Sumimori Middle-Aged Businessman, Arise in Another World! Volume 2

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-7183-0176-4
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Reihe: Middle-Aged Businessman, Arise in Another World!

Having successfully brought Elunheine Adventurer's Guild to the top of the adventuring industry in the fortress city of Treia, Onigawara Shouzou wastes no time in setting his sights on an even bigger title: top of the country! Along the way, he finds himself dealing with more dragons, royalty, international intrigue, and... child education? Armed with his characteristic business acumen and incredible OPness, he faces everything head on together with his beloved family, wacky coworkers, wise dad friends, and a whole new cast of colorful characters!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sumimori, Sai

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ichijirushi

Taishi

Leseproben

Chapter 1: A New Step Forward

The land that the Onigawara family, and their house, transmigrated to was called the Kingdom of Alsbeit. It was the third largest country in its entire world, and within its expansive borders lived a large variety of magic beasts.

For adventurers, this meant an endless source of income, and the struggle between adventurer’s guilds was constantly fierce and heated.

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After realizing this goal, Shouzou made “be the top guild of the whole country” his next goal. Though, the case could be made that being the best in all of Treia—the city with the most prosperous adventuring industry in the country—technically also equated to being at the top of the entire country.

To that end, the very first step that he decided to take was—

“Finally! We are expanding into the royal capital!!” shouted Elizabeth while standing in the middle of the road.

The principal street in the capital was more than twice as wide as that of the one in the fortress city of Treia. Open-air stalls were positioned so as to form a barrier between the roads for horses and pedestrians, but even so, the pedestrian sidewalks were more than wide enough.

The passersby stared confusedly at the diminutive young girl with blonde hair in ringlets.

Elizabeth paid them no mind while stepping through the large doorway before her.

This enormous four-story building was the royal capital branch of Elunheine Adventurer’s Guild.

The ground floor lobby was even more spacious than the main store in Treia. Even so, it was already overflowing with adventurers, despite it being opening day. Just like in Treia, there were consultation booths in addition to the normal reception counters. Business was booming there too.

“Fufufu...... we’ve won!” Elizabeth was extremely satisfied.

“You sure are energetic for not having slept a wink last night due to worrying.”

“Oh, shush.” Elizabeth pouted in response to Shouzou’s comment.

“Well, to be honest, I had expected a fair amount of people to show up at the start, mainly those just curious about the new guild on the scene, but I confess this is more than what I had imagined.”

“We have put so much effort into gathering quests and advertising ourselves in preparation for this day. But, unfortunately, exactly as our preliminary research showed, these are mostly Bronze rank adventurers. We might have quantity, but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to translate into much profit, sorry to say.”

Those manning the reception counters also looked tense. Some of them were even flustered, which caused them to take much longer with tasks that could be done quickly. Even when considering how rushed their training period had been, this was hardly acceptable.

“You sure are full of complaints as always.”

“That’s just how I get when I’m in front of President.”

“Yeah, yeah. So, it’s the president’s job to hand out praise, right? Everyone’s working very hard, I’ll make sure to praise them lots afterward.”

Shouzou nodded deeply.

The two of them had a quick briefing with the head of the branch, then returned to the lobby.

After watching the receptionists’ performance for a while, Elizabeth murmured in disappointment. “Now that I’m taking a second look with a cool head, this really seems to be lacking something.”

“......Number of customers, right?”

“In truth, it wouldn’t have been strange to see even bigger numbers today. Do you think this really is Goldas’s influence?”

After Jirahal replaced the previous guildmaster of their rival guild, Goldas Adventurer’s Guild, even while throwing out tactics to sabotage Shouzou and the rest, he had been working on something else on the side.

Namely, they had been expanding into the industry in the royal capital with what could even be called forceful methods.

After Jirahal himself was overthrown, even while helping the main store in Treia get back on its feet, Kuntz, the new guildmaster, had succeeded in opening a branch here in the royal capital.

Although Elunheine had indeed surpassed Goldas in Treia, in the capital they were a latecomer.

Even when it came to cultivating curiosity, the guild that was being funded by a marquis had them beat.

A rough voice rang out from beside them. “The one and only achievement of that foolish son of mine, it could be said.”

“Marquis Goldas?!” shouted Elizabeth.

The fearsome face accentuated with a full beard grinned cheekily.

“You are in good health it seems, Lady Elizabeth. No wait, are the dark circles under your eyes due to not being able to sleep from nerves?”

“It has truly been a while. If you had sent word of your visit beforehand, then I would have made arrangements to offer you a proper reception.”

“Don’t mind me, I’m just here scouting out my enemy as a side detour for some other matter. I believe your hospitality would be misdirected if offered to me, would it not?”

Being treated as a mere “side detour” caused Elizabeth’s eyebrow to twitch. “Oh myyy I see that was indeed unnecessary after all. But worry not, we shall surpass you here in the capital just as we did in Treia very soon. I hope you will enjoy the show.”

The clash of sparks between the two of them caused nearby adventurers that were supposedly unrelated to tremble from fear.

But before Shouzou could step in, Marquis Goldas backed off first.

“Hmph. But joking aside, I believe that future might already be close. Right off the bat, it seems we are already going to have a big one taken from us, hm?”

Shouzou interrupted, “Are you perhaps referring to military accompaniment quest?”

“Indeed. When it comes to subjugating a water dragon, those actually capable of the job are limited in number. There’s nothing much we can do to one up the guild that already has the Dragonslayer.”

Quite recently, a water dragon had shown up within the kingdom’s territorial waters.

Trade ships were attacked, and the damage was piling.

Thus the subjugation quest was circled around to all the guilds.

“You know that he’s not actually exclusively bound to Elunheine, right?”

“But he is a young man with a strong sense of duty. You guys plan on asking him anyways, right?”

“......I will not deny that. Logically speaking, there is no reason to exclude him as an option.”

“As I’d thought. Well, as a rival this stings, but as a man of the army there is no greater reassurance. For some reason, it is only ships from foreign countries that are being attacked, so if this continues, we could have an international problem on our hands.”

“But marquis, do you not feel this strange feeling that I’m feeling?” murmured Elizabeth with creased brows.

“Water dragons normally live in the cold seas of the far north, do they not? To suddenly appear in the waters of our kingdom, which has a relatively much warmer climate, and to even do so in the middle of summer......”

“You have a point. Too much seems off for it to have just wandered down here on its own accord. Furthermore—no, let me stop there. There’s no point in empty conjecture. All that matters is the successful subjugation of the water dragon.” Marquis Goldas continued, all the while fixing Shouzou with a dead serious expression.

Elizabeth took a sharp breath.

Clearly, what was coming next was the true reason for this visit.

Shouzou received the piercingly sharp eyes straight on.

“Shouzou, I wish to ask your opinion on a matter. As a dad friend.”

“As a dad friend, you say. I’m all ears.”

“Actually, as of a few days ago, Jirahal has been abandoning his job duties, instead staying locked up inside his room and indulging in books for entertainment all day long.”

“Hmm. Even in consideration of the benefits of immersing oneself in a hobby, to neglect one’s responsibilities and refuse human contact is a clear problem.”

“I had considered kicking his door down and dragging him out by force, but I realize that what triggered this was most likely me reprimanding him for the mistakes he had committed. That was why I thought to consult your opinion first.”

“What need is there for such tact toward a full-fledged adult—is what I want to say, but there is a possibility that he has indeed been traumatized. I believe this situation calls for prudent discretion. Very well, I shall ask our illustrious forebears for the approach that needs to be taken.”

“Sorry for the trouble. I’ll be waiting.”

“Speak nothing of it. This is only normal between dad friends.”

The sight of the two extremely buff men patting each other’s shoulders and guffawing chummily—

“What is with these two......”

—Caused Elizabeth to look on with resigned exasperation.

?

That night, before dinner time, Shouzou was psyching himself up.

Moonlight glinted off the naked blade closing in on him with incredible speed.

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