Chapter 57 – Clan Part 3
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We’ll also need a large refrigerating magic tool to store ingredients in. It would be nice if it had a freezer included as well. Actually, can I make them myself? Oh, and we’ll need mixers too.
Right, we also need quite a few light magic tools for illumination inside the building. I guess I’ll have to make them myself.
After checking everything out again, everyone seemed to be satisfied.
I was planning on registering with the Commerce Guild and thought to go there by myself, but the others offered to accompany me. We decided to have some lunch along the way.
We went out of the base, uh, Home, and found an eatery just outside, so we decided to dine there.
“Welcome! Table for five?”
There weren’t any other diners inside the eatery. We nodded and took our seats. The eatery had no menu and there was only a sign which said that a meal costs ten Guineas per serving.
After a short while, our meals were served. The meal was stir-fried Big Boar meat and veggies. There was some soup and a big slice of bread as sides. I also ordered wine for myself.
“This is delicious!” Sharon exclaimed.
“Yep, it’s good.”
The flavoring was simple and consisted of garlic, salt, and pepper. The stir-fried veggies were exquisite and kept their crispness fairly well. The Big Boar meat was also cooked expertly.
The middle-aged proprietor seems to have heard us and went out of the kitchen.
“So what do you think of our specialty?” he asked in good spirits.
Man. It’s not like you didn’t hear our praise earlier. Fine, I’ll humor you. His smile was a bit annoying though.
“It’s delicious.”
“Isn’t it? It’s definitely not bad. But there are still no customers coming.”
“Why though?”
“Because my best ones have all gone their separate ways, y’see. You heard about Great Storm disbanding, right? We basically went down with them. Most of our regulars were Great Storm members after all.”
Maybe this guy was just naturally gossipy. But we’re still having a meal here, so I wish he’d get a clue.
“Oh, so that Clan was…”
“Yeah. What do you think, sir? Should I already close up shop?”
You can do whatever you please, man. Tsk. Can’t be helped. I’ll give him a bit of a tip.
“Actually, there’s going to be a new Clan renting out that building.”
“Eh!? Are you serious!? Do you know which Clan it is?”
“Yep. It’s a Clan named Shining Star.”
“Shining Star? …Can’t say I’ve heard of em. Are you familiar with them, sir?” the proprietor asked.
“…Yeah. We’re actually part of it.”
“Oh! So that’s it! It’s reliable info then! When are they moving? How many people would there be?”
“The rest should be arriving after about twenty days. As for how many… There should be at least more than sixty people.”
“Sixty people! That’s quite a lot! I see I see, so that many huh. Oh, right. You guys are members, correct? Can you introduce me to the Clan leader once they arrive? I want to talk with him at least once. It won’t be for free of course. That’s right! I’ll make this meal free of charge. How about that?”
Well, I guess a free meal is always a good thing.
“Sure. By the way, I’m the Clan leader.”
“Eh!? You? Err, hello there, sir.”
“Yeah. I’m Alan, by the way. We’ll be in your care.”
With this, we got ourselves a free meal.
“But we’re planning on shouldering the three meals of the Clan members ourselves so there might not be that much of an increase in your customers.”
“Eh!? Now that’s just cruel, sir!”
“Are you really going to provide all three daily meals for the entire Clan?” Elna asked.
“Yeah. Why?”
“That’s curious. This is only the norm in cities, but most establishments usually provide only two meals per day. That will be breakfast and dinner.”
“That’s right!” the proprietor exclaimed.
“Really? Oh right, that’s also the case at the inn huh?”
“Yes, yes!”
“Wouldn’t two meals a day be fine then? It would be fun to have at least one of our meals in a different place after all.”
“You tell ’em, missy!”
“It would be hard on the cooks if they had to provide all three meals huh…”
“Yeah, exactly!”
“Okay. Let’s make it two meals then.”
“Thank you very much, sir!”
Of course, since he offered to let us dine for free, I made sure he made good on his word.
We passed by the Adventurer’s Guild on our way to the Commerce Guild, so we stopped by as well. Perhaps Silas-san has already posted the designated quest for us.
We passed by several reception desks and went over to the counter where they posted designated quests to confirm.
“We were set for a designated quest and we want to confirm if it’s already been processed.”
“Please tell me your party name.”
“It’s a Shining Star.”
“…Yes, a request from the Commerce Guild just came in. These are the particulars.”
I was handed the request slip.
“Is it alright for us to take out a copy?”
“Of course. Once you decide to accept the quest, please fill out that slip and return it to me.”
We moved to a spot where we wouldn’t get in the way of other people inside the guild and looked over the contents of the request slip.
The request consisted of the capture or subjugation of bandits. The reward for the capture or killing a bandit was a thousand Guineas each. The price was the same whether you capture or kill them. There wasn’t any set deadline. Come to think of it, I didn’t manage to discuss the reward with Silas-san yesterday huh.
A thousand Guineas huh. It’s a bit of a weird price. It can be said that the Commerce Guild would benefit just the same whether the bandits are captured or killed, so I can get them setting a standard price, but I still feel it’s on the low side.
“Don’t you feel it’s a bit low?”
“Right. I was expecting it to be larger than this as well,” Elna seconded.
“With this reward amount, if say, we captured ten bandits, we’ll get 5,000 Guineas per head as the standard reward from the local administration for a total of 50,000 Guineas. If we add the reward from the Commerce Guild, it’ll be 60,000 Guineas all in all. That’s a reasonable amount if we manage to catch them at a fast pace. But if we need to spend days just to gather such a number, hunting monsters is still way more profitable…”
“But in the case of bandits, we can expect to gain more benefits apart from the bounties placed on them, right?” Sharon pointed out.
“Oh, you’re right. There’s also the loot hoarded by the bandits. I see. So they set such a reward amount in anticipation of that huh. The guild chief sure is sharp.”
“Since they’ve already placed a request, shouldn’t we accept?” Cleria said.
“Yeah. Right now, what’s more important is raising our adventurer ranks instead of making money. How about it guys?”
Everyone nodded in assent, so we went back to the counter to accept the request.
“We’ve decided to accept this designated quest.”
The staff wrote the request slip serial number on a ledger and handed the slip back to us again.
“Alright then. Once you’ve completed the request, please have the requester sign here and submit it back to this counter again.”
“Got it.”
I received back the request slip and led the others toward the exit, but before we could step out of the guild building, we heard someone call out to us from behind.
“Hey, are you guys Shining Star?”
When I turned around, I saw an adventurer uncle I wasn’t familiar with. He had the bearings of a seasoned veteran and looked quite skilled.
“Yeah, that’s right. Do you have business with us?”
“Sorry to bother you, but can we talk? There’s a nice tavern nearby. Can you accompany me there for a bit?”
“…Uh, what do you want to talk about in the first place? Can you tell us first?”
“It’s about the party called Green Wind.”
Green Wind? I seem to have heard of that from somewhere. Oh, right! They were one of the parties hired by Arista-san as their escort. So this guy was related to them?
“Just me?”
“No, if it’s possible, can the rest of the party members join us too?”
I exchanged gazes with everyone, and it looks like they had no problems with it.
“Okay.”
We followed after the man and entered the tavern nearest to the Adventurer’s Guild. We then sat at the table located furthest back. A waitress went over to take our orders and the man requested ale for all of us. It looks like he means to treat us.
Apart from me, the girls were displaying awkward smiles. They were probably thinking it would have been better if it wasn’t ale.
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