Riku, having finished a mid-term request, visited the Crown Adventurer Reception to report its completion.
“Yes. We’ve confirmed the completion stamp. Thank you for your hard work.”
“Thanks.”
“Will the reward be the usual?”
At Crown, it’s possible to have the reward recorded onto a Crown Card, not just exchanged as cash directly.
As requests become more lucrative with higher ranks, few people receive their entire reward in cash.
Distributing it among party members would come later, but that was a usual occurrence.
As long as they had properly made arrangements within the party, there wouldn’t be any complaints.
Riku, intending to check only the reward amount before leaving, was called to a halt by the receptionist.
“Riku-san, may I have a moment?”
“Oh? Is something up?”
“Yes. There’s a designated request for you, or rather, for the Flame Wolf.”
The Flame Wolf is already known within Crown Headquarters as one of the top three parties.
It wasn’t unusual for them to receive designated requests, so the receptionist spoke as a matter of course.
“A designated request? …I guess I should check it.”
Since he had just finished a request and had no immediate plans, Riku decided to check the details of the request.
During busy times, it’s possible he might refuse.
Rather, it’s common for popular parties to refuse designated requests.
Those making the request understand this and make their requests accordingly.
Meeting Riku’s gaze, the receptionist said, “Please wait a moment,” and disappeared into the back.
The reception only had a list showing parties and individuals with designated requests; the actual request forms weren’t kept there.
When the receptionist returned from the back, she was holding a single piece of paper.
As soon as she sat down, the receptionist smoothly presented the paper.
“This is the request.”
After receiving the request form from the receptionist, Riku casually read through its contents.
When Riku’s eyes reached the section where the client’s name was written, his eyes widened for a fraction of a second before returning to his usual expression.
“…I see. Since I don’t have my party members with me right now, I can’t answer immediately. Would it be alright to give you a reply tomorrow?”
After confirming that the request form didn’t specify a deadline, Riku asked the receptionist as such.
Of course, the receptionist had already confirmed this beforehand, so she replied immediately.
“Of course. We look forward to a positive response.”
Naturally, for Crown, the more requests they receive and successfully complete, the more income they generate.
The Flame Wolf has a high completion rate, so it’s natural for staff to treat them with more courtesy.
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Riku, having received the request form from the receptionist, headed straight to the house where his party members were waiting.
The Flame Wolf had purchased a house in the town on the Fifth Floor as a party.
Although they had to hire staff for maintenance during long absences, the cost was still less than staying at inns, which led to the party purchasing a house together.
Parties often purchase various things together, and when it came to buying a house, the decision was unanimous without any arguments.
However, they did argue about which house to buy, but that’s another story.
Upon returning to the house, Riku immediately spoke to the party members about the designated request.
“Sorry to bother you right after I got back, but we’ve received a designated request. I’d like to accept it if possible.”
For adventurers of high rank, it’s common to take several days of rest after completing a request.
It takes that long to finish one request, so it’s natural to take a collective break after completing it.
Of course, there are times when they take on consecutive requests, but it’s usually not met with favor.
It seemed the party members felt the same way, as they frowned at Riku’s words.
Such reactions were within Riku’s expectations, so he stopped his comrades who were about to say something by holding up his right palm and then nervously presented the request form.
“Whether you oppose it or not, please decide after seeing this request.”
If they were to oppose it after seeing the request details, he would accept it, but Riku didn’t think the members would oppose it at all.
Especially considering the client’s identity, he was confident they would accept it, which is why he brought the request here instead of refusing it at reception.
Indeed, Riku’s prediction was spot on.
Upon seeing the name written on the request form, the members all showed surprised expressions.
“This is…”
“Yeah. Well, as you can see?”
Kari, who was the first to read the request form, looked towards Riku.
On the client field of the request form, the names of Shurein and Floria (both aliases) were written as a joint request.
The content of the request was a detailed investigation of the 72nd Floor.
It was a puzzling request, as one would wonder why the two people managing the tower would issue such a thing, but everyone knew that they wouldn’t issue meaningless requests.
“…What does this mean?”
Angel, who said this with a puzzled look, shook her head left and right.
“I don’t know either. I haven’t heard anything. …But…”
Riku paused, and all eyes turned to him.
“It’s not that Father and Mother aren’t aware of the floors, so they probably want us to investigate from an adventurer’s perspective.”
“…Do they want us to find something?”
In response to Kari’s words, Riku shook his head left and right.
“No, I don’t know about that. Since they’ve gone to the trouble of issuing a request, it would be pointless to ask them directly.”
He understood that if they wanted to convey something, they wouldn’t bother with a formal request.
Kousuke’s group had a way to get messages to Riku.
Daria, who had been reading the request form until the end, looked up at Riku and asked.
“So, what about the request?”
“I think we should accept it, but it depends on everyone’s opinion. Fortunately, there’s no deadline, so we could even take a few days off before going.”
As Riku looked around at his companions, they all exchanged glances.
“I’m fine anytime.”
“Me too.”
“That’s right.”
As one person agreed with Riku’s words, the others nodded one after another.
In the end, not a single person chose to refuse this request.
Satisfied with the expected outcome, Riku then asked about their plans for after this.
“I think we should take about two days off after this, but does anyone still want more rest?”
Sometimes, when ordering weapons or armor, it takes several days for adjustments.
These kinds of requirements are generally handled during days off, so it’s not always possible to immediately go on a request.
In response to Riku’s question, all the members shook their heads left and right.
Fortunately, no one had any time-consuming plans, so it was decided that they would depart for the request from Shurein and Floria in three days.
Thus, the Flame Wolf was about to accept their first request from someone they could call a mentor, but no one could have predicted what awaited them there.
It was supposed to end in one chapter, but we didn’t even reach the house visit.
Next time, it will definitely be a house visit lol
