Excuse me.

　I opened the door to find a thin, silver-haired man sitting cross-legged in a chair.

'Hang in there,'

　I did as I was told and sat down in the chair in front of the man.

"Nice to meet you, Revel. My name is Luis. I'm the head of the Guild.

Nice to meet you.

Now, I hate to waste time. I'm sorry to be so quick, but I'm going to have to ask you why I brought you here.

　Then Lewis snapped his fingers.
　The flow of Lewis's magic changed.
　And in the next moment, an icicle flew toward me from behind Lewis.

　I counteracted the icicle with a ball of fire.
　I was poised when Louis' magic changed, so I managed to react.

''Oh, so you're getting the same Uncharted Spell as me?

　There was a bit of surprise in Louis' voice.

'...... Isn't that a bit too loud all of a sudden?'

I'm sorry. But given your track record, it would be a lie if you couldn't stop this type of attack, wouldn't it?

You mean, you tried me?

Yeah, it's the quickest way to find out what you're capable of. If you don't take this into account, then my thoughts are not something I should be talking about at all.

　No response to the "True/False Judgment": ...... means that Lewis really thinks so .
　I don't mean me any harm, and from Lewis' point of view, this is probably just a confirmation.

'What does Sir Lewis think at ......?'

You've been reading up on me. Or have you. Either way, I don't like to be formal. Feel free to call me Mr. Lewis.

　Well, that's an easy way to put it.

Okay, Mr. Lewis.

Hmm. So I'm thinking... Revell, I'd like to promote you to the S rank.

...... May I ask why?

　It's my wish to be promoted to S-rank.
　But there's no way they can promote me to S-rank just for acknowledging my abilities.
　There must be a reason.

"The reason is simple. Subordinates can only perform at their best when they're in the limelight. I want you to perform for your sake, my sake, and the sake of your country.

　Again, there was no response to the truth check.
　Not at all, Lewis wasn't lying .

''I appreciate you saying that, but wouldn't you lose the trust of the adventurers if you suddenly promoted them to S-rank?

"Of course that's right. So I'll tell you what you need to do to get promoted to S-rank.

"Conditions?

"All I need is a great achievement involving a lot of people. Then who can complain about it?

...... It's a difficult requirement, but it certainly makes sense to me.

Yeah. When you meet those conditions, I promise to move you up to an S-rank.

Thank you. You're really sweet, by the way.

"Mm. I kind of like you. And to apologize for my earlier disrespect.

　Could this guy have done all that math?　I'm sure.


　The meeting with Louis ended with a word or two after this.


　And the next month, I was promoted to an A-grade.