This child before me is my succeeding pupil? A Goblin? I feel I'm being mocked by my god yet again with his riddles. But she does not have his full blessing, though she does have enough to be taken note of. But being a goblin, it will be difficult to make her accept this role that she's chosen. I doubt this child even knows what she's getting herself into. May the gods be merciful on her heart, because I most certainly will not.
"Wait here with Lathara. Brights and I will return after sending your papers through the lands to show you are being stationed."
"Yes, sir."
I don't like that she doesn't sound as eager as most other new recruits, but then again she isn't like the others i've met. If anything she sounds too calm to be confident but not quite enough to be deemed nervous like most goblins would sound. Most goblins would show some kind of emotional stalemate when they come here for anything. It would be either silent rage or raging excitement but she is showing no excitement at all. Just sheer confidence. For some reason… I feel…
"Maul."
"Hm?? What?"
"What do you think? Will this one be like the others?" ah. Brights seems to like this goblin.
"... what do you think?"
"Personally, I think she can get past your last prodigy pupil this time."
"Before quitting? … no. With the confidence she seems to carry, I feel she may die fighting before she runs from an opponent."
"You can tell too!?" great, now he's excited about this.
"You don't see a lot of goblins with that kind of confidence. If you do they are either crazy, stupid, courageous or flat out blessed with a grand amount of dumb luck."
"I want to think she's very courageous and smart, because she really knew her stuff when I asked her what her chosen job pertains to."
"Hmph. we'll see. Personally, I feel like she leans more to the crazier side to add to the courage."
"Like you don't love that in a pupil."
"... you know me well, I see."
"Huh?? What's that shouting?"
"Shouting? Gods, what is happening out there?"
She's getting into an argument with a noble mage and her company. For the heavens, If she gets into trouble now I'll never get over the agony of losing a perfectly good t… what did I just see?? The noble mage's staff sphere is on the ground and the goblin barely moved, but I know I saw her fist fly into the top of that staff.
Her marks were hypnotizing to watch as they tick around her being. Like enchanted clockwork steadily dancing around her arms and torso. There, I could see each color clearly. The three of the oddest combinations. Dawn blue, sea green, and the lost color, white. White… the color of the goddess of chaos… if she has that blessing… she can't have that without the other. They must coexist! The lords of balance exist in this goblin!?
No! No no no… calm down and be rational… I have to assess the situation before coming to a conclusion. I could tell from the first look at her calm mana pool that she was level headed and socially smart. Maybe too smart, and a bit too calm. All I saw was her breaking the staff but what instigated her to do so? I want to know. I need to know more about this goblin that has a lost blessing. "What happened here?"
"Welcome back, master Maul." she says. "And Mr. Brights." she's is far too calm about this. She knows exactly what she did and feels nothing for it. As if she would rather snap the girls neck the same way. That chaotic look in her eyes is evident enough to deny her approval to any establishment.
"Yo!" Brights says with a big smile. She hands me the sphere from the staff and I can instantly tell what was inside it. Souls of fallen adventurers. Three of the top classes at that… now i see why she had such a chaotic look in her eyes.
"This girl's been harassing a few people for a while now." she continues. "Including the receptionist. I got a bit angry and snapped at her for it after she interrupted me and my friend here. I don't tolerate things like that." she just provided evidence and witnesses to this as well instead of defending herself. She knows she could be punished for this, but is probably unaware of how severe her actions could be here.
"... Huh." Will. I could hand this in to the authorities and have this dealt with quietly… but that wouldn't be fun… would it, my god, Raida? "You broke this? How?"
"... Uh..."
"Demonstrate for me and I will overlook this with you damaging a noble's property." I tell her. I have to see what sort of power you and the other gods have acknowledged. I want to witness this myself. Let's have her check the sphere. "Do it here, though."
"... Alright." good. Take it. Make a show. Let your marks reveal your nature. Show me just how powerful you are… regardless of what happens, someone will look like a fool.
"S-stop that!! You've already done enough damage, you lower creature! Stop that right now!" so you are aware of what's happening, young noble mage. Good. more reason to keep the goblin around. She seems to be getting agitated. I'm not sure if that's a good thing since her focus has yet to waver. The sphere is breaking now. And the souls inside have not been harmed yet, which either means she knows exactly what she's doing or she can feel them inside. Both would be a great ability to have since those skills come with age over time… being a goblin, her being eight-teen now would mean she has grown beyond adulthood already, which would help that make sense if she were a hobgoblin, but she's a base goblin. And a golem newborn at that.
The noble mage suddenly attacks the goblin with a dagger and it pierces through her hand… she stopped the blade with her hand before it reached her head. She's lost focus for a moment, but not enough to stop the process.
"I said stop it! What do you think you're doing to my crystal!? Stop whatever you're doing before I send this dagger through your ugly head!"
She's lost it.
"... Try me." the sphere finally bursts and releases the souls trapped inside.
"Lathara! Get a hold of the white church and gold church now! Brights, apprehend the blue mage!" everything is in place. It's played perfectly. Usually these things take days or even weeks to put into motion after notice. I noticed these things and they take so long to deal with, but all because of dumb luck… no… because of pure, untainted will-power… from a child born from nothing. The goblin… Tessa suddenly falls to her knees. Wait, is she bleeding?? I thought she was a base golem like most current dragonjaws. She's lost so much blood! Stop! Don't pull that out yet! Uh… right her blue marks. She has rapid recovery because of her blue blessing of the moon… right. So long as she stays in the shadows, she will heal even in the sun. but she's still lost too much blood to stay conscious.
"Greenwood! Greenwood!" I have to keep her awake. She has to stay focused for the power to heal her properly else the blessing will start over and slow down. "Sir, Greenwood! Are you alright?"
"... Miss." Goodness. She sounds like a drunken sailor.
"I'm no miss."
"I'm a miss." ah. I was only joking. "And I'm alright, Mr. Maul. just lighted headed for my first blood loss." … I want to keep messing with her now for some reason…
"...ah. Eh? A miss? You?"
"Yes? Is that a problem?"
"Ah. No. I didn't mean to assume, you just seemed very ..."
"Guy-ish. I know. I get that a lot."
"Huh. Guess the name makes more sense then. I was wondering why his... Uh... Her name was so feminine."
My god this is funny. She is so serious even though she has all of her senses back now. "Quite that!" Brights? Oh, he knows I'm making fun of her. "She just got stabbed by a brat and the first thing you do is pick on her already!?"
"I couldn't help myself. She seemed so serious when I said it by mistake I had to keep it up. I wonder how long it will take her to notice that I'm just messing with her? I'm so curious now."
"Alright. I get that you like her already, but show a little modesty for a minute. She just got a scar from that mess you just made her take care of instead of doing it yourself like usual."
"Urgh. fine…" She seems pretty tired, so I guess I'll humor him. "Well, after this we'll have to hold out on your second test. I am sincerely sorry about this."
"No worries. I guess that gives us more time to shop around for the rest of the day, right Vanessa?" She is worried about her friends' fears now?
"Yes! Definitely! Lets go get this exchanged then."
"Good idea, madam." They don't seem the least bit worried about this. They actually look proud. I guess that's the Halliway household for you.
I need to make sure she stays out of harm's way, but I won't be able to get these new piled up documents done in a timely manner. At least before she is officially taken into the guild… "Just a moment. I will most likely be able to finish in a few days. Whenever you feel like returning for your second test, bring this back with you when you return." She can use my bracelet. No one should say anything to her now. Not even those high nosed nobles.
"I will. Thank you, Mr Maul. See you soon. And you too, Mr Brights."
"Next time I'll show you a thing or two about actual combat. So be prepared." Brights says excitedly. Show off. Don't start trying to take my new entertainment from me just yet.