Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 322: Request acceptance

Chapter 322: Request acceptance

The day after talking to everyone, I visited Margrave Volton to tell him that we accept his request.

After that, I went with Xervus-san to the Adventurer’s Guild to the Adventurers Guild to process the formal acceptance of the request.

?Oh, Takumi-kun. It’s been a while.?

?Sorry for not being in contact, Hans-san.?

When I passed through the doors of the Adventurers Guild, Hans-san immediately recognized me and greeted me.

?You doing a request today??

?Iruma-dono accepted a nominated request from My Lord.?

Xervus-san who came with me to the guild informed Hans-san of the important bits.

?The details of the nominated request are written here.?

?I will review it. …………wha!?!?

Hans-san was at a loss for words upon accepting the written request that Xervus-san presented.

?Xervus-sama, this…… is this real??

?Yes, there are no mistakes in the content of this nominated request from My Lord to Iruma-dono.?

?Please wait a moment.?

Saying so, Hans-san stood up from the counter and went up the stairs to the second floor of the Guild.

Well, that’s the normal reaction. It’s a request that even I, someone who has ventured to the Demon Continent and the Sky Island, thought was impossible at first.

?Xervus-sama, Takumi-kun, please come to the conference room.?

Hans-san returned and called Xervus-san and me.

The Guild Master of the Adventurers Guild Volton Branch, Barack-san, was waiting for us in the conference room that we were guided to.

?Xervus-dono, Iruma-dono, please take your seats.?

Barack-san, who weirdly changed how he addresses me, had a stiff expression on the face.

?Xervus-dono, are there no mistakes in the details of what you requested of Iruma-dono…… no, Takumi??

?Yes, there is no mistake.?

?……is that so? Takumi, you accept this??

?Yes, I’m thinking of accepting it.?

Barack-san grimaced, and silence befell the conference room.

?……I understand. Hans, process the acceptance of this request.

Barack-san handed the documents to Hans-san, then Hans-san left the room with them in hand.

?Fuu, ……honestly speaking, even if it is a nominated request from Margrave Volton, I can’t approve of details. ……however, it might be possible somehow if it was Takumi…… no, for some reason, I believe he can. ……Takumi, don’t overdo it.?

?Yes, thank you very much. I have reliable companions so we’ll be alright.?

I knew that Barack-san was really worried, so I promised to return with everyone safely.

The deadline of the request was 1 year. The reward will be given upon completion.

Margrave Volton was going to pay in advance and planned on giving a separate reward as a bonus for completion, but we weren’t strapped for cash and we would definitely get a lot of it from both the Dragon Dungeon and Forest of Death, so we decided the payment would be paid upon the completion of Soma for one person.

Actually, this “for one person” bit was the catch though.

?GM[1], is that okay??

After Takumi and Xervus left the guild, Hans asked Barack, who had returned to the Guild Master’s room, if accepting that request was fine.

?……I probably wouldn’t have accepted if it was anyone other than Takumi. The request details were absurd. A dragon heart, the leaves and dew of the World Tree, and the clincher is Hermit Peach. It’s basically a fairytale, even those S rankers would have thrown their hands up.?

?Then why did you accept??

He understood that Hans’ eyes were criticizing him. Hans had been in charge of Takumi ever since he first stepped into the guild. He had an emotional attachment to Takumi, even considered him like a younger brother.

?It’ll be alright, Hans. The current Takumi isn’t the same Takumi who was crawling on the ground when he sparred with me. Now I wouldn’t win against him no matter how hard I try. Maybe even without using his hands or feet.?

?Really? If GM who had left active duty is going that far……?

Hans wasn’t a fighter, so he doesn’t know the extent of Takumi’s strength. But if the top dog of this branch said so, then he believed it.

?Margrave Volton wouldn’t make a request that had absolutely no potential. He might have more information about Takumi’s true strength that we do not know.?

?Well, Takumi-kun had been busy recently, and hadn’t been doing any guild work recently, after all.?

Takumi, who came to the guild for the first time in a long time, accepted a request from Margrave Volton which Barack was compelled to say was impossible. However, this was Takumi and his companions who started the construction of Wedgefort city, helped with the war with Triaria Kingdom concerning the Sanctuary and substantially crushed the Divine Empire Sydnia. And the Takumi they met after a long time today had gotten monumentally stronger once more.

?It’ll be fine. If it’s Takumi, he’d be able to accomplish it safely.?

?Right……?

He was no longer the helpless kid from when he first came to the guild. Barack and Hans were convinced that Takumi had grown into a full fledged adult.

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Footnotes:

1. Short for Guild Master, I don’t remember what I used for ???? which Hans uses to address Barack, so I’ll use this.