Chapter 34 – Reward
I received it!
Eh? How much did I receive?
Well listen to this! It’s a total of 11 gold coins!
It seems the reward for the kidnapping incident was 3 gold and 8 gold for the bounty reward.1
It’s too little even though it’s a bounty you say? No, it seems that’s not the case. I asked the receptionist onee-san and there’s a whole range of bounties. The lowest bounty appears to be 1 gold~, the highest bounty is over 500 gold it seems.
This time’s bounty was ranked upper-bottom.
Since I’ve gotten the money, I’ll head to Garam-san’s place right away!
As I was thinking that while leaving the guild, the receptionist onee-san called for me to stop.
「Fujino-sama, please wait a moment. Your card needs to be updated.」
What update is she talking about?
「Fujino-sama’s adventurer rank is now E rank after completing this time’s commission.」
Come to think of it, I should’ve achieved it from the prescribed points from this time’s commission.
But if that’s the case, why didn’t they process it at the time I came to report the commission?
Having that question on my mind, I asked.
「Properly speaking, that should’ve happened, but this time, because the difference is that the special commission was achieved by Fujino-sama, it’s decided that it’ll be processed together with the rewards. And because the bounty was also captured, all of it will be processed together.」
A special commission, is it that kidnapping incident?
Since it’s still a commission in the end, there should be points ne.
Does the bounty also have points?
「I understand, Then please.」
I hand over my card to the receptionist onee-san.
「Okay, because I believe this will take some time, please wait over there.」
She points towards the coffee room.
I waited while drinking herb tea.
「Fujino-sama.」
To the voice calling out to me, I head to the reception desk.
「Thank you for waiting. Since the update has finished, please confirm it.」
Handing back the card, I confirm the card’s display.
Adventurer rank is…
Eh?
「Umm, how come my rank became D?」
E rank should be the rank above F rank.
「Yes, Fujino-sama has became a D rank. The reason is because of the special commission, the capture of the bounty and the five kidnappers you captured by yourself, in addition, your evaluation was increased because you safely protected the children. As a result, it’s been decided that you will be ranked up to D rank.」
After hearing the full story, resolving the kidnapping incident and capturing the criminals, protecting the children, it seems the points are each calculated differently.
Also adding up the capture of the bounty, as a result, there were enough points to carry me though to D rank.
It seems this special commission originally needed a party above D rank to resolve. Was that how the evaluation was done?2
With me having an unexpected large amount of money and a rank up, I head towards Garam-san’s place for the time being.
「h.e.l.lo~. Is Garam-san here?」
Entering Garam’s Weapon Store, I call out towards the interior.
「Ou, it’s the jou-chan. What’s happened?」
Garam-san immediately appears from the back.
「I came to buy since I’ve saved up enough money!」
Looking at me
speak with a smile, Garam-san makes a doubtful-like expression.
「You’ve already saved enough? Only half a month has pa.s.sed ya know. Oi, you didn’t do anything bad right?」
Mu, what are you suddenly saying.
「I didn’t do anything bad. I only obtained an extraordinary income.」
「Extraordinary income? Jou-chan‘s only been an adventurer for half a month right? And yet an extraordinary income you say, isn’t that strange?」
「I resolved a kidnapping incident. Though it was by accident. I received the reward for it.」
「A kidnapping incident? Ain’t that the one recently rumoured? This morning I heard that the criminals were caught during the night but, jou-chan was the one who caught them?」
「That’s the kidnapping incident. Although I really did discover them by accident ne. Through a course of events, I caught them.」
「So it was jou-chan who caught them. And that’s the reason for your extraordinary income.」
You finally understand.
「That’s what happened. Incidentally the leader had a bounty on his head so I also received his bounty.」
While he listened, Garam-san brought over a katana from the back of the store.
「Well then, right now you have enough money to spare right? I have a suggestion, why don’t ya put some glyphs on this fella? I have an acquaintance who’s a skillful magic technician.」
Glyphs?
「Will it turn into a magic tool? For example, being able to cut anything?」
「Pretty much, like『Repair』so the blade won’t chip or『Sharpness』to improve its sharpness, something along those lines?」
Mu,『Repair』might be good since I’m also worried about chips on the blade.『Repair』should also make it difficult to rust.
「What’s the price and how long does it take?」
「Let me think, although it’s an estimate… the price for one should be 2000 Goualch, if you want it on both sides, then a period of two days would be enough.」
So 40 silvers for two and a period of two days huh.
「Umm, I would like both sides please.」
「Alright. Also, what’ll you do for the sword belt?」
A sword belt, I think it was like a belt which allows a sword to hang from your waist.3
「Umm, I’ll have one please.」
「It would be better to make a new one for jou-chan‘s case. It also needs to be changed for the katana. Come to think of it, doesn’t jou-chan need armor?」
Armor?
Now that he mentions it, I’ve been thinking of nothing but weapons, I haven’t considered armor ne.
「That’s right. Although I haven’t thought about it until now… If it’s light and doesn’t disturb my movements, it may be nice to have one.」
「Light and doesn’t disturb movements huh. It’s a little expensive but, how about putting『Light weight』on leather armor?」
「How much would it cost?」
「The price… should be around 8000 Goualch. Parts for the chest, arm and leg sections right? Although it’ll take some time, around five days.」
「In that case, I’ll also have the armor please. However, I might want various requests to be added.」
I’d like to avoid having the completed product and what I had in mind to be different.
「I don’t mind. Since it’s to protect jou-chan‘s body after all. I’m sorry but, it’s necessary to take your measurements immediately. After that we can start the preparations.」4
Garam-san heads into the back of the store after saying that. I also follow besides him.
Even though it’s on top of my clothes, having various parts measured is embarra.s.sing ne.
Starting from the neck, then around my shoulders, chest’s measurements, abdomen’s girth, arm’s length and thickness, legs likewise, then finally my height was measured.
Eh? Height? I had some expectations but… *cough cough*
Afterwards, we discussed the shape of the armor.
By the time we finished our discussion, it was already 6 o’clock.
Paying for the katana, I would then come back in two days with the katana’s receipt, after arranging that I returned to the inn.
「I’m back~. I’d like dinner please.」
「Ahh, welcome back. Fujino-san, you have a visitor. The table at the back」
After returning to the inn, the owner greeted me and pointed towards a table at the back.
「A visitor for me? Who could it be?」
Uttering to the owner, I head towards the table at the back.
Who was there? It was that person who I had parted with half a month ago.