DING! DONG!
The loud chimes of a bell resonated across the tier 3 town Benign to announce the dawn of a new day. Sited far east of Tierurus, a tier 4 kingdom. Benign was known by all dwellers of Tierurus to a land of tranquil. This being so because, thuggery and restlessness usually hatched in low tier towns, but not Benign. East of Tierurus boasted of twenty four towns having the least tier of 2 and max tier of 5. Tierurus having a average if tier 4's in all east, north, south, west was classified as tier 4.
" How could I have woken up this late? " a man's voice boomed from a large manor down a street. It was the manor of one of the council members of Benign, Lucius Jaliel. The council of Benign had eight members and Lucius Jaliel belonged to the mid ring of the council along with Fredric Noston another member.
" It's not so late " a woman's voice sounded in response to Jaliel's outburst. She was putting in a night gown and escorted her husband who was in a hurry to get himself ready and leave.
" You were the one who insisted that we take it up longer during the night " the woman continued with slight amusement in her voice. They walked downstairs enough for light days from the upper windows to illuminate their faces. The woman Ginevra Jaliel looked in her late thirties, bad a tan brown skin color, long nose and blue eyes. She was tall and slightly plump in stature, obviously, childbearing had taken it's toll on her. Lucius Jaliel in the other hand possessed a steel like face with a large scar tracing down from his black eyes to his lips crossing his long nose. This scar was gotten from a fight with a beast which the scar kept fresh in his mind.
Gently, Lucius supported Ginny who tripped on the stairway due to her haste.
" Don't break your waist " Lucius warned chuckling. Slapping him on his back, Ginny made her way to their dressing locker and pulled out two dark working robes. She placed them on the bed and took off her clothes and made her way to the bathroom.
" Not now..... " Ginny chided Lucius as he made advances to her. Shrugging his shoulders, they both marched into the bathroom.
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" Good morning mum, dad " three voices chorused from the dining room. Ginevra and Lucius made their way to the dining table, dressed fully in dark blue coloured identical robes and linen black material draped from the left side of their shoulders down like a cape.
" Morning " Ginevra replied shortly after she had taken her seat at the table. " I'll be taking my leave now ". Lucius interrupted. " We have an urgent meeting to which I am running late for". This said, he made his way outside. The neigh if horses and sound of a moving chariot confirmed that he was gone.
" So, where's Jason? " Ginevra asked the trio stuffing steak into her mouth. The trio looked at each other probably expecting shy to have called Jason.
" Huh? " Ginevra grove the silence reemphasizing on her question with a slight crease in her forehead. " I think he is still sleeping, he sometimes take him longer to come downstairs" Jake replied putting their mum at ease.
Jake, the eldest if a the children of the family was the first son of the family followed by his twin sister Jill. Jake was an adventurer, on the other hand, Jill was an alchemist, both graduated students of Kardeshin school of adventurers and Alchemy respectively. Heron the next, three years younger than his brother was a graduated student of a school in a tier 3 kingdom in politics and had the tendency to behave like the leader anywhere he was.
The fourth child Jack was in third year schooling at a school in town up east. Jason was the last child if the Jaliels and was doted upon so much by the family, although he was what one would call accidental. He alone out of the entire family carried his mothers eyes. The rest of his siblings took after their fathers steel face except for Heron who looked more mixed. 13 years if age, and Jason was the kind of person one would call an explorer.
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Light flooded into the room as Jason opened the curtains. "Today is gonna be a wonderful day" Jason grinned. Unbeknownst to anyone, Jason had applied for a position among Benign scouts team and today, he was going to be officially ordained a scout.
He retreated back into his room and retrieved a long rope. He was already prepared to sneak out of the house today as he had done so many time to attend scout briefings. Dressed up in black Khaki pants and black top, and combed black hair, he climbed down his window with the aid of the role attached to a his railings. He heaved a sigh of relief as soon as his feet touched the ground. Slowly, he began to move out of the manor, but dried leaves and branches made it difficult for him to leave stealthily.
" Where are you off to Jason? " Parvati queried him. She was a young maid in the manor. Jason was startled but quickly composed himself " .... And how is that your business to know ". he retorted fiercely. " . " Oh.... is that so, I'm sure your mother would very well want to know " Parvati replied with a smirk on her face. She made to go back into the house but was grabbed by the arm. " Don't please " Jason pleaded " I really need to do this ".
" What do I get in all of this?"
" I could speak to dad to increase your pay or make you take a longer leave " Jason added frantically. " Am I sure you won't tell on me? "
Parvati hesitation could be seen clearly on her face deliberately whether or not to let Jason leave.
" Thanks " Jason said letting go of her arm and sprinting off the manor. Running as fast as he could, Jason arrived at the main road. The place was already bustling with activities despite the fact that it was just morning. " Hmmm the scent of fresh air " Jason muttered as he hopped onto a carriage and rode on.
SCOUTS GUILD, TAFERN BENIGN
" Thank you mister " Jason greeted the carriage rider and entered the guild. He had been here countless times already, so be easily made his way through doors and bends and arrived with other soon to be scouts on a large field. Absentmindedly, he bumped into a fairly large boy.
" I'm sorry " he apologized and attempted to walk away. " Watch it, boy..... and who are you walking out on " the boy said dragging Jason back by the arm.
" Hey, I said I'm sorry " Jason said, his face contorted with fury. He tried to hank his hand free, but the boy's grip was tough. Three boys rounded Jason and closed the space on him.
" Do you know who I am? " the boy questioned. " Who cares "
Boos erupted from sides of the field and scouts nearby. " Now, let me go " Jason added. At that moment a punch landed on Jason's face which sent him toppling. Laughter was heard from people around who seemed to think this was funny.
" Shit " Jason cursed and threw a punch after he stabilized himself, but the punch never landed as he was tripped down to the floor by another boy. Jason tried to stand up painfully, but a kick landed on the side of his face drawing blood from his mouth.
Mature scouts who saw that this was too far, dispersed the four boys who rounded Jason though they left unsatisfied.
" Are you okay? " Dashan one of the scouts asked as they helped him to his feet.
" I think I am " Jason replied furious. " What's wrong with them? "
" I think you should mind the kind of people you disrespect " another scout advised. Jason looked at him angrily and decided to walk away.
" Wait, aren't you Lady Ginevra's son " Dashan asked. To this, Jason only nodded wondering what he would do with that information. " Oh.... that's it, be careful around here, you wouldn't want to ruin that nice face of yours" he said ruefully. He took one last look at Jason and need away along with the other scouts
" ALL TO BE SCOUTS, TAKE YOUR BADGES FROM CARTER AT THE LEFT END OF THE FIELD AND GATHER UP " a man issued out instructions.
Jason's dull face finally beamed a smile because this was what he had been waiting for. He ran down to Carter and took his badge. All the to be scouts had been introduced to Carter a time at their briefing before now.
" I'm sorry for what happened " Jason heard a girl say behind him. Putting two us two together, Jason realized that it was directed to him.
" Yeah, no worries. But why you? " Jason said turning around to face the girl. She was blonde haired and fair toned having pearl eyes. " He's... um my brother " She replied flushing.
" The guy who punched me is your brother...." Jason asked rhetorically and clearly shocked. " He obviously isn't like you " Jason added " except for the fact that he's blonde like you ".
" Jason Jaliel is my name" Jason stretched his hand out for an handshake. " Elsa Brown " she took his hand in a shake and let go a few seconds later. " So a scout huh..... " Jason muttered as they walked into the crowd. His eyes suddenly caught the eyes of the blonde that punched him and a wicked smile etched on his face. He stretched his hand and pretend to pick something from Elsa's hair clearly for her brother to see. It got the desired reaction, Don Brown clenched his fist and his face contorted into a mass of fury. This almost drew a satisfied laugh from Jason.
" I thought a lady would prefer working in less strenuous jobs unlike scouting" Jason turned his attention back to Elsa. " This is more my thing" Elsa replied briefly. They finally stopped at an empty spot awaiting the instructors instruction.
" PAIR UP IN TWO'S EVERYONE, WE'RE HAVING HUNTS " the instructor's voice sounded once more. Jason threw a glance at Don and smiled, this couldn't be more better.