C-Rank

The day after we cleared a lowest-floor boss with Keel, he asked if he could join our party. It seemed the three gold coins from the silver chest had made quite an impression on him.

That same day, we went to the Adventurers' Guild and added Keel to the "Hardcore Gamer" party.

'Keel has joined your party.'

The Grimoire duly displayed that Keel had joined our party. Thanks to that, I could now check his status.

As expected, Keel had no family name displayed, so he wasn't a noble. Since he wasn't a noble, he had no duty to go to the battlefield. Still, it was a big deal to gain a Priest as a companion only a month after starting at the Academy. We had plenty of time, so I planned to let him discover the virtues of the "Hardcore Gamer" party at his own pace.

The best thing about Keel was that his goal was money. If he had only been interested in clearing dungeons for the summer assignment, our relationship would have ended as soon as he achieved that goal.

Now that he'd joined our party, I brought two things up with Keel.

・Since the four of us live together, Keel should move into our base, too

・He should join us in our weekday routine of defeating the lowest-floor boss of a C-rank dungeon

He turned down the offer to move into our base. He just said he couldn't, and I didn't ask why...