Protagonist Knows Everything

Chapter 4: I Bet only to Win - 1

Ah. I remember. It was when I formed the project management team. There were rumors that Baek Tae-Hyun, who was assigned as a team leader at the time, covered the mistakes of his team members and led the project fairly well

But It didnt end well because I exposed those mistakes. It was fairly easy. Thanks to that, Baek Tae-Hyuns reputation shrunk tremendously, and at the same time I climbed up the rankings.

Then Sains sudden words broke my inner monologue.

Yeah. I have confirmed the completion of the quest. Here is your reward.

Thank you for patronage.

I quietly glanced at the personnel records. Both of the ladiess data had been registered. The lady in front is Kate and the one behind her is Eris. As soon as Kate received her reward, she immediately split it in half and handed it to Eris.

Eris, embarrassed and not knowing what to do opened her mouth with a meek voice.

I wont take it. Kate did everything this time.

You wanna make me the bad guy?

I didnt mean it like that.

It was a quest that I couldnt even register for on my own, you joining the party was essential for the quest.

Saying that Kate forced the money into Eris hand. I could see the expressions of the receptionists changing to a heartwarming smile.

But I didnt have time to pay attention to that. Because I noticed a very peculiar thing in the register.

[Name: Eris Dren]

[Gender: Female]

[Age: 17]

[Occupation: Adventurer]

[Equipment: Wood stick (85% durability)]

Except the age nothing else was out of the ordinary, but it wasnt that important.

[Real Name: Kasha Frame]

[Title: Error]

[Potential: Error]

[Human relationship: Error]

[Family relationship: Error]

What is this?

This was new for me.

An error? Ive never seen anything like this.

Were done right, Ms. Sain?

Yeah. Seems like you were successful once again.

All of it is hard work. Eris, lets go back and take some rest. We can eat together at the adventurers tavern later. This quest was quite troublesome.

After that, those two left the guild holding each others hands tightly.

As I stared at their backs, I heard Sains voice.

Why are you staring at them?

Because they are the first adventurers who behave like that.

This must be your first time meeting them. They take quests from many guilds within the city

As a party?

Yeah. Theyre pretty famous. Their skills arent great, but the relationship is like that of a closely-knit family.

Is that really the case? It was unfortunate that the other receptionists expressions were warm before. Were you all fooled by their obvious masks?

When they were sharing the money. It seemed that they split it in half.

Yeah. Its the hallmark of that party. Regardless of the quest contribution, the reward is always split in half. Fairly.

Nothing is more unfair than being perfectly fair. This was my opinion.

Hallmark..huh

If it has always been like that, then why didnt you split the reward beforehand?

Oh, thats

Ms. Kate mustve advised against it.

Sains eyes widened at my words. She asked with a trembling voice, Mr. Tay. wasnt this your first time meeting them?.

Yes.

I bet shell go out and get Eris money back.

Isnt it uncomfortable because you dont have a money bag? Ill take care of it.

Sain kept her silence.

Oops. Did I say something wrong?

I am thinking like that, but to others she mustve appeared as a loud charismatic person.

I was about to continue but Sain interrupted me.

Tay is the first person to think this way.

Surprisingly, her voice wasnt cold. Rather, it seemed like she was admiring me.

In fact, I had a similar idea.

Ms. Sain as well?

Yeah. I couldnt tell anyone because it goes against our policies.

She said in a soft voice, But now I have one person to talk to.

I am fortunate that my boss was a capable person.

But dont tell others. This conversation remains between us. Okay? Can you do that for me?

I just scratched my head.

Sain smiled again and asked, Are you free tonight? Would you like to have a meal together?

Im sorry. I have an appointment today. Maybe we should go for a meal next time.

She just nodded and returned to her work. Of course, I had no appointments. I just wanted to visit a certain place. The Adventurers Tavern.

I know for a fact that thats not the original name, but it is called so because it is located in a place crowded with guilds. And as many adventurers gathered there, it wouldve been the perfect place to collect a lot of information.

Or so I thought.

I didnt know, but I was quite famous there.

The employee who came to take the order recognized my face and asked.

Arent you Mr.Taylor?

Do I know you?

No, but I heard rumours about you.

If youre going to the Hagnut Guild, you should go to Mr.Taylor.

Rumour has it that none of your clients have failed their quests.

I just shook my head and replied, I was just lucky. Can I order now?

Ah yes.

I will order this along with a drink.

Okay. Do you have any companions?

No, I am alone.

The waitress looked rather upset at my words, but took the order anyway.

It was when I was about to have my first drink.

May I have a moment?

Suddenly someone took the seat in front of me.

He asked as if he was asking for permission, but in reality he already had his butt on the chair.

I took my first sip and politely asked, Who are you?

Arent you Mr.Tay?

He didnt reveal his name, but somehow he knew mine.

This doesnt look good.

I hastily looked at the register.

Its Dirk Perchen.

He was the Vice-guild master of the Wyvern guild. I met a big-shot, this was unexpected.

The Wyvern guild is the largest guild in this Kelk City.

I slowly broke the silence.

Dirk Perchen. Vice-guild master of the Wyvern guild.

His expression suddenly changed.

How did you recognize me?

Did you really think that I wont recognize the Vice-guild master of the biggest guild in Kelk city?

I know Mr.Tay has just begun this job, people like you shouldnt be able to recognize me .

I answered casually.

You knows about me.

Then, its just fair that I know about you.

Dirk looked me deep in the eyes. After staring for some time he started speaking.

Its nothing strange that I know about you Mr. Tay. Lately you are getting really famous, this is really weird for someone who just started working as the general receptionist.

But at the same time, its quite amazing.

Enough praises. What do you want?

Dirk lightly shrugged his shoulders and replied.

I just wanted to say Hello.

Thank you, I guess theres nothing else to do.

Youre working hard.

I hate lengthy conversations which dont serve any purpose. Just say what you want to say.

Nothing much. Recently one of the receptionists at our guild quit

I was wondering if you were willing to work with us.

Are you scouting people out of taverns?

Thats odd. My achievements arent that big, is that really enough to get an invitation from the biggest guild in the city? Theres nothing great about what I have done so far.

Surely my achievements were great for a beginner, but they werent enough to get an invitation from this big of a guild.

I looked at Dirk carefully and asked, Whats the reason?

One of our receptionists quit recently.

Enough with the excuses, now tell me the real reason

Dirks face hardened at those words.

Why do you think thats an excuse?

For a big guild like yours, finding receptionists wont be difficult.

Many receptionists will even give up their current jobs for a chance to join your guild.

In the case of a direct job offer, the targets will be those who have achieved tremendous feats. It doesnt make sense for a beginner like me to be approached.

Dirk didnt understand some of the words that came out of my mouth, but he seemed to understand what I meant to say.

He spoke with a serious tone.

People who are smart in the world can be divided into two categories. The ones who constantly try to progress and the ones who dont.

I think you are the latter. Obviously, I dont care much about your abilities. Youre only a receptionist.

.

The problem is that you belong to the Hagnut Guild.

So its about the guild?

So youre trying to keep the guild sizes in check.

But the size difference between Hagnut and Wyvern is huge. Then why is he going as far as to recruit people from smaller guilds into his guild?

Dirk spoke.

Come to our guild. At least youll be treated better than you are now.

I have one question.

Ask.

When will you start speaking the whole truth?

At my words, Dirk started turning pale.

I kept talking in a cold tone.

Bizarrely enough, all the high ranking officers in companies used to speak the half truth.

What?

Your boss didnt give you permission to tell the whole truth, right?

I leaned back on the chair. Enjoying Dirks expression getting worse.

I have no intention of joining your guild.

Shall I ask why?

I dont want to work under someone with lower skills than mine.

Dirk wasnt mad at me. Rather, he laughed loudly enough for everybody to notice.

Hahaha! Did you say that I dont have talent just because Im not interested in your abilities?

Not necessarily like that.

If I didnt have ambition and eyes to search for talents then the Wyvern guild wouldnt have grown this much?

The surrounding noise suddenly stopped. I knew without even looking. The eyes and ears of customers gathered in the bar were suddenly focused on us.

Squeak.

Just in time, the door of the bar opened and the people I was waiting for appeared.

It was Kate and Eris, who visited the Hagnut Guild today.

The two seemed a little embarrassed by the atmosphere and the quiet bar, but took a seat at one of the tables.

Thats convenient.

My head was starting to spin from all of his shouting.

Having made a plan in no time, I spoke softly.

If you believe in your abilities so much, then how about a wager?