We're in the capital of the kingdom of Fretzia called 'Fretzia city.' After finishing my meeting with general Fei, Karl and I were transported to his mansion in a horse-drawn carriage driven by his butler named Alfred. Given Karl's status, it would be obvious that he'd lives in a wealthy district but he chose to live out of the town for more serenity. At least, it only takes a few minutes to get from there to the city.
When we got there, I was amazed by the beauty of this mansion. It was big and beige with a dark brown roof. In addition, There was a large garden and a fountain in the middle of the main road.
"Woaahh ! Am I really going to live here from now on ?"
"Hehe, of course ! Welcome in your new home !", replied Karl with a pride look on his face.
"Listen, Karl... I know I haven't told you this enough but...
Thank you."
"What are you talking about ?"
"I mean... You helped me a lot and now you let me liv-"
"Like I said ! What are you talking about ? I've already told you before. I just live my life as I want and do as I want so no need to thank me."
"Huumm. Yeah ! I'm sure of it now. You're definitely not cool", I said with both hands on the back of my neck.
"I don't remember saying I was", Karl replied with a smile.
In front of the entrance door, was his maid named Pia waiting for us.
"Welcome back Sir Künh. Hope you had a safe trip", she said while bowing.
"Hii Pia ! I'm back. Yes, thank you. Oh, and here's our new resident. His name is Jemuel Shirakami."
"Hi !", Jemuel said.
"Make sure to have a room well set up for him."
"As you wish Sir Künh. Welcome sir Shirakami, hope you'll enjoy living here", she said while bowing.
"Thank you, Pia ! I hope too. Also, no need for formalities please just call me Jemuel."
"As you wish sir Shira- I mean... Okay Jemuel ", she replied with a lovely smile that made me blush.
Then, I opened the door and entered inside-
"AAAAAARRRRRHHHHH !!"
UUUUHHH ! Looks like I stepped on someone. What was she doing here anyway ??!!
"JERK ! You stepped on my tail ! You wanna fight ?!", she said while grabbing my collar with an angry face.
"SORRY ! I HADN'T SEEN YOU !"
"Come on Lore, calm down please. He didn't do it on purpose and, you were sleeping at the front door again even though I'd already told you to stop" Karl scolded her.
"Tch ! It's not my fault if this spot is cozy."
"I apologize for her behaviour Jemuel. As you can see, she is... very energetic..."
"Ah don't, I did step on her after all eheh..."
"Her name is Lore. She's a werewolf and as you've probably already guessed by now, she's your new teammate."
Eh, a werewolf. That's another world for you. I've always liked dogs but I don't know about them.
Her black hair matched her orange eyes perfectly with which she was giving me an aggressive look.
"N-nice to meet you Lore ! My name is Jemuel Shirakami ! I apologize again for stepping on your tail and looking forward to work with you ahah...", I said while reaching out my hand to her.
"Disturb me again during my nap time and you're a dead man", she replied threateningly.
She let go of my collar and left...
Looks like I'll have a hard time getting along with her, I thought as I sigh.
"Ohlaohla ! Is it him the new member of the team ?"
Another woman, dressed in a fairly provocative light outfit approached me with a bottle in her left hand, and placed her right arm around my neck.
"Welcomeee ! I'm Erna the Witch. You must be tired after such a long day. Wanna have a drink with me ?", she said, poking my cheek.
"Thank you for the attention, but no thank you."
"Huuuhh ! Why ?! That's not nice you know. When a beautiful young lady offers you to drink, you're supposed to say yes."
"Sorry, haha..."
"Humph ! Nobody ever wants to drink with me ! Buahahahah !"
What's wrong with her ? She's a witch she said ? Anyway. Judging by her red face covered by her long dark blue hair and her current behaviour there's no doubt that she is drunk.
"Oups ! Sorry for that. I'll take it from here."
A huge guy, taller than me with brown hair came to help me and put her on the couch. She immediately fell asleep and started to snore.
It was way too fast !
"Hi ! My name is Bert Lange, nice to meet you"I, he said while holding out his hand to me.
"Nice to meet you too Bert. My name is Jemuel Shirakami", I replied while we were shaking hands.
"That's cool to have a new guy in the team. Karl is not always here so I often find myself being the only boy in it."
"I imagine that it also has its drawbacks, ahah."
At least that one seems to be normal.
"Right ?! My sight has been blessed with of so many good things and I couldn't share them with anyone but now... I have a partner !", he said, putting his hand on my shoulder and shedding tears of joy.
Maybe he isn't that normal.
"Oh ? I don't see Shaylee. Where's she ?", Karl asked.
"Ah, Shaylee. She must be in her room", Bert answered.
"Shaylee ?"
"Yea. She's the last member of the unit."
I'll probably see her later.
*Rumble*
"Ah sorry, it's my stomach. I haven't eaten anything for hours now...", I said with embarrassment.
Now that I think about it before I got here, I was on my way to buy a pizza.
"Ah don't worry, it's normal. Pia should be done cooking the meal in a few minutes by now", Karl said.
"I guess I'll took a shower first then. Where's the bathroom please ?"
"There's one upstairs, fifth door on the left."
"Okay, thank you."
I got upstairs and when I opened the door of the bathroom I saw a girl who seemed to just come out of the bath with only a towel to cover her body.
EH !! IS THIS AN ANIME CLICHE ??!!
The scene where the protagonist walks into the bathroom without knowing there's a girl inside and then she starts screaming "Aaaahhh ! Hentai !" while throwing objects at him ?!
"Euh... Can you wait outside please ? I haven't finished yet."
"Sure, no problem."
And I closed the door.
...
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS !!
Well I can't say I'm not glad that she didn't scream but still she reacted too calmly.
Anyway. I think I've seen her before, she looked like... She looked like...
She looked like the beautiful knight that I've meet earlier ! How did I not recognize her ? She's in Karl unit ?! No way ! I have to check this out !
Without thinking I opened the door a second time and this time she threw a bucket in my face.
After that the time for dinner came. We were all sitting around the table in the dining room while Pia was standing on the left and Alfred on the right of Karl.
"Jemuel this is Shaylee. Shaylee, this is Jemuel", Karl said before she nodded at me.
I was sitting in front of her but was a bit embarrassed to look her since the little earlier incident. Shaylee, on the contrary was eating normally as if nothing had happened. Then, I sighed and as we were all eating I thought about asking something to Karl which aroused my curiosity.
"So, Karl, tell me. What's really this special unit ? Since you're a captain, shouldn't you be leading a much larger unit ?"
*Chomp*Chomp*
" Technically, you're right, and that's exactly why Bert is here as a Lieutenant."
"Lieutenant ?"
"Yes. Listen Jemuel, in the Royal Army there're four titles distinguish by four badges of different colours which are,
Green for Lieutenant, he's in command of a squad or small unit;
Blue for Captain, he's in command of a functional group of units;
Silver for General, he's in command of a major portion of the military; and
Gold for Commander, he's in command of the entire military of the land.
Therefore, as a Captain at the service of this army I can't always attend you, that's why Bert is here to lead you."
"Oohh. I get it now but I still think this unit is a bit too small."
"Asshole ! Don't you dare make assumption and underestimate us like that !", Lore said.
"Come on, come on Lore calm down please. It can't be helped, it's his first time here..."
"Tch !"
She really doesn't like me, huh ?
"Jemuel, I understand how you feel about it but I can assure you that...
The five of you together have enough power to destroy an entire army...", he said with a scary gaze.
Uh ?! Is he serious ?!
*Gloups*
"Or I hope so in the future ahahah", he said with a relaxed face while laughing and shrugging his shoulders.
"Jeez ! Don't say scary stuff like that..."
"Sorry, sorry."
"You should also know that the majority of the army does not approve of our unit. We're only part of it because we have the approval of Queen Diana II and Commander Griffiths", Shaylee said.
"People will tell you the commander is the most terrifying of us, but if you want my opinion, it's just old age that hits him", Karl said.
"Even the majority of the citizens hate us. They don't trust us with their security. ", Erna said.
"Huh ? Why ?"
"Because we're only monsters to them", Lore replied growling.
Suddenly, the atmosphere became gloomy .
*Cough*Cough* !
"That's why we're called the special ghost unit. You can also consider us a backup squad or a secret weapon that they only use when needed", Bert said.
I see they don't have a lot of fans.
"I understand a little better now. Thank you for the explanations."
"No problem."
"So, what are you good at, moron ? Hope you don't have some crappy skills", Lore said.
I wonder if she's always in a bad mood...
"Well, I'm just an archer-"
"I apologize Jemuel ! but I had to interrupt you, cause you're more than just an archer. That's why you're here", Karl said with a glass of wine in his hand.
"Huh ? What do you mean by that ?"
"Didn't I already tell you that you were special to me ?...
I guess it'll go faster if I show you."
*Glug*Glug*
"Now !
Do you want to see the extent of your skill ?", Karl said with a smirk.