Chapter 2. Adventurer's Guild in the Chastity Reversal World
When I went outside the church with Lucia, I saw a splendid cityscape.
There are many beautiful stone buildings and the road paved with quarried stone is wide, of course, there are no cars on the road.
While looking at the unfamiliar cityscape, which is also different from the Western style, breathe in the clear air. I finally realized that this was a different world.
"This is a town called Carmelo on the outskirts of the kingdom of Lisalot, also known as the town of adventurers, and as the name suggests, it is crowded with many adventurers."
I arrive at Lucia, who walks one step ahead as if to guide me.
The people I pass are all young beauties. Some women wear armor and carry swords at their waist. There certainly seem to be a lot of adventurers.
I can't live alone in a different world with such a different common sense. It would be better to accompany Lusha to make money.
"Don't be nervous. if they try to talk to me What am I supposed to say?"
I was intimidated by the unfamiliar fantasy cityscape and people.
"You don't have to be so nervous. You will be okay because I'm here. I'll make sure you have a clean bed and a good meal every day."
Lucia, who had slowed down and come to my side, said encouragingly.
For a moment, I thought it was reliable, but since she was the one who called me in the first place, I think it's only natural that she should be that.
Anyway, to return to my original world, I have to make Lucia earn a sum of 100 million mina to the Goddess Society. Mina is the unit of currency in this world.
I don't know how much 100 mina is worth yet, but I know that 100 million mina is a lot of money.
Does this goddess apprentice have a plan to make that much money?
As Lucia said earlier, you need a certain amount of money to live daily.
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"Let's go to the Adventurers' Guild first, register us as an adventurer there and become an adventurer."
"What exactly does an adventurer do?"
From the name and image in my head, it seems to be a profession that makes a living out of task. I don't think to make much money from that, or rather, I need money to be adventurous.
"An adventurer is a profession in which you receive requests from people, commonly known as quests, and get paid for solving them."
"So, you're a freelance jack-of-all-trades, and I don't think adventurer sounds right."
"Originally, it was a profession called an adventurer to explore dungeons and hunt for treasure for free, but when the adventurer explored the dungeon and collected valuable minerals and medicinal herbs and sold them to people before she knew it, people began to ask her to take this and that."
Isn't it a little different?
"However, since there are countless adventurers, it is difficult for people to make requests, so the Adventurer's Guild manages, supervises, and collects requests from people or the government and arranges them for adventurers. Therefore, the most efficient way to act as an adventurer is to register with the Adventurer's Guild."
I see. It would be more efficient to have an organization to manage adventurers.
However, the way it is work to be a mystery. Is the fact that you can also mediate requests from the government? It should be a powerful organization with some connections.
While I was thinking about this, We arrived at the Adventurer's Guild.
The guild had a tavern attached to it, and it was quite a large building.
"Welcome to the Carmelo Branch of the Adventurer's Guild."
When you enter, you will be greeted by a woman in a neat long skirt at the counter in the back.
There was a tavern on the right-hand side of the entrance, and it was crowded with many women.
On the left-hand side is what seems to be the Adventurer's Guild and several women are looking at the posters hanging on the wall.
It's a cleaner place than I expected, and it smells good because it's full of women.
The Adventurer's Guild seems to be all about bragging about the power of the roughnecks, but I guess the common sense of men and women has changed. The space became only for women.
Moreover, everywhere you look, there are only beautiful women. Are all these people adventurers?
"Akira, let's register for the guild right away."
Lucia took him to the counter of the Adventurer's Guild.
"If you want to register with the Adventurer's Guild, please fill out this roster, and we will issue you a guild card."
Fill in your name. Akira Kusaba, I wrote.
Come to think of it, strangely speaking, I can understand both words and letters. There is no way that Japanese can exist in another world or any language. There may be some magic that allows you to understand the language when you are summoned to another world. If you can summon people from other worlds, it will not be a surprise that magic comes with you.
After filling out the list and waiting for a while, the guild staff issued a guild card and brought it to me.
"This is the guild card, please be careful not to lose it."
A guild card is like an identity card for an adventurer. If you lose it, it will be reissued, but it will lower your reputation in the guild.
It seems that I, who came from another world, was able to become a resident of Lumisia as an adventurer.
After receiving the guild card, a guild official talks to me and Lusha.
"Do you two plan to work together? Then you need to register for a party to continue, so if you are a leader, please go here."
She led us to another counter, and Lusha and I looked at each other.
"Then I'll register you as a leader, Mr./Ms. please relax appropriately."
"Oh."
Seeing Lucia head to the counter, I looked around the Adventurer's Guild again without doing anything.
It's a quiet guild, but the atmosphere is strange.
It's not just quiet, it's tense or the conscious of ... something.
The air is somehow uncomfortable.
However, I had to stay in the guild until Lucia returned, and I scratched my head.
"What did you do?"
Perhaps sensing my troubled atmosphere, the guild staff member spoke to me. Fortunately, I decided to kill time by having a conversation with her.
"Uh-huh... if you don't mind, can I ask you about the origins of the Adventurer's Guild?"
"Yes, I don't mind"
The guild employee smiles. She has half-long shoulder-length hair with loose waves and has a gentle atmosphere and a nice smile.
"The Adventurer's Guild is an organization established by the government on behalf of the private sector, and there are adventurer's guilds in every big town, so when you go to another town, you can show your guild card and receive quests without any problems. In the first place, the purpose of the Adventurer's Guild is to have adventurers solve quests, that is, people's requests, and reduce dissatisfaction with the country. In addition, we also issue quests that lead to national interests, such as having adventurers exterminate monsters and contribute to maintaining public order."
After listening to the explanation of the guild staff. I began to understand the operation of the Adventurer's Guild in this world.
In other words, the workers who solve the quests are adventurers who belong to the guild, and the adventurer's guild is like an intermediary contracted by the government.
The relationship is mostly between freelancers and intermediaries. Since the state is involved in the creation of the guild, the guild staff are civil servants and the adventurers are sole proprietors hired by the civil servants.
Speaking of adventurers, it sounds good, but the reality is this. It's hard to know what am supposed I to do in this in a different world.
"Even so, it's unusual for a man to become an adventurer."
"Really?"
"Yes, or rather, men themselves are rare ...."
"What?"
It was only then that I realized. The reason for the atmosphere and discomfort that flowed through the guild.
From a moment ago, the female adventurers around me were looking at me. Their gaze is very sticky. They look at it as if they are licking his whole body.
I receive that steady gaze all over my body and involuntarily squirm. I became even more uncomfortable when I noticed this gaze.
"Thank you for waiting, the party registration has been completed."
Lucia came back at the right time, so I asked her in a low voice.
"Hey, they've been staring at me for a while, why?"
"Oh, isn't that because Akira is rare?"
"Do they know I'm from another world?"
"It's not like that, it's that men themselves are rare because there aren't many men in this world, to begin with."
"There are few men?"
"Yes, the male birth rate is extremely low, probably about 9 to 1."
Of course, 1 is probably the male birth rate. One for every nine women. There are far too few of them.
"What's more, men are now migrating to the neighboring country of Charlas one after another, and Charlas has its first male king, and they are aiming to create a society where men can play an active role. Men who sympathized with that philosophy migrated to Charlas one after another. Not only the Kingdom of Lisalot but also other countries are now in a marvel shortage of men. The ratio of men to women was originally unbalanced, but it accelerated further, and finally, there were no more men in this town."
"You don't have a man... Am I the only man in this town!?"
"That's right, You are the only man in town. It's only natural that women who are hungry for men will look at you like you're licking them."
Go ahead. In my world, it's like a girl moving into a boys' school.
"After all, if there is a man, it is a saga as a woman to stare at him, and of course I am too... Ehehehe. Akira, can I touch your arm for a moment?"
"Stop."
He brushes Lusha's hand tightly.
It's a ridiculous world where the common sense of men and women is reversed, and even the ratio of men and women is crazy.
I felt that I was in danger.
It's such a problem to be seen with ulterior motives.
In a different world where common sense is so different, I wonder if I can make it in... future.
As if to blow away my anxiety, Lusha makes a cheerful voice.
"Now that we've registered as a party, let's take the quest right away! After all, I don't have a penny right now! My goal is to earn money for today's food and lodging!"
It's going to be a long time before we make 100 million. I was extra anxious.