Chapter 114 – The New Elementalist (1)

The day after the ranking match ends.
We went to school as usual and took classes at school.

“Everyone had a hard time playing the ranking match. But from now on, it’s the midterm period, so don’t let go of your tension and focus on your studies.”

“Yes…”

At the teacher’s words, the students responded in a depressed voice.
How long has it been since the 20-day long campaign was over? It’s already the midterm exam period.
It was noticeable that the tension of the students dropped steadily.

If it was your usual homeroom teacher, he would have asked you to answer again, but this time he just skipped it.

“Today’s funeral will end here.”

Finally, the homeroom teacher turned his back and walked out of the classroom.

As I sat down and bruised for a while, Ayeong and Laysha left the classroom alone, and Chloe came to my seat.

“Where are they going?”

“You said you were going to pick up the winning prize.”

“Okay? Why do I…”

The moment I was about to be upset about why they didn’t take me, I realized their intentions.
Come to think of it, wasn’t Chloe the only one among our party members who didn’t win?

It must have been that they cared for Chloe in their own way.

“Hmm… So it’s just the two of us left?”

“Yes.”

I asked as I looked at her smiling face, and she replied with a slight blush on her face.

“What are you going to do? Shall we go to conquer the glass world as usual? Otherwise, it’s okay to go play.”

The academy class is over and it’s 5 o’clock now.
I’ve had enough time, so it doesn’t matter what I do.

As I waited for an answer, Chloe glanced around and pressed her face close to my ear.

“I want to go to Siwoo’s room.”

Chloe slightly averted her gaze as I looked at her with a surprised face at the unexpected answer.

“Can’t I…?”

“Of course it’s fine.”

After that, I had hot sex with Chloe, who moved to my room together.

And Ayoung, who attacked the glass world alone with Laysha, achieved B-class as of today.

∴

“Hey are you okay? Why are you babbling so much?”

The next morning. A male student asked another male student sitting at his desk.
Those two were probably members of the same C-rank party, as far as I remember.

Seeing it, we always stuck together, but it seems like we were the best of friends.

“I don’t know, just waking up in the morning makes my body sore…”

He was lying on his desk, turning his head.

“Didn’t you sleep the wrong way? Or maybe you had a nightmare.”

“Neither one. You can go to the glass world after school today, so don’t worry too much.”

“… Okay.”

His friend, who watched him fall on the desk again, went back to his seat and the ordinance began.

After Thursday’s Ordinance began, I headed to the Blessings department as usual.

As soon as I entered the department room, the atmosphere immediately calmed down, and some noticed me and Choi Kang-woo, the 2nd place in Blessing.

I sat in my seat, not paying attention.

The contents of the class were education about how to use the blessing technique and how to convert according to the situation, and to tell people not to try to ride the bus.

“I have something to tell you, do you have a moment?”

After class, Choi Kang-woo talked to me.

And I used the Eye of the Incubus on him.
I wondered if it would be possible to use it on the same man, but the ability definitely worked.

[Choi Kang-woo]
[Likeability: 0]

“Sorry. I’m a bit busy right now, let’s talk later.”

Unfortunately, I was a busy person and headed straight to see Ayoung.

“Siwoo, are you done?”

But before I even went to the magic department, Ah-yeong was waiting for me in front of the Blessing Department classroom.

“Ah, is the time okay? I have a place to go with you. If you’re busy, it doesn’t matter if you go next time.”

“Of course it’s fine.”

“Then let’s start right away.”

I’m on the first day of the ranking match.
I answered while looking at the business card Jung Ga-hyun had handed to me.

∴

After moving to Incheon using the teleportation device, we headed to the address written on the business card.

“So you want me to ask the spirits what the guild leader is like?”

“Huh. I think if you know what kind of person the guild leader is, he can roughly predict what the guild is like.”

In fact, regardless of that, it was just to check whether she was the world’s best elemental magician in the game I knew and the guild leader of the elemental guild, or she was just a person with the same name.

I don’t know how it is in other countries, but there are plenty of people with the same name in Korea.
And if you listen to the opinions of her spirits, you can guess to some extent whether she has a talent for her elemental arts.

“Are you going to join the Carpe Guild? If it was Siwoo, he could have gone to a better guild.”

“Um… I’m still thinking about the guild.”

Joining a guild has many advantages.

Usually, independent hunters attack the glass world under the jurisdiction of the Hunter Association and obtain magic stones as their main income.
But the fees are huge.

Roughly 2-30%, and if you belong to a guild and attack the glass world under the jurisdiction of the guild, the commission will be reduced to 5-10%.

Also, unlike the Hunter Association, in the case of a guild that mainly uses swordsmanship, they can educate swordsmanship skills and abilities, and can receive higher quality requests than the Hunter Association.

However, there are also obvious disadvantages, and the degree of freedom is much lower than that of independent hunters.

In the case of ordinary guild members, you have to make a certain amount of performance every month, and you are obliged to follow the instructions of the guild the moment you join the guild.

Even so, it’s not such a difficult condition and it’s not like giving ridiculous instructions, so hunters hope to join the guild.

The request is also a request, but the fact that the fee is 1/3 made it possible to ignore the disadvantages lightly.

“Ahyeong, do you have a guild?”

“I’ve been contacted from several places, but I’m thinking about joining the guild run by my family. I’m still thinking about it.”

“I see…”

After a short conversation, we finally arrived at the address written on the business card.

“It is 10,400 won.”

“Yes.”

I answered the taxi driver’s words by handing over my card.
He took my card and inserted it into the reader.

“Thank you.”

“Goodbye.”

After the taxi left, Ayoung and I looked around.

“Um… Where are you…?”

However, the only thing I could see around me was a shopping mall with shops such as restaurants, convenience stores, and beauty salons densely lined up.

“Wait for a sec.”

I checked the business card I received from Gahyeon once more.

“The 4th floor… Is it?”

When I looked up again and looked at the commercial building, I noticed that there was no signboard between the pizza restaurant signboard and the meat restaurant signboard.

“Does it look like that?”

“Huh.”

It will definitely be there.

Ayeong and I entered the building, boarded the elevator, and arrived at the 4th floor.

Between the pizza restaurant and the meat restaurant, I could see a small office with no signboard.
This was the Carpe Guild Office.

Just a simple design without any decorations.
It felt like a guild office with no awareness at all.

Smart smart

As I knocked on the door of the guild office, I felt a presence inside.

“This is Kim Si-woo and Seo Ah-yeong. I came to see your business card. Is it okay if I come in?”

“Ah yes! Come on in!”

Inside, Ga-hyun Jeong answered with a strong voice, and A-young and I opened the door and entered.
The inside of the guild office was neat and tidy overall, but papers were piled up on top of her desk.

“What, what did you come for?”

She asked us, wearing a neat suit and dark circles peeking out from under the frames of her glasses.

“I came here because I wanted to hear an explanation about the guild, is that okay?”

“Yes, of course it is fine.”

At my words, she said with a smile on her face.

“By the way, the person next to me… Ah Yeong-yang…? Are you right?”

“Yes. My name is Seo Ah-young. Hello.”

Gahyeon opened her mouth a little as if taken aback by Ayeong’s answer.
Come to think of it, Ah-young is the third daughter of the Seo family, one of the best families in Korea, and the youngest daughter of the head of Tuseong Guild, one of Korea’s three major guilds run by the Seo family.

‘That’s right, Ah-yeong was also the daughter of a great family.’

A-Young was not because of her unique personality. To be honest, she was more than Ray Sha, the daughter of the count.

“Then I’ll serve you something to drink, so please sit down somewhere comfortable…”

Gahyeon pointed to the sofa in the center of the office and then headed to the small refrigerator inside the office, and Ayeong and I sat side by side on the sofa.

“I have coffee and soft drinks, but what would you like? Coffee is instant coffee…”

She said in a low voice, as if she was a little embarrassed.

“Instant coffee, please.”

“I just need water.”

When it comes to coffee, instant coffee is the root.

After she waited for a while, she placed two paper cups containing her own coffee and my coffee, and a cup with water on her table, took out some files from her bookshelf, and sat down with her.

“First of all, our guild has an F-class glass world in Gangwon-do. We haven’t received any requests yet, but the fee is 3%… “

After that, Gahyeon started explaining.
The tired look from before disappeared completely, and he spoke clearly without trembling in a businesslike manner.

The current situation of the Carpe Guild is that, except for the guild master, one of her friends, a D+-class Pathfinder, is the deputy guild leader, and there are no other guild members.
As the guild master, she is currently a C-Class Hunter and is said to have purchased ownership of the F-Class Glass World from the Hunter Association with the money she saved up with her friends.
If you first discover and capture the unexplored glass world and then report it to the Hunter Association, the glass world becomes the property of the discoverer, but it seems that there has been no such thing yet.

And the plan was well laid out.

In the file that organizes the plans for the next three years on a yearly basis, she said that she plans to raise awareness by receiving a small commission fee, receiving low-ranking hunters and growing them to grow the guild.
That’s why I bought the ownership of the F-class glass world.

And the explanation of the affiliated companies was not omitted.
Already, she explained that she was constantly trading with affiliated companies for ores and herbs that could be obtained inside and outside the glass world.

“How long has it been since you founded the guild?”

“It is now one month.”

Ayeong opened her eyes as if surprised by her answer.

– Ahyoung, what do you think?

I asked her using her whole tone.
Whether in the game or in real life, I had never even joined a guild, let alone run it.

In the game, she joined a guild immediately after graduating from the academy, but she immediately left because she was bothered by quests such as achievements and guild missions.

However, her father, mother, elder sister, and younger sister were all involved in the management of the Guild, and Ah-young would be no exception, so she must have more knowledge than me.

-I think it’s fine. I feel that the 3% commission was especially well thought out. A common mistake new guilds make is trying to follow the industry average fee and blocking the influx of guild members. Also, the way to build awareness is easy, the one- or two-year plan is particularly well-organized, and it seems resourceful, seeing as there are already partners.

-What are the spirits saying?

-Everyone is positive. Mist in particular seems to like the guild leader the most.

-Okay. Thank you.

The first time Gahyeon appears in the game is three years after she graduated from the academy.
As such, they are quite different from the outside because of their hairstyles and makeup, but if you look closely, there are similarities and the spirits respond well.

And she made a contract with a higher water spirit.

I was convinced that the Gahyeon in front of me was Gahyeon, the best elementalist character in the game.

‘Although Ah-yeong is the best this time.’

“Do you have any further questions?”

“No, this is enough. Thank you for your kind explanation.”

“If you haven’t decided on a guild yet, please review it positively. And do you still have my business card?”

“Yes. Here you are.”

I took out her business card from her pocket and showed it to her.

“My contact information is written on the business card, so if you have any questions, feel free to contact me.”

“Good bye.”

It was the moment when I was about to go back to the academy with Ah-young while being seen off by Gahyeon.

“Gahyeon! The glass world is new!”

Another woman hurriedly opened the door and shouted.