"Gilmas, huge quantities of 'Rainbow Drops' have been brought in! So many adventurers are lined up to submit them that the queue extends outside—"
"spilling—"
"it's overflowing everywhere!"
The receptionist at Dokan's guild burst into Gilmas's room, his face drained of color.
"Wait a minute — 'Rainbow Drops'?! They're the kind of rare find you'd be lucky to come across once in a few decades—"
"precious commodities—"
"the real deal! It's not like they're some common potion you'd just bring in by the crate..."
"I had the guild's appraiser verify it, and there's no mistake. If Rainbow Drops are submitted in this volume, their value is going to crash! Naturally, the adventurers who came expecting a big payout are going to riot."
"...Hey, forget all that — what about the batch I delivered to the Grandul Gemstone Trading Company? What's going to happen to that, huh?"
Gilmas, his face gone pale, questioned his subordinate.
"What do you mean 'forget all that'...? If the value drops, won't the commission the guild is supposed to receive nosedive right along with it?"
His subordinate answered calmly.
"That's not what I mean — what about my transfer to guild headquarters?!"
"I wouldn't know about that. And come to think of it — did you actually have some kind of agreement about that?!"
"I'm sick of this dead-end countryside posting where there's nothing to do! What are you going to do about it, huh?!"
Gilmas grabbed his subordinate by the shoulders and shook him roughly.
"Th-there's nothing I can do about that even if you tell me... Ouch, Gilmas! You can't just make promises on your own and expect me to fix them!"
His subordinate wobbled helplessly as he was shaken back and forth.
"Pardon me — is the guild master in?"
While this was going on, a merchant came to Gilmas's room.
"Why, if it isn't Branch Director Dokan of the Grandel Gem Company! What brings you here?"
Gilmas watched as Branch Director Dokan of the Grandel Gem Company strode in with an air of leisurely confidence.
For him to come at a time like this...
"I am disappointed. To think you would deceive us and deliver such worthless gemstones."
"What are you talking about..."
"In the past few days, a massive quantity of 'Rainbow Drops' has flooded the market. They have turned out to be nothing more than gems whose color changes with time — that is all. And furthermore..."
"Furthermore, what? There's more?"
"It has also come to light that 'Rainbow Drops' are unsuitable even as catalysts for magical activation or as materials for magical tools. Until now, we could never conduct such frivolous experiments due to their rarity, but..."
"So that means the value of 'Rainbow Drops' is..."
"Worthless, naturally. They are just stones that are more plentiful than low-grade potions at this point."
"That's absurd..."
"In any case, our company will not be paying the guild a single coin in compensation for this matter. The market value is zero, after all. And naturally, there will be no recommendation to the guild headquarters either."
"You tyrant!"
"Oh my, so you would make an enemy of us, the Grandel Gem Company? A backwater guild master like you? What a joke! Well then, goodbye."
Branch Director Dokan dismissed Gilmas's protests with a laugh, left the 'Rainbow Drops' that had been delivered the other day sitting on the desk, and promptly walked out.
Just the other day, when he'd brought them over, the man had been buttering him up with "Now you're on your way to becoming a future Guild Headquarters Master!"
"G-Gilmas..."
The man at the reception desk spoke up hesitantly.
"What is it!"
"What should we do about the adventurers lined up?"
"How the hell should I know?! You figure it out! I've got bigger things to worry about — can't you see that?!"
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