Chapter 26 – Part 1 Hunter – Unfair Solicitation, Olivia (1)

After having a decent lunch with snacks sold at street stalls, we headed to the guild headquarters.
Since I received the VIP medal, it was to renew my guild license.

The guild benefits obtained by reaching VIP 10 are as follows:

22% increase in rewards when completing guild quests
Guild quest cancellation penalty reduced by 75%
15 Guild Quests that can be progressed at the same time
Up to 30 days of Guild Quests

The increase in reward was good, but I liked the fact that the number of quests that could be received at one time was increased to 15. Yesterday, I had to go back and forth between guilds several times because I was only able to complete 2 quests at a time with VIP level 0.

Anyway, the gap between billing and non-billing is really huge. When the quest limit was 2, I thought it was just that and went back and forth between guilds, but now that I know the VIP system, I can see how inefficient it is.
The reward for success is high, and even if the quest fails, the burden is small. The progress date is also much longer. It is an outrageous level of discrimination. No billing is frustrating, so how the hell do you live?

I entered the guild headquarters, mourning the free hunters who made up most of the population.

And a strange feeling of discomfort. The atmosphere in the guild was somehow different from yesterday.
What was yesterday’s ‘talking talk’ feels like ‘gossip’ today?

Hmm. Did something happen?
Breaking through the cluttered atmosphere, I headed for my first destination.

“Somehow, the atmosphere in the guild is strange today? What’s going on?”

I leaned over to the receptionist at the register where the license was issued and asked insinuatingly.
The receptionist at the register was the same morbidly thin woman as yesterday. Her face lacked flesh, with sunken eyes and protruding cheekbones.

“Is that so?”

And the receptionist pretended not to hear, and did not respond at all to my story.
Let’s see… Let’s see…

“Eh~ As I heard yesterday, I received a VIP medal and came to renew my license.”
“Yes. Give me your license and medal.”

I took out a dazzling rainbow-colored medallion along with a dull steel license and submitted it to the receptionist.
The receptionist with a dumbfounded face accepting the medal I handed over.

“Ah, the rainbow, the medal…”

I am confused as I alternately look at the glittering medal and my face. Looking at that face, it was hard to hold back the laughter that leaked out.
Cheek. How is it! The taste of the development of ‘the beginner hunter who was ignored is actually a VIP 10!?’

“Hey~ Please update soon? I’m busy, right?”
“Ah, yes, four! Wait a minute!”

I urged the receptionist with an unadulterated attitude befitting a petit bourgeois.
But the first thing I ignored was this receptionist.

Kkeuk. Is this the taste of power?
I think I know why humans are swallowed up in the darkness of power even though they know how to destroy it.
Am I going to fall into the swamp of power like this…

I let out a dark smile while filming Hard-Boiled by myself. Even if you received the Rainbow Medal, the fact that its contents are petit bourgeois does not change.

“Well, then I’ll take a picture. Please look this way.”

Yesterday I was stupid and got a picture taken as it is, but today let’s take a proper form and take a picture. With a solemn expression befitting a man of power!

“Yes. That’s all done. This is the renewed license. The rainbow license you received this time requires 70,000 gold to reissue, so please be careful not to lose it.”
“Ah yes thank you… Huh?”

I got tired of playing with the person in power, so I tried to calmly get the license and go back, but somehow the receptionist wouldn’t let go of the license.

“Yes?”

It won’t come off even if you pull it hard. I looked at the receptionist’s face, wondering what she was doing, and she winked at me. Besides, she was gently stroking the back of her hand for the second time and licking her own lips for the third time.

Eyes that are hollowed out. Colorless lips. Cold body temperature as if touching a corpse.
Goose bumps broke out on his back.

If this was a beautiful sister from the Quest Club, it would be welcome, but as I have said repeatedly, this is not my taste. My body stiffens in an indigestible situation.

Suddenly, a legend comes to mind that if you meet Medusa’s eyes, you will turn into stone. It may have meant that if a person saw a scene so horrific, he would harden like a stone, even if he did not become a real stone.
After standing still for a while, I managed to come to my senses, and I was able to retrieve the license from the receptionist by forcibly pulling it out.

ID. 37222214
Name. Use
Job. Archer
Lv. 7
VIP. 10
Clan. –

Hmmm. Is the license also rainbow colored? Rainbow colors are cool. Because it’s like an SSR box.
While admiring the license, I suddenly realized that a suspicious note was overlapping on the back.

=================
ID: 36918286
Please contact me after registering as a friend ♥
=================

…What is this? Did the trash come in wrong?
I crumpled up the note and threw it in the trash can next to it.

*

While renewing my license, I went to the Quest Department after experiencing severe terror. In order to purify the eyeballs as the sister of the Quest Club.
Fortunately, the Quest Club did not have a long line like yesterday.
You’re lucky. I immediately went to the pretty glasses receptionist sister who received the first quest.

“Hello sister. I’m free today.”
“Ah, yes, welcome. Shall we accept the quest?”

I greeted him warmly, but the reply that came back was somehow awkward.

“Huh? What’s wrong? Your complexion isn’t good?”

For some reason, the atmosphere was subtly different from yesterday. Are there any concerns? If you’re frustrated, I can help.

“It’s nothing. You don’t have to worry about it.”

The receptionist’s older sister smiled fleetingly and said, Shady beauties are sexy.
Hmm. What is it anyway? Somehow people seem to be looking this way.

A strange feeling, a strange atmosphere.
I felt like those things were spread out around this space for some reason.
Is there anything you want to say? Then you should be able to say it openly.

And I came across a piece of that strange atmosphere.

“Ah. Sister, that ring.”

A ring was shining on the receptionist’s sister’s hand.
The ring that apparently didn’t exist yesterday, and that on the ring finger of her left hand.

The shape is in memory. It is the same type of ring that the male employee was wearing yesterday.
There is only one thing that means that men and women are wearing the same type of rings. It is a wedding ring worn on the ring finger of the left hand. In other words, it becomes a story that this older sister was actually a married woman.

Then what about yesterday?
When I look at a woman, I can’t be wrong because I check in order of breasts, buttocks, face, and fingers. That is, yesterday she was obviously not wearing her ring.

“Sister, are you married?”
“…Yes. Actually…”

When I asked in a slightly dazed mood, the receptionist sister started talking with a slightly embarrassed face.

It’s already been about a year since she married her. It was an on-the-job marriage to another employee she met at the guild.
However, she was told by her guild boss that she would ‘approve of marriage, but do not disclose the fact of marriage’. For the elusive reason that her popular receptionist, knowing that she was married could affect the morale of her hunters.
But she couldn’t even disobey her boss’ orders and she eventually complied. After that, she remained undisclosed for a year until now, and as time passed, her popularity grew and she began to be regarded as the guild’s idol. The number of male hunters who openly approached them also increased.

In the meantime, following a little disturbance that I was also involved in yesterday, I decided to talk with my boss and reveal the truth before this problem arises.

“So, are you looking at me with those eyes…”

I smiled bitterly as I turned to the men around me who were staring at me with resentment.
Yes, I understand their thoughts. Because I’m also lightly shocked.

But didn’t she get the number wrong to direct her resentment towards her? The cause is in the guild that issued a strange order, rather, she herself must have been a victim of being coerced by her boss.

“It’s a big deal for my sister too.”
“Yes. Really.”

I sympathized deeply. The receptionist’s older sister sighed lightly and smiled lightly.
Anyway, are you a married woman at this age? It’s a shame… But maybe that’s good too…

Married woman. Young wife dissatisfied with her relationship with her husband. Unable to control her burning body, her wife makes a mistake with her hunter and her overnight… In the end, what she chose between her affection and desire…

“Selina! Selina! What do you mean! Selina is married!”
“Wow. It’s a surprise.”

My delusions were interrupted along the way.
Some kind of excited man came in between me and the reception desk.

“Welcome, sir. But now, there are guests who came first, so please stand in line.”

Isn’t this guy the guy from yesterday? He made a long rant in front of me and then he got kicked out by another employee.
The receptionist’s older sister’s smile hardened even more.

“Selina! Is that a lie? It’s a lie that you’re married, right?”
“…That’s true. Here’s your wedding ring.”

The receptionist’s sister raises her left hand to show her ring.
The receptionist sister must have had this kind of response several times today.
Her face looks like her tiredness level has gone up by about 2 steps.

“You really cheated on that ring! You played with me! You whore!”

The uncle was talking nonsense, but she didn’t respond, as if she was willing to endure anything her sister said. The other employees are also pretending not to know this. Has it been talked about that way beforehand?

“Mister, really do it in moderation.”

But my ears hurt from listening to it, so I decided to intervene.

“Huh? You’re that kid from yesterday?!”
“It’s embarrassing to see you. What did she lie to you in the first place? Has this sister ever told you that she wasn’t married?”
“I-I didn’t say that! Taking off the ring is no different from cheating!”
“That’s not it, mister. It doesn’t matter to you whether this sister is married or not in the first place, right? If she is single, do you think there was a chance? You say you hang out with this sister? Since this sister has a job, the uncle is talking like this right now, Honestly, do you think we would have been able to talk if we met outside?”
“Ugh… Ugh…”

This old man still has a conscience, but he doesn’t say that it suits him.

“It’s free whether you like it or not, but don’t overdo it. Whether this sister is married or not doesn’t change anything. Even if this sister is married, she’s always pretty and kind, and she’s a great receptionist who works hard for Hunter. Didn’t the men receive quests from this side with the intention of marrying this older sister? Because they were kind and treated them without discrimination, didn’t they receive quests from this older sister? Whether they got married or not, nothing really matters.”

These were words she wanted to tell not only to the man in front of her, but also to the other hunters who were watching her.
Even so, most of the people around me were paying attention to this side. Hunters and guild staff.

“And if she genuinely liked her, wouldn’t it be a man’s duty to wish her happiness? If not, is it right that she resents her on her own and never talks to her again? What do you think, mister?”
“Kuuuuu…”

The uncle clenched her fists and made her tremble.
She wondered if she might be running, but it wasn’t like that. It seems that he is just enduring various emotions.

After a moment, Uncle Lin, who had recovered her feelings, turned to her receptionist sister and opened her mouth sparingly.

“Selena. Congratulations on your marriage. Can I come for a consultation tomorrow as well as before?”
“Of course. The guild is always open to all Hunters. We will do our best to help you on your adventure in the future.”

My sister seemed a little relieved, but responded with a calm attitude.

“Kuhh…”

The uncle swallowed his nose with a teary face and ran out of the guild.
Is that the back of a man who has lost heart… I should try not to look like him.
Oh. Have you already done it once?

There was a mixture of sympathy and sympathy in the gazes of the people watching the uncle leave.
A lot of people in this room must have been thinking the same thing as that man. Rather, that man might be better in that he put his thoughts into action rather than those who swear in the dark behind his back.

“I’m kind of tired. I was going to hunt lightly, but I’ll have to take a break today. I’ll take the quest tomorrow, sister.”

My fatigue level went up as much as the fatigue level on the receptionist’s sister’s face went down.

“Sorry for bothering you. And thank you for caring. Hunter.”

My sister’s face softened a bit, but her tone remained stiff.

“Then, shall we say thank you? Call me by name, except for Hunter. There are no honorifics.”
“That’s according to guild rules…”
“Did you tell me yesterday?”
“That’s…”
“Even when no one is listening. Think of me as your younger brother. Yes?”

I dared to bring up yesterday’s work and approached him more closely to persuade him.
Even though she is a married woman, she is still a beauty. There is no loss in the world by making friends with beautiful women!

Unable to overcome my foolishness, she laughed helplessly.

“…Huh. Got it. Thank you for today, Yuzu. Thanks to you, I’ve been energized.”
“Yeah. Thanks too, Selina-nee. Then, we’re off for today.”

I smiled and turned around to the reception desk.

…Sigh.
Are you a married woman? I said it to the uncle, but I was aiming for the same thing.
As usual, he teased him in a way that would increase his liking, as if he were breathing, but judging from the reaction, he just thought he was a cute younger brother. It doesn’t seem to shake even when shaken. At best, this is a relationship that ends with a sister or a sister.
Would you rather go the other way from tomorrow? Because there are beautiful women in the guild.

“Excuse me. Hunter.”

As I was about to return, someone spoke to me behind my back.
I was the one who froze for a moment, wondering if I was the scary older sister in the register, but fortunately, she was another receptionist in the quest department.

“Hello. What’s up?”

When she went to and from the guild several times yesterday, she was the receptionist who took care of her instead because the receptionist’s older sister wasn’t there.
As far as her appearance, she would not be inferior to that older sister, but unlike her older sister, she was cold on this side and her personality was also aloof. She was like an ice statue. She’s still looking at me with cold eyes that don’t even show a sliver of a smile.

“I have something to tell you. Could you please give me a minute?