Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 82
4thAct, Chapter 82: Registration Complete
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After we chased off the lawless adventurers, we stopped by the guild to report the details.
While were at it, well submit the requested materials.
Oh, welcome back. Looks like Levys not with you today.
We came directly from the labyrinth today, so shes still sitting at the inn.
That so? Too bad; I was hoping to chat it up with her, too. So what might you all be here for today?
Do you job, receptionist.
Miss Remy was having plenty of idle chatter with Alec and Hastur while complaining about not being able to chat.
She was sitting at the reception counter today too.
While Hastur was taking out the 40 pieces ofcreeping vinematerial
Today we came to report on our task, and we also have information on some problematic adventurers.
Your task? Youve only been at it for four days! Youre done already?!
Was that fast? Is it not supposed to be this simple?
Normally it takes a week even if theyve built up their roots. The average would be about two weeks.
Two weeks? Thats longer than I expected.
By Alecs estimation, didnt he think four days would be a normal period of time?
On the first day they would jump right in, fight 1, 2, or 3 or them, get hurt, and take another two days to heal up And then after repeating that about three times, theyll finish. Thats the kind of difficulty its supposed to be.
Is that how it normally goes? We probably did it faster because we didnt really get hurt much.
With more people, the rate of collection drops, but the risk of injury decreases. Even if that let you go into the labyrinth every day Four days?
Not getting injured is putting it lightly; we trampled them.
Hastur and Alec were a rock solid front line. And with my magic sh.e.l.ling support, head-on battles are a cake walk.
Veeery rarely, weve had experienced mercenaries and such leap into a horde of monsters and clear it in a day, but Four days is really fast. This is promising.
Im Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing.
Injuries from a fierce battle usually take ten days or more to heal up.
Miss Remy giggled happily as she spoke with us. Its just, thats not something to laugh about.
Though I guess people dying would be a normal occurrence in the life of a guild receptionist
It doesnt sound like you were too worried about us.
I wasnt though? I mean, Levy introduced you after all. Theres no way youd be normal! And just as expected, you cleared it in about half the time. And as proof of that Here, your registration cards. I got them ready earlier.
From under the counter, she pulled out some cards with a World Tree design, and presented them to us.
Oh? It looks like
the design is a little different from Miss Levys.
Looks like you were ready.
I believe in Levys abilities, after all.
This design seems a little different from Miss Levys, but
Basically the cards border is red. I think Miss Levys had a yellow border to it.
I didnt have anything to compare it to at the time, so it didnt give me any pause.
Oho, the young lady has a sharp eye, huh? The border represents your level of contribution to the guild. There are seven stages to it, and its built like a rainbow, starting from red it then changes to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and then purple. If we only made our evaluations based on how far theyve gotten in the labyrinth, it would be hard to distinguish their abilities, after all. So we retrofitted this on to the cards as well.
Why make it so much trouble?
Because people will do anything to reach a higher rank. At the start youre restricted to six people, but there are some who meet up after entering. There have even been pieces of trash in the past who bought tons of slaves to use as bait, aiming for a higher floor. And then there are girls like Levy who give it their all going solo; wouldnt it just be offensive to them?
There are some pretty terrible people, huh.
If someone like me were caught up in that, it would have been some good bait I dont die, so it would be infinite use.
Comparing that to the Lilith incident, I cant really decide which would be better, but just thinking about it sends chills down my spine.
As a s.h.i.+vered thinking about it, Hastur gave my shoulder a gentle pat to relieve me.
We arent going to do something like that.
Of course, I know that.
But if the time comes for it, I should probably be ready to take on that role myself if needs be
Not that I would ever tell him that.
Miss Remy watched us while finis.h.i.+ng up some kind of paperwork and pa.s.sing it to another official to file away.
With the way shes completing doc.u.ments one-handed, it would seem shes very skilled in clerical work.
Okay, and now the processing of your full registration is complete. Once again, welcome to the World Tree labyrinth!
Yeah, were in your hands.
Well, were gonna speed through this thing, so look forward to that.
A pleasure to be working withchu!
Yup, a pleasure.
We each gave our individual courtesies Is Marle making a habit of tripping on her words?
That could be a problem if theres an entrance interview or something for the academy.
So then? Whats this information about problematic adventurers?
Oh right, theres that too The guys we got tangled up with here a while back, they attacked us in the labyrinth.
Those guys!
Well, they werent exactly tough to deal with, so we easily repelled
repelled their attack and sent them running.
You say easily, but theyre mid-rankers who made it to the 50thfloor, you know? Good job winning.
That was 50thfloor level? Maybe this labyrinth isnt actually such a tough Well, Bahamut said its practically impregnable, so we shouldnt let our guards down.
Miss Levy has high physical abilities plus Peerless Magic, and she only got to floor 102, so we can infer the difficulty from that.
In place of evidence, we confiscated their registration cards. I think they should be fleeing the city right about now.
Understood. For now well search around. Well, as long as they dont do anything that stands out, I dont think well find them though Is that okay?
As long as they dont come back to town, its not a problem. Were planning on being here for a while, after all.
Oh right, Master. Were going to be here for five years, so wouldnt buying a house be cheaper than staying at an inn?
Alec Do you realize how much a house costs? Its on a whole different level from that little shack of yours.
However, we do need to put in the work of teleporting to Mareba once a month, so its true that having a base would be best. We have to hide the magic circle, after all.
I guess that might be best. Would you be able to introduce us to a suitable two or three story property here?
Supporting adventurers is basically our job, so we do handle such things sometimes, but its expensive you know? Even in the spa.r.s.er areas, its still the capital.
Well be fine as long as its within 100 gold coins a month.
Bhuwha?!
Miss Remy did a spit-take when Hastur presented an unbelievable amount like it was nothing. Its like he was hoping for a rented house at 1,000,000 yen a month, so thats no surprise.
Come to think of it, he has no sense of monetary value.
Also, lets not be spitting on his face. Thats where I lick him. Lickity-lick.
A-are you people actually the children of some well-off family or something?
Im an orphan turned mercenary.
Im a merchants son.
I am A beautiful girl of unknown origins.
I am basically a village chiefs daughter? I mean, right?
I guess that kind of makes Marle a lady from a good family, right?
Shes the daughter of the representative of a pioneering village though, so its not like they have much in the way of a.s.sets. The merchant, Gusta, on the other hand has plenty of cash.
A village chiefs daughter, and a merchants son.I see. I guess it just makes sense you would have more money than a regular person. Hey, you, want to go out with me?
Uhh, actually my parents are dead already, so Im pretty much penniless now.
Youcant!
This woman isnt to be made light of either; she immediately went on the attack when
attack when she heard he had a.s.sets. Im pretty sure shes joking though.
Besides, the one who actually has the money is Hastur.
Even now hes making almost 300 gold coins a month in payment for Rings of Mental Resistance.
Lately Ive been nearly 700 coins too. I have those plus the royalties(?) from the Air Conditioners and the Light Stones, so theyve just been pouring in.
If its just 100 gold coins, then we should easily be able to pay it.
About 1200 coins a month are flowing into the cottage right now. Of course more than 200 of those are consumed in material costs, but thats still 1000 gold coins 10,000,000 yen?
Its really too bad we have nothing to use it on.
Well, joking aside, if you have that much, then maybe you should get some Rings of Mental Resistance first? Above the 50thfloor there are quite a few enemies that cause [Panic] you know? Those guys got stuck around there too, after all.
Yeah, were fine on that actually
Our strong point is that we can prepare Rings of Mental Resistance ourselves.
Hastur hasnt hidden the production method for them, so other magicians could make them too, but his magic power is on another level from most other magicians. The average one wouldnt be able to accurately create them, so as a result, Hastur has basically monopolized them.
Moreover, as a result of having the Dragons Blood and Heart, his magic power has jumped to multiple times its original, and his ring making has actually gotten better too.
Then weapons and armor Actually, youre wearing some pretty nice armor, huh? Is that wyvern scale?
Uhhh, well
Not like we could tell her theyre from an ancient dragon.
Your weapons seem pretty cheap in comparison. If you prioritize those, you might be able to jump up to the 50thfloor all at once.
Well get there little by little.
We couldnt exactly say that we were secretly switching out our weapons once we got in the labyrinth.
Well, if you insist, then I could probably recommend a place around here.
Miss Remy pulled a single file out from a drawer, and presented papers with a series of landscapes on them to us.
There are no photographs, so the locations were shown through landscape paintings.
This one is near the labyrinth, so it would make for short round trips. This one is a bit far, but its more well-made than the previous one. This one doesnt get quite enough sunlight because of theroots.
She explained one property after another for us.
This city has the World Trees roots radiating out and running through the city, so the closer you get to the center the less sun exposure there is.
Theres also the position of the roots to consider, so the site location is apparently pretty important.
While listening to her explanations as we flipped through the file, my eyes stopped on eyes stopped on a strange picture.
It was a house built underneath a root protruding into the air.
Miss Remy, what about this one?
Ohh, that one It was originally built to be a three story house, but then therootgrew. It went across the roof. So, since there wasnt much they could do about it, they made it a two story house and added a bas.e.m.e.nt on instead. I cant really recommend it though, you know? It doesnt get much sun exposure, and theres no telling when the weight of the root is going to crush it.
How is it structurally?
It was only built three years ago, so the house itself is pretty new. Thanks to theroot, the people who were planning to move in ran away, so its essentially brand new house. The price also reflects it being new at 500 gold coins, but cant take any complaints if it gets crushed.
Not only is it for sale rather than rent, but its new too? A 500 gold coin price tag is well within our budget.
Normally 500 gold for a house that could collapse at any time would probably be expensive, but if I just cast [Toughness] on the whole house, we shouldnt have to worry about it collapsing at all.
Plus the roof is the World Trees root, so we wont have to concern ourselves with roof leaks either.
The bas.e.m.e.nt also give its big points. Because I can hide a [Teleportation] magic circle down there.
There are also plenty of rooms, with six on the first floor, four on the second, and four in the bas.e.m.e.nt. Complete with a bathroom and toilet.
One last thing to worry about is
How far is it from the academy?
The academy? Its not too far away.
a.s.suming Marle pa.s.ses into the academy, well have to consider how convenient her commute is, but it doesnt look like thats too bad either.
This is actually a pretty nice deal for us, isnt it?
Hastur, I want to take a look at this house.
Hm, ahh It actually has a similar feel as the cottage, now that I look at it.
Has a bas.e.m.e.nt, two stories, poor sun exposure I guess it is pretty similar.
Hum, well then. It should hold if we reinforce the walls and roof, and well be able to live there nicely Miss Remy, save this house for us. Well look at the real thing later, and if there are no problems, well probably purchase it.
Oooh?! Youre really okay with it? This property has quite a few problems with it though.
Its actually pretty nice for what we need.
Alright, then Ill hold this for you, so make sure come get it!
Hold on, we havent committed to it yet.
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And so we unexpectedly found ourselves a villa in Belit.
Fufufu, us newlyweds just got ourselves a brand new house?
