“Pioneer City” has no gate so entered the city right away and found ourselves in front of the Global Guild located at the center of the city.

It was a multi-story building made of wooden exterior, reinforced with magic stones, and now built with metals to be rather st.u.r.dy. Upon entering, I saw how s.p.a.cious the the interior. This place used to be so small without any rooms.

“Compared to how it used to be, this place sure has gotten bigger.”

“One of your apprentice was the Guild Master who sent a letter saying, 「After consulting with Eisen-sensei who advised me about prioritizing job cla.s.ses, I made sure to construct better equipments for the Global Guild and so, the human traffic in the guild disappeared and the security has stabilized! Thank you very much, Eisen-sensei.」 — is what was written.”

“Ah… Now that I remember it, I think I did such counseling on an apprentice before.”

I am now seeing the result with my own eyes and I think it was an interesting coincidence as I entered the guild with Rinne.

As one would see it from outside, the first floor is quite wide and in addition to the reception area, stores such are bars are also provided in the premises. As we observe the great atmosphere, we lined up towards a reception counter. There were numerous counters and people were quickly leaving one by one.

“The next one, please.”

I didn’t even have to wait that long and it’s already my turn in the counter. The receptionist greeted both of us.

“Welcome to Global Guild. How many I help you?”

The receptionist said with a smile—a good business smile. This kind of exchanges between people is quite nostalgic as this part of communication hasn’t changed at all.

“I want to make a Global Card.”

“So you want to make a Global Card. For what purpose are you going to use it?”

“I want to go on an adventure and journey around the world.”

The moment I said those words, the receptionist’s eyes widened.

“Oh… Is that so?Instead of joining the company, you decided to become an adventurer.”

It seems that she’s very surprised by what I said.

“Is it really that surprising?”

I thought it’s not strange for people to want to go on a journey.

“Yes. People who would go on a journey around the world without joining the 『Company』 to experience and learn things in this peaceful times are very few. It’s my first time since I worked here to meet such a person who would ask to be an 『Adventurer』 instead.”

Just as what the receptionist says, creating a card in Global Guild is basically joining the 『Company』 since the guild is a collection of many job cla.s.s. Then, people who gets a job and travel with various requests are called 『Adventurers』. A long time ago, 70% of the people in the Global Guild says they were members of the company while 30% says they were adventurers.

—The balance has changed.

I was lost in thoughts and the receptionist looked at me and Rinne, then gave a sincere smile.

“You two are quite brave, I admire that.”

Is that how she sees it?

“Not really, I just want to go on a journey.”

“But still, I think you guys are brave—oh, we got sidetracked. Now, let’s start processing your cards, please fill in this form with your name and job cla.s.s.”

The receptionist says and handed us each a sheet of paper with columns where we would write information about us.

“Eh, sensei?Aren’t there so many job cla.s.ses written in this paper? Which one will you choose, sensei?”

This is probably Rinne’s first time to see a form with tons of job cla.s.s written down. Nearly thousands of job cla.s.ses were written in detailed. That’s because in this country, people had their apt.i.tude test to know their job cla.s.s in the temple and normally, one job cla.s.s is limited to a single person.

As for me—I’m a Prophet, a Scholar and I’m pretty sure I have 4 or 5 more job cla.s.ses.

As the receptionist said the same thing—in the Global Guild, you are free to choose which job cla.s.s you want to write down according to your purposes.

“Well, there are people who would write all the job cla.s.s they learned from the Temple. Some even have one or more cards with them, each one for their different job cla.s.ses. You can do as you please.”

“Okay.”

Having a Global Card is like a solid proof of the holder’s ident.i.ty and job cla.s.s. I used to have one when I was still working for the company and it’s a convenient tool that can be used in various ways when it is being worn around—but, as a result of constantly wearing it, during the times of war, I lost my card. I tried to write a letter, thinking that I can get a new card anytime, however—

“What?”

I looked back at the receptionist.

“Is there something wrong?”

“Err, it’s about the job cla.s.s 『Prophet』.”

The lady in the receptionist seems to be a little troubled while saying this.

“Are you… really going to put 『Prophet』 in your new card?”

“Is it really that strange?”

“Err… Not really, but if you are joking then you’re making a very bad joke, I’d be against in writing it.”

I covered my mouth with my hands and whispered to the lady in the counter—

“Why do you say it’s a bad joke?”

When I asked her, the lady nodded and reluctantly answer me.

“Some may not like this—it’s a very dangerous joke.”

“Dangerous joke?”

I’ve never joked around before, but I continued and asked her what she meant by that.

“Yes, it’s dangerous. Prophets have been extinct since 25 years ago, especially at the death of the company’s last prophet making the job cla.s.s extinct, it was also deemed dangerous to call yourself a prophet, as dangers follows those who chose the job cla.s.s 『Prophet』.”

I heard an unexpected answer.

“Eh… The prophets… are extinct?”

“That’s right. After all, the last prophet is single and had no relatives. It was said that he left neither any books nor doc.u.ments and because of the lack of resources, no one knew about the prophet’s skills. There were some buildings called the 『Prophet’s House』 but they were all destroyed in the war—at the moment, there were no prophets because there is no one to teach them of skills.”

The receptionist sadly tells me and basing on her expression, I don’t think she’s lying about this.

“There have been exchanges of information between Global Guild and the Temple, but there’s hasn’t been any people who have the qualifications of being a Prophet. Not to mention the fact that only a few people knew about the job cla.s.s 『Prophet』 aside from those people who lived for a long time. The Hundred Heroes, also called the 『Prophet’s Apprentices』 are those who have been actively working in different parts of the world—they are the few of those who knew about the prophet’s power and we sometimes hear them talk about the prophet. I myself don’t know about that prophet’s abilities though.”

“Was that what happened?”

“Yes. So it’s not a good idea to joke about the prophet or else, the Hundred Heroes won’t look kindly upon you, not to mention the danger that follows you.”

“Heh… So… Isn’t there anything else you haven’t told me?”

When I asked her, she told me the important part.

“You probably have no idea when you took this job cla.s.s 『Prophet』 but for many years—「If you meet a wandering prophet or a man calling himself a prophet, you must report him immediately!」 is an official notice from the king. 「Before you contact the authorities, mobilize all the guards and the guild members, and escort the prophet.」 is what was said.”

“No… way…”

“That right, if you really want to be a 『Prophet』 then you have to make a courtesy to the king.”

The receptionist sighed after saying that—

“So what is your plan? A long time ago, someone made a false statement about being a prophet and he was thrown into a prison… Do you still want to be a 『Prophet』?”

Me being a prophet isn’t a lie, that’s certainly the fact but I know better to be quiet so I immediately shot a look at Rinne—

“Ah, no. I was only joking, I’ll write a another job cla.s.s.”

I corrected myself right away.

“Then write on this new form.”

The receptionist handed me a new form with a smile of relief.

“Thank you for letting me know of many things, Receptionist-san.”

“No, I am more than happy to help you. It would be sad for a brave man like you to end up in a prison because of a joke.”

The receptionist says with a smile of relief. It seems she’s a very kind lady and explained a lot of things. It would be annoying if they mobilize all the guards and guild members, and I’d seriously sun away if that happens.

—It was the right thing to secretly enter the city. In my memory, it would only be Duke who would go as crazy like this enthusiastically. I was able to predict these things well because I knew the nature of my apprentices, but I’m really glad to hear this information. I wouldn’t even want to think what would happen if I didn’t know about this.

I thought the other prophets would still be alive, so I judged that I could use the job cla.s.s 『Prophet』, but this was certainly quite strange. I don’t know, maybe the person responsible for the company is already dead? Maybe I haven’t send enough letters to tell them well because I was in Other World. Decades have pa.s.sed over the course of time, and just by that many things happened. I was taught that 『Prophet』 is an ancient job cla.s.s, but then the job cla.s.s became extinct so abruptly.

Ever since I was taught to be a prophet, I had been told that misunderstandings may inevitably happen one day and it all make sense that it would happen at such time. It can’t be helped since I’ve lost my old card, I’ll just prioritize my purpose in this journey.

I looked back at the form and chose the job cla.s.s which can help me move secretly and would be useful in my journey without causing any inconvenience. Since I can’t use the job cla.s.s 『Prophet』 I’ll just chose the perfect job cla.s.s for this journey—

“Okay. Then I’ll go with the job cla.s.s 『Spirit Magician』”

As a prophet, I was commonly a.s.sociated with spirits and it’s likely that I’ll be having the same experience in utilizing this job cla.s.s. Spirits are everywhere, not to mention that this job cla.s.s has a great deal of opportunity to use. So I encircled in the words 『Spirit Magician』 and submitted it. When she received it, the receptionist smiled.

“Yes. Your card is done—Once again, welcome to Global Guild, Eisen-sama the 『Spirit Magician』.”

From this day on, I am leaving behind my job cla.s.s 『Prophet』 and became an adventurer with the job cla.s.s—『Spirit Magician』