Rick didn't follow the typical path to adventuring. At 32, he enrolled in the guild's examinations—an age when most people have either already established themselves or given up the dream entirely. Before that, he'd spent years working as a clerk at the adventurer's guild itself, so he knew the system inside and out.
Everyone assumed he was just another late bloomer trying to make a name for himself, which meant he got seriously underestimated right from the start. What they didn't realize was that Rick had trained under some of the world's greatest adventurers. That experience put him in a completely different league than your typical F-rank newbie, even if nobody else could see it yet.
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