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Volume 2 Chapter 4 - Promise with Iseria

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Leaving the Guildmaster's room, Allen handed Matilda the paper given to him by the Guildmaster recognizing his registration as a mithril class, and began his adventurer registration as Nella.

The moment he handed her the paper, Matilda's expression twitched a little, but after that, she went through the adventurer registration process as usual.

From the way she looked, Allen realized that Matilda also knew that the Guildmaster had the authority to certify up to mithril class.

(When I think about it like that, I might have been a delinquent guild employee.) (Allen)

While thinking about that, Allen watched as Matilda briskly went through the registration process.

Immediately after joining the Guild, Allen was instructed to go to the Slime Dungeon without any training. So he only knew about the procedures of the Guild from what Matilda had told him and what he saw himself, such as when he brought the slime magic stones.

Of course, there was the aspect that Allen was not originally hired with that expectation in mind.

However, as a guild employee, Matilda had solid knowledge and determination to fulfill her duties, the sight of her was very dazzling to Allen.

“Now then, the prescribed procedure is complete. However, it will take some time to issue the mithril license, so we will give you a temporary license. You can use it to accept requests and enter dungeons. Do you have any questions?” (Matilda)

Allen received a high-quality piece of paper with the Guild's stamp on it from Matilda, and when he saw the word mithril class written on it, his cheeks loosened a little.

Then he turned to Matilda and shook his head.

“Well then, Nella-sama. Once again, welcome to the Adventurers’ Guild. We welcome you.” (Matilda)

At those words that, although it could be said to be a standard phrase, Matilda said with a big smile on her face, Allen raised one hand in response before leaving.

As Matilda watched his back, she let out a deep breath the moment Nella's back was out of sight.

The atmosphere that had been tense among the adventurers and guild employees within the Guild began to loosen, and the usual noisy atmosphere gradually returned.

As the Adventurers’ Guild returned to as usual, no one noticed Matilda tilting her head in thought, and Matilda herself immediately stopped and returned to her own duties.

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Allen, who had happily obtained his citizenship card and his position as a mithril class adventurer as Nella, showed his citizenship card to the south gate of the city and walked through it normally, heading for the Lilac Dungeon.

Up until now, Allen would never have come to the crowded Lilac Dungeon in his Nella form at this hour before noon.

In the first place, even though they had heard the rumors, not many people had actually seen Nella, who was active mainly late at night.

Allen kept sighing as the adventurers he passed continued to stare at him in surprise, but he pressed onward until he reached his goal, the 9th floor.

Standing in that place that was deserted as always due to it being the treant floor, Allen strained his ears.

“That way huh.” (Allen)

A short time later, Allen heard the sound of a battle that sounded like something exploding, and he started running in that direction. Then, he encountered a scene where Iseria, the person he was aiming for, was fighting a treant.

Unlike before when Iseria used a sword, she was now fighting mainly using magic. She even seemed to have a comfortable margin as she was continuing to unilaterally attack from outside of the treant’s attack range.

“Seems like she was fighting by following the theory; by cutting off the branches first. I guess she checked in the Guild properly. Well, with her magic as it is now, I think it's okay to attack the trunk normally.” (Allen)

Allen was observing Iseria’s battle while muttering such things, but he soon discovered a problem.

“That girl, she’s too focused on battle.” (Allen)

Allen could clearly tell that all of Iseria's attention was directed towards the treant in front of her.

Allen thought that if there was no difference in ability between her and her opponent, and she was in a truly marginal situation, there were some things that couldn’t be helped, but this felt like Iseria still had some leeway.

“I guess I'll point it out. I did promise her that I'd just teach her how to be an adventurer if she kept quiet about my true identity.” (Allen)

Muttering that, Allen secretly started moving from that spot.

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Iseria left Lilac City first thing that morning and came to Lilac Dungeon, checking the characteristics and weaknesses of the monsters she had been investigating in the Guild's reference room just yesterday as she walked along.

(I didn't realize it, but I’ve been leaving everything to my stats and been brute forcing things, haven’t I?) (Iseria)

‘Go to the Guild's reference room and at least check the floor you're going to and the monsters in that area,’ that was Allen's instructions that Iseria obediently followed, that’s why she had been holed up in the Guild's reference room lately.

In the Guild's reference room, where information from adventurers was collected, there were various documents, from old to new, and Iseria, who had always loved reading, read through them one after another.

As her level increased, her status increased, and her fighting style changed to focus on magic, which she was originally good at, and Iseria could clearly feel the difference.

“Now that I think about it, I get the impression that many of the people who come to the reference room are veterans. I suppose it means that they recognize the importance of knowledge from their experience? I feel that if the Adventurers' Guild started giving that kind of guidance to newcomers, that part could be improved.” (Iseria)

Iseria progressed through the dungeon without any problems, even alluding to organizational reform before she knew it.

In the first place, Iseria was over level 200 due to Allen's power leveling. Furthermore, as a result of continuing to fight in the stampede of the Dragon Dungeon, her level had already risen to 268.

In terms of rank as an adventurer, her strength could be said to be at least gold class, and considering that she can use a wide variety of magic, it would not be strange for her strength to be mithril class.

For Iseria, going through the shallow floors of the Lilac Dungeon, where new to mid-levels adventurers mainly fought, was no different from taking a walk.

And when she arrived at the 9th floor, the meeting place with Allen, Iseria trembled a little as she looked at the forest area that spread out before her.

At that time when she was saved by Allen, her head was so disturbed that she didn't realize it, but she once again recognized that she had almost died here.

Looking at her feet that were frozen and unable to take even a single step, Iseria closed her eyes and took a few breaths.

It was Iseria herself who refused Allen's advice that it would be better not to go to the 9th floor alone just yet and chose this as the meeting place.

Iseria knew what Allen was worried about from her book knowledge. There are people who panic or become unable to move when they see a place that gives them a huge impact. Just as is happening to her right now.

There was no way to treat it in the book Iseria had read. Sometimes it heals on its own, and sometimes it never heals. It only described a process that could not even be called an example of such a treatment.

After repeatedly taking a breath for a while, Iseria looked up and opened her eyes. Then she took a step toward the forest area in front of her.

It was a faint, shaky step, less than half the normal distance, but Iseria certainly moved forward.

Then, breathing slowly, step by step, Iseria steadily moved her feet and entered the forest.

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