The public guild floor remained quiet until Loccy asked whether top-twenty Rankers received free lunch.
Several adventurers watched Hajin's new badge and waited for someone who understood rules changed minutes earlier. Allen left the hearing chamber and pointed toward the ordinary meal counter.
"He pays the same rate as everyone else," the guildmaster said as he handed Corin the decision copies, "twenty measures threat, not soup privileges."
"Then ninety-six was cheaper," Loccy replied as she followed Juna toward the counter, "they should have warned us before the change."
Hajin collected the witness travel release while the room remembered its conversations. Nearby voices stayed low, which made the number more inconvenient than its weight against his coat.
'The badge can wait until the mine is quiet, and a badge only matters when it opens a door before somebody bleeds.'
