-Ryu's pov
"Fusion souls party," I said and for a second, I felt time slowed waiting for their reaction,
'I am sure this is the best name!!' I reassured myself, and Jue spoke,
"Fusion souls… awesome!!" he jumped, saying,
"Big brother super cool!! I belong to the Fusion souls party…" Jue genuinely looked happy. I was about to sigh in relief when I remember there is Aiena here too,
"It is a beautiful name Ryu, it shows the strength of our bonds between our souls… you really are a genius," her eyes were tearing up a bit,
'Heck don't cry for a name… I literally ripped it off!!' I wanted to shout but held back… I guess I can thank that Goddess for this name at least,
"So, is this name final?" The receptionist asked, and somehow in sync, all of us three give a thumbs up,
"It is final!!" I said confidently as this was the only name I could think of in 2 days. If they would've not liked it, I would've considered wiping their memories even though I don't know how to,
"And… it is done, congratulations on the formation of Fusion souls party!!" I received our cards and give them to Jue and Aiena as the receptionist began explaining the stuff related to the party although we already knew most of it, I was going to stop her as we knew already but Aiena suddenly pulled my hand,
'Stopping someone doing their job is wrong!!' her eyes seemed to be shouting, sometimes she can be surprisingly strict with certain things,
"The party's name is shown in a separate block on the right side of the Guild card, it will record the party name, and party's rank at different ranks you can request different benefits from the guild, there are two ways to rank up but basically both boils down to doing quests and then there is a member count,"
"Thanks for explaining!!" Aiena thanked her gracefully,
'But what was there to explain in it!!' I wanted to shout as the stuff she said anyone can learn it with one look at Guild card, well seeing Aiena's bright smile with a hint of threatening I spoke without needing to be told,
"Thank you!! Ms. Receptionist you are the best!!" I said with a smile, I believe my looks have an up in this life as I had born as mom's and dad's baby, and seeing the Receptionist blush boosted my motivation a bit,
The Receptionist suddenly got a thoughtful look as she spoke,
"Actually, I came to know about Snow's party. I nearly forgot to tell you…. But it seems they are in the Salvo kingdom. Their name is getting famous, Guild master told me they played a leading role in a sudden stampede from some settled dungeons,"
"Thanks for the information," I said as I wondered how Snow did exactly as she said in the hologram and it give me an overwhelming feeling to think that she knows that I will follow these traces to her and also as I see how Snow was seemingly getting stronger and also stronger, it fills me with a feeling of motivation that I need to grow, especially for conquering the goals I have right now,
"… and for those, I will get in the future" I didn't even realize when the last part escapes my mouth, and Aiena asked,
"Ryu, what happened? missing Snow, big sister?"
"No, I am just wondering how awesome Snow is," I answered and Aiena nodded. Jue looked at us while tilting his head as he and Snow didn't have many interactions.
"Let's go to my home!! Grandpa said to see him after registering for the party!!" Jue said,
It wasn't strange for Grandpa chief to call us suddenly so we all made our way to the village chief's house it has gotten a bit finer looking than before and there was also a plan to expand its size as Lord's house should be grand but Chief Grandpa and Geld both denied increasing size as it would just be more space to take care of for just 3 people,
Also, they wanted to keep living with their neighbors so even after rapid tries from builders they turned it down,
"The house reminds me a bit of the mansion now…" Aiena said as we entered the house.
"It sure is" escaped my mouth before I even focused on what I said and prayed hard 1000 times in 2 seconds for her to not notice,
"Ryu? How do you know how it looked?" Aiena asked, tilting her face in a confusing gaze.
"It is because…. As you see that…" I was out of words. What to say? No one ever told me how the mansion looked exactly even in mom's story, and suddenly a voice came,
"Ryu, Jue, Aiena? How long do you all plan to keep standing outside?" Grandpa chief said as he gave me a nod,
'Good Job!!' I wanted to shout. Grandpa chief is really great at saving me in such situations a shame he can't be a party member. I laughed at how I nearly revealed myself,
"We are coming!!" I exclaimed without being able to hide the happiness in my voice.
"Hurry up Aiena, Jue! Grandpa chief is waiting!!" I said as I started rushing towards Grandpa chief's meeting room.
"Wait for me!!" Jue shouted,
"Ryu, don't run so fast!!" Aiena complained as she runs slower than Jue,
Once we entered Grandpa chief's room, he placed some snacks on the table and asked us to sit.
"Grandpa, you want to hear our party name!!" Jue said excitedly.
"Are you going somewhere? Chief Grandpa?" Aiena asked,
"Grandpa chief suitcases? Are you going for days?" I asked as I saw 2 suitcases on both sides of chief grandpa's chair.
"You kids really don't leave a single question left" Village chief sighed,
"I will be leaving for the capital due to some sudden work… I expect you all will be here at the time of my return as I wanted to see you all off personally, also I will bring gifts from capital… people from Natara Kingdom will be visiting too… therefore this is an important meeting," he said it had been a while since I saw Grandpa chief with such a troubled face,
"We will wait for you of course!!" I said with a smile as I wanted him to feel at ease,
"Grandpa, what will you bring for us?" Jue asked,
"It will be a surprise for all of you!!" Grandpa chief said with a grin and I thought,
'Are surprises something that Jue got from Grandpa' as I remember how Jue kept the dungeon quest a surprise,
"Now I have to go!!" Grandpa chief said as he stood up,
"Be sure to finish these before you all go," he said, pointed towards snacks, but we all went behind him, seeing him off as the carriage leave,
As we went to sleep after having dinner, I wonder about the distance I have covered and the more I have to cover remembering the fight between the holy knight and Ralph, I still find myself far from where they were although I did not have eyes of [Hide and Seek] back then,
"But I am sure they were above level 40 at least… and holy knight must be growing at the same time…" I said particularly to no one, just thinking about his existence makes me seethe with anger but he is not the only goal I got even though he is top of the list,
'Killing Holy knight, finding and meeting Snow again, making Kyle grandpa and mom meet again, punishing betrayer, high priest and getting stronger' I sing inside my mind,
I still have various things to attain in order to accomplish these goals,
'This trash skill won't level up no matter what!! Refund, I will do a mental damage charge!! It gave me hope against Naga fight and it won't rank up now!!!' I wanted to shout as the skill won't level up no matter what I do, I even thought it was due to blood flowing out of me that it activated so I even tried pouring some blood out of my hand but it won't level up,
I even practiced IV stage of skill many times in hopes of it leveling up somehow, but all I become capable of was to use [Dark Reinforcement- Weapon] as I call it now, for a whole minute on my manifest,
'But I fall limp afterwards!! It is basically useless!! Mana stealing bastard swords!!' I complained while touching the rings on my fingers, which I have become so familiar to that I don't even feel them on my finger anymore,
While having various thoughts, planning and complains I did not realize when I fall asleep, as I once again feel how far I have come and in what ways I have changed,
'Just you wait…' this I said to every goal I made till now,