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LOCATION: CROWN CITY, CENTRAL REGION OF SILVERIA EMPIRE
****09TH SOLARIS STREET – ADVENTURERS GUILD****
In the middle of the gossips and whispers within the guild, at the other side of the mission board three steps away from the black hooded woman, a certain individual who happens to hear those gossips from these people as he turned around and then frowns.
'Who were they talking about?'
As he thought about it, he noticed how most of these people within the guild looked at his direction all of a sudden.
No, that's not it. They weren't looking at him but rather, they were looking at the direction at his side and because he is quite curious as these people makes a fuss about it then, he turned his head over at his side and saw a certain black hooded woman from the gossips earlier.
'Hmmm…. She looks pretty average for me but the way these adventurers were discussing about her, seems like she is pretty famous around here.'
He is quite a curious fellow and because of this kind of attitude of his, he had often been scolded back from where he came from.
'Well, I couldn't help then since curiosity is my companion and because of that, I got often to be in a worst kind of situation. Yeah, right.'
He chuckled as how much he often mocked himself and he wasn't going to deny it since he was just telling the truth.
"Hello, Lady. Looking for some job, are we?"
He took the initiative to start a conversation with this famous black hooded woman from the gossip and his mild voice and bright personality attracted some audience around them and the people around them suddenly became quiet because of this.
He didn't saw the other people's expression as his eyes focused only on the mysterious black hooded woman from his side.
On the other hand, she felt someone's presence at her side, and she heard it's a man's voice and she only took a glance at her side to see the appearance of this brave man who had a courage to approach her.
After that, she went back to look at the mission board once again as if she didn't hear that someone was talking to her.
'Troublesome…' – She thought as she continued what she was doing and just ignore this young man who approach her and acted as if he wasn't there in the first place.
After the black hooded woman outright ignore the presence of someone else at her side, the man didn't feel offended but slightly embarrassed because of the woman's action as if the woman is not interested in him.
As a man, his pride hurts that much but he didn't make it a big deal out of it because he didn't want to cause a scene here and besides, this black hooded woman seems like a well-known figure within the guild.
However, what fascinated him is that, only that the woman took a glance at him, but he saw those mismatched unique crimson-lilac eyes of hers.
He felt like he got hypnotized in one look as those eyes were sparkling like a shining jewel when he got a look at it.
However, a sudden thought came to him.
'Those unique eyes. Where did I hear about it?'
He frowns at the moment and then he once again take a glance at the woman and inspects her at his side as he take a closer looked at her whole appearance.
Aside from her mismatched crimson-lilac eyes that he saw earlier, this woman wears a black hooded cloak with crimson linings that reach above her knees.
Even though she didn't pull off her hood, he can see that this woman had long crimson-colored hair and had a space dun with loose hair and there are curly hair strands at each side.
But what caught his attention is that the woman is wearing a veil that covers her lips so he couldn't imagine what the woman looks like.
"Done checking me out?"
He snapped from his thoughts when he heard the woman speak but she wasn't looking at him as the woman still had her attention at the mission board when she said those words.
That made him nervously laugh as he hurriedly replied; "Ah! I-I didn't mean to be rude, Lady! I-it's just… I just got here and I'm practically new in this Empire as I just arrived here yesterday and since there is an Adventurers Guild here at Crown city, I just paid a visit to look some jobs since I'm going to stay here for a meantime."
He explained in a hurried manner as he didn't want to be accused of harassment on his first day here and it seems that this mysterious black hooded woman had some reputation amongst her fellow adventurers.
He came from a different kingdom, and he plans to stay in this place for a meantime.
Since there is an Adventurers Guild here at Crown city, the Capital city and the Central Region of Silveria Empire, he can take some jobs when staying here for his living expenses can be covered during the duration of his stay.
Once again, the woman ignores him when he finished explaining himself and he couldn't help but to scratch his head because of this woman's enigma personality.
'Geez! This is the first time that happens to me that a woman is ignoring me. Is my face really that bad for her not to look at me for a long time?'
He thought dramatically as he looked at the woman with a frown on his face.
In the midst of his own thoughts, what the man failed to notice is that everyone is looking at them with an expression as if waiting for something amusing or entertaining.
The man felt something is amiss as he looked away from the woman and then turn his head around to look and that's when he noticed that everyone around them suddenly became quiet.
He had a clueless expression as he didn't know the reason why these adventurers were looking at them with an expression as if something else might happen.
'Okay? Did I miss something or what?'
He thought to himself as he frowns but after that, he just brushes those thoughts away.
He once again looked at the black hooded woman that seems taking so long to choose a job and he continued to speak, even though he knew that the woman would just ignore him once again.
"Pardon for my rudeness. I haven't introduced myself yet and I approach you without proper basic courtesy. My name is RYAN WAYNE. I haven't made friends with anyone around here. Is it okay for me to tag along with you, Lady?"
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