Translator: Cialaxis
Editor: Havion
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The adventurer"s guild is a building that looks like a government office, with the reception counters segregated based on their scope — [Requests/Achievement Reports/Materials Purchasing] or [Various Procedures (New Member Registration, Party Registration, etc)].

The side which isn"t [Requests/Achievement Reports/Materials Purchasing] is arranged in a pretty sloppy manner… Well, taking the frequency of use into consideration, this is within expectations.

I approached the [Various Procedures] counter in order to register as a new member with those thoughts in my mind.

However……

[Hey…that"s…a Sage isn"t it?] (Mob 1)

[Amazing…it"s my first time seeing one.] (Mob 2)

Due to my hair colour, I stood out in no time.

……Yeah, I thought this would happen.

The Sage is (In this world where the value of Tamers are unfairly low) known to be one of the chosen high-tiered professions after all.

As the existence of one itself is rare, attention would naturally be gathered.

If I change my hair colour back to black, this should not happen. However…I deliberately did not pick that option.

As for why, it"s because when revealing that I am a student of Elite academy during the new adventurer registration process, being a Sage is much more convenient.

First, the reason as to why I would reveal that I am a student of Elite Academy during the registration. It"s because for Elite Academy"s students, if they show their student handbooks, they would not start from the lowest F-Rank, but the intermediate C-Rank instead.

There are no reasons not to use this.

Also, the reason I left my hair blonde is because returning it to black while acting as a student of Elite Academy would likely bring all sorts of trouble to me down the road.

Just the fact that a Tamer is an Elite Academy student would undoubtedly get people talking, not to mention the chaos it would cause once the Academy gets wind of the rumours.

In the worst case, I wouldn"t put it pa.s.s them to suspect that my student handbook is a forgery. 

Well, I could just prove that those charges are false but…nevertheless, I"d rather not bear the risk of being treated like a criminal, even for a moment.

That"s why I decided to endure the attention and conduct myself as a Sage.

I disregarded the adventurers who turned their attention to me and called out to the lady receptionist by the [Various Procedures] counter.

[Excuse me, I would like to register as an adventurer] (Varius)

[A sage…ah, my apologies! Adventurer registration right? Understood.] (Receptionist)

The receptionist saw my hair colour and froze for a moment but regained her senses soon after and continued speaking.

[Please fill out these forms.] (Receptionist)

I took the forms produced by the receptionist as she said so…and filled in my name, age, as well as the name of the school I am currently attending.

I returned the forms to the receptionist once I was done.

[I"m done] (Varius)

[Understood. …tte…EHHH?! El…you"re a student of Elite Academy? I thought it was rare that a Sage has come, but to think you are a student of that Academy as well…] (Receptionist)

The receptionist lady was fl.u.s.tered.

At this rate, I feel that it will be awhile before we can continue…a few seconds after the receptionist was surprised, I enquired of her:

[Are you waiting for me to present a proof of my ident.i.ty?] (Varius)

I showed the receptionist lady my student handbook.

[This is it.] (Varius)

[This is definitely…the student handbook of Elite Academy. Thank you very much!] (Receptionist)

The receptionist went to the back for a moment to operate something…and came back to the counter holding a card.

[Originally we would conduct a registration exam but…Elite Academy students are exempted from that, furthermore, it is possible for them to start off as a C-rank adventurer. This is your adventurer card, please ensure that you do not lose it.] (Receptionist)

[Understood. Thank you very much.] (Varius)

I stored the card given by the receptionist lady in my storage magic.

The registration is done with this, huh.

Well then, next is to look for a good request from the request board.

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There were various requests ranging from the bottom-most F-rank to the rank which is 2 ranks above mine. Looks like this town does not have requests of the highest rank — S-rank.

For the record, I can accept requests up to C-rank solo, but…it"s my first time after all, might as well go through the all the requests from rank F to C.

[Let"s see…] (Varius)

Giving the requests a once over, I"ve more or less grasped the general trend.

That is: [The lower ranks have more collection quests, while the number of subjugation and escort requests increases the higher the rank].

Well, that"s common sense.

Since there weren"t any interesting requests for ranks F~D, I focused my attention towards requests belonging to my rank — C.

"There shouldn"t be any gathering requests once I got to this rank", was my thought, however…I discovered a single exception in a corner of the board.

It was such a request:

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Gathering Luna Metal

Rank: C

Request Content: Gather the [Luna Metal Ore] that fell to the bottom of the mountain. 200 Zol would be paid for every gram.

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For a moment, I thought it was a bad joke.

I do have doubts on a gathering request being C-ranked, but I can still accept it with an open mind.

It"s because I can think of cases where the possible gathering spots are danger zones inhabited by monsters which beginners would not be able to handle. 

Even if that were not the case, it"s possible that [The terrain or environment of the gathering spot is such that one could not reach it unless they have the endurance of an intermediate-level or higher adventurer].

However…the problem were not any of those.

The ore known as Luna Metal, is something that I have never heard of before, even including my past life.

It"s a request which I suspect could be a prank but…that request clearly has the guild"s logo on it.

Which would mean that it is a legitimate request.

……That request, guess I"ll accept it.

Thinking so, I took the Luna Metal Gathering request form.

There"s only one reason.

This request is ideal for me.

If powerful monsters appear, I could just leave it to Caucasus and Beelzebub and focus on gathering.

Even if there"s a problem with the terrain or environment, I could easily overcome it by getting there directly using the Nimbus Cloud.

Considering that a meal from a restaurant costs about 1000 Zol, even without taking the rate of discovery of the ore, 200 Zol for every gram is a pretty good trade.

This request which seems to be catered just for me, there"s no way I won"t accept it.

I queued up at the counter with the request form in hand…and told the receptionist lady my intention to take the request.

The receptionist lady"s eyes opened wide when she heard that.

She then…said the following.

[Are you sure you want to take the『Luna Metal Gathering』request? This request…every adventurer who took it came back with serious injuries you know? It was caused by arrows that appeared out of nowhere the moment the Luna Metal was picked up.] (Receptionist)