ALSAR ( Part 01)

Chapter 115: Nickname...Huh?

Chapter 115: Nickname...Huh?

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"They said the announcement is going to come at noon but I wonder when exactly..."

"Well, generally speaking, I reckon the announcement should come between 11:00 to 13:00?"

"Maybe 14:00 at most?~"

As we were eating breakfast, I muttered to myself. I remembered yesterday Griffith-san told me to come to the guild at around noon. Approximately at noon. It was hard to tell exactly when because everyone had different opinions about it.... What should we do....

"We can take our lunch a little earlier than usual though~ Then we will go to the guild at 12:00? Just to be sure~"

"You're right. Let's do it that way."

I guess waiting until 12:00 should be a safe bet? Haah... Judging from how I fared yesterday, I really couldn't guess what the result would be...

"I wonder if I can really get promoted...?"

"Hm? Why of course you will~"

"Right on. In fact, I'd be surprised if Ren didn't get promoted after all that."

"No need to worry, I'm sure everything will be alright, Ren-kun."

I was feeling anxious but the three of them kept on reassuring me that everything would be alright....

Yeah, let's just hope everything will be just fine.

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"What is...?"

After eating lunch, we went to the guild but.... For some reason, there were so many people crowding the bulletin board?

"Ah, it must be about Ren's promotion. There's only about 2 or 3 people who get promoted to A-rank every year so it's a pretty rare occasion."

"In other words...."

"There's no mistaking it. Ren-kun, you got promoted."

Only 2 to 3 people every year?! That's why there's only about 50 A-rank adventurers in this world. Well, the adventurer either died during the quest or retired so the number always ends up roughly at 50s. And did I really get promoted? I had to see it with my own eyes.

"Excuse me for a moment, please let us see the bulletin board."

Maybe Fer-san already knew exactly what I was thinking. He made his way through the crowd and opened a path for us.

"Oi, is that..."

"Yeah, that appearance... And in addition, the exams were held here, right?"

"Yeah but they said it was a guy? Not a girl?"

"Maybe they got her gender wrong? I mean, the nickname sounds like a woman's."

"You're right. There's no way that nickname belongs to a guy."

Huh? Wait a minute?

It seemed I was mistaken as a girl again because of my physical appearance and hairstyle but I think I heard some other gruesome things echoed from within the crowd.

A nickname that sounds like a woman's, what do they mean....? Huh?? Now I'm feeling too scared to look!!

"Come on, Ren. It's that white paper.... Eh...."

"Uwah...."

"Ren-kun..."

The three of them saw the paper on the bulletin board before I could and their reactions were.... Sig-san's mouth was still open in surprise and somehow I could see Chris-san visibly flinching back while Fer-san... He was staring at me like I was a very pitiable child. His gaze was really brimming with sympathy.