Chapter 271

Roserraccoon's Guildmaster

Translator: Supremetentacle

Editor: Exkalamity

After handing off the assassin to the guards, I returned to Fran . Together, we made our way to the Adventurers' Guild . We entered and found the inside to be unusually quiet .

Well a whole load of adventurers just left with the princess so I guess it makes sense for it to be empty .

"Ey! 'Elcome!"

A loud voice called out to us from the counter . The receptionist was a hearty, middle aged man with a rolled up headband around his forehead, one that would not look out of place at a fisherman's market by the wharf . We approached the counter .

"Interestin' . You the Black Lightning Princess, lassie?" he asked .

"Nn . Me . "

"I knew it! Good to have you 'ere!"

He nodded as he examined Fran's guild card .

Goddamn, this dude is way too lively!

"So what can I help ya with today?" he asked .

"Want to know how to get to capital," said Fran .

"The capital? Oh, ya wanna go to Vestia? Normally, ya wanna find yourself a horned carriage . "

"Normally?"

"Yeah . " He scratched his head . "They've all been rented out for the time being . "

"Princess?"

"Yeah . I told the guildmaster he was spendin' way too much on the adventurers and the horned carriages, but he didn't listen to me . Our guildmaster's the type that really likes to please his higher ups, ya see . "

The guildmaster employed all the adventurers and horned carriages available just to ingratiate himself to the royals .

"But honestly, I can't really say anythin' too negative 'bout it . I can get why he's goin' all out for our royals, y'see . "

"Why?" asked Fran .

"O'course . The country's been doin' real well since the current Beast Lord took over . He 'imself used to be an adventurer, so he's been givin' the guild a good cut of benefits too . "

At first, I'd thought that the guildmaster was just a tool, but it turned out there was a bit more to it . He and many other adventurers simply adored the Beast Lord and the adventurer-benefiting policies he stood behind .

But will Roserraccoon be okay with so many adventurers and horned carriages missing? What if there is an emergency?

"Guild empty, okay?" asked Fran .

"Haha don't ya worry! We can deal with it lassie" he replied . "This city's a hotspot as far as adventurers go . They gather here from all over the country, 'specially if they're planning on makin' use of The Shortcut . Give it 10 days or so, and we'll be just as full as we were this mornin' . "

"Got it," Fran nodded .

"We'll ask for reinforcements from the guild in the capital," he said . "Couple o' strong guys would come and keep us covered for a bit . Our guildmaster's pretty capable too . "

"Guildmaster, strong?" asked Fran .

"Yeah . He's gotta be to be a guildmaster," he said . "Plus we're in this situation cuz of his selfishness, so we're gonna work 'im to the bone haha!"

Seems like my worries about the lack of manpower were needless .

"So," he said . "A normal horse carriage takes 'round five to six days to reach Vestia, ya see . "

"Route complicated?" asked Fran .

"Route? Naw it's basically a straight line from 'ere to Vestia . There's even a highway built for carriages, so ya can't get lost . "

"Okay . Thanks . "

"You plannin' to head over by yerself?"

"Nn . "

"Well, if even half the rumors 'bout ya are true, then you'd be there sooner without a carriage . "

I don't know what these rumors are but if they are basically equating us with an A rank adventurer then they're probably accurate enough .

"They be some crazy rumours . They sa—" the receptionist was about to continue talking, but suddenly stopped himself short .

"Something wrong?" asked Fran .

"Seems like the guildmaster's callin' for ya," he said .

"Nn?"

"Our guildmaster here's a wind mage . 'e can send his voice to specific people . "

Huh, interesting .

It definitely sounds plausible if you can control vibrations in the air . Although you'd probably need a good amount of skill in order to make the message clearly reach the person you're targeting . It seems the guildmaster uses this technique to give orders to people around the guild .

"Just go upstairs?" asked Fran .

"Yeah . Sorry in advance," he said . "If our guildmaster says somethin' stupid just smack 'im . "

"Got it . "

"But he's not a bad person at heart so don't worry . "

Those words alone gave me a rough understanding of his character . We went upstairs and entered the indicated door only to find a frivolous looking man standing beyond the doorway .

"Hello there!" he said with a cheap smile . "I am Emyute, the guildmaster of Rosserracoon's adventurer guild and a Wind Soul Tanukikin . "

"Rank C adventurer, Fran . Black Heavenly Tigerkin . "

"So you're the legendary beastkin? This is an amazing moment for me . You definitely look as strong as you look cute, so I can see why the Beast Lord approves of you . "

He seems to be an evolved tanukikin, and from the species name, he is a subspecies that specializes in wind magic . Overall the receptionist was right about him . He seemed lighthearted and kind of annoying but not a bad person at heart .

"Had business with me?" asked Fran .

"Straight to the point I see," he said . "To be honest I wanted a favor from you . "

"Favor?"

"Yes . You see we just captured an foreign assassin . The problem is, his target was the princess . "

"Princess Nemea?"

"Exactly . "

Does he mean the assassin I just caught? Holy shit, information in this town travels really freaking fast . I really didn't think information would have gotten all the way from the guards to the guildmaster even if there were no delays up the chain of command .

"You see, we have a magical item for communications in the guard room," he said . "Everything they report goes to me . I just got this information a few minutes ago so your timing was absolutely perfect . "

"So, need what?" asked Fran .

"It's simple . Deliver this letter to the capital . You can treat it as a proper quest . "

"Okay to deliver to guild in capital?"

"You can move much faster than a horse-drawn carriage, right?"

We're being directly asked by the guildmaster himself so why not? We're going to the capital anyway and doing this will put the guildmaster in our debt .

"We should accept,"I said .

"Got it," said Fran . "Will accept quest . "

"Thank you so much!" said the guildmaster . "You're doing me such a huge favor . Inside this letter is a request for more escorts for the princess so the faster the better okay?"

"But guarded by lots of adventurers already?" asked Fran .

"Hmm...well I guess it's okay to tell you since I want this letter delivered for sure . But no telling other people, okay? An oath of silence will be included in this quest . "

"No problem" said Fran . "Will swear on tail . "

"The truth is that the princess that just left town is a fake . The real princess is elsewhere . "

Booyah! I fucking called it!

Sending thirty adventurers and all those horned carriages with the fake princess seemed kind of questionable . It turned out it really was all a ploy to make the fake princess seem more real . The assassin I captured had some doubts . There was a chance that other assassins may have started catching on as well .

"Delivering the letter is also for the safety of the real princess," said the guildmaster .

"Got it . "

"That aside, would you care to join me for a meal before departing?"

"Not hurried?"

"That is that and this is this . It would not do for you to travel on an empty stomach . Above all else I get to have a meal with a lovely lady!"

But Fran is a still a child, you pedophile!

"Hmph . " Fran landed a beautiful jab right into his abdomen .

The guildmaster groaned . "But why...?" he asked .

"Receptionist said: 'If our guildmaster says somethin' stupid just smack 'im' . "

"Damn him...ugh that hurt . "

"Hurry up . Tell way to get to capital . "

"Fine..."

And so we got the letter and managed to extract detailed directions to the capital from the guildmaster . It was pretty much just a straight line down the highway with only one branch somewhere in the middle . We had to turn right there then just follow the road . Information in hand, we exited the guild and made our way out of town to a place suitable for departure .

"Alright let's do this!"

"Urushi, do best . "

"Woof!"

Fran mounted Urushi .

"Fly, Urushi! Fly!"I commanded .

"Woof woof!"

Urushi accelerated into a full run . His top speed was so fast we might even reach the capital in a single day .

"Aww hell yeah! YAHOOOOOOOOOO~!"

"Yahoo!"

"Woof woof!"

Urushi's clearly having fun since it's his first time running without hindrances in quite some time . Wait . Holy shit, he's still accelerating . We might arrive even earlier than I anticipated .