Chapter 10

The next day, Hibiki went to the reception of the Adventurer's Guild to report that he had successfully taken on a request and found a strange person there. The person was moving back and forth between the request board where the request slips were posted and the reception, wearing a slightly dirty robe and hiding their face.

"What's with that guy?"

Slightly curious, he watched for a while, and the status was displayed.

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Emi, Level 3 Alchemist, 14 years old

HP: 200

Strength: 35

Agility: 45

Intelligence: 90

Luck: 75

"Curse of Production Inhibition"

Effect: Curses items produced by production activities (minor)

Target: Self (creation)

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Oh, she's cursed.

But an alchemist, a job rarely seen in the Adventurer's Guild.

An alchemist is a job that can create various items.

They can make potions, which are essential for adventurers, as well as various status recovery medicines and special effect accessories.

They cannot create weapons and armor, which are the work of blacksmiths.

Alchemists can add special effects to weapons and armor, though the effects are reportedly weaker compared to those added by blacksmiths from the start.

"But a curse on production activities is fatal, isn't it?"

I thought there must be a reason why an alchemist, not a combat job, is in the Adventurer's Guild, and it's probably because of this curse.

Of course, there are cursed adventurers in the Adventurer's Guild, but they are rare.

While lost in thought, he must have been staring at her, and she noticed his gaze.

Emi approached him cautiously.

"Excuse me, are you an adventurer?"

"Yeah, that's right. But you're not, are you?"

Emi was surprised by this. She didn't understand how he knew she wasn't an adventurer.

"If you move around the guild so suspiciously, you'll stand out."

"But you could be an adventurer from another town, right?"

"I didn't think you looked like an adventurer from another town. You seemed more like a rookie who just started being an adventurer."

Usually, adventurers start in the town where they were born because there's no benefit to starting in another town.

In their hometown, they are familiar with the geography and have some knowledge of the monsters in the area.

Once they become proficient, they go to other towns to test their skills.

In other words, it's impossible for such an obvious beginner to be an adventurer from another town.

Hibiki answered Emi, thinking that it wasn't a statement he should be making, having only been an adventurer for about a month.

"Is that so? Indeed, I haven't even registered yet, so I'm not an adventurer."

"Right? If you haven't registered, you can't take on requests. You need to register at the reception first."

He decided to give her a helpful tip.

"Thank you. I see, I need to register."

"Right, the reception is over there."

He pointed to the counter where Riri was.

"Registration costs 10 gals, so be prepared."

"Money is required!?"

Come on, what kind of country bumpkin or sheltered girl is this? I shouldn't be thinking that, being a person from another world myself.

"Registration is not free. If it were, people would register just for fun, and guild cards aren't free either."

Considering the guild card issuance fee is included, 10 gals seems reasonable. Reissuing a card costs 100 gals.

"Really? 10 gals is almost all the money I have."

Having 1000 yen as your total money sounds like a middle schooler.

"Well, if you can't afford it, you'll have to give up on taking requests."

"I really need money!"

"How much?"

"…15 gold coins."

"That's impossible. I don't know when you need it, but a success reward of 15 gold coins is only possible with something like dragon slaying."

"I heard adventurers can earn money. I don't need to earn it all at once!"

This girl has too high hopes for being an adventurer.

"Sure, top adventurers probably earn more than the average person, but it's not easy."

Even with my cheat abilities, I can't earn more than one gold coin a day.

"But, what should I do then?"

"Hmm, if it's a slaying request, you can earn a decent amount from the slaying reward and selling the materials."

But 15 gold coins is a long way off.

"I understand. Thank you."

Emi wobbled as she headed to the reception. I hope she'll be okay.

"Just don't push yourself. I'll be away on a job for about 10 days, but I can help you after that."

Emi bowed to him and he waved as he left the Adventurer's Guild.

He was leaving for Veleo Village tomorrow and needed to start preparing.

Hibiki headed to meet Aila, who had already started preparing separately.