The man who got involved with us has been behaving roughly on a daily basis, and it seems that even the guild couldn't handle it.
　Unintentionally, I was let off without any blame for the man's behavior.
　In fact, the receptionist thanked me for a job well done.

　Is that all right with you?　I have to admit...
　There was no need to dig up the problem, so we left it at that.

　After that, we left the guild with a request to collect medicinal herbs.

'Hey, hey, why are you collecting medicinal herbs?　Any requests for dragon slaying or getting a legendary sword or something like that?
'You can't just take a request like that out of the blue. I'm still an F-grade student.
Meow?
'I mean, well to make sure the newbies don't get reckless, we start out with the lowest F rank. At first, you can only take simple requests that are not dangerous. As you steadily complete the requests and accumulate the number of requests, your rank will increase and you'll be able to receive requests that have a high risk but a high return.
Being an adventurer can be a pain in the ass.
That's all right. If you don't have a system like this, there will be people who are reckless.
'I'm sure Rain could easily handle a much, much higher order...'
'Sure, I've got the power I signed up for with Kanade now but I'm an amateur adventurer, you know. I might get my foot in the door unexpectedly. To prevent that from happening, I need to gain experience by completing all my requests. You can't be too careful.
'Oh, I see!　Rayne is a hard worker, isn't she? I'll do my best too.
Yeah, we're in this together.
Ooh!



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　We're moving out of town and onto the plains.
　This is where we're going to gather our medicinal herbs today.

By the way...
Meow?
Is Kanade glad to have me along for the ride?　I mean, I thought we had a contract or something to do?
Nothing?
'Really?　Then how did it get up there?
I was traveling... We're a small population, so we were living quietly in the mountains, but I thought that life was so boring. So we set out on a journey!　That's where I met Rayne...
You just happened to be traveling through this whole wide world and stumbled upon me...
Sounds like fate.
Maybe.

　I feel like something has changed in me since I met Kanade.
　I just met her, but I feel like this bright smile has saved me.

　Maybe it really is fate.

Then let's do our best to collect some medicinal herbs!
Wait, wait, wait. You can't just run off.
Meow.

　He grabbed Kanade by the neck and made him stop her as she tried to run out.

''Uh.........what?''
You won't find them in the dark, will you?
But I feel like the only way to get the herbs is to start looking for them right away.
'Let me handle this part. There's a way only the Beast Tamer can do that.

　I look around the area.

　On a plain like this, you just have to look for... okay, I found it.

"Rabbit?
Yeah. First, I'll give this guy a temporary contract.

　I walk up to the rabbit I found and hold my palm up to it.

　A tentative contract is a simplified version of a contract.
　It can only be used for a short period of time, but it's an easy contract to sign.

''Okay, contract done.''
So, what are you going to do about it?

　Kanade looked at me with a twinkle in his eye, as if he was interested in Tame.

'First, I'll have him gather his people.'

　I ordered the rabbits to gather their friends.
　Soon after, about thirty rabbits gathered.

'Ooh, it's fluffy heaven!
So I'll give you a temporary contract with all these guys.
"Huh?

　Even though it's a tentative contract, it would be a hassle if we had to do one bird in a row, so we signed it all together.
　........done!

Okay. You guys, find some medicinal plants that grow around here and bring them to me. I'm telling you, don't mistake them for bait and eat them, okay?
"'Cueeeeee!

　The rabbits chirped in unison and scattered to pieces.

''And well, it's like this, you can easily collect medicinal herbs by taming multiple small animals like this.
....

　I don't know why, but Kanade was stunned.

What's going on?
What do you mean...?
What?
'I've never heard of taming more than one animal... even a small animal... thirty rabbits...'
'What?　Is that right?
'The average Beast Tamer can't do it very well...?　I don't know much about temporary contracts but they're usually limited to one per person, right?　Since you're using me, Rain shouldn't be able to tame anymore... what do you mean?

　It seemed to be very unbelievable, and there were a number of question marks floating above Kanade's head.
　What could have been so surprising?
　This much is natural for a Beast Tamer, right?

Oh, here he comes.

　As we were talking, the rabbits came back with herbs in their mouths.
　They leave the herbs at my feet.

'Looks like it's still good ... okay, again, please.
"'Cueeeeee!

　The rabbits scatter again.

'Wow I'm following all these detailed orders properly... finding the medicinal herbs, collecting them and returning without hurting them... such a complicated thing. What kind of command is that for a small animal?　Huh?　What does that mean?
Is that really such a surprise?
It's amazing!　You should know that you're doing something terrible, Rain.
'I don't want to hear that...'

　For the Beast Tamer, this is what it means to tame an animal.
　It's obvious, so there's no need to wonder about it now.
　........right?
　The other Beast Tamers only know 'that guy', so I'm a bit at a loss for words when asked about normal standards...
　No, I'm not going to be anything special.
　This should be normal.

'What is it that you don't know about Kanade being a cat spirit race?　It might be more normal for me to do these tames than you think.
'That can't be true, nyaaah!
Wow.
Lane's crazy, huh?　There's no way in hell I'm going to tame it like this!
'When people say you can't do it this is the way it's supposed to be for the Beast Tamer.
''Ummm... that's the thing, isn't it? It's not the kind of person who would lie, and there's no way he'd deceive me... but it's not like he's enhancing his abilities with drugs or anything... it's not like his talents are this great. It's amazing. No, I don't know if talent is a word that can be put away...?

　I don't think I'm exaggerating, but....
　If I said that, he might say something else.
　So I decided to keep quiet until Kanade calmed down.