My name is Yurika, and I’m just… a G-ranked adventurer.
I recieved a request from Konoe, the adventurer town, but if I report that I failed five consecutive times now, my adventurer status will be suspended for a year.
To prevent that, I have to go to the guild now and accept a potion-making request. Since I’ve had a talent in potion making for a long time, I regularly accept that kind of a request. It’s almost as if that is my exclusive request.
A person who has a talent in potion making usually has a bight future. Unlike adventurers. Of course, it is natural. Potions are necessary for any adventurer town. There is always a demand for people with that skill. It is strange that I choose to be adventurer rather than potion maker, who can earn more money and be a lot safer.
Yeah, I’m a little strange.
I wanted to be adventurer because I wanted to be like the adventurer who swiftly defeated the thieves who came to my village when I was small. That adventurer looked like a champion of justice. No, he was a champion of justice. And that desire turned into my dream.
Before I knew it, I had decided to become adventurer, so I practiced my swing with sticks. However, I just didn’t have the talent for it, and I was injured easily. It’s ironic that I have potion-making skill, which allow me to treat my own injuries…
I thought my situation would be better when I became adventurer, but it isn’t. On the contrary, most adventurers are totally different from the kind of adventurer I had been yearning for — perhaps because that adventurer had also received a reward from someone else, too. It is natural for that adventurer to help others because of a request.
Maybe I don’t really want to be adventurer. I just want to be an ally for justice. Consequently, I decided to become an adventurer who will accept requests at the lowest price possible — even if the request is impossible.
Although my idea was good, reality was too severe: I’m about to be dropped from being a G-ranked adventurer.
[It’s not here! The potion-making request isn’t here!] I exclaimed.
I arrived at the guild headquarters and looked at the request board, but the potion-making request had disappeared. It was here this morning. There isn’t any specific person in this adventurer town who was qualified to accept this request.
[Oh, my! Yurika, what’s wrong?] asked the receptionist.
[Where is the potion-making request?!] Yurika asked.
[Some new adventurers accepted it just a little while ago.] my acquaintance, receptionist-san, told me.
This was bad. I forgot that it was possible for new adventurers to accept that request. No! I might make it in time if I go now. In the first place, their talents for potion making have to be checked beforehand. Even if they have a talent, it isn’t an easy task to make all one hundred potions. If I could, at least, get a part of it, I could still be able to claim an achievement for that request.
[Sorry! I’m a little busy!] I exclaimed.
[Oh? About the request’s report…] the receptionist asked.
[See you later!] I said.
I ran at full speed toward the shop that put in the potion-making request. Oh! By the way, even if I’m not confident about my combat skill, I’m really confident about my legs. Some adventurers even envy my escape speed.
Okay, I’m confident in my legs, but I’m not confident about my breasts. Just my legs… In two meaning…
While I’m running with a sinking feeling because of my skill, I arrived at the shop before I knew it. I had a feeling I’d heard “potion” the whole way. Was that an auditory hallucination?
A group of six people were probably the new adventurers. Ugh! So enviable. I didn’t have a chance to join any party at all. No, I know. They just let potion makers who have weak combat skills join – just for cost reduction. Please let me fight, too…
Oops! I got sidetracked. I was surprised by those six people. All of them could make potions, and they had already finished one hundred of them.
It was over. Five consecutive request failures.
Then, Sora-san gave me an additional potion-making request. Thank you, Sora-san, but I’m sorry. I don’t want to earn a living by being a potion maker.
Surprisingly, those new adventurers wanted me to hand over my new request. They’re just young children, but they’re so strong.
Are you going to help those people? Like champions of justice?
But they had to wait because I still had a potion to make. Oops! I can’t relax just yet. I had to make it with all my might.
It turned out that I had a satisfactory result this time. Sora-san also praised me. I’m really sorry, though because I still want to be adventurer.