Comprehensive Hero Dispatch Services, Inc ~Life of Peerless Adventures in Another World with a Beautiful Lady~ - Chapter 14: Am I still in the probation period for employee rank-up?

Chapter 14: Am I still in the probation period for employee rank-up?

Upon returning to the Grand Temple through the transfer gate, President Claude and the staff of the Elcraust Beast Extermination Agency greeted us warmly.

“Oh, Eskaia… have you become accustomed to being taken care of? HAHAHA.”

President Claude, please don’t rub it in on Eskaia-san… Oh, look, she’s started crying. Thanks to that, my high-collar shirt is soaked with tears.

“President Claude… I hereby resign as Shoma’s mentor as of today… Ugh, ugh… What am I even… What am I… waaaah.”

“Shoma. Once again, you’ve managed to crush Eskaia’s pride splendidly. She’s quite a talented individual even in Elcraust. There have been only about ten individuals who were born in Elcraust and later became regular employees of our company in the past twenty years…”

“Well, yes. As you say, Eskaia-san is extremely talented. Thanks to her, we were able to defeat the ‘Multiple-Headed Fire Dragon Hydra.’ Oh, right. Here’s a souvenir. A giant magic crystal.”

I handed President Claude a fist-sized, translucent red gemstone-like crystal from my pocket. The staff members were also wide-eyed in surprise at the size of the magic crystal.

“This is huge. Truly a Class S beast’s magic crystal…”

On the way back, I heard from the crying Eskaia-san that this magic crystal is an essential energy source in Elcraust, it’s used for maintaining the teleportation devices, identity card functions, and the barrier walls of major cities. Although the creatures carrying these crystals are disliked, they play a crucial role in generating these valuable resources, so they are not completely eradicated but rather protected in designated management zones called the ‘Magic Realm.’

So, it’s a sort of indispensable symbiotic relationship…

“President Claude, I apologize for putting your ‘Dispatched Hero’ in a dangerous situation due to our oversight. I’m sorry.”

Among the welcoming staff, the oldest and shortest elderly man bowed his head to President Claude, holding the magic crystal. It seems that me accidentally accepting the emergency beast extermination quest was due to an oversight on the agency’s part.

It wasn’t that tough anyway. Well, I got my hand chewed off… but thanks to that fight, my hand grew back too, my wounds also healed over time, my level increased, and financially, it’s nothing but a gain for me…

I feel really sorry seeing the elderly man with the long chin beard sincerely bowing his head.

“In that case, could we get a budget from the agency for forming our new team? Since we didn’t receive a favorable response from the Japanese side, it would be appreciated if the agency could sponsor the new team through Mr. Brass’s settlement.”

“A new team, you say? Is this about creating the seventh team for the ‘Comprehensive Hero Dispatch Service’?”

“Yes, we want to promote Shoma Hiiragi-kun, who almost single-handedly defeated the ‘Multiple-Headed Fire Dragon Hydra,’ to an S-rank employee and establish the seventh team ‘Septem’ with him as the ‘Team Leader.'”

The elderly man referred to as Mr. Brass seemed surprised.

“A team sponsored by our agency!? An agency-exclusive team? In that case, you’ll mostly be handling S-rank requests without exception, is that acceptable?”

“Well, our company has been facing a shortage of talent. We desperately need personnel who can handle high-difficulty S-rank requests. And now that we have a remarkable talent like Shoma-kun, we thought of making him an S-rank specialist team leader. As you’ve seen today, his ability to hunt down S-rank beasts almost single-handedly is remarkable. With more support personnel, he’ll be a fine S-rank beast hunter.”

“Hmm… Indeed, the number of S-rank beast occurrences has been increasing lately, and the number of requests is skyrocketing… How much of a sponsorship fee are we talking about…”

“For now, it would be around this much… We’ll provide additional rewards upon completion of extermination missions, and we plan to have eight personnel in total, but the selection of personnel will be left to Shoma-kun, the team leader. Well, even with just him, it should work out somehow, but for general support, reconnaissance, and communication roles, we’ll need other members… So, this would be the annual contract.”

As President Claude and Mr. Brass looked over documents and whispered to each other, Eskaia-san, who was looking at them keenly whispered in my ear.

“The president seems to be selling you off, Shoma-kun. You might become a dispatched employee under contract with the agency. But, as the president said, your ‘S-rank’ status seems almost certain, and considering Mr. Brass’s reaction to the new team, it seems like it’s almost decided already. With this, I’ll truly be saying goodbye.”

Eskaia-san, who was currently on a piggyback ride with me, tightly clung to my neck with the arm she had around it.

Shoma-kun is capable of soloing S-class exterminations… He’s an incredibly talented dispatched hero. With this, the prospect of forming a new team, which had been stagnant for a long time, becomes clear. And the fact that we can secure a budget too, haha! (President Claude)

An agency-exclusive team, huh? Lately, with the increasing occurrences of S-rank extermination requests and all the delayed responses, the pressure from the various countries is becoming quite severe. If Shoma-dono becomes the dedicated team leader, we might be able to secure quite a budget. (Mr. Brass)