The Principle of a Philosopher by Eternal Fool “Asley”

CH 8

Default Dyslexic Roboto Lora

The man behind the counter, seemingly the Guild’s receptionist, pointed to his side to show me where the registration desk was.

On it, several sheets of the application paper had been placed in a pile, each with a signature of the town’s Mayor pre-signed.

“Um, so there’s the signature… but what are we going to do with it?”

Lina asked me in a whisper.

“Now, just wait and see — Rise, A-rise… Copy & Write.”

I drew a small Spell Circle on the desk and invoked a spell to separate the Mayor’s signature from two of the sheets.
Then I sent them flying onto the recommendation letters which Lina had unrolled, overwriting them onto the section with Ryan’s signature.

“W-wow… It can be used for this, too…?”

“And while we’re at it… Rise, Letter Edit.”

The text ‘Faltown’ on the recommendation letters wriggled as if they were dancing, and eventually reformed into ‘Iverialtown’.

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“This is… also magic?”

“It is.
Magic University graduates should be able to use it, too.
I did apply some special formulas to it, though.”

“Special… how?”

“In its original form, this spell’s effects could be easily detected, you see… Oh, let’s hurry and fill these in.”

Noticing that I may have caught the receptionist’s attention, I quickly filled my form and brought it to the reception counter.

“Let’s see… Lina and Asley, yes? We’d like to explain to you the ins and outs of the Adventurers’ Guild.
Can you spare some time?”

“Yes, please do.”

Pochi was now the center of the attention of the daytime-drinking adventurers, but her being what she is, she’ll handle interacting them just fine.

“First of all, you can check your level by putting your hands over the Spell Circle there.
Try it out some time later.
Your Guild ranking is separate from your level, though, and the jobs you can accept will differ depending on that rank.
Ah, those on a higher rank can accept jobs of a lower rank, of course.
Beginners like you two start with ‘F,’ with the highest being ‘S’.
Well, as of now, the S Rank only includes the Six Archmages and Braves and only a handful of other remarkable individuals, though.
You can check out jobs for your rank on the bulletin board over there.
If any of them catches your eye, just rip the posting off and bring it here.
That’s all there is to explain.”

“Thank you very much.”

“Err, did you remember all of that explanation?”

“We can just ask again later if we forget.
But for now, let’s just take a job or two to accustom ourselves to the routine.”

Lina’s expression suggested that she was worried.

And now Pochi was back at our side, seeming to have noticed that we were all set.

The three of us checked out the board for the F-ranked jobs.

“Let’s see… Huh? Are F-ranked jobs supposed to be this simple?”

“Right — I’m glad you noticed.
Even Goblins were rare around the place we were before, after all.
This would be your first time seeing things like Slimes and Killer Bees, too, I assume?”

In the vicinity of that town, most monsters were around Rank C.

Zombie Lords and Marine Lizards were C-ranked, and so were the Cyclops and Killer Mantes at the nearby grasslands.
B-ranked ones were the Chimera and a Zombie King I had detected some time during the past two years.
Monsters ranked lower than that had been rarely encountered.