First question I have… Why is this Guild branch located in the middle of a street full of bars?
Maybe they were built here first and the bars popped up afterwards? I guess that might be possible.
We stepped up to the guild building, which actually kind of looked pretty suspicious at first glance with the an looking guys that looked like thugs hanging around outside.
Like this place looked more akin to so kind of gang's hideout than the rcenary Guild.
Hmm… Actually… Now that I think about it… Us rcenaries are technically a giant gang, aren't we? We're just more organised and much more nurous than the stereotypical gangs that you might find around.
I guess you could say that we're bureaucratic gangs? I dunno.
Our group of three walked past the other rcs hanging around outside the guild, ignoring the catcalls that were sent our way as we walked past.
At least none of them were as forward as that stupid blonde pretty boy I guess.
The door slid open and we stepped inside, only for to be imdiately assaulted by the sll of smoke and spilled alcohol the mont I crossed the threshold.
Oh… Ok… This place also doubled as a bar… No wonder there were those guys hanging around outside and why this place was located in the middle of the bar district…
Now I have a hunch that so of those people weren't even rcenaries but actual thugs instead…
Nah… Why would they drink at the rcenary guild when they can go to another bar right?
Ignoring all that, we went towards the counter where I realised it was completely empty. Where the heck is the counter staff?
We stood in front of the empty counter and I even checked behind it to make sure there wasn't anyone sleeping under it or sothing.
There also wasn't a backdoor so I don't think it's a case of the staff being in the back office or sothing.
I gave the other two a look and Amber shrugged while Lea seed to be busy searching the crowd in the bar.
We stood there for a good five minutes or so until soone holding a bottle of beer ca up to us and looked us up and down.
I thought he was going to try and hit on us until he took a swig from his bottle before addressing us.
"You girls looking to beco rcs or sothing?"
Since Lea was the one that was signing up and it would be quite a mouthful for us to explain everything, I just nodded at him as an answer.
He then pointed at the bar, "Look for the bar owner then. He's the one in charge."
Huh? The bar owner? What, did he buy over the Guild building or sothing?
We decided to listen to his advice and headed over to the bar where we found one of the bartenders who had distinctly long ears like Lea does serving drinks behind the counter.
He even looked quite elegant too, which seed out of place amongst the crowd of boisterous and rowdy rcs that seed to be indulging in their drinking at the mont.
I narrowed my eyes, "Is that another Alv?"
Lea was quick to answer, "No. He is not."
"Eh? But… His ears?"
"He is not an Alv," Lea repeated.
Amber laughed, "Hahaha! He probably modded himself, Tera~ A human who went to a Gene Splice Clinic to give himself long ears like an Alv but still a human all the sa."
"Not an Alv," Our Alv reiterated again.
I'm guessing she has a strong opinion against people who use Gene mods to give themselves the appearance of an Alv?
I decided that it was better not to ask and went up to the bar counter instead.
The Alv looking human noticed us and ca over to flash us a smile, "New faces I see. What can I get you?"
"Looking to sign up as a rc actually. Was told to look for you," I answered him curtly.
His eyebrow raised slightly, "A new rc? Joining up here? Are you desperate or reckless? Or are you girls prostitutes who thought that this might be your ticket out of-- No… Sorry, no sex worker would have access to your gear unless they stole it and you look too comfortable in them for those to be stolen. You're not from around here, then?"
I nodded, "We're already rcs, just signing up our newest mber as one."
I then stepped aside to reveal Lea standing behind .
The bartender's eyes widened slightly, "Are you an actual Alv?"
Lea looked at and it took a mont to realise she was waiting for my permission to speak.
Eh? You weren't doing this when we were speaking to that blonde idiot earlier so why is she asking for it now?
Nevertheless, I nodded at her to let her go ahead.
She turned back to him, "Yes, I'm a true Alv, not a modded one."
His eyes then drifted down to the collar on her neck and he let out a whistle, "I see now. But shiiiit, an Alv slave? You must be pretty loaded huh? Alright then, just give a mont and I'll be right there. You can wait for at the counter."
We stepped away from the bar and he pulled up his personal terminal to tap on it for a mont before putting it away.
A few monts later, a man went behind the counter and the bar owner switched places with him, the new guy imdiately settling himself to making drinks while the bar owner followed us to the guild counter.
"So… A bar?" I asked as we walked.
He shrugged, "Hey, literally any rc who cos here is already registered and if they captured any bounty targets, they'd much rather take them to claim the bounty outside of this system instead since others might try to steal their target from them if they brought them here. Or worse, have the target's friends jump them instead.
Since there's nothing much to do, I just went ahead to convert most of the building into a bar instead to run a business at the side."
"Is that… Allowed?"
"Pfft, like as if a Guild associate would co all the way down here to shut down. Maybe if they didn't want to do sothing like this, they'd send soone else to be all the way out here in this godforsaken system."
So it's illegal then… Got it.
We reached the counter and he stepped behind it, tapping his fingers on the counter which seed to start up the computer as the counter itself lit up and several screens popped up in front of him.
"Alright, let's get this done and over with. You want to register your new slave as a rc that is part of your team, right?"
I nodded.
"Perfect. Let's see then."
A light shone from overhead to scan Lea and a window appeared in front of us showing her profile.
Interestingly, there was only her face, na and nothing else reflected on the window. But since no one reacted to it, I guess it's mainly because she wasn't a human?
"Alright, land-bound rc?" He asked.
"No, I have a ship."
"Mmm… Na of the ship?"
"None."
"As in there's no na or is the ship literally nad 'None'."
"No na."
"Oof… So might see that as bad luck but what do I know? Anyway, any prior affiliations?"
I turned to Lea and she took a step forward.
"The Starseeders Association."
The guild staff raised an eyebrow, "What's that? Never heard of it." Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire
"That's normal. It's an Alv thing so non-Alvs most probably wouldn't know. You don't need to put that in."
The guy made a face, "Ok, yeah… Sure."
I believe he realised by her words that she did not approve of him using Gene mods to make himself look like her kind but he chose not to comnt on it.
"Alright… Let just scan you as well…"
The light beam fell on and my own profile appeared in front of , causing him to whistle when he saw it.
"Gold ranked rc? Sorry but I didn't expect that when you ca to ."
"You wouldn't be the first one to say that."
"Right. Anyway, registration is all done. She's now a Copper rank level one rc. I also placed her under you as a team mber while I was at it so there's nothing you need to do on your part."
I nodded at him, "Thanks a bunch."
"Don't ntion it. Anything else I could do for you?"
Amber grinned, "Yeah, you could first tell us what your house special is for a start."
He snapped his fingers, "Figured you would ask that, right this way, ladies~"
Godamnit… I guess we're really drinking here huh?
Whatever, it's not like we have anything else to do anyway. I just hope Amber doesn't drink herself to her drunken stupor again…
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