I Formed a Party with a Girl via an Adventurer Matching App - Chapter 62
The Suspicious Matching
"Regarding our party's matching results—they're wrong, no matter how you look at it. Please correct them immediately."
Cordelia leaned slightly over the counter, resting one arm on the guild's reception desk as she spoke.
The staff member on the receiving end could only stare blankly, letting out a bewildered, "Huh...?" It was the regular female receptionist who always handled our requests. Today, as always, she was dressed sharply in her guild uniform, diligently attending to her duties.
"Like I said. The matching app results. They're wrong, completely and utterly wrong."
"Well... that system is fed with decades of compiled guild data, so it should be impossible for an error to occur..."
"But it is wrong."
"It really should be accurate, though..."
"This is going nowhere!"
Visibly irritated, Cordelia began aggressively tapping the tip of her finger against the reception counter.
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Though she tilted her head in confusion at Cordelia’s outburst, the staff member politely raised a hand and spoke up.
"Um... you two have just returned from the Demon King subjugation quest, correct? Is talking about the matching app results really... that important right now?"
Exactly. As of right now, we had only just returned from the quest. Even though we used dragons for the round trip, there had been plenty of combat in the Demon Realms, and most of the other adventurers had briefly reported their success before immediately heading back to their respective bases to collapse.
Yet, Cordelia refused to leave the reception desk, unleashing a torrent of complaints solely about the matching app.
Unable to watch any longer, I stepped up from behind to placate her.
"Hey, isn't it fine by now? No matter what the compatibility says on paper, our actual synergy turned out to be amazing."
"It is absolutely not fine! I cannot tolerate the fact that a record stating our compatibility is the absolute worst even exists, even if it's just a glitch!"
"Even if you say that..."
"Just go and bring out our party's compatibility diagnosis results one more time!"
"Y-Yes, ma'am...! Please wait just a moment...!"
Completely overwhelmed by Cordelia’s fierce demeanor, the receptionist scrambled into the back room.
Fuming with rage, Cordelia let out a heavy sigh. "Seriously, what a joke!"
Right at that moment—
"Big Bro~! Big Sis~!"
"Whoa, watch it—"
"Kya...! Hey, what gives?!"
Someone pounced on us from behind, wrapping their arms around both of our shoulders simultaneously as we stood side-by-side at the counter. However, I already knew exactly who it was just from the voice.
Turning around, I found exactly who I expected: our dark-skinned, voluptuous monster freeloader... Evangeline.
She narrowed her long-lashed eyes into a mischievous grin, parting her lips to reveal her long fangs.
"I heard the subjugation squad came back~! So I came to welcome you guys home~!"
"Well, I appreciate the thought. By the way, what's with that outfit?"
"Hmm? This?"
When I asked, Evangeline proudly curled the corners of her lips upward.
She was dressed in what could only be described as a maid outfit. It looked very similar to the one Susie wore, except the skirt was ridiculously short and the neckline plunged incredibly low, fully customized into a highly revealing succubus spec.
As for the horns that usually gave her away as a monster girl, they seemed to be cleverly hidden beneath her hair, which was styled into dual buns. Her massive wings were similarly tucked away inside the maid dress. The only thing sticking out was her long tail, which swished out from beneath her miniskirt, though it could easily pass as an eccentric accessory to an onlooker.
Evangeline lightly pinched the hem of her miniskirt, showing off her luscious thighs.
"To tell you the truth~, I had Susie make it for me~! I couldn't just keep borrowing Big Bro's clothes forever, right~?"
"I see. It looks really good on you."
"Ehehe~, thanks~! More importantly, why are you guys still at the guild? Let's hurry home and have sex~!"
"Absolutely not. We still have an incredibly important matter to settle here."
"Didn't you guys go beat the Demon King? Is there really something more important than that?"
"Yes, it's way more important than that."
The instantly obliterated Demon King really can't catch a break, can he...
While we were chatting, the receptionist returned with the documents. Without reacting to the sudden addition of a third person beyond a polite nod, she matter-of-factly began reviewing the matching app results.
"Let's see... I checked the system, and your party suitability rating is indeed listed as 0.02%..."
"Are you serious?! Did you actually verify it properly?!"
"I-I did, but..."
"Are you sure that's actually our party's result?!"
"I-It should be..."
Though she was thoroughly intimidated by Cordelia's intensity, it seemed the receptionist found no errors no matter how many times she checked. Looking back and forth between us and the documents, she asked to confirm the names.
"Um... your name is Kent O'Brien, correct?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"And your name is Cordelia Salisbury, correct?"
"Yes, that's me."
So the names really were correct. In that case, why on earth was the suitability rating so catastrophically low...? Just as I was about to tilt my head in utter confusion—
"And your name is Evangeline Aaa, correct?"
"Hmm? Yep, that's me~!"
Ah, I see. It matches.
... ..................Wait, what?
"H-Hey, hold on a second?!"
"What was that just now?! What do you mean?!"
Seeing the two of us suddenly lose our minds, the receptionist tilted her head, completely mystified.
"What do I mean...? You three are registered as a three-person party, aren't you?"
"Huh?!"
"That is how it's currently registered...?"
As she spoke, the receptionist tentatively handed over the matching app document. Looking down at the paper, the party information written there read...
◆ Matching Results ◆
This document certifies that the adventurer party suitability rating for the following individuals is 0.02%.
Kent O'Brien
Cordelia Salisbury
Evangeline Aaa
Having our names on there was fine. But right beneath them... what was up with that glaringly bizarre name, which possessed a family name that looked like it had been lazily slapped together as a joke...?!
"What is the meaning of this?!"
"What did you do?!"
Cordelia and I turned on Evangeline at the exact same time.
Evangeline, who had been looking thoroughly pleased with her brand-new maid outfit, widened her eyes in sheer shock at our sudden ferocity. Ignoring her reaction, Cordelia grabbed Evangeline’s collar with both hands, pulling her in close. The motion violently yanked open the neckline, exposing the upper half of her breasts, but neither of us had the capacity to care.
"Listen here, Evangeline! Why on earth is your name added to our party?!"
"Eh? Ah, ahhh... Ohhh...?"
Cordelia pressed her face so close their foreheads practically touched, cutting off any avenue of escape. Realizing she was completely cornered, Evangeline finally decided to confess to her crimes.
"W-Well, you see...? When you two were about to leave for your adventuring work and I tried to follow you, Big Sis said, 'There's no way the guild is going to accommodate someone who isn't even registered in a party,' right?"
"...Yes, I did say that."
I remembered. On the day the guild raised the emergency mobilization signal, Evangeline had tried to tag along. That was why we had stopped her, telling her that we couldn't bring along someone who wasn't a registered adventurer.
"So I thought to myself~, if the only reason I can't come along is because I'm not registered in a party at the guild... then if I do register in a party at the guild, it means I can come along, right?"
"And what exactly did you do based on that thought?!"
"What did I do? Uh, well... as in... ummm...?"
Fully aware that she had committed a massive breach of trust, Evangeline’s eyes darted frantically all over the room. But under Cordelia’s piercing glare, she finally threw her hands up and shrieked in desperation:
"I'm sorry!! I secretly went ahead and processed the paperwork to add myself to your party entirely on my own~~~~~~~~!!!"
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