
"I'm so sorry…"
Receptionist onee san at the counter deeply apologized…
We came here to receive the Bronze Plate, but…
"Actually the Guild Master has raised an objection to it…"
Distractions have come and it seems our promotions have been stopped…
"Eh.. I'm really against this…!"
"I'm really very sorry…"
"I was told that the Guild Master had objections to Miss Secilia because something like this was unprecedented..."
I understand Lina's dissatisfaction, but there is nothing that can be done even if we suppress this person further…
"When do we know if our promotion is accepted or not…?"
"Can we use this temporary plate until then…?"
"Y, yes. You can bring a temporary Bronze plate like now"
"I think it will only take a few days at most, so it would be helpful if you came to the Guild in five days…"
Right, we haven't registered our contact address with the Guild…
While calming the still dissatisfied Linaa, we left the Guild…
A onee san in his 30s got off the train that had just arrived when we got out and called me nervously…
"U-um, excuse me... Are you Chevalier Secilia the same…?"
"Yes, I'm alone, can I help you…?"
"I came for the business of the Guild Master…"
"I'm Ushana, the secretary of the Guild Master…"
"I'm sorry for the sudden, but can you come with me to the western Guild…?"
Lina posing triumphantly while whispering, her “Templates are here” from behind…
I was only planning on buying a dummy house today, so I wouldn't mind visiting the Guild Master…
I told him my approval and we headed to the western Guild together…
A stick came towards me right in front of my eyes…
Sharp as a spear, suddenly a stab was in front of my eyes when I opened the door…
I lightly brushed off an attack that was even sharper than Lina and Tiane's spear attacks, dodging it…
The other party gave a stick that missed past the shoulder to the other hand, and attacked again…
Is this what they call stick art…?
And then I kept dodging all the long, ever-changing stick attacks…
I wonder what this guy wants to do…?
The one who stopped this senseless attack was the secretary, Ushana said…
"Guild Masters…!"
"If you keep doing that again, Seberkea will similarly scold you…!"
"Chey, we're in the good part again…"
"All right, Secilia…?"
Yes, the one who had attacked me with a long stick since a while ago was Guild master san…
Moreover, she's an 87-year-old woman, so I can't counterattack…
He was a level 52 magician who had fire magic and light magic skills…
I want this childish old lady to take a lesson from Tenion Head Miko…
I'm the only one who came here. Tiane and the others were traveling in the Guild hall below…
"Unfortunately, I don't like getting a surprise attack…"
"What, aren't you a battle-loving person who stays at night from the first day of entering the labyrinth and then proceed to collect over 100 magic cores…?"
So rude…
I only defeated 20-30 monsters at most…
"I'm just watching from behind, my comrades are the ones who really fight…"
"Well, who's gonna believe that shit…"
"Even if it's the truth, it's because the monster is a small fry you don't need to fight, right…?"
Most likely it was just a guess, but it was relatively true…
It seemed like he felt that I was going to deceive him, he spoke first before I could…
"After all, that sword is something that elder Dohar created, right…?"
"Like that old man who will give the sword he made himself into a small fry…"
"If you're going to deceive someone, wrap the Truth Mark in a cloth…"
I didn't specifically hide the sign because no one in the capital Duchy noticed it…
I thought it was not uncommon because I saw many weapons that had truth marks in the elven's hometown, but it seems that I was wrong…
"Elder Dohar is my drinking buddy…"
I couldn't tell him that I had made a sword together with elder Dohar…
I wonder why…
As he heard the section “Friends drank”, Guild Master's eyes lit up like carnivores that had found their prey…
"Hou... Then why don't I become your drinking buddy too…?"
"Yes, if you're okay with me, I'll bring some booze and appetizers…"
It's troublesome that he seems to be a battle maniac, but I consider him like a Dohar elder in the [Undetestable Elderly] category…
"Okay, this is a party…!"
"You can't…"
Ushana san who returned while carrying the shallow box rejected the statement of the Guild Master who looked happy…
It's still noon…
"Please give this Guild plate first…
"You can do the banquet afterwards…"
"Cheh. I know I know…"
"Secilia accepted this Red Iron Plate…"
Hmm…?
That was supposed to be Plate Bronze…?
"Don't look confused…"
"That rigid viscount speaks volumes about your achievements, you know…?"
Come to think of it, Viscount Shimen went here and there as he tried to save me…
Did he say anything exaggerated during that time…?
"Is it『 Hero Battle Defense Muno City 』dan『Demon Slayer City Gururian』kurasa…?"
"A senior explorer from our Guild was there just at that time, do you remember…?"
"There's a report from that guy, too…"
"Despite the fact that it was a low-class demon, we couldn't give the party that had defeated the uninjured demon in the slightest with Plate wood or Bronze…"
"That said, giving you the Mithril Plate would be too much…"
"If you at least defeat a middle-class demon then…"
"Huh, the Guild council is stupid, it would be a new record if they just nodded, almost there, you know…"
Apparently, that guild Master was planning to give Plate Mitrhil to us…
I thank you with a good feeling from the Guild council that I have never seen in my mind…
Although it would make Lina happy, I felt that the loss was too much…
Ushana san explained about the Red Iron Plate…
Of course not just me, everyone will be promoted to Plate Red Iron…
We obtained it easily this time around, but normally a Bronze explorer would need to give a Guild a high-level magic core in the long run in order to raise its status…
It seems that one would normally need five to ten years to obtain it, this Red Iron Plate sounds quite troublesome…
"Is that okay…?"
"We only entered the labyrinth once, you know…?"
"Guild Master has the authority to confer until Plate Red Iron…"
"We can't overextend it, but we haven't taken it out even once in two years here, so the royal palace probably won't complain…"
Ushana san continued his talk and it became an advantage of the Red Iron Plate…
There were many small financial advantages such as half the price to handle the costs and build a lease involving a Guild…
I'm not too happy because I'm not in financial trouble at all…
"And finally, the most important point is…"
Please tell me the most important thing at the beginning…
"The people holding this Red Iron Plate are treated like associate Nobles…"
"It can't grant noble privileges like the same Chevalier has, but it does guarantee a social position equal to that of a knight…"
"Since this is guaranteed in the name of King Shiga, it is not only valid within the kingdom, it is also valid even when you visit other countries…"
Of course it does not only apply to humans, but also to demi-humans like him…
It seemed like they could stay in the inn if they had the Red Iron Plate, even in an area where discrimination against demi-humans went all the way inside like in Seryuu city…
I asked Ushana san if it was fine for a non-governmental body to issue privileges from the Nobles association…
"Although the Explorers Guild calls itself a Guild, it is actually the managing body of the labyrinth resources ministry of Shiga Kingdom…"
"Guild Master holds the position of resource minister of the Shiga Kingdom maze and he is treated as Earl when he is in the office, so there is no problem…"
I understand, so the kingdom is behind him…
I think it's weird that they let civilians manage the money tree, but I get it now…
I asked just in case, it seems like the people holding the Mitrhil Plate are not only treated as associate Nobles like the ones who own the Red Iron Plate, though, but they will be given the title of Honorary Nobles of the King…
"Secilia by the way…
"About the dinner schedule, how about tonight…"
"Yes, I'll keep him open to it…"
"Oh, good answer…"
"I happened to hear about this, the Eltall boy boasted that he had just gotten a really delicious liquor…"
Putting aside him summoning the boy general Eltall, the dragon spring liquor was too popular…
I have to bring some goats as a gift to Heiron the black dragon…
Don't tell me, he didn't do an unprecedented promotion to go after booze, did he…?
"A, what's with those eyes…"
"It's not like that okay…?"
"Promotion has nothing to do with liquor, you know…?"
The bewildered Guild Master was a little suspicious, but since Ushana san denied it, it was just a baseless suspicion, it seemed…
In that case, I should bring the Red Iron Plate to Lina and the others waiting below.…