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“Drawbacks of being a commoner”

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“Wow, so many individuals…”

Many students had gathered at the reception desk.

They were probably all new students.

Everyone seemed restless, waiting for their turn.

Well, if they were told that failure to achieve the required grades would result in immediate expulsion, anyone would be anxious.

But if I keep spacing out like this, someone might snatch away all the assignments.

“We’re going too, Mil!”

“Yes…”

To avoid the cruel fate of immediate expulsion, Mil and I lined up in one of the queues at the reception desk.

It seemed that at the reception desk, the receptionist would introduce the assignments. They would present several options, and we would choose from among them.

I could see that by observing the students near the front of the line.

The students would select a favored assignment from the options presented, and one by one, they would leave the school building to embark on their missions.

“I wonder what kind of assignments they’ll introduce. Even though they’re called extermination requests, we’re still students, so they shouldn’t be too difficult, right?”

“But the National Sorcerers who accept these extermination requests are said to receive the same content,” Mil replied.

“Well, I guess we won’t know until we actually see it.”

As Mil and I chatted, our turn eventually arrived.

There were five counters at the reception desk, and to our surprise, a girl around ten years old stood at ours.

With neatly arranged short black hair and round, innocent eyes, she seemed even younger than us.

She was probably the receptionist.

She appeared younger than us in any case.

She couldn’t be a student here, right? It was even less likely that she was a teacher.

Why would a girl like her be working as a receptionist?

Perhaps they hired her from elsewhere? Well, that didn’t matter…

“Um, excuse me. We’d like to accept an extermination request.”

“Yes, certainly,” the young receptionist replied.

She showed us an innocent smile and responded formally.

And surprisingly, she performed her duties flawlessly, with actions beyond her apparent age. Confirming our names, class, student ID, and preparing the documents necessary for accepting the request, she swiftly completed everything in no time.

Then, with her round eyes, she looked at both me and Mil simultaneously.

“Are the two of you accepting the request together?”

“Yes, that’s correct, but…”

“In that case…”

The receptionist looked at us intently before approaching the bulletin board at the back of the counter. Numerous sheets of paper were posted there, and the girl peeled off two of them and brought them over to us. It turned out to be sheets with the details of the requests written on them.

“Here are the extermination request forms. Currently, these are the requests I can introduce to Lady Sachi and Lady Mil,” she said.

“Oh, I see…”

So these are the request forms. Indeed, the other receptionists were also pulling off papers from that bulletin board. They would show them to the students who came to the reception desk and explain the extermination requests. But…

“Wait a minute. Does this mean that these two papers are the only extermination requests we can be introduced to?” I asked.

“Yes, these are the requests that can be introduced at the moment,” the girl replied, sounding slightly apologetic.

I glanced briefly at the neighboring counter and furrowed my brow deeply.

“The other students seem to be getting introduced to ten or fifteen requests, various ones… Why are we only given these two?”

“The purpose of the reception desk is to introduce appropriate requests to the students. If you want to be introduced to a larger number of requests, you need to achieve corresponding achievements,” she explained.

“Achievements…” I muttered.

We’ve just enrolled, so we don’t have any achievements. What is this short-haired reception girl talking about? We haven’t even done any major assignments or exams. But more importantly…

“But everyone else doesn’t have achievements either, right? So why do we have so few requests introduced to us? We’re in the same grade…”

As I was about to say that, I couldn’t help but stop myself. “Same” grade? No, that’s not right. There’s one clear difference between us and the other first-year students.

“Could it be… the ‘family crest’?”

“Well, yes… that’s correct,” she confirmed.

My bad premonition turned out to be true. Oh no, seriously? I clenched my teeth inwardly. Mil, who had been observing the exchange, asked with a puzzled expression.

“W-What does that mean?”

“It’s similar to the entrance exam. The other new students, unlike us, have ‘badges’ attached to the chest of their uniforms. The so-called ‘family crests’ mentioned by those rich kids from noble families.”

“Oh…”

At that moment, Mil also seemed to have noticed.

The difference between us and the other students.

Why is it that only we receive extremely few introduction requests?

“It’s really difficult to assess the abilities of new students with no achievements or track record. So for now, they’re probably referring to us for extermination requests based on the family crest we wear on our chests, depending on our background, right?”

“…Well, in a way, if a student fails a request, it would also be our responsibility as receptionists.”

The straight-haired reception girl nodded with a deeply apologetic expression.

The request reception area is a place where suitable requests are assigned to students. If an inappropriate request is assigned and the student fails to complete it, it would inconvenience the ordinary citizens who brought in the request.

Even though they are referred to as school requests, these are proper requests. They come with rewards and are treated as formal jobs. It is crucial for the reputation of the Magic Academy that these important requests are not entrusted to unsuitable individuals.

Therefore, they judge the requests based on the family crest worn on their chests, determining which noble family they come from before making the assignment.

I don’t know the details, but apparently, each family crest has its own unique colors and shapes, and it may even indicate their title.

I should also be born into a noble family, but I was never told anything about that.

Anyway, it’s clear now.

“…So, are you saying that commoners like me and Sachiko are not trustworthy?”

“Well, compared to a mere commoner whose background is unknown, a newly enrolled student born into a reputable noble family with proven achievements is definitely more trustworthy. After all, bloodline is directly connected to magical talent. As a receptionist, you wouldn’t want to entrust a request to someone who might fail and cause trouble.”

I don’t know the specific penalties involved, but the receptionist must face some sort of disadvantage as well. The receptionist explained, adding with a hint of concern.

“If you were taking requests alongside other nobles, we could provide more assignments, but without both of you having family crests, the judgment criteria become scarce…”

“No, please don’t worry about it. It means that you are doing your job properly.”

I can’t blame the receptionist forcibly. After all, if the assigned requests fail, it’s the receptionist who will be scolded.

It’s only natural for the receptionist to be cautious and have a narrower range of assignments. In fact, we, commoners who are said to lack magical talent, should be grateful that the receptionist brought us two request forms.

Well, the line behind us is starting to get quite long.

I should stop talking further and causing more inconvenience to the receptionist.

“Then, please let us take this request for now.”

“Yes, understood.”

When I chose one of the two request forms, the reception girl swiftly processed it.

“I never thought I would be troubled by social status even after enrolling.”

“…Yes.”

As we left the request reception area, we sat on a bench in the courtyard and let out a sigh of disappointment together.

We were currently taking a short break while also confirming the contents of the request forms.

However, the new students who seemed to have received favorable requests were crossing our path one after another, happily. Our hearts couldn’t find any peace.

At this rate, the gap between us and the pampered nobles will keep widening.

I never expected the drawbacks of falling into the commoner category to manifest in a place like this.

Still, I don’t really want to reveal my family name at this point.

“We received these requests as a form of sympathy, but it’s not like we can keep accepting just these.”

“If the extermination points don’t reach the target value, we’ll be expelled immediately.”

The request that the straight-haired receptionist introduced to us was the “Extermination of Crows in Smoky Rock Mountain.”

The target number of exterminations was “twenty,” the reward amount was “500 ruets,” and the extermination points were “1.”

The difficulty level was marked as “F.”

I don’t know the criteria used to determine the difficulty level, but for now, I understand that this is the lowest difficulty request.

But even with the lowest difficulty, we can earn 500 ruets. It’s quite a lucrative deal.

“It says the extermination points are 1, but what happens if two people take the request?”

“Well, just a moment.”

When I asked a simple question, Mil immediately took out her student ID from her pocket. The student ID of the Magic Academy includes information about the school rules, academy-related matters, and even the school requests.

When there’s something you don’t understand about the academy, opening it will generally provide some answers.

“If multiple people take the request, it seems the extermination points will be divided. However, it won’t be added as a decimal point, so in this case, it seems one of us will receive an additional point. It’s common to discuss and decide among yourselves.”

“I see.”

Taking a request with multiple people increases the chances of success.

But in return, the extermination points are divided.

It seems that the rewards are not affected, but it probably means that they should be distributed among the participants.

Still, only one point for extermination…?

“How many points do we need to earn by the end of the semester?”

“I think… it was ‘100’ points.”

“What?!”

An unintentional sigh escaped my lips.

100 points. It’s an astronomical number.

From today until the end-of-term exam, there are about ninety days.

Even if we complete a request like today’s, which gives only ‘1 point,’ every day, we still won’t reach the target value.

Moreover, it’s doubtful if we can even achieve a single extermination request after school.

We can’t assume that convenient requests will always come our way as commoners, and there will surely be days when we won’t be able to accept any requests at all.

So how are we supposed to earn 100 points?

“…This is bad.”

What should we do?