「Right. What will you call the guild?」
A guild name?
「It would be inconvenient to have no name. When informing the branches, calling it Takato and his companions would not sound very proper」
True. Being called that would be embarrassing. What should we choose?
──Piroon!
An electronic sound echoed in my head again. Huh?
──The guild name has been decided as Sefuti Bullet. It was named with the meaning of shooting and killing many goblins. Objections will not be accepted. Also, it does not mean a disposable bullet that I sent out, so please be advised.
Huh? Huh? Huh? There is too much information. I do not even know where to start reacting. What? What does that even mean? How am I supposed to understand this? Someone explain!
「W-what was that voice just now? Where did it come from?」
Huh? Did the guild master hear it too? Just because I made him a contractor does not mean he is an insider, right? Is it really okay for him to know about the useless goddess?
「It was the goddess who ordered me to exterminate goblins. From how it sounded, her name might be Sefuti」
I thought it meant safe, but it was actually the useless goddess’s name? That is confusing! Then does Sefuti Home mean the goddess’s home?
「Takato, are you a hero!?」
Is that the natural conclusion in this world?
「I am not a hero. I am an ordinary person who was brought here from another world and ordered to exterminate goblins. The powers I was given are the ability to sense goblins and the lack of guilt when killing goblins」
Sefuti Home probably counts too, but since it is not directly related to goblin extermination, I will leave it out.
「……I see. So, this is the source of the unease I felt from you. O Lord, thank you for granting light to the world……」
I thought he was an atheist, but he turned out to be deeply devout. He dropped to both knees on the floor and clasped his hands in prayer.
「Sorry to interrupt your prayer, but this is not one of the gods worshipped in this world. You could say she is the god who created this world, the creator god」
I will keep quiet about how useless she is.
「Then all the more she is a sacred existence! O primordial Sefuti-sama, thank you for guiding light to this land!」
Light? You mean me? H-hey, no, seriously, please stop! Do not make me sound like something that grand! I am just an ordinary of ordinary people who was brought here!
I do not know what kind of prayer he was making, but at last the guild master finally stopped.
「I will say this in advance, but please do not place excessive expectations on me. I am just a man who was sent here as a disposable piece by the goddess」
The useless goddess said I was not a disposable bullet, but I totally am! She even named it after a bullet! Once a bullet is fired, it does not come back! Damn it!!
「Yeah, I understand. Even if you call her the creator god, the Church of the Light God would never accept it. This is something only those who have touched the divine can understand」
What did he even touch? I only feel like I was harassed.
「Though it is against my will, please name the goblin extermination guild Sefuti Bullet」
Whether it is forced by the useless goddess or not, no other name comes to mind at all. Still, there are no restrictions on how it is written or interpreted.
A disposable bullet is still a bullet, but this one has infinite ammunition. It will not run out until every goblin is wiped out, you bastard!
「Yeah. How many people know that you are a messenger of the goddess, Takato?」
「I have told those I took in as exterminators」
「I see. Do not tell anyone beyond that. Especially not the Church of the Light God. That group is unified by hero worship. If they find out you are a messenger of a goddess, they will try to take you in」
That is absolutely something I do not want to happen. I would probably be thrown onto the front lines as a divine soldier.
「I would never say it」
「Good. However, I will tell my wife. If I kept it secret, it would put a strain on our marriage」
「If I remember correctly, she is the lord’s younger sister?」
「Yes. As the acting lord, she does more work than I do」
「Like you, she sounds like someone who does not know how to leave things to others」
The more capable someone is, the less talent they have for leaving things to others.
「That hits close to home, but you are right. She also tries to carry everything herself」
I thought so. The lord’s eyes are not reaching down to the lower levels.
「At the very least, administration and the judiciary should be entrusted to different people, and the lord should secure time to look over the territory. After all, it is the people who support the land」
If the people’s lives improve, tax revenue increases. It is a simple idea, but actually doing something so ordinary is difficult. Well, just the grumbling of an ordinary person.
「No, I am sorry for speaking out of turn as an outsider. Please forget what I said」
「Do not worry about it. The higher one rises, the fewer people offer advice, and there is no one left to consult. You end up shutting yourself in because you must always appear firm. That is why it helps to hear this from an outsider like you, Takato」
Just how capable is this man? Accepting words from outsiders and subordinates is not something many can do.
「Takato. Do you have time right now?」
Huh? This feels like things are heading in a bad direction.
「Fufu. Your instincts seem sharp, but there is no point if you show them on your face」
「I am just an ordinary person. I cannot imitate someone exceptional」
I do not know when he started mistaking me for someone capable, but I am ordinary through and through. The best I could manage is being a line leader. Put too much expectation on me and I will end up with a stomach ulcer or losing my hair. I am just a man nearing thirty.
「You are humble to the very end」
「I am simply being honest about what I cannot do」
I am a man who knows his own limits.
「And when you cannot do something, you look for another way, do you not? If one person is not enough, you gather numbers. Once gathered, you organize them. You came to the Adventurers Guild to gain backing. In that case, it would be best for the acting lord to remember your face as well」
This is how ties pile up and eventually bind you tight.
Still, there are limits to what one person can do alone. Sooner or later, you have to connect with those in power. If so, being introduced by someone you can trust is probably the best option.
「Understood. Please arrange a meeting with the acting lord」
Whatever happens after that, happens. Damn it.
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