CH 41
"The Price of Fame (Template?)"
Translated by Dawn
A few days had passed since the Wild Dashboa incident, and I had become the man of the moment.
The Wild Dashboa, which was a higher-level species of Dashboa, was a monster so powerful that it could be defeated by a party of four D-rank adventurers. It was impossible for me not to be noticed.
And from the perspective of the Adventurers’ Guild as a whole, most adventurers were ranked F or E. Unfortunately, there were not that many adventurers of D rank or higher.
I was promoted to D rank under such circumstances, and I was now under the ardent love call of other adventurers.
“Hey, is that the rumored [Wild Hunt]?”
“Yeah, he’s terrifying at such a young age.”
“Hmm? What’s this [Wild Hunt]?”
“You don’t know? The adventurer who hunted the Wild Dashboa alone is given the street name [Wild Hunt] as a shortened version. It’s easy to understand, isn’t it?”
When I went to the Adventurers’ Guild, I was greeted by a hush that fell like a splash of water on the floor of the guild that had been so noisy.
The stares were generally favorable, and many of the female adventurers were giving me heated stares.
As I was on my way to the reception counter, as usual, I was approached by a male adventurer.
“Hey, kid, you got a minute?”
“What’s up?”
“Y-you wanna join my party?”
(Oh, this again. How many times have I heard this?)
I mentioned earlier that I was receiving ardent love calls, and now it seemed to be happening just now.
Adventurers generally form groups of several people to accomplish a request, usually from the same hometown.
However, they also often join together for their mutual benefit, and in some cases, there were not a few parties that had a frosty relationship.
It was impossible for a D-rank adventurer who had just popped up out of the blue not to attract the attention of these people and was bombarded with party invitations day after day.
“I’m sorry, but I want to be alone. So, I’m going to have to say no.”
“I-I see.”
“I’m sorry.”
When I declined, he dropped his shoulders blandly and went back to his companions. As I was about to head straight to the counter, I heard the voice of the male colleague who had recruited me saying, “What did I tell you? It’s impossible.”
I was grateful for the invitation, but since my goal was to see around the world, it would be bad to make them go along with that goal, and more importantly, I didn’t want to be bothered with interpersonal relationships even if I was reborn, so I really wanted to be alone for now.
After having just relieved myself of the burden of being the head of a poor aristocrat family, I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to take on a new burden.
“Welcome. Rolando-san, you’re a popular guy huh.”
“As for me, I’m hoping for a normal everyday life.”
“Well, that’s impossible. In the history of this town of Rendark, there are few adventurers in the guild’s record who have achieved the rank of D in just a few days. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an accomplishment!”
“I-I see? Instead of that, give me the usual request.”
“Yes. Here is a request for the delivery of materials for 30 Dashboas and 40 Forest Wolves.”
I received a request that had increased the number of monsters I hunted and the rewards I received over the past few days.
Since then, my technique of dismantling monsters with wind magic had been developed, the number of monsters I could hunt per day had increased, and the amount of money I had increased even more.
However, just accumulating money would be no different from my previous life as an office worker, so I went to a tool shop where a woman was selling magic bags and acquired a 300-kilogram magic bag with a space-time attribute.
By the time I got to the tool shop, the price had gone up even higher to one small gold coin, but I had the money I got from the Wild Dashboa, so I could pay it without any problem.
As for the older sister, she apparently blew it and had an indescribably mixed expression on her face.
As I was leaving the store, I heard some disturbing words such as, “Then you can’t pay me the shortfall with your body,” but I hope it was just my imagination.
Ever since I hunted Wild Dashboa, the environment around me had changed dramatically.
Most of the changes were positive, but unfortunately, that wasn’t all there was to it, as life goes on.
For better or worse, changes in circumstances were always the same, and after good things happened, bad things always followed.
“I’m sorry. I heard that there is an adventurer here named Roland who hunted Wild Dashboas, but please call him right away.”
(Wow. That sounds like a typical stupid aristocratic young lady…….)
With fame comes wealth and prestige, but at the same time, the powerful also flock to it like ants to sugar.
The first person to appear at the guild was a noblewoman dressed in a luxurious dress and accompanied by a maid.
She was about one or two years older than me and had blonde hair, blue eyes, and sharp eyes, as is typical for a villainess, so it was easy to understand that she was not the kind of person I would want to get close to.
In addition, as is often the case, she was a beautiful girl whose eyes, nose, and nose were well-developed and who had breasts in proportion to her age, but something was missing in her.
The sudden appearance of the intruder caused a commotion in the guild, but she paid no heed to this and continued to press her demands in a commanding tone.
“Quickly, send out that adventurer Rolando. Or are you going to cover for him?”
“You will not get off scot-free for defying the young lady. I suggest you obey her orders.”
“Hah, if you’d listened properly for once, why did you come here all of a sudden?”
“Are you Rolando?”
“What would you do if I were Rolando?”
If left unchecked, these types of people were likely to follow me around. If this was the case, I decided it would be better to deal with them from the beginning, and I decided to confront them.
On the other hand, they had found the person they were looking for, and they were staring at me with a price-gouging gaze.
I was slightly annoyed by their attitude, but I wanted to find out what they wanted as soon as possible, so I watched the situation unfold.
“Hmmm, not a bad look for a commoner. Well, good. So you’ll be my servant from now on.”
“What?”
“The young lady has made this concession. Accept it gratefully.”
She had no common sense at all, coming in out of the blue and asking me to be her servant. I was inwardly dismayed at their behavior, which was exactly what the term “idiot aristocrat” should be used to describe.
The maid was a maid, too, and she was proudly puffing out her chest while proclaiming some irrelevant thing. This lady is also huge ……. G…… no, it looks like she has an H.
At any rate, I politely declined her offer, telling myself that although I was aware that I had gotten myself into trouble, I was still in a situation where I could correct my course.
“Sorry, but I’m not going to be anyone’s servant. Besides, who are you?”
“What!? I can’t believe you don’t know my face. What kind of country bumpkin are you?”
“I don’t want to hear your nonsense. Who are you? Or are you a nameless woman without a name?”
She was miffed at my sarcastic words, but quickly put up an appearance as if she was proud to be an aristocrat.
“Fine. I’ll tell you if you want to know that much. Sally–”
“I understand. This is Josephine, daughter of the lord of Raganfeild.“
“Josephine Raganfeild.”
“Well, looks like the daughter of a lord, a pretty strange girl.”
“More importantly, why didn’t you tell me your name when I told you mine? That’s why country bumpkins are so annoying.”
She looked at me with a scornful look on her face, as if she was trying to get back at me for what I had just said.
Well, being the son of a former noble, I must return the courtesy with courtesy. ……
“I’m Rolando. I just became a D rank adventurer the other day. Well then, if you’ll excuse me.”
“Wait! I’m not done talking with you!”
“… I declined the matter of the servants. Then there’s no reason for me to be here anymore. Besides, I don’t have time for you guys.”
I had no more time for fools, so I was about to leave the Adventurers’ Guild, but Josephine stopped me as if she didn’t want me to leave.
“Wait! Sally!”
“Understood. Wait, commoner, what is your attitude when Miss Josephine has just invited you? ….I’m telling you to wait–”
“…… you guys, enough? I’m a D-rank adventurer. If you make any more fools of yourselves, I’m going to have to hurt you a little. …… What do you say?”
With the intention of scaring her a little, I warned her with a deadly force in my words.
Apparently, the effect was extraordinary, as Josephine, who had slumped down on the spot, turned pale.
The maid known as “Sally” was also unable to deal with me because of her transformation and kept calling out Josephine’s name.
With that, I turned on my heel and left the Adventurers’ Guild.
Translated by Dawn
A few days had passed since the Wild Dashboa incident, and I had become the man of the moment.
The Wild Dashboa, which was a higher-level species of Dashboa, was a monster so powerful that it could be defeated by a party of four D-rank adventurers. It was impossible for me not to be noticed.
And from the perspective of the Adventurers’ Guild as a whole, most adventurers were ranked F or E. Unfortunately, there were not that many adventurers of D rank or higher.
I was promoted to D rank under such circumstances, and I was now under the ardent love call of other adventurers.
“Hey, is that the rumored [Wild Hunt]?”
“Yeah, he’s terrifying at such a young age.”
“Hmm? What’s this [Wild Hunt]?”
“You don’t know? The adventurer who hunted the Wild Dashboa alone is given the street name [Wild Hunt] as a shortened version. It’s easy to understand, isn’t it?”
When I went to the Adventurers’ Guild, I was greeted by a hush that fell like a splash of water on the floor of the guild that had been so noisy.
The stares were generally favorable, and many of the female adventurers were giving me heated stares.
As I was on my way to the reception counter, as usual, I was approached by a male adventurer.
“Hey, kid, you got a minute?”
“What’s up?”
“Y-you wanna join my party?”
(Oh, this again. How many times have I heard this?)
I mentioned earlier that I was receiving ardent love calls, and now it seemed to be happening just now.
Adventurers generally form groups of several people to accomplish a request, usually from the same hometown.
However, they also often join together for their mutual benefit, and in some cases, there were not a few parties that had a frosty relationship.
It was impossible for a D-rank adventurer who had just popped up out of the blue not to attract the attention of these people and was bombarded with party invitations day after day.
“I’m sorry, but I want to be alone. So, I’m going to have to say no.”
“I-I see.”
“I’m sorry.”
When I declined, he dropped his shoulders blandly and went back to his companions. As I was about to head straight to the counter, I heard the voice of the male colleague who had recruited me saying, “What did I tell you? It’s impossible.”
I was grateful for the invitation, but since my goal was to see around the world, it would be bad to make them go along with that goal, and more importantly, I didn’t want to be bothered with interpersonal relationships even if I was reborn, so I really wanted to be alone for now.
After having just relieved myself of the burden of being the head of a poor aristocrat family, I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to take on a new burden.
“Welcome. Rolando-san, you’re a popular guy huh.”
“As for me, I’m hoping for a normal everyday life.”
“Well, that’s impossible. In the history of this town of Rendark, there are few adventurers in the guild’s record who have achieved the rank of D in just a few days. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an accomplishment!”
“I-I see? Instead of that, give me the usual request.”
“Yes. Here is a request for the delivery of materials for 30 Dashboas and 40 Forest Wolves.”
I received a request that had increased the number of monsters I hunted and the rewards I received over the past few days.
Since then, my technique of dismantling monsters with wind magic had been developed, the number of monsters I could hunt per day had increased, and the amount of money I had increased even more.
However, just accumulating money would be no different from my previous life as an office worker, so I went to a tool shop where a woman was selling magic bags and acquired a 300-kilogram magic bag with a space-time attribute.
By the time I got to the tool shop, the price had gone up even higher to one small gold coin, but I had the money I got from the Wild Dashboa, so I could pay it without any problem.
As for the older sister, she apparently blew it and had an indescribably mixed expression on her face.
As I was leaving the store, I heard some disturbing words such as, “Then you can’t pay me the shortfall with your body,” but I hope it was just my imagination.
Ever since I hunted Wild Dashboa, the environment around me had changed dramatically.
Most of the changes were positive, but unfortunately, that wasn’t all there was to it, as life goes on.
For better or worse, changes in circumstances were always the same, and after good things happened, bad things always followed.
“I’m sorry. I heard that there is an adventurer here named Roland who hunted Wild Dashboas, but please call him right away.”
(Wow. That sounds like a typical stupid aristocratic young lady…….)
With fame comes wealth and prestige, but at the same time, the powerful also flock to it like ants to sugar.
The first person to appear at the guild was a noblewoman dressed in a luxurious dress and accompanied by a maid.
She was about one or two years older than me and had blonde hair, blue eyes, and sharp eyes, as is typical for a villainess, so it was easy to understand that she was not the kind of person I would want to get close to.
In addition, as is often the case, she was a beautiful girl whose eyes, nose, and nose were well-developed and who had breasts in proportion to her age, but something was missing in her.
The sudden appearance of the intruder caused a commotion in the guild, but she paid no heed to this and continued to press her demands in a commanding tone.
“Quickly, send out that adventurer Rolando. Or are you going to cover for him?”
“You will not get off scot-free for defying the young lady. I suggest you obey her orders.”
“Hah, if you’d listened properly for once, why did you come here all of a sudden?”
“Are you Rolando?”
“What would you do if I were Rolando?”
If left unchecked, these types of people were likely to follow me around. If this was the case, I decided it would be better to deal with them from the beginning, and I decided to confront them.
On the other hand, they had found the person they were looking for, and they were staring at me with a price-gouging gaze.
I was slightly annoyed by their attitude, but I wanted to find out what they wanted as soon as possible, so I watched the situation unfold.
“Hmmm, not a bad look for a commoner. Well, good. So you’ll be my servant from now on.”
“What?”
“The young lady has made this concession. Accept it gratefully.”
She had no common sense at all, coming in out of the blue and asking me to be her servant. I was inwardly dismayed at their behavior, which was exactly what the term “idiot aristocrat” should be used to describe.
The maid was a maid, too, and she was proudly puffing out her chest while proclaiming some irrelevant thing. This lady is also huge ……. G…… no, it looks like she has an H.
At any rate, I politely declined her offer, telling myself that although I was aware that I had gotten myself into trouble, I was still in a situation where I could correct my course.
“Sorry, but I’m not going to be anyone’s servant. Besides, who are you?”
“What!? I can’t believe you don’t know my face. What kind of country bumpkin are you?”
“I don’t want to hear your nonsense. Who are you? Or are you a nameless woman without a name?”
She was miffed at my sarcastic words, but quickly put up an appearance as if she was proud to be an aristocrat.
“Fine. I’ll tell you if you want to know that much. Sally–”
“I understand. This is Josephine, daughter of the lord of Raganfeild.“
“Josephine Raganfeild.”
“Well, looks like the daughter of a lord, a pretty strange girl.”
“More importantly, why didn’t you tell me your name when I told you mine? That’s why country bumpkins are so annoying.”
She looked at me with a scornful look on her face, as if she was trying to get back at me for what I had just said.
Well, being the son of a former noble, I must return the courtesy with courtesy. ……
“I’m Rolando. I just became a D rank adventurer the other day. Well then, if you’ll excuse me.”
“Wait! I’m not done talking with you!”
“… I declined the matter of the servants. Then there’s no reason for me to be here anymore. Besides, I don’t have time for you guys.”
I had no more time for fools, so I was about to leave the Adventurers’ Guild, but Josephine stopped me as if she didn’t want me to leave.
“Wait! Sally!”
“Understood. Wait, commoner, what is your attitude when Miss Josephine has just invited you? ….I’m telling you to wait–”
“…… you guys, enough? I’m a D-rank adventurer. If you make any more fools of yourselves, I’m going to have to hurt you a little. …… What do you say?”
With the intention of scaring her a little, I warned her with a deadly force in my words.
Apparently, the effect was extraordinary, as Josephine, who had slumped down on the spot, turned pale.
The maid known as “Sally” was also unable to deal with me because of her transformation and kept calling out Josephine’s name.
With that, I turned on my heel and left the Adventurers’ Guild.
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