Chapter 3 part 2 - Sophia Stanbul (Patreon)

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It was evening of that day. When Sophia opens the door of the Adventurer’s guild, it shows a room crowded with a lot of adventurers and at the moment she entered, someone immediately called out to her. It was one of her acquaintances, a swordsman called Derrick Anderson. He was 26 year old man with a large figure with short trimmed hair who seems to have a high evaluation as an adventurer.

「Yo Sophia, it seems like you had yourself wind up in really strange things lately」

Derrick then started apologizing to Sophia……there was indeed uproar earlier in the city before we arrived here. A security knight who rushed on a small riot misunderstood one of Derrick’s peers called Piere as the mastermind and attempted to kill him.

Witnessing the situation, Sophia tried to stop the knight by hitting him with the flat side of her sword which saved both of them from killing each other, but the knight ended up seriously injured in the process. 

「He had always been a bad person. I only stopped myself from killing him because he was in a higher position」

Sophia sighed to shrug the thought away.

「In a way, that might have been why you ended up quitting the order」

「It’s alright. The punishment was lighter that it should have been because Derrick talked to the knight commander. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have been allowed to take my leave」

「Is that so……」Derrick replies while looking a bit sad.

「Anyway, changing the topic, I actually came here to become an adventurer. Once I’ve finished the registration, I’ll also be in the same line of work, please treat me well」

「Hou, what kind of wind hit you to get into this direction? After all, when I invited you last time, you said you are heading back to your hometown」

「Well, I guess you could say that I’ve found a good partner」

「That’s fine, companionship is important to adventurers after all. I’m sure that you’ll be a great adventurer」

At that time, a cute voice was heard from the side saying「Sophia-sama」. Looking for the source of the voice, there stood a boy who seems like an intelligent teenager that was looking our way. He has a short bob-cut hair and lovely amber eyes. He was wearing an oversized black robe and was holding a triangular black hat.

「This guy is Haril Dion, a new member of our party」

「Is this the Haril you’ve mentioned? I’ve heard rumors about him calling him a genius magician」

「Yeah, he’s only twelve but he had already received a certificate as a true magician given by Magic Society」

「I did hear a bit about him being a magician more talented than his current generation, and it seems to be true. That sure is a surprise」

Sophia looks at the boy called haril once more and showed him a good smile.

「This onee-san here is going to be an adventurer starting today. You will be my senior so best regards, Haril」

The boy blushes and hid his face immediately.

「Sophia is stronger than anyone in our group though, so saying something like that to us would only get us troubled……E, everyone also seems to be longing for you……」

At the end of the conversation, Sophia couldn’t help but happily muffle the young boy’s hair.。

「Oioi, now don’t just go bullying our new member」

「You’re just making me look like I’m doing something bad」

After all the banter, the two laughed out loud.

After chatting with a few other adventurers, Sophia finally started with the registration process. We went to the young office clerk and passed the required documents. Although normally an aptitude test would be taken, everyone around knew of Sophia’s prowess so her application was accepted without a screening.

Occupation = Swordsman

Rank = D

Other than swordsman, there are various jobs like warriors who usually fight with shields, priests for healing and support, Magicians that deals magic damage and other various occupations but the first mentioned ones are the more mainstream occupations. 

「Although Sophia-sama’s abilities should be around Rank B, this is part of the rules……sorry for only assigning this Rank」

「It’s fine, oh and Lisa, there’s one more thing that I would like you to hear」

「As long as it’s something that I could be of help」

It seems like the guild clerk Lisa is an avid fan of Sophia, and Sophia also knows of this fact as she tried to talk to her. 

「Can you keep a secret?」

「I swear it to God」

After a short pause of confirmation, Sophia started the talk.

「I would like to register a friend of mine, but would that be possible?」

「Can’t she do it on her own?」Lisa looked a bit confused to the request.

「Well, it’s a bit complicated. I can be a guarantor for her though, is it alright?」

Lisa thought about it and was a bit worried, but then proceeds to process the documents.

「What’s her name and occupation?」

「Mari Mido, a Priest」

「Does she have a Temple Association Permit?」

「No, she didn’t, she learned it on her own it seems. Can’t she be registered without the permit?」

「No, that’s not it……it’s just that if she has it then I can immediately rank her up to D. Vast majorities of healers who became adventurers didn’t have it」

「Is that so, that’s good then」Although Sophia was laughing, she was sweating cold sweat.

「Heal……I mean can she use Healing Magic?」

「She seems to be able to by praying to gods」

「That’s not a problem, what matters most is that she could use it which determines the qualifications of a priest. Here in the adventurer’s guild, entering is fine as long as they have the proper abilities」

「Thanks, Lisa」

When Sophia gently grasps her hand, Lisa turns her face down while blushing red.

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That night, after finishing her business in the knight headquarters, she immediately headed to the place where Mari was staying and entered the room. They have been living in the same in room since that day.

「Is this my Adventurer’s Card?」

Mari asks as she looked at the card that was given to her and was reflecting the light of the lantern.

「That’s right, you are currently registered as an F Ranked Priest. It was a bit tricky trying to do a fake registration」

Adventurers normally don’t do background checks and anyone with a certain level of ability could easily register. However, Sophia wanted to avoid showing Mari’s heal to the public which is a requirement in the registration process. After all, her heals are too flashy and rumors would definitely spread that would eventually reach the temple association.

「You sure did well being able to process it」

「Well, it just happened that the one in charge of registration was an acquaintance of mine named Lisa. She was really happy to be of help to me」

Seeing the way Sophia laughs at the situation, Mari wondered about how it was done.。

It kind of give a certain vibe to her of that kind of person. It wasn’t really a vibe, but rather what Sophia’s atmosphere is in general……Mari wasn’t really sure, but was convinced about something.

「That’s right, how was Mari’s situation? You did went out to buy some equipment」

「Well, I wasn’t able to purchase a proper set of equipment because they were too expensive. I’ve only bought some old fashioned robes 」

「Are you ok with only that? I did hear about magic equipment being necessary to improve things」

「Sacred Magic is not really affected much by equipment. There might have been some that would benefit from equipment, but unless it’s of a good quality then I might as well use the basics needed」

「Mari’s heals were indeed far stronger than normal even when using poor equipment. I’ve also received some commissions from the guild. We will be going out hunting tomorrow」

「I also want to go as soon as possible. I hope I would be able to test out a lot of useful magic tomorrow」

「Hou, what kind of magic?」

「It will be a surprise for tomorrow」

This afternoon, while I was looking for proper equipment, I have been testing my magic and found out that I was able to use all the magic that my character used in the game.

The power of a Level 99 Priest will definitely be a big surprise to Sophia tomorrow!…… thinking about this, Mari couldn’t hide her joy.

「We will be heading out early tomorrow. That’s why let’s go to bed now」

「Yeah, goodnight then」

Mari turned off the lights from the lantern and leaned on Sophia’s back on the bed. She could feel her warmth transmitted through her back and was a bit worried about it. The sensation she felt made her too conscious of the situation that she couldn’t fall asleep until morning arrived.