Ch 104 -- Setting Off.
The next morning we went to the Adventurers Guild and, as had become commonplace, as soon as I appeared a staff member went off to call the Guild Master. After greeting him we went down to the familiar warehouse to meet with Johan-ojisan.
"Iâm all done, sonny." He waved a hand at the pile of materials nearby. "Thereâs the meat from six Wyverns, the six mana stones and six skins for ya." I put the meat, mana stones and skins away in my Item Box as the Guild Master started to explain the details of my payment, reading from a sheet of paper.
"The breakdown is like this," he said, "The first part is the subjugation request payment. It was an urgent request so itâs a premium payment, 840 gold coins. Now buying in the materials, thereâs 13 sets of fangs making 169 gold coins, 13 poison sacs making 143 gold coins, 13 poison stings are 169 gold coins as well, thatâs from all the monsters." He traced a line on the paper with his finger. "Youâre selling us the skins and mana stones from 5 Wyverns, thatâs 1000 gold coins for the skins and 1650 gold coins for the mana stones. That comes to a grand total of," he paused dramatically, checking the paper again, "3971 gold coins." He folded the paper with some satisfaction. "As before weâll pay you with 397 large gold coins and a single gold coin if thatâs all right with you?"
Thatâs a lot of money. Having that much money was a bit troubling but it wasnât as bad as having too little, I supposed. We were going on a long trip so Iâd get a chance to spend some of it on the way. Something worried at me, what the Guild Master had said previously... ummm, think, think, oh yes...
"Wait, didnât you tell me the payment was going to be more than 2,500 gold coins? What youâre paying me is a lot more than that, surely?" I wondered if he had made a mistake somewhere.
"Oh, my estimate earlier?" The Guild Master nodded. "That was based on the regular purchase prices for Wyvern materials but the skins were in better than usual condition hence the higher price weâre paying for them. Thereâs also the urgency of the subjugation request." Oh, I see. "Having you and your contracted beasts staying here when the Wyverns arrived was a lifesaver. I could have conscripted all the Adventurers over C rank and with the aid of the Knightâs Order we would have fought the Wyverns but we would have suffered many casualties trying to defeat them. Iâve increased the amount weâre paying you for the subjugation for that reason."
So thatâs why the payment is so high? Iâm sorry. Fer and Sui were knocking those Wyverns out of the sky and slicing their heads off, chop chop chop, they werenât even able to fight back ha ha ha. Iâm glad you didnât see Fer and Sui enjoying themselves like that when you were back here in the Adventurers Guild worrying about us. Iâd have to buy something for Fer and Sui as a reward, I decided. It would have to be food related, knowing those two gluttons.
Fer and Sui are too strong, really. Sui especially has evolved and is still getting stronger. Would she evolve some more? I couldnât guess but it was likely. It was almost scary how powerful she had become already. Sheâs still cute though so I shouldnât worry.
A staff member appeared carrying a large and very heavy-looking hemp bag. "Well then, hereâs 397 large gold coins and 1 gold coin." The Guild Master said, handing the bag of coins off to me. I didnât bother counting it in front of him, I didnât want to appear greedy and the Adventurers Guild had always been properly correct in their dealings with me before so I just put the bag into my Item Box.
"Are you leaving Carerina immediately then?" The Guild Master enquired.
"Yes." I confirmed. We had everything we wanted here and Fer was eager to eat seafood. I wanted to see more of this world too.
"Claire, Doran, Neihof, we have already sent messages to the Guild Masters of the Adventurers Guild in each city on your route to Berleean on the coast. Please donât forget." The Guild Master reminded me.
"Yes, I understand. Weâll listen to requests while weâre visiting each city, donât worry. I plan to do a lot of sight-seeing."
"Iâm indebted to you." The Guild Master said formally. "The Guild Masters of each city are eagerly waiting your arrival." Well, what theyâre waiting for is for us to turn up and deal with outstanding high-ranking subjugation requests but it was the same thing, sort of, theyâd still be pleased to see us.
"Fer, Sui and I are alll indebted to you and the Adventurers Guild here in Carerina for many things." I replied equally formally. "Remember that weâll be back in about half a yearâs time to collect the items Iâve ordered from Lambert-san so Iâll be able to meet with you again."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Of course of course, Iâll be waiting." The Guild Master smiled, shaking my hand. "Please come back safely."
"Yep sonny, sooner you get back here the sooner I can get to work and make more money." Johan-ojisan grinned as he pumped my hand. I finished saying my farewells to the Guild Master and Johan-ojisan and left the Adventurers Guild.
"Well then, shall we go?" I said to Fer.
"Umu. The sooner weâre done at Claire the better. Get on." Fer was eager to get moving. Yeah yeah, I guess you just want to get to Doran, the Dungeon City as soon as possible. Tough, Iâm planning to stay in Claire for a few days, I thought to myself as I climbed on Ferâs back and we headed off, leaving Carerina behind.