I filled out the form Sofia-san, the guild receptionist, had given me. At first, I was confused by my own messy handwriting, but once I concentrated, my [Language Comprehension] skill must have kicked in, and I managed to read and write without any problems.
Sofia-san noticed me freezing up for a second and called out to check on me.
”I can also write it for you if you’d prefer,” she said.
Yeah, she’s sweet. I know she’s just doing her job as a receptionist, but I couldn’t help taking it as her being kind to me personally. I’m already in love. I pretended to look at the form while sneaking looks at her chest as I filled it out. I’m a lucky man.
The form asked for basic stuff – name, age, job, combat skills, magic skills. Apparently you don’t have to list your skills if you don’t want to. Since you gain new skills by defeating monsters, and revealing your skills usually puts you at a disadvantage, most people keep theirs hidden.
Wait… hold on. Doesn’t that make my [Appraisal] skill kind of overpowered? I might be in trouble if anyone finds out. I’ve never used [Appraisal] on a person before, so I need to test whether it even works on humans.
”All right. I’ll take this paperwork,” Sofia-san said. “From here, we’ll register your mana onto your guild card, process your registration fee, and then go over the adventurer rankings and guild rules. We’ll handle all of that in the side room, so if you’ll follow me.”
A private side room with the gorgeous Sofia-san – just the two of us. How lucky can a guy get?
…Or so I thought.
The moment I moved to stand up, I sensed someone behind me. I’d been so completely absorbed in her chest that I’d forgotten Aina and the others were even there. The Chest is a great and mighty thing. It makes me blind.
Sofia-san noticed them too and asked, “Are those young ladies behind you your party members?”
”Oh, I never explained that, did I?” I said. “I rescued them from a goblin attack in the dungeon, but then I realized I’d been teleported into this country’s dungeon by a trap. I didn’t know the area and I had no money, so they offered to guide me into town. I sold them the big boar we hunted along the way, so I’d like to settle the payment for that after I register.”
Sofia-san tilted her head. “Big boar? Where is it?”
”Oh. Right. I have a Magic Bag.”
”I see… Well then, if everyone would come to the side room…” Sofia-san stopped midsentence. She stared at the cloth wrapped around Lisa and Cas, then asked in a trembling voice, “What happened to that cloth?”
Lisa answered, looking a little confused by the question. “The goblins tore our clothes to shreds when they tried to – well, you know. Yu gave these to us so we wouldn’t be exposed.”
Sofia-san turned to me with a look of shock. “You gave it to them? This? For free?”
Her face was terrifying.
”Well, I have plenty of extras,” I said, “and besides – if they walked around with their breasts out, I wouldn’t know where to look…”
Before I could even finish the sentence, all of us had been dragged into the side room.
Summary:
The protagonist completes his adventurer registration paperwork while distracted by the receptionist’s chest. He explains his situation to Sofia and reveals his Magic Bag. The receptionist discovers he gave away valuable cloth to the rescued girls for free and reacts with shock before dragging everyone to the side room.
Trivia:
- The protagonist has never used Appraisal on a human before and doesn’t know if it works on people.
- Adventurers typically hide their skills because revealing them puts them at a disadvantage.
- The protagonist used Language Comprehension to read and write despite his poor handwriting.
- The guild registration process includes mana registration onto a guild card and payment of a registration fee.
- The protagonist hunted a big boar with the girls and sold it to them for money.
- The cloth Yu gave to Lisa and Cas is apparently valuable enough to shock a guild receptionist.
- The protagonist is accompanied by at least three girls: Aina, Lisa, and Cas .
- The Chest has been elevated to a proper noun in the protagonist’s internal monologue.