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Chapter 135 - Too Much of a Big Shot

Seeing Nanapon’s message, I pressed my temples.

"Senpai, what’s wrong?"

"Did Nanapon turn you down?"

Kaede-chan and Satsuki-san asked, seeing my reaction. I silently placed my phone on the table.

Both of them leaned forward to look at the screen.

"…"

"…"

After reading my exchange with Nanapon, the two of them fell silent.

"What should we do?"

I asked the two who were still staring silently at my phone.

"Okita-kun, call Nanapon over."

"I agree. College can’t be that important."

I could see the greed in their eyes. I picked up my phone and started typing a message.

‘Get over here, now.’

‘Okay. Class is almost over, so I’ll head there after.’

I saw Nanapon’s reply and put my phone away.

"She said she’s coming right over. Does that girl have no greed?"

"I don’t get it. If I found gold bars, I’d go get them on the spot."

I would too.

"I’d invite someone and go right away."

That’s what anyone would normally do.

"Satsuki-san, Nanapon isn’t here yet, but we’re good to proceed with the designated request, right?"

"Right. No need to hand over gold bars to other adventurers or the SDF. I’ll talk to the headquarters manager and get things moving in that direction."

Good, good. I wonder how much gold bars are worth? Will they be auctioned?

"Do you think the headquarters manager will approve it so easily? Won’t he be suspicious if Eleanor-san makes a move? After all, she’s the Golden Witch."

Kaede-chan asked Satsuki-san, looking thoughtful.

"Hmm, that’s possible. She’s literally going to get gold, after all…"

He wouldn’t think Eleanor-san, who is said to produce gold, would take on a charity project like making a map. What's more, there’s even a theory that Eleanor-san is from Frontier. He’d definitely think she knows something and is making a move.

"Why don’t we just involve the headquarters manager? And let’s borrow Yoshino-san. Honestly, even with the SDF there, I’m worried with just me and the inexperienced Nanapon. Yoshino-san and Lin-san… she probably wouldn’t come… it would be better to have at least Yoshino-san come with us."

Lin-san probably wouldn't come. She’s married and thinking of retiring, so I doubt she’d accept a dangerous job. Her husband would definitely stop her.

"Yoshino, huh… Actually, I already gave Yoshino a heads-up about this job. But that girl had the nerve to say she wanted fifty percent."

So that’s what the ‘money grubber’ comment was about…

"Isn’t thirty percent about normal?"

Split three ways between me, Nanapon, and Yoshino-san.

"She won’t be doing anything. Your Auto-Map and Nanapon’s Clairvoyance will be the main tools. Twenty percent is more than enough."

Is that how it is? I don’t know the market rate.

"But I still want an A-rank with us."

The sense of security is different. I’m just really uneasy about Nanapon.

"It’ll be a battle around the twenty-five percent mark, then…"

Money grubber versus money grubber.

"What about the SDF that will be with us?"

"They’re public servants, so they don’t get a cut. They’ll probably be your escorts and watchmen to make sure you don’t do anything funny."

No reward? I’m glad I didn’t join the SDF. Not that I could even if I wanted to…

"What about the guild?"

"We’ll sell the gold bars at auction. I’ll get five percent, and the headquarters manager will get five percent."

…I don’t really care, but isn’t that the guild’s money? How does that work?

"So the rest is for me and Nanapon."

"That’s how it works."

We’ll split it nice and even!

"Guild Master, Senpai becomes an idiot when he’s blinded by money, and Nanaka-chan is Eleanor-san’s yes-man, so I think it’s better to have Yoshino-san along. That woman is greedy, but she’s been a leader for a long time and is cautious."

Kaede-chan… an idiot… But because of early-days Eleanor-san, I can’t say anything back.

"How about I go instead?"

Satsuki-san raised her hand.

"You’ll get into a fight with the SDF, so no."

Really? Don’t fight with the SDF.

"Satsuki-san, what’s your Provocation level?"

"Don’t have it."

That’s definitely a lie.

"An astonishing five."

"Hey! Kaede!"

Five… She’s a show-off monster.

"That’s just pathetic…"

"It’s better than you, who got to level two after only two months as an adventurer."

Grr…

"I’m stopping here, so I’m fine."

"No way. You’re an elite, after all."

"Who are you calling a show-off elite! You show-off king!"

I’m better than Satsuki-san. Definitely better.

"Senpai, Satsuki-san is trying to raise your Provocation level. Please stop."

Damn! How cowardly!

"Lin-san does it too, but you guys need to stop trying to raise my Provocation level."

Even Yoshino-san seems to have a habit of trying to raise it.

"Let me tell you something good. The higher your Provocation and Caution levels, the lower your evaluation."

"You mean like a show-off and a chicken?"

"That’s about it."

Huh…

"No, that’s not true. Provocation lets you manage hate, and Caution lets you stay calm in a pinch. Both are important."

Kaede-chan probably has Caution… Well, I won’t touch that topic.

"Yoshino-san is fine. Besides, you retired and are the guild master now. Can you even go to Frontier?"

"Tch! Okita-kun is such a Yoshino fanboy, it’s a problem."

"Well, she taught me Presence Detection and all sorts of other things."

And her boobs are big.

"Oh, please. This is why men are…"

"Is it always like this?"

I asked Kaede-chan sitting next to me.

"It is. And she has a Provocation level of five on top of it. It’s why she’s disliked by the Shibuya branch manager and the managers of all the other guilds and headquarters."

And she’s a cunning money grubber on top of that… I can’t see a single reason for her to be liked.

"And Kaede is all flirty with men. I really hate it."

…You should learn a thing or two from Lin-san.

"Enough already, just talk to Yoshino-san. Or should I call her?"

"I’ll do it. You’re bad at negotiating, it’s better if I do it."

Satsuki-san said that, then took out her phone and started operating it.

"I’ll leave it to you."

It’ll probably go smoother with her beloved older cousin.

"Okita-kun, the headquarters manager might be there, so you keep quiet."

Satsuki-san said that and placed her phone on the table.