Walking into town, Shirou immediately saw how poor the city was.
Not only were the streets run-down, but most of the buildings were covered in dust and hadn't been taken care of at all.
Basic public facilities were also very outdated. He couldn't even see an inn or stables for horses and carriages.
Although it was a better town than Buena Village and the Migurd race villages, Shirou had been to Roa, where the Boreas family lived, and even the capital of the Asura Kingdom.
Compared to Roa and the royal capital, Rikarisu Town was clearly too poor, like a small town in the countryside.
As Shirou thought this to himself, the three of them arrived inside Rikarisu Town.
"What are we going to do next?"
Eris asked excitedly. She already saw the trip as a thrilling adventure and was very interested in what fun things would happen next.
"We need to find a place to stay first, and then figure out how to earn travel money."
Shirou analyzed the situation and gave a reasonable answer.
Although Roxy's father, Rowin, had given them some travel money before he left, it would be very difficult to cross the entire Demon Continent with that little money, let alone cross the sea back to the Asura Kingdom.
Plus, Shirou wanted to find his family who might be lost on the Demon Continent, so he needed to spread his name as much as possible.
To do that, he needed money, no matter what he wanted to do.
"If we want to earn money, maybe we can become adventurers."
Ruijerd continued Shirou's thought, "If we become adventurers, we can earn money by taking on quests from the Adventurers' Guild."
"Adventurers' Guild, huh..."
He didn't expect there to be such an organization on the Demon Continent.
Shirou couldn't help but remember when he was a kid in Buena Village, when he heard about Paul's adventures in the Black Wolf Fang, he had also wanted to become an adventurer to earn money and improve his skills.
But he never had the chance.
He never expected that this unexpected trip to the Demon Continent would give him the chance to become an adventurer.
"Great, let's go become adventurers!"
Eris was very excited when she heard this, her eyes shining with excitement.
She had clearly heard many heroic stories and legends about adventurers before, and had often heard Ghislaine tell stories about her days as an adventurer, so she was very enthusiastic about becoming one herself.
Ruijerd and Shirou also thought this was a good idea.
But Ruijerd had never been to a town before, so he had never become an adventurer. The three of them had to ask a passerby for directions to the Adventurers' Guild.
After finding out where it was, they walked towards the Adventurers' Guild center in Rikarisu Town.
"By the way, what did the guards mean by 'Dead End'?"
Eris suddenly remembered the earlier topic and asked, confused.
Shirou was also curious about this question because he saw that the guards looked very afraid when they mentioned the word, clearly terrified of the thing called "Dead End."
Shirou translated it a little bit and found that Dead End meant that death was coming soon, indicating that seeing that thing was no different from welcoming death.
If they were going to travel, it would be best not to run into anything so dangerous.
Shirou originally wanted to ask more about "Dead End" and be more careful in the future.
But unexpectedly, Ruijerd gave a surprising response.
"That's me."
"...Huh?"
"Some people call me that."
Shirou and Eris looked at each other, completely at a loss.
The two of them then realized that Ruijerd had caused great panic in various towns because of his actions, and had gradually been given the name Dead End.
Essentially, this was also a reflection of the discrimination against the Superd race.
As Shirou and Eris didn't know what to say, the door to the Adventurers' Guild came into view.
"When we go in, Ruijerd, try to pretend to be a human as much as possible."
Shirou said quietly, "Although you look very distinctive, it's okay to say you're human. As for our identities, let's say the two of us are bodyguards protecting Miss Eris, and Eris is a proud noble who is interested in adventurers."
Shirou spoke softly and suggested the disguise for the upcoming encounter.
In fact, his disguise wasn't much different from the truth.
This was to prevent Ruijerd and Eris from being unable to fake their identities, so it was better to let them play their usual roles.
It's worth mentioning that Shirou bought Eris a hooded cloak with ears when they passed by a stall. This could not only hide Eris's red hair but also disguise her as a beast race.
Although it wasn't clear if humans were discriminated against on the Demon Continent, considering the past human-demon war, it was hard to guarantee that some demons wouldn't still secretly hate humans.
In that case, disguising themselves as beast races or even demons would undoubtedly be the easiest way to avoid attention.
Shirou didn't need to disguise himself on purpose because he was confident in his strength. No matter what situation he encountered, he believed he could handle it.
Regarding the beast ear hood, Shirou originally thought Eris would refuse. After all, when she dressed up as a cat-eared maid to apologize to him, she seemed very unhappy. But unexpectedly, when Eris saw what Shirou gave her, she showed an excited expression.
"Is this a gift for me?"
"I guess so."
"Great!"
Seeing Eris happily accepting the gift, Shirou felt a little strange.
But he didn't bother to pay too much attention and quietly made Ruijerd and Eris understand their situation and not attract too much attention in the Adventurers' Guild.
Shirou wasn't worried about himself or Ruijerd.
Only Eris.
He didn't want Eris to be in danger under any circumstances.
...
The Adventurers' Guild in the afternoon.
This was a place where many strong people gathered.
People who were confident in their physical abilities, people who were confident in their magic skills. Some used swords, some used axes, some used wands, and some relied on their fists.
Some boasted that they were stronger than anyone else, while others laughed at those guys in their hearts. There were Swordsmen wearing armor, and there were Casters with light equipment.
Men who looked like pigs, women with the lower bodies of snakes; men with wings, women with horse legs... all kinds of races gathered here, noisy and crowded.
This was the Adventurers' Guild on the Demon Continent.
Suddenly, the door to the Adventurers' Guild opened.
A red-haired young man and a tall, black-haired man walked in from outside. The young man had a sharp sword hanging at his waist, and his eyes looked honest and sincere. The tall man was carrying a trident on his back, and his expression was sharp, giving off a terrifying feeling of power, as if he was a butcher who had stained his hands with countless blood.
Behind them, a girl who seemed to be a beast race, wearing a hood, slowly followed, but in a sense, it was like she was being protected by the two of them.
Since it was a combination that didn't feel strange at all, the arrival of the trio didn't attract anyone's attention.
Seeing that no one around reacted, Shirou was slightly relieved. He was new to the Demon Continent, and he was most worried about attracting the attention of dangerous people.
Now that no demons seemed to find their appearance strange, it meant that they had at least completed the first step.
And it wasn't until he entered the Adventurers' Guild that Shirou truly realized he had come to another world.
Because Ruijerd and the Migurd race he had met before all had human appearances, or rather, they were exactly the same as humans.
But the people in the Adventurers' Guild were real demons, and none of them looked human.
Since it was his first time in such a place, Shirou was somewhat hesitant, affected by the obvious strangeness.
But he soon realized that Eris was in an even worse state than him. She even couldn't help but grab his clothes out of fear of the demons.
Shirou comforted Eris by patting her head and turned to walk to the guild's counter.
Since it was a demon counter, the height of the counter was unbelievably high.
Shirou had to stand on tiptoes to talk.
"Um, can I register as an adventurer now?"
Shirou had heard Paul talk about adventurers before. The first step to becoming an adventurer was to register at the Adventurers' Guild. Only by having an adventurer's card could you call yourself an adventurer.
The demon female staff member, who had three breasts, showed a normal expression at Shirou's words and said quickly, "Yes, do you all want to register as adventurers... is that right?"
"Yes."
"Then, please fill out this form."
The demon staff member handed over three pieces of paper and sharpened thin charcoal pencils.
Shirou was slightly surprised. He didn't expect the poor Demon Continent to have paper and pencils.
Back in Buena Village, he had carefully used his pencil for a long time and hadn't been willing to replace it.
Of course, this had nothing to do with the Demon Continent, but rather the Adventurers' Guild itself was a powerful organization that could even have such a huge impact on the Demon Continent.
Shirou quickly read through the adventurer's instructions and realized that adventurers not only enjoyed rights but also had to fulfill obligations and even had to complete enough tasks to be promoted.
Only after being promoted could they take on higher-level quests.
They were roughly divided into SS rank, S rank, A rank, B rank, C rank, D rank, and F rank.
When you first become an adventurer, you can only be the lowest F rank.
"Eris, if you can't write, I can help you write it."
Shirou remembered that Eris couldn't even write her own name back then.
But Eris shook her head and said, "No, I'll write it myself."
After experiencing the kidnapping incident and being saved by Shirou in his Servant Emiya form, Eris worked hard and at least learned to write her name and roughly some words.
Because the Adventurers' Guild was a worldwide organization, you could register in any race's language.
"After you've finished writing, please put your hand on this."
"Like this?"
Shirou did as the female staff member said and soon found that a long string of personal information appeared on the form in front of him: Name: Shirou Greyrat. Job: Swordsman. Rank: F.
As a faint magic brand appeared, Shirou's adventurer card was completed.
All of this was done by the card itself.
"This is your adventurer card, please take it."
Shirou took the adventurer card, very surprised.
What surprised him the most was undoubtedly the design of the adventurer card, which seemed to be engraved with a simple self-charging magic circle that could replenish magic power without using magic stones.
Even Shirou didn't master this technology, so he couldn't create a true Avalon.
Shirou even wanted to take apart the adventurer card to study it, but this behavior was too bad and obviously couldn't be done casually.
Shirou could only restrain his impulse and realized that he might be able to go to the headquarters of the Adventurers' Guild in the future to find the answer to the self-charging magic circle.
And next, Ruijerd and Eris also completed the registration of their adventurer cards.
Once the registration information was recorded, it couldn't be changed and wouldn't disappear until death.
This was the meaning of the identity management system.
And after completing all of this, Shirou and the others finally became adventurers in the true sense of the word.
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