jerked her head to their direction, scowling at them as she growled, Leave! in a low-pitched tone. Even her [Terror Aura Lv. 1] could be terrifying if she began cooling the air around her with [Cryokinesis]. Her patience was at her limits.
Hey, hey, what is that kinda attitude?! Although having intimidated all three, the spear user among them bravely stepped forward, reproaching Tasianna with a slightly pale face. Were just here to help, ok! You three obviously have no weapons or protective gear so either you two are mages or idiots who think joining the rcenary guild is easy money. Pah! Learn to work with others or get the fuck out of here!
The guildhall is loud with everybody speaking, they probably didnt hear our conversation with Rachael. That should explain it, I believe.
Yeah, yeah! Hes right! the two others said in unison, having regained their morale from their friends speech. Three front liners, two back liners. A solid composition. Besides, you two are girls, so why not just take the free help and be happy about it?!
The people around us are mostly watching with interest or outright ignoring us. The receptionists look annoyed but arent intervening. Was this normal? I guess, if you joined a guild focused on dealing with people, you had to have the necessary people skills.
Sighing in exasperation, I discreetly took out a token from my storage before this argunt escalated even further. Tasianna looked like she would explode any second now. I would ask to please leave us alone. We appreciate your help, but it is not necessary. With a blue squared token in my hand, I showed it off to them, not forgetting to flaunt the serpent symbol on it.
While the three were confused at what I was showing, around 16 rcenaries quickly rose from their seats, rushed over to the three, and placed their hands on their shoulders. Enough flirting, you hot-bloods, they all said and began pulling them away from us. The three complained and tried to resist but it was futile against all those muscles.
Urgh, those lizardn are everywhere was all they muttered as they quickly removed themselves back to the guilds bar.
Interesting.
Without giving it any thought to just what the saurians had done to them to cause this reaction, we left the guild without taking a Quest. Seeing as Tasianna was still annoyed by what had happened, I had to help her cool down first before continuing our guild visits.
After enjoying a snack break with our self-made rice crackers, we then went to our next destination. However, as we didnt know where the chef, tailor, and alchemy guilds were, and it would be annoying to ask a stranger for directions, we instead went to a cobbler store in the middle district.
Entering it, our vision was filled with shoes, shoes, and more shoes. With an assortnt of shoes and boots on both sides of the shop, there was also a counter with a clerk and an area where a cobbler was repairing a workers boots. We went to the counter.
Good afternoon, does Ruld work here? Brown hair, dium length, around 18 years old? I asked the clerk, who answered affirmatively. Ruld was the young man who crafted our partys boots and shoes when we stayed at Carine village. Our party was in Firwood because wed done a favor for him and his soon-to-be wife, Lorena.
Hey, lucky boy, co out! You got a custor! he shouted through a door leading to the back of the shop. Lucky boy, huh?
Yeah, I heard you, I heard you. Where is my Oh! Miss Saori, Miss Tasianna! Once Ruld ca out from the back, we greeted each other, and I told him what I needed from him. As his lunch break was about to begin, he agreed to bring us to the tailor guild once I promised him a al.
On our way, while we was having lunch, I began questioning Ruld about the guilds of this town. While he didnt know much about the rchants guild, he was acquainted with the artisan guilds, more specifically the cobbler guild, as he was an official mber.
In Earths history, guilds were essentially groupings of people aiming to protect their vested interests by aiding and protecting each other much like labor unions. Aside from the two adventurer guilds, guilds in Artorias, and possibly all of Peolynca, were split into two groups: the rchant guild and the artisan guilds. Thankfully, most of what Ruld explained to was similar to what Id learned of historical guilds on Earth, albeit with so differences, since Peolynca was a different world.
Normally, most rchants from a town or city belonged to the rchant guild and benefited from their protection and connections, as the guild was responsible for maintaining industry standards and prices. I would have to go there eventually, but it's good to know they were mostly the sa.
The artisan guilds, on the other hand, were multiple smaller guilds, each responsible for one specific trade. They were so nurous, like the tailor, chef, blacksmith, mining, bakers, alchemy, etc. Artisans could rely on their guilds to enforce and further their interests, especially against the other guilds.
Ruld led us to the tailor guild, where I asked to join them as a full mber. The reason was that I needed to make money outside of just doing adventurer Quests since I didnt believe relying purely on them would be smart. What happens when we cant do one because one of us was too exhausted after a hard Quest? We had to diversify our inco.
There was also another reason and that had to do with what Barathan asked Tasianna and to do. Initially, he wanted to help him as a spy to gather information on the church as he believed it was necessary to protect Hestia. While I did agree, I also was reluctant to fully trust House Helvas. I dont believe they would do anything bad to us, but I didnt want us to be involved too much in political matters.
So, instead, I decided on a different plan. I wanted to make our own business. Our partys current worth ca purely from Hestias royal bloodline and her role as Aurenas champion, nothing more. We had little to no contacts and influence outside of House Helvass daughter, Ellaine, and even that was flimsy at best.
Through a business and being part of multiple guilds, I had the idea of using our talents to acquire both funds and acquaintances. Inspired by traveling circuses and idol tours, I thought we could not only spread Hestias na as an idol but also increase her power through [The Light]s fan milestones. anwhile, Tasianna and I could start increasing our own values by becoming better artisans.
Yes, our goal also included increasing our reputation as adventurers by increasing our ranks, but I would love to make sothing like a mobile caf or restaurant. Not only could we serve food and drinks but we would also be the only place to listen to Hestia sing! Her singing had always left an impact on but her first concert was sothing else. I wanted to make her dream co true.
But to do that, we needed money. We needed to raise enough capital to start building a real concert stage for her. This also brings back to Barathans plan. To protect Hestia from the church we needed more influence and power, outside of the status profile. To lead the life the three of us wanted, we needed to make this work so not even an emperor could go against us.
And the first step to this whole plan was to join guilds and fix our financial problems!
Taking out Hestias noble dress from my storage, I showed the tailor guilds mbers my work. Normally, you would join a guild by first becoming an apprentice at the age of seven after your baptism at the temple of Aurena. You would work there and hone your abilities until you slowly reached adulthood with 15, at which point you would have to show the guild your masterwork as a qualification work. Similar to a university thesis for a bachelor or master.
My noble dress for Hestia was one of my best works which was even approved of by Barathan and the maids of House Helvas themselves. Hestias idol outfit was also splendid but I believed they were too modern for the tailors. I had to work with what this world considered standard first, and then start the fashion revolution.
As I was a foreigner who hadnt had an apprenticeship at the guild before, the guild mbers were naturally suspicious of . They were impressed by my work but it seems they werent too happy with it being only made out of mana threads.
Mana threads were only used for the robes of mages and the extravagant protective clothes of nobles. As they were made with mana, not only were they easy to enchant with protective runes and enchantnts but also light enough to be worn underneath the armor. They could boost stats and also improve firepower, but that also ant they were expensive as a useful quantity of threads costhe a large amount of mana to make.
Powerful mages like Hestia were able to produce threads easily, but it seems most disliked doing it. The guild mbers couldnt tell why, but I guess it had to do with arcane corruption. These people werent mages, after all. For this reason, there was a scarcity of mana threads.
However, not every client was a noble. If you can only work with mana threads then go work with a noble, we only work with normal threads, they told and would only accept if I could show an equal masterwork with their rules. Challenge accepted, I said.
I believed they wanted to show them my sewing techniques from how they inspected my masterwork. Thankfully, this also ant they would supply with thread and fabric, so I didnt have to pay for it. I didnt know what they expected but after I started sewing, their jaws just dropped to the ground.
With a combination of high Agility, [Sewing Lv. 10], and through constant practice; planning the design and executing it felt too easy. My hands deftly moved the needle with no wasted movents, steadily stitching up an elaborate dress I saw a woman wear in the upper district. Nevertheless, even with my full focus on sewing, it took long enough that Ruld had to return to his shop. If I had to estimate, I believe I needed three hours to finally finish the heavily embroidered dress.
With my brain having reached its limit, the guild mbers didnt make it better when they started questioning about my techniques and training. I was so ntally exhausted I had a small blackout. Thankfully, the tailors understood at that point how exhausted I was. It didnt take them long to accept as a mber.
I had to give them my ID and I also had the chance to use its ability to hide information. They were surprised at my high level but they never expected for a cadejo. Now a mber of the tailor guild, I could receive commissions through the guild or directly from my clients, however, I had to pay a tax whenever I finished a commission or tailor Quest. In return, they would hook up with potential clients if I wished.
Despite my near brain numbness, Tasianna and I continued to the chef guild after a short break for to recuperate. The process was about the sa, only that I had to cook sothing on the spot. Besides , Tasianna also decided to join. I was a bit nervous that she would antagonize the guild mbers, but I was confident in her ability to cook. I taught her, after all.
Needless to say, we aced it. We now could legally work in any eaterys kitchen or open up our own if we wanted to. The wandering restaurant dream will one day beco true.
Our last goal for the day was the alchemy guild. Tasianna recently decided to beco an alchemist to help our plan as she was also our herbalist. Barathan inford us about the prices for health potions in Firwood and it was pretty high. We had a ton of Belzac herbs with system descriptions that suggested they could be used for health potions, and we were cultivating more in our garden. One more guild mbership for the day and were done!
I apologize but we only accept new mbers who have received an invitation from the guild master.
What?
I understand but my friend wishes to join as an apprentice. She wishes to learn how to do alchemy, I told the receptionist of this huge guildhall, reminding of a banks.
Her brows furrowed, looking apologetic as she replied, I do apologize but apprentices require recomndations from a current alchemy ister to join the guild under an apprenticeship.
Can we speak with one of them, or maybe the guild master?
She shook her head. I am afraid not. We value the privacy of our mbers, and our guild master is currently not available.
Well, this is sad.
We were riding on a wave of success until now but it seems it all broke down here. I wanted to try a bribe, but I wasnt confident about it. I thought it would cause us trouble, so I rejected the idea. So, instead, we gave up after she said next and an alchemist rudely shoved us out of the line. I was mildly annoyed.
I hate humans, Tasianna uttered once we left the grandiose building in the upper district of the town. They have been infuriating since our visit at the rcenary guild.
You did not seem very annoyed about Rachael, I countered.
She shrugged in response. Shes tolerable, much like Lady Ellaine and Lorena. I wont start a conversation with them but I also dont mind them too much.
Chuckling, I caressed her back and then gave her a slight push. That is good! That is an improvent, Tasianna! Good for you. Not every human is bad, so if you can tolerate them now, it will not be long until you can start befriending them. Anyway, let us go to the inn and take a well-earned rest! We can deal with the alchemy guild another ti! I told her with a smile.
Hie hie, you only want to drink so alcohol, Miss Saori, she replied with a wry smile. Urgh, couldnt we simply buy so for take away like with the eateriesMhmmph?!
No, no, no! I stopped her by pressing a finger on her lips, silencing her. There is an after-work tradition where I co from where co-workers drink and eat together and enjoy the atmosphere of the nightlife! We are both mbers of the chef guild now, which makes us co-workers! No Hestia to stop us, only us two adults. Co on, I will show you how to unwind, Tasianna!
I dont think I was a big drinker but I still enjoyed the nightlife and spending ti with my senpais at izakaya pubs, places where the working adult can unwind a bit in a casual setting with alcohol and snacks. With how stressful life is, everybody needs to take a break once in a while.
Ill ask Barathan or have Hestia ask Ellaine for so alchemy tips. Maybe they know so recipes. Tasianna can practice first and then we can return to the guild.
Although I was a bit suspicious why the alchemy guild was so exclusive. Yes, guilds on Earth were like gentlen clubs but I thought a human alchemy guild would at least want to learn about elven alchemy. Sure, Tasianna had no idea about it, but at least they should be curious. She looked like a wind elf.
Ahh, whatever, I can think about it later! Its ti to party, first, ah ha ha! Pub ti!
A note from AbyssRaven
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Oh yeah, guys be careful of getting a dragon as a pet. Your food costs will rise!
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