As they entered the adventurers guild of Hirano, they saw a lot of people sitting at a bar. "Wow… There's so many people." Noboru said.
They walked up to the receptionist's desk. "Hello you three, I am Chiyo, welcome to the adventurers guild, are you perhaps looking to register as adventurers?" She asked.
"Yeah, I am Hirayama Mizuki, the other two are Sli-Mai and Kubota Noboru." She told her. Chiyo looked at Mizuki for a moment.
"M-Mizuki? You mean the one my mother was told about by Akihiko?" She questioned.
"So, Akihiko really did tell the receptionist…" Mizuki said.
"Yeah… Though I'm not the same receptionist as the one from back then, that was my mother." She explained.
"Now… I'll need you three to fill out these papers which ask for stuff like your class and such, and once you're done we will measure your capabilities." She told them while handing them three papers.
After they filled them out they handed the papers back to Chiyo. "Great! Now, please touch this orb as it will measure your capabilities at your base level." She placed an orb on the desk.
"Oh! I will go first!" Mizuki tapped the orb, resulting in it glowing. Mizuki's stats were displayed.
Hirayama Mizuki, Class: Mage, Level: 1
Strength: 300
Agility: 400
Magic: 600
Intelligence: 400
Defense: 500
Chiyo's eyes widened. "6-600 in magic at level 1?! W-Well I guess you made a good choice becoming a mage."
Mizuki looked confused. "Is having 600 at level 1, good?" She asked. "Well yeah, the stats you have at level 1 can determine how fast you will improve in that specific stat over time." Chiyo explained.
"I-I guess I'm next…" Sli-Mai touched the orb, causing it to glow. Sli-Mai's stats were displayed.
Sli-Mai, Class: Priestess, Level: 1
Strength: 100
Agility: 500
Magic: 300
Intelligence: 200
Defense: 300
"500 in agility… I guess that's because you're a slime, Sli-Mai." Mizuki laughed.
"I-I guess so…" She nervously laughed as well.
"Time for my turn." Noboru placed his hand on the orb. His stats were displayed.
Kubota Noburo, Class: Warrior, Level: 1
Strength: 400
Agility: 300
Magic: 200
Intelligence: 300
Defense: 400
"...Oh, come on! Why didn't I get any 500's or 600's like you two?" Noboru pouted.
"Well… At least your stats are balanced." MIzuki told him.
"Now that you've all been measured. Please say, Adventurer Menu! While pointing at thin air." Chiyo told them.
Mizuki looked at Chiyo with confusion before holding out her hand. "Adventurer Menu!" Suddenly, a sort-of menu displayed.
Adventurer Menu
Equipment
Magic/Skills
Quests
Warps
???
"Equipment, is a menu used to equip armor or weapons without having to physically grab it, Magic/Skills, is a menu used to see what kind of Magic, or Skills that you have obtained over time."
"Quests, is a simple menu really… It displays any quest that you have accepted in any of Adventure-Lands' adventurer guilds. Warps is a menu used to warp to any location with a warp monolith near it. For instance, here in Hirano, we have a warp monolith right next to the adventurers guild."
"As for the last option… We don't know what it is. We haven't encountered an adventurer yet who has had access to it, maybe the Hero would know though…" She explained.
"The Hero?" Mizuki questioned. "The Hero of Adventure-Lands, Hayashi Takao. I don't know where he is currently, but he tends to wander around forests…" She told her.
"Oh, I see…" Mizuki shook her head in Agreement
"Now, the last thing I need to show you is the quest board over there." She pointed at a board covered in posters.
"Generally, you can accept any quest regardless of what level you are, you can even stockpile quests if you so wished. Completing one quest gives you one level, although if you finish a quest that is lower levelled than you are, you may not get a level from just one quest. However, even though you can accept any quest regardless of their level, I recommend sticking to quests that fit your level… If you tried a level 100 quest while you were level 1, you can only guess how it would turn out."
"Also, quests are categorized into 3 types. Request, Slaying, and Emergency. emergency quests can only be accepted if you're planning on doing them straight away. Request quests require you to gather something that the quest poster wanted, we will save you the time by delivering the item ourselves, so you just need to bring it to the guild." She explained.
"Otherwise, that's all I have to tell you about. You should be able to figure out the rest on your own by experience." She told them.
"Thanks, Chiyo, for explaining all of that to us!" Mizuki smiled.
"Sure… This Akihiko person also told my mother that you had some sort of "Potential", I don't know what that means though…" She told her.
"P… Potential?" Mizuki looked confused. "Well… I'll keep that in mind, thank you." She looked back at Sli-Mai and Noboru.
"Well, let's go see what quests there are to begin our journey!" She told them.
"S-Sure…" Sli-Mai nodded. They made their way to the quest board and glanced at the many quests.
Mizuki intensely stared at the quest board. "Okay, I got it!" She immediately grabbed 5 quests, "Slimes 1", "Shroomy Flower Collection", "Rising Goblins 1", "Snow Desserts Delivery", "Banana Gathering".
"With these quests, we can reach level 5 in just 3 days! We will do the first two in the same day, then take a break and sleep. Then, we will do the next two in one day, and then do the last one on the third day."
"W-Wow… You're really planning that out for someone who didn't seem to like planning earlier…" Sli-Mai laughed.
"First, we will need some equipment… I think there's a store nearby… Let's go there!" Mizuki exclaimed.
"Okay…" Sli-Mai agreed. "Fine by me." Noboru stated.
They bidded farewell to the adventurers guild for a little while and headed to a store called "Atsushi's Wares" to get equipment.