What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy?-Chapter 1023: Making A Permanent Party

"Any good requests?" Emilia asked while I scrutinised the request board.

I scratched the side of my cheek, "Mm… There's a few I guess?"

I took out my map and pointed at the corner of the forest, "Since we're heading towards the Nekinumi Kingdom, there's three places we could enter from… We could go in the direction of the desert and go through Elddim Fort which would be the shortest route on land for us."

My finger then slid towards the right to stop on another fort, "Or we could go a longer route and pass through Haugwell City, then Hileast City before entering from Tesrof Fort. This route would put us closer to the Nekinumi Kingdom's capital and we would spend less time in the forest."

I then shifted my finger again towards the right most part of the continent, "Lastly… We could maybe just hop on a ship and sail around the continent to land at Edart Trade City before moving up past Fiole Village, Saes Village then enter from East Border Fort. We'll spend the least amount of time on land on this route."

I then turned to look at the girls who were gathered behind me, "So what do you girls think?"

"I'm fine with whatever Mistress decides."

"I'll go wherever Sister Aster goes!"

"I'll follow you, Aster~ Ehehe~"

"I… I'm ok with what you choose as well, Aster…"

"Anything you choose is fine with me, Boss."

I had a feeling they would all say something like that… That means the decision really is up to me huh…

Alright then… I guess I should start getting used to making decisions for everyone…

Let's see… I don't think I would go the sea route since that would bring us past Crown Capital City and I have a feeling if we dock there, Mother or even the King and Queen are going to make me stay for another few days or weeks…

The second route that brings us to Tesrof Fort would also mean that we would spend more time within Lehcaruoc Kingdom as well and I kind of want to get to a new area faster so I guess that narrows down our choices.

I guess that means we'll be taking Guild Requests that would take us to Elddim Fort.

I pointed at one of the requests on the board, "There's a D Ranked escort Request to Latipac City. I suppose we can take that to start with?"

Lisa grinned at me, "Before that, you might want to register all of us as a group though~"

I blinked at her, "A group?"

She nodded, "Since we would be travelling together, we might as well register ourselves as a party. We would be able to take bigger requests together that way."

Is that how it works? I've been a Mercenary and Dungeoneer for so many years but I've mostly been working alone this entire time. Even Katsuki doesn't join me all the time either.

Wait… I think they might have mentioned it in the past… I guess I just forgot?

Hey, I haven't been really working as a Merc or a Dungeoneer for a long time already ok?! So cut me some slack!

I grabbed the escort request from the board before heading towards the counter with the girls.

The female Mahun behind the counter straightened herself the moment she saw us, "Good morning! How may the Guild help you today?"

I placed the request on the counter, "I would like to register all of us as a party and take this request."

"Certainly! May I see your Guild cards please?"

All of us took out our Guild cards and placed them on the counter.

Right now, the one with the highest rank was Emilia at C Rank as a Mercenary since she had been busy with doing a lot of Guild request while managing the business in order to build connections and also get some extra money.

She could have gotten a way higher rank but because she was more focused on making money in the business, she did not take that many request that would have promoted her quickly.

As for the rest of us, we were all at D rank since the girls only did any Guild request when I was doing them so we were all on the same level.

The Guild receptionist received our cards before turning to Emilia, "May I assume that you are the leader?"

Well… Not surprising that she would assume so since Emilia had the highest rank amongst us and I actually wouldn't mind giving the leadership role to her.

But the girls didn't leave any chance for a misunderstanding as all of them immediately raised their hands and pointed at me at the same time.

Err… Thanks girls… I'm sure she got the message.

To her credit, the receptionist didn't seem surprised and simply bowed her head slightly in my direction.

"My apologies for the assumption, miss."

I waved my hand, "It's alright. So could we register ourselves?"

"Of course, Miss…" She looked down at the Guild card. "Miss Aster?"

I nodded.

Good thing I had my family name removed from the card…

Normally you wouldn't even be able to do this but Mother just told me it was easy for her to do and did it for me.

Otherwise… I think people would freak out when they see the family name on my Guild card…

She did tell me if I wanted to undo it, all I had to do was just give her a call and it would revert back to normal.

I'm not sure how she did it and I don't want to know either.

The receptionist then smiled at me, "What shall your party name be called, Miss Aster?"

Ah… A name huh? I suck at coming up with names on the fly…

Err…

"Aster's Harem Party!" Lisa suggested with a giggle.

Lisa…

Delmare turned to her, "That's too crude, Lisa…"

That's right Delmare! You tell her!

She continued while holding her blushing cheeks in her palms, "I think 'Aster's Harem' would do, ehehehe~"

…

You as well, Delmare?

Odeta grinned, "I think we should just call it 'Aster's Family'! Since we're all family here, right?!"

Well… That's cute, Odeta… But think about others calling our party name out in public… I think that's pretty embarrassing…

Emilia crossed her arms, "Hmm… For me, I would suggest something like… 'Aster's Emporium'."

Emilia… We're not a business…

I shifted my gaze to Katsuki, wondering if she would have a better suggestion.

She straightened herself, "If I may be so bold to suggest, Mistress… Perhaps 'White Dragon's Sword Maidens'?"

Eh? White dragon? Why white dragon?

I paused before I reached up to pinch a few strands of my white hair to move them into view.

Yes, yes, I know I could have just moved my hair on my own without using my hands but we're in a public space right now.

I raised an eyebrow at Katsuki and she nodded, showing that she was indeed referencing the fact that my hair was white and that I was a Meslatar for the dragon.

I'm going to assume that the 'Sword Maidens' were supposed to refer to themselves.

I wanted to ask the others what they thought but they beat me to it.

"Wahahaha! I like it, Katsuki! It's like we're Sister Aster's bodyguards!"

"Ahhhnnn~ We're Aster's maidens aren't we? Ehehehehe~"

"That sounds so romantic~ I should totally think of a song for that~"

"Hmm… Powerful… Strong… Yes, this can be used in business deals. I am in agreement."

Well… Truth be told… I think it's a little embarrassing but at least at first glance it doesn't sound like it was talking about me specifically and it's definitely not as direct as 'Aster's Harem Party' I suppose.

Yep, I guess we will go with that.

I gave Katsuki a head pat before turning back to the Guild receptionist, "Yep, let's go with that then. We'll set up our party name as 'White Dragon's Sword Maidens'."

The guild receptionist nodded, "Very well, Miss Aster. I shall start the registration process immediately."

One question popped up in my head though, "Just asking… What will happen if there's more members in the future? I wouldn't need to recreate this again right?"

"Oh, not at all, Miss Aster. All you need to do is bring them to a Guild branch and we will register them as part of your party as well."

"I see… That's nice. So… We can take this quest right?" I asked.

"Of course, Miss Aster. Since a majority of your members are D ranked, your party will be treated as a D ranked party."

"Hmm… Even if one of us becomes S ranked or something?"

"We would take the average if there's a very large rank disparity in the party's members, Miss Aster. Although please be careful as it would not reflect well on the leader if the lower ranked members end up getting killed because of that."

Ah… I guess that's her subtly warning me not to try and pad my party with some high ranked Merc so that we could take a higher ranked quest that's above our capabilities.

Well, I'm not that suicidal so you don't need to worry! That's why we're taking this D ranked quest! freēnovelkiss.com