After a few days of constant skin ship and nights that were too steamy to elaborate, we were at least satisfied to a point where we could look at the world again. Man… that took longer than I had expected.
everyone of us were moving around constantly until now, being princesses Leila, and Alice had to do a lot for the country, then there was Cadia who was a merchant that controlled the whole scene in human lands with Money, she had a lot of jobs to look over, she was also the busiest among all of us, Ridge in her case revitalized the human lands with her mana, since we were bordering the Edge of the world, the residue of the Miasma made the nature very unfertile, so she had told me that she would go around Treastein and heal the places that were suffering from this, of course with that she could go around places and visit her friends she hadn't met for so long, be it a high spirit or just any normal spirit, she was friends with a wide variety of them. so even Ridge was quite busy.
Systy had a lot at stake since she was moving around with either me or Alice, she worked hard so nobody could ever call her out. I am sure nobody in the human lands had the guts to say such a baseless thing, but she still worked hard, be it as a maid, or as a girl who controlled the visitors coming to meet me, and finally as someone who regularly went to adventures. as for Iliya, she was addicted to making love enough to actually forget she was even a reserved princess.... it seems after fishing, in her favorite to do list, my name was also added.
but all that came to a sudden halt, we got so engrossed in sex, it actually took nearly 2 weeks for us to actually focus on the outside world, Leila had first avoided some nights since she had her guild master job and couldn't stay home sometimes, but looking at the other girls, she too took a long leave from office and completely lost herself with us. it seems the other girls not even thinking about the world anymore, had affected her enough to say she wasn't gonna lose to anyone.
in any case, there were days when we actually forgot if the night had already passed and another day started, the maids helped in serving foods with nutrition and proper beverages so we didn't even leave our room, at one point, all that excitement finally came to manageable degree when we got out of the room and saw just how much time had passed.
Building up oneself to be able to fight for days at no end, being able to recover in a single snap of a finger so that I do not get cornered by monsters… I guess.. Those characteristics really shine when you spend day to day life...
in any case, after days like these passed, a new rumour started around Treastein and the surrounding nation that I was just like Melinda the storm, and was unstoppable when it comes to bed...
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Today I went to the guild. I was going to be promoted to A rank adventurer. I really cleared many hard quests, to top that up with what I was doing taking care of many thugs from the empire, my guild quota for A rank was filled up quite easily.
Not to mention, my prestige had been boosted to quite a bit. When I got inside the guild, I found it was filled with many adventurers. Even though it was mid day…. I wonder why it was so crowded. But when I entered, the crowd quieted down. It's not like it was rare for me to come here, I came to the guild 2 or 3 times every week. So walking to the counter where Pam was sitting, I asked her.
"Why is everyone so serious?"
"Well not long ago we got a message from the adventurers guild in the Dragon territory, they reported that the dragon you fought had died recently and it was seen as having died because you fought it. so they issued the information in your directory…. Making you a dragon slayer."
"Whoa.. that black dragon really died?"
[I put a curse on it, it would activate if he wanted revenge on you, that must have killed it. A foe that was already beaten doesn't interest me.]
"Amanori, good work, we shouldn't keep loose ends."
"Well since killing a dragon is considered as an immediate promotion to S-rank your A rank promotion was cancelled and the S-rank promotion was brought in." Pamela explained looking happy.
"You look happy, did you get anything out of it?" I asked Pamela, last time I met her, I had to apologize by grabbing her feet since I had thrown her under the bus.
Anyway it was quite simple, she got happy after I brought her to the café and treated her to anything she liked. In the end she even took a life long free customer voucher from me, so she could eat free anytime she wanted. Thankfully she didn't ask for me to take her hand in marriage… It seemed that no matter how desperate she was, even she wouldn't play a card like that.
"Well, I was given a golden badge from the guild, it was because I got close enough to you that you didn't have any more manager changes. Many people even said that we went on dates so the guild is valuing me more now. Since the GM can't favour you as a personal member of the guild, I was the only choice." It meant that many personal requests could only be sent by using Pamela as a medium.
"Well I see…" I wonder if it was good for Pamela's image, but the truth was we didn't really have that intimate relationship but we were really close as friends. I guess it works.
"Anyway, since it had been a long time since any human became an S-rank, a lot of people have gathered here. I think the city will crowd even more in a few days. There are even cases that S-rank adventurers from other Races might also pop up to look at the newbie. "
"Hmm that really sounds like a hassle…." honestly after I lot my virginity, I just wanted to spend every night in the arms of my girlfriends.
"So how will the promotion happen?" I asked.
"Well, someone from the Adventurers guild Central will come and present you with some documents. Then you will sign a new contract, and lastly they will tell you your privileges and perks. There might also be some new offers or invitations for working abroad with other race's."
"Heeeh…. Those are some good perks…." hearing me, Pamela looked dreadful.
"What? are you really gonna leave?" she asked while looking depressed.
"Leave?"
"Yeah, if you work outside human territory, then coming back here is going to take a lot of time."
"Idiot, aren't you supposed to be my manager?" I chopped her head after hearing what she said.
"Ouch! Wh-why?"
"That's because I can go back to any place I want with my portals! How many times do you think I told you that? Or else going around Treastein and Stein wouldn't have been that easy you know?" Hearing me, it looked like Pam just had a look like she remembered that info.
"At least try to know the important details about me, alright? If an emergency request comes you can think ``If I could do it or not and summon me.`` As I said so, I felt a presence entering the guild. The one who entered looked normal…. But he had horns? Is that a Demon?
[No look carefully, it has a tail and the horn is straight up like a dragon, that might be a dragon taking human form.]
The guy came towards the counter where I was. He didn't really look that intimidating though?
"Nice to meet you, You must be Rekka Wolford, my, The potential you have is staggering."
"H-hello?" I didn't think he would talk to me so I was a bit surprised. More so since the dragons were kinda my enemy now.
"Sir, Everything is prepared, Please head to the Guildmasters Office, Sir Rekka, this is our representative from the Central Adventurers guild." Pamela who sounded really business-like and spoke like a total scholar…. Ah, I didn't see her like that for quite some time..
"Okay?" Since the situation started to get a bit fast, I tilted my head and went with the representative to Leila's office.
Once inside, Even Leila looked business-like. She had a serious air about her. As we sat, only Pamela was standing behind me.
The Representative from central was sitting opposite me. Leila was sitting beside me. He must be a big shot to make Leila look so serious.
"Sorry for the late introduction, my name is Fett, I am here from the Central Adventurers guild, you can think of me as a representative." he said nonchalantly, he probably was the most at ease person here.
"My name is Rekka wolford… can I ask you something?" this is it.... I have to take the initiative to throw him off the loop.
"Certainly, whatever you want." Fett answered care freely. he trying too hard to seem at ease...
"I know I am getting a fast promotion and all but, why does someone important have to come and give me the news, or rather…. Are you coming here with some high profile info? Or an objective?" hearing me Fett looked surprised even for a moment, but I caught it… heh.. My bluff bears fruit.
"Now… why would you believe I am someone important, I am certain not many know of the Central Adventurer guilds information." he said, looking sharply at me.
"I have my own hypothesis, so I have based it on that, first was that Leila looked like she was on edge when she saw you as a representative and the 2nd was that, even someone simple like my Manager Pamela knows about you quite well, to the point she has to pay attention to her speech and behaviour…. Not to mention…. The power… or the presence you are suppressing is certainly not normal….. You tried too hard to look normal….. But that's why you got caught in my radar." Hearing my explanation Fett heaved a sigh…. And finally stopped acting like a weakling, he had enough power to rival my gramps but he was not a fighter… he only looked like an office worker. Boy dragons have power alright… even the ones not for fighting look strong.
"I see… you have a vivid imagination….. But I guess the truth is out of the bag… I am the guild master of the Central. So you can think of me as someone with one of the highest positions in the guild."
"Hmm…. you must have brought a challenge from the Dragons territory, the one asking for the challenge might just be the heir of the dragon queen, seeing that as a loop you, yourself took the role and came to my promotion so that you could have something you wanted done, or probably just to see what I was like, I guess the queen must be vigilant even thinking carefully around humans, I like that. Still… I don't like beating around the bush and as a simple man, I would like for you to stop those intricate planning's and if you need something just came out and ask, when I was at the Edge of the world, I even talked to some dead fishes out of boredom… so if you wanna have a connection to me just ask to be my friend… with that clear, let's talk normally and not hide what has to come out eventually.``
Hearing my commanding way of talking Leila looked like her jaw was dropping but Pamela looked like she was too shocked to even make an expression….
I don't know what this central guild holds… but by their reaction… it must be a strong organization with strong people behind it.
Fett looked normal but he heaved a longer sigh this time…. I am someone who acts according to what the situation suggests. That is the way I deal with things. I won't act arrogantly to the people I love, I won't even act and make myself seem like a big shot around the country I live in, but I will act like a arrogant son of a bitch when someone with many many unknown motives come towards me.
Living in the modern 21st century, I knew just when and how one should make themselves appear. Human interaction with others was child's play compared to my 1st life… no matter what, I did live through my student life unscathed.
"I feel that whatever information I had collected of Sir Rekka was a waste…. To be able to look so far in the future… I feel that you have certainly passed Master Merlin who was dedicated as a Guru…. But still, how did you know that the dragon's Symbol of power was a queen?" Fett asked in curiosity.
"It was easy actually, the dragon I fought was male but he was weak, so weak I didn't even feel intimidated and now I see that another male came fetching me the news of my promotion, I don't mean to criticize your culture Fett, still I have to say, only a queen can stand on top of you guys." Not to mention I know that from my 2nd life that females were way stronger.
"I see… then I have come here to deliver you a promotion to S-rank and with that a request of a Duel with the heir of the Dragon queen, she is called Lady Ashvel Stella. The Duel will be a non Kill duel, but if Sir Rekka agrees, then it can be made as a no restriction duel." Fett said, sharpening his eyes. Was this gesture so that I could think before taking this duel?
"Say Fett, let me think of you as a friend. And ask you a question, who might be stronger? the Dragon queen or her Heir Lady Ashvel?" Hearing me, Fett looked a bit complex… I am sure that he was thinking what the hell was I asking… Leila looked devastated. Pamela…. Was practically a ghost at this point.
"I value that Sir Rekka wants to befriend me…. But such topics of talks can be seen as leaking unnecessary information…."
"I see, then Lady Ashvel must be an adventurer… and the queen is probably way.. Leagues away stronger than the Heir." Fett looked amazed at my Assessment….. I might just be saying shit but his expression proved that it was legit, when I talked about the queen's strength he obviously looked way pale. Sometimes you have to bluff your way until you find out what you need.
"So do you accept this duel?"
"I have one condition, I will have a no restriction Duel with Lady Ashvel but if I win, I will like to have a request of mine fulfilled. I want her to show me her power, I want the whole world to see it, if I may lose, the Queen can do anything she wants with me." I said looking at Fett sharply this time.
"As a friend.. I would suggest you take those requests back…. Sir Rekka, merely fighting a dragon can't be compared to the Royal Family's Strength. As someone who is under the Royal family, I request you to not dishonor them, no matter how independent we are, the Royal family is our pride." Fett said looking like he was exhausted. his eyes also held a bit of aggression in them, I was fascinated by just how much control he had with his emotions, for dragons their royal family was close to a god for them, so it was actually normal for the guy to be angry.
I see… so the dragons respect them even if they are far away from the queen… her strength might be too much to even learn about in a simple meeting such as this… I guess I would have to reevaluate my plans.
"Fett, let me give you honest advice, I am an irregular. If I don't want the world to feel surprised at everything I do, then I'll just have to surprise everyone at once. As such, get my request granted and I will surely not trouble you anymore…" he heaved another sigh hearing me not falter. he realized with this that I was not making light of the situation, and with this a realization that I still want to continue, it was bound to make him even more tired.
"You mean you will do this even if you don't get the permission….? So I guess I should give you permission so that a second event like the empire doesn't happen…"
"No, nothing like that will happen again…. Outside of Humanity, I am not interested in their public affairs. The Empire was a special case. If I don't get permission, then I will have to do something radical."
"I don't even want to hear that option, alright, I will pass on this request and make sure that it will be agreed on." I was relieved to hear that. Now I don't have to face dragons one after the other.
"Thanks for that, since you have done such a service to me, here have this as a present and this also, think of it as a thanks for agreeing to my terms." I brought out a big box, and a small one. Accepting the small one as a gift Fett put the big one for the Queen in his storage.
"May I open it now?"
"Of course, still, share it with your family if you can, children and women will likely like these more." It was my new desert Item.
For the past week, I was spending time with Lana. I had done a lot of cooking and I had made some excellent desserts, which were so highly praised that I felt it could even suit the Royalty. Since Lana had a good sense of food presentation, the food looked extremely appetizing.
"Oh my… this tastes Divine…." As Fett tasted a spoon of his cake, he looked like he was in heaven. I had also brought out some for Leila and Pamela…
"If you present food like this… I believe it could easily stop the dragons from waging war."
"Ha ha, this is only the deserts, I plan to go search for high quality meat in dragon territory so it will be helpful, if I have a long stay pass there."
Since the serious matters were done, Fett gave me a new guild card, it was obviously a high quality one, it looked gray colored but the shine on the card was something else. Moreover it had a different crest on it from the normal card. the crest was the wolford family crest... wow...
"You can get permission to go to any country outside of the human lands, still, if you don't do a quest requested by the race or a country, you will not be appreciated there. And the other perk is that the guild will support you, if you ask for it's assistance, be that power, money or territory. The only condition is, you may never go against the Central guild."
"Only the Central?"
"Yes, the Central guild controls guilds all over the world but just like any tree, there are some loose branches that could be disconnected or go out of our control, if they try to harass you, or you find them harassing others, you are free to take the guild down. The Central guild will approve of your judgement."
"Heh… pretty good policy…. Even the loose branches can be trimmed by other loose branches."
Finishing our meeting, Fett left with a happy face, he thanked me saying that his kids would love it. I said I will be opening a big shop in the future so he could visit to find sweets and deserts there too.
After he Left, Leila looked at me with anger.
"Do you know what you have done?" Leila asked.
"I know, that's why I give them something delicious so they won't kill me even if I lose, the dragons are prideful you know, they won't kill out of petty grudges…" as I embraced Leila flirting out of this bind…. It worked?
"Why do you follow the Hero's ideology so much?" Leila asked, sobbing lightly…. I wonder if something terrible had happened to my grandparents in the past… I might not know of it… this situation may have been related to that. It wasn't like I was sacrificing myself.
"Hey…. Leila, I assure you at least for now, I have luck on my side, It was approved by god you know? Nothing too bad will happen even in the worst case." after living this long… I know that I was lucky.
Why else would Stein suddenly get in an Alliance with us? Why else would taking care of the empire be that easy? why would the dragons go about so cautiously and not act with passive aggression? I know I made many mistakes taking care of those issues, still, everything went too well. It was all because of my luck. Really, I never had a life this hassle free at all…
"Some of your Lies sound like the truth, still stop spouting nonsense…" Leila punched my chest playfully with her hands while she came bit more closer.
"Boss, I know you guys are usually like this at home but this is the guild okay and I am still here!" Pamela who got flustered over us flirting out here peeked between her hands that were covering her face.
"Pamela, don't ruin the Moment." As I said, Pamela looked like she could get burned by the fires of jealousy…
she should find a sweetheart fast… even though she was hot I don't want to approach any more girls, I already got too many…
That night I enjoyed the company of everyone besides Lana and Janes. And as it happens that I could overwhelm even that, more over, I felt like my appetite for having sex has increased, and since I was developing in the experience department too…. I guess the future is pretty lewd if nothing else, well the girls are also adapting...