Ppl keep thinking the reward is sex with her, while I can't think of this as anything bur the setup for continuing the slave-harem trope. Having a female guild-master offer herself up as a slave as "compensation" for some made-up transgression from the guild this way, is far too common for it to be anything else imo.
Though yeah, I do hope it isn't that trope, and merely ends up in sex.
Since I was also confused about the bet I went back. The important parts are between chapters 13 and 14.2.
The bet was between Ataru and some newbie harrassing D-rank party that said Ataru and Caro as F-ranks were only after the participation reward.
Ataru and them bet who'd kill more monsters. The winner would get the loser's participation and monster kill rewards plus 20 gold from the elf.
When the battle was going on and they saw Caro wipe the floor with the monsters they decided to catch her and tie her to a tree, taking her out of combat (and accepting her probably getting killed by monsters), however when they approached her Ataru took out their weapons and the rope they readied and they fell prey to some lizardmen.
I think that's the last we saw of them. Didn't read any further, because you know, didn't want to go through the entirety of chapter 14 again.
thanks
At some point being humble and turning down rewards does make you look more like a jerk than like a saint. It's implying several things: You have more than enough money yourself. You are something better than other people. And people, that are excepting rewards (which they must do for a living in case of adventurers), are doing so out of greed. Just fucking accept that money and give it to charity or something.
Also I have the strong feeling, he could have boned the guildmaster anyway.
luckily this is not that point. All he did was say that he rather not force the massively popular guild-master give him 20 gold coins from her own pocket, while everyone already knows both she and her guild are currently strapped for cash (from all the rewards) until they manage to sell the cadavers.
The portion from the other adventurer team? Well considering their timely and complete absens, it's fairly obvious to them that mc assassinated them during the stampede to ensure his victory, so that reward should be minor. Not to mention how scummy the optics would be if he took the guildmasters 20 gold after literally assassinating (in the publics eyes) his competition (presumably for said gold).
Now that he declined it, they know he isn't a bastard that kills anyone for a minor amount of gold - but instead a dangerous criminal who kills anyone that looks funny at him..?