The Garbage Summoner Got Kicked Out (And Became Unstoppable) - The Dragon, the Peddler, and the Guild Registration

The stone-paved street gave way to gravel around the point where the wooden fence of Galmunest came into view. Two hundred eighty kilometers south of the capital Cardion. The day after his expulsion, Kaito Ru had walked for a full day straight and finally stood at the entrance to his destination. True to its reputation as a frontier relay town, there was no signboard or gate guard. Through the gaps in the wooden fence, rows of low stone buildings were visible. That was when. "Hey, stay back!" A voice rang out. In front of the fence, off to the side of the road, a cargo wagon sat parked. Or rather, it was surrounded. Three canine-type monsters, each about two meters long, circled around the wagon. Their fur was a dull gray, their fangs yellowed, and overall they reeked of something foul. 【Monster: Marna Beast E-Rank / A wild canine-type variant inhabiting the Galmunest area. Danger Level: Wild dog class】 On the wagon's cargo bed, a girl was swinging a wooden stick around. Pale purple short bob. Vivid azure eyes. A small star-shaped earring on her left ear. She looked a bit younger than Kaito. Her default expression was a frown, and now anger and panic layered on top of it, making her look three times more severe. Her stick-swinging technique was, honestly, pretty amateurish. One of the monsters snapped at the stick. It slipped right out of her hands. "Ah—" The girl watched the stick go, and in the next moment she'd already picked up a stone from the cargo bed and hurled it. It hit the monster's head dead-on. The monster staggered a bit. But it didn't stop. Kaito thought. There was no time to think. "《Summon》—Urga, just a little bit." He channeled just a tiny amount of magical power. He really meant just a little. He was aware he'd thought the same thing yesterday and messed up, but this time he'd be careful, precise, minimal— BOOM!!! The air exploded. Flame-colored scales filled the blue sky. A dragon-type spirit Urga, thirty meters long, appeared with a thunderous crash directly above the entrance to Galmunest. When it spread its wings, half the sky vanished. Golden eyes looked down lazily at the three wild dogs. "YELP!" "YELP!!" "YELP!!!" The three wild dogs scattered in literal flight. In completely different directions. They were gone in less than a second. Two merchant wagons on the street had their horses spooked and turned around. An old man who happened to be passing by screamed and bolted inside the wooden fence. People vanished from the area around Galmunest's entrance in an instant. Kaito rushed to cancel the summon. Just before he could— Urga flapped its wings once. Just that. BOOM!! The wind pressure slammed into the ground. The cargo wagon flipped over. Pottery scattered everywhere, cloth flew more than ten meters through the air, and about thirty apples rolled across the road. "Cancel!!" Urga vanished like mist. Its last golden eyes seemed to have a "huh, already?" expression. They looked gentle. The problem was the overall size. Silence returned. Kaito stood before the scattered goods, the overturned wagon, and rolling apples. The girl climbed down from the cargo bed. She stepped on a piece of broken pottery—crunch—and stood with her legs planted firmly, staring at Kaito. Three seconds of silence. "Are you an idiot?" "I... I'm sorry. I couldn't control—" "It's not about control, it's about your brain." As she said this, Arna began picking up the broken pottery pieces one by one. She pulled out the scattered cloth, checked it for damage, folded it neatly, and stacked it back up. She picked up the apples one by one, checking each for bruises. Kaito crouched down to help. "Pottery's more than half broken. The cloth's okay for now. The wagon just tipped, nothing's broken. The apples are... well, most of them look fine." She muttered like she was talking to herself, her hands never stopping. She didn't rage emotionally—just methodically assessed the damage. "The monsters are gone. That's one good thing." "I'm really sorry." Arna glanced at him. "What's your skill? Summoning?" Kaito paused for a moment. "...Summoning. Unlimited cost." Arna's hands stopped for an instant. Then they started moving again. "Huh." "That's it?" "That's it." Kaito felt a bit deflated. He'd expected to be laughed at. He'd expected a weird look. He hadn't expected to be called defective. Arna continued while righting the wagon. "You came to Galmunest alone?" "Yeah. Just started yesterday." "Planning to make it your base?" "Yeah, that's the idea." Arna was quiet for a while, thinking while organizing the goods. Her azure eyes took on the color of calculation. "I'm also here alone, using this place as my base for trading. If that dragon—Urga, was it—activates every time, that'd be a problem." "I'll be careful." "I don't trust that promise." He thought that was a fair assessment. "Let's work together for a while. I'll handle negotiations and information gathering, you handle combat. It's just more rational from a cost-benefit perspective, so don't get weird about being grateful." "...You sure?" "What kind of person asks the same question right after someone explains the cost-benefit analysis?" Kaito thought for a moment, then just said: "Thanks." Instead of answering, Arna threw one of the rolled apples at him. Kaito caught it. He wasn't sure if he was supposed to eat it, so he just stood there holding it. ◇ The Galmunest Guild branch office—a small outpost of the Fortina Federation Guild Management Bureau that handled a few E-rank to C-rank requests per day—was a stone building facing the town's central plaza. 【Guild System: Established by the Fortina Federation 120 years after the Grand Catastrophe. Only guilds approved by the state can accept official requests. Ranked on a 7-tier scale from S to F.】 Sitting at the reception counter was a man named Colt, age 34. He had a serious face and sat before a neatly organized desk. An atmosphere of inflexibility radiated from his entire being. "New registration." Colt slid a form across. Kaito filled it out and handed it back. Colt began reviewing the contents. Name, age, birthplace, guild history— His hand stopped at the Skills section. "...Summoning, unlimited cost." He repeated it as if confirming. A bitter smile crossed his lips. Or rather, a troubled smile. His eyebrows drooped apologetically. "We can register you here, but... regarding actual combat requests as an adventurer..." 【Summoning (Unlimited Cost): A skill with no upper limit on magical consumption. If an ordinary human (with roughly 100-300 magical power) uses it, they die from magical exhaustion. For this reason, it has been classified as a "defective skill" from the moment it manifests during the coming-of-age ceremony.】 Kaito said nothing. The temple from two years ago floated into his mind. The silence when his skill name was announced. The giggling that followed. It took less than a day for the word "defective" to spread. "There are no regulatory issues." Colt continued writing on the form, his hand movements seeming somewhat careless. When he handed over the adventurer's license, the angle at which he extended it across the counter felt oddly dismissive. It might have been his imagination. But it didn't feel like his imagination. They left the branch office. "Show them with results, not words." Arna, walking beside him, said it while looking ahead. "That dragon wasn't E-rank. Anyone who saw it would know." Kaito paused for a moment. "Thanks." His voice was quiet. Arna had already walked ahead, and it wasn't clear if she'd heard. ◇ The inn-tavern "Latuca's Light" was Galmunest's only proper lodging establishment. The first floor was a tavern, the second floor was lodging. The first floor apparently got busy in the evening with merchants and adventurers. The proprietress, Daria, age 48, was a former adventurer, and she came out of the kitchen with her sleeves rolled up. "New blood, huh? Got a room just opened up. Eight hundred Legna per night." "Two rooms, please." "You got it." Kaito checked his wallet. He hadn't spent anything since yesterday, but it was already nearly empty when he was expelled. When he counted the copper coins, this month's lodging costs didn't... the math didn't add up. "This is bad." "Just take requests. You can accept them on your first day—there are three new postings on the board today." She said it casually. That's apparently how it worked. They went upstairs and each entered their respective rooms. Kaito set down his belongings and took a breath. As he was about to head into the hallway, Arna's door was half-open. Inside, Arna was organizing her travel belongings. Clothes, trading tools, ledgers— An old leather-bound ledger came out. The edges of the pages were worn thin, the corners of the cover bent. It had been used extensively. Arna looked at that ledger for just a moment. Her expression shifted, just slightly. Then she carefully placed it at the very bottom of her belongings. Kaito said nothing and walked past. ◇ Dinner was Daria's specialty: "Hazel Boar Stew." It was made from boar meat found in the Hazel Wasteland—a semi-arid region spreading southwest of Galmunest—and had a strong herbal aroma, but it was genuinely delicious. "Let's decide on roles. You handle combat, I handle negotiations and information gathering. If we just decide that, we'll minimize waste." Arna said this while stirring her soup. "Got it." "The control issue is... well, that's something practice will solve. I'm treating today's wagon incident as a learning expense." "Generous." "I've calculated the damages, so I'll bill you later." "Not generous at all." When Kaito reached for his soup bowl, Arna had already poured soup into his before her own. She did it naturally, without saying anything. Kaito only noticed after she'd finished pouring her own. He bowed his head in thanks. "Don't bow. We're not friends." Arna said that and began drinking her soup. ◇ The next morning. On the Guild branch office's request board, yesterday's new postings were displayed. 【Request: E-Rank Monster Extermination (Rockvipers—juvenile specimens) on the eastern road / Reward: 3,000 Legna / Requester: Galmunest Branch Office】 Rockvipers were large serpent-type monsters that could camouflage themselves as rocks. Unlike the adult specimens, which were C-rank danger level, juveniles were classified as E-rank. Merchants using the eastern road from Galmunest had apparently started suffering casualties. "This one." She took the request posting and left the branch office. While preparing for the journey, Arna pulled on her pack's leather belt. As she tightened the clasp with force—she pulled her hand back. Kaito noticed. In Arna's palm were the scrapes from gripping the stick yesterday. "Is that from yesterday?" "It's nothing serious." "Don't you need to see a healer?" "Healers are expensive. I'll wrap it myself." Arna pulled cloth from her belongings. Kaito said "let me help" and took the cloth, crouching down to wrap it. He was clumsy. The wrapping was loose, and the angle was off. Arna watched from the side, then said: "Give it here." She took the cloth back. The next moment, her gaze stopped on Kaito's hands. "...Your hands are covered in scrapes too." From when he'd fallen after canceling Urga yesterday. He'd completely forgotten about it. Arna pulled Kaito's hand toward her. She wrapped the cloth quickly. Her wrapping was neat and efficient. She was practiced at this. During that time, their fingertips overlapped. It was only a few seconds. Arna was focused on her work and didn't seem to notice. Kaito—for some reason, his face felt a little warm. What was that about? "There, done. Buy gloves next time." Arna stood up and lifted her pack. "Thanks."

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