After sparing a few rounds she gave me my evaluation as a D rank. Not quite the lowest rank.
She then explained to me merit points, once Yo reach a certain number of merit points you can do ranks of a higher rank.
The ranks are the normal for this type of world
(X, SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E) (For story purpose the MC never gets briefed on anything above A rank)
If you get F it just means Fail you may leave and try again, you're so weak even the weakest mob puts you in danger. You may get re-evaluated in one month.
(The idea is any rank going all out should be capable of defending two of a person one rank lower. Apart from E vs F rank as E should be able to defeat 3-8 F ranks based on experience and ability.)
Shiella goes on to tell me about a group that cal themselves "The Red Foxes". Not a bad name for an adventurer group. They're able to take on D rank missions and some in the group have done over 30 quests together. They're quite trust worthy and usually only take on safe missions in the D rank as the three E rank have the merit to go one them and they have a D rank in their group, with you the missions they take should be quite easy and they were looking for a new member but there are never really any new adventurers in this town.
Okay, anyways Zena any questions?
"Nope, but I'll be sure to ask if I have any… and umm…" Zena looks at the ground for a few moments "thanks for your help" Zena bows a little bit before waking away.
after walking away I head out towards the street ignoring the agressive male adventurers who may annoy anyone however I think that apart form the agressive nature of them they're generally good people who take on fighting monsters to keep them from attacking the town of.. ahh something i'll ask Shiella tonight I guess. I guess I'll have a quick look around and head back in there around lunch to see if they need help.
***
after exploring the town a bit nothing exciting or even notable happened the whole time.
arriving back at the guild first thing i realize is all those guys are gone. I walk back over towards the desk and greet another secretary who lets me know that they don't need help at the desk however in the hall where they sell beer they could probably use a hand later in the day when most of the adventurers get back from quests. I go head and head upstairs to where the bar is and a man greets me he appears to be a Half Orc as his skin is a tint of green and has to small tusks coming out of his maw, he's much taller than me and is quite intimidating.
He approaches me and begins speaking before i can even greet him. "Hello, I'm Blake I'm sorry but the bar is closed at the moment. You will have to come back later in about 3 hours when we open." He then Turns to walk away before I ask quickly "do you need any hands for tonight I just got in town and don't have any money but the secretary said you might need a hand. I figured I could." with a short but commanding grunt he looks me in the eye aggressively. I met his gaze not backing down. He nods and said he could use some help just bringing beers to customers it doesn't pay much but its not unheard of for bar help to get tipped. he agreed and just gave me a quick rundown of the drinks and went back to cleaning up the place.
I went to find Shiella, she was back down in the underground training area. She quickly stopped training and greeted me and paused for a moment. she walked towards the side where she had a bag and pulled out two lunches handing me one surprising me. "go ahead and join me. I have a few things to ask you."
"ahh.. okay, I guess I'll eat" i began eating as she questioned what town i was from and where i came from to witch I responded that I have no idea I have no memories prior to yesterday afternoon. after she finished asking questions I informed her about me helping at the bar tonight to make some money.
after chatting for a while she jumped up remembering that she needed to talk to Arthur about me.
there was only about 50 mins until the bar opened and I had time to clean up before I had to head over there. after cleaning up as best I could. After getting cleaned up I decided to check myself out a little in the mirror.
I could already tell I'm kindof short around 4'11 ish I look like a 15 year old girl, with grey hair and grey eyes.
I'm not seriously amazed by my eye color as it's the same as it was in my last life but it's weird that it happened twice. I had a muscular build but attractive nonetheless. After looking at myself I snap out of my stupor thinking about how much time I have to get up there.
Arriving at the bar there is only one or two patrons but what amazed me is that all of the what I thought as aggressive males seemed to have calmed down and almost chill vibe.
After a few hours of what I felt was just a bunch of adventurers chilling out and relaxing was apparently me being terrible at reading people's moods. They were drinking quietly because a group of adventurers died but my ignorant self had no idea and I've always been bad about reading the room.
I received a few tips totaling in about 15 silver, not bad but I wasn't entirely sure on monitory exchange's at the moment so I was just guessing at the moment.
After around 10 pm I let Blake know that I was heading out to meet with Shiella and headed out to meet her. Finding her just standing there looking up at the moon she seemed very calm but slightly sad. It was then that I found out that a few adventurers had died and that was why it was so quiet…
(Wow, I'm a ripe asshole. Thinking they were just chilling and relaxing. I guess if you think about it, it makes sense why they're aggressive when approaching women it's only natural for someone to leave a part of themselves to live on after they die, it be a child or something else.)
After a quiet walk back Arthur welcomed me into his home along with Shiella, they were perfectly happy to have me stay with them infact they already had a room set up for a… girl about my age it seemed like. I thanked them thoroughly as we ate dinner and headed off to bed. As I layed down It felt odd. Did they have a daughter. I didn't want to snoop but I got back up to check if Shiella was still up. She wasn't but Arthur was. I quietly approached him from the side and sat down.
With a slight sigh he asked in a quiet tone "do you need anything Zena?"
I responded "well I have this slightly odd feeling I was in someone else's room so I wanted to ask about sorry if that's rude of me."
"No" he paused for a long moment as if he was thinking "it's perfectly fine, we had a daughter who used to stay in that room we have hardly touched it since."
I began to stand up while thinking about what he said. Ah, they have a daughter makes sense, I should probably… wait had. Wow Im never going to be not dense. My body froze half standing up half sitting down… "d- do you want to talk about it or should I… head to bed?" I asked in as polite a way as I could think of without making it awkward.
"Go ahead to bed, I can't be keeping up a guest all night for my own regrets." He swatted his hand in a casual way as if shooing me off likes kid.
"Ahh, I see umm don't stay up to late sir" I say as I head back to bed and lay down.
I wonder what her name was and what she looked like.