"Indeed I am. And before anything else, let me welcome you to our graceful village, Ryakudatsu!"
With the short and warm welcome by a man named Father Laurence, the man gowned in a multi-colored robe folded his arms into his lengthy sleeves. "I am the Minister of the Montgomery Church." Father Laurence informed the visitors from Buraun with a small, wrinkly smile on his lips.
Mr. Akushon nodded in acknowledgment to the minister. "We were explicitly told to arrive here at the Montgomery Church to meet you. I assume that we're now in good hands?"
Father Laurence nodded gently. "You were told right. The students you brought are in desperate need of being trained. Luckily for you, we can supply them with the correct training equipment and space needed. Consider it an offering for aligning yourselves with our village." Before anyone else could speak, Father Laurence removed his right hand from its sleeve, raising it in the air in a sort of beckoning way. "Gabriel! Our wonderful guests have arrived!" The elder gentlemen then called out.
All of the students had puzzled expressions on their faces as they looked around to see who the minister was speaking to. Following a few moments of silence, random footsteps could be heard. Suddenly, a figure leaped from the lower level of the church's roof, performing a front flip before landing gracefully on the ground and facing the students. The newcomer was a young man with long blonde hair that was as yellow as the sun, which resembled Father Laurence's. The blonde also had bright hazel eyes that contained endless zest. The young man wore robes that were significantly lighter than Father Laurence's, only having to wear a white robe with a single rosary on his neck. "Hey! I'm Gabriel! I'm also one of Father's assistants!"
Among the students, Meisei grew irritated. 'Great, another hyper blonde!' He then mentally grumbled. He also appeared to not have been the only one thinking that. In fact, the majority of Class 1AB had similar thoughts.
Gabriel continued to smile, clasping his hands together tightly. "I'll be the one to guide you around and situate all of you for your training!"
Father Laurence put his right hand back into one of his sleeves. "That's right. Gabriel here will be assisting you all with your training."
Mr. Oshieru then abruptly coughed, garnering all of the attention. "Right. With that said, we should begin our training." Oshieru momentarily paused, turning to Gabriel. "Can you show us where the training grounds are?"
Gabriel nodded, his long blonde hair swaying with the motion. "I can. Right this way!"
Gabriel proceeded to walk off from the Montgomery Church's doorstep, slowly walking in a general direction. Mr. Akushon turned to the students, raising his hand and gesturing to everyone in the group to follow along.
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"Lord Regashi, why in the hell have we been walking so much!?" Currently, the Furusato Unit can be seen walking through a forest, traversing the lands of Adonai. As they were traveling, Doryoku grew anxious. "Why don't we just have Imawashiki drop us off!?"
Regashi, who was in the front of the group and wearing the familiar black cloak, similar to everyone else, smirked. "Well, then we'd just be spotted instantly. Just rushing in there isn't very smart."
The lengthy, green-haired Doryoku gained a look of confusion. "Why not? We've done that to almost every village before. What's different besides us looking for someone."
"It could prove to be fatal in finding the wielder of the Kekkan No Sosei." A deeper voice suddenly spoke. Imawashiki, who was right behind Regashi, chose to answer for his king. "If we just rushed into the village, we'd end up killing the majority of the people, possibly ending the wielder as well. Besides, keeping prisoners wouldn't prove to be successful either."
Doryoku huffed, tilting his head to the side in annoyance. "We're walking slowly as hell."
Imawashiki glanced back at the ring-wearing warrior, smiling lightly and revealing a few teeth. "Ah, you'll be fine. Just do this correctly, and we won't suffer any drawbacks."
"That's easy for you to say, Butler. You have that teleporting ability." Itami, the other green-haired warrior, spoke up. "You can leave at any time."
Imawashiki gently shook his head, keeping his small smile. "That isn't how the ability works. I don't 'teleport'. I also can't go anywhere I want just by merely thinking about it. It's a little more sophisticated than that, Itami."
Before any of the green-haired siblings could retort, a new voice spoke. "Sorry to interrupt your bickering, but we never went over how we're supposed to know who the wielder is. Lord Regashi, you said that it's been passed along. How do we find out who it is now?" It was Gimu, walking alongside the amethyst-haired Heiki Shototsu.
Regashi parted his lips to speak once more. "As I said back at Furusato, I'll handle that. I just need you guys to cooperate on your behalf. Imawashiki and I can handle the rest." Regashi's relaxed tone stayed as he responded to the dignified sword-wielder.
"So are we just being used as assurance then?" Itami added, his brow furrowed in curiosity.
Regashi maintained his cool and collected demeanor. "Itami, we all have an essential role to play. Trust me when I say that if our mission succeeds, we'll all benefit greatly."
A pregnant silence encompassed the Furusato Unit, allowing all of them to sit in their thoughts as they walked throughout the forest. "I hear that this village has caused quite a commotion recently among the rogues." Imawashiki decided to make small talk towards Regashi.
Regashi hummed, glancing at the warrior with red-sideburns beside him, prompting his dark brown hair to sway to the side. "Yeah. I mean, it even attracted us. It's to be expected."
Shototsu felt a tad confused by his king's discussion. "What was the name of the village that we're heading to again?"
Imawashiki turned back to look at the amethyst-haired Shototsu. "Ryakudatsu."
Shototsu's eyes suddenly widened.
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Hey! It's all coming together, just slowly. It seems that the Furusato Unit is also heading to Ryakudatsu! What will happen once they arrive? Who are they looking for? Stay tuned for more!
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