“Keith and Aria, sorry, but from now on, do not get commissions directly from the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“Eh!? W-Why!?”

“We won’t be able to earn money if we do that…”

We left the Adventurer’s Guild with Shiryoo-san, the clan leader of Notorius. He suddenly said those words the moment we left the guild’s premises.

“Ahh, don’t misunderstand. It doesn’t mean we’re letting you guys work. The clan will give commissions to you, Keith and Aria.”

“The clan will give us commissions? What is the difference between the clan’s and the guild’s?”

“The nature of the commissions doesn’t differ that much; the Adventurer Guild’s commissions will be carried out by the clan. By the way, you won’t be receiving the compensation as is from the guild since I’ll be deducting a bit for the clan’s operational expenses, so —”

“T-Then that means the clan will be taking the money even if we’re the ones who defeat the monsters!!”

“Of course we can’t agree with that!!”

“Well, well, calm down. It’s true that you’ll get less than the amount you’ll get directly from the guild since it’ll be through the clan, but there’s also merit in that for you guys.”

“Merit?”

“The clan pledges to recognize your true abilities.”

Aria and I were both puzzled.

The clan would guarantee our abilities?

Whatever for?

Shiryoo-san probably noticed that we’re not following what he was saying, so he explained it to us.

“For example, Keith, you’re a F-rank adventurer, right?”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

That’s a given since I registered as an adventurer just a while ago.

“Do you know what sort of jobs F-rank adventurers usually get? They have to gather medicinal herbs, or clean the ditches… mostly those sort of stuff. But if you don’t do that up to a certain level, you won’t be able to get other commissions. That’s because you don’t have enough credit to your name.”

Well, the receptionist lady earlier did turn us down when we asked for monster subjugation commissions. We’re powerful enough to defeat monsters, but we still didn’t get the job.

“You guys can’t accept monster subjugation requests at present. You can go ahead and defeat monsters and bring the spoils of war to the guild, but you won’t be able to get enough points that you need to raise your rank. That’s the rule.”

“So that’s why you told us to receive commissions through the clan?”

“Yeah. My clan will receive E-rank and D-rank commissions on behalf of you newcomers. If Keith and Aria complete the task, you’ll get compensation and guild points — that’s how it works. Ah, but as I said earlier, part of your earnings will be deducted.”

“So, we’ll be able to accept D-rank commissions if we go through the clan?”

“Even if we did get commissions, won’t they deduct guild points from us?”

“The guild established the adventure ranking to prevent adventurers from taking on requests that are beyond their abilities. After all, the guild will have to compensate the client should the task fail.”

For instance, there’s a request to escort a merchant. If the adventurer failed to guard and escort the merchant’s cargo and ended up losing all the merchandise, the compensation that the guild would have to pay would be several times bigger than the remuneration. In order to prevent such scenarios, they created the system known as adventurer ranking — that’s what Shiryoo-san explained for us.

“I could see that both of you are pretty strong. The way Keith carried himself is also similar to those adventurers with considerable skills and Aria’s mana is also refined and powerful. It’s a waste to let you both work on F-rank tasks for months, so I invited you to Notorius.”

“So Shiryoo-san, you’re saying that we can take on higher ranked commissions because your clan will back us up and guarantee that we have the skills to do accomplish them?”

“That’s right. The clan will deduct part of your remuneration, but you’re going to earn much, much more than doing those F-rank tasks. Of course, the higher the compensation, the higher the risk…”

Shiryoo-san gently placed his hands on our shoulders.

“I know if it’s you guys, it’s not impossible. I’ll also train you guys for a bit before you accept commissions. Well-seasoned veteran adventurers will also pick out the requests that are suitable for your abilities. And if, by any chance, the job failed, the clan will compensate for it. That’s what Notorius Clan is all about. How about it? Think you can do it?”

“Y-Yes! We’ll do it!”

“Me too, I’ll do my best!”

A person as powerful as Shiryoo-san believed in us. He has expectations for us. There’s no way I won’t get excited with that!

“Thanks. I’m glad that you agreed.”

Shiryoo-san said with a grin before letting go of our shoulders.

“Come here.”

We crossed the main street in front of the Adventurer’s Guild, and headed towards the huge building across the guild.

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