~Side Ryouma~
It’s been 3 days since the day I’ve made Elia cry. After the landslide our trip had proceeded without a hitch. And today, we have finally reached our destination, Gimuru.
“We’ve arrived, this is the town of Gimuru”
The Town of Gimuru is tranquil despite being a big town because of the greens surrounding it. Near this town appears to be a mine. It seems, however, that the iron that this mine should be producing has been decreasing. Especially this time’s observation. Three years ago the production has become mostly 0, and as such, today’s visit was for the purpose of affirming whether the mine should be abandoned or not.
It would appear, though, that the fact that it will be abandoned has mostly been decided. Rheinhart reasoned that since there isn’t one mine, there won’t be a problem even after 10 years. So I guess it has already been assumed that it will be abandoned.
Considering, that the mining rate has been nearly 0, unless they find a new vein, they will immediately abandon the mine. Also, it seems the miners from the village haven’t really been working on this mine since last year. But that’s something to be expected, after all anyone would prefer to work at a place that could bring out results.
“Then, let’s go to the lodging, leave our belongings there, and then go to the Tamer Guild to register!”
The Tamer Guild is the guild to which the two classes of practitioners that control magical beasts, the Slave Magic Users and the Conjurers, belong too. Their job is to provide information and certain services to the members.
In the same way, there are also other guilds, such as the Adventurer Guild or the Magic Guild, and there’s also the Merchant Guild. But compared to the other three, the members of the Tamer Guild are fewer because the beasts get scared of people easily, so it’s not as popular.
As a result, the scale of the guild becomes smaller, and the places where the guild is can be found has also becomes fewer. That kind of rare guild is here in this town. As for why, it seems it’s because they use the beasts to carry things from the mine.
Today, the Madam is in high spirits and is pulling me and Elia while humming. When we reached the lodging, there was something bothering me, so before going to the guild, I brought up my concern to the Madam and the others.
“I… how much of my information… should I give to the guild?”
“Well… the information offered is entirely up to the discoverer… so up to how much Ryouma-kun thinks is good will be fine” Replied the madam.
I see, then in that case…
“Then, I’ll register the evolution conditions for the Slime and the Big Slime, and the 2 new variations as well”
“Are you going to keep the methods of using a Sticky Slime a secret?”
“Yes, since we’re going to be selling waterproof cloths… if we teach it to them, similar goods… might appear on the market”
“Ah, there’s also that. Right, then let’s keep that a secret”
After talking, we were planning to go straight to the Tamer Guild, but before that Rheinbach-sama said this.
“Ryouma-kun hasn’t been able to go to church yet, right? Then, in that case, how about we go to the church first and see your status?”
At those words, Rheinhart-san and the madam made a face that said, “Right, there was still that!”
It seems that the status board that the church can bring out doesn't just show the status and the likes but can also make the process for the guild registration to go smoother.
There is a condition before joining the Tamer Guild that one needs to be able to use Slave Magic or otherwise Conjuration. If one hands over one's status board and there is Slave Magic written in the field for the skills shown, then the answer will immediately be ok.
In the case that one isn't able to show his status board then, you will be made to wait for a while and will have to perform the Slave Contract with the prepared slime in front of the clerk in charge. If one is unable to perform the instruction, then one cannot register.
In other words we changed our plans and went to the Church of Genesis of the Town of Gimuru. By the way, since we ended up going to the church, we made the slimes wait at our lodging. Although if we were only going to the Tamer Guild it would have been fine.
When we got to the church, what greeted us was the warm smile of an elderly woman wearing the kind of clothes a nun would wear.
"Welcome, esteemed guests. Is there chapel today?"
"We would like for this child to receive his status board. Because of some circumstance, until now he was unable to receive his status board."
"Please take care of me"
"Is that so? Then, please come this way. I will lead you to the Room of Baptism"
I went with the woman who was dressed in the clothes of a nun and walked inside the church. It seems, aside from the people who will receive the baptism, entering the Room of Baptism is prohibited. So, as soon as we reached the room, the others had to go to a different room and waited there.
"This way please"
"Excuse me"
In the room I was brought to, a crystal ball like the one I saw at the guard’s room in the Town of Kereban was there on top of the pedestal. That pedestal had a depressed area that was around the size of palm, rectangular in shape and positioned in the portrait orientation. The girl brought a transparent board that looked like it would fit just right into that.
"This will become your status board. I will insert this board into the pedestal and once you touch the crystal, the baptism will be complete. Once you touch this crystal, the crystal will emit a strong light, however, it won't hurt you, so please don't worry."
As the girl said that, she inserted the status board into the pedestal, and walked away from the pedestal.
"Please, go ahead and touch the crystal."
"Yes"
While being a little excited, I began to slowly touch the crystal. As I did that, in an instant, a strong light like the one when I came to this world, shone from the crystal and filled the room with light. When that light stopped, what was in front of my eyes wasn't the Room of Baptism anymore, it was the same pure-white room as when I met the gods for the first time.