"You want me to certify a Copper-rank female adventurer who's about to walk in as Gold-rank? No matter how you look at it, that's way too much!!"
The sub-master of the Adventurer's Guild's royal capital branch, Enrique, gaped at the outrageous demand from Alan — his master who had placed a (invisible) collar of servitude around his neck.
"You're the sub-master of the guild headquarters in the royal capital, so you have that authority, right? I know that much."
"Having a regulation and actually being able to do it are two completely different things!! That kind of certification is only allowed for cases like former knights with real skill becoming adventurers! It's not a regulation for complete amateurs. If I did something like that, you know how that old geezer would lord it over me..."
"I don't know or care about that. Just do it. Don't worry — that girl will bring in proper results."
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A female adventurer with a golden right eye walks into the guild.
Her outfit is casual — just a white robe with a pair of swords dangling from her waist.
Her name is Alisa.
She is a character Alan created when he underwent a gender reversal in the town of Fandantel.
A twelve-year-old body that isn't particularly large, a high-quality-looking white robe, and a pair of swords that are slightly too big for her.
From an outside perspective, she gives off an endearing impression — like an aspiring young adventurer (a noble's daughter with a complicated backstory) who worked hard to at least get her equipment in order.
However, that white robe is the "Sage's Robe."
A magnificently overpowered piece of equipment: mana amplification, all-element enhancement, magic damage reduced to 1/100th, physical damage reduced to 1/10th, heat resistance, cold resistance, and temperature regulation.
The pair of swords she casually dangles at her side are the "Twin Star Sword · Twin Star."
Said to have been used by an ancient Sword Saint, this pair of swords generates stardust with additional attack properties during both offensive and defensive actions.
Both are national-treasure-class rare equipment that wouldn't be out of place if someone told you to hand them over to the king immediately.
The girl, who is decked out in obviously high-end equipment yet seems completely unaware of its value, heads toward the guild reception.
"Hey there, sweetheart. Wanna join our party?"
"If you guys were orichalcum rank, I might consider it."
I never actually said I'd join.
"You little—! Just because you're pretty doesn't mean you can act all high and mighty! What's your rank? Don't tell me you're gonna say copper or something?!"
I silently held up my adventurer card.
"Pfft! Copper, seriously? You've gotta be kidding me, princess! Trying to leech off orichalcum rank? Our gold party will personally guide you through everything—hand by hand, hip by hip!"
"Gahahaha! We'll even teach you how to work the night shift, as a special favor! Gehahahaha!"
Even the other party members chimed in with their crude laughter.
Whatever—for now, I couldn't be bothered, so I ignored them and headed to the counter, asking the receptionist to call Enrique, the sub-master.
But there was no need—Enrique was already waiting on the other side of the counter.
"You must be Lady Alisa? I've heard about you. If you could show me some proof of your accomplishments, that would be—"
"Would the corpse of a Ruby Dragon work?"
!? ……murmur ……murmur
For an instant, the guild lobby was enveloped in silence.
But Enrique readily agreed, and I was led to the guild's dissection area to show the actual remains.
Makes sense, I suppose.
If she doesn't obey, what awaits her is the excruciating pain of the slave collar (invisible to everyone) plus skill sealing.
Oh, and the collar has the wonderful feature of not allowing self-destruction either.
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Skills: [Reverse][Divine Eye][Sword God][Gentleman Thief][Dark Magic][Rock-Iron Magic][Holy Magic][Space-Time Magic][Scorching Heat Magic][Freezing Ice Magic][Magic Hand][Seduction]
Rank: Silver
Thank you always for reading 😊