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Receptionist Leila [T-this is……!?”
Ryu [?]
In order to live on his own, Ryuujin decided to become an adventurer and came to the Adventurers’ Guild. At the reception desk, he filled out and submitted the application form for registration as he was told, but the receptionist looked a little troubled.
Leila [Don’t you have any skills you are good at? Like swordsmanship, archery….skills, job class, and if there is a section for blessing, please write it down properly?]
In addition to your name, age, and contact information, the adventurer’s registration form has a field where you can write about your special skills and abilities such as skills, classes, blessing, etc.,but when she saw that all the fields were blank except for the name and address, Leila looked at Ryuujin with suspicion.
Ryuu [No, I don’t have any.]
Leila [Nothing…? I guess that makes it hard to become an adventurer……?]
Ryu [But anyone who wishes can become an adventurer, right?]
Leila [Well, yes, but……it’s a dangerous profession, right? From the looks of it, you have a small body and….ah, do you have strong magic power or something?!]
Ryu [No, I don’t have any magic power, and I don’t have any talent for magic at all……]
Leila [Let’s take a measurement ! I’ve heard many stories about people who are humble but in fact are huge newcomers with great hidden talents !]
Receptionist Leila brought a large crystal ball from the back of the room.
Leila [Please put your hand on this.]
Ryu does as he is told. But there was no response on the crystal ball.
Leila [……? Is it broken?]
Leila put her hand on it herself, and it emitted a slight purple light.
Ryu was asked to put his hand on it again, but as expected, nothing happened.
Leila [What does this……mean?]
Daniel [It means there is no magic at all, zero.]
A man with gray hair came out from the back and said.
Leila [How is that possible? Even I’m getting responses, albeit few?]
Daniel [It’s rare, but not entirely impossible. Sometimes there are people who have no magic power at all, people who are called ‘zero’.]
Leila [But without magic power, not only they can’t use magic, they can’t even use magic tools, right?]
Daniel [Well, most magic tools have a magic stone attached so that even people with weak magic power can use them, so it’s not like they can’t use them at all, but they can’t use the kind of magic tools that uses their own magic power.]
Daniel took the application form from Leila and looked at it, then turned to Ryu.
Daniel [Your strength….with that body, you don’t seem strong. No magic power at all…..any special skills? Are you good with a sword or a bow……?]
Ryu [I have practiced sword and bow somewhat, but……]
Daniel [Let’s give it a try. Follow me.]
Daniel didn’t listen to everything Ryu said and went away. Ryu hurriedly followed him and found himself in the training area behind the guild.
Daniel is the master of this guild (a.k.a. Guild Master).
Daniel [There’s really no test for registering as an adventurer, but I have to do this ……]
Daniel told Ryu that although he was retired, he was a former B-rank adventurer, and that he would be fine, so he told Ryu to strike at him as he pleased.
Ryu raised his wooden sword and struck at him,……but the sword did not even graze him. Finally, Daniel struck him with the sword and dropped it.
Daniel [You should stop being an adventurer. Go home.]
Ryu [But isn’t it supposed to be possible for anyone to become a registered adventurer if they wish to…..?]
Daniel [In principle, yes, but being an adventurer is a dangerous job. Those without power will die. I can’t just let a kid like you die.]
Ryu [Please! If I can’t be an adventurer here, I’ll just die in the field either way…..]
Ryu flipped open his collar to reveal his neck. There was a scar where a ring had been fitted. It was the mark of a slave’s collar.
Daniel [You were a slave? Now that you’re not wearing a collar, does that mean you’ve been freed……?]
Ryu nodded.
Daniel asked nothing more.
The reason Ryu wanted to become an adventurer was because he was from a slave background and was too young to be taken seriously anywhere he was hired. He had no choice but to live a life below that of a slave by working for a merchant, or to become an adventurer.
Perhaps sensing Ryu’s situation, or perhaps recognizing his determination, he allowed him to register as an adventurer.
Thus began Ryu’s life as an adventurer.
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Leila [Are you sure? The result of the appraisal was level “1”, right? I’ve never seen a person with a level of “1” before I came here…….]
The “appraisal” is a magic that allows you to see the other person’s status. To make sure that Ryuujin did not have any abilities that would be useful to him as an adventurer, he called in a specialist to evaluate him.
In addition to the skills and classes possessed by the person being evaluated, the evaluation also shows the person’s approximate strength in terms of numerical values.
Normally, a person’s level increases with his or her growth, even if he or she is just going about his or her daily life. For good adventurers, levels in the double digits are the norm. There are many examples of single-digit levels for ordinary people, but 1 is not seen unless the person is a baby.
Daniel [Well, what can I do? Anyone can register as an adventurer. He’s still young, I can’t say for sure that he won’t turn into one when he grows up.]
Leila [I guess so……]
[And well, even incompetent adventurers have their uses…….]
Daniel muttered in a small voice, but Leila didn’t hear him.
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