It was still a beautiful day, it was just a little bit after noon when we reached the Guild. After walking in, we spotted the male receptionist that we had spoken to before when we accepted the request. Now, I do understand that they wouldn't be able to believe me if I explained to them how we were able to travel to the village, slay the dragon, collect the materials, and return to the city so quickly. However, I don't really want to bother with whatever repercussions this might bring, because I am very anxious about explaining my origins to Sana later tonight when we are alone.
However, for right now, we walk up to the male receptionist, the one we saw before when accepting the request for the dragon subjugation, and told him that we had hauled in a big kill, and was wondering where we were supposed to put it. I'm not quite sure he recognized us as being the adventurer's he met earlier, but I didn't bother pointing anything out for him while we were guided to a large warehouse like area. Although, to be honest, I'm still not quite sure if the dragon can fit inside without causing some sort of structural damage.
However, you don't really know unless you try right? So, I decided to go ahead and take the dragon's corpse out of my dimensional storage. Except, I didn't want to risk taking it all out at once and crumbling the entire building on top of us, so I just made sure that it was being taken out slowly, starting with the removed head.
When I started taking the head out of my inventory, the receptionist stood back and actually fell onto his ass. I think I actually saw him shaking a little bit, but he seemed to have calmed down for a moment after he saw that it was just the head that had plopped down onto the floor of the warehouse. I was still unsure on what to do with the rest of the body though.
The receptionist stood back up, but he still seemed to be unsteady and a little bit wobbly on his feet. Then he asked me, "Is....Is this all?" I shook my head and then started taking out the rest of the dragon's body, letting it curl up around its detached head. You could see some of the color fade a bit from the receptionists face. Then he asked us to wait for a few minutes as he stumbled out of the warehouse and into the main Guild-Hall. I hope he'll be fine, it almost seemed like he lost some blood.
We ended up waiting quite a few minutes before a small old human male, and a big burly looking guy with dark grey wolf ears, came storming in. They both started examining the dragon's corpse while I was waiting off to the side, while Sana climbed my back and started nibbling on me again. This time I chose to just ignore it and let her do her own thing, while I waited to see what was going to happen after the two men finished examining the corpse.
The big burly wolf guy finished his examination first, and turned to face me immediately, and it seemed like he was angry about something. However, I can't really place my finger on what he might be upset about, or what I could have done to him to make him angry with me. In fact, I believe this is the first time that I have ever met this man. The big man started stomping over to me. I had expected that he was getting ready to try and fight me, so I grabbed Noroi and got ready to unsheathe her, if needed.
However, before he could get near me, he was blasted away by a powerful gust of wind. I was startled at first, until I figured out who produced a gust of wind. It reminded me to, once again, never get on Sana's bad side.
However, it was difficult to take her seriously when she went back to nibbling on me impatiently. With a sigh, I walked over to the old man who was now standing next to the dragon corpse patiently, while Sana still clung to my back. I know she isn't heavy or anything, but still, I hope this doesn't become a normal occurrence for her.
"So what kind of reward will we be getting for this subjugation then?" I asked the old man, whom seemed much wiser than the wolf guy.
"Well, from what I can see, this is the same dragon from the emergency quest that was just given out. So since you completed it on your own, your reward will be high. Sadly we will need to send a messenger out, for the rest of the subjugation party has already left for Rikuru Village." Explained the old man.
"If that is the case, then can you give some of the materials to those adventurer's? As an apology for having to call them back so soon after they had left." I asked the wise old man.
His face broke into a smile. He was probably hoping that I might offer up something as an apology for the other adventurer's who had wasted their time and money preparing for the trip, and the battle.
"However, I would also like some of the meat, bone, blood, and scales to go towards fashioning new gear for myself...Along with a bonus towards the reward money for completing the subjugation with just the two of us, as well as saving the life of a girl that was about to be eaten alive by it. Anything that is left over, after paying remunerations to the other adventurer's, you may keep for the guild to use however it wants. Do we have a deal?" I bargained with the old man.
However, I didn't even have to do any other form of haggling. He happily accepted my terms, which made it easier for me as I didn't want to really hang out here much longer than needed. Especially with Sana being hungry like she is.
So after reading over, and signing a contract with the guild that had stated that everything in the deal I struck with the old man, would be honored upon completion of the dismantling of the monster corpse.
Then, after signing the contract, and keeping a copy for myself, I was led to a receptionist desk where Sana and I were given a large payment each, for completing the Dragon subjugation on our own. We were then asked to hand over our ID cards so that we can receive a higher rank. I was explained that usually to advance past A-Rank, they give a test to the person applying, but with Sana and I subjugating the dragon they felt that it was enough to be considered our test.
So in the end, we were each given a new card made from Orichalcum with a golden outline around it. This card represented an S-Rank adventurer, which meant we were essentially equivalent with a someone that held a noble title.
Being equivalent to a noble title...does that mean if we reach SSS-Rank, then does that mean we are equivalent to Royalty? I didn't ask this, I just figured I would let this topic rest until the day came that we would reach SSS-Rank.
Anyway, now that we have taken care of handing over the materials to the Guild, we decide to go to the inn as the sun was already close to setting. How long were we even in that warehouse for? Besides, we had to find a place to hide anyway since Sana was getting hungry.
With our destination set, we headed back to our inn 'The Feathered Harpy' so that we can both have some dinner. However, my dinner would have to be eaten after I fed Sana.
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The next day, Sana and I woke up together. We were still sharing a bed, and at this point it has been happening so much that I really don't care about it anymore. After doing our morning stretches, and changing our clothes, mine still having the hole in the back, we left the inn, skipping breakfast as we had many errands to take care of before meeting with the Fox King later this afternoon.
Now, I could have just used the gate spell in our room, except that might create a problem if someone came and tried to check on us and see that we had already disappeared. So instead we decided to find a deserted alley and, after making sure no one was around to see us, I opened a gate directly into Amdagaer's blacksmith shop.
It was safe to say that we had scared him when we suddenly appeared from nowhere. However, like a professional he regained his cool and asked us what we were looking for this time. I showed him the hole in the back of my clothing, and explained to him the reason it was there. He was surprised to hear that I had already faced a dragon so shortly after I left Arendall.
I then handed over a lot of the scales that I had picked up around where we killed the dragon, and asked if he could make us stronger gear with the scales. I even told him that I still have plenty of scales left, and that he can have the rest if he can get some extremely high-quality gear made for us. I also made sure to let him know that I was also about to come into some dragon bones, and that I would like for him to craft a second sword for me.
I felt Noroi getting upset in my mind asking if she was being replaced. Instead of responding to her, I explained to Amdagaer that the blade should be a little over half the length of my current sword, and also to have it be a single-edged sword. Then after explaining to Amdagaer the specifications on my sword, I telepathed with Noroi and told her that I wanted to practice dual wielding.
I think she was still upset that I was going to be wielding a second sword, but she also didn't complain any further about the matter. I then asked Amdagaer what the best material would be, from a dragon, for a magic staff and dagger for Sana.
"Well if it's from a dragon, then it would be the bone, wrapped in the scales, then coated in the blood of the dragon. I can do the dagger, however, if you want the staff made then you'll have to go see a magic artifice craftsmen." Explained Amdagaer as he was organizing materials for our orders. The process seemed pretty gross at the end, but if it was what he recommended, we'll go with it. After which, he gave us a recommendation on who to visit about crafting the magic staff.
I was hoping to get some lunch before visiting the king, so I suppose we will have to put off visiting the artifice for after our audience with him.