Only a moment passed before a staunch man entered the room.
"You Satou?"
I nodded in the affirmative
"Get in here!"
His command gave me a bit of a jump, but I steeled my nerves and entered the back room of the guild with Kurama dutifully tagging along.
The room I entered must've been a meeting room or break room for the guild since there were four couches arranged in a square around a central table various maps, weapons, and shields lining the walls.
"Well take a seat wherever"
Another booming command resonated through my brain, hoping to get this over with asap I took the nearest seat to me, half expecting Kurama to jump up and join me only to be scolded by the guild master, Kurama on the other hand chose to take a seat on the floor to the side of the couch I had chosen.
The guild master meanwhile made his way to the couch seated opposite me.
"So I hear you took on quite a few goblins yesterday huh?"
"Uh well I mean not really by choice"
"Hah makes you an unlucky bastard then doesn't it?"
"I can't really deny that, I mean I went out looking for a single party, and wound up fighting day and night for survival"
"Yeah well, so I'll get right to the point the main reason I called you in, is because promotions within the guild don't ever happen back to back, you're kind of breaking the mold here advancing to F in only a day and then being qualified to advance to E only a few days later, your paperwork says you're a summoner and seeing that kobold there I believe it but what I can't believe is that you and that bold there took on over a hundred gob's in just one night fighting for survival or otherwise"
"Well you see, it wasn't just me and Kurama though sir"
"Oh?"
"It's true as it states on my paperwork that I am indeed a summoner, however I only registered Kurama since I keep him out to wander around town almost like pet, my other summons though I never bothered to register"
"Other summons, hmph and what pray tell are they?"
"Oh uh well I have a pair of stone golems, they act as my wall to allow only a handful of anything to come near me so I can control the flow of the battle better"
"Mmmm"
The guild master accepted my statement before leaning back and stroking his chin.
"So a summoner with the power to create a party at will huh, well that's much more believable than you having done all this solo, I'd ask you to prove your case but bringing out a golem here would just destroy my guildhall. Though I will require you to get them registered to your guild card, otherwise this situation may happen again"
"Alright I can agree to that"
"Now onto the topic of your promotion, while I agree you qualify for E rank I do have one condition before I grant you the promotion"
"And that is?"
"Since you and your 'team' seem exceptionally well versed in combating goblins, I'd like you to go out and clear out the settlement that's got to be based in that forest somewhere especially since you've been unanimously been given the title in the hall as 'The Goblin Slayer'"
"Wait what you want me to take on an entire goblin village, given how many we found wandering the forest, just how many would a village make?"
"About a thousand or so"
"To say that so calmly if we charge in there we're sure to die!"
"I didn't say you had to go there right now, sheesh whittle it down bit by bit, just as you have been doing already until its strength is sapped and empty"
"Oh… well in that case if there's no time limit then we can agree, and I can still complete jobs in the forest while we are taking on the gobs?"
"Of course this isn't an official request after all but more a personal one, I'll pay for each goblin you kill, and if you manage to take down the settlement after all then you'll get a big reward from the town itself."
"I see well we'll do our best then."
"With that give me your guild card"
Nervously I handed over my card
The guild master took it gave it a quick glance before sliding his thumb over the section listing my rank, like magic the F changed into an E, once that was done he tossed the card back to me promptly got up and headed off through a door at the back
[Well that was odd, but at least it's over now]
Heading out of the meeting room, I was about to leave when the receptionist called out to me.
"Mr. Satou!"
Spinning around to face the voice.
"The guild master informed us you need to update your ID if you would please follow us"
[Ugh… he did mention that but did it have to happen right now?]
Following the lady through the back hallway exiting into a green square behind the guild building.
"If you could please produce your summons for verification we can update your ID right away"
"Uh sure… yeah right away"
[Damn ok well time to fudge it since I've already been told they don't understand my 'spells']
"By the power's of heaven and earth I call upon you to serve me ~Summon Rocky~"
A Flash of light and a stone golem appeared.
"Join your companion in the sun and protect me ~Summon Creed~"
A second flash of light and the second golem appeared, into the square.
[Oh my freaking gods I am so embarrassed that I just did that embarrassing pair of chants but I can't have everyone thinking I can use summoning like it was nothing, but it'd be worse if someone tried to copy me expecting the same results.]
"Oh my so it's true you do have two stone golem summons, if you provide me with their names I can get the registration finished for you"
"Oh yeah sure the White one is Rocky, and the black one is Creed"
Upon my announcing of their names the golems waves one at a time to us.
I don't know if it was nerves or just reflex but the receptionist waved back at the two of them, before heading inside with my guild card, as soon as she was gone they did a mutual fist bump.
'sigh'
"c'mon guys what are you teenagers, Return!"
Once both golems had dispelled Kurama and I returned inside to retrieve my updated Guild card at the reception desk.