Chapter 5

After that, I arrived safely at the guild and headed to the receptionist who had registered me.

"Oh, you registered yesterday."

"Yes, I'm Jin. I managed to get my equipment, so I thought I'd take on a quest."

"I see, it looks like you went to a good blacksmith."

The female receptionist said this after looking at my equipment. It looked like ordinary leather armor, but since she had seen many adventurers, she immediately noticed that it was made from dragon materials.

"Yes, I got it cheap as leftovers."

I said this with a smile, and the woman replied with a smile, "That's good to hear." She then prepared a few quests that I could take on. There are various ways to accept quests as an adventurer. One of them is to have the receptionist prepare them for you, which is what I was trying to do. Looking for quests on the bulletin board is troublesome, and if I took on a regular quest, it would take longer to get out of my current financial困境.

Thinking this, I asked the female receptionist, who had registered me yesterday, to prepare a quest for me.

"You said you were short on money, so how about this quest? It offers a very generous reward for beginner adventurers."

She showed me the quest details, and I read them.

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Quest Name: Herb Gathering

Content: Any type is fine. Bring as many herbs as possible.

Reward: One gold coin per bag, up to a maximum of five bags.

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When I saw the quest details, my body reacted with a start. However, I didn't want to show any signs of being flustered, as it might make me look strange, so I maintained a calm demeanor.

"Herb gathering? Isn't that available as a regular quest?"

"Yes, but this person wants a lot of herbs for research. To avoid inconveniencing others by buying up all the herbs on the market, they've posted this quest. Here's the size of the bag."

She said this and took out a roughly 20L burlap bag from under the counter.

"I see... I understand. The reward is quite good, so I'll take this quest."

"Understood. The deadline is five days, is that okay?"

"Yes, that's fine."

After the final confirmation, I completed the quest registration at the reception. I was told that even if I only delivered one bag within the deadline, it would be fine, but I didn't want to miss out on such a good reward for just one bag. With this in mind, I immediately left the guild and headed outside the capital.

"Well, I never thought I'd get to take on the best money-making quest from the game era..."

This quest was also available in the game and was known among players as the "best money-making quest." In the game, there was no limit to the number of bags, and herbs were bought at double the price, which I often took advantage of.

"I used to rely on this in the game, but I never thought I'd be doing it again."

With this thought in mind, I arrived at the herb gathering location and started collecting. I picked them up, identified them, and put them in the bag. I enjoy monotonous tasks, so I continued silently. Since this place rarely had any monsters, I didn't notice the surroundings getting dark as I continued gathering. In the end, I managed to collect the required five bags of herbs in just one day.

"Already? You've finished collecting?"

"I like monotonous tasks, so I didn't realize it until the bags were full."

As I said this, I took out the bags of herbs from my [Spatial Box]. The receptionist was surprised to see five bags suddenly appear in front of her.

"You... have a storage skill..."

"Yes, it's quite convenient, this skill."

I said this with a smile, and the woman gave a strained smile. Seeing her reaction, I felt that in this world, "storage skills" were probably rare. After that, she said she would need to inspect the contents and led me to a work area. The work area was in the basement of the guild, and a few guild members were waiting there.

"Fine, what's up? You said there were no quests that required coming down here today."

One of the workers asked the receptionist. I hadn't paid attention to her name before, but it was Fine... In the game, the receptionist wasn't a significant character and had a generic face. I hadn't introduced myself and didn't know how to find out her name, so it was good to learn it here.

"It's the adventurer who took on Norua's quest. They finished it in one day, so I brought the herbs for inspection. Is the timing okay?"

"Sure, inspecting herbs shouldn't take long. At most, five bags, right?"

"Yes, please. Jin, can you put the bags on that table?"

When I was asked this by Fine, I replied, "Understood," and placed the bags on the designated table. The workers, who had seen my storage skill, said, "Oh, a storage skill," and immediately started their work. Since the task was just to identify whether the contents were herbs, it took no more than 30 minutes.

"All five bags contained herbs. Since the contents were already checked during the delivery request, I'll give you the reward when we return upstairs."

After being told this by Fine, I returned to the first floor of the guild and received the reward. Earning five gold coins in one day, I returned to the inn with a satisfied smile.

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