“You idiot, you idiot, you idiot! Moron! Simpleton! Dunce!”
“I’m sorry, it just slipped out at that moment…”
I couldn’t bear the embarrassment after being declared as someone’s lover at the party, and I ran away from the scene.
“I’ll definitely clear up the misunderstanding later, okay…”
“Okay, I’m sorry.”
…Well, he was trying to help me in his own way…
But even so, being called a lover is too much.
Is this some kind of rom-com protagonist situation…?
“You like Enema, right? Then don’t go around saying you like other girls so easily, even by mistake.”
“Yeah… I won’t…”
Haaah…
How am I supposed to face the Guild tomorrow?
“But… it was unexpected.”
“Huh? What was?”
“Well, that Cain was a girl… Sorry, I always thought you were a boy… So that’s why you and Enema got along so well from the first time you met…”
“Don’t worry about it. It’s not like I want to be treated like a girl now.”
Paulo kept apologizing for a while.
It took another two hours to somehow clear up the misunderstanding…
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Two days later, I was summoned to the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Um… why was I called here?”
I asked the woman standing next to the Guild Master.
“I’m Manaba, the current Guild Master. Ah, you don’t have to be nervous… I have something to discuss with you today.”
“Is it about Text again?”
“Well, that too, but this time it’s about your rank up.”
“Ah, I see. Does that mean I can become a B-Rank Adventurer?”
“No, you’re going to be Rank A.”
“Huh? Eeeeeeeeh?! Why are you skipping B-Rank?! That’s not right!”
“There’s nothing wrong with it. Rather, it’s questionable whether even A-Rank Adventurers can defeat the Four Heavenly Kings. You guys defeated them. Therefore, we can’t keep you, who was the main force, at C-Rank, or even B-Rank. Adventurers need achievements, and defeating the Four Heavenly Kings is more than enough.”
“O-Okay… Thank you.”
“So, we want to think about your Epithet.”
Here it comes!
Once you become an A-Rank Adventurer, you can be given an Epithet once you’re recognized by the Guild… Even B-Rank and below can call themselves whatever they want, but it’s officially recorded from A-Rank.
You can decide your Epithet yourself, or have the Guild decide it for you…
But all the current A-Ranks decided their own.
“So, will you decide it yourself? Or have the Guild suggest one?”
I want to decide it myself, but that might make me sound like a chuunibyou…
I guess I should have the Guild decide it for me…
“I’d like to ask the Guild.”
“Okay, then choose an Epithet from these.”
The Epithets presented… were:
Cain of Muscle
Cain of Strength
Cain of Power
Cain the Girl
Cain of Throwing
…Is their naming sense non-existent?!
By the way, I’d like to solicit ideas for Cain’s Epithet.
If I get a good one in the comments, I might use it.
The deadline is 24 hours from the time this story is posted.
If nothing comes, the author will somehow come up with something.