Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 4 by Fujino Omori

human girl.
    “Y-yes?”
    “…The quality of paperwork submitted to the Denatus was extremely poor. Especially the last one, for adventurer Bell Cranell.”
    “B-but, sir—. He leveled up so soon before the meeting that I had no time—! I did the best I could with my back against the wall, so please don’t question the effort that I put into making it!”
    “I understand what you’re saying…but I’m talking about the whole project. Should we receive any complaints from the gods, it will be your job to talk to them alone, Frot. I can’t help you if it comes to that.”
    “Waaaah—Eina—,” sobbed Misha as she wrapped her arms around her friend’s shoulders. Eina sighed for the second time in as many minutes. Their supervisor turned to face his desk with a very curt “You may leave.” The two of them backed away from him and started walking toward the exit.
    But rather than returning straight to the lobby, they decided to stop at the break room in the corner of the office.
    Using a magic-stone machine they had operated many times before, both of them had a cup of hot tea in their hands in no time at all.
    “Ugh…Tell your little brother I said ‘thanks a lot’…”
    “Little brother…? He’s not the only reason for what happened today, Misha.”
    “Not listening! Can’t hear a word you’re saying!”
    Swish.
Eina could only look on in astonishment as her human friend’s shoulders slumped, turning away.
    Misha’s pink hair swung lightly around her chin as she sipped tea and tried to make herself as small as possible.
    She hasn’t changed at all since our school days
, thought Eina with a grimace on her face.
    “Not to change the subject, but what was with all of them? Everyone seemed really uptight.”
    “Hmm, well, they aren’t usually like this…”
    They couldn’t find a single relaxed face among the Guild employees from their vantage point at the corner of the office.
    Many of them were up, pacing back and forth in front of their desks. Those who were sitting in their chairs kept looking at the clock as if it were about to explode. The office was normally filled with pens racing across parchment, but that sound was nowhere to be heard.
    Actually, the two girls had a pretty good idea of what was causing the heavy mood.
    “It’s just past three in the afternoon…It’s over, right—the Denatus?”
    “Most likely. The results should have been delivered by now…”
    This was the usual scene on the second floor of the Guild after a Denatus meeting.
    The Guild employees were very interested to know the titles assigned to adventurers. The people of Gekai had to take their hats off to each of the names given, and nobody could wait to see what the gods and goddesses would think of next.
    Seeing their superiors like this was nothing special to Eina and Misha, they had seen adventurers do exactly the same thing in the lobby many times.
    “Are you excited, too, Eina? I wonder what names came up this time.”
    “I…Hmm, yes. I’m a little interested this time.”
    “So it’s true? Actually, one of my adventurers leveled up, too, so I can’t wait to see!”
    Their conversation was interrupted without warning by a
BANG!
    An office door had been flung open, slamming into the wall behind it. All eyes in the room turned to face the doorway.
    A man stood in the frame, trying to catch his breath and carrying a bundle of paperwork.
    “It’s here—the Denatus results are here!”
    “Finally!”
    “Hey, open it up, already!”
    All the employees dropped everything and rushed toward the door. The mob encircled the man as he passed out sheet after sheet of documents containing the second names of adventurers.
    Voices of praise and amazement started ringing out almost immediately.
    “Take a look at this one, this nickname.”
    “Woah! Awesome…”
    “They never disappoint.”
    “Ahh, we’ll never measure up.”
    “The gods really are different from us. The Hand of Strength and Grace,