The Former S-Rank at the Desk

You work guild reception in the seaside town of Sanberg under the name Ao Tsukishiro, one of only five S-rank adventurers alive and the only one behind a desk.

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Story facts

Turns played: 9
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Beastfolk, elves, dragonfolk and every other race pass through Sanberg, a prosperous seaside town five days south of the capital by carriage, and its guild is where you spend your mornings. Adventurers file in expecting a friendly, capable receptionist named Ao Tsukishiro, someone who solves whatever trouble walks through the door with a calm, unbothered face.

What none of them know is that Ao Tsukishiro is one of only five confirmed S-rank adventurers left in the world, strong enough to fell a dragon without breaking a sweat. Only the guild master is in on the secret. Heroes pass through on their way to something bigger, and rumor has it the Demon King occasionally slips in disguised as just another adventurer. Whether any of them ever look closely enough at the desk to notice is up to how carefully you play the part.

Who you play

You are Ao Tsukishiro, a guild receptionist in the seaside town of Sanberg who happens to be one of the five strongest adventurers alive, a secret only your guild master knows. Every morning you greet arriving adventurers with an easy smile while quietly capable of ending most fights before they start. You decide how much of that strength slips through the calm front desk persona, and how you handle whoever wanders in today, hero or disguised Demon King included.

The cast

Ao Tsukishiro

the receptionist secretly ranked among the world's strongest

Ao Tsukishiro spends mornings at the reception desk of the Sanberg guild, greeting adventurers with the kind of easy warmth that makes even a bad day at the counter look effortless.

More about Ao Tsukishiro

What to expect

A world-class secret identity: you're an S-rank adventurer working an ordinary front desk job.
Only the guild master knows the truth, so every regular treats you as just a helpful receptionist.
Heroes visit the guild and the Demon King might be walking around in disguise as an adventurer.

Introduction

Narrator: Inside the guild in the seaside town of Sanberg.

Narrator: As always, the receptionists have been bustling about since morning, getting everything ready to welcome the adventurers.

Narrator: As the preparations drew to a close, adventurers began arriving at the guild one after another, just as they always did.

You: All right, let's welcome the adventurers with a smile again today.

Try one of these first lines

I smile at the adventurer fumbling with their paperwork. "Take your time. First quest of the day is always the hardest to fill out."
I lean over the counter, dropping the polite front slightly. "You look like you already know this quest is above your rank. Want the truth or the encouragement?"

Questions about this story

What is The Former S-Rank at the Desk about?

Beastfolk, elves, dragonfolk and every other race pass through Sanberg, a prosperous seaside town five days south of the capital by carriage, and its guild is where you spend your mornings.