With full confidence I walked towards the receptionist, all eyes were on me as I walked past them. Though when I went up to the front desk, I noticed a bit of issue…

  I was short… too short to reach the top of the desk, just trying to jump and all I could manage to do was barely reach it. So, I was forced to grab a chair so I could use it to stand on, all the while I could hear everyone fail in trying to hold their laughter. Rrrgghh I’ll show them….

  I finally managed to reach the desk, only to find a woman dressed in uniform, with white tanned skin and red colored hair. She too was trying her best not to laugh, and I could swear her cheeks were red. At least she took the effort to try to recompose herself as she greeted me.

  “H-hello sir, is there something I could do for you?”

  “Ah yes, I heard I could register as an adventurer here.”

  The receptionist managed to get into business mode as she answered my question “Why yes, we accept all those who wish to join no matter the circumstances, so you won’t have to worry sir.”

  I was curious about what she meant by that last comment but decided it didn’t matter. She opened one of the drawers near her and pulled out a blank card and a sheet of paper, presenting it to me.

  “Now before we begin registering you sir, I’ll need you to fill out this form giving me all the basic information you can provide. Don’t worry if you can’t fill everything out, some adventurers don’t wish to reveal some info about themselves.”

  Glad to know, it makes things easier for me. After she provided me with a pen, I began going over the form. I was surprised I was able to read the language, but I chalked it up to an extra bonus for my entrance to another world, probably was a universal language natural to this world. It seems to ask for basic information like name, age, abilities, and skills I had.

  I definitely couldn’t just write my real name so decided to use only part of it, Dimir. It sounded like a real name for sure. As for age, it was hard to say so I decided to skip that section which just left the skills and abilities.

  I decided to opt out of mentioning my [Game Screen] and [Kobold Adaptability] abilities. [Game Screen] sounded like it would be too foreign to be known here, and [Kobold Adaptability] pretty much answered itself.

  With all that information written down I handed my form to the receptionist, who happily looked over it. Though after looking over, it she seemed a little confused on some of the information I put down.

  “I’ m sorry sir but, I’d like to ask you about this skill you put in? I’m afraid this is the first time I heard of [Material Forge] could you please explain what it does?”

  Oh, so that’s what she was worried about. I guess it must be a unique skill or something, but I guess it should be fine to show it a little bit. I took out one of my swords, keeping it within the sheath so as not to worry someone.

  “Well to put it simply, it lets me reshape any nonliving material.” To demonstrate I began to use my skill to twist the edge of my blade, pretending to give a look of concentration to get her and the others watching to give them the sense of struggle for me to use it.

  It took the receptionist by surprise as she watched it move, the other adventurers nearby were also shocked, though some immediately tried to pretend not to care. After finishing my demonstration, I reshaped the sword back to normal as I returned it to my hip.

  The receptionist seemed impressed as she continued “Well I must say that is a most interesting skill, thank you Mr. …. Dimir?”

  I could have sworn I heard her snort just now, the nerve some people have. To show my annoyance I repeatedly tapped on the counter, signaling her to continue. She seemed to get the hint as she tried to recompose herself again.

  She next moved on to having the form and card registered. During the meantime she gave me a pamphlet to look over to give me a better understanding of how the guild works, so I decided to sit down with the chair I brought to the side to read it.

  It seems that they rank each adventurer through a letter-based system, similar to how [Game Screen] functions. And all new registered adventurers start off as G rank and must participate in a quest at minimum three days after joining. And it seems like we are only allowed to participate in quests that are at most one rank higher than our own, though even that requires permission from the guild.

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  Overall, it seems like the typical set up of an Adventurer Guild based on the stories I read back in my old world. Once I was done reading, I headed over to the desk, picking up the chair to bring back to the desk.

  But without looking I accidentally bumped into someone without seeing. It was then that I noticed that the room suddenly fell silent. Knowing how it usually goes, I must have accidentally bumped into someone either high ranked or dangerous to deal with.

  I was instantly proven right as when I checked to see who I bumped into, to my surprise it looked to be a man with a large build, I’d say he’s about three times bigger than me give or take. What really caught my eye was that his body seemed to be covered in black fur with a yellow robe-like cloth wrapping around it, leaving room for his arms and part of his chest exposed as well as not wearing any footwear.

  From my view it was hard to tell what kind of expression he was making, if he was making one at all. His face was more neutral to say the least and his eyes lacked any readable emotion.

  The others watching this happening were whispering among themselves, I managed to pick up one of their conversations “oh man that newbie just bump into that B-ranked adventurer.”

  “Isn’t that the Quiet Black Beast Damian? That kid’s toast…”

  So, it seems that this guy I bumped into was actually a big deal. No matter, I’m sure I can get through this. I looked at this adventurer in the eye, who ended up looking back. His expression is still the same as before. It was then I had a proper look at it and noticed that he had a snout, with ears at the top of his head. In fact, the way his whole head looks with all that fur, as well as his nose makes me think about a bear.

  Is this those Beastmen species I’ve read about in those stories. Though I probably shouldn’t be too surprised, after all me being a small lizard walking like a human was strange enough. It makes sense there would be a humanoid bear as well.

  It was then that I noticed that we were staring at each other for a bit of time, his eyes having not looked away at me before he finally started to speak. His voice sounding deep but strangely gentle as well?

  “…. Sorry, I think you were here first?”

  When he spoke, I could feel the tension that was going on quickly disappear. Even the others watching felt that something was off. Before I could respond the receptionist finally returned with card in hand.

  “Sorry it took so long Mr. Dimir! I have your card ready now!” I quickly took the opportunity to use the chair and grabbed my Adventurer Card. Without looking at it I put the chair back and proceeded to go through the quest board, wanting to start on a quest immediately and keep that whole exchange out of my mind.

  Though I wasn’t quite sure what I should take first, most of the quest was locked out of my reach with my newly G rank status. The ones I could take were either too simple or related to goblin hunts which I refuse to take.

  I ended up pondering over this for a while until I suddenly noticed a shadow casting over me only me only to find that same bear man from earlier. His expression hadn’t changed from before. Honestly it was a little uncomfortable and I still didn’t know what he wanted from me.

  “Uhm… was there something you needed from me?”

  He continued to stay silent for a few more seconds, all the while staring at me. I swear if he turns out to be some weirdo.

  He finally started to speak; his tone unchanging with that same unusual deep gentleness to it.

  “…. I got requested to assist you on your first quest….”

  I looked at the front desk, seeing the receptionist awkwardly smile and wave at me. Is she looking down on me or something?

  Regardless, I decided it would be good for me to take advantage of a veteran’s help, even if he was a bit unusual. I gave off a smile, seeing if I could get on his good side as I responded.

  “Oh, really thanks a lot. Well, I was hoping to accept an interesting quest, but I don’t want to do a goblin quest. Do you have a recommendation I could take?”

  Luckily enough, he seemed to not question my desire to avoid fighting goblins as the bear adventurer gave a simple nod and quietly walked towards the quest board and grabbed a poster before showing the quest to me.

  The quest seems to be a horned rabbit quest, requesting to hunt five horned rabbits. Sounds like a simple enough quest, and the location is a good distance away from the base.

  Deciding on the quest I brought it over to the receptionist, who accepted it and the bear adventurer agreed to tag along with me as support if I needed it. Hopefully I can gather some good intel from him and possibly recruit him. The more the merrier after all.

  He offered to lead the way, to show me a good spot outside of town to hunt these creatures as I followed behind him, the receptionist waving goodbye and wishing me luck.

  As we left the guild hall though, out of earshot of the others, they started to talk among themselves. A look of confusion and worry across their faces.

  “That Damian…. Is it me or is he acting weird?”

  “Right? Normally he only comes in to take a quest and leaves, giving no time to interact with anyone. But he seemed rather interested in that lizard kid.”

  “It’s hard to imagine what that Beastman is thinking. Then again there always is something with Beastmen in general.”

  The receptionist meanwhile continued to smile, seemingly figuring out what was going on with Damian. Having noticed something interesting about him that no one else noticed.

  As the bear continues to lead the way for me, underneath his dark black fur. His cheeks were strangely heated, as the skin started to pinken almost unnoticeable from all but the most trained eye.