Volume 2 - CH 194

We arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild and immediately went through the procedures to raise our rank to C.

After that, we submitted an application to add Hounen to our adventurers’ party, and now he is officially a member of the Reitei’s party.

Houen had been doing it all solo up until this point.

We were amazed that he was able to make it to the A rank solo.

Because of this, Houen had become quite a celebrity.

People greeted him on the street, and some even made fun of him from time to time.

He seemed to be very trusted by adventurers.

That was unexpected.

“Houen is very popular～”

“I know, right? I just want them to drop the name [Houhonen of Teary Eater] which I don’t really like. ……”

“I want two names too ……!”

“I want one too!”

“We can’ t do that yet, can we?”

“Why not?”

Whatever it is,…… we rarely ever been active in public.

Even if our ranks only go up, there is no way we can get two names unless we are recognized for what we are doing.

It’s not something we can decide for ourselves, so we have to wait for the people around us to give us second names on their own.

I don’t really want one, though. ……

“Aight! Then let’s get right to it and accept the C rank request!”

“I hope there’s something good.”

With that said, we proceeded to the C rank commission board where the commissions were pasted.

The ones we found were all very well-paid, with enough money for the five of us to spend three nights just by accepting one of them.

The main requests were for defeating the enemy, but there were also requests to gather rare medicinal herbs and berries that grow in dangerous places.

One of the requests caught my eye.

【 DaftWorm Subjugation】 

Deadline : until winter comes

Client : Guild

Reward : 40 silver coins

“Alright, I’ll take this one.”

I immediately tear off the request sheet.

This is my old grudge.

Definitely have to kill this guy.

“I don’t want to!”

“Oh, I see. Alena hates worms, doesn’t she?”

Saying that, Alena jumped and picked up a request form.

It was a request to collect honey made by golden bees.

But when I looked at the contents of the request, I was truly astonished.

【 Collecting nectar from golden bees】 

Deadline : This year

Client : Hamron

Reward : 3 gold coin per bottle

“Three gold coins per bottle! What’s that!”

“Don’t you know about Ouren? Golden honeybees are bees that nest in deep valleys. They are not ferocious and do not attack people, but the places where they nest are extremely dangerous.”

The place where they are collected is not far away, but it is a valley so deep that it could be described as a crack in the earth, and it is impossible to collect them without using a rope ladder.

The location is dangerous, but the most troublesome thing is the monsters that live in the area.

Flying birds called Yatamagarasu are the most troublesome in the area. They are ferocious, but not very threatening, and D rank adventurers can easily defeat them.

However, this is only the case if the adventurer is on stable ground.

The golden honeybee hive is located in a place that is impossible to see without using a rope ladder.

Many adventurers are said to have been attacked by Yatamagarasu and fallen to the bottom of the valley while descending the rope ladder.

But I was reassured when I remembered Alena’s skills.

“Alena should have no problem with that.”

“Hmm hmm～”

Alena sniffles as if to say “Hell yeah!”

She doesn’t need a rope ladder.

Because she can fly, after all. ……

“Really?”

“There’s no problem if you leave it to her.”

“Then I’ll go with Alena to collect the materials. I’m worried if Alena is alone.”

“I’ll leave it to you, Uchikage. Then the three of us will take the DaftWorm.”

“Roger that!”

There are five of us, so there is no problem if we split up and take on different requests.

The three of us can take down the DaftWorms by ourselves.

The only danger is the rabid acid saliva (From DaftWorm).

Now that the request has been decided, we immediately take it to the receptionist.

When Alena walked to the reception desk in the C rank section, there was some commotion around her, but nothing that would cause any problems.

Although, the receptionist did check her guild card.

Well, it can’t be helped.

We didn’t look like C-rank adventurers.

They gave me a lot of sharp looks until I left the guild.

“I’m off!”

“Please be careful, Ouren-sama.”

“No problem.”

Alena vanishes after being carried by Uchikage.

Eh?

Hol ‘up? Wait a minute, is Alena okay?

That speed of Uchikage’s is only possible because of his skill of …… Blink Endurance.

“Huh? Is Alena okay?”

“About what?”

“…… no, it’s okay if you don’t know.”

It’s going to be okay ……, right?

No, it’s for sure that on the way back from the dungeon, he held us all together and we escaped from that crowd, but he was taking it very easy on us that time.

But this time, …… they disappeared …… instantly.

“Ouren. Shall we go?”

“Ah, yea…….”

Lucky for you guys, you don’t know any of his skills!

We are about to get a little freaked out!

Trusting that everything would be okay, we headed to the designated location to fulfill the request to take down DaftWorm.