The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 52: Becoming the Head Porter of team Black Panda

"Yow, Rys!" A man with black-colored heavy armor went to approach Kayn and Rys the moment he saw the two walk inside. He stops in front of them and turns to look at Kayn before saying, "Is this the classmate you have been talking about?"

"Yes," Rys nodded his head before proceeding to introduce the two to each other. "Kayn, this is Frank. Frank, this is Kayn!"

"Hi, Frank!" Kayn greeted as he started observing the man named Frank.

Based on the aura around Frank and the way people looked at him, he seems to be the leader of the team.

"Nice to finally meet you, Kayn!" Frank greeted back. "Rys has been talking about this great classmate of his all the time. Singing a lot of praises, like how he is one the best students of the Starlight Hero Academy. Now that I finally meet you though, I don't see any signs of you being that great, at all,"

The look on Kayn's face instantly turned solemn the moment he heard Frank's words.

"Oh, please don't misunderstand. I am simply making a joke to brighten up your mood since you look so tense," Frank started laughing as if his way of clearing himself after noticing the look on Kayn's face.

Hearing this, Kayn decided to might as well laugh along with Frank. However, deep inside, he already understood that this man clearly holds some bitterness toward him. He doesn't know why as he hadn't met this man in the past nor did he do something to upset him in any way the moment he entered the room.

"Just what's wrong with this man?" Kayn wondered to himself.

On the side, Rys immediately realized what Frank is doing to his friend Kayn. So, he quickly pulled Kayn away from Frank and started introducing the latter to the rest of the team.

"Please don't mind Frank," Rys said to Kayn after he finished introducing Kayn to the team members.

"Since you are my friend, I'll drop this matter. But I am really curious. What's up with that guy?" Kayn finally decided to ask Rys' why Frank jumped at him like that.

"To tell you the truth, there was someone else who was supposed to fill in your spot after I promised to give it to you. That person was Frank's younger brother. But because of my intervention, his younger brother didn't make the cut to become a part of the team,"

"How troublesome," Kayn honestly didn't expect that the first thing he'd experience today would be something awful. He didn't even do anything yet, and he already offended someone.

"Don't worry though, Frank can't do anything to you," Rys assured Kayn.

"I highly doubt that,"

"That guy might give you the aura of someone with high standing in the team, but in reality, he is one of the people on the bottom level,"

"What do you mean?" It seems like he has mistaken Frank as the leader of the team.

"Those team members that I've introduced to you just now were only the supporting team. The real team, which I am also a part of, is over here," Rys gently push the cover that acted as the door to another room.

Inside, Kayn immediately spotted a group of seven people gathering around a table. What was on the table was almost the same as the one outside, only that there are a few more pieces added to the map on this one.

In the center of the group, a middle-aged man wearing a white-colored heavy armor with a silver mane around his neck was talking about their plan once they enter the dungeon. Clearly, this man was the real leader of the team.

Seeing Rys walking in with an unfamiliar man on his side, the middle-aged man immediately stopped talking as he turned his focus towards the two along with the rest of the group.

"Rys, may you introduce me to that friend of yours?" The middle-aged man muttered with a smile on his face.

"Sir Victor, this is my friend and classmate Kayn, whom I have been talking to you about before," Rys replied.

Kayn quickly noticed that the tone of Rys' voice exceedingly changed when talking to this middle-aged man named Victor. He could already guess in his mind that Rys hugely respects this man for him to have a respectful tone in his voice.

"Oh, so you are Kayn!" Victor nodded at Kayn in greeting as he started approaching them.

Stopping in front of them, Victor immediately put his hand in front, requesting to shake hands with Kayn, "I know that we haven't met before, but I am glad to have finally met you in person,"

Just from this exchange alone, Kayn could already notice the vast difference between Victor and Frank. The former shows respect to establish a good first impression, while the latter shows dominance to establish his. Between the two, he prefers Victor's way of doing things. Not because Victor is being good to him, but rather because he simply believes that there's no better way to get the approval of others but through their manners. Frank clearly doesn't have any manners, even the bare minimum of it.

"The pleasure is mine," Kayn greeted back.

"Let me introduce everyone to you," Victor immediately took the helm from Rys, which the latter gladly accepted.

"That woman is Alice, she is the mage of our group," Victor pointed towards a woman with short hair and wearing a sky-blue-colored robe.

"That tough-looking man is Alex, he is our tank," The man was six feet tall and his bulging muscles could still be seen around his body despite how much the armor tried to cover them.

"That mysterious-looking person is our scout, Echo," A man that covers his entire body with a black-colored cloth piece nodded his head at Kayn.

"That beautiful lady is my wife, Diana, she is our healer," The woman with blond hair and wearing a priestess attire smiles in response.

"Those twins are Joshua and James, they are our warriors," The twins with respectively blue and red color hair waves their hands at Kayn excitedly.

"I guess you already know Rys, so there's no need to further introduce him to you. And as for me, I am Victor, the Captain of team Black Panda,"

Black Panda was clearly the name of this team. And if he remembers correctly, the main team of the Yin Yang Dynasty is called White Panda. Without even needing to think deeply about it, the two names are obviously derived from the symbol of Yin Yang.

"Hello everyone, I am Kayn!" Kayn quickly introduced himself as he noticed his cue.

"Nice to meet you Kayn!" Everyone from Black Panda greeted back.

"Anyways," Victor quickly changed the topic. "As you are someone that Rys put a lot of trust into, I will put my trust in you as well. So, I am assigning you as the Head Porter. Will that be okay for you?"

"That is a huge responsibility, so I suggest that you think it through first, Kayn," Alex, the main tank, kindly suggested.

"What's there to think about? Just accept it!" Joshua encourages.

"I agree!" James added in support to his brother.

"Will the two of you just behave!" Diana fumes in irritation at Joshua and James, prompting the duo to sit on the sofa and behave.

It is quite evident that Joshua and James have already received a piece of mind from Diana in the past, that's why the duo didn't dare to talk back and simply choose to do exactly what she ordered them to.

Contrary to them, Kayn has a different thought in mind, "Rather than asking whether I agree or not, is it really fine to offer me that kind of position?"

Although being the Head Porter isn't that high of a position, it is still one of the most important positions in a team. He basically has control over whether the team would earn a lot or not after clearing the dungeon. If his command is lackluster, then the team would no doubt blame him for not earning enough credits for all of them.

But on second thought, this is actually a lot better for him. Because his responsibility is to simply oversee the rest of the Porters. In other words, as long as he prepares a concrete plan on what the porters should do, then he could tag along with the main team to clear the dungeon.

"The only requirement for the Head Porter of Black Panda is he should be someone we could trust. I've read some information about you that Rys gave me beforehand, and so far, your background doesn't concern me, at all. As a matter of fact, your performances in your previous jobs were all excellent. To top it off, you are surprisingly the son-in-law of Mayor Sebastian. Just that reason alone is already more than enough for our team to give you the position of the Head Porter,"

Simply put, "We won't waste this opportunity to establish a connection with the son-in-law of Mayor Sebastian,"

Kayn wasn't ignorant not to see the underlying meaning behind Victor's words. But rather than saying that he doesn't like it, this kind of treatment is honestly better for him. Although he doesn't like receiving something for free, he doesn't doubt his capability to manage a bunch of Porters. So, there's absolutely nothing wrong with giving him the responsibility of the Head Porter as he is confident that he can perform better than anyone else, hence the pay he would receive is just fair.

"Since you thought of me that high, then you leave me with no other choice but to accept your offer," Kayn finally relented and accepted the position of becoming the Head Porter of team Black Panda.

"Since we have an agreement, you go sign this contract," Victor handed Kayn an employment contract that he had prepared beforehand. "And once you are done with that, hand the contract to my wife, Diana, and come to the table so we can brief you on our plan,"

After saying that, Victor returned to the table and continued with what he was doing.

As for him, he started reading the content of the contract. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the terms, he didn't hesitate to sign his name on it and went to hand the contract to Diana.

Once everything was done, he walked to the table and started listening to Victor's plan on how they should raid the dungeon.