The women begin to approach Hayato, some of them have incredulous faces while some others saw him with shy faces
" Are you alright, young man? " The blond middle-aged woman who thanked him before was the first one to talk to him
"... " Hayato nods with a slight grin and all the young women and some middle-aged women become red but Hayato had his mind on another side ' The Captain must be in the kingdom right now if I'm not wrong '
" If you like, we can wait until you recover your strength " Says the middle-aged woman with a smile
" No need, let's go " Hayato said and stands up. He began to walk with the women behind him, in the way the women asked many things about him, like his name how he has that power, and even if he has a girlfriend, Hayato responded to almost all his questions hiding everything that could bring him trouble, they chatted wall only the women chatted until they arrive at the kingdom
And in the entrance it was the Captain, he was surrounded by other knights, at least 15 of them, and all seem to be questioning him
"We're safe!! " Yelled an old woman with happy tears
" Thank you, Hayato!! " Said a young woman with a charming smile seeing Hayato
Hayato nods with a slight grin at the women who were thanking him then he approaches the Captain and the knights. The Captain and the knights hear the women's yells of happiness and turned to see them then the Captain saw Hayato between them
" Sir Hayato it's good to see you again " The Captain says in a serious voice but the other knights don't stop questioning him
" Captain, you need to tell us why did you take so much time protecting the village, we have members of the Brywood family missed " Said the knight in charge
" I had to evacuate the village after the attack the place was in ruins and the villagers need a place to stay so I escort them to a safe place, that took me some time, is my duty as the Captain of the knights of Lyrel to protect all the people of the kingdom... wait did you say that members of the Brywood family are lost? which ones? " the Captain responds with a serious voice
" Two barons and the next King, they disappeared in the forest almost two days ago, as you heard this is a very serious matter so the King and Count Gerald are moving all their forces to find them no matter what " The knight responds with a very serious voice
" I see, I will join you after I escort Sir Hayato here, it seems he rescued some people " The Captain points at Hayato and the group of women with a serious face
The Knight turned to see Hayato and the women and when he saw how bad estate the clothes of the women were he said to the Captain reluctantly " It's alright, but you have to report to his majesty later " then he and the rest of the knights went running to the forest
The Captain turns to see Hayato who has an expressionless face and bows a little saying " Sir Hayato if you want to make the questions that you said before, I will answer them "
" Later, first let's take these girls to the Adventurers Guild " Hayato passes from his side with the women behind him
" Understood " Said the Captain starting to follow him
Hayato and the Captain arrived at the guild after a couple of minutes and there it was the family of every woman that survived but some lost family that could be seen by how they acted after they felt completely safe
" You did it, kid, I knew it " The Guild Master approaches Hayato and he sees the Captain a little after " Conrad you are back, the whole kingdom is searching for the three members of the Brywood family, you know that, right? "
" Yes, I know Marcus, the knights were waiting for me at the entrance of the kingdom it is a preoccupying matter " The Captain said with a serious face
" You shouldn't be joining them by now? " Asked the Guild Master with a serious face
"....I will do it later first i...." The Captain didn't finish speaking when someone interrupts the conversation
" *COUGH* Hayato coughs a little and the two men then turned to see him later he says with a calm face " Sorry for interrupting your conversation, but can you reward me for my mission "
" Oh, sorry, here take this " The Guild Master smiles at him and gives Hayato 5 Gold Coins
" Thanks, I will leave now, I'm tired " Hayato turns around to leave
" Ok, thanks for saving them kid " The Guild Master thanks Hayato before he leaves and then he turns to see the Captain
" I will leave too, Marcus, see you later " The Captain smiles and leaves behind Hayato
" Ok, say hello to Anna from my part " The Guild Master makes a big smile and he goes to see the women who Hayato rescued rescued
Hayato and the Captain left the Adventurers Guild and Hayato began to make his questions in the way, the Captain responded to everything he asked. Hayato asked about the levels they use and the Captain say every level, but what called his attention was
" You see Master when someone wants to pass to the next category, they have to train their body first, if not they could explode from the excess of energy, if the body isn't strong, no one dares to try to reach another category and every time someone passes a realm is harder and requires more energy, for example, if I wanted to pass from my Advanced Legend Warrior to an Amateur Super Warrior, I will need to train my body two times harder than before and then I need to accumulate the energy by entering into a secluded place.
The energy is provided by nature and is what humans use to get stronger and the monsters use that energy to evolve too, but they absorb the energy by eating other monsters or plants
That energy is everywhere and we humans called purity energy " The Captain says in a serious voice
" I see, thanks for the information Conrad " Hayato puts his left hand on his chin
" No problem master, can I ask you something? " The Captain puts on a scared but curious expression
" Go ahead " Hayato says nonchalantly
" You know what happened to the members of the Brywood family, right? " The Captain asked with his eyebrow twitching like he already knew the answer
Hayato turns to see him with a calm face and when he turns to see in front of him he says casually " Yes, I kill those three "
" …..!!! what!? you killed them!? but why master? " The Captain was surprised despite he already knew the answer
" They try to kill me first, but they overestimate their skills " Hayato said with a cold face
The Captain was very surprised and says with a nervous voice " I-I see, thanks for telling me Master... can I know what you do with their corpses? "
" I turned them into ashes, they won't be able to find them even if they search for the rest of their lives " Hayato says with a cold smile as he sees the Captain
" O-Ok Master " Said the Captian with a slightly afraid expression then he sighs to calm himself and says in a calm voice " You have put yourself in a very serious situation Master, they were very important, mostly Bennett he was going to be the next King "
Hayato grins and says " It doesn't matter they can't know who was the one who killed them unless you tell them, but you said that you can't betray me so I don't need to worry, now I need you to gain some information for me, the fastest the better " he turns to see the Captain with a serious expression
" Tell me what can I do, Master " The Captain was a little surprise
" I need you to find out what the princess wants from me she seems very fond of my strength for some reason, now see you later I'm going to rest " Hayato says seriously, and then he turns around to go to the hostel
" Ok, I will do it " The Captain smiles and leaves towards the castle
Hayato enters the hostel and the first thing he sees is the cute angered face of a very beautiful young woman, Hayato rolls his eyes and sighs then Dye frowns and says with anger " Why did you leave me behind!? "
" Ah, sorry, you were sleeping and I didn't want to disturb you " Hayato closes his left eye and he puts his left hand on his nape
Dye makes a pout and she points at him " Hmph, that's not an apology, you have to buy me something delicious to eat "
" Ok, but it had to be tomorrow, I'm very tired right now " Hayato ignored her and passed beside her
Dye becomes angrier and growls " Grrr...! no! it will be now! " Then she jumps on Hayato's back and begins to bite his right ear
Hayato tries to shake her from his back " Hey....! stop that....! I will take you now! ok! " but she doesn't release him until he accepts
" Yay! let's go! " Dye suddenly became so happy and released Hayato, then she takes Hayato's right hand and they leave the hostel
" Uuh... " The only thing that Hayato can do is make a tired face while she was pulling him
Hayato and Dye went to a restaurant and he spent a silver coin just on her food, after that, they returned and Hayato went to sleep till midnight when Syt woke him
[ ' Hayato, get up you have a quest ' ]
" What!? a quest? I think I don't have quests " Hayato wakes up in surprise
[ ' So do I, but this quest was sent by God, it seems that he wants you to do something ' ]
" Alright, let me see the quest " Hayato responded seriously
[ ' Go to the lake near the castle
reward: 2,000 System Points, 2x Senzu Bean
Time limit: 2 hours ' ]
' What is this? is easy and the rewards are not bad, let's make that ' Hayato jumps from his bed and leaves the Hostel by jumping through the window then he began to run to the gates of the kingdom and there it was some knights guarding the entrance, Hayato approaches them and he asks them how to go to the lake that the quest said, they say that the lake was on the castle terrains besides they told him that that area is prohibited so he can't go there or he will be arrested, Hayato told them that that was just curiosity then he leaves, after that he went to the castle, there he saw a big wall and a lot of guards surrounding it, he used the roof of a nearby building to enter the walls that surrounded the castle, he walks on the wall until he reached the top and then he jumps entering in the area of the castle
' Great now the lake must be around here ' Hayato walked near the castle exploring every part until he arrived at a small forest ' Hmm? till here I haven't seen a single guard maybe they have confidence in the guards outside ' Hayato kept walking for a couple of minutes until he gets out of the forest and there he saw the lake and the moment he walked near the lake he heard
[ ' Quest complete!
You received: 2,000 System Points + 2x Senzu Bean ' ]
" Hehe, that was easy, now I will go back to the hostel " Hayato was happy and then near the lake, he saw a white silhouette, he can't distinguish what it is, thanks to the lake that was reflecting the light of the moon
Hayato with curiosity ran in front of the white figure to find out that It was a woman with white and red hair tied in a ponytail, her hair covers all the left side of her face, but he can see the right side and he was impressed by it
He raises his eyebrows with surprise and thinks ' This woman is beautiful, she is as beautiful as Dye '
On the other side, the woman was scared when she saw Hayato appear in front of her and when she saw his face she was fascinated by his looks, but after a few seconds she looked away, causing surprise in Hayato
' Those eyes I know those eyes, I used to have them before, they are the eyes of self-hatred '