By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 13 [Parts 1 to 6] by Roy

Author:Roy
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“Why are there only three of you here?” Fayld asked his guild employees the next morning.

Even the three employees present all looked disgruntled and ready to walk out. “We’re on strike. If you don’t apologize and resign, we’ll quit.”

“What is going on?! You were all working like nothing was wrong until yesterday,” said Fayld.

“It’s your fault!” One of the three employees countered. “You called up Susan last night and forced her to admit to a mistake she didn’t make! We all heard about it, and that’s our last straw! If I weren’t in charge of reception, I wouldn’t be here either!”

“What?!”

“We’re all sick of you,” said another employee. “You never listen to our input, you shove arbitrary rules in our faces that you’ve interpreted in your favor... You’re the boss, so we never complain, but it makes our job a pain to do, and none of your directions or explanations make sense. We’re all fed up. It’s just risen to the surface now because of what’s happened these past few days.”

“If you had complaints, you should have bought them up!” Fayld yelled. “If you had, I could have considered them! Instead of making any effort to better your environment, you’re all going to quit?! I can’t even run the guild like this.”

“You have two options,” said the third employee. “Shut down the branch, or keep it running all on your own. Us three are only here as representatives of the strike. We’re not here to work. If you want to fire us, go right ahead.”

“Just so you know, the merchants heard all about what happened through their guild, and how Bryan quit the guild is the talk of every bar in the city. There’s no way to cover this up. We couldn’t do anything about it anymore if we wanted to,” said the head receptionist.

“From what I’ve heard, a good number of adventurers are leaving the city. I don’t know what will happen next, but it’ll be rough. If you plan to hold onto your position as guildmaster, you have a lot of work to do.”

With that, the receptionist and manager left, apparently having said everything they wanted to say.

“Vice guildmaster... You won’t replace me,” Fayld said. “This will only hurt the guild, and you will be held responsible for it, too.”

“I told you, I’m ready to quit. Even if I were made guildmaster of this branch, I’d just be running around trying to clean up your mess. I’d rather work my way up to a decent position in another guild. Besides, you only became guildmaster in the first place because we’re a small town in the middle of nowhere... You didn’t transfer here by choice.”

“How dare you?! There’s no difference in status among guild branches. With that kind of mindset—”

“You can save your empty lecture,” said the vice guildmaster. “Unlike you, who have nothing but experience on paper, I know I have enough practical skills to get by elsewhere. Even if I never work for an Adventurer’s Guild again, I won’t have trouble making a living.

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