Going to Another World on Your Own! ～a Story That Begins With a Not-so-sweet Upbringing

Chapter 74: The Receptionist’s Disaster

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The next day after the defeat of the Killer Ant, the four of us returned to the village of Dansas in the early afternoon, having been given a ride home by the knight in the carriage.

We went straight to report to the guild.

“Oh, is everyone okay?”

Chloe, the receptionist, looked relieved when she saw the four of us enter the room.

“We finished the mission without any problems.”

Tauro reported on behalf of the team.

“What? Three hundred and fifty-six killer ants and one queen…?”

Shin and Rumeya presented three hundred and fifty-six antennae and magic stones to prove the success of the mission.
Tauro also recovered the queen’s antennae and magic stones.

“It’s three times as many as the number reported at the time of request.
There’s also a queen…”

Chloe was dumbfounded by the number and quantity of items placed in front of her.

“I’m so glad you’re all okay.
I’ve confirmed that the quest is complete.
I’ll buy all the magic stones from you.”

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Chloe started the process.

“Oh, I’ll help you.”

Tauro has a “True eye” and could appraise the materials but he kept it a secret.

Right now, there is no staff member in the guild with the appraisal skill or rather, Chloe was the only staff, so the purchase appraisal was kept at the reception desk at one point and Chloe with Tauro were assessing and processing based on material in their spare time.

“Thank you, Tauro-kun.
We’ll have an appraiser and a new branch manager tomorrow, so thank you for your help so far.”

“Oh, finally, a new branch manager! That’s a lot less work for Chloe, thank goodness.”

Bob was honestly happy for Chloe who had been running the guild by herself for the past few months.

“It’s been long…”

Chloe also shed tears like a waterfall as she remembered.

Usually, she smiled less and behaved indifferently, but it seems that the pressure was still on her.

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(Chloe’s POV)

Originally, I had been a calm and collected person, or rather, a cool-headed receptionist, and I had done my job with a sense of calmness. 

I don’t know when it started, but I had a tendency to be hard on adventurers, especially strangers, to the point where I could clearly tell that I was cold-hearted.

It was frightening to think that at the time, I had come to feel as though they deserved it.

The entire village of Dansas was enveloped in such an atmosphere and strangers were leaving the village one after another.

Not only the strangers, but also the villagers had grown tired of the village and began to leave.

Then one day, a new branch chief arrived, but he soon quit after a dispute with the villagers.

A few employees dispatched from the guild in town also left.

The only ones left were a local adventurer who specialized in collecting medicinal herbs and myself.

But then Bob arrived.

As usual, I responded to the stranger with coldness and harsh words.

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But Bob refused to leave and continued to complete his quests every day.

One day, a child adventurer, Tauro-kun, came to join him.

I was cold to him again, but he bowed politely and thanked me.

I was surprised.

It had been too long since I had been treated that way.

At that moment, I felt like I had come to my senses.

I wondered what I had been doing.

After Tauro’s arrival, the curse on the village was lifted when he and Bob defeated the rare species of goblins at the shrine and as the days passed, I felt like I was waking up from a long nightmare.

The two of them contributed to the revival of the village by working to eliminate the bad reputation of the village and teaching their skills to the villagers to bring it back to life.

The guild was slowly coming back to life and was busy, but I couldn’t do it without Tauro’s help.

Chloe has always felt helpless and limited, but with the arrival of the branch manager and the temporary staff, the guild will be able to function properly.

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…At least she thought so.

Chloe was satisfied with the new dispatch who came with an “appraisal” skill.

She had short brown hair, dark eyes, was cute and stylish, so she would be well received by adventurers.

The other man who was to be the branch chief introduced himself as the vice branch chief.

He seemed to be from the same area as herself, with black hair, black eyes, a medium build and glasses.
He was good at paperwork and had appealing strength.

He seems to be the same type as me, no, wait!

We don’t need a deputy branch manager when we don’t have a manager!　

But then this man, Shiroi Uhutsu (hereinafter Shiroi), gave me a letter of resignation.

“This is a letter of resignation addressed to Chloe.
As of the moment when you read this letter, I’m appointing you as the head of the Adventurer’s Guild Dansas Branch.”

Eh?

The calm Chloe raised an inaudible voice of surprise in her heart.