After rt flatly rejected their offer, Daise finally lowered his gaze and registered him in his view.
Curse my lack of words to put it in words, but with the height difference in short rt and beefy-build Dais, it was like an adult and a child facing each other.
Also, Misato, why the heck are your eyes sparkling seeing that?
My ears even seem to catch so words like 'rt-sama is so tiny, so cute'...... I think my weariness is getting the better of .
"If you don't mind, may I know the reason?"
Dais asked from rt.
"I just said it, that's too cheap of an offer. You should prepare at least 3 billion Mir before even coming to negotiation, any discussion cos after that.”
"Ga… 3 billion Mir?"
A bewildered look crossed Daise's face hearing rt's reply.
Well, 3 billion Mir is indeed not a small sum, so such a reaction was to be expected. It was a sum way out of league for students, the only one who could shill that much was either production guild, or the handful of combat guilds.
But rt wasn't quoting the price out of nowhere. As for the reason why—
"Let explain, we had received a quest from the academy to deliver not long ago and the reward for it was over 70,000QP. Now, you are asking for the actual recipe here. It would be a loss to sell any less than that."
"W—!… 70,000QP just for the manufacturing quest……"
rt's reasoning wasn't enough to entail the full picture so I supplent.
Given the QP to Mir conversion rate, 70,000 QP would amount to 700 million Mir.
We were rewarded 70,000QP just for manufacturing a single carriage. So if they want to buy the actual recipe, the golden egg here, a price of 3 or 4 tis of that was the minimum requirent. In fact, it could be even more, considering its rarity in the current world.
Well, I wouldn't put the fault on them either, though. It had been a direct request from Dean to us, ignoring the usual way the academy published them, so it was impossible for others to know about the quest content or its reward. After all, it was directly related to the academy's reputation, others may have found the reason to criticize for their incompetence, so the academy obviously will not reveal it.
Though we weren’t bound by the sa cause. I an, one look at the carriage and anyone worth their salt could guess to whom they requested for carriage after seeing it.
Leader of should have guessed it as well.
After hearing the explanation, they backed down without any fuss.
"Understood, I will convey the sa to the parent guild. However I fear this discussion will end here. With the current state they are in, shouldn't have the minimum 3 billion Mir either."
I was surprised they didn't try to negotiate further, but then again, they must have already considered the possibility of rejection.
Nevertheless, seed quite intent on acquiring . The main culprit behind their current predicant was them challenging for a with the recipe as a stake, showing their intense desire for it.
According to my estimation, they must have been intending to challenge an advanced dungeon. If they managed to acquire a bunch of equipnt from Advanced dungeon, that would indeed allow them to make a coback in guild battle.
There was one recipe in the if they don't mind non-fancy stuff. Should I tell them? The only downside was it looked like a rail car. Just thinking about the sight of a knight of an A-rank guild riding a rail car was...... yeah, it's better to let the recipe be hidden in the shadow realm.
"Actually, also has a request to make......"
Daise said, straightening himself.
Oh? Considering their previous request, I bet this must be their real motive.
On the other hand, rt further squinted his eyes while looking up at the Daise. Did he not like his large stature?
Furthermore, my ears once again picked so words like 'envious rt-sama is so cute' from behind… I really need to take so rest.
"Make it short."
rt spoke with an even more brusque tone.
Though Daise didn't seem much interested in dragging things as well as he nodded.
"We are more or less sure our parent guild is going to drop to B-rank in the near future. So I would like to transfer a few of our mber to before any of them are dismissed."
"......Oh!?"
"The four behind are smoldering in the subordinate guild because they only have mid-ranking jobs. But worry not, they are quite skilled. It's just once the parent guild dropped from their rank, the one to bear the consequence would undoubtedly be few of them whether they want or not. I heard so rumors that might consider taking a few if there is anyone considering . These 4 intend to take . They had missed their chance to take but if you don't mind, I was wondering if you can take them in. They can join any ti."
I see, so judged that was looking for the mbers after seeing the big interview session Misato had held a while ago for sub-guild and hence ca to negotiate.
Well, well, this was a totally unexpected developnt.
I guess there's a first ti for everything huh. But thinking about it again, it was a pretty normal act. The strange part in fact was that not a single guild approached for negotiation until now. As if they were stopped by sothing...... is it, or am I overthinking?
Speaking of, why were waiting for us in the dungeon of all places?
Strange... ack, I forget we were in the middle of conversation.
I shifted my gaze at the four mbers standing behind Dais.
"Hohoho---!"
Everyone was wearing similar plate armor, though they lacked helts which exposed their faces. There were two boys and two girls, and two of them wore a , the symbol of category.
The ga had limited the number of a guild could recruit to five. As of now, there was only Ester with in . So four more could be recruited. Hmm, but considering it's the reality, maybe there is no upper limit?
was one of the categories that possessed highly useful abilities for both dungeon exploration and guild battle. I always made sure to fill the spots with till their upper limit in the ga.
Their unexpected appearance surprised , but I was always ready to welco with open arms!
So far, has officially decided on the 6 people, while there were three strong contenders leading the fight for the remaining 4 spots. So basically, we still had 4 vacancies so as to speak.
I still would have to consult with Sierra and others if it was alright to scout mbers other than from the interview, though my experience says it shouldn't be a problem. It was a common occurrence to interview even those who didn't have any appointnt.
I didn't get why in the world they were waiting for us in the dungeon, but such a gift eclipsed even such a thousand visits!
"I apologize for bringing this up out of nowhere. If you have any questions about their skills, you can test them another day."
"Understood. Then, your ID please."
"---! I owe you one!"
When I agreed, Daise deeply bowed his head instantly.
I guess he must have been fretting internally if we would even accept or listen to their proposal.
Though, when he bowed his head with impressive vigor, an intense Fwoosh sound echoed, like a fighter jet taking off, and hearing which, rt pulled a striking scowl on his face.
It was sothing I heard from Misato later, apparently rt couldn't make such a sound even when he tried to bow his head, which caused him to sulk. No seriously, why was he channeling his competitive spirit in such a strange direction? I really want to know, but I decided not to.
I think it should be one of those sensitive aspects for boys.
Anyway, with the talk now concluded, we exchanged ID's and left the place.
rt kept watching Daise with an intense glare to the end.
"Geez, I am sure rt-sama will grow taller in no ti. Let's eat so fish, calcium will help for growth."
"You're being a busybody, Misato! Also, I am eating fish just because I am in the mood to. I didn't choose calcium with height concerns in mind at all."
Such voices were heard in the cafeteria.
O' Great Misato, please, just let him be.
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