Soul Eater Of The Rebellion Chapter 32

A Peaceful Way to Pick a Fight With the Guild

Since Lunamaria is in my hands now, my next target is the 『Falcon Sword』’s warrior priest, Iria.

However, making the preparations needed for that will take a little bit of time.

I have to destroy a long relations.h.i.+p that was built with many years as its foundation, of course it can’t be done in a day or two.                      

Well, but it’s not completely impossible… Lars might go crazy and use Iria as a wager to challenge me to a duel again.

It would be really helpful if he did that…but judging from how Iria is as a person, she probably isn’t going to let that happen. Therefore, it’s necessary to just leave Iria alone for now.

Then, what shall I do in the meantime?

What comes to mind is to start some s.h.i.+t at the guild.

Even though I said to start some s.h.i.+t there, I don’t mean that I’m going to commit some crime like a.s.sa.s.sinating the guild master or receptionists, nor do I mean that I’ll mess with the other adventurers.

I’m going to do it in a completely honest manner, a way that would let me start something with them while being beneficial to the people of the world.

To put it clearly, I’m going to clean up the quests that the guild couldn’t clear.

I won’t be able to take up those quests myself since I’m expelled from there, but it’s okay since I have Lunamaria for that.

Following the guild terms that the receptionists love, there’s not a single line that says “Slaves can’t be adventurers” or “Adventurers who became slaves are immediately expelled”.

Lunamaria is still an adventurer even though she’s now a slave. I will leave “Falcon Sword” alone, but I’m not backing off from the guild, I will get those quests from that guild receptionist window.

What I’ll be aiming for are the quests that are left undone, the ones in the state of so-called “preserving”.

The quests where the rewards are too low, the rewards are acceptable but the hours that’ll need to be spent on them are too long, and ones where the rewards are high but are way too dangerous.

There are all kinds of reasons for a quest to become “preserved”, but those quests are a pain in the a.s.s for the guild. The clients that made the quest would try to claim compensation for them never being done, and it would create a scene even if adventurers step in to mediate.

Those quests are mostly handed out as punishment for adventurers who have broken the guild rules. Sometimes they will even be cleared by the guild staff who are fit to be adventurers themselves.

That’s how they are normally dealt with in normal cities or towns, but this is the adventurer’s city, Ishka. The number of quests brought in on a daily are over hundreds, so the chance of ending up with “preserved” quests here is quite high.

If you wait a day or two, there will be new quests right away. There’s no need for people to go through the trouble of accepting bad quests.

And that’s how the quests pile up and become the state of “preserving”.

To the guild’s clients, the state of constantly having their quests open is nothing to joke about. It’s probably pretty damaging to the trust they have towards the guild.

That will be where I come in- I’ll be the one who can quickly solve those problems for them.

Of course, Lunamaria will be the one who’ll be receiving these quests on the outside.

However, considering Lunamaria’s situation right now, anyone would be able to see that I’m the one who’s behind it unless they are stupid.

An expelled adventurer cleaning up quests that the guild couldn’t handle. Anyone would be able to see what that is implying.

If it’s regular quests, the guild might reject Lunamaria no matter what it’s about. But since they are in a state of “preserving”, there’s nothing they can do.

Even if they do reject her on the “preserving” quests, I will just secretly make a deal with the clients. Like “The guild did not allow us to take the quest even though it’s been in a state of preserving”.

That way, the quest clients would get mad, and the guild’s reputation would take a large hit. It would be fine with me either way since we’ll be able to get the quest on the spot without going through the guild.

And that’s my plan of “peacefully starting s.h.i.+t at the guild”.

I decided the urgent of matter of what to do next but the problem now is what am I going to do with the therianthrope girl slave, Ciel Al-rous?

Her role has ended after the duel between me and Lars.

If she wishes for it, I would gladly release her from slavery and let her return home. Rather, that was what I had planned to do from the very beginning.

Even though it took me thirty gold coins to get her, I never worked hard to earn that money. It’s not like it’s really a loss if that easy money disappeared.

However, the one who told me to wait was the person herself, Ciel.

According to her, even if she returned home as it is, she wouldn’t be able to pay the taxes in the end and she will just be sold again.

There’s no guarantee that her next master will be a better person than me. She bowed down and begged me to use her how I see fit.

「…Um, from now on, I’ll do my best to serve you at night…」

With that, I turned my eyes away from Ciel who had her whole face dyed red. But then I saw Lunamaria with cheeks even redder than Ciel’s.

Yup, I did do my best last night after all. As to what extent that means, let’s just say that it kept Ciel awake for the entire night in the next room.

Lunamaria’s soul was as sweet and rich as the finest wine. I’m just saying that from my imagination since I have never tasted wine of the highest grade though.

Anyway, releasing Ciel if she doesn’t wish for it would be silly.

Not only can I have her service me and stuff, considering the fact that we’ll be doing the “preserving” quests from now on, the more helping hands I have the better.

If anything, Ciel’s light body, her good eyesight, and her sharp sense of smell will definitely come in handy.

I told Ciel that I tossed away my plan to release her and changed it into a plan to abuse her— when I joked like that to her, her head dropped down with a pale face. It dropped so low that it was enough to touch the floor.

…Yeah, we are slave and master after all. Even though I was only making a light joke, to the other side, that was nothing to be lightly joked about.

I literally possess the right to kill her. 

Acting overly familiar with her like that will instead put a burden on her. Let’s keep that in mind from now on.

After that, I sent Lunamaria to the guild as planned and stopped thinking about “Falcon Sword”.

Next, I got her to make a list of suitable “preserving” quests that she can take. Lunamaria is a sixth-tier adventurer just like Lars, so she can take up any quests as long as they aren’t too high in difficulty.

In the list that Lunamaria created, there was something that caught my eye. 

「…Gryphon Extermination, huh?」

「Ah, that’s a quest to exterminate a gryphon that rests on mount Skim. The client putting out the quest seemed to have both their son and grandson killed by the gryphon…」

「That’s not a magical beast that you can encounter randomly on the road. Were they treasure hunting adventurers?」

Gryphons are known as the king of bird beasts. They are strong magical beasts with an eagle’s head and wings, and a lion’s body and claws.

They usually live in the high peaks of a mountain where people can’t reach. It’s also said that their nests are full of the gold that they h.o.a.rd. Stories of adventurers challenging gryphons for a chance to get rich are endless.

「Yes. I would like to avenge their family since I’m an adventurer, but it’s troubling to fight a gryphon under those horrible mountain terrain conditions. Besides, unlike goblins and orcs, they are magical beasts that won’t cause harm if left alone. According to the information the receptionist gave me, they tried to ask the veteran adventurers to do this quest many times, but they were all foolish people blinded by greed who didn’t seem to be interested in that quest at all」

「That’s why that quest became “preserving”, huh? Even though the reward…isn’t small, it isn’t big enough for people to risk fighting a gryphon for」

If you want to fight gryphon, you have to start by making the preparations needed to climb the mountain. If you think like that, most of the reward will be canceled out by the expenses. I see, that’s why people won’t take that quest

 However, that’s why this is a suitable first job for me.

「An adventurer who doesn’t care about gains or losses as much as the client’s emotions– is quite an attractive slogan」

「So in other words, we’re going to take this quest?」

「Ah. Luckily, I happen to know a way to get us there. Mount Skim isn’t that far away, so it’d be the perfect practice」

「…Ah-huh…?」

Lunamaria and Ciel both looked at me like “what is he talking about?”

The questions in their mind were reasonable, but I’m not going to tell them about the indigo wyvern here.

Besides, even if I told them in full confidence… It’d be embarra.s.sing if I don’t even catch a glimpse of the wyvern when I get to the Fly Lord’s nest again.

Well, if it ended up that way, I will prepare to climb the mountain the hard way.

In any case, it would be impossible to bring Lunamaria and Ciel along for now. I’ll have those two work on some other quests in the meantime.

「I’ll be away for the next little while. Find some quests that are suitable for you to do. Also, Lunamaria, teach Ciel the ropes of an adventurer. I’ll leave it to you to decide what you’ll do 」

「Understood, Master-」

「I-I will do my best as well! Um, be careful, my master」

 I exited the room as the two beautiful girls with slave collars around their necks sent me off (?)

After tipping the daughter of the inn a silver coin today as well, I went into thought as I walked on the street. 

Now then, where can I get the reins and bridles that dragon knights use?

  TL note: Since my other site might break in a month or so because I stopped paying for it, new releases will be posted on this site from now on. Previous chapters will all be exported over eventually.