Chapter 408: Chaotic Reception Room Pig (1/2)

‘Our Kuzunoha Company’s new store has many new features that the old store didn’t have!’, that’s the kind of mood I am getting from this, similar to those power ranger scenes where they get a new hideout.

It didn’t lead to a ‘Let me explain!’ though.

We have actually moved to an independent store that has a bigger scale.

I am currently welcoming guest number one in the reception room (pig). It is the biggest and best equipped from the many reception rooms.

There’s also: scale, net, forest, and wings.

The current state where there’s always a reception room ready for business discussions and used to its full extent speaks a lot about the outstanding condition of Tsige.

And for some reason, I have to show up in every single one of them today.

This will be one hellish day.

“Dio-kun, you are an Eren Novice?” (Makoto)

“Yes.” (Dio)

“Haku-san should obviously know about this Job.” (Makoto)

“Only the name. But I don’t know about the Skills in detail.” (Haku)

“For now, what I want to know is what’s the relationship it has with the Double Job though…” (Makoto)

“Double…Job?” (Haku)

I had Haku-san and Dio-kun sit opposite to me, and open up the discussion.

Haku-san had apparently gone out to the wasteland which is rare, and said she had something to talk about with us.

This was a great opportunity, so I made time and we are now here.

Dio-kun didn’t even know he had become an Eren Novice, and for the Double Job, it wasn’t just the Adventurer Guild, even Root didn’t know at all what this was.

I wanted to borrow the knowledge of this woman that at a glance looks like a plain alluring dancer. She herself probably doesn’t know why she is here.

I understand that feeling.

I have experienced that several times.

“That’s right. That Root, he couldn’t get in contact with Azu-san and the others, so he pushed this onto me.” (Makoto)

“So Dio-kun has fulfilled the conditions for a Double Job.” (Haku)

“Right right.” (Makoto)

Now then, it looks like she has some idea of why this Double Job and Eren Novice are connected.

Lucky~.

This truly is fortunate.

By the way, Haku-san is in her usual attire.

The reason why I had her sit opposite to me despite her about to sit by my side is because the one who brought the tea was Mio.

Mio would take the trouble of bringing tea in the recent business discussions. One of the reasons why is because at quite the big business deals, I would ask Mio beforehand so that I can get her instinct-based opinion.

But when it is a business discussion with a woman, especially an unfamiliar one, there’s a 50% chance she would show up.

Her worrywart nature really doesn’t go away.

“…Double Job is like a special reward -to the adventurer.” (Haku)

“Special reward? For what action?” (Makoto)

From what I know, aside from Dio-kun having become a Variant, he is simply a talented hyuman.

Was it some sort of achievement or title?

In the first place, the Adventurer Guild is a system based on the MMO there.

Double Job must be one of those things.

“For maxing out.” (Haku)

“Maxing out? Meaning that you reach the end point of a Job?” (Makoto)

Maxing out is basically max level.

If it is level, it would be something like lvl 99, or if it is stats, it would be something like 999.

“The condition to obtain a Double Job is to obtain all the Skills in all the Job Trees. It is as you think, Raidou-kun, going all the way till a dead end, but it is slightly different. The proficiency of your Skills must be raised to max as well. Eren Novice is one such end point.” (Haku)

“End point. Wait, Dio-kun has?! He is still around his 20s and isn’t a battle expert or anything though?!” (Makoto)

The first one to fulfill the requirement to the Double Job is Dio-kun who hasn’t even gone out of Tsige to train?!

Impossible.

“Novice is the first Job that everyone begins with. What comes from classing up from there is Eren Novice. It is a Job that you definitely don’t turn into unless you purposely aim to.” (Haku)

“The next after Novice, you say. Then, it is on the same ladder as a Swordsman, and yet, it is the last? That’s strange.” (Makoto)

“…Yeah, in a sense. *Cough* It is normal to take advantage of holes, you know?” (Haku)

“…Yeah.” (Makoto)

I am sorry for being a level 1 merchant.

“He must have gotten the Eren Novice’s Skills and raised them to their upper limit. I can only think of that being the reason as to why he got the Double Job.” (Haku)

“…What’s the demerit of taking the Double Job?” (Makoto)

“There’s none. It is a special reward after all. As the name states, Double Job is choosing a Job one more time and classing up with it. You will still retain your Eren Novice’s Skills. The power corrections will stay the same, too. Dio-kun.” (Haku)

“Y-Yes?!” (Dio)

“Take the blessing without any worries. You must have somewhat thought about that possibility, so you can go to the guild once you have decided on one.” (Haku)

“Right. Dio-kun, go ahead.” (Makoto)

“…Got it. I will leave what I should know and what would be better for me to know to you, Raidou-dono. I would like you to please allow me to put my efforts in what I have in front of me right now. I will be taking my leave!!” (Dio)

What a sharp boy.

It is true that I wanted to confirm something with Haku-san that’s a bit hard to talk about.

But he noticed that and even showed consideration.

He is indeed a good boy like Root says.

He is not rebellious like Jin and the others.

Of course there’s his own personality in play here, but his upbringing must have been good too.

If the only thing that’s good is the environment you grow in, you can end up like the past version of the Rembrandt sisters -’a real piece of work’, as Jin once said.

“The Skills of Erin Novice don’t need that much proficiency. Swordsmanship, brawler, healing magic, offensive magic, support magic, merchant skills enough to have a stall, tool skills that allow you to at least do daily maintenance, alchemist skills that allow you to mix potions.” (Haku)

“Sounds like a lineup of test Skills.” (Makoto)

“There’s exclusive equipment for Eren Novices, you see. They are all things forgotten by society already, but you could say they have a decent degree of battle power. But well, at a glance, it does look like a test Job as you say, Raidou-kun. This may go against what I said before, but it is true that it is a Job for entertainment that you would have in your second or third account.” (Haku)

“Regardless of that…” (Makoto)

“…Yeah?” (Haku)

“I don’t know how hard it is to raise all your Skills to max, but can it be possible to accomplish that -by a young hyuman who has been living normally?” (Makoto)

“Plain impossible. Just what is he…?” (Haku)

“I don’t know what his circumstances were in Rotsgard, but he is one of the people who got caught in the scheme of the demons and lost their humanity.” (Makoto)