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7 - Then, is it that? I can’t do a side job?

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How should I put it…

The internal state of W Country is a world away from the crowd-packed A Empire.
Aside from elves, they also have dwarves, beastmen and even kijins from another continent. It is a multiracial nation.
According to prior information, adventurers from all over the world are gathering here, but are more and more people immigrating directly via dungeon-related routes?

…Compared to the empire, the temperature difference in the atmosphere is at the level where you could catch a cold.
Anyway, I want to go to the public office and finish registering with the adventurer's guild.
When I talk about considering immigration when registering at the adventurer's guild, the employee responds in a familiar manner.

I was prepared for a special examination, but there was not a single bit of it. To obtain official citizenship, you have to stay and work in the country for roughly several years.
The reason why the conditions are written as ‘roughly’ is because they could be recognized as honorary citizens depending on their achievements in their work.

Well, to be chosen for honorary citizens is rare.
It is usually better to estimate two or three years.
However, even so, it feels easier than getting Japanese citizenship, so easy that the government could be involved.

And as for the adventurer's guild... it seems that they are receiving generous support from the government.

As long as dungeons are involved in the development of a country, it is a natural process.
It is as different from A Empire as it gets.
The lodgings are the same as Empire A in that they are provided for, but... even though the lodgings have baths and toilets, they're free. The cafeteria is also free. The supplies provided by the government are also free. Weapons can also be rented for free, even though they are low rank.
…And there is no monthly quota!?
As expected, that's too stupid isn’t it!

In the world I used to live in, it would be acclaimed with “it’s a white company!”, but this is a different world with a medieval European era and atmosphere, isn't it?
This whiteness is an anomaly that doesn’t match the era.
Even though it's so abnormal, I don't hear any rumors about it. I feel uncomfortable instead.

There's a catch. This is... it's better if I don’t imprudently trust it.

I heard the previous explanation from the employee in the room in the back of the adventurer's guild.
While handing over the key to the lodging room I will be living in from now on, the employee asks, “Do you have any questions?”
I asked immediately.

“Excuse me. Are side jobs prohibited?”

Even if I check the documents, there is no item related to side jobs in the laws of W Country that I grasped in advance, so I have no choice but to check.
Then, the other side says with a blank expression.

“Huh? Side jobs??”

“...It wasn’t mentioned anywhere, so I wanted to check.”

“If you have financial problems, we will support you as much as possible! We’d like Josiah-san to concentrate on your activities as an adventurer.”

Don’t you understand what I’m saying? Oi??

“It’s not that, I’m talking about whether it’s okay to have a side job. If it’s not, you can tell me clearly that it's not.”

“Eh, uumm~~~~so… that is~~... normally, is it not difficult to have a side job?”

“Is there a condition? Do you need citizenship?”

“That’s~~~not the case… you see. After doing adventurer requests and dungeon conquest, I think it would be physically demanding to do a side job after all that…”

“So there's no problem with doing a side job. Legally speaking, there's no problem. Understood.”

“Waitwaitwait! Josiah-san!! There must be other things to do! Like training to improve yourself as an adventurer.”

“For me, that’s what the side job is for.”

But where should I do my side jobs? I have to at least think about it by tomorrow.
The streets don't seem to have any sanitation problems as far as I can confirm.
Although I couldn't confirm any hospital on the way here, there weren't any vagrants sitting on the streets, so it seems that there weren't any extremely poor people.
If even the commoners are rich, the number of people I earn experience points from will decrease since they can just go to the hospital.
It's quite a troublesome country.

“Ah... Um~, I'm very sorry. There's one more thing I need to talk to you about.”

The employee timidly brings up an important talk.

“To do dungeon investigation and accept quests, you need to be a party of at least four people…”

“...Aah!?”

Oi wait!
Don't give out troublesome information that’s not mentioned in both prior information or in the documents!!
I can’t do it solo!? “A party of at least four people” you said... are you underestimating adventurers!??

“Even if it's not the [Empire], I think it's normal to be able to do it solo.”

“But you see... recently, there have been a lot of dungeon activations, and there are many sightings of high-level monsters that have escaped from the dungeon. Considering the safety of all adventurers, we’d like you to refrain from going solo…”

“Ah, you said that you’d like us to refrain, that means it’s neither an obligation nor a prohibition.”

“Like I said, that’s not it!”

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(T/N: Kijin: demon, devil, etc. the reason why I use ‘kijin’ is that, demon have many different words: majin, oni, akuma, ‘devil’, etc.)

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